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A personal testimony from Fr. Cristino Bouvette

"My hope at sharing some personal reflections from the perspective of being both a Catholic Priest and man of Indigenous heritage. In honour of the national day in recognition of Truth and Reconciliation, September 30, 2021."

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We acknowledge that Treaty 7 territory, on which we stand, is the ancestral land of the Indigenous peoples and is common home to everyone in virtue of God our Creator's gracious gift.

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 Statements

• Canadian Bishops announce $30M National Financial Pledge to support healing and reconciliation initiatives - Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Statement of apology by the Catholic Bishops of Canada to the Indigenous Peoples of this land
• Bishop McGrattan meets with Siksika Nation Chief & Council
• A statement on the commitment and contribution of the Diocese of Calgary to reconciliation and healing
• Statement from CCCB regarding the Saskatchewan “Catholic TRC Healing Response Appeal”
• A message from Bishop McGrattan for all the faithful re: recent vandalism
• A message from Bishop McGrattan to the Pastor and community of Saint Jean Baptiste in Morinville, AB
• Prime Minister Trudeau speaks regarding the burning of churches
• CCCB - Delegation to Holy See
• A message from Pope Francis 
• A message from Bishop McGrattan 
• ​A message from CCCB​
• Joint video statement from Chief Littlechild and Archbishop Richard Smith. Watch Statement |  Interview
• 2014 Pastoral letter from Catholic Bishops of Alberta and the NWT 
• CCCB Resources:  Past  statements | Encounter with the Popes | Initiative​
• ​FAQ re: Kamloops Residential School:
  • FAQ - Oblates of Mary Immaculate
  • FAQ - Archdiocese of Vancouver

A personal testimony from Fr. Cristino Bouvette | My hope at sharing some personal reflections from the perspective of being both a Catholic Priest and man of Indigenous heritage. In honour of the national day in recognition of Truth and Reconciliation, September 30, 2021. Watch video

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Residential Schools within the boundaries of the Diocese of Calgary

​​There were 25 residential schools in the Province of Alberta. See: Residential Schools in Canada Map. Four of them operated by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) were within the boundaries of the Diocese. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary did not run any residential schools. Below are links to the four residential schools:

• St. Joseph’s Residential School (Crowfoot) - Cluny, Alberta (1900-1968) operated by the Oblates of  Mary Immaculate (OMI) and Sisters of Providence
• St. Mary’s Residential School (Kainai) - Cardston, Alberta (1898-1988) operated by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) and Grey Nuns of Montreal
• Sacred Heart Residential School (Peigan) - Brocket, Alberta (1887-1961) operated by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI)  and Grey Nuns of Montreal
• St. Joseph’s Industrial School (Dunbow) - East of Okotoks, near the junction of the Bow and Highwood Rivers  (1884-1922) operated by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) and Grey Nuns of Montreal​​​

​Learn about Residential Schools

• The History of Canada's Residential Schools (First Things)
• History of Residential Schools (CBC) 
• Perspective on death and graves in residential schools
• The policy battle that set the stage for a century of residential school death
• Documentary: A National Crime 
• Clarification on unmarked graves​
• Where are the children buried? (A report from Dr. Scott Hamilton, featured on NCTR)
• Canada's Trudeau Fans the Flame of Blame (NCR Register)
• Unmarked graves were documented years ago but most of us looked away (B. Liley, Toronto Sun)

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​Truth and Reconciliation Commission

• Reports (2015)
  • Honouring the truth, reconciling for the future
  • What we have learned
  • The Survivors Speak
  • Missing Children and Unmarked Burials
  • Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 1 (origins to 1939)
  • Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 2 (1939 to 2000)
  • Canada's Residential Schools: The Legacy
  • Canada's Residential Schools: Reconciliation
• A Catholic response to Call to Action 48 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

​A brief guide about Treaty & Alberta Treaty Map (Alberta Teachers Association)

Let us join in prayer: 

• For the children who died in residential schools throughout Canada and for all those who continue on a journey through the darkness, that there may be healing founded on truth and that the Spirit will inspire our ongoing commitment to reconciliation.
  God, through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, continue to offer us correction so that your grace might change and transform us in our weakness and repentance.
  Give us humility to listen when others reveal how we have failed and courage to love others as ourselves, mindful of your love for the weakest and most vulnerable among us.  Amen.

​​​​Crisis line for Indian Residential School survivors and family: 1-866-925-4419

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​SATURDAY MASSES
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• 5 PM - St. Paul's, Airdrie | Watch
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• 5 PM - All Saints, Lethbridge | Watch
• ​5 PM - Holy Spirit, Calgary | Watch
• 6 PM - Our Lady Queen of Peace, Calgary (Polish)  | Watch 
• 7 PM - Holy Spirit, Calgary (Spanish) | Watch

​SUNDAY MASSES
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9 AM

• St. Mary's, Brooks | Watch 
• St. Vincent Liem, Calgary (Vietnamese) | Watch
• Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, Calgary (Italian) | Watch
• All Saints, Lethbridge | Watch

10 AM

• ​St. Pius X, Calgary | Watch
• Ascension, Calgary | Watch

10:30 AM

• St. Anthony's, Calgary | Watch 
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• Ste. Famille, Calgary (French) | Watch
• Holy Family, Medicine Hat | Watch
  
  

11 AM

• St. Michael's, Calgary | Watch
• Holy Name, Calgary | Watch
• Holy Spirit, Calgary | Watch​
• Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, Calgary | Watch
• St. Albert the Great, Calgary | Watch 
• Marija Bistrica, Calgary (Croatian) | Watch
• St. Francis De Sales, High River | Watch
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11:30 AM

• St. Peter's, Calgary | Watch

​NOON

• Our Lady of Fatima, Calgary (Portuguese) | Watch | Also on TELUS Optik TV Ch. 877

​1 PM

• Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, Calgary  (Spanish) | Watch
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5 PM

• St. Joseph's, Calgary | Watch 
  Also on TELUS Optik TV Ch. 877​

Weekday Mass

MONDAY 

• 9 AM | St. Francis, High River ​ | Watch
  

TUESDAY

• 8:30 AM | St. Peter's, Calgary | Watch​
• 7 PM | St. Francis, High River  | Watch

WEDNESDAY

• 8:30 AM | St. Peter's, Calgary | Watch
• 11:30 AM | St. Mary's University via Zoom. Meeting ID: 833273
• 6 PM | Our Lady of Fatima, Calgary (Portuguese) | Watch | Also on TELUS Optik TV Ch. 876
• 6 PM | St. Francis, High River ​| Watch
• 7 PM | Holy Name, Calgary | Watch
• 7 PM | Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, Calgary (Spanish) | Watch 
  ​Also on TELUS Optik TV Ch. 877

THURSDAY

• 8:30 AM | St. Peter's, Calgary | Watch
• 9 AM | St. Francis, High River ​| Watch​

FRIDAY

• 8:30 AM | St. Peter's, Calgary | Watch
• ​9:15 AM | St. Francis De Sales, High River  | Watch
• 7 PM | Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, Calgary | Watch

SATURDAY 

• 8:30 AM | St. Peter's, Calgary | Watch
• 9 AM | St. Francis, High River ​​| Watch

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