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If you attend in person on Sundays, a special parking rate is available at the Park Place Parkade. The parking code for 2024 is 18932447. Rate details are available here.

You can watch past live-streamed services on our YouTube channel. Click on the button below and watch the ones you missed or rewatch the ones you enjoyed!

Each Thanksgiving, our Altar Guild creates a beautiful display of bounty at the Altar through the use of flowers, fruit and vegetables.

As we have in the past few years, there will be more of an emphasis on buying fruit and vegetables, which can then be used by the Maunday Cafe in the following weeks to provide nourishing hot soups and stews for our Maundy guests.

On Sunday, September 29 and October 6 we will be collecting donations to decorate the Cathedral for our Thanksgiving Sunday services on October 13th.

There will be someone to accept your donations in the Narthex after the 8:00am service and downstairs in the hall during coffee hour after the 10:30am service.

If you participate in the services online or attend St. Brigids and Compline in person, you may phone Vanessa Ho during the week and make a donation using your credit card or by sending in a cheque.  

Thank you for your continued support as we beautify our Cathedral space and help feed our neighbours. 

(Photo by Ben Dobyns)

As part of a visit and tour of the country, the Most Rev. & Right Honourable Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York will visit the diocese and give a public lecture at Christ Church Cathedral. 

You are encouraged to read the book "Hit the Ground Kneeling" ahead of the lecture, as the archbishop will expand on themes in his book during the talk. 

All are welcome to attend this free event. We are pleased to offer coffee and muffins at 9:30am for attendees. 

Come and visit our table at the lower level Burrard door for a blessing of pets with the Cathedral clergy and Archbishop Stephen Cottrell. All animals including stuffed and photographs are welcome. We will also have some doggie (and people!) treats on offer.

This Saturday October the 5th, the Celebration of Life for the Rev. Canon Dr. Herbert O’Driscoll will be held at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria at 2:00 pm. 

Those unable to attend in person can find information on how to watch the liturgy via livestream on this web link: 
 https://www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/events/celebration-of-life/2024-10-05. Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver will livestream the service in its Parish Hall. Everyone is welcome to join.

Canon O’Driscoll was the Dean of Christ Church Cathedral Vancouver from 1968-1982, and was a regarded and beloved preacher, author and hymn lyricist within the worldwide Anglican Church. 

Please keep Herb’s wife Paula and all of the family in your hearts and prayers this weekend.

Jane Dittrich 

As part of our 135 Celebrations, we welcome the Director of Indigenous Studies at VST,  The Reverend Dr. Ray Aldred ThD, as guest preacher at the 8am and 10:30am services on Sunday, October 6, 2024. 

Ray and his daughter, Cat, will be hosting a 40-minute forum in the Park Room from 9.15-10am. Books and Indigenous art, created by Catherine, will also be available for purchase during the 40-minute forum and following the 10.30am service. 

During the week of October 5-11, we will focus on our response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action. You can find that document in the hallway as you enter from the lower Burrard Street doors.

We look forward to seeing you there as we continue to celebrate the place of Christ Church Cathedral in the heart of the city for the last 135 years.

Drag Communion

10am Service | 11:15am Brunch
October 6, 2024
Shaughnessy Heights United Church
1550 W 33rd Avenue, Vancouver

A queer-led service of Holy Communion led by four drag queen liturgists, inspired by the unconditional love and acceptance offered at Drag Brunch.

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Media coverage shows us the devastation that climate change is bringing around the world - affecting people in our congregation, their home countries and their loved ones. Want to find out what their countries are doing to battle climate change? What can we learn from them to help us adapt additional, and new, actions and measures to help mitigate climate change?

We are pleased to welcome Juan Carlos Riaño Jaimes, an engineer from Columbia, and Sarah Samuel, a young student from India, with a couple of speakers TBA, to share their personal reflections on how climate change has impacted their country of origin. Jane Osler will be moderating the panel discussion.

Please join the Cathedral CATS in attending what promises to be an informative and interesting forum. 

What is PROJECT HOPE? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, has affected millions of people globally. ALS is a progressive, degenerative disease that destroys the nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement.

Here in B.C. PROJECT HOPE through the UBC Faculty of Medicine, strives to create an optimal environment integrating cutting-edge research and clinical care.

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Join us for a gentle hike in Lynn Canyon, on Saturday Oct 19th from 9.30-11.30am.

We'll meet in the parking lot near the Suspension Bridge and washrooms (3690 Park Rd, North Vancouver, BC V7J 3G3). We will walk, enjoy each other's company and give thanks to God for the beauty of creation. All ages welcome. Friendly dogs are welcome too. We will hike rain or sun (not snow), so dress for the weather. Bring water bottles, snacks, and comfortable shoes. No registration required - just show up!

For more information, contact Rev. Areeta.

Dungeons and Dragons is a role-playing game where players create characters and go on adventures as a team. It’s famous for its rich and complex gameplay and world-building, as well as the many MANY books of lore, beasts, and scenarios groups may use to craft their odysseys.

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Dear Children and Grownups, 

We are glad you are here! We treasure your belonging to our community and are delighted to be companions in your journey with Jesus.

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The Upper Zoom Bible Study of Sunday Readings has resumed. Click on the Read More button for information.

On Sunday September 29th at 4:00pm, Dean Christopher Pappas and the Cathedral’s liturgical party and choir were joined by the Very Rev. Stanley Galvon and Father Pablo Santa Maria from Holy Rosary Cathedral, Vancouver’s Catholic Cathedral, for The Feast of St. Michael & All Angels Choral Evensong. The visiting clergy participated in the liturgy, and an icon gifted to Christ Church Cathedral by Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated and blessed.

Last Sunday’s Latin American Liberation, Love, and Friendship Day was a great success.

Following on the heels of a lovely service that featured a Spanish call and response for the intercessory prayer composed by Liz Stockwell (who spent many years in Panama) and music by Latin American composers thoughtfully chosen by Rupert Lang, a Colombian-themed fiesta unfolded in the Parish Hall.

Organized by parishioner Juan Carlos Riaño (originally from Ibague City in Colombia) with the help of the intrepid Dean’s Council for Diversity and Multiculturalism, the whole experience reminded me of my last trip to Colombia in 1994.

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Cathedral Week at Sorrento Centre | July 20 — July 26, 2025

The Cathedral office is open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Staff contact information is available here. 

REGULAR SUNDAY SERVICES

Holy Communion | 8:00 a.m.

Choral Eucharist | 10:30 a.m.

Eucharist with St. Brigid’s | 1:30 p.m.

Compline | 8:00 p.m.

WEEKDAY SERVICES

Holy Eucharist | Monday—Friday
12:15 p.m.

Holy Eucharist | Thursday
7:30 a.m. (with breakfast following)

Rite of Reconciliation (Confession) | 4th Wednesday
11:00 a.m.—Noon

Healing Prayers & Anointing | Wednesday
Following the 12:15 p.m. Eucharist

ONLINE

If you wish to worship with us online, click on the button below.

The Cathedral's Healing Prayer ministry is centered on healing through prayer. This ministry acknowledges that healing is God's work, and that those who offer this ministry are instruments of the divine presence and care for people.

Prayers for healing are offered with a posture of trust, openness, and faith that God will continue the healing ministry of Christ through the Church. Our ministry with and amongst those who are sick is about God's unfolding healing process, rather than a cure. 

Those seeking prayer may email the Cathedral PrayerLink at prayerlink@thecathedral.ca to have their name added to the list.