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Paint on cardstock by Mary Humphrey

No idle hands

The seed for the Chapel Art Gallery at St. Matthias, Victoria, was planted when Nicky Rendell, an artist, nurse and parishioner at St. Matthias, was ...
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The borrowed tomb

I have a strange mental aberration (whether a gift from God or not I will leave to you to decide) in that my mind, upon ...
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Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee

Salaam Shalom Peace Vigil

In the name of the one God of all creation, the violence must stop, regardless of where it comes from and to whom it is ...
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Diocesan Council Zooms along

This regular column reports on the activities and decisions of diocesan council, the “synod between synods” of our diocese. Download monthly meeting minutes at www.bc.anglican.ca/programs/diocesan-council. ...
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Bridging the Gap

Pictured (from left to right) are Ruth Giles, parishioner at Comox United Church; Sulin Milne, incumbent at St Peter, Comox; and Cathie Talbot, parishioner at ...
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Stained Glass window

Messages in glass

St. Mary, Oak Bay, parishioner authors book to preserve church’s stained glass windows Elizabeth Laugharne, 98, has been a parishioner at St. Mary the Virgin ...
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Elizabeth May

Hope in a changing world

Lenten challenge returns to St. Mary, Metchosin St. Mary of the Incarnation, Metchosin, has been running the Metchosin Challenge for members of the church and ...
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St. Christopher in Saturna

Shining a light in the dark

If you’ve ever taken the ferry between Victoria and Vancouver, you will have passed by North Pender Island, which forms part of the Anglican Parish ...
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The Friends of Clare and Francis team working on the renewal of the church’s memorial garden for its 125th anniversary.

The friends of Clare and Francis

Youth mentoring in Parksville provides experience, education and spiritual growth In July 2020, our parish community of St. Anne & St. Edmund, Parksville, began a ...
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Diocesan council, vision implementation and finance update

This regular column reports on the activities and decisions of diocesan council, the “synod between synods” of our diocese. Download monthly meeting minutes at www.bc.anglican.ca/programs/diocesan-council. ...
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Fellowship of Anglican Women

A fellowship of Anglican women

Mother, daughter and friend living, laughing and praying together Buying a new house is often an exciting experience and can symbolise different things for different ...
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Transformation in the church

Zoom brings intimacy and accessibility Perhaps I was one of the lucky ones. Having beloved family and friends living all over North America, I already ...
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Finding home

New report on housing in the U.K. relevant to B.C. On February 20, 2021, the Church of England released a landmark new report, Coming Home, ...
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St. Edmund Hall

Cold-weather shelter returns to Parksville amid COVID-19 restrictions

An update on St. Anne and St. Edmund cold-weather shelter In the February 2020 issue of the Diocesan Post, then-editor Susan Down reported on the ...
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Messages in glass

St. Mary, Oak Bay, parishioner publishes new book Over the last year, Elizabeth Laugharne, a parishioner at St. Mary the Virgin, Oak Bay, has used ...
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