Diocesan News

Order of the diocese investiture honours faithful service

On Saturday, Oct. 25, the investiture service for the Order of the Diocese of British Columbia was held at a packed Christ Church Cathedral.  This ...
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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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Final women’s retreat explores faith in the turbulent 2020s

On Sept. 27, 2025, women from across the diocese gathered for the final women’s retreat. Attendance at the retreat has declined in recent years, reflecting ...
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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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Eric Partridge retires

This summer Eric Partridge retired from his role as the diocesan executive archdeacon, a role he stepped into at the beginning of 2023. The executive ...
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Revitalizing Indigenous arts and music

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action #61 calls on churches to provide funding for Indigenous community-controlled culture and language revitalization projects. From 2015 ...
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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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Photo gallery: All Saints Synod 2024 opening worship

Below is a gallery of images from the opening worship service for Synod 2024, held on Nov. 1, the Feast of All Saints. It is ...
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Jonathan Thomas installed as dean of the diocese and rector of Christ Church Cathedral

Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 marked the 95th feast of the dedication of Christ Church Cathedral. A fitting day, then, for the installation and induction of ...
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Women’s fall retreat — ‘Looking at the ordinary and seeing the extraordinary’

On a summery fall weekend (Oct. 4–6), 28 women came together at Camp Pringle. Following the Franciscan practice, Bill Tarter, a Franciscan brother in our ...
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Rebecca Yeo and Mona Smart ordained to the sacred order of deacon

On Sept. 15, Rebecca (Reba) Yeo and Mona Smart were ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacon (transitional) at Christ Church Cathedral. Mona Smart lives ...
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Anglican Deacons Canada conference well attended by local deacons

For three days in mid-June, Anglican and Lutheran deacons from all over Canada converged on the Sorrento Centre, in the interior of BC, for a ...
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Day school Survivor calls for justice and true reconciliation

Between 1865 and the turn of the millennium, 699 federally-funded day schools operated in almost every Indigenous reserve across Canada. Unlike at residential schools, students ...
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Primate visits the diocese

From April 19 to 24, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, visited the Diocese of Islands and Inlets. During that time, ...
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Bidden or not bidden, God is present

The Women’s Spring Retreat, held at the picturesque Camp Pringle, Shawnigan Lake on 19-21 April, had thirty-two attendees. The retreat facilitator was Archbishop Linda Nicholls, ...
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