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Growing into the new

Anna Greenwood-Lee — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:33:07 +0000

November marks the end of one church year and the beginning of the next. On Nov. 23, we finish the church year celebrating Christ the King, and on Nov. 30, we begin again with the great season of Advent. We do all of this in the year of our Lord 2025, the mid-point of an […]

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St. Dunstan’s holds final service at church in Gordon Head

Naomi Racz — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:32:50 +0000

For decades, St. Dunstan’s Anglican Church provided a venue for worship and community service in the Greater Victoria neighbourhood of Gordon Head — pursuing its motto to be “a family of Christ walking with our community.” That legacy was remembered and celebrated at a final service earlier this year. On February 6, 1966, the parish […]

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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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106th Archbishop of Canterbury announced

Naomi Racz — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:29:58 +0000

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 woman to hold this office. Bishop Sarah is no stranger to firsts. Before being ordained, she worked as a nurse for the NHS, eventually working her way up to the role […]

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