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Provincial School for Congregational Development graduates first cohort, enters third year

Naomi Racz — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:59:25 +0000

In May, the first cohort of just over 30 students, both lay and clergy, representing all the dioceses across the ecclesiastical province, graduated from the Provincial School for Congregational Development. Starting in September 2024, the students and four trainers — Bishop Anna, Jenny Replogle, Marnie Peterson (Diocese of New Westminster) and Andrew Stephens-Rennie (Diocese of […]

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A journey from fear to hope

Soreti Hussein — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:58:27 +0000

My name is Soreti, and I was born in 1998 in Wachu Town, Harar Zone, Ethiopia. As a young girl, I dreamed of finishing school and building a better future. I attended school until Grade 8, but my dreams were taken away when I was only 14 years old. My parents forced me to marry […]

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A Salt Spring summer retreat

Walter Stewart — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:56:44 +0000

From the evening of Aug. 4 to midday on Aug. 6, 46 people joined Bishop Anna and Christine Conkin, incumbent at St. George, Cadboro Bay, for ‘You are the Salt of the Earth,’ a diocesan summer retreat on Salt Spring Island. People came from 20 parishes, from as far north as Courtenay, all the way […]

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Diocese to host a summer retreat on Salt Spring Island

Naomi Racz — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:07:03 +0000

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 retreat will take place from Aug. 4 to Aug. 6, 2026 and all in the diocese are invited to attend. The theme of the retreat is “We are the Salt […]

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Order of the diocese investiture honours faithful service

Naomi Racz — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:18:36 +0000

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 was the fourth investiture service since the Order was established by Bishop Logan in 2018 to honour laity in the diocese who have shown faithful service over an extended period. […]

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Lay leadership in worship course to run in spring 2026

Ingrid Andersen — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:16:08 +0000

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 are rediscovering the daily office and considering ways to have lay-led weekday services. Lay-led services are an opportunity for renewal: to encourage lay people to live into the vows they […]

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Final women’s retreat explores faith in the turbulent 2020s

Patricia Stock — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:31:03 +0000

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 broader trends of diminishing stability and participation within Western church communities — an issue resonant with the theme of the conference, “Keeping the Faith in the Turbulent 2020s.” The fall […]

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Anglicans support the revitalization of Indigenous languages

Sarah Kell — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:30:15 +0000

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 others and to the world. In 2015, members of Aboriginal Neighbours set out to raise $45,000 to sponsor Indigenous language learning, and to raise public awareness of the urgent need for […]

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Eric Partridge retires

Naomi Racz — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:11:14 +0000

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 archdeacon is charged with oversight of all the regional archdeacons. Eric also advised and assisted the bishop in the oversight of the diocese, provided clergy with pastoral support, served on […]

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Revitalizing Indigenous arts and music

Sarah Kell — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:05:47 +0000

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 to 2024, Aboriginal Neighbours took up this call by raising funds for the mentor-apprentice Indigenous language learning program run by the First Peoples’ Cultural Council. Initiated by our diocese in […]

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