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Boutique brings blessings to the Comox Valley

February 3, 2022

When Sulin Milne joined St Peter, Comox as incumbent in 2019 she was keen to work together with their sister church, St John the Divine ...

Tail of a humpback whale breeches the water with forests on the background.

Climate leaders talk spirituality, forests and fresh water

February 3, 2022

John Albert lecture series returns The John Albert Hall lectures provide us as a diocese with the opportunity to find questions in common with our ...

Art exhibition explores Vietnamese life in Canada

February 3, 2022

The Chapel Gallery, located in the chapel of St Matthias, Victoria, is an outreach ministry that serves local artists and the local community. The Chapel ...

History of racism in province highlighted

February 3, 2022

Seven-part “Intersections” workshop series begins this month Intersections brings people from all walks of life into dialogue with the 2021 resource, Challenging Racist “British ...

Diocese parishioner behind Keurig fine

February 3, 2022

You may have seen reports on the media recently about the fine levied against Keurig Canada for misleading advertisements about the recyclability of its coffee ...

Diocesan council faces a rapidly evolving ministry context

February 3, 2022

The diocesan council (DC) met for two hours via Zoom on Thursday, Jan. 27, and approved the 2022 budget. DC also reviewed a draft human ...

June 1963: The front page of the first issue of the British Columbia Diocesan Post, published in June 1963. Photo by Chance Dixon.

The Diocesan Post becomes Faith Tides

January 1, 2022

The start of a new year seemed as good a time as any to re-launch the Diocesan Post under a new name and in a ...

Gift bag: One of the gift bags assembled by volunteers at St Mary, Nanoose Bay and distributed to health care workers at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital ICU. Photo by Selinde Krayenhoff.

Reaching out to hospital staff

January 1, 2022

St Mary, Nanoose Bay sends gift bags to Nanaimo ICU After hearing reports from two different parishioners of seeing staff break down in tears outside ...

Volunteers Carol Shaw, recording secretary; Barb Coleman; and Diane Hutchison, past president of the diocese’s ACW. Photo by Gloria Hockley.

Kind hearts and busy hands

January 1, 2022

Dorcas outreach ministry sends much needed items to the Diocese of Caledonia Members and friends of the Anglican Church Women (ACW) met at St John ...

(Left) James “Jim” Moore of St Mary Magdalene, Mayne Island, and (right) Lynne Downes of St Anne and St Edmund, Parksville, wearing their ODBC medals outside the cathedral, following the investiture service.

ODBC honourees use God-given gifts to serve their parishes

January 1, 2022

On October 23, 2021, 33 people were invested into the Order of the Diocese of British Columbia. Faith Tides caught up with some of the ...

Projects across the diocese receive AFC funding

January 1, 2022

The 2021 fall grant cycle is one of the biggest in the AFC’s 64-year history, with close to $650,000 disbursed in grants and bursaries to ...

God had his hand on me

January 1, 2022

I was born in Vancouver, and we emigrated to Southern California in 1960. It was an exciting time to live in California: culture crazes, social ...

Diocesan council approves stewardship motions and regulations

January 1, 2022

With pandemic restrictions still in effect, the November diocesan council meeting was once again held over Zoom. Transforming Futures A motion was passed that the ...

Ezekiel in the garden

December 1, 2021

St. Peter, Comox, reclaims Halloween Sulin Milne, incumbent at St. Peter, Comox, wanted to reclaim Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, as part of the triduum along with All Saints ...

Lighting the Advent candles at St. John the Divine, Victoria. Photo by Alastair Singh-McCollu

Darkness and light

December 1, 2021

Christmas at St John the Divine, Victoria We are all familiar with the recurring images of light that we use around Christmas time: festive lights on the Christmas tree, ...