What are the next steps we are willing to take with our Indigenous relatives on the road to reconciliation? Pope Francis has completed his “penitential voyage” to Canada offering apologies to the Indigenous People. All aspects of the trip have been analyzed – some with praise, some with criticisms, some with condemnation. Regardless of whether our expectations have been met or not, the crucial question is where do we go from here?  What are the next steps we are willing to take with our Indigenous relatives on the road to reconciliation?  Let us not waste a moment to make our commitment and go forward walking the road together. +Jane Photo Album of viewing event at mâmawêyatitân centre - City of Regina Archdiocese of Regina web site:  https://archregina.sk.ca/papal-visit National Catholic Reporter Feature Series › POPE FRANCIS IN CANADA Vatican News YouTube Channel > Extensive coverage of Pope Francis' visit to Canada Papal Visit coverage by CBC News

                                           

Assistance for displaced Ukrainian People Felix and Jane K. are pleased to say that we are helping Felix's cousins Halya and Tanya, displaced persons from Kalush, Ukraine, with their move to Regina.  They have now moved into their new apartment at Evergreen Estates. The second phase of their move took place August 1st.  We had the help of five women and five men to carry in two bed sets, a table and four chairs, a desk, a sofa, and several book shelves. Thanks to Dara Lesuik a large warehouse on the Regina Exhibition Grounds has been acquired and is filling up with donations of furniture, dishes, clothes, toys, and other household necessities for the use of Ukrainian displaced persons. On behalf of MMICC charitable effort, the F.R.O.G team will establish sub-accout to receive donations to aid Ukrainian displaced persons. Finding a job appears to be our cousin's top priority, as probably with all newly arrived Ukrainians.  Please contact us if you know of job openings or if your friends know of job openings.  Halya has experience working in a large bakery, mainly in the office, but is willing to take an entry level job.

EVENTS SPONSORED or RECOMMENDED BY MMICC MINISTRY TEAMS:

Patricia O. of the MMICC Indigenous Relations Team recommends:  Tuesday, August 16th at 12 noon ET (10:00 am CST).  Join National Catholic Reporter Christopher White as he discusses his travel to Canada with Pope Francis for his historic, penitential pilgrimage apologizing to the Indigenous peoples for the role the Catholic Church played in their forced assimilation, genocidal violence, and physical and spiritual abuse, especially in residential schools.

“I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples,” Francis said to a large crowd of Indigenous people in Maskwacis, Alberta, the site of a former residential school.

People from the First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities praised Pope Francis for his words but also regretted that it took so long for the apology.

Join us as Christopher White talks about what he saw, heard, and experienced and what is likely to happen next.

Here is the corrected link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89334701691?pwd=VVNzOFk0MDBqaEtyWWlMcVFuV3FtZz09

Meeting ID: 893 3470 1691    Passcode: 337229

EVENTS SPONSORED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS:

For a variety of events that may be of interest to MMICC members on the topics of Church Renewal, Ecumenism, Environment, Indigenous Relations, Social Justice, Spirtuality, and Women's Flourishing, click on Events at the top of this Bulletin Board, or click here.

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• 150 books were move August 1st to a MMICC member's home. 
  
• Now the MMICC library is located at five different members' homes.
• All books are available from the MMICC Consolidated List.
  

PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Please pray for displaced persons from Ukraine who have come to Regina and other places in Canada.
• From  Anne O & Claire R:  for Mary C. a good friend who is entering the palliative care stage of life and for Celeste I. another dear friend who is celebrating her 80th birthday today.

• We pray for the communities served by Roman Catholic Women Priests, wherever we gather, that we who proclaim the Gospel by our lives, will speak words of compassion, love and healing. And today we especially lift up the Mary of Magdala Inclusive Catholic Community, for the continuing commitment of its membership, and for others to feel welcomed to join with us as disciples of Jesus.

All: Loving God/de, we raise our prayer to you.

• We pray for our hearts to be opened to receive the healing grace of Christ in the way that Mary of Magdala did.

