Canadian history with, not nuns specifically, but with schools run by the various churches, the catholic one in particular, are very, very dark. The churches were put in charge of educating the Indian out of the Indians (the aboriginal Canadians had the word Indian hung on them as an identifier).
The net result has not been a positive one. bill On Sat., Aug. 14, 2021, 12:04 p.m. Bipin Gupta, <bip...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bob, sad that you had an experience different from mine. I went to a > Christian Brother's Boarding School from Class 1 to 11 and earlier at St. > Joseph's Convent from Nursery, KG 1 & KG 2. I have attached some wonderful > memories, see Dropbox link with some pictures. > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6i7ddo92jhgw1ib/AAB9D3LUfes8xdeg3stoKFfla?dl=0 > > Their Education, Wisdom, Spirituality etc stood the test of time that > helped me retire as an Advisor from the World's Largest Automotive > Conglomerate. Who knew then that a nondescript Brown Indian would lead > people from all over the world. > They made no attempt to convert us Hindus into Christians because they knew > Christ spent his "Lost Years" in India where he learnt peace and love. > The Nuns were kindly and pious and we would kiss their cross as they walked > past. The only time I was afraid when a Nun in Black Winter Dress picked me > up to cuddle. I thought she was a ghost as her skin was so white. > Stay Blessed and Safe all of you beautiful PDMLers. > Bipin B. Gupta > > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
