Lent is the season of 40 days leading up to Easter. This season is a time of intentional reflection when we make space in our lives for God to change our hearts in preparation for the new life that awaits us in the resurrection.

Click the link below to watch the fourth video in our lenten series, Staying Grounded in Times of Chaos. A new video will be released every Wednesday between now and Holy Week. In this series, voices from across our diocese will share practices from our tradition that help us live out our faith when the world feels crazy.

In this week's video, Craig Hiebert (Incumbent at St Mary's, Oak Bay and Archdeacon for Greater Victoria) talks about the Ignatian Examen, the practice of prayerfully paying attention. In the video, Craig mentions the ‘Reimagining the Examen’ app (and the book Reimagining the Ignatian Examen, by Mark Thibodeaux) and Pray As You Go - both great ways into the Examen.

To watch this week's video, please click on the link below.

National Indigenous Languages Day on March 31 is an opportunity to honor the linguistic heritage of First Nations, Inuit and Métis. The preservation of Indigenous languages is critical to protecting their communities, culture and identity.  

In our diocese, we contributed to the loss of Indigenous languages at St. Michael’s Indian Residential School located in ‘Yalis (Alert Bay, Cormorant Island) where children were beaten for speaking their language.  

Today, we are committed to reconciliation. In honor of this commemorative day, we wanted to share a small piece of that work. In 2003, a very special hymnal arrived at Christ Church in Alert Bay and was enjoyed by the community at a Christmas sing in (CLICK HERE for the Anglican Journal article). The Kwak’wala Hymnal was made possible by funding from a variety of sources including Aboriginal Neighbours. A reprint is currently in the works, and we look forward to continuing to hear voices singing beautiful hymns in Kwak’wala. 

On March 31, we join the world in celebrating transgender people on International Transgender Day of Visibility. We continue to work towards raising awareness of the discrimination transgender people face.

Our Faith Tides editor, Naomi Racz, has written an article in recognition of this commemorative day. To read this article, CLICK HERE.

On March 22, 2025 we held our annual Wardens and Treasurers Day in Nanaimo. The event was a great success with a record number of registrations. Many thanks to St. Paul's in Nanaimo for hosting this event. We are particularly grateful to Joy Adams Bauer and her team in the kitchen who helped nourish our group of over 100 attendees.

Next year's Wardens and Treasurers Day will take place in Victoria in the spring of 2026.

The Order honours and gives special recognition to members of the diocese (and in the case of honourary awards, those not part of the diocese) who have given outstanding service over a significant period of time in their baptismal ministry.

The next investiture will take place on October 25, 2025 at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria. 

Nominations are now open and the deadline to submit completed forms is April 30, 2025. For more information and to access the nomination forms, click READ MORE. 

The next installment of the John Albert Hall Lecture Series is Where We Live: Critical Perspectives on our Built and Natural Environments. This event is taking place on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, and will include two sessions.

During Session One: The Natural Environment (9:30 am - 12 pm) Catherine Keller, professor of Constructure Theology at Drew University, and Mari Joerstad, associate professor of Hebrew Bible at Vancouver School of Theology, will discuss the most current thinking on how Christians do, can, and must connect their faith lives with the plight of our global climate. 

Session Two: The Built Environment (1 - 3 pm) is a panel discussion moderated by CBC radio host Gregor Craigie. Among the panelists will be diocesan executive director Brendon Neilson. 

To register for this event, click the link below, or click READ MORE.