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Projects across the diocese receive AFC funding

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 ...
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God had his hand on me

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 ...
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Diocesan council approves stewardship motions and regulations

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 ...
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Ezekiel

Ezekiel in the garden

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

Darkness and light

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, ...
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St. Christopher, Saturna Island

The truth within the story

St. Christopher, Saturna Island, is small in size but rich in sacred imagination. Like most churches during the pandemic, the lights were out and the ...
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Bishop Anna sets out six diocesan priorities

In her remarks to the recent meetings with synod office staff, archdeacons and the diocesan council, Bishop Anna set out six current priorities as a way of focusing the ...
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The altar at Christ Church Cathedral

Churches mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

On September 30, churches across the Diocese of Islands and Inlets honoured the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, or Orange Shirt Day, in a ...
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St. Mary and St. Paul Anglican Church, located on Lytton First Nation land, was totally destroyed in the fire.

Statement on the Lytton fire

On June 30, 2021, a devastating fire rushed through Lytton, Lytton First Nation and the surrounding area. From the moment news came of this traumatic ...
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Order of the Diocese of BC

Order of the Diocese of British Columbia investiture

On October 23, Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee invested 26 new members and 7 officers into the Order of the Diocese of British Columbia at Christ Church ...
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The John Albert Hall Lectures return with in-person events this fall

I am thrilled to have joined the John Albert Hall organizing committee as co-chair and to participate in curating conversations on topics of mutual concern ...
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PWRDF Refugee Network moves heaven and earth

Refugee (noun): a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster (Oxford English Dictionary); someone ...
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Displaced

Clare Attwell is a textile and multimedia artist. Clare created Displaced, a hand-painted, hand-dyed print following the “heat dome” in June 2021. The piece is ...
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Ordination of Deacons

Meet the deacons

On Sunday, September 12, Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee ordained Marion Edmonson, Colleen Lissamer, John Thatamanil and Stephanie Wood to the sacred order of deacons. In this ...
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The need for deacons

Anglican Deacons Canada meets virtually to discuss the role of deacons in a pandemic-shaped world Anglican Deacons Canada (ADC) had its first virtual conference in ...
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