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Then, in a segment of the afternoon referred to in the program as "The Healing Walk", the same church leaders apologized for the roles of their churches and went on to give examples of "healing work" currently happening with First Nations people.
Each of the leaders from the four Christian denominations represented discussed his church's involvement in residential schools across the country and particularly in Saskatchewan. Hans Kouwenberg of the Presbyterian Church described treatment of students in some residential schools as being "beyond any Christian maxim of care and discipline" and such that left "lives deeply scarred."See the full content of this document
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Saskatoon Remembers the Residential School Children
In an emotional and momentous display of repentance and forgiveness, church and First Nations leaders gathered in Saskatoon to rem...
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