Parish Administrator Day will take place on June 5, 2025 at St. Philip's, Cedar. 

We will gather at 10am with the workshop running from 10:30am-3pm. Lunch will be provided.

An agenda will be available shortly. If you are a parish administrator or assist with administration for your parish (such as website management etc.) you are most welcome to attend. 

To register CLICK HERE. The deadline to register is May 23, 2025.

On Saturday, June 7, at St. Dunstan's, Gordon Head, Bishop Anna will lead a service celebrating the decades of vibrant ministry at St. Dunstan’s and deconsecrate the space for its use for other purposes. The service will take place at 11am and we encourage all members of the diocese to join with the people of St. Dunstan’s in this day of celebration and grief. Clergy are invited to vest and process. The color for the day is white.

The service will be followed by a catered lunch. Please register if you wish to attend the lunch so we can make sure there is enough food provided for all. To register CLICK HERE. The deadline to register for the lunch is May 19, 2025. Registration is not required to attend the service. 

On June 8, 2025 Bishop Anna will ordain Rebecca Yeo and Mona Smart to the sacred order of priesthood. The service will begin at 4pm and will take place at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria. A reception will follow the service. 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. The liturgical colour for this ordination is red.

Photo credit: J. Abram Photography

The Synod Office is hosting a Retired Clergy Picnic for all the retired clergy in our diocese at St. George the Martyr, Cadboro Bay on Wednesday, June 18 from 12pm-1:30pm.

Lunch will be catered and we request that those wanting to attending, please sign up no later than May 20 by CLICKING HERE.

Join Bishop Anna for a time of fellowship and gratitude!

Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee and Christine Conkin, incumbent at St. George's, Cadboro Bay, will be hosting a week of intentional reflection at the Sorrento Centre this summer (July 27 - August 2). The week will explore and incarnate life-giving theology and practice in this turbulent decade. 

The 2020s... we know how they started. How are they going? Climate crisis. Racial reckonings. Institutional church decline. Trump is back. The future is uncertain. 

How does our theology help or hinder us as we navigate the turbulence of our times? How do we hold fast in these chaotic and changing times? Together you'll look at some of the theological voices of our time and explore their insights to dig into some of the issues of our day.

For more information and to register for this event, click READ MORE. 

On May 27–28, 2025 VST will host Compassion: Mutual Care for Troubled Times. This conference is all about engaging with what the spirituality and practice of compassion should look like in our time. There will be presentations from scholars and activists, time for conversations with like-hearted individuals, and an abundance of inter-religious community.

Dr. Terri Elizabeth Givens, Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia and the author of Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides, will give the keynote lecture on May 27 at 7pm. 

All the presentations will be available both in-person and online! You can find the full details here: https://vst.edu/inter-religious-studies-program/conference/

Registration for the conference is $190—but there is a student discount of $100. There is also some funding available if cost is a barrier. Rabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan (the conference administrator) can be contacted for more information on financial aid (LDKaplan@vst.edu).