Organisations
to Help our Walking Together
Catholics for Truth and Reconciliation
Catholics for Truth and Reconciliation invites Catholics to initiate or deepen their commitment to truth and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples through donations and pledges of action. We hope you will join us in this important work.
To learn more, visit the Catholics for Truth and Reconciliation website
Returning to Spirit
Returning to Spirit is a non-profit organization that develops and delivers workshops for reconciliation of the residential school legacy. This program is for anyone who is willing to explore new possibilities for the future.
Returning to Spirit Videos
An Encounter with Reconciliation, pt. 1
In this video, Lisa Raven, Executive Director of Returning to Spirit, explains how a SEEDS of Reconciliation workshop works.
An Encounter with Reconciliation, pt. 2
In this video, Albert LeGatt, Archbishop of St. Boniface, Fr. François Paradis, OMI, Knowledge Keeper & Trainer at Returning to Spirit, and Lisa Raven, Executive Director of Returning to Spirit share their personal reconciliation journeys.
Circles for Reconciliation
The goal of Circles for Reconciliation is to build trusting relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people through the creation of small gatherings of equal numbers of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in talking circles.
Circles for Reconciliation website
Interview with Raymond Currie, who initiated the creation of Circles for Reconciliation - click here
Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle
Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle is a Catholic coalition of Aboriginal peoples, bishops, clergy, lay movements and institutes of consecrated life, committed to renewing and promoting relations between the Catholic Church and Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
It seeks to provide a forum for dialogue and understanding, and to help Catholics engage in the truth and reconciliation process and its calls to action.
Visit the Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle website
Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Calls to Action
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation - Website
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation - Reports
