Kugluktuk’s Catholics will rebuild

A letter from the parish council of Our Lady of Lights in Kugluktuk asking for tax-deductible donations to help rebuild the community’s church was tabled in the Nunavut legislature last week.

Last weekend, Bishop Denis Croteau of the Mackenzie Diocese, traveled to Kugluktuk to meet with the members of the parish and discuss reconstruction of the church, which burned down last month.

The parish wants to rebuild on the same site as the now-charred church.

“[But] we haven’t made any decision yet of the size, what kind of building it would be or how it would be set up,” said Bishop Croteau.

Some favour purchasing a mobile or prefabricated unit, while others want to build the church using local, volunteer labour.

With the last barge heading to Kugluktuk on July 18, Croteau doesn’t know whether a prefab can be built before then or what amount the diocese will receive for the church that burned.

“We hope to get $200,000, but it’s still uncertain,” he said.

The parish council is to meet again this week to send Rouleau a resolution outlining their plans.