Our resident churchmouse gets lonesome in the evenings. Come join us for our first monthly coffeehouse... Winter poems, stories and...
It’s interesting how the Wheel of history turns, and how knowledge or attitudes that were foundational at one time in history becomes...
Our neighbouring parish of St Matthias warmly welcome St Mary’s and all our neighbours and friends to join in a feast of pancakes on...
Join us for another neighbourhood After Hours Coffeehouse! ‘Endings & New Beginnings’ Change, transformation, death, birth: all...
You guessed it! Back to our regular schedule of the second Wednesday of the month, the Churchmouse is opening the doors After Hours for...
Yes, it’s time for the Summer edition of the Churchmouse After Hours! “Churchmouse blinking in the Sun” We’re into those long days...
“In the country where I now live, there is no word for home.” That’s the first line of Isabel Huggan’s 2003 memoir Belonging: Home Away...
The Churchmouse Bookshop, the by-donation bookshop in St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Oak Bay, will hold its third Summer Splash Book...
The Oak Bay News has published a great article covering the upcoming Summer Splash Book Festival here at St Mary's on July 15, 9 am - 3...
Come “Fall” into an adventure with us on September 9 for our second annual giant book sale! Of course you'll find the usual wide...
Because we can, or because we must, humans and creatures of the wild have forever embarked on journeys into the great unknown....
Part of my own motivation, when we planned a “storm chasing” night for After Hours, was curiosity. Why do people chase storms? Why is...
Time, help, empathy, a trinket, a fortune, a heartfelt offering—or one refused. We give, we receive, and the results are often...
Early on this Morning of mornings, we gather to watch the sun rise on a truly New Day. And what better way to celebrate this new dawn...
It’s time to “Spring” into action for our third annual Giant Spring Book Sale! You’ll find the usual wide collection of pre-owned...
St Mary’s are excited to announce that we have been granted matching funding from our Diocese of British Columbia Vision Fund, in order...
Light & Dark Light & Dark affect us so profoundly that they stand in for just about any opposing archetypes you can think of:...
Four Evenings of Creativity in Community On Wednesday evenings this spring at St. Mary’s Centre for Community, come eat soup with us...
Animals, domestic & wild We’ll brave the wilderness, consider the zoo. We’ll wander the furred and feathered world seeking...
Rob Winger’s poem, “Liquid Light,” from his 2007 book Muybridge’s Horse, investigates the early photographers’ role as “necessary...
Interested in checking out what's on offer at the upcoming After Hours Arts workshop series? Join us for a one-evening Open House, an...
The people of St Mary's are excited to announce the first event as part of our 2018 Centre For Community project: After Hours Arts...
An Invitation to our Free After Hours Arts Cyber Open House For those who could not attend our Open House in May, we have started a...
Lost and Found Umbrellas. Keys. Hope. The way. Let’s master the art of losing, and court the luck offinding. Everyone is welcome as...
After Hours Arts Cyber Open House & Workshop, Part 2 For those who could not attend our first After Hours Arts workshop on May...
During our “Field Trip into Poetry” at our first Wednesday evening’s After Hours Arts session, we discussed the poem “Lull,” by Molly...
Cabaret Dig up your old French poets, your Satie, your jazzy favourites for a rollicking evening of music and words! This special...
Hello AHA'ers! The Stories in the Air workshop is a gem of a workshop. If you didn’t get a chance to work with Anne this session,...
Canada Day weekend saw Jane and Jackie—two of our committed gardening team—picking up and planting in 22 new shrubs and perennials....
Tales from the After Hours Cabaret We promised a cabaret in June for the last After Hours Coffeehouse of the season, and the...
Even More Evenings of Creativity in Community Building on the success of the very first After Hours Arts series in the Spring, the...
We are pleased to announce that St Mary’s has at long last become more bike-friendly! In the week before school started, shiny new bike...
Wednesdays this Autumn are all about Community and the Arts! Thanks to the great success of our inaugural After Hours Arts series in...
Normally, these are chronicles from the Churchmouse After Hours Coffeehouse. I have woefully failed to share chronicles over the past...
The moon.Our mysterious, enduring companion in the sky.Tide-puller.Destination of our imaginations... Fifty years ago humans walked on...
The regular Saturday Churchmouse Book sales are pretty impressive but this one is HUGE. In addition to the hundreds and hundreds of...
A free spirited force both gentle breeze or chill autumn blast. But stretch it and we’re winded or winding down or long winded….! Our...
Two and half years ago, the community that brought us the Churchmouse Bookshop branched out. Thanks to the leadership and vision of...
Our topic this month is a complete Mystery! Seriously, our theme is Mystery. A mystery can be dramatic, tense, scary, and murderous....
Love sought is good. Love given unsought is better.(William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night) Love has many guises: love between life...
Our theme this month is travel! What does travelling mean for you? Is it a state of mind, an adventure, or blissful relaxation? Wander...
Companionship. One definition is a bond built on shared experiences that is steadfast and trustworthy. Think of our connection with...
Once again it’s time to “Spring” into action for our fourth annual Giant Spring Book Sale! As always you’ll find the usual wide...
UPDATE March 16, 2020: In order to protect the public, all public events in Anglican churches are cancelled, and the facilities closed...
Traditionally Shrove Tuesday is the last day before the reflective fast of Lent, so is a good time to use up some of the unctuous...
UPDATE, March 16, 2020 Following the lead of the federal and provincial authorities, and by order of the Bishop, St Mary's and other...
No words required - just sit where you are, and enjoy the sights and sounds...
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