Year in Review 2010-2011

An Evening of Taize and Gregorian Chant with Hiromi Bradshaw & others Reflections On Nurturing An Ecological Christianity by Maureen Wild Thomas Merton: Hermit on Main Street by Don Grayston 7th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction Presentation on Marcus Borg...

8th Annual Summer Picnic

Once again the weather cooperated and 55 merry picnickers  gathered at the home of Anne Sims for our eighth  annual summer picnic.  Hamburgers, hot dogs, make your own ice cream sundaes, coffee and tea were supplied by the Ecumenical Society. This year we celebrated...

An Evening of Taize

Taizé is an ecumenical community in France whose members live out the gospel through reconciliation. Their form of praying introduces people to meditative prayer with simple melodies woven in succession into a kind of tapestry of continuous prayer. The underlying aim...

Intro to the Bhagavad Gita

Gabriola Ecumenical Society welcomed Tim Bruns as he introduced us to the Bhagavad Gita on Thursday May 26th at The Commons at 7pm Tim Bruns, of Gabriola’s Island of Peace Yoga studied the Bhagavad Gita under the scholarship of Pandit Dabral and Swammi Veda...

Sing-a-Long and Annual General Meeting

  We will begin the evening with a sing-along led by Marilyn Smith and John Bryson We have had a very successful past year with interesting programs and new members joining our society.  We invite your participation in planning 2011-2012 Please show your support for...

Pilgrimage to Mecca

At our March 2011 Forum:  Pilgrimages and Sacred Spaces , Amr Ahmed Farghali  presented an informed talk on his pigrimage to Mecca and the significance of it in his personal journey. His lovely wife accompanied him to the forum and graciouslyand informally shared her...

Journeying with Jesus by Shelagh Huston & David Soy

 Shelagh Huston and David Soy presented a slideshow and talk on their recent trip to Jerusalem and the Holy Land. This was held at The Roxy Feb 11th 2011 in the afternoon and attracted a number of newcomers. Twenty five people came to hear this excellent talk which...

2010 Christmas Caroling

submitted by Anniken DeLissa This year  we had over 30 lusty voices joining in harmony to bring ‘comfort and joy’ to various members of our community who are unable to leave their homes.We assembled at the Lions Garden Homes at 6:10 pm.  After a short...

What is Unitarianism

On Thursday Nov. 25 2010, Rev. Karen Gitlitz gave a most interesting presentation at the Gabriola Commons  The theme of her talk was ” . . . in our work for peace and justice with compassion, we acknowledge our part in the interdependent web of all...

Gregorian Chant and Taize Song

An Evening of Taize Music & Gregorian Chant with Hiromi Bradshaw & others On Thursday September 23rd in the evening, the Gabriola Ecumenical Society launched into a new series of educational workshops and concerts, talks and prayer circles, sharing the theme...

7th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction

2010, Oct 17 As usual, our annual Thanksgiving dinner and auction was a great success. About 80 people from the various church communities and elsewhere enjoyed the delicious turkeys donated by Eric and Sue Boulton and cooked by generous volunteers. As well, there...

Thomas Merton: Hermit on Main Street by Don Grayston

Don Grayston is an Anglican priest, former director of the Institute for the Humanities at SFU, where he taught Religious Studies for 15 years, and past president both of the Thomas Merton Society of Canada (merton.ca) and the International Thomas Merton Society...