Update: High Mass will be offered at Holy Family Church at 7:30 pm on Monday 8 September. Nine months ago, Our Lady was immaculately conceived in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne, by her father Saint Joachim. The Feast of that Immaculate Conception, 8 December, is a much greater Feast than 8 September, but [...]

The Hispanic community of Holy Family invites you to take part in a Latin-American festival from noon until around six o’clock, Monday 1 September, in the church parking lot. There will be a variety of displays representing different Latin-American countries, each with its own unique cuisine which will be available to sample and share. Come [...]

But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart — Luke 2:19 And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed — Luke 2:35 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these [...]

High Mass will be celebrated on Friday 15 August at 7:30 pm, the feast day of the Virgin Mary’s assumption into Heaven. This ancient belief of Christians—commemorated in prayer and art for many centuries in both West and East—was dogmatically and infallibly defined by Pope Pius XII on 1 November 1950 in his Apostolic Constitution [...]

Our Parish picnic will take place at the Coquitlam campus of Traditional Learning Academy on Saturday 23 August. TLA is located in Coquitlam at 1189 Rochester Avenue, at Laval Street. The picnic will begin with fun and games at 2:30 pm, followed by a barbecue dinner at 5:00 pm. Volunteers are needed for set-up and [...]

This Wednesday, 6 August, is the Feast of the Transfiguration. We recall when Moses, representing the Law, and Elias (Elijah), representing the Prophets—two men who had special visions of God—appear with Jesus on Mount Tabor (St Matthew 17, St Mark 9, St Luke 9). There, the Apostles see the Divine Uncreated Light shine forth from [...]

The following are the common forms of the traditional Latin Mass which parishioners and visitors will encounter at Holy Family. In addition to these, there is the Solemn Pontifical Mass, celebrated by a bishop. Low Mass Quiet Mass (in German, Stille Messe), two lighted candles on the Altar, one Priest, no prayers are chanted. Hymns [...]

Every Sunday at 4:30 pm the evening prayer of Vespers is sung at Holy Family church, closing with Exposition and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Vespers is found in most of the 1962 hand missals now in print. In addition, handouts are made available. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

The cornerstone will be laid for the new seminary chapel for Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, the North American seminary of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in Denton, Nebraska. This will take place on Saturday 9 August at 10:00 am by Most Reverend Fabian Bruskewitz, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska. Deo gratias! For more information [...]