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Grieving for our children

Nii K’an Kwsdins (Jerry Adams) — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:00:53 +0000

The May discovery of the remains of 215 children who were buried on the grounds of the Kamloops Residential School, and the discovery of similar graves on the grounds of every residential school that has been examined, tears at the hearts of all of us who are working toward reconciliation.

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Grieving beyond ‘words alone’

Andreas Thiel — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 21:01:06 +0000

Loss, sharing and healing in a time of physical distance Stories of grief have been multiplying the world over as humanity continues to grapple with death during this pandemic. What makes me any more qualified to speak of grief and mourning than the next person? Nothing, of course; I offer the following personal reflection in humility. […]

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Preparing to meet the ‘final wave’: grief

Richard LeSueur — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:44:22 +0000

Seven months after the attacks on the United States that reduced the twin towers of the World Trade Center to a smouldering mass of rubble, I flew into New York. It was the week before Holy Week of 2002.

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When we breathe our last

Joelle Kidd — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:49:51 +0000

Around the world, death cafés allow people of all faiths (and of none) to gather and discuss one of life’s greatest mysteries: its end. Before Easter, the Lenten season begins on Ash Wednesday with the words, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Christians on that day live with a reminder […]

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From the Primate: Lamentation as a gift

Archbishop Linda Nicholls — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:59:24 +0000

At a recent meeting those present acknowledged that nothing will ever be the same again, even after the urgency of COVID-19 has passed. In that moment we acknowledged aloud that the changes being experienced are deep, profound and in some cases irreversible. With such changes come losses for which we were not prepared, and such […]

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Sin, Grief, and Jean Vanier

Various — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:15:58 +0000

The news about L’Arche International founder Jean Vanier hit last week: He “initiated sexual relations” with at least six (non-disabled) women, “usually in the context of spiritual accompaniment.” In other words, he was in a position of power, and that power was abused. As we all know, the story is not unusual—men in power often exploit […]

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