This is the second Lent we will be facing during the Covid-19 Pandemic. We hope that you have a good time of preparation for the Mysteries of Our Salvation. To help you make a better Lent the Cathedral will continue to offer livestreamed Masses twice a day on weekdays at 7:15 AM and 12:10 PM,…
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The Meaning of baptism
Leon Bloy once wrote, “The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.” The vocation to become a saint is the vocation of each baptized person, therefore it is a vocation for all of us who have been baptized. This Sunday we celebrate the…
New Year Prayer
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 for…
Vespers and Indulgence for 2020
On December 31 at 6 PM, His Grace Archbishop Miller will preside over first Vespers of the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God. This Vespers are the last ones celebrated on the year 2020. At the end of Vespers we will sing the ‘Te Deum’, a Hymn of thanksgiving of the Church. When the ‘Te…
Merry Christmas
From all the Priests of the Cathedral we wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas. Mass Schedule for Christmas December 24, Christmas Eve: 5 PM, 9 PM Latin Mass and Midnight Mass. Concert at 11:30 with the Cathedral Choir. December 24, Christmas Day: 8 AM, 9 AM Latin Mass, 11 AM Solemn Mass…
Advent is here!
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…
Suspension of Public Masses
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:After today’s Provincial Health Order from Dr. Bonnie Henry, and with considerable sadness, I must direct that all Masses, whether Sunday or weekday, beginning on Friday, November 20 and until further notice, are to be offered without a public congregation. This directive likewise applies to other liturgical services as well as to…
November, Month of the Faithful Departed
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…
Masses for All Souls
November 2nd, the Catholic Catechism makes this teaching: “the Church in its pilgrim members, from the earliest days of the Christian religion, has honoured with great respect the memory of the dead; and because it is a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins’…
All Saints and All Souls
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…