All: Loving God/de, we raise our prayer to you.

• Mary and the other women and men disciples persevered with Jesus, even when he was persecuted by his own religious leadership and government authorities. We pray for all those who are travelling to hear the apology of Pope Francis for the harm done by the Catholic Church to Indigenous Peoples, especially the survivors of residential schools.

All: Loving God/de, we raise our prayer to you.

• We pray for the people of Ukraine, and all the areas of the world where there are unjust wars, to be relieved of the oppression they suffer. We pray also for the oppressors to have a change of heart and compassion for the people they persecute. And we pray for generosity in donations for those refugees who have come to be part of our respective (safe) communities.

All: Loving God/de, we raise our prayer to you.

• We pray for those who have died and those who mourn their loss, that they be reassured in the knowledge that they have entered into their eternal home with Creator.

All: Loving God/de, we raise our prayer to you.

• For those who have asked us to pray for them and others – in the Chat, on the Bulletin Board, and in our own hearts.

All: Loving God/de, we raise our prayer to you.

• For Don M. for healing.
• For a beloved grandmother who died recently.
• For employment for a recently arrived cousin from Ukraine
• For Brandy who is recovering from a motorcycle accident.
• For a family member celebrating their 63rd wedding anniversary.
• For Our Lady of the Missions congregation celebrating their feast day, that they stay true to their founder's charism.

• Felix K. asks please pray for Ukrainian displaced persons and people of other war-torn countries.
• Denise D. ask for prayers for my friends Suzanne and Nancy both battling with serious health problems.
• Donna S. asks prayers for Tante L. on her 95th birthday on 14 September.
• Matt & Serena ask for prayers for our friend Desiree, who passed away this past week, and for her husband and family

CELEBRATIONS  / REMEMBRANCES

• Marie and Albert V. celebrate 52 years of marriage on August 22nd
• Jason and Torey M.'s 5th wedding anniversary is on September 23rd

‌ “If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.” ― Joanna R. Macy REGISTER HERE Active Hope (An exploration of Joanna Macy's newly revised book.) How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power Thursday, September 1, 4pm EST, 1pm PST led by your Creation In Crisis team REGISTER HERE Bob Isenberger Penny Andrews Gail Ransom The challenges we face can be difficult to think about. Climate change, war, political polarization, economic upheaval, and the extinction of so many species together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. How do live within such an enormous destruction of all that we know? This crisis of soul and soil is both massive and personal. While our scientists track the waning of our geosphere and the destruction of our biosphere, we may well be asking, What does it mean to be human in this moment? How do we respond and live our own truth as the world we have known falls apart? This session will include both theory and practice as our Creation in Crisis team leads us through the key concepts presented by Macy and Johnstone in their tenth anniversary revised edition of their book, Active Hope, How to Face the Mess We're in with Unexpected Resilience & Creative Power. We will consider the wisdom of Macy and her transformational paradigm, The Work That Reconnects and learn how to build resilience and strength, and to embody Active Hope to a wounded world. About Joanna Macy Chris Johnstone and Active Hope Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work That Reconnects, the authors guide us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science. This process equips us with tools to face the difficult times we’re in and to play our role in the collective transition,, what Macy calls The Great Turning, to a life-sustaining society. REGISTER HERE Our Presenters: Rev. Penny Andrews, DMin is a trained facilitator for Joanna Macy's Work That Reconnects. She is a graduate of the University of Creation Spirituality and served as an interfaith Chaplain for many years. She is now a member of the Creation Spirituality Communities Board of Directors and teaches their certificate course in Cosmology. She has been cohost for Creation in Crisis since its inception in Nov.2019 Bob Isenberger MES (Master of Environmental Studies), York University, is a ritualist, community organizer, and retired business consultant. He has been a student of Creation Spirituality since the mid-1990's, and is a member of and part of the leadership team for Ruah, An Eco-Centered Spiritual Community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bob manages the tech side of out Creation in Crisis webinars. Rev. Gail Ransom, DMin is minister, mystic, musician and writer who has fostered creativity throughout her life's work. She leads Four Path rItual, improvisational chant, and sacred circle dancing. She has shared in the leadership of two Cosmic Masses at the Parliament of the World's Religions with Matthew Fox. She is a graduate of the University of Creation Spirituality and served as the President of the Creation Spirituality Communities Board of Directors from 2014-2018. How to catch Up with our Previous Webinars Go to the CSC YouTUBE page and look for the CIC playlist. Or simply CLICK HERE. Click on the names of our previous three speakers and go directly to the recording of their session. Lauren Van Ham Project Adapt Creating Connected Resilience Matthew Fox Day of Epiphany, Day of Infamy Michael Dowd The Big Picture: What Every Earth Activist Should Know Creation in Crisis is a monthly webinar series featuring environmental activists from a wide variety of situation whose spirituality supports and empowers their efforts. The 90 minute sessions include inspirational readings, music or visual arts, and the opportunity to engage in conversation with the presenter. Webinars are held on the first Thursday of the month at 4:00 EST/ 3:00 CT/ 2:00 MT./ 1:00 PST. Penny Andrews Your hosts for these CSC Creation in Crisis webinars are Penny Andrews (left), DMin UCS, Chaplin, Activist, Ritualist, Perma-culturist, Facilitator for Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects,Creation Spirituality Communities Board Member, and (right) Gail Sofia Ransom, DMin '10 WU. Mystic, Musician, and Minister, Chant Specialist. Body prayer and Four Path Ritual Leader, President of Creation. Spirituality Communities Board of Directors 2014- 2018. Gai Sofia Ransom We invite you to learn more about Creation Spirituality Communities,  Visit the CSC Website You can also find us on Facebook as Creation Spirituality Communities or Creation in Crisis

