Professor Alain-Michel Rocheleau and Mrs Ka Hyun MacKenzie Shin will be ordained, God-willing, to the transitional diaconate on Sunday, June 23rd at 4pm at Christ Church Cathedral.
Alain-Michel will serve as a non-stipendiary priest at St Helen’s, Point Grey and Ka Hyun will begin as a curate at St Stephen the Martyr, Burnaby where she will begin a ministry with the Korean community. Please come and support these two new Ordinands.
The Reverend Chris Dierkes is concluding his curacy at Christ Church Cathedral later this summer. Chris will not be seeking another appointment in Parish Ministry at this time; he has chosen to go into private practice in Spiritual Direction.
The Primate of Korea, Archbishop Paul Kim will visit the Diocese of New Westminster June 24th to 26th following his attendance at the Episcopal Asian Ministry conference in San Francisco. Archbishop Kim has been a vocal advocate in the Asian region and across the Anglican Communion for justice, particularly as it relates to sexuality. His primary intention is to pay respect to Bishop Michael Ingham and his legacy of prophetic witness. Bishop Ingham has invited Archbishop Kim to preach at Holy Eucharist on Tuesday, June 25th at 7:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral. All are invited to attend.
Images: Lower right, The Primate of Korea, Archbishop Paul (Geun Sang) Kim. Below: On left the Reverend Jessica Schaap at her ordination.