Three major feasts this week will be celebrated with High Mass and changes to the regular service schedule at Holy Family: Tuesday 29 June: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles. High Mass at 7:30 pm. Thursday 1 July (Canada Day): Most Precious Blood of  Our Lord. High Mass at 10:00 am, followed by parish picnic. Friday [...]

This photograph from Father Huang’s ordination in Nebraska, 22 May 2010, is especially moving for long-time members of the traditional Mass community in Vancouver. Father Charles Ryan, former pastor of this community, performs the imposition of hands on Father Huang’s head during the ordination service. Following the imposition of hands by Bishop Bruskewitz, all the [...]

On Sunday 13 June, our recently ordained seminarian Father Garrick Huang returned to his hometown to celebrate his first Mass in Vancouver before heading to his posting at the FSSP parish in Ottawa. We are pleased to be able to share a selection of photographs of this joyous occasion, taken by Clayton Richard Long.

This Friday, 11 June, is the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. High Mass will be offered at 7:30 pm, followed by prayers of reparation to the Sacred Heart. The encyclical letter, Miserentissimus Redemptor, of Pope Pius XI, outlines the Church’s teaching on the Sacred Heart. Prayer of reparation to the Sacred Heart O [...]

On Sunday 6 June, Holy Family parish celebrated the external solemnity of Corpus Christi (the actual feast was on the preceding Thursday), with a traditional procession of the Blessed Sacrament, stopping at exterior altars along the route to adore the Sacrament of our salvation. 1. The monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament processes toward the last [...]