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New Catholic archbishop for Vancouver region stresses reconciliation with First Nations – Vancouver Sun
Feb 25, 2025 The incoming archbishop, Richard Smith, co-ordinated Pope Francis’s historic visit to Canada in 2022, when the pontiff, who is now in critical condition, apologized for the church’s treatment of Indigenous people The 400,000-member Vancouver Catholic archdiocese will continue to stress reconciliation with First Nations people under its new leader, who the Vatican […]
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BCMF Research Department Empowers Local Researchers Through History and Archives Seminars
February 18, 2025 The BC Métis Federation Research Department recently hosted two powerful and successful seminars focused on Catholic history and archives, empowering local Métis researchers to research their rich history and memory. Catholic archivist Carey Pallister led these engaging sessions, shedding light on both the Catholic history of the Pacific Northwest and the practicalities […]
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Was it an apology? Pope Benedict’s 2009 meeting with Indigenous leaders – The B.C. Catholic
January 28, 2025 Near the end of last year, The B.C. Catholic began a series of articles examining over a century of truth, healing, and reconciliation between the Archdiocese of Vancouver and Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The articles highlighted the complex history of that relationship, the Archdiocesan Synod’s First Nations recommendations, and the progress made through […]
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Catholic relics from three Canadian martyrs, first Indigenous saint to be displayed at Kelowna church – Castanet
Jan 14, 2025 The major relics of three Canadian Roman Catholic martyrs will be on display this week in Kelowna for the first time ever, alongside a relic belonging to the church’s first Indigenous saint. The skull of St. Jean Brebuf and the bones of St. Charles Garnier and St. Gabriel Lalemant will be at […]
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Catholic Church and BC First Nation unveil covenant on residential schools – Kelowna Now
Jun 27, 2024 The leader of Vancouver’s Roman Catholic archdiocese says the church was wrong to administer residential schools in British Columbia, and he hopes a newly released covenant with a First Nation can act as a road map for redress. Archbishop J. Michael Miller said the covenant between the archdiocese, the diocese of Kamloops […]
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Archdiocese of Vancouver and Kamloops First Nation release Sacred Covenant on Indigenous Peoples Day – The Catholic Register
June 24, 2024 The Sacred Covenant signed on Easter Sunday by the Archdiocese of Vancouver and Kamloops First Nation was made public on Friday, National Indigenous Peoples Day. In a statement, the Archdiocese and the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc said the date was chosen to share the document in English and Chinook, “an important common language among First […]
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Interfaith Ceremony at səlilwət (Burrard Inlet) Inlet- Maintains Opposition To Trans Mountain Pipeline
June 7, 2024 səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territory/North Vancouver, B.C.— The Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) Sacred Trust invites spiritual leaders across BC to participate in an interfaith ceremony to protect and honour səlilwət (Burrard Inlet). Sunday, June 9, at 9:00am Whey-ah-Wichen (Cates Park) in North Vancouver Brief press conference at 11:00am, when canoes return to the shore At […]
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Haida residential school survivor alleges defamation from priest – CBC
Apr 22, 2024 Calgary court to decide whether proposed class action lawsuit by Elder Sphenia Jones will go ahead A Haida elder and residential school survivor is leading a proposed class action lawsuit against the Catholic Church and one of its priests over what she alleges are “false and deeply hurtful” denialist comments. Sphenia Jones is scheduled […]
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First Nation, dioceses move forward together – The Catholic Register
April 12, 2024 The journey to the Easter Sunday signing in Kamloops of a sacred covenant between the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (Kamloops First Nation) and Catholic bishops from Vancouver and Kamloops took several years, and it was the efforts of two men that began the process, say Kamloops Chief Rosanne Casimir and Vancouver Archbishop J. […]
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Joint statement from unprecedented and historic Easter Sunday ceremonies with the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc and Roman Catholic Church
April 1, 2024 The following is a joint statement regarding the unprecedented and historic Easter Sunday ceremonies between Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver, and Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops. They signed a Sacred Covenant on Easter Sunday, marking a significant step forward in healing and reconciliation. DOWNLOAD STATEMENT → Media Contacts: Tk̓emlúps […]
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