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Dr. Jessie Saulteaux was an Assiniboine elder from Carry the Kettle First Nation, Saskatchewan. Her vision was to involve aboriginal people in ministry leadership and in the spiritual lives of their own communities.

In 1984, the Centre was founded as the result of the dedication and hard work of many elders and others who shared Dr. Jessie Saulteaux's vision.

The Centre's dual mandate is to prepare Aboriginal people for the ministry and to provide cross-cultural education for the larger community.

"At the time of the first step to having a resource centre for Native theological students in 1984, I was standing at the opening ceremony, and it seemed to me that I saw a clear light around the people gathered there. Later on I saw many little lights--and I think that those lights are like many little stars and those lights are the lights of our young people as they begin training and become leaders in our communities."

"We are going into a brighter future. All those little stars are going to get bigger, they are going to shine brighter. There are going to be more and more Native leaders to serve in our communities."

Dr. Jessie Saulteaux