In hustle and bustle of marriage, kids, and bills, a Catholic family camp can be just what you need
Most Catholic retreats have the same essential pitch: spend a few days with us away from the hustle and bustle of life, and you can gain some new perspective and spiritual renewal.
The new Catholic Family Camp put on by the Archdiocese of Vancouver came with an added twist: we’ll give you all that, but you must bring your children.
Nineteen lay people and clergy named to receive papal honours
Nineteen lay people and clergy in the Archdiocese of Vancouver will be recognized for their outstanding service to the Church on Sunday, Sept. 8., at Holy Rosary Cathedral.
Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, will confer the honours awarded by Pope Francis at a Papal Honours Mass at 11 a.m.
Top of the Class: Catholic grads earn scholarships to pursue post-secondary dreams this fall
As students return to school, two students from Vancouver Catholic schools will be starting post-graduate studies with the help of scholarships they earned in their graduate year.
Christel Mazzek, the founder of St. John Brebeuf Secondary’s Open Studio art community in Abbotsford, and St.
God opposes the proud
Father Adolphe Tanqueray defined the sin of pride as “an inordinate love of self, which causes us to consider ourselves, explicitly or implicitly, as our first beginning and last end.”
He explained: “At times we forget that God is the source of these gifts, and we attribute them to ourselves.
Thousands continue century-old tradition at Marian pilgrimage
Archbishop J. Michael Miller looked out on the thousands of men, women, and children who in a few minutes would be winding their way up the hill to Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in Mission in 30 degree heat. He offered them the example of Mary, who made “the first Eucharistic procession in history” journeying to the hill country of Judah to visit Elizabeth.
Humility is to the virtues as the chain is to a rosary
Pride is one of the capital sins. Pope Francis defined it this way: “pride is self-exaltation, conceit, vanity… The proud man is one who thinks he is much more than he really is; one who frets about being recognized as greater than others, always wants to see his own merits recognized, and despises others, deeming them inferior to himself… In fact, within this evil lies the radical sin, the absurd claim to be like God.”
Catholic schools are living out a love story to the needy
This is a love story … a story of the love of Christ by our Catholic students, teachers, and principals, and the mission to live out that love by helping the disadvantaged and homeless in Vancouver.
All 40 of our Catholic elementary schools have lovingly agreed to help the Catholic Men’s Shelter and the Door is Open by providing them with gloves, socks, toques, coats, etc.,
‘You can not be lonely at this church’: St. Anthony’s in West Van celebrates 100 years
Thirty years ago, Trisha Andrew decided to return to church, and she discovered St. Anthony’s Parish in West Van. She has been a part of the parish ever since. Now, as the parish celebrates its 100th anniversary, Andrew has been reflecting on the significant role the parish community has played in her life.
Abbot Peter Novecosky, former Prairie Messenger editor, dies at 79
Abbot Peter Novecosky, OSB, who for more than a quarter century shared the news, and the good news, with Catholics in Western Canada through The Prairie Messenger newspaper, has died at 79.
Abbot Novecosky died on Aug. 14, the Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Humboldt, Sask.,
‘This isn’t a matter of compromise’: Bishops commit to goal of unity
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has unveiled a new strategic vision for enhancing and enlivening future ecumenical and interfaith initiatives.
Several weeks after the CCCB hosted the Triennial Forum for Dialogues with various partners at St. Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto in late June, the bishops unveiled the four ecumenical trajectories assented to by the assembly participants.