October 2024
Rebecca Yeo and Mona Smart ordained to the sacred order of deacon
On Sept. 15, Rebecca (Reba) Yeo and Mona Smart were ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacon (transitional) at Christ Church Cathedral. Mona Smart lives ...
Written by
Naomi Racz
Oh God, it’s Otter!
Fur gives and fur gets, my dog told me. No wiser words were ever spoken. In 2017, I decided to attend church in my new ...
Written by
Ramona Jones
An invitation to stretch
On Thursday, Oct. 17, Vancouver School of Theology is hosting the 2024 Somerville Lecture at Epiphany Chapel. LaKeesha Walrond, president of New York Theological Seminary, ...
Written by
Faith Tides
Letter to the editor (October 2024)
Dear Editor, I was both shocked and interested to read your article about the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations and their troubles (Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations building hope for the ...
Written by
Faith Tides
Bishop's Column
A month of thanksgiving
October 1, 2024
“Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much ...
Synods and canons
September 2, 2024
As we begin another program year, please take a moment to glance through The Year Ahead webpage that outlines the major diocesan events of the ...
‘It is easier to talk about reconciliation than to do reconciliation’
June 4, 2024
Dear friends, At the end of 2023 the Yellowhead Institute, which monitors progress on the 94 Calls to Action from the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation ...
Reflections
Remembering Herbert O’Driscoll
September 2, 2024
October 17, 1928 – July 25, 2024 With immeasurable sadness, we announce that the Rev. Canon Dr. Thomas Herbert O’Driscoll (known to many as Herb) ...
My Journey
The winding path to ministry, ‘Pranglicanism’ and sailing
Vernon Foster
February 29, 2024
Vernon Foster will be joining the Diocese of Islands and Inlets as the incumbent at St Paul, Nanaimo, from May 1, 2024. Here he tells ...
Diocesan Theologian
Can the church learn to be small but mighty?
September 2, 2024
Church and world: how are we to think about the relationship between the two? Once upon a time, the question would have made little sense. ...