To many , New Year is more than a night of TV or partying and singing “Auld Lang Syne”. It’s a time of looking forward and looking back, a time of rededication and commitment, a time of hope and a time of thanksgiving. Here is a prayer to consider using: New Year’s Blessing Prayer…
Year: 2016
Why does God become man?
By Father Pablo Santa Maria “Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel’, which means, ‘God is with us.” “Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the message of…
Christmas Mass Schedule
Come and join us as we celebrate the birthday of Our Saviour! Christmas Eve: Saturday December 24: 5:10 PM, 9 PM, & 12 Midnight (Christmas Concert before Mass at 11 PM). Christmas Day: Sunday December 25: 8 AM, 9:30 AM, 11 AM, 12:30 PM, 5 PM, 6:30 PM (Spanish), & 8 PM.
Advent Prayer
By the Very Reverend Stanley Galvon, Rector of the Cathedral Part of our church’s Advent liturgy since the sixth century A.D., are verses known as the “O antiphons”. The writer drew seven titles of God from the Old Testament which express the people’s yearning for the coming of the Messiah. These days the O Antiphons…
End of the Holy Year of Mercy
Last week Archbishop Miller closed the Holy Door of Holy Rosary Cathedral along with the Bishops of the world. Today Pope Francis celebrated Sunday Mass commemorating the Feast of Christ the King marking at the same time the formal close of his jubilee Year of Mercy for the Universal Church. In his remarks at that Mass…
All Saints Veneration of Relics
On November 1 at the Cathedral we had veneration of 1st Class relics. The following is an article by Fr. John Horgan, Pastor of St. Pius X in North Vancouver on the Church tradition of the veneration of Relics. The Veneration of the Relics of Saints On All Saints Day, it is customary for churches…
All Souls Latin Mass
On November 2 the Church commemorates all the faithful departed. In that day priests are encouraged to celebrate three Masses to be offered for the faithful departed. It is from here that we have the November devotion to pray for the souls of those who have died. At Holy Rosary Cathedral we had an extra…
Closing of the Holy Door and Papal Honours
November 16, 2016 On Sunday November 13 His Excellency Archbishop J. Michael Miller closed the Holy Door of Holy Rosary Cathedral bringing to an end the observances of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. At the same liturgy, the Archbishop gave pontifical awards to several members of the Archdiocese for their outstanding service to our local…
The New Crucifix of Holy Rosary Cathedral
The tradition of iconography is part of the patrimony of the Catholic Church. It is passed on by the visual quotation of images dating back to St. Luke, the first Christian iconographer. Our new crucifix is a continuation of this tradition. The Holy Rosary Crucifix was commissioned by Archbishop Miller in 2015 to aid the faithful in focussing their attention on the…
Holy Rosary Cathedral raises New Crucifix
A new crucifix was installed above the altar of Holy Rosary Cathedral. Dear visitors and parishioners: Our new crucifix has three plaques on the back of it that offer a description of how it came to us: “This icon of the saving crucifix of Jesus Christ was completed by the grace of God through the hand of…