God willing the Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee intends to ordain Lynn Mills and Leslie Flynn to the sacred order of priesthood in the new year.

The Rev. Lynn Mills will be ordained at 11am on Saturday, February 3rd at St. Mary of the Incarnation, Metchosin.

The Rev. Leslie Flynn will be ordained 11am on Saturday, February 10th at St. Philip, Cedar.

All are welcome!

The Rev. Leslie Flynn is the new Curate at St Philip, Cedar in Nanaimo, effective February 1, 2024.

Leslie can be reached at lflynn@bc.anglican.ca and will be monitoring incumbent@stphilipcedar.ca as of February.

The Rev. Susan Hermanson will be stepping in as the interim priest-in-charge at St Paul, Nanaimo, effective December 1, 2023.

You can reach Susan by emailing shermanson@bc.anglican.ca or incumbent@stpaulsnanaimo.ca.

The Rev. Paul Schumacher began his ministry at the Parish of Salt Spring Island this week as of November 25, 2023.

Paul can be reached at pschumacher@bc.anglican.ca or incumbent@saltspringanglican.ca.

The Women's Spring Retreat will take place from April 19-21, 2024 at Camp Pringle (Shawnigan Lake). This year's facilitator will be the Most Rev. Archbishop Linda Nichols and the spiritual director is the Rev. Lynn Mills.

To register for this event, please click READ MORE and fill out the attached form, sending it to:

Brenda Dhaene

2291 Calais Road

Duncan, BC

V9L 5V2

Any questions can be directed to Brenda at birish@shaw.ca or 250.748.7183.

Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee is the guest speaker for the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. This candle lighting service will take place on Wednesday, December 6th at 5:30pm a Broad View United (3703 St. Aidan's Street).

This important service is a multi-faith and multi-cultural recognition making the Anniversary of the fourteen lives lost in Quebec at L'École Polytechnique de Montreal. The fourteen young students were targeted because they were women and an additional fourteen were injured. The event also lifts up the thousands of women who continue to die from domestic abuse every year in Canada.

All are welcome. For more information visit www.broadviewunited.com. 

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