Author: Sandy-Saulteaux

April 2024 Newsletter

In this issue read about Medicine Wheel Teachings and the Bible, remembering Joyce Johnston and what you can find in both the cry of an eagle and a cup of tea offered by Grandma. Click on the front page below to open the newsletter. Want to get our newsletter delivered straight to your inbox? Click here.…
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New Keeper of the Circle

We are thrilled to welcome Aliesha Desjarlais into the role of guiding our circle, working with our students, elders, staff, Keepers of the Vision and partners to share theological and cross-cultural education and hold a space for reconciliation where Christian and Indigenous spirituality can meet. Aliesha has been married for over 24 years and has…
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December 2023 Newsletter

In this issue read about what rainbows have to do with Christmas, new staff at the Centre, an exciting occasion in Sandy Lake and more. Click on the front page below to open the newsletter. Want to get our newsletter delivered straight to your inbox? Click here.

It’s Giving Tuesday!

Put the people in the picture! This Giving Tuesday, make a gift to support Indigenous students who are training to be ministers, with the intention of fostering healing and restoration in their home communities. Our students are committed to becoming the kind of leaders who can work with their community to reclaim their culture and restore…
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We’re hiring!

We are hiring a new Keeper of the Circle! Are you passionate about the deep work required for reconciliation? An educator engaged in the lively discussion at the intersection of Christianity and Indigenous spiritualities? Want to lead an educational centre where “the Earth is our Faculty”? Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre is at the leading edge of…
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August 2023 Newsletter

In this issue read about what it’s like in a Learning Circle, elders who inspire us, how a retreat participant found themselves wanting to remember who they are, and more. Click on the front page below to open the newsletter. Want to get our newsletter delivered straight to your inbox? Click here.

May 2023 Newsletter

In this issue read about a student’s journey, the maple sugar moon and an invitation to join us in celebration. Click on the front page below to open the newsletter. Want to get our newsletter delivered straight to your inbox? Click here.      

December 2022 Newsletter

In this issue read about a life-long ministry dream fulfilled, a little boy making a deep connection with culture, what harm reduction has to do with ministry and more. Click on the front page below to open the newsletter. Want to get our newsletter delivered straight to your inbox? Click here.

August 2022 Newsletter

In this issue read about our graduation and honoured elders celebration, new Indigenous leaders joining our staff team and where you’d have to look to find a couple of grizzly bears at SSSC. Click on the front page below to open the newsletter. Want to get our newsletter delivered straight to your inbox? Click here.

New Keeper of the Circle and Keeper of Learning Pathways

Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre is pleased to present our new Keeper of the Circle, Christy Anderson, and our new Keeper of Learning Pathways, Rev. Bruce Neal Kakakaway.  Christy Anderson is from Pinaymootang First Nation (Treaty 2) and she belongs to the wolf clan. She is a proud Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwa Woman) on her ancestral paternal side and…
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