Come and see: Ashes for atrocities
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article40517
- Author
- Hiltz, Fred (Frederick James), 1953-
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2017 March
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2017 March
- Volume
- 143
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 5
- Notes
- "Consider this statistic: 45 million people worldwide are captive in modern-day slavery. Two million of them are children. Consider this fact: Canada is known as a source, transit and destination country for trafficking people for the billion-dollar global sex trade and for other forms of exploitative labour. Canadian children and female teens, especially young Indigenous women, are particularly vulnerable". "In responding to a call from the Anglican Consultative Council to develop strategies -- local, regional and global -- to rid the world of this evil, our church is committed to partnering with other churches, other faith-based organizations, civil society and government". "On that Wednesday when ashes are smeared on my forehead, I am mindful, more than ever, of our need to confess the sin of turning our eyes from those who suffer in modern-day slavery and front their oppressors".
- Subjects
- Slavery - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Human trafficking - Canada
- Human trafficking - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Human trafficking - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Ash Wednesday - Anglican Church of Canada