All donations for tax receipting year 2022 must be physically received by the cathedral office by December 31, 2022, for donors to receive a 2022 tax receipt. If you plan to mail your donations, please make sure you mail them early so that the office receives them by December 31, 2022. Anything received after December…
Faith and reason
Today we live in a world that tends to idolize science. This is especially true in our post Covid-19 world. In this context many have seen the Church and people of faith to stand against science, or at the very least to be opposed to reason. Nothing could be further from the truth: the history…
Vespers at the Cathedral
The Divine Office is the official prayer of the Church. In this prayer, hymns, antiphons, psalms, etc. are prayed, but most of them are taken from the Scriptures. In this prayer, whether we chant or pray quietly we are invited to meditate on them, and address them to God, using the same words with which…
Easter Message of the Archbishop
The Risen Lord shines upon our world torn by a savage war in Ukraine and upon a nation seeking healing and reconciliation with its Indigenous Peoples. With the Resurrection, God’s love has flooded with light Jesus’ dead body, transfigured it, and made it pass from this life into eternal life. Jesus didn’t return to His…
Triduum at the Cathedral
With Holy Thursday we begin the holiest time of the Liturgical Year: the Paschal Mystery of Our Lord. We hope that many of you can join us for the ceremonies. Here are some resources to live more intensely this time. Mass of the Lords Supper Holy Thursday, April 14 at 7:30 For the booklet of…
Holy Week at the Cathedral
MONDAY APRIL 11, TUESDAY APRIL 12, WEDNESDAY APRIL 13 7:15 AM, 12:10 PM & 5:10 PM Church open from 1 to 3:30 PM Confessions from 11 to 11:45 AM & 4 to 4:45 PM MASS OF THE CHRISM AT 5 PM ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 13 HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Tenebræ at 10 AM Confessions from…
The Bible and Bach: Perspectives on the Passion
Join us as prepare for Holy Week by meditating with Father Nicholas Meisl on the Passion accounts in the Gospels of Saint Matthew and Saint John: this evening explores these complimentary texts through a combination of biblical reflections and selections from the Passions of St. John and St. Matthew of Johann Sebastian Bach performed by the…
Man of the Shroud Exhibition
This Lent, come and meditate on The Shroud of Turin, a 14-foot long ancient linen cloth that bears the image of a scourged, crowned with thorns and crucified man. Learn the peer-reviewed facts about this most studied religious artefact in human history. FREE ADMISSION. Donations appreciated. Shroud books sold by cash and cheque only. SHROUD IN CATHEDRAL…
Consecration of Russia and Ukraine
On Friday March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation, during the Penitential Celebration at Saint Peter’s Basilica, His Holiness, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. On that same day His Grace, the Archbishop will join the Holy Father in the consecration of Russia and Ukraine. The Mass will…
The Way of the Cross
“But he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins: and by his bruises we are healed” Isaiah 53, 3 The Stations of the Cross is a great Lenten devotion. At the Cathedral we will have Stations of the Cross at 5:45 PM every Friday. We invite you to join us in…