Announcement: A Special Message from Our Canon for Native American Ministries

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Ministry,

My bag is packed and I’m ready to go.

Bishop Smith asked that I fly to Bismark, North Dakota today and drive to the encampment on the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation close to Canonball, North Dakota in response to the call for clergy to come and Stand with Standing Rock. I am so humbled to be working in a Diocese, my home,  where our Bishop sees the need to stand with our brothers and sisters anytime there is a threat to our dignity, to our land, to our people.
I wish I was carrying our Diocesan flag to place along the long row of flags representing those who have been there. My tribe’s flag, the Pascua Yaqui flag, is there. It will be a powerful sight to see.