Call To Action's 2022 Advent Calendar provides 27 days of prayer and study to lead into action and solidarity with Indigenous communities. Here is today's meditation.
Monday of the First Week of Advent
November 28th, 2022
Lost children. Empty homes. Broken relationships.
Listen to the silence of forced separation that continues today.
What organizations are working to heal the suffering of intergenerational trauma for the Indigenous communities where you live?
How can you “mutually seek repair?” -Meditation by Indigenous Solidarity Collective Member Jessica Lemes Da Silva.
Call to Action: 2
Child Welfare
2. “We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with the provinces and territories, to prepare and publish annual reports on the number of Aboriginal children (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) who are in care, compared with non-Aboriginal children, as well as the reasons for apprehension, the total spending on preventive and care services by child-welfare agencies, and the effectiveness of various interventions.”
Further Reading
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition has an extensive list of recommended books that center voices of Indigenous Americans and First Nations people.
"A Catholic Response to Call to Action 48 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission" from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
"Will U.S. Christians Atone for Church Boarding Schools? Indigenous Leaders are Skeptical" by Gina Ciliberto for Sojourners.
"Why Hasn't the Pope Denounced the Doctrine of Discovery?" by Gabriel Pietrorazio for Sojourners.
The watercolor paintings featured on this calendar were created by Duane Yazzie, an artist of Hopi and Navajo ancestry. Yazzie creates artwork that reflects his Indigenous heritage and his childhood spent in the Southwest.
The 2022 Advent Calendar is a project of CTA's Indigenous Solidarity Collective, a working group that addresses the Catholic Church's historical and current role in colonialization. To support more projects from working groups like this one, please consider making a contribution!
