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 fifth 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 video, Rebecca Yeo (Spiritual Care Provider/Chaplain at the University of Victoria) talks about Compline, or night prayer, as a daily practice of "saying goodnight to God." Rebecca's favourite resources for praying Compline are Mission St. Clare, Night Prayer from the Church of England, and the Supplementary to the BAS. 

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

The nominations for the Office of Primate have been announced.  

• The Most Reverend Christopher Harper
• The Most Reverend Greg Kerr-Wilson
• The Right Reverend David Lehmann
• The Right Reverend Riscylla Walsh-Shaw

Archbishop Harper is currently our National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop and Presiding Elder of Sacred Circle. Archbishop Kerr-Wilson is the Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary and the Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Northern Lights. Bishop Lehmann is the Bishop of Caledonia and Bishop Walsh-Shaw is a Suffragan Bishop in the Diocese of Toronto.

In depth biographies and photos of the nominees will be available April 11, 2025. The election will take place on June 26, 2025. For other key dates for the Primatial election process as posted on the Anglican Church of Canada website, CLICK HERE.

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.