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FALL 2023
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Visiting a National Residential Schools Monument
The Rev. Mary Fontaine, Modera- tor of the 2023 General Assembly, participated in the site selection ceremony of the National Resi- dential Schools Monument on Parliament Hill on June 20, 2023.
Call to Action #81 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada states that: “We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with Survivors and their organizations, and other
par ties to the Settlement Agree- ment, to commission and install a publicly accessible, highly visi- ble, Residential Schools National Monument in the city of Ottawa to honour Survivors and all the children who were lost to their families and communities.”
Speakers at the ceremony in- cluded Residential School Sur- vivors as well as the Governor General of Canada, Her Excel-
lency the Right Honourable Mary Simon. The moderator was ac- companied by the Rev. Dr. Karen Dimock, Minister of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Ottawa, and the Rev. Victor Kim, Principal Clerk of the PCC.
For more information, visit canada.ca/en/canadian-herit- age/services/art-monuments/ upcoming-projects/residential- school
Her Excellency Governor General Mary Simon (left) and the Rev. Mary Fon- taine, Moderator of the 2023 General Assembly of the PCC.
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The Rev. Mary Fontaine, the Rev. Dr. Karen Dimock, Minister of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Ottawa, and the Rev. Victor Kim, Principal Clerk.
Her Excellency Governor General Mary Simon, the Right Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, Moderator of the United Church of Canada, the Rev. Mary Fontaine, and Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
The Moderator’s Travels
September 26 – October 1: Montreal trip to visit Presbyterian College; Indigenous Solidarity Montreal of the Montreal Presbytery event; Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, along with possible other events being planned.
October (dates to be finalized): Moderator’s international trip to Israel and Palestine.
November 6 – 8: Life and Mission Agency Committee meeting in Toronto.
November 24 – 25: Presbyteries of Huron-Perth, Lambton West-Middlesex and London are planning events for local congregations and local Indigenous communities.
November 26: The 175th anniversary service of St. Marys Church in St. Marys, Ont. November 26 – 28: Assembly Council meeting.