News & Views (Page 8)
Stewardship
We are so grateful to you for supporting the ministry of our parishes. During these unprecedented days, our Sunday offering is currently well below the amount needed to meet our budgeted expenses. Your contributions to Jesus are all the more appreciated. Thank you for being as generous as your means allow. You can find the various ways by which you can support the work of God in our parishes on our Giving to Our Parish page.
Catholic Schools Week – January 30 – February 5, 2022
Today we begin observance of Catholic Schools’ Week across the province of British Columbia. On March 19, 2021, the fifth anniversary of his Apostolic Exhortation, Pope Francis has inaugurated the Year “Amoris Laetitia” on the joy and beauty of familial love, which will conclude on June 22, 2022. This year’s Catholic Independent Schools theme is One Family, One Hope in Christ and together, with over 22,000 students enrolled in 79 Catholic schools throughout the province, we celebrate the ways Catholic…
You Can Still Make Donations for 2021!
We are humbled by your financial and personal contributions to our parish this year. Your investment in our parish makes the work of serving parishioners, local neighbors, and missions across the world possible for the glory of God. We want everyone to experience the joy and peace that comes from knowing Jesus Christ through our Catholic faith. Many parishioners joined us for Christmas Masses via live stream but did not have the opportunity to bring their envelopes (their Christmas gift…
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…
New Health Orders – Letter from Bishop Bittman
We have received a letter from Bishop Gregory Bittman with guidelines for the new Public Health Order for Worship Services. Be sure to read his letter.
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…