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A SECTION OF THE ANGLICAN JOURNAL SERVING THE DIOCESE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MARCH 2012
Marion Little, responsible for administering the sexual misconduct
policy for the 48 Anglican churches on Vancouver Island, suggests the
church could learn something from PEERS.
rwatts@timescolonist.com
From prostitution to church
pews, Marion Little sees them
both as places where compassion
should be extended and
human dignity respected.
Little, responsible for administering
the safe church and
sexual misconduct policy for
the 48 Anglican churches on
Vancouver Island, in November
was made executive director
of PEERS, the Prostitutes’
Empowerment and Education
Society.
She has never found either
position to put her in conflict
with the other.
“The people [at PEERS] really
seem to make an effort at
withholding judgment and honouring
people’s dignity,” said
Little.
“Those are the core values
that I have pulled out of my experiences
in relation to the Anglican
Church.”
Right now, Little’s work with
the church’s sexual misconduct
policy is getting set to shift.
Norma Sealey
2012 is a year of celebration
marking the 150th anniversary
of St. Stephen’s Church in
Saanichton. Events are being
planned for almost every month
of the year, and they cover a
wide variety of activities.
On January 21, St. Stephen’s
hosted an informal meeting
with Mary Jo Leddy about her
work with refugees at Romero
House, a program she founded
in Toronto several years ago.
Her message is simple, but
St. Stephen’s in the 1890’s
She said until recently that
work has been mostly reactive,
dealing with crises as they
arise. But now it’s time to take
a preventive approach by maintaining
healthy communities
within the church.
Little said the preventive
stage will also likely involve
the writing of a code of conduct.
And the church could perhaps
learn something from PEERS,
which has already developed its
own code of conduct.
“Ultimately, I don’t see those
codes will look a whole lot different
from each other since it is
has to do with people extending
mutual respect,” said Little.
Her work at PEERS is mostly
about advocating for people
involved in the sex trade. But it
is also about extending support
to sex trade workers so they can
develop confidence to gain access
to services they need.
Little said society can ostracize
sex trade workers. So
walking into places like medical
clinics or even soup kitch-
ens and food banks to look for
food for children can be hard.
Also, everyone in the community,
without exception, has
a right to be free from violence.
But society too often shrugs
off violence against sex trade
workers. Little believes that endangers
the entire community.
“If anyone in our community
is targeted by violence, if
anyone in our community is targeted
by stigmatization and ostracism,
then we are all at risk,”
said Little.
As far as current and former
sex trade workers are concerned,
Little is so far doing a
good job at PEERS advocating
for and assisting them in Victoria.
Nobody within PEERS ever
considered her involvement
with the church might make her
too rigid or judgmental to work
with sex workers.
“There are as many stereotypes
about people with church
backgrounds as there are about
people in the sex trade,” said
Marion Little, Canon Pastor of the Diocese
Megan Lewis, one of the founders
of PEERS.
“Marion is an amazing woman,”
said Lewis. “She is kind,
sensible and very bright.”
Bishop James Cowan of the
Diocese of British Columbia
was likewise unfazed by the
notion of Little working for the
Anglican Diocese at the same
time as working with PEERS.
Cowan noted a line in the
Eucharist prayer saying Jesus
Christ “healed the sick and ate
St. Stephen’s celebrating 150 years in Saanichton
powerful. Although refugees
need help with housing, language,
employment skills and
other practical matters, the
main indicator for successful
integration is the warmth of the
welcome they receive upon arrival.
She feels that churches
are in a unique position to offer
that warm welcome and to
counter the backlash against
refugees that has grown since
9/11 through well run sponsorship
programs. We can provide
support through living our core
Photo: Submitted
Christian values, walking with
them as brothers and sisters as
they settle into life in Canada.
The second event that is
planned is hosting the Tri-Regional
Anglican Women’s Gathering
was held on February 18.
Other special events during the
year will include Jazz Vespers,
Easter activities for children, a
Spring Fair, a Fashion Show,
an Old Fashioned Community
Picnic, Cemetery Tours, and an
Art Show.
The major event will be
a “Homecoming Weekend”
beginning on June 1 and culminating
with a “Dedication
Commemoration Service” on
Sunday, June 3 exactly 150
Tell us what you think
Photo: Darren Stone, Times Colonist
with outcasts and sinners.”
“He didn’t make any kind
of judgment and that means He
was accepting of people where
they were,” he said.
“Marion has an amazing
ethical aptitude that she brings
to her work and to her relationships
with people.”
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are used with the permission of
the Times Colonist. Editor)
years after the original Dedication.
Bishop James Cowan has
agreed to attend to join in our
celebration.
More information will be
forthcoming as planning proceeds.
Norma Sealey is Chair of St. Stephen’s
150th anniversary committee.
Also see St. Stephen’s on page 4
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2 THE DIOCESAN POST
Reflections
A wonderful and sacred mystery
Herbert O’Driscoll
How big is your church? It
may seem a strange question
to ask, but there’s a reason for
my asking it. Recently I read
an interesting take on congregational
life today. We contemporary
Christians tend to look
at our church through the small
end of our telescopes!
What I mean is – we tend
to set our horizon no further
than our own congregation.
That means for us Anglicans
any further dimensions of the
church tend to disappear from
our thinking, things like Dioceses,
Provinces, not to speak
of a national church and even
more, an Anglican Communion!
One of the results of this is
that we tend to judge the state
of things in the whole church
through the lens of our own
congregation. If things are
fine with us here at good old
St Swithuns-by-the-Brook we
tend to assume that all is well
with the church. If things happen
to be in disarray with us,
then things must be in disarray
everywhere.
All of which is sad, actually
more than sad, it is dangerous,
even threatening to the
church’s life. The larger our
vision of the church is the more
possible it is for us to realize
that even if our own part of
it has some pains and aches,
there are other parts full of life
and brimming over with energy
and health.
My first parish in the Ottawa
Valley had three small churches.
I can remember going
into the smallest of them one
weekday in wintertime. There
was something about the stillness
that made me kneel for
a moment at the altar rail. As
I did so I had a vision. That’s
The Post expresses sincere
sympathy to Canon Joan Werrun
and her family on the death
of her husband the Rev. Larry
Greig, a retired priest of the Diocese,
who died on January 31.
