Book review: Practical steps for restoration, decolonization, justice in “Healing Haunted Histories”

By Vickie Machado Healing Haunted Histories: A Settler Discipleship of Decolonization, written by Elaine Enns & Ched Myers (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2021), 392 pp., $38 (pbk) ISBN:9781725255357 The deep roots of colonialism and Indigenous displacement are strong realities that permeate our society—haunting us through both past and present-day injustices, pain, and hurt that continually … Continue reading Book review: Practical steps for restoration, decolonization, justice in “Healing Haunted Histories”

Watch Thursday night’s Peace Mass with the theme of repentance for the Church’s role in the abuses suffered by First Nations peoples

The theme of tonight's Peace Mass was atonement and repentance… During a visit to Bolivia in 2015, Pope Francis issued an apology to all the Indigenous peoples of the Americas for abuses suffered. With this Peace Mass tonight, we mourn the lives of Indigenous children who have been and will continue to be found in … Continue reading Watch Thursday night’s Peace Mass with the theme of repentance for the Church’s role in the abuses suffered by First Nations peoples