Beltline church repaints doors, but says reconciliation work not over yyc
following the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at residential schools across Canada, doesn’t spell the end of its actions toward truth and reconciliation.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
Congregants of the Beltline church gathered Sunday afternoon following their regular morning worship for a ceremony to mark repainting the doors to their original cream colour.Article content Rev Tony Snow, from the Stoney Nakoda Nation, speaks to a small gathering on the front steps at Grace Presbyterian Church on 15 Ave SW in Calgary on Sunday, September 25, 2022 during a Ceremony and Prayer for Red Paint Painted Over, an Indigenous-led Ceremony and Prayer.on Canada Day 2021.
The church decided to leave the paint on the doors, hoping to foster conversation about residential schools in Canada.Article content