We also express sincere sympathy
to the Rev. Bruce Cow-
Personnel Notes
the simplest and at the same
time the most mysterious term
we can use for such moments.
I remember looking along the
wooden altar rail. I looked to
my left and then to my right,
seeing the rail anchored into
the wall.
But then I found myself in
imagination going through
the wall and out into the silent
fields of snow, still seeing the
communion rail as it set out
with me on a vast journey. On
we went across the great river
that gives this valley its name,
across the incalculably old
rocks of the Cambrian shield,
out across the grey heaving
wilderness of the Atlantic, on
and on, across continents, first
Europe, then Asia, across the
endless vastness of the Pacific,
in over the Rockies and the
Prairies, over the Great Lakes,
across the white silent fields of
my little parish and – wonder
of wonders - into my tiny St
John’s through the other wall!
I have never forgotten that
simple, but for me, wonderful
vision. Each Sunday in St
John’s there would be about
thirty people, but I now knew,
and would forever know, the
mighty invisible reality that
surrounded our smallness. In a
moment, “in the twinkling of
an eye”, I had knelt with millions
of people, stretched my
hands forward with them, eaten
bread with them, drunk wine
with them.
So, the next time you kneel
at the rail, perhaps only too
aware of the problems in your
congregation and in the church
around you, do what Harry
Potter and Ron and Hermione
did every time they returned
to Hogwarts for a new term.
Remember how they would run
their baggage cart at the grey
old wall of the railway station,
pass right through the wall
and come out on a wonderful
Platform 9 3/4!
Do that. Let the Spirit take
you through the wall and show
you the church as our Lord
sees it. Through His eyes you
will see it differently.
ley (retired priest living in the
diocese) and his family on the
deathof his wife Pat who died
on January 19.
The Rev. Charles Massey
has retired from parish ministry
(St. Peter, Campbell River) effective
Jan 16, 2012.
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The Rev. S. Edward Lewis
Editor
The article Storyteller, Joke Bergink speaks to November
meeting of Diocesan ACW in the January issue of the Diocesan
Post mistakenly linked Lorrie as the husband of Joke.
As I edited the material that had been sent to me it appeared
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A Lenten Thought
Elly Bowerman
The Rev. S. Edward Lewis
Editor
Is your faith growing?
Lent is a time to look within ourselves to find out
if our faith is growing.
Let us aspire to the things God has called us to
accomplish.
Each person’s growth will be different.
God wonderfully gives us resilience and fortitude
that we may continue to grow in our faith.
It is His love and grace towards us that makes
the difference. While on this Lenten Journey, take
time and share your faith with others.
Oh what pleasure you will be giving our Loving
God.
Elly Bowerman has been active with various churches over the
years and is the founding member of Hi We Care, a group created
to help facilitate worship and participation of the handicapped
community. She has been an Associate of the Sisters of St. John the
Divine for 46 years.
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MARCH 2012
THE DIOCESAN POST 3
After Seven Years It Just Keeps Getting Better
Jazz Vespers at the Church of the Advent
Ken Gray
With three rows of five, and
a rhythm section and conductor,
a nineteen piece big band led
Jazz Vespers on a wintry night
in January at the Church of the
Advent in Colwood.
If I worried the weather
would deter a crowd, a capacity
audience/congregation proved
me, once again, wrong. I say
both “audience” and “congregation”
as Jazz Vespers attracts
a wide variety of people, those
who are familiar with church
and “congregation,” and those
who attend secular concerts as
an “audience.” I occasionally
hear a complaint, that Jazz Vespers
is too much like a concert,
and have had people walk out
because, “there’s no way I’m
going to a church service!”
For those who can get on
board with a spiritual/musical
hybrid, it works, it really works.
A big burly man came out after
Bruce Hurn’s Jazz Orchestra
Collective Bib Band tribute
shouting, “Man, you’re on the
right path, the right path.”
Unsure what he meant I
wondered to myself what he
found attractive. The music was
standard like Duke Ellington’s
“Take the A-Train.” The sermon
was based on Isaiah 61,
“The spirit of the Lord God is
upon me, because the Lord has
anointed me; he has sent me
to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to
the captives, and release to the
prisoners; to proclaim the year
of the Lord’s favor.”
As I heard the band numbers
roll on, I thought, yeah, they’re
playing old standards and refreshing
them in their own way.
Likewise, Jesus took the prophet’s
words and refreshed them
in his own way, and so went my
homily.
My commitment to the musicians
is that they come and
improvise on tunes and harmonies,
while I will improvise on
my own spiritual traditions.
When Jazz Music director
David Enns and I started seven
years ago the congregations
were about half church folks
and half from the community.
This ratio has recently shifted
much more to the community
group. Our numbers were three
times that of the morning congregation,
and many said they
would come back, though not
to the morning services.
People often ask if the Jazz
Vesper crowd joins the regular
congregation and the answer
is, rarely. It is a stand-alone engagement
with a broader community
with its own integrity,
style, spirit and groove. It’s passive,
and entertaining, but you
can hear a pin drop during the
prayer time. People pay attention.
I keep things pretty general,
and we do focus on the jazz,
arts and musical community.
We usually use the prayer “it is
Director Bruce Hurn with the jazz orchestra Collective
night” from the New Zealand
prayer book and always finish
with a congregational hymn.
The hymn selection process
is fun. I don’t assign it but ask
the bandleader to dig into her
spiritual memory for a title or
first line. We do get Amazing
Grace a fair amount but have
also enjoyed On Eagles Wings,
Abide with me, What A Friend
and When The Saints. We have
sung Jerusalem and Morning
Has Broken but have not dared
Drop Kick Me Jesus Through
The Goalposts Of Life.
There are moments when
my breath is taken away. Qualicum
Beach’s Phil Dwyer never
misses an opportunity to play at
Jazz Vespers. He shared a tune
by Charlie (Bird) Parker written
while he was incarcerated in an
insane asylum. Then Phil spoke
openly and profoundly about
his own struggle with psychiatric
distress. Anne Schaeffer has
shared wonderful songs of life
for us, and Emily Braden got us
stamping our feet and calling
out for more.
Through the jazz genre,
which can be described as popular
music with a finely tuned
twist, so much passion, hope,
lament, memory, vision, and
love can be found for those
who choose to ferret it out. Our
Priest, convicted of sexual abuse, reinstated then resigns
Staff
On February 2 and 3, several
News Services carried a story
about a priest in Nova Scotia
who had been convicted of
sexual abuse and was later reinstated.
