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‘It gives you a hearbeat’: In Toronto, Neechi Sharing Circle provides spiritual community for marginalized Indigenous people

Tali Folkins — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:00:13 +0000

There’s something in the air in Allan Gardens, a downtown Toronto park, on Thursdays around lunchtime.

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‘Our people are still so much in need of healing’

Tali Folkins — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:00:28 +0000

Last November, there was a new leader at the Anglican Church of Canada’s national office: Martha Many Grey Horses had arrived to take up her new role as coordinator of the Anglican Healing Fund, which gives grants to support the recovery of Indigenous people from the Indian Residential School system.

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Music program boosts kids’ self-esteem, decreases suicide risk in Indigenous communities

Joelle Kidd — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:10:39 +0000

A community project in the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Ohsweken, Ont., is helping fight the Indigenous youth suicide epidemic through the power of music. Canon Norman Casey, who served the Six Nations Anglican Parish as priest before his retirement, has been involved with Music for the Spirit since its inception about seven years ago. The idea grew out of a […]

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‘You can’t be selfish and survive’ in Canada’s harsh but beautiful North

Joelle Kidd — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 13:00:25 +0000

The Ungava Peninsula in Nunavik, northern Quebec, is flanked by Hudson Bay on one side and Ungava Bay on the other. Here, above the treeline, wide open skies frame sweeping views of snow through the crisp, cold air. “It’s a beautiful place, amazingly beautiful,” says Esther Wesley, co-ordinator of the Anglican Healing Fund. “But life […]

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Qu’Appelle bishop sees hope for reconciliation during cross-Canada bike ride

Joelle Kidd — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:56:59 +0000

So far, diocese of Qu’Appelle Bishop Rob Hardwick has cycled 4,148 km, braving both scorching and freezing temperatures. He has passed through 13 dioceses, five provinces and three ecclesiastical provinces. He has given 15 newspaper, two TV and two radio interviews, and attended 40 church services, prayer and public gatherings. He’s not slowing down. Hardwick […]

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Qu’Appelle Bishop aims to raise $2 million cycling across Canada

Joelle Kidd — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:55:47 +0000

Rob Hardwick, bishop of the diocese of Qu’Appelle, will spend much of his four-month sabbatical—May 14 to Sept. 3, 2018—bicycling across Canada to raise money for ministry projects within the diocese and beyond. Hardwick plans to cycle from Victoria, B.C., to St. John’s, Nfld., a total of about 7,877 km. With one rest day factored […]

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‘Giving with Grace’ to focus on Healing Fund: Primate

Tali Folkins — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 21:34:00 +0000

The focus of "Giving with Grace," the Anglican Church of Canada's annual fundraising campaign, in 2017 will be to replenish the church's fund for Indigenous healing, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, announced this week.

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Healing Fund work to continue

André Forget — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:23:00 +0000

Anglican Fund for Healing and Reconciliation co-ordinator Esther Wesley has welcomed a recent decision by Council of General Synod (CoGS) that will allow the fund to continue operating with its administrative costs covered by money returned to General Synod through the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

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