Solemn Mass at St James’ Anglican Church on Sunday, October 8, 2023 will begin at 10:30 am and will feature:

Setting: Missa brevis – Lennox Berkeley
Motet:   Thou visitest the earth – Maurice Greene

For more information about music at St James’, visit the Service Music page and the Concerts page at www.stjames.bc.ca.

Boys follow a priest in a funeral procession. Photo likely taken at the Anglican-run Chooutla Residential School in Carcross, Yukon in the 1930s. Photo: General Synod Archives

Boys follow a priest in a funeral procession. Photo likely taken at the Anglican-run Chooutla Residential School in Carcross, Yukon in the 1930s. Photo: General Synod Archives

“The May discovery of the remains of 215 children who were buried on the grounds of the Kamloops Residential School, and the discovery of similar graves on the grounds of every residential school that has been examined, tears at the hearts of all of us who are working toward reconciliation.”

Read Grieving for our children by Nii K’an Kwsdins (Jerry Adams) in The Anglican Journal.