April 2022

Rwanda genocide: 'I forgave my husband's killer - our children married' (bbc.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 4/25/226:41 AM

To heal you must love - so believes a woman who not only forgave the man who killed her husband 28 years ago during Rwanda's genocide, but allowed his daughter to marry her son. Bernadette Mukakabera has been telling her story as part of continuing efforts by the Catholic Church to bring reconciliation to a society torn apart in 1994 when some 800,000 people were slaughtered in 100 days. "Our children had nothing to do with what happened. They just fell in love and nothing should stop people...

Hartford arts organization adds therapy, techniques to address childhood trauma [courant.com]

John Flores · 4/19/221:32 PM

By Seamus McAvoy, Photo: Hartford Courant, Hartford Courant, April 16, 2022 Charter Oak Cultural Center, a Hartford arts education organization, is using therapy and mindfulness to tackle childhood trauma. The center, located in Connecticut’s first synagogue, is now an “ACEs Aware” institution — one that formally recognizes the lasting effects of trauma and adverse childhood experiences, also called ACEs. It’s also partnering with 2AssureUs LLC, a Hartford therapy practice that serves...

"Easter Effect" (A trauma-informed Easter message) by Rev. Dr. Chris Haughee

Chaplain Chris Haughee · 4/18/2211:00 AM

Have you ever heard an Easter sermon about how the trauma of Jesus' death and resurrection affected his followers? How it is a miracle that we have such a faithful account of Easter morning? Pastor Chris shares these insights in "Easter Effect."

‘I Feel Shame and Pain’: Pope Apologizes to Indigenous People of Canada (newsbreak.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 4/1/228:54 AM

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Catholic Church’s involvement in a system of Canadian boarding schools that abused Indigenous children for 100 years, an announcement that comes after the discovery last year of signs of unmarked graves with the remains of dozens of children. “I feel shame and pain,” for the “deplorable” abuses, the pope said. “I ask forgiveness of God, and I join the Canadian bishops in apologizing.” Francis also promised he would travel to Canada, where...

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