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March 2026 content

Columns and regular features Bishop’s Column: Welcoming everyone to the table (pg. 2) “As we prepare for the Easter feast, I invite you to think ...
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Diocese to host a summer retreat on Salt Spring Island

Bishop Anna and Christine Conkin, incumbent at St. George, Cadboro Bay, will be hosting a diocesan retreat this summer on beautiful Salt Spring Island. The ...
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100 years since breaking ground at the cathedral

This year is the 100th anniversary of the beginning of construction on Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria. This building is the 3rd iteration of Christ ...
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Alongside Hope partners understand the challenges their communities face

Alongside Hope supports projects in Canada and around the world in collaboration with local partners. These partners understand the cultural, social, economic and political contexts ...
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February 2026 contents

Columns Bishop’s Column: The proper order of things (pg. 2) In her column this month, Bishop Anna reminds us that in the Kingdom of God ...
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Lay-led parishes rising to the challenge

In this article we hear from two parishes in the diocese navigating life without an incumbent — and the many challenges it brings — while ...
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From the diocesan archives

Hello from the archives! My name is Justine Soles, and I have been the diocesan archivist since February 2025. I have the responsibility and pleasure ...
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‘I would have entertained anything but priesthood’

My life began in Canton, Ohio, where my parents bought an unremarkable house in the barely middle class environs of an expanding hospital. My parents had been ...
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January 2026 contents

Columns Bishop’s Column: Walking home by another road (pg. 1) As 2026 begins, Bishop Anna urges everyone to be honest with themselves about any grievances ...
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Alongside Hope resource offers education for reconciliation

Welcome to the Alongside Hope corner. I’m Lynn Schumacher, this diocese’s Alongside Hope representative.  Alongside Hope (formerly the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, or ...
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Lay leadership in worship course to run in spring 2026

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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Anglican Foundation resource helps parishes get the conversation on legacy giving started

As vestry season unfolds, many parish councils and stewardship committees are taking stock of the year behind them and planning faithfully for what lies ahead. ...
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Anglicans support the revitalization of Indigenous languages

How do we learn a language? We all need to hear our mother tongue spoken to learn who we are and how we relate to ...
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106th Archbishop of Canterbury announced

On Oct. 3, 2025, the British government announced that King Charles III had approved the nomination of Sarah Mullaly as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. She will be the first ...
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Ripples: November 2025

Community harvest dance  On Sept. 19, Holy Trinity, North Saanich held a community harvest dance in the parish hall to say thank you to the ...
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