Special report Council of General Synod: 'We've got to do it ourselves': Mississauga Declaration says Indigenous Anglicans will act now to reaffirm sovereign identity
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article41118
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2012 January
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2012 January
- Volume
- 138
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 6
- Notes
- "Bishop [Mark] MacDonald and Norm Casey, co-chair of ACIP [Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples], presented the Mississauga Declaration to CoGS [Council of General Synod]. The declaration states that indigenous Anglicans must 'act now to reaffirm our sovereign identity as the people of the Land and to revive, renew and reclaim the ministries in our communities'." Bishop MacDonald "also noted that there are indigenous communities across Canada with lower rates of suicide than the general population, and studies have suggested 'protective factors' such as revival of culture and values, self-determination, self-governance, and successful adjudication of land claims. Self-determination,therefore, 'is not just a politically correct thing to do, but a matter of life', said Bishop MacDonald".
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Politics and government
- MacDonald, Mark L. (Mark Lawrence), 1954-
- Casey, Norm (Norman Robert), 1948-2020
- Indigenous ministry - Anglican Church of Canada