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Untangling the Web: Church and Public Accountability in National Reconciliation 

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Three views of a can with a slit in the top. View 1: The label says "S.S." and the can is decorated with a drawing of three children, one in a kimono, one in a fur parka, and one flying a kite. View 2: A drawing of Jesus Christ speaking with a group of children. View 3: A drawing of a child in buckskin clothes, holding a bow and arrow with feathers in their hair. There is a logo with the letters WA inside a cross. Text on the can reads: "The Little Helpers of the Sunday School Women's Auxiliary. God bless all the missionaries all over the world, and all the little helpers, for Jesus' sake. - Amen."

All Catholic and Protestant churches in Canada need to undertake this painful work of disentangling the spiritual call to service from the presence of imperialism, colonialism, racism, and white supremacy and hold themselves accountable for supporting the genocidal Residential School program. Although our team members are mapping a way forward to hold the members of this diocese accountable by providing answers to their questions on their journey towards reconciliation, this reflection work needs to be done by individual dioceses, churches, and settlers, as long as they remain open, willing to learn, and brave throughout our research investigations.