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Kingsway Deanery priests gathered at St Paul's Vancouver for their May 2022 meeting and one of the features was a presentation by David Van Blarcom, a parishioner at Christ Church Cathedral, Vice-President of the Board of the 127 Society and a member of the current diocesan Task Force on Homelessness and Affordable Housing. The Reverend Alecia Greenfield who supplied these two photos reported that they "had an excellent discussion that recognized the urgency and complexity of housing and homelessness issues in our region."

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Then the priests who had gathered that day went for a walk and visited the infamous Vancouver Barge, still stuck on the north side of English Bay. 

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  • Top: Posing for a photo at the barge: (kneeling) Rector of St. Pauls, the Reverend Philip Cochrane; Vicar of St. Michael's Multicultural Church and Regional Dean, the Reverend Wilmer Toyoken. (standing left to right), Vicar of Holy Cross, Vancouver and Special Projects Facilitator for the Diocese of New Westminster's Mission and Ministry department, the Reverend Alecia Greenfield; Rector of St. Thomas, Vancouver, the Reverend Michael Batten; Archdeacon of Burrard and Rector of St. James, the Venerable Kevin Hunt; Rector of St. Mary the Virgin, South Hill, the Reverend Expedito Farinas
  • (Bottom of copy) David Van Blarcom on the left meeting with the Kingsway Clericus and St. Paul's

 

 

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