January 1st, the day of New Year is the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God. On this day we commemorate that Our Lady gave birth to Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. In Canada this is a Holy Day of Obligation, meaning that for Catholics this is a day in which we must go…
Celebrate the birth of Our Lord at the Cathedral Mass Schedule: Chrsitmas Eve: Tuesday December 24: 5 PM, 8 PM and Midnight. The Midnight Mass will be celebrated by the Archbishop. Before the Midnight Mass at 11 PM there will be a Christmas Carol Concert Christmas Day: Wednesday December 25 8 AM, 9:30 AM, 11 AM, 12:30…
We just had an ordination yesterday of two men; Felix Min to the priesthood and Richard Conlin to the diaconate. This is a cause for great joy for the Church of Vancouver! As a deacon, Richard has been ordained to assist with the charitable work of the Church as recorded in Acts of the Apostles,…
Immaculate Conception December 4 @ 7 PM 3778 W. 28th Ave. Vancouver Our Lady of Perpetual Help December 8 @ 2 PM 2465 Crown St., Vancouver Blessed Sacrament December 10 @ 7 PM 3040 Heather St., Vancouver St. Mark December 11 @ 7 PM 5935 Iona Drive, Vancouver St. Patrick December 11 @ 7 PM…
The Advent season is here… It focuses on expectation and it serves as an anticipation of Jesus Christ’s birth in our hearts at Christmas. The word advent is derived from the Latin word ‘adventus’ meaning anticipation. This is a translation of the Greek word ‘parousia.’ The Catholic Catechism (#524) speaks to us about the spiritual…
On this Solemnity of Christ the King, it is good to ponder the origin of this celebration. It is quite recent in the Church liturgical calendar. Consider the world in 1925. There was atheistic Communism in Russia, Fascism in Italy, and soon to be Nazism in Germany. North America was heading toward the Great Depression….
The Catholic Church presents to us in November the themes of death, judgment, heaven and hell. This is done to both encourage and challenge us in our faith journey. From Scripture and the Catholic Catechism, we can get an idea of what happens after death. The staff from Catholic Answers wrote the following article 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…
On All Saints Day, it is customary for churches to place their relics of the saints on public view in the sanctuary or at the altar. Relics are the physical remains of a saint’s body or even clothing they have worn which become the object of our veneration or acts of holy respect. Their presence…
World Mission Sunday is celebrated on Sunday October 21 this year. Because of our baptism into the life and love of Jesus, each of us shares in the mission of the Church. Jesus described that mission of the Church as He ascended into heaven: “Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptize them in the…