Monday, July 6, 2009

Native American Episcopalians Step Up

"I note several common themes in all of these conversations: self-determination for peoples whose cultural traditions and identities often have been suppressed or obliterated; the overwhelming poverty in many Native reservations and off the reservation; the resulting negative impacts on health, lifespan and what we insist God wills for us all – abundance of life; and the gifts of awareness of connection with creation that Native traditions and communities can offer to the wider church."

- Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

Read it all here: Learn About Native American Concerns.