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Nominations for the office of primate announced

On April 2, 2025, the Order of Bishops met to discern the nominees for the election of the next primate of the Anglican Church of ...
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Archbishop John Stephens installed as metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of BC & Yukon

On April 15, 2025 at a Chrism Mass at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, Archbishop John Stephens was installed as the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical ...
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Wardens and treasurers from across the diocese gather

On March 22, 2025, wardens, treasurers and Synod staff gathered at St Paul’s, Nanaimo for the diocese’s annual Wardens and Treasurers Day. The day is ...
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Intergenerational Kwak’wala bingo

On Maundy Thursday about a dozen of us gathered at Maya’anl Elders Centre, ‘Namg̱is Nation. We were a few metres from the site of the ...
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Ruth Dantzer takes up chaplaincy at Shawnigan Lake School

Ruth Dantzer took up the role of chaplain at Shawnigan Lake School in August 2024. During a period of transition, Ruth continued her work at ...
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2025 primatial election to be more transparent and inclusive

We Anglicans have funny names for a lot of things. For instance, we call our presiding bishop “the primate,” and we call the primate’s elected ...
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Christ Church, Alert Bay awarded AFC grant

Christ Church, Alert Bay (‘Yalis) on Cormorant Island has been awarded a category C grant of $50,000 by the Anglican Foundation of Canada.   The ...
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AFC grants to strengthen collaboration between Anglican churches and community partners

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) is calling on Canadian Anglicans to strengthen community connections and expand ministry partnerships through its 2025 request for proposals ...
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Lent, gender and revelation

Confession, and Lent in its penitential character, is not about adding guilt or punishment to our suffering, but the removal of shame. We are liberated ...
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Where are we on our exodus journey?

Christians ought to be really good at any venture involving change and transformation. Throughout every year, we explore the great transforming narratives of our faith ...
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What is the place of joy in Christian life?

Within a context of overwhelming violence, injustice and suffering, what is the place of joy in Christian life? Under such circumstances, is joy an unseemly ...
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The best of times, or the worst of times?

You may have recognized this title as being from Charles Dickens’s 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities. And like much of Dickens’s work, it ...
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Faith Tides is taking a break

Please note that there will not be an issue of Faith Tides in March. Faith Tides will be back in April and in the meantime, ...
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Lynne McNaughton resigns as metropolitan

At the provincial synod for the Ecclesiastical Province of BC and Yukon, held on Sept. 22, Archbishop Lynne McNaughton made known her intention to step ...
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Lay leadership in worship course to run in spring 2025

Many of the parishes in the diocese are “in transition” and do not necessarily have a priest to celebrate the eucharist each Sunday. Additionally, parishes ...
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