Signs of the Times
Monday, October 10, is Indigenous Peoples' Day. We enter this day in prayer and reflection on the history, culture, and contributions of Indigenous peoples, and how we can continue the work of justice and reconciliation.
- Action Alert: Ask Your Members of Congress to cosponsor the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act (Jesuit Conference, Office of Justice and Ecology).
- A list of books and articles has been compiled by a partnership between Indigenous Peoples and the Jesuits in North America.
- AJCU's October issue of Connections Magazine focuses on "Jesuit Partnerships with Indigenous Communities." Read reflections on Pope Francis' visit to Canada and new partnerships forming with Indigenous communities across the Jesuit network.
- Last year, ICTC hosted Maka Black Elk (Oglala Lakota), who presented "Is Healing Possible? Confronting Catholic Indian Boarding School History." - watch the recording on the ICTC Vimeo page.
- This year ICTC has invited Dr. Cecilia Titizano, a native of Bolivia of Quechua-Aymara descent, who will give a talk titled "Caring for Our Common Home: A reading of Laudato Si' through the lenses of Querida Amazonia" on October 27 (read more below and RSVP here).
- The Dominican Sisters of Racine, an affiliate community of the Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center, invite you to a webinar on October 15 titled “The Doctrine of Discovery, the Catholic Church and Native Americans: Exploring a Path Toward Truth and Healing.”
More news
- The secret to healing the church is looking outward, not inward (NCR, 10/10)
- The U.S. bishops’ president race is wide open. Here’s who’s in the running (Archbishop Etienne! America, 10/4)
- Will laity be granted voice at next October's synod? (NCR, 10/4)
- Vatican marks feast of St. Francis with climate change documentary premiere (America, 10/4)