Enjoy tea and home-baking while learning about political, cultural and social issues.

Tea Talks offer the opportunity to broaden one’s understanding, over tea and home-baked scones, about political, cultural and social issues impacting us today and tomorrow. Previous topics have included Faith & Politics, the refugee crisis, Right to Die legislation, the simple life, the question of evil, the music of the old testament, Exploring the Beatitudes and more! Admission is by donation. Everyone is welcome! From 3 - 4:30p.m. and childminding is available.

Upcoming 2025 Dates:

January 26: Father Martin Brokenleg | Reconciliation and Learning — indigenous studies in the BC curriculum

February 16: Colin Moorman | In God's Good Time: How One Man's Secret Past Was Eventually Brough to Light

March 9: Gregor Craigie | Our Crumbling Foundation: Solutions to the Housing Crisis

April 6:  Gordon T. Smith | Vocation, Work and Career:  Discerning the Call of Jesus in an Age of Distraction

September 7: Dr. Brian Pollick |The Shape of the World: Knowledge Visualization in Medieval Europe

October 5: Dr. Gary Kuchar | George Herbert and the Mystery of the Word: Poetry and Scripture in the Early Anglican Tradition

November 2: Fr. Travis O'Brian, Charles Douglas & others |Poetry and Poets: Readings from our Resident Poets

 

Recent talks include a talk on children's formation and spirituality from our Community Life Minister Jasmin O'Brian, and a talk on Dealing With Trauma in Late-Medieval Florence--Judgement, Compassion and Redemption, in which Dr. Brian Pollick took us through a unique manuscript by Domenico Lenzi, called Lo specchio umano (the Mirror of Humanity). The manuscripts were created in response to periods of severe famine and devastating floods in recent Florentine history.

Here are posters of some recent Tea Talks:

Please contact admin@stbarnabaschurch.ca for more info about upcoming Tea Talks and other parish events.