Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after Gaudete Sunday are known as ‘Advent Embertide’, special penitential days which come near the beginning of the season of winter. The Ember Day fast, although no longer strictly obligatory, is presumed in the prayers of our liturgy, and so we would encourage you to observe this laudable tradition in a [...]

Sunday 14 December 3rd Sunday of Advent 8:00: RIP Leonildo Da Siba 10:30: Pro populo 4:30: Lily Uy Monday 15 December Feria 7:30 am: RIP Mike Igaacz 7:30 pm: Rosa Domenica Tuesday 16 December Saint Eusebius, Bishop & Martyr 7:30 am: Almo Umbrato 9:00 am: RIP Stanislaw Korpusik Wednesday 17 December Ember Wednesday 7:30 am: [...]

Ordo (liturgical) calendars for 2009 from the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter are available at the entrance of the Church for $10 each. This year’s theme is Mary, Our Mother throughout the Ages. Copies of the calendar can also be ordered online, at a slightly higher price, from Fraternity Publications.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sunday 7 December 2nd Sunday of Advent 8:00: RC Challenge MCs & Judges 10:30: Pro populo 4:30: RIP Martha Wolf Monday 8 December Immaculate Conception of Our Lady 7:30 am: RIP Natevidad Lubos 7:30 pm: Special Intention Tuesday 9 December Feria 7:30 am: Anthony Uy 9:00 am: Traditional Learning Academy & Saint James School Wednesday [...]

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 [...]