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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

We are currently in need of Mass servers. This is especially the case on weekdays, but we could also use more on Sundays. Parents of potential servers, or young men interested in serving, are invited to contact Father Geddes.

There will be a High Mass in honour of the Feast of Saint Anne at 10:30 am, Saturday 26 July. This Mass will coincide with the quinceañera of  Jenny Pacheco d’Avila. Everyone is welcome. Tradition tells us that St Anne, the wife of St Joachim, was advanced in years and that her prayers for a [...]

But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Galatians 5:22 The exercise of the virtue of modesty in the way we dress is an important way in which we convey our respect for God and for one another. This is especially true at Mass, [...]

The Sanctuary is the Holy of Holies of the New Covenant, traditionally separated from the rest of the church by a real or symbolic screen or by a permanent altar rail. It is where our Lord resides in the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle on the high altar. Please do not enter the Sanctuary unless [...]