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    January 31, 2014
    The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), formed in 2008 to help begin healing over Canada's residential school system for Indigenous…
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    November 8, 2013
    This Christmas season, take some time out from stress with "In days to come," a series of Advent devotional podcasts…
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    November 8, 2013
    The Anglican Church of Canada's Indigenous Ministries department and Anglican Video (part of Communications and Information Resources) are teaming up…
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    October 31, 2013
    This January, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU) turns 106 years old. Every year Christians gather to pray…
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    October 25, 2013
    Many Anglican parishes across the country face the question of what to do with aging church buildings–churches and parish halls…
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    October 24, 2013
    A new peer-to-peer learning program in the Diocese of Fredericton is changing the way the diocese–and now the Ecclesiastical Province…
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    October 18, 2013
    "This is not a blueprint, it's a vision of what the church can be. Its first purpose is renewal—and renewal…
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    October 15, 2013
    Many Christians reflect on questions of human dignity, personal identity, and social justice. What happens when you introduce a scientific…
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    October 9, 2013
    Every six to eight years, delegates representing 590 million people from 150 countries meet to discuss cooperation, mutual support, and…
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    October 1, 2013
    Delegates from cities across Canada and the US will gather in Phoenix, Ariz. next week to discuss issues facing First…

Acknowledging the land and God’s creation

This acknowledgement is crafted in light of the Principles of Reconciliation by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, as we seek to live faithfully in Christ and in right relationship with all. 

We give thanks to the Creator for this land, its waters, forests and all living beings, and for the abiding presence of Christ among us. From coast to coast to coast, these have been cared for and nurtured by First Nations, Inuit and Métis through countless generations. 

We honour the enduring relationship Indigenous Peoples have cultivated with these lands and waters, and the treaties and agreements that reflect these sacred bonds. We acknowledge the harms caused by colonial expansion, through frameworks like the Doctrine of Discovery and structures like the residential school system. We recognize our past failures as a Church, including disruption of connections to the land and suppression of Indigenous spiritualities. 

Guided by the gospel of Jesus Christ, we confess our need for healing. We commit ourselves to seeking truth, pursuing reconciliation and nurturing harmony with all creation. We place our trust in Christ, through whom all things are reconciled to God. 

May God strengthen us to live faithfully as stewards of the Earth. Let us walk in love, justice and reconciliation, joining in God’s work to restore all creation.