Pope Francis has announced a consistory for the creation of 20 new cardinals on August 27, followed by an extraordinary meeting of the world's cardinals on August 29-30 to reflect on his new Apostolic Constitution, Praedicate Evangelium. Now we could throw a lot of Vatican math at you about how many cardinal-electors there are, how many Pope Francis has appointed, the percentages of cardinals from various parts of the world... but one number remains very clear:  Zero. Zero women. Zero women will join the College of Cardinals. Zero women will be eligible to elect the next Pope. And ironically, zero women will be in dialogue with the cardinals about the new constitution that now allows women to head dicasteries, a role traditionally reserved for cardinals and bishops.  The exclusion of women from leadership in the Catholic church is one of the greatest cons-in-history. And WOC is going to Rome to make sure the consistency of the church's sexism is called out. A con-SISTER-y of RESISTory, if you will.   Please make an urgent "Ministry of Irritation" donation today to ensure our message is heard loud and clear. Your support and solidarity at this moment is crucial.   With our Women's Ordination Worldwide partners, we'll be on the ground in Rome shining a bright light on this display of patriarchy through creative, courageous witnesses, prayer vigils, and media work. We're keeping our schemes under wraps for now, but you can expect regular updates from us while we're in Rome. Please give generously so that we might carry our message to the Vatican and continue this essential ministry. WOC needs your help. Support our efforts in Rome! Thank you so much, Kate McElwee Executive Director Women cardinals?  "Theologically and theoretically, it is possible." — Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ While canon law currently specifies that a cardinal must either be a priest or a bishop, it could be possible for the church to name women as cardinals (without changing the church's teaching of reserving ordination to men)*, as cardinals are not ordained into their ministry. Appointing a lay person would require a change to, or at least a dispensation from, the law. And although (since the 16th century) cardinals have come mostly from the ranks of priests and bishops, that has not always been the case... Read more *although they should! #OrdainWomen Ways to give Your gift to WOC is an investment in the movement that is making a difference. Whether through online gifts, your employer, planned giving, or a donation of stock. Find out which method of giving is best for you. However you choose to give, your gift will have an outsized impact on our small organization and be put to work right away to reach our goals. Donate to WOC