CANADA
The Daily News
A group of compassionate Kamloops women is hoping to lend comfort during emotional testimony at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Vancouver this week.
The St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church group members have been knitting prayer shawls that will be brought to Vancouver and handed out to victims and families impacted by the residential school system.
Wendy Adams, Armstrong’s Presbyterian Church minister, is picking up the 19 shawls and affixing each with a message before delivering them.
The women prayed for the receivers while knitting the shawls.
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