Rose Prince - Local woman’s kindness results in annual pilgrimages in her honour

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A painting depicting Rose Prince​ shows her surrounded by flowers with a prayer book in one hand and a talking stick in the other in front of the Lejac residential school.

Each year on December 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe​, patroness of the Americas, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) invites the faithful to pray with aboriginal peoples. For this occasion, the Canadian Catholic Aboriginal Council of the CCCB prepares an annual message.

This year’s focus is Rose Prince, a remarkable woman from a small First Nations community near Fort St. James, in the Diocese of Prince George. Rose Prince was born in 1915 at Nak’azdli, a First Nations community near Fort St. James. Her parents were devout Catholics and she inherited their deep faith and love for God. Descended from the great Carrier Chief Kwah, Rose was a good student and a gifted artist.

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Published: December 28, 2011 9:00 AM