2021 07 02
Article by Sunny Wong
寄宿学校惨案 王晨
最近在加拿大温哥华原住民寄宿学校的旧址发现了215具学童的遗骸，在沙省又发现了在寄宿学校的周围751个无名孩童坟墓。
其实原住民在加拿大居住已有上千年的历史。当英，法登陆加拿大后，建立了加国。他们占用了原住民的土地，留给他们很小的土地面积让他们居住，又尝试同化他们。在不获家长同意的情况下把他们的子女强行带走，送到寄宿学校接受现代教育，强逼他们说英, 法语及改变宗教信仰。在学校里发生了很多虐待，暴力及性侵犯的事件。不少孩童在残酷的生活环境中得病，死亡。
寄宿学校在加拿大有100多年的历史，有约150,000.00名原住民孩童入住，现在估计其中有约15,000.00名孩童死亡。寄宿学校由教会管理，有44间属罗马天主教，有21间属于圣公会。寄宿学校从1876开始到1996结束，经历了120年。寄宿学校出来的原住民丧失了自己的语言，文化，信仰及与家庭民族的联接，变成不被加拿大现代社会及原住民部落接受的异类，在创伤及压力中，心理出现障碍，导致酗酒，自杀。
经历了漫长的100多年，加拿大终于认识到了自己所犯的错误。由政府到皇家骑警，由教会到教育机构都陆续出面向原住民道歉及赔偿。这段黑暗的历史教导我们不要施己欲与人，上帝创造不同的人类有他的旨意，人类不应用暴力去强逼别人改变，强逼就是犯罪。希望我们能从中吸取教训，不再重蹈覆辙。
历代记下28:10
如今你们有意强逼犹大人和耶路撒冷人做你们的奴婢，你们岂不也有得罪耶和华你们神的事吗？
圣法兰西斯的祷告
使我作你和平之子，
在憎恨之处播下你的爱，
在伤痕之处播下你宽恕，
在怀疑之处播下信心。
使我作你和平之子，
在绝望之处播下盼望，
在幽暗之处播下光明，
在忧愁之处播下欢愉。
使我作 你和平之子，
在赦免时我们便蒙赦免，
在舍去时我们便有所得，
迎接死亡时我们便进入永生。
哦，主啊！
使我少为自己求，
少求受安慰，但求安慰人；
少求被了解，但求了解人；
少求爱，但求全心付出爱。
阿门！
Boarding school tragedy
Sunny Wong
Recently in Canada Vancouver Indigenous residential school site found 215 indigenous child remains, also at Saskatchewan an old boarding school site, found around 751 nameless graves belong to boarding school children.
In fact, Indigenous people have lived in Canada for more than a thousand years. When Britain and France landed in Canada, they established a country. They occupied the land of indigenous peoples, gave them a small land area to let them live. They try to assimilate them. Without obtaining parental consent to send their children to boarding school to get modern education, force them to speak English and French and compelled them to change religion. There have been many incidents of abuse, violence and sexual assault in schools. Many children got sick and died in the cruel living environment.
Boarding school in Canada has more than 100-year history, there has approximately 150,000.00 Indigenous children stayed in school, of which about 15,000.00 children died. Boarding schools are managed by the churches. 44 of them belong to the Roman Catholic church, 21 of them belong to the Anglican Church. The boarding school started in 1876 and ended in 1996, which lasted 120 years. The Indigenous who stayed in Boarding school, lost their own language, culture, religion and connection with their family and nation, at the end, they not be accepted by modern Canada society either their own nation tribe. Under the trauma and pressure, most of them have a mental disorder, leading to alcoholism and suicide.
Through more than 100 years, Canada finally recognizes the mistakes they made. Gradually from the government to the RCMP, from churches to educational institutions, there have been apologies and compensations to the indigenous people. The dark history teaches us not to force other people to change. God created different human beings has his will. Humans do not use violence to compel others to change, and compelling is a crime. I hope we can learn from it and stop repeating the same mistakes.
2 Chronicles 28:10
Now you intend to make the men and woman of Judah and Jerusalem your slaves. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the Lord your God?
Peace Prayer of Saint Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.