06/19/2026
This Sunday, on National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Anglican Church of Canada also observes the National Indigenous Day of Prayer.
This is a day of prayer, gratitude, truth-telling, listening, and reflection.
We give thanks for the cultures, languages, wisdom, leadership, and spiritual traditions of Indigenous peoples across these lands.
We also acknowledge the ongoing impacts of colonization and the harm churches — including the Anglican Church — have caused through residential schools and other systems of oppression.
Reconciliation is not a finished project or a statement we make once. It is ongoing work that calls us toward truth, relationship, justice, humility, and change.
This weekend, we pray:
“Creator God, from you every family in heaven and earth takes its name. You have rooted and grounded us in your covenant love, and empowered us by your Spirit to speak the truth in love, and to walk in your way towards justice and wholeness.
Mercifully grant that your people, journeying together in partnership, may be strengthened and guided to help one another to grow into the full stature of Christ, who is our light and our life. Amen."
May we continue the work of listening deeply, speaking truthfully, and walking together toward healing and right relationship.