Fr. Henry Sands - Black and Indian Mission Office

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Fr. Sands belongs to three tribes: Ojibway, Odawa, and Potawatomi and grew up in a First Nations community on Walpole Island in Ottawa. He is a member of the Little Traverse Bay Band of the Odawa Indians in Michigan. 

Now a priest of the Detroit archdiocese, he leads a "Mission to the Missions" by overseeing grants and activites that empower local Native American and African American communities to grow in their Catholic faith, proclaim the Good News, and address the  needs of their people in urban neighborhoods and on reservations. 

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Fr. Sands encuraged us to learn more about our brothers and sisters who are Native Americans.

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More about Fr. Henry

Read Fr. Henry's interview, A Message of Hope, on the Knights of Columbus website. 

Get a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by indigenous people in Canada and the United States from this talk, which occurred on July 17, 2022 before  Pope Francis visited Canada later that month.