September 2024
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) ...
Written by
Ian Alexander
Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations building hope for the future
If you come to the North Island, to the settler community of Port Hardy, you may not even notice the small bridge at the northeastern ...
Written by
Christine Muise
The story of our church in this land
The following is a sermon delivered by Jesse Robertson at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria on June 23, 2024. For those of you who don’t know ...
Written by
Jesse Robertson
Anglican Deacons Canada conference well attended by local deacons
For three days in mid-June, Anglican and Lutheran deacons from all over Canada converged on the Sorrento Centre, in the interior of BC, for a ...
Written by
Ansley Tucker
Young cathedral bell-ringer wins prestigious award
Amiel Elfert, 20, who is studying music at the University of Victoria and is the organ scholar at Christ Church Cathedral, has been awarded the ...
The Woodlands at Dawson Heights nearing completion
Anyone who has driven by 3700 Cedar Hill Road will have been impressed by the handsome building nestled against the Doncaster Escarpment, more or less ...
Can the church learn to be small but mighty?
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. ...
Bishop's Column
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 ...
Children of God
April 2, 2024
Zondervan recently released a book entitled, The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?  The ...
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. ...