Friday, January 23, @7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Location: Parish Hall and Church Join us for prayers, followed by a light dinner in the parish hall. For more information and Please RSVP at the parish office. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an annual ecumenical celebration. Christians around the world are invited to pray for the unity of all Christians, to reflect on scripture together, to participate in jointly-organized ecumenical services, and to share fellowship. In the northern hemisphere, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally held every year between January 18th (the Feast of the Confession of Saint Peter) and January 25th (the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul). In the southern hemisphere, it is often celebrated during the Pentecost season. Your communities are invited to choose the dates that would be appropriate for your context. In the Gospel of John, Christ prays for his disciples before going to the cross. He asks that his followers “may all be one,” as he and the Father are one, “so that the world may believe” and have life in his name (John 17). Christian unity is here made central to the very being of the church […]

Sunday, January 25, @ 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM Location : St Mary's Parish, Vancouver 11am Orientation and Training at St. Mary's Parish Office, 5251 Joyce Street, Vancouver (the office is the small house by the parking lot entrance). 12:30pm Outreach preparation 1:15pm Commute to Downtown for Outreach 5:30pm Event ends Starting Sunday, Jan 25, 2026, Monthly until March 22, 2026 on the 4th Sunday 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM Come and spend a day with Catholic Street Missionaries and reach out to our homeless brothers and sisters on the streets of Vancouver. This one-day training and outreach is open to all young adults (aged 19-39) who feel called to serve Jesus in the poor. To learn more about CSM, please visit https://www.catholicstreetmissionaries.org/ Register for Free at https://beholdvancouver.org/events/catholic-street-missionaries