Rev. Wayne Lynch pleaded
guilty in 1999 to indecently assaulting
an adolescent boy in
the 1970s. He received a conditional
sentence of two years
less a day and was placed on
probation for 18 months. The
news services reported that after
serving his sentence, Lynch’s
request for reinstatement as a
priest was granted, and he has
slowly regained responsibilities
at St. Luke’s Anglican Church
over the past 10 years.
While no longer an employee
of the Anglican Church, Lynch
has been allowed to wear clerical
vestments, preach and read
the gospel during Sunday services,
as well as perform marriages,
baptisms, and funerals.
Lynch has not been permitted to
exercise any other leadership or
pastoral role. In most Anglican
Churches, alter servers traditionally
assist with Sunday services
and special ceremonies.
CTV News reported that
Lynch sexually assaulted Glen
Johnson, 48, while serving as an
altar boy at All Saints Anglican
Church in Brooklyn, Queens
County, Nova Scotia. The abuse
began when he was 13 and continued
for 2 years. Now living
in Ottawa, Johnson has settled
a lawsuit against the Church
and says he was led to believe
Lynch’s days within the organization
were over. According to
the Chronicle Herald, Johnson
still suffers emotional trauma
from the abuse and is receiving
counseling twice a week.
“I was beyond stunned, I
couldn’t comprehend that any
organization like the Anglican
Church could do something
like that again to me after this
many years,” Johnson told CTV
News on February 1. “As far as
I knew, when he was convicted,
part of the arrangement was that
he would no longer be a priest,”
he told The Chronicle Herald
on February 3.
According to The Chronicle
Herald, the Right Rev. Ron
Cutler confirmed on February
2 that Lynch had resigned
from any and all participation
in the life of St. Luke’s Anglican
Church in Annapolis Royal.
The church believes in reconciliation
“if at all possible,”
said the Suffragan Bishop for
the Diocese of Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island.
Johnson told The Chronicle
Herald that Lynch should not
have been given church duties
again in the first place.
In response to this story,
Marion Little who is the
Canon Pastor responsible
for overseeing the Sexual
Misconduct Policy and
Safe Church Training
for the Diocese of British
Columbia wrote the letter
that follows.
Dear Editor,
I am extremely distressed
that Mr. Wayne Lynch, a convicted
sexual offender, was permitted
to regain responsibilities
at St. Luke’s Anglican Church
in Annapolis Royal, N.S. I am
appalled that he was allowed
to officiate at marriages, baptisms,
and funerals. Permitting
sexual offenders to engage in
leadership of ANY kind within
the Church interferes with the
healing of those harmed, and
casts doubt on the good work of
many decent clergy and parishes.
It is simply unacceptable.
Forgiveness and reconciliation
take many shapes but do
not, by any stretch of the imagination,
require placing known
offenders in positions of power
and trust.
Every Anglican diocese is
responsible for developing policies
and procedures to prevent
sexual violence and to respond
when it occurs. This is, in fact,
necessary for all organizations
Photo: Submitted
motto has become “the music’s
the thing” and for this, musicians
keep coming back. The
challenge for me as presider is
to enter the music and find common
ground for my very traditional
spiritual soul.
Details of the remainder of
the seventh season can be found
on the parish website at www.
colwoodanglican.ca. Do come
and share the Spirit with us.
The Rev. Ken Gray is rector of the
Church of the Advent in Colwood.
where people hold positions of
power and trust.
The Anglican Diocese of
BC adopted a sexual misconduct
policy in 1998 (see www.
bc.anglican.ca Resources). All
paid and unpaid Church leaders,
and anyone working with
children, youth, or vulnerable
adults, must attend abuse prevention
trainings, submit Criminal
Record Checks, and undergo
screening. No person with
a previous conviction of sexual
violence may act as a leader, or
even engage in activities that
suggest leadership. Period.
In September, the diocese
began a landmark partnership
with the Canadian Red Cross
RespectED program to deliver
their award winning curricula:
Ten Steps to Creating Safe Environments,
Prevention In Motion,
and C.A.R.E. All active
clergy, including the Bishop,
See Little
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4 THE DIOCESAN POST MARCH 2012
Una Congregacion Latino
Multicultural ministry in our Diocese
Scott McLeod
Since March 24 , 2010, a
monthly Spanish language Eucharist
service has been happening
at St. Peter’s Lakehill in
Victoria.
There had been Spanish language
services and ministry
with Latinos at St. Saviour’s
Parish in Vic West. That ministry
ended in 2007 but there
was obviously still a need and
a desire for a Spanish language
ministry.
Dimas Canjura and a number
of others were seeking to establish
a place where there could
once again be services and ministry
with Latinos, in Spanish,
in our Diocese.
Canjura had come to Canada
as a refugee from El Salvador
with his wife, son and daughter.
As newcomers they tried a couple
of different churches, and
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eventually found their home at
St. Peter’s.
So St. Peter’s was the logical
church in which to re-establish
the Spanish language services
and ministry. St. Peter’s and the
Three Saints Ministry have supported
the congregation as it is
growing and establishing itself.
People have come from all
over the Capital Regional District,
and from as far as Nanaimo
and in-between to be a part
of these monthly services. The
services are conducted in Spanish,
and are always followed
by a community pot-luck meal.
Everyone is welcomed whether
they speak Spanish or not, and
there is always fun and food
to share! Besides the services
there have been bible studies,
and some conversations around
children and youth ministry.
Dimas Canjura speaking at the Spanish Eucharist Service at
St. Peter’s Lakehill, Victoria
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The Rev. Scott McLeod presiding at the Spanish Eucharist, assisted by
Dimas Canjura
What is growing up at St. Peter’s
is a Congregacion Latino.
It is exciting and fun! Defi nitely
not the ministry of just one parish,
this is a regional and Diocesan
ministry, and an important
one as the Diocese seeks to
minister to as many people as
possible!
On March 24, the congregation
will be commemorating
Archbishop Oscar Romero, the
Roman Catholic Bishop who
was martyred in El Salvador in
1980, a victim of the civil war in
that country. He has become an
important witness and symbol
for Latin American Christians,
and North American Christians
as well.
