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Liturgical Textiles of St. John Divine Church, Yale, BC


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  September, 2005
Women's History Network Conference

Jennifer Iredale was invited to give a paper, “Enduring Threads: Church Linens Made for the Church of St. John the Divine, Yale, BC, at “Saints and Sinners: Unruly and Respectable Women in British Columbia's History,” a conference sponsored by the Women's History Network of British Columbia, Sept. 31-Oct. 1, 2005, at the Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby, BC.

  January 17, 2005
Enduring Threads: The Liturgical Textiles of St. John the Divine

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

A section of the Fraser Heritage Society's Liturgical Textiles exhibition travelled to the Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery at the University of Victoria for the "A Woman's Place": Art and the Role of Women in the Cultural Formation of Victoria, BC, 1850s-1920s exhibition, which ran from Sept.1, 2004, to Jan. 11, 2005.

 

  November, 2004
CURA project publication
The liturgical textiles project has published Enduring Threads: Ecclesiastical Textiles of St. John the Divine Church, Yale, British Columbia, Canada , edited by Jennifer Iredale, with contributions by Bev Kennedy, Rachel Edwards, Natasha Slik, and Irene Bjerky. Copies of the publication are available from the Yale and District Historical Society or from the Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery.
  Posted Jan. 26, 2004
CURA Projects seek community Input

The Liturgical Textiles project is seeking information about the historic church linens at St. John the Divine Church in Yale, BC. We are particularly interested in any information about who made them. Also any information on former students of All Hallows School in Yale (1884 - 1920), specifically photographs or memories about needlework done there. Please contact Jennifer Iredale (250 387-4696 or jennifer.iredale@gems4.gov.bc.ca)

  Posted Dec. 28, 2003
Times Colonist newspaper profile

A full-page feature with photo profiling the CURA Liturgical Textiles project and its curator , Jennifer Iredale, was written by Jim Gibson and published in the Arts section of the Dec. 28, 2003, issue of the Victoria Times Colonist newspaper.

  Posted Dec. 15, 2003
Anglican Journal Article on Liturgical Textiles

An article entitled "Housekeeping task turns up treasures"
concerning the Liturgical Textiles project has been published in the Anglican Journal of Canada online here.

  Summer 2003
Enduring Threads: The Liturgical Textiles of St. John the Divine

St. John the Divine Church, Yale, BC

The Fraser Heritage Society's Liturgical Textiles exhibition showed at St. John the Divine Church Historic Site throughout the summer of 2003.

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