22 February 2008
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
The Leadership Team of the Oceania Province of the Christian Brothers has expressed its support for the apology to those indigenous people forcibly removed from their families which was tendered on behalf of the nation at the opening of the current session of the Australian Parliament.
As well as supporting the move to say ‘sorry’ the statement issued by the Brothers re-affirmed their commitment to the Edmund Rice National Statement of Reconciliation which binds them to:-
- acknowledge Australia’s Indigenous peoples as the first peoples of this land
- build respectful relationships
- develop partnerships between Indigenous peoples and non-indigenous peoples
- celebrate Australia’s unique cultures.
The full text of the statement is available for download at the Edmund Rice Oceania website
As well as supporting the move to say ‘sorry’ the statement issued by the Brothers re-affirmed their commitment to the Edmund Rice National Statement of Reconciliation which binds them to:-
- acknowledge Australia’s Indigenous peoples as the first peoples of this land
- build respectful relationships
- develop partnerships between Indigenous peoples and non-indigenous peoples
- celebrate Australia’s unique cultures.
The full text of the statement is available for download at the Edmund Rice Oceania website
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