Around Town: The Saint John's Bible, Vancouver College, My Refugee Claim ...

The Dal Schindell Gallery at Regent College is featuring an exhibition on The Saint John’s Bible.

A new exhibition at the Dal Schindell Gallery explores the first major illuminated manuscript of the complete Bible in centuries.

‘The Word Come to Life: An Exhibition of the Saint John’s Bible’ will run until October 26. An extra feature will be a weekly (Thursdays, 1 – 3 pm) “guided experience” to explore the work

Here is what to look forward to:

This contemporary illuminated Bible was created by a group of 23 scribes, artists and assistants in a Scriptorium in Wales under the artistic direction of Donald Jackson, Senior Scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Crown Office at the House of Lords.

The team worked in conjunction with a committee of theologians, scholars and artists from Saint John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota. After 15 years of work, the pages were completed in 2011 and given a permanent home at Saint John’s Abbey and University.

The Saint John’s Bible incorporates many of the characteristics of its medieval predecessors: it was written on vellum using quills, natural handmade inks, hand ground pigments and gild such as gold leaf, silver leaf and platinum.

Yet, it employs the modern, English translation the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) as well as contemporary scripts and Illuminations. The prints displayed in this gallery showcase a small sampling of the approximately 160 illuminations in the completed work.

A January 3, 2019 review of The Saint John’s Bible and its Tradition (Wipf and Stock, 2018) on the Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA) blog stated:

David Lyle Jeffrey’s essay “Beauty in the Bible and the Beauty of Holiness,” the first after the introduction, sets a broader context for the meaning of beauty in Christian Scripture and theology. Examining both Hebrew and Greek terms for beauty in the Bible, he finds that not only do words for beauty appear frequently in the Old Testament, but the language is itself beautiful poetry, well-shaped even when expressing anger toward humans. . . .

In an age of mass-produced Bibles, both printed and digital, we inhabitants of the 21st century often fail to grasp the particularity of Bibles in the manuscript culture of the medievals. No two medieval manuscripts are alike, and each has its own stories, not only in its contents but in its life as an artifact.

Go here for the full review.

Vancouver College turns 100

Vancouver College celebrated its 100th anniversary late last month, paying particular attention to its history and its accomplishments – including its famed football program.

Terry O’Neill, a 1969 graduate, wrote about the school for the The B.C. Catholic:

“Vancouver College is full of boys – 1,083 of them, in fact – striving to be the best in their areas of passion, yes, but more inspiringly, they lift each other up on a daily basis,” Principal Daryl Weaver said during a September 24 ceremony that closed a day of celebratory activities. . . .

The school’s history reaches back to 1906 when the rector of Holy Rosary Cathedral began efforts to enlist the services of the Christian Brothers of Ireland to open a school in Vancouver. “Hearing nothing positive from across the Atlantic, his spirits and those of others supporting his endeavour were not discouraged,” the school states on its centennial webpage. . . .

The school opened on September 5, 1922, when the brothers welcomed 91 students to Vancouver College’s initial facility at Rosary Hall, located at 650 Richards Street, just south of Holy Rosary Cathedral. Vancouver College moved to its Shaughnessy Heights campus in 1925. The school enrols students from kindergarten to Grade 12.

Go here for the full story.

My Refugee Claim

Kinbrace will launch My Refugee Claim next Wednesday (October 12):

My Refugee Claim is a new public legal education and information resource designed to inform, connect, and prepare refugee claimants as they navigate Canada’s refugee protection process.

The Orientation Booklet and MyRefugeeClaim.ca work together to help each refugee claimant understand their journey through the process, supported by in-depth information.

Share this invitation and zoom link widely with refugee claimants, frontline settlement / community workers, lawyers, immigration consultants, law clinics, community groups, faith communities – anyone who might benefit from a national resource that is regionally relevant, written from and for the refugee claimant perspective.

Go here for the Zoom link.

Oct 2022

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Mother Teresa: No Greater Love Encore – November 2, 2022 - November 3, 2022 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Christian Advocacy Society Autumn Banquet Fundraiser – November 3, 2022 at 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
SAMC Theatre presents The Miracle Worker – November 3, 2022 - November 5, 2022 at 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
TWU Richmond Open House – November 4, 2022 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Hummingbird Ministries Peace Through the Arts Festival – November 4, 2022 - November 5, 2022 at 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Book Reading and Q&A with Mary Jane Joe – November 6, 2022 at 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Preaching Advent: An Immersive Encounter with the Scriptures – November 9, 2022 - November 10, 2022 at 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Theology Symposium: When does Translating Change the Meaning of Scripture? – November 9, 2022 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Jazz Evensong @ Brentwood: Lorraine Foster for Remembrance Week – November 9, 2022 at 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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New Man Vancouver – November 10, 2022 - November 12, 2022 at 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
SIMinar: Dark Moments in Missions – November 10, 2022 at 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Have Art, Will Show – November 12, 2022 at 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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