‘Each bell symbolizes a child’s life’: Hillhurst Church to toll bells 215 times in memory of buried children
Posted May 31, 2021 6:38 pm.
CALGARY — On June 1, Hillhurst United Church in Calgary’s northwest will toll its bells 215 times in memory of the 215 children who were found buried at a former residential school in Kamloops.
“Each bell symbolizes a child’s life,” said Tony Snow, the Indigenous Lead at Hillhurst United and Indigenous Minister for Calgary-area United Churches, in a release.
“As we stop and listen to each bell toll, we remember a child who never returned home.”
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The bells will begin ringing at 2:15 p.m.
Hillhurst United is also calling on other communities to follow suit and either toll their bells or take part in a moment of silence.
The memorial bells will be live-streamed on the Hillhurst United Facebook page.
June 1 marks the beginning of National Indigenous Month.
