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Bishop Donald Harvey honoured by First Nation’s ANiC members
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Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009
At the end of the early service Easter morning, St Mary’s Open Gate parishioners Randy and Laura Chipps, members of the Beecher Bay First Nations Band, presented Bishop Don with a beautiful blanket. The blanket, entitled “Keep My Fires Burning”, honours North American Indian elders and storytellers who pass on the traditions, wisdom, beliefs and history to successive generations. The Chipps presented the blanket in memory of their father, Chief Gillette Chipps of the Ditidaht Nation, and as a token to appreciation for Bishop Don’s service to God and support of their church community. While Bishop Don was enfolded in the blanket, the Chipps prayed for him. The Ditidaht Nation is known as “The People of the Rock” – and, of course, Bishop Don is from Newfoundland, which is also known as “The Rock”. Also of interest, the Chipps’ ancestors accepted Christ in the 1700s under the ministry of Jesuit Benedictine missionaries.
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Label on blanket |
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