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Do you want to join the Catholic faith and get to know Jesus as a Friend and be in a deep relationship with Him? Do you want to know and discover what it means to be a Catholic? Come and join the RCIA program! For more info, please call Fr. Obi at 250-492-3162! We are just starting the journey in St. John Vianney Hall each Thursday beginning at 7pm. Hope to hear from you!

In our ongoing efforts to to reduce the number of Masses being said, move towards eliminating Masses running concurrently and allow for the possibility that only one priest will be available to celebrate Mass on a given weekend, we are making a couple of more Mass time changes – this time at St. John Vianney. We thank each of you for your understanding as we move to a more sustainable Mass schedule for our fall and winter seasons. The changes…

You may have noticed that on the Spiritually Adopted bulletin board we havebeen putting babies’ names beside each rosary bead. Some of you havementioned that you started praying for another baby back in June, and some ofyou, even though you aren’t part of the “program” have been praying this prayer for years. You are all more than welcome to have your babies’ names beside a rosary bead along with the others. It is not too late to start this prayer,…

Peter d’Aoust and Dale Webster On October 7,2020 – the Feast of our Lady of the Rosary, Peter d’Aoust and Dale Webster (Penticton parishioners) and Rod Attwell (of Kelowna), were received by the Church as Candidates for the Permanent Diaconate. They were also installed as Lectors. Congrats to our brothers! May the Lord bless you in your ministry.

Working together, praying together, playing together (sometimes – all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy), eating together (yes, just because we are all bubbled up 🙂 Update Work in St. John Vianney Church has progressed so well: fixing, stripping, sanding, painting, removing, vacuuming, installing etc. Thanks to all our volunteers who has been working tirelessly. For some it is now a full time job. I’m amazed to see all the love that goes into the work. As…

As summer comes to a close, we are looking forward to our fall and winter schedule that will allow us to reduce the number of Masses being said, move towards eliminating Masses running concurrently and allow for the possibility that only one priest will be available to celebrate Mass on a given weekend.We have already made several changes at St John Vianney Parish. We are now looking at changes that will be necessary at St Ann’s Parish. We thank each…

Our carpet replacement project involves many more tasks than just pulling out the old carpet and laying down the new. We have been working hard to get these jobs done with a minimum amount to disruption to our parish liturgies & activities. But we are now at a critical stage where we must remove all the pews, tear out all the old carpet, strip, sand & re-finish the floor under the pews to allow for the new carpet to be…

Father Harry is away this weekend, so only Father Obi is available to celebrate Mass. This necessitates numerous changes to our Masses this weekend. Please read this important information. The changes outlined in this post only applied to the weekend of August 15/16. This is an extraordinary weekend. In order for Father Obi to stay within the requirements of Canon Law, we are combining and livestreaming Masses to allow as many of our pre-registered parishioners to attend Mass in person…