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The Year Ahead 2025-2026
(Revised as of January 8, 2025)
We've outlined below important dates and events coming up in the next program year. Take a moment to mark your calendar. Dates for Diocesan Council have been included for information. Dates, times, and locations are subject to change.
2025
Jan 2 Synod office re-opens
Jan 17 Application deadline for Lay Leadership in Worship Course (Mar 6 – Jun 5)
Jan 23 Diocesan Council, 10am-12pm, on Zoom
Feb 5 Bishop’s Dinner, 6pm, Inn at Laurel Point
Feb 6 Clergy Day (mandatory for licensed clergy), 9:30am, Christ Church Cathedral,
Victoria
Feb 28 Deadline for Parish AGMs
Mar 5 Ash Wednesday
Mar 15 Deadline for submission of Parish Financial Reports (PFR), Parish Information
Reports (PIR), and Parish Annual Reports (PAR)
Mar 22 Warden's and Treasurer's Day, 10am – 3pm, St. Paul, Nanaimo
Mar 27 Diocesan Council, 10am-12pm, on Zoom
Apr 13-19 Holy Week
Apr 20 Easter Sunday
May 4 Diocesan-wide Confirmations, 4pm, Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria
May 5-8 Clergy Conference (mandatory for licensed clergy), Bayside Oceanfront
Resort and St. Edmund, Parksville
Jun 5 Administrator’s Day, 10am – 3pm, St. Philip, Cedar
Jun 19 Diocesan Council, 10am-3pm, in-person at TBD
June 21 National Indigenous People’s Day
Jun 23-29 General Synod, London, Ontario
Oct 25, 2025 Order of the Diocese, Investiture Service, Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria
*Regional Conference attendees include active licenced clergy in the region, wardens, treasurer, and the lay delegates and alternates from each parish within the region.
Charisms is hosted on Zoom, on the second Tuesday each month at 12pm noon.
Educational Trusts Board (ETB) deadline for grant submissions: 15th of January, April, May, August, and October.
To request a PDF of this page of the website, please email synod@bc.anglican.ca.