The 3rd Sunday in Advent (14 December 2008) is so named from the opening words of the Introit of this day’s Mass: Gaudete in Domino Semper! Iterum dico, gaudete! Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I say, rejoice! Where available, rose-coloured vestments are used, to symbolise the fact that the penitential observances of the season [...]
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The Rorate Mass of Advent, a candlelight High Mass in honour of Our Lady’s expectation of Christ’s nativity, will take place at 9:00 am. Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant iustum. Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One.
High Mass will be celebrated for the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, at 7:30 pm. This is arguably the most important feast of Our Lady. O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee! This Feast does not refer to the Blessed Virgin Mary’s conceiving of Jesus by [...]
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Holy Family will host the Quick Journey Through the Bible series by Jeff Cavins, an eight-part introduction to salvation history, beginning Saturday 10 January at 10:00 am. This weekly study is designed to give you a brief overview of salvation history, from Genesis through to the Resurrection of Christ and the establishment of the Catholic [...]
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The selection of photographs below, all taken by Benjamin Laggui, show scenes at the Holy Family 60th anniversary Mass, celebrated on Sunday 9 November. As well as celebrating the original establishment of this parish and its decades of care by and for Vancouver’s Catholic German community, this was an opportunity to recognise Father Benno Burghardt’s [...]
