As I noted a couple of weeks ago, my updates will be spotty until mid-June, because my wife Margaret and I are travelling in Europe (see accompanying (Not) Around Town article for a brief update. But we are staying with…
Job 14:1–14; Lamentations 3:1–9,19–24; Psalm 31:1–4, 15–16; 1 Peter 4:1–8; Matthew 27:57–66; John 19:38–42 Saturday, April 4 I posted an overview of Union Gospel Mission’s 2026 Lent Devotional February 4 and am including several pieces during this season. This final entry is by Archbishop Richard…
An Anniversary Mass at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Kitsilano celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) February 17 – exactly 200 years since the missionary congregation was formally approved by Pope Leo XII. Canada was…
The church relations team at Union Gospel Mission has gone to a lot of work to gather reflections on Lent from a diverse body of leaders in the areas where they work – Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Victoria.…
An important case regarding religious freedom and access to health care began in the Supreme Court of British Columbia Monday (January 12) – but you may need to read judiciously to get an even-handed sense of what is going on.…
Natalie Farrow won Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture at the Leo Awards July 13 for her role in a locally produced movie. The Leo Awards are a project of the Motion Picture Arts & Science Foundation of British…
It’s been seven years since Fiona Dalton moved to Canada from the United Kingdom to take the position of CEO and president of Providence Health Care, and she still recalls her shock during a tour of Providence sites at how…
I wrote about some major changes at Wagner Hills Farm last May, and some exciting prospects – which are now coming to fruition. The residential addiction recovery centre had decided to strengthen its work with men and transfer its work…
Archbishop Michael Miller will celebrate a Memorial Mass for Pope Francis at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver today (April 24) at 5 pm. The service will also be livestreamed. Pope Francis died early on Easter Monday, April 21, age 88,…
As Pope Francis continues to work from his sick bed in hospital, he has just named a new leader for the Roman Catholic Church in Vancouver – one who coordinated the pope’s historic pilgrimage to Canada in July 2022, in…