When victims and survivors of sexual abuse are blamed, marginalized, stigmatized or silenced, they can be traumatized all over again. The Archdiocese of Regina is trying something new in its work with survivors.
Archbishop Donald J. Bolen was installed as the eighth archbishop of the Regina archdiocese on October 14th, 2016. He took as his motto, “Verbum Vitae/ Mercy within mercy within mercy”.
Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, St. Peter's Colony, Kronau, SKSUNDAY AUGUST 9, 2020In 1913 Rev. Henry Metzger, a French priest from Alsace-Lorraine, was assigned to St. Peter’s Colony at Kronau. He envisioned a grotto built in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes on the banks that skirted Many Bone Creek.
A small group of people representing the Archdiocese of Regina is hoping an upcoming trip to Rome to meet with Pope Francis about the church’s role in residential schools will give him a deeper understanding of Indigenous peoples’ experiences.