Vancouver Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/vancouver/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:40:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Vancouver Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/vancouver/ 32 32 170042892 Vivian Seegers lived out gospel through pain and triumph https://anglicanjournal.com/vivian-seegers-lived-out-gospel-through-pain-and-triumph/ https://anglicanjournal.com/vivian-seegers-lived-out-gospel-through-pain-and-triumph/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:09:50 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167851 On June 2, the Rev. Vivian Seegers, founder and gathering priest of Urban Aboriginal Ministry (UAM) in the diocese of New Westminster, died at Vancouver General Hospital from complications due to COVID-19. She was 62.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/vivian-seegers-lived-out-gospel-through-pain-and-triumph/feed/ 1 167851 ‘Where there is love’: Reflections on caring in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside https://anglicanjournal.com/where-there-is-love-reflections-on-caring-in-vancouvers-downtown-eastside/ https://anglicanjournal.com/where-there-is-love-reflections-on-caring-in-vancouvers-downtown-eastside/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:28:52 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163228 The first time I went to Providence Health Care’s Crosstown Clinic on Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside (DTES) was a surreal experience.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/where-there-is-love-reflections-on-caring-in-vancouvers-downtown-eastside/feed/ 2 163228 Church grapples with pain after marriage canon vote—with new developments possible https://anglicanjournal.com/church-grapples-with-pain-after-marriage-canon-vote/ https://anglicanjournal.com/church-grapples-with-pain-after-marriage-canon-vote/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:53:56 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=160179 The Anglican Journal’s Matt Gardner offers this comprehensive glimpse of the aftermath of General Synod’s failure to pass an amendment to the marriage canon—with an exploration of what might come next and prayers from delegates here in Vancouver.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/church-grapples-with-pain-after-marriage-canon-vote/feed/ 57 160179 ‘We are called to something greater’: Church leaders seek discipleship and renewal as 42nd General Synod opens https://anglicanjournal.com/we-are-called-to-something-greater/ https://anglicanjournal.com/we-are-called-to-something-greater/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:49:05 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=160047 “We, all of us, are living in the economy that is described in the Book of Revelation as the prelude to God’s intervention in human history, in a final and definitive way.”

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/we-are-called-to-something-greater/feed/ 5 160047 Youth find fellowship in General Synod preparation https://anglicanjournal.com/youth-find-fellowship-in-general-synod-preparation/ https://anglicanjournal.com/youth-find-fellowship-in-general-synod-preparation/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2019 14:48:41 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=160036 Vancouver When it came to delegate preparation at the 42nd General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, it’s fair to say that young people led the way. A full day before the majority of delegates arrived at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, more than two dozen youth synod members were present at the venue […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/youth-find-fellowship-in-general-synod-preparation/feed/ 0 160036 Hospice grants help children with life-threatening illnesses https://anglicanjournal.com/hospice-grants-help-children-with-life-threatening-illnesses/ https://anglicanjournal.com/hospice-grants-help-children-with-life-threatening-illnesses/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:07:41 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=159817 The Anglican Foundation of Canada has offered multiple grants in recent years to Canuck Place Children's Hospice, a pediatric palliative care provider with locations in Vancouver and Abbotsford that cares for children with life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/hospice-grants-help-children-with-life-threatening-illnesses/feed/ 0 159817 Chinese ministry grows, evolves in Vancouver and Toronto https://anglicanjournal.com/chinese-ministry-grows-evolves-in-vancouver-and-toronto/ https://anglicanjournal.com/chinese-ministry-grows-evolves-in-vancouver-and-toronto/#comments Mon, 27 May 2019 12:00:50 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=159586 The two cities chosen to host the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada in 2019 and 2016 are distant in a geographic sense, but similar in their diversity. Demographically speaking, Vancouver and Toronto are two of the most multicultural cities in the world.  A key component of that diversity is a substantial population of Chinese Canadians and immigrants and visitors from China.

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