Prairie people are survivors. Many were once city people who were given land grants. They had to learn how to survive and they have kept that spirit of being open to doing new things. The diocese is active for its size. In the past 10 years it has built, rebuilt on a larger scale or expanded seven churches.
Plans are afoot to rebuild two more.
It was the pioneering spirit in the diocese that led to the successful fund-raising campaign, and the new planning around family ministries which has followed in its wake, Bishop Burton said. The church is one of the few places in northern Saskatchewan culture where native and non-natives mix socially and as equals, said Bishop Burton. There is a strange dynamic here of people living together but also apart. Natives stick to natives as friends, and native and non-native kids travel in separate groups. I am proud of the church for bringing people together.