Alastair Hunting, Author at Faith Tides

A sabbatical in New Orleans

Alastair Hunting — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:33:18 +0000

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 on an extended education leave to New Orleans, Louisiana. Br. Bill Tartar from Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria put me in touch with a Franciscan brother Br. Donald Dubay, who is […]

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We are one

Alastair Hunting — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:40:55 +0000

I started in full-time ministry at the age of 22. I had the opportunity to work for a faith-based organization in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, that was engaging children and youth who were struggling to survive on the streets of that city. Many of the young people ended up in the notorious city prison Palmasola. Part of my regular […]

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Remembering MMIWG

Alastair Hunting — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 01:00:42 +0000

Red dresses in Courtenay to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Earlier this summer, on June 16, our parish displayed red dresses on our church grounds at St. John the Divine and St. Andrew, Courtenay, to show our support and solidarity with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). The reality […]

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