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Diocesan council, vision implementation and finance update

May 1, 2021

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. ...

A fellowship of Anglican women

April 1, 2021

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 ...

Transformation in the church

April 1, 2021

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 ...

Finding home

April 1, 2021

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, ...

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

April 1, 2021

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 ...

Messages in glass

April 1, 2021

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 ...

Lifelong learning

April 1, 2021

Educational Trusts Board administers education grants for clergy and laity Over the past two months in the Post, we’ve been telling you about one of ...

Streamlining to stay strong

April 1, 2021

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/diocesan-committees/diocesan-council. ...

New anti-racism resources added to the diocese website

April 1, 2021

In the summer of 2020, with the killings of multiple Black and Indigenous people in the United States and Canada at the hands of police ...

Shifting trends in clergy transitions

March 1, 2021

For the parish whose minister has retired or moved away, finding a replacement isn’t as easy as posting a “help wanted” ad on Kijiji. While ...

Diocesan Council Zooms along

March 1, 2021

Surviving on Salt Spring

March 1, 2021

Those of us in the Gulf Islands face fewer challenges with Covid than many city dwellers. Social distancing is more easily achieved. At the same ...

Acting together for change

March 1, 2021

“If people don’t think they have the power to solve their problems, they won’t even think about how to solve them.” – Saul Alinsky The ...

Church plots thicken

March 1, 2021

Pioneer Churches of Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea: An Explorer’s Guide by Liz Bryan. Victoria, Heritage House Publishing, 2020. No Better Land: The 1860 ...

John Albert Hall and his legacy

March 1, 2021

A generous benefactor, a long tradition, a continuing evolution As promised, this is a continuation of last month’s article about the John Albert Hall Lectures, ...

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