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AT the March 5 ‘Remembering the Children’
event in Vancouver, church leaders committed themselves to working with the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), established to bring
resolution to the residential schools scandal.
Denominations represented included the United Church
of Canada; the Roman Catholic Church; the Presbyterian Church in Canada;
and the Anglican Church of Canada.
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Speakers included Chief Bobby Joseph (pictured left),
retired executive director of the B.C. Indian Residential Schools
Survivors’ Society; and National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark
MacDonald.
Remembering the Children (originally called Sacred
Walk) was part of a multi-city tour to promote the TRC. Online at rememberingthechildren.ca, a
number of church leaders share reflections – including
Presbyterian Hans Kouwenberg, Anglican Fred Hiltz, and the United
Church’s David Giuliano.
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Peter Biggs
April 2008
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