The dedication of a church is meant to set apart a building for the divine worship of the Church. Almost everything we use in the worship of the Church is blessed and consecrated and taken out of the common and secular use to be used only for the worship of the Church: the sacraments, but…
We believe that God calls individuals to live the Good News Jesus proclaimed and to become his disciples as members of the Catholic Church. If you want to become Catholic, you will participate in a process called the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (sometimes called RCIA or simply Christian initiation). In RCIA, you will…
With September unfolding now we have many wonderful events in the Liturgical calendar. Two of these are the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross on September 14 and the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows on September 15. Devotion to the Holy Cross in the Liturgy dates back to the fourth century. The texts…
You’re invited to join us for a Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form) at the Cathedral to commemorate the Martyrdom of St. John The Baptist on August 29. Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Pablo Santa Maria Mass begins at 7:00 PM
The words which follow are from the homilies and prayers of Pope St John Paul II when he visited Canada in September 1984. They are timeless in how they encourage us and challenge us as Christians in Canada to serve the true needs of all Canadians and people around the world in our love of…
With Corpus Christi coming up it is a good idea to remember the importance of Holy Communion for us Catholics. 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…
Saint Francis de Sales in his book, Introduction to the Devout Life, states that the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost was not an isolated event in the life of the Church. According to Saint Francis de Sales, the Holy Spirit continually sanctifies the Church as well as each of her…
Join HRC Young Adults for a series of videos followed by small group discussion on love, dating and marriage. We will be diving into the beautiful teachings of the Catholic Church on God’s plan for human love. With engaging talks (videos) from great Catholic speakers like Jason Evert, Jackie & Bobby Angel and excerpts from…
The memorial of St. Joseph the Worker has been celebrated liturgically since 1955 on May 1st. Partly, it is a prayer filled response to the May Day communist extravaganzas about the totalitarian State and its attitude towards workers. But there is wonderful theology present too in this memorial about the meaning of human work in…
It has been three years since the death of Archbishop Raymond Roussin. He was 75, having lived 57 years as a member of the Marianist Order, an order founded in 1817 to educate poor children in post-revolutionary France. In 1970 he was ordained a priest after having earned a Theology Licentiate from the University of…