Besides Romero, there are
the commemorations for Our
Lady of Guadalupe, patroness
of the Americas (especially important
to Mexicans), Our Lady
of Suyapa (important to Hondurans),
the Salvadoran Martyrs
(six Jesuits, their housekeeper
and her daughter, killed
in 1989), and a host of other
commemorations and celebrations
like a traditional Posadas
for Christmas that the growing
Latino congregation celebrates.
Service dates for 2012 are
April 14, May 12, June 9, July
7, August 4, September 8, Octo-
ber 6, November 3, November
17, December 8, and December
21.
Along with working for the
Vancouver Island Health Authority,
Dimas Canjura is a
postulant for ordination and in
his ‘spare’ time is taking classes
at the Vancouver School of
Theology. Besides doing the
work of community building,
pastoral care, and liturgical organization,
Canjura is also being
evaluated on his work as
part of his studies at VST, for
which he has the support of the
Latino congregation, the Three
Saints Team ministry, and the
Diocese!
The Rev. Scott McLeod is a priest
associate in the Three Saints Ministry
of the Diocese.
POOR IN SPIRIT
Lent has no images
no sabbath days
nothing to steal
nothing to covet
on the journey
to the cave
Lent has only God
Joanna M. Weston
The Bishop’s Visitation Schedule
During the next few weeks Bishop James
will be taking part in the following events.
March
2-3 Chapter of Deacons
7 Partners in Mission meeti ng
11 St. Peter, Quamichan - parish visitati on
12 CCC Buildings Ltd - meeti ng of Executi ve
Committ ee
15 Finance Committ ee meeti ng
20-21 Provincial House of Bishops meeti ngs
24 Diocesan Council meeti ng
26 Lady Day Service
Little
from page 3
recently attended a comprehensive
2-day training in this material
(the Bishop requires it in
order to be licensed here). As
a group, they were receptive,
attentive, and engaged. They
are now initiating enthusiastic
parish level efforts towards
creating safer environments: an
active demonstration of clergy
commitment to fostering and
safeguarding genuine sanctuary
for anyone who crosses
the threshold of an Anglican
Church.
As a lay Anglican offi cial,
I extend my deepest regrets to
Glenn Johnson among others,
for the pain and gross absence
of sanctuary experienced within
the Church. I hope there is
some satisfaction in knowing
that very serious efforts are being
undertaken in response.
Canada has committed to
protect Human Rights. This
means we are each obliged to
work actively towards increasing
social justice and safety
from violence. Beyond that,
it means fostering wellness for
each other and for our communities,
religious and secular.
Sexual violence is an international
human tragedy of
epidemic proportions which extends
far beyond church walls.
We must decide as a community
to end this kind of violence
through working together, “until
every house is a safe house.”
Ms. Marion Little, MA Dispute
Resolution is Canon Pastor, Sexual
Misconduct Policy and Safe Church
Training for the Diocese of BC
St. Stephen’s
Anniversary
(from page 1)
St. Stephen’s today Photo: Submitted
� On February 11, 1862 William
Thomson deeded fi ve acres of his
land to the Rt. Rev. George Hills,
Bishop of Briti sh Columbia, for the
purpose of building a church and
a school.
�On June 3 of the same year,
the church held its dedicati on and
fi rst service with Bishop Hills and
the Rev. Richard Lowe offi ciati ng.
St. Stephen’s was later consecrated
by Bishop Hills.
�St. Stephen’s Church is the oldest
church on Vancouver Island
used conti nuously as a place of
worship since its constructi on.
�In 1984 the church was designated
a Heritage Building by the
District of Central Saanich.
�For almost 150 years now, St.
Stephen’s has been a place of
refuge and rest.

MARCH 2012 THE DIOCESAN POST 5
Nathan Mantey
Summer Ministry Program Director
Anti - Kipper
a column for young people
Nathan Mantey, the Summer Ministry Program Director is covering some of the responsibilities
of the Family Ministry Facilitator, Su McLeod while she is in Maternity Leave. He can be reached
at Synod Office by phone at 250-386-7781 or by Email at family@bc.anglican.ca
Summer Camp Opportunities
Camp in the Community Day Camps
Ages: 6-12 Cost: Varies
Dates: July and August
Location: Various throughout Diocese
The heart of this summer’s camp ministry, these week-long
camps occur throughout the summer. Located in parishes
in each region of the Diocese, these programs are geared
primarily at elementary age campers and will include worship,
bible study, team-building games, crafts, nature exploration,
and service projects. Local volunteers will play a pivotal
role in helping staff facilitate this new program, focused on
developing face to face relationships between churches, camp
staff, volunteers, and young people. These camps are open to
the neighbourhood and are provided at a low cost which may
vary by region.
Wilderness Camp
Ages: 12-14 Cost: $250
Date: July 30 – Aug. 3
Location: Strathcona Park
This wilderness immersion camp is nothing like you’ve
experienced before. Tenting in the wilds of Strathcona Park,
we’ll be learning plant uses, outdoor survival skills, and forest
ecology. Be ready for hikes, team-building challenges, and
stories by campfire-light. It’s going to be wild!
Families
Family Weekend
Ages: All Cost: $75 per Family
Date: July 6-7
Location St. Stephen’s, Saanichton
This event, spanning Friday and Saturday will focus on
intergenerational faith and community. Enthusiastic staff will
lead music, games and activities, while workshop speakers
and focus groups will provide a space of spiritual exploration
for adults. Many of the sessions will be designed to build
relationships between adults and young people and to help
each to see the gifts and strengths of the other.
Family Camp
Ages: All Cost: $900-1190 per Family for
tent-site or lakeside cabin
Date: August 5-11
Location: Sorrento Centre, Sorrento
This is no ordinary family camp! This is a family camp, a
vacation, and a spiritual retreat rolled into one! The Sorrento
Centre, located on the beautiful Shuswap Lake in BC’s interior,
has invited families from across the Ecclesiastical Province
of British Columbia and Yukon to this unprecedented family
experience. The fee includes meals, accommodations and
intergenerational programming led by staff and a Chaplain
from the Diocese of BC. Cost varies depending on preference.
New Website Launched!
Register for Summer Camp programs
and find out more at
www.antikipper.com
Leadership Camps
Participants in these leadership camps will have the
option to put their skills into practice as a “Leader in
Training” volunteer. These volunteers will facilitate
program sessions and supervise campers in a week of
Camp in the Community day-camps. They will work
under the guidance of our summer staff and gain valuable
experience as a mentor for youth and children.
