The Year Ahead 2025-2026
We've outlined below important dates and events coming up in the next program year. Take a moment to mark your calendar. Dates for Diocesan Council have been included for information. Dates, times, and locations are subject to change.
2026
June 21 National Indigenous People’s Day
June 24 Retired Clergy Picnic
June 30 Cemetery Licence Renewal Deadline
Aug 4-5 Diocesan Summer Retreat: We are the Salt of the Earth
Sept 15 Deadline for notices of motions for Diocesan Synod 2026 and nominations to Diocesan
Council
Sept 16-19 Provincial Congregational Development School (New Westminster)
Sept 24 Diocesan Council (St Peter, Quamichan)
Sept 30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Oct 1 Deadline for nominations to General and Provincial Synod
Oct 3 Western Peninsula and Gulf Islands Regional Conference* ‡
Oct 17 Mid Island Regional Conference* ‡
Oct 18-19 Deacon’s Conference (St Paul, Nanaimo)
Oct 24 Greater Victoria Regional Conference* ‡
Oct 24 North Island Regional Conference* ‡
Oct 31 Parish Assistance Grants Application Deadline
Nov 14 Provincial Congregational Development School (online)
Nov 20-21 Diocesan Synod (Christ Church Cathedral)*
Nov 24-25 50th Anniversary of Women’s Ordination in Canada (Christ Church Cathedral)
Dec 10 Diocesan Council, 10am (online)
Dec 21 Synod office closed until Jan 04
2027
Jan 4 Synod office re-opens
Jan 15 Lay Leadership Application deadline
Jan 15 Education Trusts Committee (ETC) deadline for grant submissions
Jan 16 Provincial Congregational Development School (online)
Jan 21 Diocesan Council, 10am (St Peter, Quamichan)
Feb 15 Family Day, Synod office closed
March 13 Warden’s, Treasurer’s, & Cemetery Manager’s Day (St Paul, Nanaimo)
March 15 Deadline for submission of Parish Financial Reports (PFR) and Parish Information Reports (PIR)
March 18 Diocesan Council, 10am (St Peter, Quamichan)
March 21-28 Holy Week
March 28 Easter Sunday
Apr 10 Provincial Congregational Development School (online)
Apr 15 Education Trusts Committee (ETC) deadline for grant submissions
April 26-29 Clergy Conference, Cowichan Bay*
May 9 Diocesan-wide Confirmations (Christ Church Cathedral)
May 13-15 Provincial Congregational Development School (Kelowna)
May 15 Education Trusts Committee (ETC) deadline for grant submissions
May 16 Pentecost
May 24 Victoria Day, Synod office closed
May 27 Diocesan Council, 10am (St Peter, Quamichan)
Aug 15 Education Trusts Committee (ETC) deadline for grant submissions
Sept 17-18 Provincial Synod, Sorrento
Save the Dates for 2027
Jan Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Jan/Feb Bishop’s Dinner
Feb Clergy Day*
June Parish Administrator’s Day
June Retired Clergy Picnic
Sept Diocesan Council (TBD)
Oct Order of the Diocese of BC (Victoria)
Nov We Together (Victoria)
Nov Diocesan Council (TBD)
* Attendance is mandatory for clergy for these events.
‡ Regional Conference attendees include active licenced clergy in the region, wardens, treasurer, and the lay delegates and alternates from each parish within the region.
Educational Trusts Committee (ETC) deadline for grant submissions: 15th of Jan, Apr, May, Aug, and Oct.
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