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Archbishop petitions court to remove Public Health Order restrictions

by Flyn Ritchie • March 4, 2021 • 3 Comments

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver filed a petition with the B.C. Supreme Court February 26, requesting an exemption from the pandemic-related Provincial Health Order restricting church gatherings. Archbishop Michael Miller is also seeking “a declaration that the Provincial Health…

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City, Community

Around Town: Bishop John Stephens, Dal Schindell Gallery, neighbourly invitations

by Flyn Ritchie • March 4, 2021 • 0 Comments

Last Sunday (February 28) marked the installation of the 10th Diocesan Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster. Two live-streamed liturgies took place at Christ Church Cathedral that day. In the morning,  Archbishop Skelton preached and presided at the…

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City, Culture

Will Wilding ‘changed the face of what churches looked like’ in Metro Vancouver

by Flyn Ritchie • March 4, 2021 • 7 Comments

Now in his 90s, Will Wilding is keeping a low profile during this Covid season, but he is able to look back on a unique journey – from his missionary childhood in the Belgian Congo to an accomplished career as…

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Books

Recollections of a missionary child from the Belgian Congo

by Flyn Ritchie • March 4, 2021 • 2 Comments

Will Wilding spent 40 years as an influential architect in Vancouver, putting his stamp on the design and construction of churches throughout the province (see the accompanying story). But that future was surely never imagined by him or his family…

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City, Community

Around Town: Christ and Cosmos, Delta Hospice, Vulnerable Persons, CREATE

by Flyn Ritchie • February 24, 2021 • 1 Comment

Dr. Deborah Haarsma will address issues of science and faith during three Regent College talks next week. Dr. David Robinson, Adjunct Professor of Theology and Ethics at Regent, described those talks and her work during an interview about the school’s…

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Community, Justice

BC Christian Leaders Survey on the BC government’s response to COVID-19

by Shannon Stange • February 24, 2021 • 1 Comment

When I received an email from the Office of the Premier of British Columbia February 10, I was intrigued. How did they get my name and private email and what did they want? I found it was an invitation to…

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Community, Justice

Where is the evidence to support the closure of religious worship in BC?

by Anthony Roy • February 24, 2021 • 5 Comments

The Supreme Court of British Columbia will begin a judicial review of a challenge to current public health orders related to the pandemic next Monday (March 1). The Justice Centre filed the challenge on behalf of more than a dozen…

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