Posts by Catholic Parishes of Penticton (Page 8)

What’s Happening this New Year’s Weekend?

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas celebrations. There’s a little bit of confusion regarding Mass times especially Mass on January 1st. Permit me to throw more light on our schedule. December 31 (New Year’s Eve – Friday) 5pm in St. Ann’s: Anticipatory Mass. This is like our usual Saturday 5pm Mass. For those who usually attend 5pm Mass, they might prefer to attend this. Since January 1 is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, this Mass is an…

This Christmas, reach out to the prisoners in our midst!

I was in prison and you visited me. Matthew 25:36 One of the seven Corporal Acts of Mercy is to visit or assist those in prison – whether they be shut-ins, the disabled, the hospitalized, or those actually serving time in jail. In Matthew 25, we find the story of the Judgement Day, when God separates the sheep from the goats. The sheep are those who showed love for God through their love for the hungry, the thirsty, the sick,…

Holy Cross Annual Online Gala

Holy Cross School is hosting an on-line fund raising Silent and Live Auction from Nov 19 – 21st. We are reaching out to Parishioners of St. John Vianney and St. Ann’s Parishes for support in creating an auction basket of items with a theme A FEW OF YOUR FAVORITE THINGS. These items that are donated by you would represent your favorite things. They will be put together in one or more baskets and auctioned off during the weekend mentioned above.…

COVID-19 and Other Reminders for Parishes

26 October 2021 Dear Pastors, Assoc. Pastors and Parishioners, Greetings in the Lord! As the pandemic continues to linger, it is important that we don’t lose focus in order to protect one another from the virus. It can be very easy to become casual, or let our vigilance wane, and to forget we are still living with a very contagious and virulent virus. Please remember: Masks are an important means of protecting others from the virus and need to be…

KC 60th Annual Charity Appeal

St. John Vianney Knights of Columbus – Council 8928 We are once again launching our annual Charity Appeal Campaign. This year the Knight’s raffle ticket sales are being done paperless and online. All cash prizes as well. The tickets can be purchased by clicking on the poster image below as well as by scanning the QR code. These links will bring you to our council’s web page and we will get credit for the sales.

Voting: a duty, a gift, an opportunity

Please read the statement embedded below from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding the upcoming Federal Election on September 20th, 2021: Statement from the Executive Committee of the CCCB on the upcoming federal elections: “Voting: a duty, a gift, an opportunity” Friday, September 17 2021 The Executive Committee of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops encourages all Catholics in Canada to vote in the upcoming federal elections. In preparation, the faithful should reflect on their concerns and aspirations, familiarize…

Faith Renewal – The ABC’s of Being Catholic – The Letter “Z”

By: Bernadette Parrott Welcome to our Faith Renewal Series that is exploring The ABCs of Being Catholic. We are invited on a journey through the alphabet to explore Catholic terms, beliefs, and traditions. In this post we focus on the letter “Z”. If you missed our Introduction to this series <click here>. To go back to the letter “Y” post <click here>. Zeal September 2, 2021 I began this journey through the ABCs with Adoration, and I’m going to end…

Faith Renewal – The ABC’s of Being Catholic – The Letter “Y”

By: Bernadette Parrott Welcome to our Faith Renewal Series that is exploring The ABCs of Being Catholic. We are invited on a journey through the alphabet to explore Catholic terms, beliefs, and traditions. In this post we focus on the letter “Y”. If you missed our Introduction to this series <click here>. To go back to the letter “X” post <click here>. To go to the letter “Z” post <click here>. Yoke August 30, 2021 A yoke is a wooden…