TRC to hold national event

Truth and Reconciliation Commission event coming Sept. 18-21.

An aboriginal girl participates in a 2008 event in Ottawa promoting the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The commission is supporting those who suffered abuse at aboriginal residential schools, including those operated by more than 40 Catholic dioceses and religious orders. CNS photo / Art Babych.

Stories of past wrongs associated with residential schools will resurface in a provincial gathering aimed at reconciliation after the tragic events of the past. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada national event will come to Vancouver Sept. 18-21. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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