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

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.

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.

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)

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.

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

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.