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Truth and reconciliation gathering held at Grace Presbyterian Church in Calgary

“While a lot of people’s hearts are broken, broken hearts are also open hearts,” says Nenshi. “This is our chance to be able to work together to figure out what to do.”Top Catholic bishop hopes residential school apology will improve Indigenous relationsOn July 1, Grace Presbyterian was one of nearly a dozen churches in Calgary that were vandalized with red or orange paint following the horrific revelations about unmarked Indigenous graves in Canada.

At the time, many of the churches chose to remove the paint, but not Grace Presbyterian. They elected to keep the paint as a way to remember the generational trauma caused by residential schools. “When we had the red paint splattered on our door, we realized that we didn’t have great relationships with Indigenous people,” says Rev. Jake Van Pernis.In the following months, Van Pernis says that land acknowledgements are read and the church is now a space for residential school survivors to share their stories.

On Sunday, Shirley Shingoose Dufour spoke about her experience and stressed the importance of finding forgiveness.

 

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