
Photo: Sue Careless for the Canadian Bible Society
Canon Jonas Allooloo, left, Bishop Benjamin Arreak, Bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk and Rev. Joshua Arreak prepare an Inuktitut translation of the Bible at the Canadian Bible Society’s Translation Office in Kitchener, Ont. on Nov. 23, 2001.
(Staff) THE WORK of a small group of dedicated clergy in the Arctic is finally, after 34 years, coming to fruition. In what can surely be called the project of a lifetime, they have translated the Bible into Inuktitut. And so this summer, Inuit living in the Diocese of the Arctic (which includes northern Quebec) will have in their hands for the first time the entire Bible in their own language and script.
The Bible was dedicated on June 3rd, the same day the new igloo-shaped St. Jude’s Anglican Cathedral
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