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Asking the right questions

Anna Greenwood-Lee — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:43:23 +0000

While I am incredibly proud of how all our parishes have innovated and persevered through COVID-19, I am also hearing a common refrain about how, “We’re still not back to our pre-COVID-19 numbers.” I am aware that there is a certain amount of anxiety in the system about the future. In Facing Decline, Finding Hope: […]

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Stepping aside after 42 years

Ansley Tucker — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:42:26 +0000

Ansley Tucker took up her role as rector of Christ Church Cathedral and Dean of Columbia in 2015, having previously served in the Diocese of Toronto for 25 years, and Calgary for ten. She grew up in a nominally Christian family, and sometimes jokes that her devotion to the life of the Church represents a […]

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Reflections on the music that shapes our faith and life

John Barton — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:39:50 +0000

On June 28, the Belfry Theatre in Victoria presented an interview with Michael Shamata, its artistic director, and Tobin Stokes, the composer and sound designer who recently completed the sound design for Pacific Opera’s Bon Appetit and the Italian Lesson, and both the music and sound design for the Belfry’s play Sexual Misconduct of the […]

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Women’s Retreat a beautiful mosaic

Patricia Stock — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:38:31 +0000

After a two-year separation, the Women’s Retreat was back in person under the direction of Clara Plamondon, archdeacon for Cowichan Mid-Vancouver Island region and incumbent at St Paul, Nanaimo. The theme was “We are the clay.” We began by offering our feelings before God and taking some quiet time to nurture ourselves after being away […]

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Treasure in earthen vessels

John J. Thatamanil — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:23:04 +0000

Few questions are harder than asking, How do we serve as caretakers of broken institutions that, nonetheless, bear within them a healing treasure? While the church is not the only institution forced to grapple with this question, the church has a special obligation to contend with its own history of violence and betrayal. Why? Because, […]

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