Holy Disorder
Ages: 14-18 Cost: $500 Early Bird
Date: July 4-13
Location: Pine Lodge Farm, Mill Bay
God in the midst of chaos! Do you have
questions about what it means to live as a Christian
in the world today? So do we! This is for you if you are
seeking to do, be and live wholly who you are in the world
through music, media, art, games, and theology! This
is the second year of this program and will once again
include acts of service, intentional community, and ninja
games with real nuns!
Act Up!
Ages: 14-18 Cost: $500 Early Bird
Date: July 4-13
Location: Pine Lodge Farm, Mill Bay
Calling all those who love acting and those who just love
to perform! Come be a part of this fantastic program
where you will learn the arts of script writing and story
telling through drama in an awe-inspiring theatre!
Get Me A Musician
Ages: 14-18 Cost: $500 Early Bird
Date: July 4-13
Location: Pine Lodge Farm, Mill Bay
If you are passionate about making music, this exciting
new camp is for you. Learn and develop new musical
skills such as playing, writing, and leading music. Visit a
recording studio! All voices and instruments are welcome.
Together we will make a joyful noise in praise and prayer.
Hope Bears receive sweaters
AFC Staff
New to the Anglican Foundation of Canada in
2011 is the Foundation of Hope Bear. For a $20
donation to the Foundation, you can have your
own Hope Bear as a reminder that the Anglican
Church cares about kids in Canada. All donations
will be placed in Trust Fund called, Kids
Helping Kids - a fund that is currently being
established to help kids in need right here in
Canada. One in seven children in Canada live
in poverty and hundreds will never have the
chance to thrive or contribute due to poverty and
social deprivation. The Anglican Foundation of
Canada wants to help make a difference. After
the fall 2011 meeting of Anglican Church Women
Presidents, women in the Muskoka Deanery
in the Diocese of Algoma gathered together and
knit over 20 sweaters for Hope Bear.
CLAY
Ages: 14-19 Cost: $1250-1500
Date: August 12-21
Location: Road trip to Saskatoon
The national Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth event (CLAY)
promises to be one of the most thrilling opportunities of the
year for youth and young adults. With space for up to 24
youth, our road trip will set off from Victoria. Coordinating
with Lutherans and Anglicans from across British Columbia,
bus-loads of youth will join our convoy as we journey out to
Saskatoon, experiencing worship, laughs and the sights along
the way.
“At CLAY you will encounter scripture in meaningful ways,
experience ancient and modern ways of worship, learn in special
interest Forums, enjoy fantastic social events, tour Saskatoon,
make connections with youth from all over Canada and celebrate
our life together. This is also a youth-centered program that
empowers youth and develops leadership.”
– CLAY Organizer
“CLAY 2010 was an amazing experience - both my daughter and
I attended. She (surprisingly) loved the keynote speaker and
learned a lot about living a life of faith which as a parent I could
see had a huge impact on her. I was amazed by the excitement
and commitment of people who were there, and to see a thousand
young Anglicans and Lutherans from every part of Canada. It’s
hard to choose a favourite moment - whether it was the learning
forums, the large group gatherings, worship experiences or simply
having the chance to meet and get to know people from all over.
With a team of young people, I helped lead the getting-to-know
you activities on the first day. The profoundest impact of CLAY
is for young people to see that they are not alone as youth in
the church - even if they come from congregations with very few
young people. Travelling to and participating in CLAY is a chance
for youth to see that there are peers all over who want to take their
faith seriously and who are committed to community - all while
having an amazing fun time! I’m looking forward to CLAY 2012
and heading up a new project (specialist home teams) in getting
youth involved directly in leadership.”
-Judy Steers, National Youth Ministries organizer
The registration fee includes accommodations, food, CLAY
program fees and transportation to and from Saskatchewan.
Photo: AFC Staff
The Rev. Canon Dr. Judy Rois,Executive Director, The
Anglican Foundation of Canada with the bears and their
Algoma sweaters.
For more information about the Hope Bear Foundation
see the ad for the Hope Bears on page 4
or visit the Anglican Foundation website: www.
anglicanfoundation.org.

6 THE DIOCESAN POST MARCH 2012
Clergy Retreat
small in numbers yet still meaningful
Brian Evans
The Oxford Dictionary of
the Christian Church has this to
say about retreats.
“A period of days spent in silence,
and occupied with meditation
and other religious exercises.
In essence the practice is
older than Christianity, but the
forty days Christ spent in the
wilderness have been considered
to give the ultimate authority
for its Christian use.”
Many religious orders include
retreats in their rule of
life. As well many religious orders
also offer retreats for those
outside of the community. Retreats
and retreat houses have
been a long practice of Christianity.
The Oxford Dictionary
also tells us the Church of England
adopted the practice of retreats
under the influence of the
Oxford Movement.
On a personal note in my formation
as a priest of the church,
the leader(s) of our seminary
were dedicated to the value of
retreats. I well remember col-
leagues complaining bitterly
about taking time out for retreats.
At the same time it was
part of the curriculum for one
retreat each year. To this day I
am thankful for the gift of the
experience of retreat and the
value inherent in taking time
away.
Each year our diocese with
the guidance of our Bishop offers
an opportunity for diocesan
clergy to make a retreat.
This year was no exception.
On January 30 four diocesan
priests gathered at Bethlehem
Retreat Centre in Nanaimo for
the Annual Clergy Retreat. Yes,
you read correctly, four. We
gathered with Archbishop Terry
Buckle, retired Archbishop of
British Columbia and Yukon.
Those gathered had the privilege
and honour of being with a
person who has spent 50 years
in formal ministry.
Archbishop Buckle first
trained as an Evangelist with
the Canadian Church Army
Lay Eucharist Visiting Ministry
Participants at the Lay Eucharist Visiting Ministry Workshop
Lon Towstego
The Selkirk Region held a
training course for Lay Eucharist
Visiting Ministry on February
3 -4 at St. John the Divine,
Victoria.
The course began with discussing
the theology of this
ministry and what it means to
be a sharing community as lay
members of the congregation
carry the reserved sacrament to
shut-in members of their parishes.
Clarity of the role as a
Lay Eucharist Visitor, self-care,
personal boundaries and safe
church practices were also important
parts of the course.
