Holy Family Parish offers Mass and administration of other sacraments in the traditional Latin form of the Roman Rite according to the liturgical norms of 1962. We invite you to learn more about our parish, and to attend our services.
Sunday 25 December
Nativity of Our Lord
12:00 – Martin Walters
8:00 – RIP Laureen Wilson
10:30 – Pro populo
Monday 26 December
St. Stephen, Protomartyr
7:30 am – Stephen Lindahl
9:00 am – Maria Tomei
Tuesday 27 December
St. John, Apostle & Evangelist
7:30 am – RIP Anna Knapfl
Wednesday 28 December
Holy Innocents, Martyrs (Childermas Day)
7:30 am – TLA Community
7:30 pm – Emelio Tomei
Thursday 29 December
Proper Mass of Christmas Octave; (Comm. of St. Thomas à Becket, Bishop & Martyr)
7:30 am – TLA Community
Friday 30 December
Proper of Christmas Octave
7:30 am – Benefactors of TLA
7:30 pm – RIP Aloisia Krische
Saturday 31 December
Proper of Christmas Octave; (Comm. of St. Sylvester I, Pope & Confessor)
7:30 am – Christine & Sylvester Smith
9:00 am – RIP John Krische
Sunday 1 January
Circumcision of Our Lord
8:00 – RIP August Krische
10:30 – Pro populo
The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter has produced a lovely 2012 liturgical calendar featuring the sacred art of Giotto, but we only have a limited number of them left. Don’t miss out: get yours from the parish office. Only $10.
Here are two images of the calendar:
Project Advance donations may be made online, through the donations link on our parish website. Just choose Holy Family Vancouver when the link opens to the Project Advance page. This year Holy Family has received $62,745 in pledges from 95 donors! Monies over and above the Archdiocesan assessment of $17,600 will be retained by the Parish. Thank you for your generosity.
Sunday 18 December
4th Sun of Advent
8:00 – RIP Belen Vargas
10:30 – Pro populo
Monday 19 December
Greater Feria
7:30 am – Fr. Deprey
7:30 pm – RIP Leonildo da Silva
Tuesday 20 December
Greater Feria
7:30 am – RIP Maria Flack
Wednesday 21 December
St. Thomas, Apostle
7:30 am – RIP John Richard Kershaw
7:30 pm – Mel & Murial Walters
Thursday 22 December
Greater Feria
7:30 am – RIP Peter Martisca
Friday 23 December
Greater Feria
7:30 am – Confraternity of St. Peter
7:30 pm – Anna Plavakova
Saturday 24 December
Vigil of the Nativity (Christmas Eve)
7:30 am – RIP Henry Flack
9:00 am – Niklaus Ruloff
11:30 pm Christmas Carolling
Sunday 25th December
Nativity of Our Lord
12:00 – Martin Walters
8:00 – RIP Laureen Wilson
10:30 – Pro populo
Saturday 24 December
Christmas Eve
11:30 pm – Carolling, followed by Midnight Mass
Sunday 25 December
Christmas Day
8:00 am & 10:30 am
Saturday 31 December
New Year’s Eve
Midnight Benediction: adoration from 10:00pm until midnight
Sunday 1 January
Circumcision of Our Lord
8:00 am & 10:30 am
Friday 6 January
Epiphany of Our Lord
7:30 pm Solemn High Mass
Sunday 11 December
3rd Sun of Advent
8:00 – RIP Julia Macapinlae
10:30 – Pro populo
Monday 12 December
Our Lady of Guadalupe
7:30 am – Judith Gatdula Jr.
