May 2025 Archives - Faith Tides

Intergenerational Kwak’wala bingo

Anna Greenwood-Lee — Thu, 01 May 2025 16:34:01 +0000

On Maundy Thursday about a dozen of us gathered at Maya’anl Elders Centre, ‘Namg̱is Nation. We were a few metres from the site of the former St Michael’s Residential School. We shared a salmon, washed feet and remembered the last supper. We left in silence. After the service I travelled down the road to the […]

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Remembering the radical Pope Francis

John J. Thatamanil — Thu, 01 May 2025 16:33:30 +0000

The sanitization and the sanctification will start soon. Pope Francis has just passed but innocuous bromides about his contributions will come fast and furious. So much hinges on how Francis is remembered or misremembered. I am acutely attuned to the domestication of powerful voices because I am currently co-teaching a course on Gandhi and King […]

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Ruth Dantzer takes up chaplaincy at Shawnigan Lake School

Faith Tides — Thu, 01 May 2025 16:32:57 +0000

Ruth Dantzer took up the role of chaplain at Shawnigan Lake School in August 2024. During a period of transition, Ruth continued her work at UVic’s Multifaith Centre as a co-Anglican Spiritual Care Provider with Rebecca Yeo. Ruth also worked alongside retiring school chaplain Jim Holland for a period. In April, Ruth stepped aside from […]

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