U.S. Catholic Bishops convening for a two-day meeting are considering a new, multifaceted program of outreach to Native American Catholics.
NationalFILE - 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. – U.S.
It is meant to help bishops “refocus and invigorate ministry among Indigenous populations in the United States,” said Bishop Chad Zielinski, chair of the USCCB’s subcommittee on Native American Affairs, who presented the draft framework on Thursday afternoon. 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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