U.S. Catholic Bishops convening for a two-day meeting are considering a new, multifaceted program of outreach to Native American Catholics. The effort is motivated in part by a desire to make amends for the widespread abuses inflicted on Native youths at scores of Catholic-run boarding schools in the 19th and 20th centuries.
FILE - Ruins of a Native American boarding school on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation are pictured in Mission, S.D., Oct. 15, 2022. U.S. Catholic Bishops are slated to approve a new outreach plan for Native American Catholics during a convention on Friday, June 14, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. The plan is part of an effort to make amends for the widespread abuses inflicted on Native youths at Catholic-run boarding schools in the 19th and 20th centuries. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — U.S.
Called “Keeping Christ’s Sacred Promise: A Pastoral Framework for Indigenous Ministry,” the document is up for approval at this week’s USCCB meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. Native Americans make up about 3.5% of U.S. Catholics and more than 350 parishes serve predominantly Indigenous people, according to
The majority of the boarding schools were run by the government, but Protestant and Catholic churches operated many of them.
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