What one takes on such a
visit, as well as the pre-visit
preparations were discussed.
Before such a ministry begins
it has to have the support
of the local parish and visitors
have to be commissioned by the
Photo: Submitted
parish council as well as their
commissioning being ratified
by the bishop.
The course was lead/facilitated
by Shirley Siteman, The
Rev. Lon Towstego and The
Rev. Dr. Larry Scyner. 21 people
attended from the parishes
of St. Mary of the Incarnation,
St. John the Divine and St. Peter
and St. Paul; and the Sisters
of St. John the Divine.
The leaders described the
group as a very interested and
motivated group of laypersons
who look forward to connecting
with the shut-ins in their
parishes through this ministry.
The Rev. Lon Towstego is rector of
the parish of St. Peter and St. Paul in
Esquimalt.
(now Threshold Ministries).
From the Training Centre in Toronto,
Archbishop Buckle went
out to the streets of Toronto
and Montreal. Then shortly he
found himself heading for the
Arctic. As the years have unfolded
he was ordained deacon
and then priest. Later he was
elected Suffragan Bishop for
the Diocese of the Arctic. This
was followed by his election
as Diocesan Bishop for Yukon.
Prior to retirement two years
ago he was Archbishop of British
Columbia and Yukon.
The Oxford Dictionary
speaks of retreats being mediation
and other religious exercises.
For this retreat the meditations
and exercises were based
on the most widely read publication
among Christians, the
Bible. More specifically each
day was spent with the Gospel
for the Day. We read the same
pericope at Morning Prayer,
Evening Prayer and Holy Eucharist.
Respectfully we were
There are two related items from the
Archives this month. The picture on
the right is titled - Cathedral Boys’
Choir football team - 1890’s.
An 1891 article from the Daily
Colonist talks about a football game
played between Victoria College and
the Cathedral Choir.
It has been retyed to make it readable.
I have used ???? marks to
indicate that the first line is missing.
Photo: Ken Gray
Clergy at the 2012 retreat with Archbishop Terry Buckle (L-R): Brian Evans,
Chris Parsons, Ron Macluskie, and Ken Gray
asked three questions: What
sentence or word spoke to you?
What is Jesus saying to me?
What is Jesus asking me to do?
I cannot overstate the gift we
received from someone who
knows ministry, in particular,
parish ministry from the very
root of our great country - from
the largest of our metropolitan
communities to the very smallest.
I cannot help think of the
metaphor Archbishop Buckle
left us with: “The church sitting
here on the corner of the street
is not for decoration, it is rather
a base-camp for mission.” I
From the Archives
???? College teams was postponed,
yesterday, at the wish of Principal
Church, the college boys courteously
making way for the match between Mr.
Wastie Green’s school and the boys of
Christ church choir.
VICTORIA COLLEGE VS. THE
CATHEDRAL CHOIR.
This match was played yesterday at
one o’clock on Beacon Hill in good football
weather. The ground was soft and
there was little wind. The game was Association,
40 minutes half time, and the
result was a draw. The College had the
upper end during first half, and kept the
ball fairly down to their opponents’ goal.
In the second half the Choir, after changing
goals, pressed the College on several
occasions hard, and at one time the
College goal was in serious danger. The
faults of the Choir were chiefly in loose
high kicking; of the College, in following
and even encouraging play in front
of their goal. It cannot be too strongly
impressed on young teams that those two
faults are most dangerous. The scientific
dribble is not sufficiently understood out
of Britain, and a very small amount of
skill in dribbling in yesterday’s match
would have secured the dribbler fame
and probably the success of his side.
For the school Gillespie ma, Gillespie
mi Edmonds and Genn played with ad-
think of the Archbishop and the
many base-camps from which
he went out for over 50 years
fulfilling the great commission
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ.
Thank you to our diocese and
to our Bishop for the continued
commitment to clergy retreats.
My prayer is that many clergy
will afford themselves of such
an opportunity in the future.
The Venerable Brian Evans is Rector
St. Paul’s Parish in Nanaimo and
Archdeacon of Malaspina.
mirable pluck, and, “ubique frequentes,”
were always in the forefront of the battle.
Powell ma kicked with judgment, behind,
and Rithet, in goal, exhibited the
coolness which a goal keeper must always
possess, especially in playing the
Association game. For the choir, Berkley
and the brothers Johnson, and Goward
were the best, and were always on the
ball. It is much to be desired that all
these young players will make a point
of practising scientific dribbling; keeping
the ball close at their feet and running
with the bent knee, at no great pace.
Long kicking should be left to backs, and
high, short kicking always absolutely
avoided except were unavoidable; while
the first consideration for a defensive
team should be to keep the ball along
from the middle of the ground; the second
to mark the point at the touch line,
at which the ball goes into touch. With
attention to these two points they will
generally make ground, where without it
they will lose it, and be forced in front
of their goal. It would be difficult to find
two better matched boy teams, and the
return game will be interesting, if the
same sides be brought into the field.
Genn’s services deserve special notice,
as he was suffering from a severe strain
in the back.

MARCH 2012 THE DIOCESAN POST 7
Learning to Tread More Lightly
(This is the second of a series of articles about the 3Rs – Reduce, Re-use, and re-cycle.)
Elizabeth Griffin
“May we learn to tread
more lightly upon the Earth,
and help restore the balance of
Nature upon which we depend.”
The introductory article
(in the January issue of the
Diocesan Post) promised to
interpret those words in terms
of transport, waste, lighting,
energy and food. Let’s begin
with the least rehearsed and yet
the simplest -- Lighting.
It’s winter, and the Sun has
only just begun its long haul
back to northern latitudes.
Days are short, and daylight is
often dimmed by clouds or fog.
We need lights to see adequately
what we do, where we tread,
and where others are. But
when office hours are finished,
the shops closed and we are
occupied indoors, why do our
buildings and cities glow with
lights as though trading and
business never stopped? Why
do we light up empty rooms in
“Be Still and Know a
Taste of Silence
in Cobble Hill”
a Quiet Day
Sponsored by
The Centering Prayer group
St. John’s Church,
Cobble Hill
Saturday, April 28
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
For further information and
registration please contact:
Pip Woodcock, 250-701-9166
pipwoodcock@gmail.com
our houses, and shine beacons
across our rural yards into the
territories of others?
