The third annual
National Catholic Health Care Week will be held Sunday, October 3 to Saturday, October 9, 2021.
National Catholic Health Care Week is a Week to:
- Recognize the mission of Catholic health care organizations across Canada
- Amplify our shared mission through a consistent, strong collective voice
- Showcase our role, value, and impact in local communities and across the country
- Demonstrate that we are people-focused, expert contributors to the health system
- Engage our stakeholders in conversation about Catholic health care
This year, we focus on the theme of
“Together in Care”, grounded in our commitment to social justice and the values of inclusiveness and compassion, in the spirit of reconciliation.
We begin with a prayer to walk together in unity and healing. Daily reflections and prayers
can be found here.
A Prayer for Unity
From a Prayer by the late Frank Fools Crow, Oglala Lakota
Grandfather,
Wakan Tanka*, Grandmother, the Earth who hears everything,
Give us a blessing so that our words and actions be one in unity,
and that we be able to listen to each other, in so doing,
we shall with good heart walk hand in hand to face the future.
In the presence of the outside, we are thankful for many blessings.
I make my prayer for all people, the children, the women and the men.
I pray that no harm will come to them, and that on the great island, there be no war, that there be no ill feelings among us.
From this day on may we walk hand in hand.
So be it.
*Great Spirit God, Great Mystery
Several resources are available on the CHAC website (chac.ca) including:
- A video on Catholic Health Care (less than three minutes)
- The Courageous Gift with the four pillars
- Facts on Catholic health care in Canada