March & April 2025
Making transgender history visible
March 31 marks International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). The event was founded in 2009 by transgender activist Rachel Crandall Crocker, with the intention of ...
2025 primatial election to be more transparent and inclusive
We Anglicans have funny names for a lot of things. For instance, we call our presiding bishop “the primate,” and we call the primate’s elected ...
Christ Church, Alert Bay awarded AFC grant
Christ Church, Alert Bay (‘Yalis) on Cormorant Island has been awarded a category C grant of $50,000 by the Anglican Foundation of Canada. The ...
Anglican teen organizes environmental expo
On Saturday, January 11, 2025, Church of the Advent, Colwood hosted an environmental expo. But the idea for the event started life in the brain ...
AFC grants to strengthen collaboration between Anglican churches and community partners
The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) is calling on Canadian Anglicans to strengthen community connections and expand ministry partnerships through its 2025 request for proposals ...
Softening the heart and mind
A letter from an American theologian to his Canadian church Dear Canadian friends, I am guessing that you are as dazed and confused as I ...
Lent, gender and revelation
Confession, and Lent in its penitential character, is not about adding guilt or punishment to our suffering, but the removal of shame. We are liberated ...
Where are we on our exodus journey?
Christians ought to be really good at any venture involving change and transformation. Throughout every year, we explore the great transforming narratives of our faith ...
Decolonizing Christian art
In October 2024, and with the financial support of the Diocese’s Educational Trust Board, I attended the Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) conference at ...
Letter to the editor (March & April 2025)
Dear Editor, Bravo to Kieran Wilson for his well-researched and excellently written article on Bishop George Hills’ resolute opposition to racial segregation in Anglican churches ...
Bishop's Column
Salvation in an interconnected world
The church, over the centuries, has held and continues to hold many different theories of atonement. Most of these theories centre around how Jesus’ death ...
A kingdom of love, justice and compassion
In January the St Dustan’s property was listed for sale. The pastoral letter (below) outlines the process that brought us to this decision. Ongoing updates ...
Instruments of love and compassion
In April of 2024 Archbishop Linda, Archbishop Chris and I wrote a letter to the federal government asking that the day school settlement agreement be ...
Reflections
Remembering Herbert O’Driscoll
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
‘What it means to be the church today’: interview with Jenny Replogle
In September, the diocese welcomed Jenny Replogle as the canon for lay-led parishes and parishes in transition. Faith Tides editor Naomi Racz talked to Jenny ...
Diocesan Theologian
Softening the heart and mind
A letter from an American theologian to his Canadian church Dear Canadian friends, I am guessing that you are as dazed and confused as I ...
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