Many people are feeling depressed about the problems we face in the world today: domestic violence with shootings, chaos in our political world, disrespect for human life, difficulties in finding proper housing and hospital treatments. . . The list goes on and on. . . The source of many of these problems is a spiritual…
February 14 is St. Valentine’s Day as well as a day for preparations for the Lunar New Year, but on this day we also begin the liturgical season of Lent with Ash Wednesday. Lent has two major purposes: it calls us to a deeper appreciation of our baptism promises and it emphasizes a spirit of…
On February 3, the custom on the optional memorial of St. Blaise, is to bless the throat of the faithful after Mass. The words the priest uses are as follows: “Through the intercession of St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness. In…
Remembrance Day is celebrated in Canada on November 11th. The Canadian Bishops offer us three aspects to this special day to ponder and to act on: First, we pause and pray to remember those who died in war and to pray for the victims of aggression and inhumanity around the world. Second, Remembrance Day is…
The Catholic Catechism teaches about three states of the Church (n.954): “When the Lord comes in glory and all his angels with him, death will be no more and all things will be subject to him. But at the present time some of his disciples are pilgrims on earth. Others have died and are being…
As is tradition at the Cathedral, on November 1 we had veneration of relics after Masses. This is a great tradition of the Church, though it is often misunderstood. This is an article from last year from Fr. John Horgan, Pastor of St. Pius X, in North Vancouver, an expert on saints and of relics….
The Eucharist is the most important of the seven sacraments, because it is in this and in no other sacrament that we receive the very body and blood, soul and divinity of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. There are many graces that flow from the faithful reception of this most sublime of sacraments. Communion then is…
We just had two ordinations, one to the diaconate and one to the priesthood. This is indeed a cause for great joy for the Church of Vancouver and for the Cathedral! In ordinations three men were ordained and in both cases one of each will serve here at the Cathedral. We are especially grateful for…
5 May 2017 FORMED is a service which Holy Rosary Cathedral is running on a trial subscription. It streams hundreds of hours of Catholic content and works the same way as Netflix. It offers an amazing opportunity for you to discover the richness and beauty of our Catholic faith with Free Catholic Content in One…
By Fr. Pablo Santa Maria The importance of ongoing education about our faith. In the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium Pope Francis reminds the Church that she is called to be “permanently in a state of mission.” If we recall, some of the last words that Our Lord Spoke to His disciples before His Ascension was…