New Westminster considers plans for three ‘returned’ parishes

Posted on April 16, 2012 
Filed under Anglican Communion

“Having won the court battle for the buildings of St. John’s Shaughnessy, St. Matthias and St. Luke, and St. Matthew’s Abbotsford, the Diocese of New Westminster must decide what to do with them…”

The Anglican Essentials Canada blog reports on New Westminster’s commitment to ‘Plant three new churches’ –

“It is the desire of DNW to have vital, viable self-sustaining parishes at each of these three locations in three to five years at a cost equivalent of planting one new church. The financial commitment for this ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity of DNW will be up to $4.5 million…”