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Twelve Step Eucharist bridges recovery and faith

Joelle Kidd — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:00:13 +0000

“We’re all in recovery of some sort,” says Canon Nancy Ford Canon Nancy Ford, deacon to the city at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, B.C., was well-acquainted with the concept of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) thanks to years of working as a counsellor. But the more she thought about it, she realized the meetings, though often […]

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Crafting liturgy in a time of disaster

Joelle Kidd — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 20:07:23 +0000

When disaster strikes, where is the Church? What do we have to offer? How do we pray? These were the questions posed by the Very Rev. Ansley Tucker, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in the diocese of British Columbia, during a workshop at the National Anglican and Lutheran Worship Conference in Victoria, July 18. This […]

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Anglican deacon pleads guilty to contempt of court after participating in pipeline protest

Joelle Kidd — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:58:01 +0000

The Rev. Rob Crosby-Shearer has been arrested three times in his life during protests. But the most recent time was different. “I was involved in a fair bit of non-violent, direct action stuff over the years, but not so much in the last decade; since I became a parent,” says Crosby-Shearer, a deacon in the […]

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Good night, sweet prince

Adela Torchia — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 17:30:02 +0000

A grandmother and Anglican priest writes about the tragic death of her grandson from opioid overdose in Vancouver More than 1,400 people died from drug overdose in B.C. in 2017: 3.8 per day, with most of those deemed as accidental, fentanyl-based deaths. Sadly, my 20-year-old grandson was among them. Like many who end up on […]

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