The power consumed by
lighting amounts to about a
quarter of Victoria’s electricity
bill. Every light that shines
other than where it is meant
to is wasted power, as is every
light that is left on when its
purpose is finished. The notice
in the work place calls turning
off the switch “the easiest thing
you do all day”! Why not heed
it elsewhere too? It is actually
good for our health, good for
the environment, good for our
power-bills and good for our
fellow bio-systems that we do
heed such a simple request.
When God said, “Let there
be light,” that did not mean
we should have light all the
time. It is not just that lights in
empty offices and vacant parking
lots are wasteful. The body
needs darkness at night for the
What is blocking your spirit?
Photo: Ed Lewis
Sister Brenda, Mary Parry and Rev. Rob Hutchison explain the Returning to
Spirit program to the recent Diocesan Synod
Do you want to live life powerfully?
If so you are invited
you participate in a Returning
to Spirit workshop focused
around the challenges of creating
reconciliation in all areas of
your life. Through this workshop
you will learn to shift in
your personal and professional
relationships.
Returning to Spirit is a twopart
training program involving
Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal
people.
Returning to Spirit work-
natural healing and replacement
that takes place while we
sleep. Shift-workers know how
debilitating it is to be deprived
of true darkness for sleeping.
Lights that shine onto a
house from a neighbouring
property are trespassing in a
particularly unfriendly manner.
So-called “security” lights to
illuminate one’s yard all night
are not that at all; they cast
strong shadows, enable intruders
to see what they want, and
dazzle road-users. Better by
far are lights that are motiontriggered.
Night lighting is particularly
inimical to nocturnal wildlife,
disrupting feeding and breeding
patterns and setting a chain
reaction throughout the local
bio-system. We define our own
boundaries and keep wildlife
out of the territories which we
claim as our own, so should
we not in turn respect their
shops have been happening
since 2000 but they are new to
Vancouver Island; the first was
in March 2011. The workshops
move both Aboriginal and Non-
Aboriginal beyond “healing”
and into the experience of reconciliation.
They are experiential - you
are the experience. The benefits
are enormous. You will experience
making the Impossible
Possible!
“I had no idea how the Residential
School Legacy would
show up in my life but it did
and it will show up for each and
every participant. I have taken
both the five-day workshop
and the five-day reconciliation
workshop. It has changed my
life and continues to aid me in
WOMEN’S SPRING WEEKEND
CAMP PRINGLE
MAY 11 - 13
Facilitator: The Venerable Ellen Willingham
Leader of Worship: The Rev. Dolly Beaumont
Leader of Music: Diane Bell
Cost $130.00 ($50 cancellation fee)
Registration deadline May 2, 2012
Registration forms are available from your parish office or contact
Brenda Dhaene, 2291 Calais Road, Duncan, BC, V9L 5V2
Email: birish@shaw.ca Telephone: 250 748-7183
territories? And -- the more
our cities, buildings and open
spaces glow at night, the more
unlikely are our children ever
to see the beauty of nature in
the night-time sky.
Reducing unnecessary lighting
therefore has benefits in all
that we do, touch and influence.
It’s a win-win situation.
Lights consume fuel. Lowwattage
bulbs are a grand
economy, though there is no
safe solution for disposing of
the mercury inside them. Halogen
lights, increasingly popular
for outdoor use, are worse
because their blue light is more
piercing and disturbing to living
species than the maligned
tungsten bulb ever was.
“Light” in metaphor denotes
goodness and purity. Ironically,
the light that we should
actually shine before men is a
light switched off. Turning off
unnecessary lights may go only
deepening my faith as an Anglican
Christian.” Mary Parry
A five-day workshop is
planned for March 26-30 here
in Victoria.
Christ
is Counting
on You
Practical steps in Discipleship
A diocesan conference sponsored by Cursillo BC
April 27-28
Church of the Advent, Colwood
Key note speaker: The Rt. Rev. Jane Alexander, Bishop
of Edmonton
Friday, April 27, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Join us for a Grand Ultreya to praise God and witness to His working in our lives.
Saturday, April 28, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Conference and keynote address
Themes:
� bringing sharing the good news into your comfort zone
� building relationships and creating opportunities for discipleship
� bridging the topics of friendly conversation with the narrative of
God’s saving grace
� putting the gospel into relevant terms
Light lunch and refreshments provided
a small way towards environmental
recovery, but it conveys
a message, and a very visible
one, that we are aware and that
we CARE.
Elizabeth Griffin is a resident
of Saanich and worships
regularly at St. Michael & All
Angels’ Church, Royal Oak. A
researcher in astrophysics, she
works at the Observatory on
Little Saanich Mountain, and
commutes there by bicycle.
For more information and
applications please contact
maryparry3@gmail.com.
There is no fee for this conference but donations to Cursillo BC would be welcomed.
More details on our web page www.cursillobc.com
In order for us to provide enough seating and food, please register using the
form at www.cursillobc.com
or write to our Secretary at joeforsyth@shaw.ca by April 18, 2012.

8 THE DIOCESAN POST MARCH 2012
1525 Begbie Street
(Corner Begbie & Belmont)
Sundays:
Low Mass 8:00 am
Sung Mass with Godly Play and Sunday School 10:30 am
Nursery program for infants.
Weekdays:
Low Mass 9:00 am, except Wednesday at 7:00 pm
The Saturday Service
5:00 pm on the 4th Saturday of the month followed by a simple meal.
Playful, musical, contemplative, interactive,
calling on our deep spiritual roots.
Candlelight Compline
8:00 pm every 4th Sunday.
A quiet, contemplative service
with beautiful choral singing and monastic chant.
Theology on Tap
meets at the Fernwood Inn every 2nd Wednesday (except Jan 11) at
8:00 pm and after Candlelight Compline on the 4th Sunday. A discussion
group on faith and philosophy for inquiring minds of all ages.
St Barnabas Sunday Concert Series
Both concerts start at 3:00 pm. Tickets $10.
March 18: The Raven String Quartet
May 13: “Shakespeare and Song” Vox Humana,
Brian Wismith, Conductor.
Koinonia
Christian Books & Gifts
1119 Blanshard Street Victoria, BC V8W 2H7
CLOSED
Thank you Judy for all your support over the years.
Enjoy your retirement.
