May and June 2024
Day school Survivor calls for justice and true reconciliation
Between 1865 and the turn of the millennium, 699 federally-funded day schools operated in almost every Indigenous reserve across Canada. Unlike at residential schools, students ...
Written by
Naomi Racz
Primate visits the diocese
From April 19 to 24, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, visited the Diocese of Islands and Inlets. During that time, ...
Written by
Naomi Racz
Churches across the diocese celebrate Holy Week 2024
Below is a selection of photos from the Holy Week 2024 events and celebrations held by churches across the diocese. Cowichan/Mid-Vancouver Island St Michael and ...
Written by
Naomi Racz
Planted in the earth itself
Below is a selection of photos and an excerpt from the transcript of Bishop Anna’s closing sermon at the May 2024 We Together diocesan conference. ...
Written by
Anna Greenwood-Lee
The Rafah Crossing
Jan. 12, 2024 Night after night on our television screens, we see the Rafah Crossing between southern Gaza and northern Egypt. The area is teeming ...
A debate on human goodness
Recently, a theological dispute broke out in the public square: a relatively rare occurrence in our post-theological era. Conservative evangelicals are irate about Pope Francis’s ...
Bidden or not bidden, God is present
The Women’s Spring Retreat, held at the picturesque Camp Pringle, Shawnigan Lake on 19-21 April, had thirty-two attendees. The retreat facilitator was Archbishop Linda Nicholls, ...
Where did all the young people go?
Average churchgoers and scholars alike have been asking hard questions about our theology and practice of Christianity for years. The 1960s marked a watershed in ...
A sabbatical in New Orleans
Alastair Hunting, incumbent at St John the Divine, Courtenay, shares his experience on an extended educational leave in New Orleans. This past winter I went ...
St Luke’s raises funds with attic treasures
On Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., St Luke’s, Cedar Hill and Vintage Fashion Showcase (VFS) held a new fundraising venture ...
Cathedral appoints new Dean and Canon
Following Ansley Tucker’s retirement in October 2022, a cathedral search committee and Bishop Anna undertook an extensive search process to find and appoint a new ...
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