Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle is a Catholic coalition of Indigenous people, bishops, clergy, lay movements and institutes of consecrated life, engaged in renewing and fostering relationships between the Catholic Church and Indigenous Peoples in Canada. 
 
We encourage you to share these resources to bring awareness to the Indigenous Delegation to Rome. Please join us in the prayer wave as we accompany the delegation on this historic walk toward healing and reconciliation.

Prayer resources in solidarity with Indigenous delegations’ visit with the Holy Father
We received gratefully the recent announcement of the upcoming visit of First Nations, Inuit and Metis delegations with Our Holy Father Pope Francis at the Vatican. The Canadian Catholic Bishops, Assembly of First Nations, Métis National Council, and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami has announced that the delegation, originally planned for December 2021, is now scheduled to take place from March 28 to April 1, 2022. As co-chairs of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle (Circle), we encourage the whole faith community to embrace this historic moment and prepare to stand in prayerful solidarity with all of those who will be meeting with the Holy Father so that
this will be a true encounter on our journey toward reconciliation. On behalf of the Circle, we are pleased to attach two initiatives to support you:

1. A prayer card which contains a prayer for the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe. You are invited to download this card and share it with your own organization or network.

2. An invitation from the Circle to join in a Sacred Fire to be held across the land on the opening day of the Encounter March 28. Please review it and consider gathering personally with your parish, community, organization, or network to link to this vigil. We will pray to Our Lady of Guadalupe for her to intercede with her Son to shower abundant graces among and between us, for the conversion and healing of hearts, as we continue our journey of truth and reconciliation.

Tom Dearhouse Colleen Martin
Co-chair Co-chair

Indigenous Delegation to Rome
The Indigenous delegation going to Rome, is taking place from March 28 to April 1, 2022. We encourage the whole faith community to embrace this historic moment and prepare to stand in prayerful solidarity with all of those who will be meeting with the Holy Father so that this will be a true encounter on our journey toward reconciliation.
On March 28th as the encounter begins, in solidarity with the Indigenous Fire Keepers keeping the Sacred Fire in your region and across this land, we invite all of you to light a fire or a candle and to pray, wherever you may be: at home, at work, school, at church….
The time zone for Saskatchewan has been designated from 3:00 to 6:00 PM. 
We encourage parishes to open their doors during this time for people to pray: there could be a time of Adoration, the Rosary, or silent prayer. 

Indigenous Delegation to Rome Prayer Service
Monday, March 28, 2022
You are invited to join a prayer service being organized by members of the Indigenous Relations team which will be hosted at St. Cecelia’s Parish.
3:00 PM: Adoration with some music and reflection
4:00 PM: Prayer Service; followed by Rosary in Cree and English 
If anyone is interested in receiving a copy of the prayer service that has been prepared for you to use personally or with others, please contact Sr. ReAnne (306)540-3686 or [email protected].

Prayer Intentions for the Delegation to Rome to Meet Pope Francis