A reminder that this Sunday (November 1) our clocks will be put back one hour.  We are in-person for worship so take that extra hour to sleep in and then come to church! 

The ordinary saints, the ones we know,
Our too-familiar family and friends,
When shall we see them? Who can truly show
Whilst still rough-hewn, the God who shapes our ends?
Who will unveil the presence, glimpse the gold
That is and always was our common ground,
Stretch out a finger, feel, along the fold
To find the flaw, to touch and search that wound
From which the light we never noticed fell
Into our lives? Remember how we turned
To look at them, and they looked back? That full-
-eyed love unselved us, and we turned around,
Unready for the wrench and reach of grace.
But one day we will see them face to face.

*Image: The Dancing Saints icon by artist Mark Dukes with the people of St. Gregory’s. https://www.saintgregorys.org/the-dancing-saints.html

This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of All Saints and All Souls. Our worship will be in-person. 

We will mark this with the lighting of candles and reading the names of the departed. The Reverend Matthew Humphrey will be preaching (electronically) and we will have a special video message entitled "a message of hope from the Primate."   

Please email incumbent@stmatthiasvictoria.ca if you have names you would like remembered. 

For a list of our upcoming services, check the event page or look under worship times on our website!

Notice of a Special Vestry (Congregational Meeting)  

The meeting for all active St. Matthias members will be held on Sunday, November 8, 2020, at 1 pm.

The meeting will be held on Zoom. (Zoom Link available from the Rector/Wardens)

This special vestry will look at the two motions that have been brought before the congregation for their prayerful consideration and deliberation.    

If you need more information or are unable to access Zoom and need a voting form to drop off, email incumbent@stmatthiasvictoria.ca or one of our Wardens.

We are back! We are excited to announce that in addition to our Zoom services, every other week we will be back in-person for worship. 

A reminder that masks are to be worn whenever we are inside!

Building on the success of last year’s devotional performance of Duruflé’s Requiem on All Souls’ Day, Christ Church Cathedral is pleased to announce this year’s observance to mark the “day of the dead” in the form of an online video service. As a cathedral for the city and indeed the world, the service this year holds in prayer those who have died from causes currently at the forefront of our collective psyche: systemic racism, the opioid crisis, missing and murdered indigenous women, climate change, and COVID-19. The cathedral’s Dean, The Very Reverend M. Ansley Tucker sees these uncertain times as a catalyst for our own reflections on death. “These days, it seems that our defences against death are failing us – not just because of illness, but because of structures and systems and attitudes and behaviours. Death is all around us, and it is calling us to change our ways, and to be a force for life.”

At this time of year, we remember all those who have died of overdose. It is difficult for families, friends, and caregivers to mourn during the Pandemic. The healing found in sharing grief can be hard to find. The memorial is an opportunity to take the time to remember, reflect and seek hope in the silence, the words shared and the commitment to those who have died. The pre-recorded service will be available on Tuesday, November 3rd at the link here

The Victoria Shoa Project invites you to attend

the annual remembrance of Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass).  This year's commemoration will take place on

Monday, November 9th, beginning at 7 p.m. streamed live on Zoom.

On the Week of Trans Day of Remembrance, the AbbeyChurch listens to stories of Trans folks of faith who have journeyed in the Christian Church.  Join Pastor Junia Joplin (a Baptist Pastor from Toronto/Mississaugua, ON, joining us by zoom) and Danny Allen (of AbbeyChurch, Victoria) and Brynn Craffey (of Salal and Cedar, Vancouver School of Theology and the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster) as they share their stories of courage, faith and resilience.