Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
March 27th, 2023
Call to Action: 78
78. We call upon the Government of Canada to commit to making a funding contribution of $10 million
over seven years to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, plus an additional amount to
assist communities to research and produce histories of their own residential school experience and
their involvement in truth, healing, and reconciliation.
Suggestions for Almsgiving
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Monday, Mar. 27, 2023
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Call To Action's 2023 Lenten Calendar is a collaboration between the Indigenous Solidarity Collective and Anti-Racism Team (ART). This calendar provides more than 40 days of prayer and study to lead members into action and solidarity with Indigenous communities. For holy days and Sundays during Lent, we'll publish a reflection from an ART or Indigenous Solidarity Collective member on why we're committed to undoing racism and Indigenous oppression in our own communities and biases and what it means to do this work as Catholics. Following each meditation or reflection, we will feature a call to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
I’ve always wondered what Jesus wrote in the sand. What could it have been to send away all those people who were ready to murder a woman? They walked away without acknowledging their sin or the harm they caused this woman. They do not accept Jesus’ challenge.
Today, we ask the Government of Canada to commit to making a contribution of $10 million over seven years to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, plus an additional amount to assist communities to research and produce histories of their own residential school experience and their involvement in truth, healing, and reconciliation. We ask that they stand up to the challenge and accept the harm they have caused.
Perhaps responsibility is the word Jesus wrote in the sand.
—Meditation by Indigenous Solidarity Collective member Tiffany Hunsinger
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