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From May 24 to 27, 2018, in Montreal, more than 250 men and women religious from 240 Catholic congregations in Canada attended the 32nd General Assembly of the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC). At the end of the four days of assembly, the Assembly elected a new Administrative Council.

From May 24 to 27, 2018 in Montreal, 300 leaders of Canadian Catholic religious congregations will gather for the 32nd General Assembly of the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC). This gathering, held every two years, is an opportunity for these leaders, members of the CRC, to meet and share about daily challenges in their ministries.

Montreal, March 24, 2017 – As part of a two-year process of identifying our priorities for the future, the Canadian Religious Conference is engaging in a visual transformation and today […]

New Administrative Council for the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC) Montreal, June 2, 2016 – From May 26-29, 2016, 300 women and men religious, leaders of 90 Catholic religious congregations from across […]

31st General Assembly of the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC) Montreal, May 18, 2016 – From May 26-29, 2016, 300 leaders of Catholic religious congregations from across Canada will gather at the Sheraton […]

In a letter to the Prime Minister Stephen Harper the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC) request that he hold a National Commission of Inquiry into the disappearance of Aboriginal women and girls in our country.

In a letter to the Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Rita Larivée, SSA, the president of the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC), urges the federal government to sign the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations without delay and begin treaty ratification in Canada as soon as possible.

New Executive Director of the CRC Appointed Montréal, November 5, 2014: Father Timothy Scott, CSB, has been appointed Executive Director of the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC) by the president of the CRC, […]

Canadian Catholic Congregations of Women Religious provided hundreds of their members to teach and care for First Nations, Métis and Inuit children in Canada’s Indian Residential Schools. […] We now know that the residential school system itself, initiated by the Federal Government and in which we participated, was racist and discriminatory. It brought about a form of cultural oppression and personal shame that has had a lasting effect not only on those who attended the schools but also on subsequent generations.