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DESCRIPTION:The Year Ahead 2025-2026\nWe'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. D
 ates\, times\, and locations are subject to change.\n2026 \nJune 21    
          National Indigenous People’s Day \nJune 24          
    Retired Clergy Picnic \nJune 30             Cemetery Licence 
 Renewal Deadline \nAug 4-5            Diocesan Summer Retreat: We
  are the Salt of the Earth \nSept 15             Deadline for no
 tices of motions for Diocesan Synod 2026 and nominations to Diocesan  
  \n  Council \nSept 16-19       Provincial Congregational Developme
 nt School (New Westminster) \nSept 24             Diocesan Counci
 l (St Peter\, Quamichan) \nSept 30             National Day for T
 ruth and Reconciliation \nOct 1                 Deadline for no
 minations to General and Provincial Synod \nOct 3                
  Western Peninsula and Gulf Islands Regional Conference* ‡ \nOct 1
 7               Mid Island Regional Conference* ‡ \nOct 18-19 
         Deacon’s Conference (St Paul\, Nanaimo) \nOct 24       
         Greater Victoria Regional Conference* ‡ \nOct 24       
         North Island Regional Conference* ‡ \nOct 31         
       Parish Assistance Grants Application Deadline  \nNov 14     
          Provincial Congregational Development School (online)  \n
 Nov 20-21        Diocesan Synod (Christ Church Cathedral)* \nNov 2
 4-25        50th Anniversary of Women’s Ordination in Canada (Chri
 st Church Cathedral) \nDec 10               Diocesan Council\, 10
 am (online) \nDec 21               Synod office closed until Jan 
 04 \n2027 \nJan 4                   Synod office re-opens \nJ
 an 15                 Lay Leadership Application deadline \nJan 
 15                 Education Trusts Committee (ETC) deadline for 
 grant submissions \nJan 16                 Provincial Congregati
 onal Development School (online) \nJan 21                  Di
 ocesan Council\, 10am (St Peter\, Quamichan) \nFeb 15            
      Family Day\, Synod office closed  \nMarch 13            
  Warden’s\, Treasurer’s\, &amp\; Cemetery Manager’s Day (St Paul\,
  Nanaimo) \nMarch 15             Deadline for submission of Parish
  Financial Reports (PFR) and Parish Information Reports (PIR) \nMarch 
 18             Diocesan Council\, 10am (St Peter\, Quamichan) \nMar
 ch 21-28       Holy Week \nMarch 28              Easter Sunday
  \nApr 10                  Provincial Congregational Development
  School (online) \nApr 15                  Education Trusts Com
 mittee (ETC) deadline for grant submissions \nApril 26-29          C
 lergy Conference\, Cowichan Bay* \nMay 9                    Dio
 cesan-wide Confirmations (Christ Church Cathedral) \nMay 13-15       
      Provincial Congregational Development School (Kelowna) \nMay 15
                    Education Trusts Committee (ETC) deadline for
  grant submissions \nMay 16                   Pentecost \nMay 
 24                   Victoria Day\, Synod office closed \nMay 
 27                   Diocesan Council\, 10am (St Peter\, Quamich
 an) \nAug 15                   Education Trusts Committee (ETC)
  deadline for grant submissions \nSept 17-18            Provincial 
 Synod\, Sorrento  \nSave the Dates for 2027 \nJan              
              Week of Prayer for Christian Unity \nJan/Feb     
                Bishop’s Dinner \nFeb                  
          Clergy Day* \nJune                          Pa
 rish Administrator’s Day \nJune                          R
 etired Clergy Picnic \nSept                          Dioces
 an Council (TBD) \nOct                            Order o
 f the Diocese of BC (Victoria) \nNov                        
    We Together (Victoria) \nNov                           
 Diocesan Council (TBD) \n* Attendance is mandatory for clergy for the
 se events. \n‡ Regional Conference attendees include active licenced
  clergy in the region\, wardens\, treasurer\, and the lay delegates and a
 lternates from each parish within the region.\n\nEducational Trusts Commit
 tee (ETC) deadline for grant submissions: 15th of Jan\, Apr\, May\, Aug\,
  and Oct.\nTo request a PDF of this page of the website\, please email syn
 od@bc.anglican.ca.
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