Evening High Mass at 7:30 pm, Tuesday 6 January. Note that there will me no 9:00 am Mass on this day. On this great feast day, the Church celebrates three epiphania—‘showings forth’—of Our Lord: Hodie caelesti sponso juncta est Ecclesia, quoniam in Jordane lavit Christus ejus crimina: currunt cum muneribus magi ad regales nuptias, et [...]

7:30 pm First Friday High Mass, 2 January 9:00 am First Saturday Low Mass and Marian Devotions, with Exposition and Benediction, 3 January.

8:00 am Low Mass 10:30 am High Mass Abbotsford: 4:30 pm Low Mass at Saint Ann’s, 33333 Mayfair Avenue. Please note that the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops maintains January 1st as a holy day of obligation in accordance with canon 1246 §1 of the Code of Canon Law. As on a Sunday, ‘the faithful [...]

Sunday 28 December Sunday after Christmas 8:00: In reparation for sacrileges against the Blessed Sacrament 10:30: Pro populo 4:30: Souls in Purgatory Monday 29 December 5th day in Nativity Octave (Commemoration of Saint Thomas à Becket, Bishop & Martyr) 7:30 am: RIP David Akhurst 7:30 pm: RIP Felix Bongiorno Tuesday 20 December 6th day in [...]

Virgo Dei Genitrix, quem totus non capit orbis, in tua se clausit viscera factus homo. O Virgin, Mother of God, He whom the whold world cannot contain, enclosed Himself within thy womb, and became man.

Homes are traditionally blessed during the Octave of Epiphany (6–13 January). Those of you who haven’t had your homes blessed yet should arrange to do so. The blessing is done with exorcised Epiphany Holy Water, blessed chalk, and exorcised incense (Frankincense with Myrrh). Since, for the most part, we all live quite a distance from [...]

Why not begin the new year with Our Lord? Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will take place New Year’s Eve beginning after the 7:30 pm Mass, ending with Benediction at Midnight. Please sign-up at the entrance for adoration times, as we need to ensure that someone (preferably at least 2 persons) is present for each [...]

When the secular world starts putting its ‘holiday’ things away, and as shopping malls stop blaring ‘Here Comes Santa Claus’, Catholics should just be getting started! The cleaning and baking during penitential Advent pays off now, and the feasting and carolling begin. The days from the Feast of the Nativity to the Epiphany are known [...]

Sunday 21 December 4th Sunday of Advent 8:00: Ann O’Brien 10:30: Pro populo 4:30: RIP I. Michael Monday 22 December Feria 7:30 am: In Reparation for sacrileges against the Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm: RIP departed VTMS members and Holy Family parishioners Tuesday 23 December Feria 7:30 am: Living VTMS members and Holy Family parishioners 9:00 [...]

12:00 am Midnight Mass 8:00 am Mass at Dawn (Low Mass) 10:30 am Mass during the Day (High Mass) These services all take place at Holy Family, Vancouver. Note that there is no Mass in Abbotsford on Christmas Day.