The Ordination of Rebecca Yeo (above) and Mona Smart (below) to the Sacred Order of Deacon (Transitional) will take place on September 15, 2024. The service will begin at 4pm at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria. A reception will follow. All are welcome.

Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee has shared a short video providing an overview of the two days of Synod events and encourages all synod delegates to attend their regional meetings prior to synod. Dates and locations are listen below. To watch the video, click READ MORE.

Upcoming Regional Meetings:

Cowichan Mid-Vancouver Island Regional Meeting
Saturday, September 28 from 10am–12pm
St. John the Baptist, Cobble Hill located at 3295 Cobble Hill Road

Western Peninsula and Gulf Islands Regional Meeting
Saturday, October 5 from 10am–12pm
St. Mary, Saanichton (Parish of Central Saanich) located at 1973 Cultra Avenue

Greater Victoria Regional Meeting
Saturday, October 19 from 2pm–4pm
St. Mary, Oak Bay located at 1701 Elgin Road

Mid-North Island Regional Meeting
Saturday, October 26 from 10am–12pm
St. Anne & St. Edmunds, Parksville located at 407 Wembley Road

Synod 2024:

Opening service
Friday, November 1st from 7pm
Christ Church Cathedral

Synod 2024
Saturday, November 2nd 
The Baumann Centre (St. John the Divine, Victoria) 

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is nearly upon us. As a diocese we have a responsibility to repent and mourn our role in and benefit from the dispossession of land, lifeways and culture. On this day we remember the Survivors and generational Survivors of the residential schools on these islands and inlets.

We hope you can participate in the events that are happening locally in your community, and join these local nations in remembering and in celebrating the resistance and revitalization that is taking place. To find an event near you, click READ MORE.

We are pleased to welcome Mark Oldnall to synod office staff as the buildings and cemeteries advisor. Mark has served as cemeteries manager for the last few years, and brings extensive knowledge of the diocese (as a warden and parishioner for many years) and managing successful projects at a parish level. He will continue to be available to support parishes who have cemeteries, and will now also support projects over $20,000. Please welcome Mark to this new role. He can be contacted at either cemeteries@bc.anglican.ca or buildings@bc.anglican.ca.

The Installation and Induction of the Rev. Jonathan Thomas as Rector of Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria and Dean of the Diocese of Islands and Inlets will take place on September 29, 2024. The service will begin at 4pm at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria. A reception will follow. All are welcome.

If you are a member of the clergy and would like to process for the service, registration is required. Please CLICK HERE to register to process for this service. The deadline to register is September 15, 2024. The liturgical color is white.

The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon will mark Refugee Sunday on October 20, 2024. To view information about Refugee Sunday on the PWRDF website, CLICK HERE.

More information to come about events within our diocese.

Registration for the Fall Women's Retreat is now open. The deadline to register is September 20, 2024. The theme is Looking at the ordinary and seeing the extroardinary! A Franciscan approach to spirituality. The facilitator will be the Rev. Canon Bill Tarter and the spiritual director will be the Rev. Canon Nancy Ford. 

For more information, click READ MORE.

The deadline to submit your Parish Annual Operational Grant application is October 31, 2024 at 5pm.

To learn more about this grant, click READ MORE.

St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Sidney, BC seeks a Director of Music to enhance and support the worship life of the community through the playing and leading of hymns and songs, the encouragement and preparation of our choir and congregation, and working together with the clergy team to achieve a cohesive vision of worship.

For more information, click READ MORE.

Two acclaimed radio personalities, Eleanor Wachtel and Gregor Craigie, will be taking the stage on September 15 for a fundraiser in support of Canada’s oldest synagogue. Craigie, host of CBC Radio One’s On the Island, will be interviewing Wachtel at Congregation Emanu-El about her celebrated career helming the station’s premier literary program, Writers & Company.

Where: Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanchard Street, Victoria 
When: September 15 at 2pm
Tickets: $36, available at ticketowl.io/cevbc

For further information contact: info@congregationemanuel.ca