7:30 pm – Fr. Deprey
Tuesday 13 December
St. Lucy, Virgin & Martyr
7:30 am – RIP Joseph Byrne
Wednesday 14 December
Ember Wednesday
7:30 am – Holy Souls
7:30 pm – RIP Hoare Family
Thursday 15 December
Feria
7:30 am – VTMS Members
Friday 16 December
Ember Friday; (Comm of St. Eusebius)
7:30 am – Holy Family Parishioners
7:30 pm – RIP Peter Fenrich
Saturday 17 December
Ember Saturday
7:30 am – RIP George Knapfl
9:00 am – Brian Mulholland
Sunday 18 December
4th Sun of Advent
8:00 – RIP Belen Vargas
10:30 – Pro populo
Sunday 4 December
2nd Sunday of Advent
8:00 – RIP Michael Todd
10:30 – Pro populo
Monday 5 December
Feria; (Comm. of St. Sabbas, Abbot)
7:30 am – RIP Otto Hajek
7:30 pm – In Thanksgiving
Tuesday 6 December
St. Nicholas, Bishop & Confessor
7:30 am – Fr. Herman Montoya & Carlos Jose Montoya
Wednesday 7 December
St. Ambrose, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor of the Church
7:30 am – In Thanksgiving
7:30 pm – Florent Bernard
Thursday 8 December
Immaculate Conception of Our Lady
7:30 am – RIP Anne O’Brien
7:30 pm – Megan Doering
Friday 9 December
Feria
7:30 am – RIP Donald Berger
7:30 pm – Joan Chapman
Saturday 10 December
Feria; (Comm. of St. Melchiades, Pope & Martyr)
9:00 am – RIP Erwin Huang
11:00 am – Ada Poon & Family
Sunday 11 December
3rd Sun of Advent
8:00 – RIP Julia Macapinlae
10:30 – Pro populo
Thursday, 8 December, 2011.
7:30 am Low Mass
7:30 pm High Mass
This feast is often misunderstood, even by practising Catholics. It does not refer to Our Lady’s conceiving of Jesus by the Holy Ghost (the Annunciation) but, rather, to the sinless conception of Our Lady in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne, by Our Lady’s father, Saint Joachim. Through a singular privilege of God, through the foreseen merits of Christ, Our Lady was preserved from original sin from the very moment of her own conception. What makes her conception ‘immaculate’ is not that she was conceived by the Holy Ghost of a virgin, as was Christ Our Lord, but that from the very moment of her own conception, she was preserved from the original sin and filled with grace by God, Who knew, in His omniscience, that she would say ‘Yes’ to the Angel Gabriel and become the Mother of the Saviour. Exactly nine months from now, on September 8, we will celebrate Our Lady’s birthday, the birthday of the one whom Saint Gabriel called ‘full of grace’ (Saint Luke 1:28).
[The image above shows the traditional iconography of the Immaculata, as painted by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in 1660. This painting is now in the Prado Museum, Madrid.]
Sunday 27 November
First Sunday of Advent
8:00 – Holy Souls
10:30 – Pro populo
Monday 28 November
Feria
7:30 am – Marcel Giroux
7:30 pm – Octavia Szuminiski
Tuesday 29 November
Feria; (Comm. of St. Saturninus, Martyr)
7:30 am – Manuela Szuminiski
Wednesday 30 November
St. Andrew, Apostle
7:30 am – In Thanksgiving
7:30 pm – Gregorio Szuminiski
Thursday 1 December
Feria
7:30 am – Flavia Szuminiski
Friday 2 December
St. Vivian, Virgin & Martyr
7:30 am – Fabio Szuminiski
7:30 pm – Int. of Felicitas Paat
Saturday 3 December
St. Francis Xavier, Confessor
7:30 am – Michela Szuminiski
9:00 am – RIP Cecilia Todd
Sunday 4 December
Second Sunday of Advent
8:00 – RIP Michael Todd
10:30 – Pro populo
Our annual Gaudete Sunday luncheon, talent show, raffle, and silent auction will be held after the 10:30 High Mass on Sunday, December 11. It has been reported that St. Nicholas plans to come, too!
Talent show: Can you sing? Play an instrument? Whistle? Recite poetry? Contact Fr. Deprey to reserve your place in the limelight!
Raffle and silent auction: Raffle tickets are $2 each or $10 for 6. First prize is a framed limited-edition print valued at over $900. Second prize is a large Christmas gourmet basket worth at least $100. All proceeds will go to the support of Canadian seminarians at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary. We are requesting donations of gourmet food items and small Christmas items for the gourmet basket, as well as large or small items to be placed in the silent auction. (Only new, unused clothing or new/as-new other items, please). To donate, please contact the priests by Sunday, December 4.
Thank you in advance for your participation and generous support!
