Greater Victoria Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/greater-victoria/ News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:56:45 +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 Greater Victoria Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/greater-victoria/ 32 32 207835967 Churches get creative to raise funds for new keys https://faithtides.ca/churches-get-creative-to-raise-funds-for-new-keys/ https://faithtides.ca/churches-get-creative-to-raise-funds-for-new-keys/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:10:08 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=177021 Music is an important aspect of Anglican worship and for many, services wouldn’t feel complete without the accompaniment of a pipe organ or piano. That’s why a number of our parishes are currently fundraising to buy or pay for new pipe organs and pianos — and finding creative ways to raise funds. Pianos new and […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/churches-get-creative-to-raise-funds-for-new-keys/feed/ 0 177021 Ripples: March 2026 https://faithtides.ca/ripples-march-2026/ https://faithtides.ca/ripples-march-2026/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:05:40 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=177045 Pictured (left) are (l-r) Brendon Neilson, executive director; Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee; and Jenny Replogle at Jenny’s collation as executive archdeacon. And (right) St. Michael and All Angels, Chemainus serves up fluffy pancakes, very berry compote, sizzling sausage and decadent desserts at a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper. A woodworking Fantastic Friday Words and photos by Barb […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/ripples-march-2026/feed/ 0 177045 Churches open their doors to feed the lonely on Christmas Day https://faithtides.ca/churches-open-their-doors-to-feed-the-lonely-on-christmas-day/ https://faithtides.ca/churches-open-their-doors-to-feed-the-lonely-on-christmas-day/#respond Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:13:14 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176902 A ministry of belonging In 2023, faced with the prospect of spending Christmas Day alone, without her family, Sister Ingrid Andersen, Franciscan and incumbent at Church of the Advent, Colwood, was inspired to start a “Home Alone” Christmas lunch. Ingrid thought there had to be others out there who would be spending Christmas Day alone […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/churches-open-their-doors-to-feed-the-lonely-on-christmas-day/feed/ 0 176902 Ripples: February 2026 https://faithtides.ca/ripples-february-2026/ https://faithtides.ca/ripples-february-2026/#respond Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:10:54 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176910 Pictured (left) are (l-r) Norman Knowles, incumbent at St. John the Baptist, Duncan and St. Michael & All Angels, Chemainus; Trish Vollmann-Stock, deacon; and Jenny Replogle, executive archdeacon at an Epiphany service held at St. John the Baptist, Duncan. Image by Jodie Phillips. (Right) an Epiphany potluck shared by St. John the Baptist, Duncan and […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/ripples-february-2026/feed/ 0 176910 Using video to bring the local community in https://faithtides.ca/using-video-to-bring-the-local-community-in/ https://faithtides.ca/using-video-to-bring-the-local-community-in/#respond Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:08:31 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176937 Before coming to Victoria and starting his incumbency at St. Philip Anglican Church in Oak Bay, Allen Doerksen  was the incumbent at St. Matthew’s in Abbottsford.   St. Matthew’s was one of the parishes that left the Diocese of New Westminster in 2002 when then-Bishop Michael Ingham consented to allowing churches to conduct same-sex blessings. After the congregation vacated […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/using-video-to-bring-the-local-community-in/feed/ 0 176937 Ripples: December 2025 https://faithtides.ca/ripples-december-2025/ https://faithtides.ca/ripples-december-2025/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:15:04 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176684 Alert Bay at Sacred Circle 2025  The 12th Sacred Circle took place Aug. 4-10, 2025, in Calgary, Alberta. There were six attendees from Alert Bay (‘Yalis), as well as Rev. Sheila Cook. Sheila shared the following photo and quote from Yvon Gesinghaus, ‘Yalis:   “At Sacred Circle, each time we gather, we plant a tree and […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/ripples-december-2025/feed/ 0 176684 St. Dunstan’s holds final service at church in Gordon Head https://faithtides.ca/st-dunstans-holds-final-service-at-church-in-gordon-head/ https://faithtides.ca/st-dunstans-holds-final-service-at-church-in-gordon-head/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:32:50 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176568 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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]]> https://faithtides.ca/st-dunstans-holds-final-service-at-church-in-gordon-head/feed/ 0 176568 Cathedral connects young people to music education  https://faithtides.ca/cathedral-connects-young-people-to-music-education/ https://faithtides.ca/cathedral-connects-young-people-to-music-education/#respond Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:10:19 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176296 Cathedrals have music in their DNA, and as Anglicans, we hold firmly that making beautiful things (including beautiful sounds) is a worthwhile mission. For centuries, Anglican cathedrals have been centres of immersive music education, and the product of that education has, in turn, been a means of engaging with the wider world.  Here at Christ […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/cathedral-connects-young-people-to-music-education/feed/ 0 176296 Churches help Victoria bid to become pipe organ capital of Canada https://faithtides.ca/churches-help-victoria-bid-to-become-pipe-organ-capital-of-canada/ https://faithtides.ca/churches-help-victoria-bid-to-become-pipe-organ-capital-of-canada/#respond Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:02:47 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176107 April 26 is International Pipe Organ Day and this year the Victoria Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists set itself an ambitious challenge: to become the pipe organ capital of Canada.   To achieve this title, the Victoria Centre needed to record the most people playing an organ in a two-hour window. The record […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/churches-help-victoria-bid-to-become-pipe-organ-capital-of-canada/feed/ 0 176107 Photo gallery: Easter Sunday 2025 at Christ Church Cathedral https://faithtides.ca/photo-gallery-easter-sunday-2025-at-christ-church-cathedral/ https://faithtides.ca/photo-gallery-easter-sunday-2025-at-christ-church-cathedral/#respond Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:01:21 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176159 Below is a gallery of images from the Easter Day service at Christ Church Cathedral, held on April 20, 2025.

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