February 2026
Lay-led parishes rising to the challenge
In this article we hear from two parishes in the diocese navigating life without an incumbent — and the many challenges it brings — while ...
Churches open their doors to feed the lonely on Christmas Day
A ministry of belonging In 2023, faced with the prospect of spending Christmas Day alone, without her family, Sister Ingrid Andersen, Franciscan and incumbent at ...
Getting curious when conflicts arise at parish AGMs
It’s the season of spring buds, early cherry blossoms, new daffodils, longer days and …. parish vestry meetings. Depending on your personal preferences, some of ...
From the diocesan archives
Hello from the archives! My name is Justine Soles, and I have been the diocesan archivist since February 2025. I have the responsibility and pleasure ...
Ripples: February 2026
Pictured (left) are (l-r) Norman Knowles, incumbent at St. John the Baptist, Duncan and St. Michael & All Angels, Chemainus; Trish Vollmann-Stock, deacon; and Jenny ...
‘I would have entertained anything but priesthood’
My life began in Canton, Ohio, where my parents bought an unremarkable house in the barely middle class environs of an expanding hospital. My parents had been ...
Using video to bring the local community in
Before coming to Victoria and starting his incumbency at St. Philip Anglican Church in Oak Bay, Allen Doerksen was the incumbent at St. Matthew’s in Abbottsford. St. Matthew’s ...
Bishop's Column
The proper order of things
On Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at an evening prayer service at the cathedral, Jenny Replogle was collated as executive archdeacon. “Collating” is a very funny ...
Walking home by another road
Dr. Gordon Smith was one of the speakers at our incredible 2025 We Together conference. He shared a story of how when he retired from ...
Responding to the rising tide of homelessness in our communities
In Montreal in October, I had the privilege of participating in and being on a panel at the national conference of the Canadian Alliance to ...
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
‘I would have entertained anything but priesthood’
My life began in Canton, Ohio, where my parents bought an unremarkable house in the barely middle class environs of an expanding hospital. My parents had been ...
Diocesan Theologian
The church and the culture of addiction
Facebook knows me (almost) better than God knows me In capitalism’s latest phase, we are the products being bought and sold. If we think we ...
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