As we being a new Academic year, we are pleased to announce a few exciting upcoming Lectures. Please save the date, and more details will be available very soon!
1. Synodality Lecture Series
The Center for Christian Engagement at St. Mark’s College presents a series of lectures on Synodality.
– November 20, 2025 7pm: The New Testament Origins of Synodality, with Dr. John
Martens. St. Matthew’s Parish, Surrey.
– December 13, 2025. Mary as a Model for a Synodal Church, with Dr. Fiona Li.
St. Peter’s Parish, New Westminster.
– December 13, 2025. The Old Testament Origins of Synodality, with Rev. Dr. Nick Meisl
St. Peter’s Parish, New Westminster.
– Date TBD. The Synodal Parish: A Sign of Hope for a Broken World, with Dr. Nicholas
Olkovich.
All of the above lectures will culminate into a final lecture:
Friday, February 20, 2026, at 7PM: Toward a Spirituality for a Synodal Church, with
Dr. Cathy Clifford. St. Mark’s College, Vancouver.
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2. Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at 7PM: Pavlo Smytsnyuk will join us to speak about political theology and religious nationalism and modern orthodoxy.
