Featured - Feburary 2021 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/featured-feburary-2021/ News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:26:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://faithtides.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-Faith-Tides-Icon-32x32.png Featured - Feburary 2021 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/featured-feburary-2021/ 32 32 207835967 New bishop leads the diocese https://faithtides.ca/new-bishop-leads-the-diocese/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:11:07 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=170362 Masked clergy, hand sanitizing stations at the altar and a required address to the congregation spoken to empty pews were notable indications that the recent ceremony to welcome a new bishop was held during a pandemic, yet the social distancing couldn’t dampen the grandeur and solemnity of the occasion. On Saturday, Jan. 30, Anna Greenwood-Lee […]

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]]> 170362 Constance Isherwood remembered https://faithtides.ca/constance-isherwood-remembered/ https://faithtides.ca/constance-isherwood-remembered/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:54:35 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=170399 When she entered law school at the University of British Columbia in 1948, Constance Isherwood (then Holmes) was one of only eight women in a class of 208. Graduating at the top of the class in 1951, she was the first woman to win the law society’s gold medal. She set up a law practice […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/constance-isherwood-remembered/feed/ 0 170399 Messy Church now offers takeout https://faithtides.ca/messy-church-now-offers-takeout/ https://faithtides.ca/messy-church-now-offers-takeout/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:18:15 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=170425 If restaurants can switch to takeout service, so can church programs. Due to COVID-19, when the Messy Church program couldn’t be offered in person anymore at St. Peter, Quamichan in Duncan, leaders Mark and Jane Hird-Rutter rebranded, and now offer Messy Church in a Bag monthly. It means there are no shared meals anymore, but […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/messy-church-now-offers-takeout/feed/ 0 170425 Episcopal trousseau https://faithtides.ca/episcopal-trousseau/ https://faithtides.ca/episcopal-trousseau/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:07:41 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=170411 A modern bishop’s attire and accoutrements, such as the crozier, pectoral cross and ring, are the traditional symbols of episcopal office. The pectoral cross, made by Anna’s husband, James Greenwood-Lee, is constructed of Douglas fir and ebony. That combination of the BC wood (fir) and the Asian ebony mentioned in the book of Ezekiel speak […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/episcopal-trousseau/feed/ 0 170411 2021 Budget https://faithtides.ca/2021-budget/ https://faithtides.ca/2021-budget/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:59:20 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=170491 Our budgeted income and expenses for 2021 can be represented in the following two charts:

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