LENTEN EXPLORATIONS
ALONG QUADRA STREET
Christ Church Cathedral and The Church of St. John the Divine
join forces to offer the Diocese and the City a rich array of programs for Lent,
and invite you to explore as many of them as you are able –
at noon, in the afternoon, after work, or in the evening, Monday through Thursday.
Monday Evenings at the Cathedral
THE WINGS OF THE MORNING:
THE EAGLE, THE DOVE AND THE RAVEN
Aspects of Celtic and First Nations Spirituality
with Rev. Dr. Martin Brokenleg, Rev. Canon Herbert
O’Driscoll and Rt. Rev. John Hannen.
Mondays 6:00 – 7:30 pm, March 5 – 26
Light refreshments served from 5:30 pm
Related art exhibition Feb 26 – March 4
Tuesday Evenings at the Cathedral
WHY I AM AN ANGLICAN
Preparation for adult baptism or confirmation
– a refresher course for the rest of us –
directed by the Dean of Columbia
the Very Rev. Dr. Logan McMenamie.
Tuesdays 7:00 – 8:30 pm, Feb 28 – April 3
Thursday Afternoons at St. John’s
SINGING A LASTING SONG:
SPIRITUALITY FOR THE
SECOND HALF OF LIFE
A series of talks offered by Dr. Judy Vestrup.
Thursdays 2:00 – 4:00 pm, March 8 – 29
Wednesday Noon hours at St. John’s
JOURNEYS ALONG THE EDGES:
THE 2012 LENTEN NOONDAY FORUM
Like the planet’s tectonic plates, human society has
edges where things interface, press upon one another,
and even collide.
To explore these edges is to find rich experience,
learning and new directions.
Wednesdays 12:00 – 1:00 pm,
February 22 – March 28
Bring a bag lunch; coffee & tea available
Feb 22: Herbert O’Driscoll, popular writer and
speaker on issues of faith in our time
Feb 29: Richard Leblanc, Director of Woodwyn Farm
therapeutic community
March 7: Peter Hamel, former Staff Officer, National
Public Social Responsibility Unit, Anglican Church of Canada
March 14: Mohammed Sadek, President, Quran Study
Centre of Victoria
March 21: Robert Morales-Tl’ul’thut, Chief Negotiator
& Legal Counsel, Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, Vancouver
Island
March 28: Marion Little, Executive Director, PEERS Victoria;
Canon Pastor, Diocese of BC
All are welcome – including those of any religious belief, or of none.
Free admission to all events.
For more information, call or e-mail the church offices, or consult their websites.
Christ Church Cathedral
Quadra at Rockland
250-383-2714
cccadmin@christchurchcathedral.bc.ca
www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca
St. Stephen’s Church
1000 Blk Mt. Newton X Road
Saanichton
Spring Fair
and
Mt. Newton Valley
Community Garage Sale
Saturday, April 14
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Treasures
Home Baking
Books Garden
Shop
Silent Auction Children’s
Corner
Theme Baskets Refreshments
Dahlia Tubers
(In honour of our dear friend Burl)
Rain or Shine
Wheelchair Accessible
FreeAdmission
www.ststephensanglican.net
The Diocesan
Archives
Hours:
Monday: 10:30am - 3:00pm
Tuesday: 9:30am – 12:00 Noo
The search fee is $25.
The Archives are located at:
Synod Office
900 Vancouver Street
Victoria, BC V8V 3V7
Phone: 250-386-7781
Email: darchives@bc.anglican.ca
The Church of St. John the Divine
1611 Quadra Street
250-383-7169
admin@stjohnthedivine.bc.ca
www.stjohnthedivine.bc.ca
The Journey
We Call our Life
A Lenten reflection based around four evocative paintings by Thomas Cole
from the 1840’s called `The Voyage of Life’
with
Herbert O`Driscoll & Richard LeSueur
Wednesdays March 7, 14, 21
at
St. George’s
3909 St. George’s Lane
Cadboro Bay
Mornings: 9:45 refreshments
10:00 –11:30 am presentation
St. Matthias Church
600 Richmond Avenue (at Richardson)
LENTEN SERIES
Examining Christianity through Anglican Eyes
Led by Archdeacon Dale Houston
This short study series is designed to help one discover what makes the Anglican
Church tick and what keeps it ticking. It takes the Church’s history, checks the vital
signs, x-rays its innards and scrutinises its life style.
All sessions are at St. Matthias
Tuesday evenings from 7:00 – 9:00 pm in the Peg Lowe Room
March 6 – Why Anglicans Exist
March13 – What Anglicans Believe
March 20 – How Anglicans Worship
March 27 – How Anglicans Differ
April 3 – What Anglicans Hope
Exploring the Mystic Path
Led by Elizabeth Courtney, MA
Multi-media session in the Peg Lowe room in the Hall,
March 16 - 7:00 pm
This course sets out to evoke and examine the lives, cultural contexts, mystical
experience and influence of a number of Mystics from the mediaeval period to the
present day. From Hildegard von Bingen, Julian of Norwich and Theresa d’Avila to
Cynthia Bourgeault and Richard Rohr the integration of vision and praxis is considered
with its relevance to honoring and developing our own spiritual autonomy.
Info for the courses: the Church Office (250-598-2833)
Or email: stmatthias@shaw.ca
St. John’s House
3937 St. Peter’s Road
Victoria, BC
Phone 250-920-7787
E-mail: bchouse@ssjd.ca
Coming events at St. John’s House
Please call 250-920-7787 to register or indicate attendance.
Lenten Quiet Time: Spring Cleaning the Heart
Jesus bears witness that God is his whole support. This allowed him to live simply,
live without fear of his needs not being met, and to use the resources God entrusted
to him. An address will be given at the beginning of each session.
Time for meditation will follow.
February 28 - March 27 every Tuesday 10:30 – 11:30 am
Coffee served at 10:0 am
All are welcome to stay for the Eucharist at noon Donations appreciated
Lenten Quiet Day: Spring Cleaning the Heart
Jesus bears witness that God is his whole support. This allowed him to live simply,
live without fear of his needs not being met, and to use the resources God entrusted
to him. An address will be given at the beginning of each session.
Time for meditation will follow.
March 3 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Bring your own lunch Donations appreciated
Gardening Day
We need your help in preparing the garden for the season.
April 21 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Lunch will be served.
St. John’s Day
May 6 Open House 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Come and celebrate St. John’s Day with us.