ABC News Mon, 22 Nov 1999 16:10 AEDT Catholic Church to assist stolen generation to trace their roots The Catholic Church has compiled a list of schools, homes and orphanages it ran to help the Indigenous children who lived there learn about their origins. The directory has been published in response to recommendations in the Bringing Them Home report into the stolen generation. The report stated children who had been removed from their parents should have access to the personal records held at the institutions. Bishop Pat Power, from the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission, says they hope the directory will help to reunite some families. "It must be terrible if you really don't know who you are, (if) you don't know who your bothers or sisters were or have been separated from them for so long," he said. "That's a tragedy of monumental proportions and today I think we are taking a small step and, of course, there are many more steps that need to be taken, but we are taking a small step to remedy some of that." © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
