Patrick Twohy News Today

These are the death notices published in the Echo this week:

SEATTLE (CNS) -- The Catholic Church is working to promote healing and rebuild trust with Native American communities in response to revelations about mistreatment of students in church-run boarding schools, a priest working on Native American issues for the U.S. bishops told an Archdiocese of Seattle gathering. This is heart stuff, not head stuff, Father Michael Carson, assistant director of Native American Affairs at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said during an Oct. 23 program.

To be Native American and Catholic is to confront enduring wounds while you cling to what resonates as true about Jesus, said Margaret Witt, a member of the Lak

To be Native American and Catholic is to confront enduring wounds while you cling to what resonates as true about Jesus, said Margaret Witt, a member of the Lak