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Messages in glass

Naomi Racz — Sat, 01 May 2021 14:47:56 +0000

St. Mary, Oak Bay, parishioner authors book to preserve church’s stained glass windows Elizabeth Laugharne, 98, has been a parishioner at St. Mary the Virgin in Oak Bay for over ten years. In 2011, then-incumbent John Macquarrie asked Laugharne and her fellow parishioner Pam Jarvis if they would be interested in sorting through the church’s […]

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Hope in a changing world

Sharleen Thompson — Sat, 01 May 2021 14:41:57 +0000

Lenten challenge returns to St. Mary, Metchosin St. Mary of the Incarnation, Metchosin, has been running the Metchosin Challenge for members of the church and the community for five years. The challenge runs for six weeks during Lent, and during those six weeks we host weekly talks from experts on the many challenges that the […]

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Shining a light in the dark

Naomi Racz — Sat, 01 May 2021 14:38:07 +0000

If you’ve ever taken the ferry between Victoria and Vancouver, you will have passed by North Pender Island, which forms part of the Anglican Parish of Pender & Saturna Islands together with South Pender and Saturna Islands. In summer, the populations of Pender and Saturna balloon, but the Pender Islands are home to about 2,250 […]

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A sense of déjà vu: on the Trans-Canada Highway from Calgary to Banff

Herbert O’Driscoll — Sat, 01 May 2021 14:29:34 +0000

During our years at the Anglican Parish of Christ Church, Elbow Park in Calgary, I used to take Monday as my day off. Sometimes, my wife Paula and I would drive west to have lunch in the Rundle Lounge of the Banff Springs Hotel. I used to think of the experience as enjoying the best […]

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The friends of Clare and Francis

Andrew Twiddy — Sat, 01 May 2021 14:25:04 +0000

Youth mentoring in Parksville provides experience, education and spiritual growth In July 2020, our parish community of St. Anne & St. Edmund, Parksville, began a youth mentoring and employment program called “The Friends of Clare and Francis” with four high school and university students: Juliette, Allison, Evan and Luke. I provided the mentoring and daily […]

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