September 30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Date posted on September 27, 2024
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is held each year on September 30th.
This day provides an opportunity for all Canadians to reflect and honour Survivors of residential schools and all those who support them. We remember the children that never returned home. We recognize this painful history and, as a Catholic community, acknowledge our involvement in the residential school system.
We are reminded of the Holy Father’s profound hope that “Christians and civil society in this land may grow in the ability to accept and respect the identity and the experience of the Indigenous Peoples.”
On this day, we pray, educate and advocate, looking for opportunities to discern how each one of us can participate in the journey of healing, reconciliation and hope.
Within the Diocese of Hamilton, applications will be accepted for the next round of the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund from October 1 – November 30th, 2024. For details, please click here.