Diocesan Pastoral Plan

Priority #5 of the Diocesan Pastoral Plan:

Promote the Healing Journey in the Lord

Healing, growth, serving, ongoing conversion

“… for I am the LORD, who heals you.” – Exodus 15:26

“[T]he Lord has taken the initiative, he has loved us first (1 Jn 4:19), and therefore we can move forward, boldly take the initiative, go out to others, seek those who have fallen away, stand at the crossroads and welcome the outcast. “ – Evangelii Gaudium #24

 

• Promote and make available the Sacrament of Reconciliation

• Promote “listening, caring, accompanying” to provide support for those struggling with emotional and mental health, addictions and/or grief recovery

• Provide healthy and safe church communities, free from trauma and abuse

• Promote network of local Catholic counsellors, Catholic health care providers

• Build the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of our communities

• Provide opportunities for women and men to recover from trauma and dysfunction

• Healing opportunities addressing TRC Calls to Action, UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples)
• Reverence for Life initiatives (ex. Rachel’s Vineyard)
• Anger and grief

• Build awareness and relationship with Creation: foster Stewardship

• Address exploitative societal and cultural problems: ie human trafficking

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.  Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” – Matthew 5:7-8 

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” – 1 Peter 1:3

“Christ invites his disciples to follow him by taking up their cross in their turn…By following him they acquire a new outlook on illness and the sick. Jesus associates them with his own life of poverty and service. He makes them share in his ministry of compassion and healing.”

– Catechism of the Catholic Church #1506