Indigenous Peoples

Chronology of CCCB Engagement

1943 to the Present

(Organized from most recent)

2021
27/10/2021

At the CCCB’s invitation, Pope Francis announces he will be visiting Canada to further healing and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

27/09/2021

Canadian Bishops announce $30M national financial pledge to support healing and reconciliation initiatives

24/09/2021

Statement of Apology by the Catholic Bishops of Canada to the Indigenous Peoples of this Land

29/07/2021

CCCB announces that Pope Francis will meet at the Vatican with an Indigenous delegation of Residential School survivors, elders and youth from 17 to 20 December 2021

16/07/2021

Statement from the Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding the Saskatchewan “Catholic TRC Healing Response Appeal”

29/06/2021

CCCB Statement – Date of the Delegation to the Holy See

21/06/2021

Prayer for Tolerance, Forgiveness, Reconciliation on the occasion of the 2021 National Indigenous Peoples Day

10/06/2021

CCCB Statement – Delegation to the Holy See

31/05/2021

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) published a statement following the discovery of children’s graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation.

26/04/2021

The members of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) published a statement to support the implementation of The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDRIP) in Canadian law.

2020
07/10/2020

The Canadian Council of Churches’ (CCC) Commission for Justice and Peace issues a letter to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General to support the Government’s commitment to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The CCCB is a member Church of the CCC.

2019
27/10/2019

Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle issues Message for the United Nations Year of Indigenous Languages. Message and Video

2018
15/07/2018

Cardinal Gérald C. Lacroix delivers an address as papal envoy on the 200th anniversary of the evangelization of Western and Northern Canada

27/04/2018

CCCB signs an ecumenical letter on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

27/03/2018

CCCB President issues letter to the Indigenous Peoples of Canada

23/02/2018

Bishops across Canada hold Listening Circles with Indigenous Peoples from 23 February to 16 July 2018

2017
29/09/2017

The Canadian Catholic Indigenous Council (formerly Canadian Catholic Aboriginal Council) is expanded with a wider mandate and the addition of new Indigenous and episcopal appointments

2016
12/12/2016

Canadian Catholic Aboriginal Council issues its annual message on the National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples

05/12/2016

Founding of Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle, a Catholic coalition promoting reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples

08/09/2016

Bishop Mark Hagemoen issues letter to the Mackenzie-Fort Smith Diocese on the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (NIMMIWG)