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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 2025 is 20254630. Rate details are available here.

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If you park at Park Place for Cathedral services, please note that we have been issued a new parking code for use in 2025.

Are you interested in supporting children and their families on their faith journeys? Do you know anyone who might be a good fit for leading Sunday School at the Cathedral? 

Then please download the job posting from the website and share it!

On Sunday, February 23, we will combine the 8:00 a.m. service, the 10:30 a.m., Saint Brigid’s, and the six weekday services into a single 10:30 a.m. service prior to the Annual Vestry Meeting. This will offer an opportunity to worship together and then attend the Annual Vestry Meeting to celebrate what we've accomplished and what we look forward to in the next year.

We are excited to announce that the Cathedral is offering outstanding new music worship services beginning on the First Sunday of Lent, March 9, 2025. The Series is called "Sundays at 4" and will feature a different 45-minute music-centered worship each Sunday. The first offering, on Lent 1, will play to the strengths of our music program and choir with a Choral Evensong.

Subsequent Sundays will rotate through a variety of styles like: Holden Evening Payer, Taize, Organ Vespers, and the Dean's favourite, Broadway Vespers, to name a few. Please mark your calendar and plan to join us for some powerful worship!

The weekly service of Compline that runs at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday evenings from Candlemas to Christ the King will pause for an additional 11 weeks and resume on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025. The delay is due to some technical adjustments being made and we look forward to inviting everyone back on Easter Sunday. 

If you want to learn more about the Anglican Church, our history, our worship, and our community, join us for this 9 session series. This series will feature a variety of voices from our wider church community. We will meet in person twice and online weekly for 8 weeks. 

Stay tuned for an in-person session which will contain an instructed Eucharist and Cathedral tour. 

Please join us if you are new to the Cathedral, preparing for baptism, confirmation or reception in the Anglican Church, or if you simply want to learn more about our tradition and faith!

Are you looking for a way to deepen your spiritual life? Every weekday morning at 9:30am the Cathedral holds Morning Prayer.

We will follow a simple liturgy with a Psalm, a Reading, Prayer and Silence. This form of regular, daily prayer is used in the Anglican Communion and a number of other church denominations. All are welcome to start the day in prayer with us.

Morning Prayer takes place online via Zoom. To join in, please email Morning Prayer for Zoom coordinates.

HAVE YOU HEARD? 
God Talk For Secular Ears

An experienced church leader speaks about the challenges facing religion in secular society and proposes some fascinating and unexpected opportunities that science and secularism may offer religion. 

Admission is free. Come to talk, come to listen, come to question, come to share.

We need your help to make the 135 Years Final Celebration an unforgettable event. If you’re available and willing to help, here are the areas where we need support:

Food Preparation
• Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Volunteers Needed: 2
• Role: Assist with preparing food to ensure everything is ready before the event begins.

Event Set-Up and Table Maintenance
• Time: 4:00 p.m. onward
• Volunteers Needed: 6
• Role: Help set up tables, tidy during the event, and keep the space organized.

“Songs of Freedom”, the annual concert celebrating Black History Month, will be hosted at the Cathedral this year on Saturday, February 1, at 7:30 pm. Inaugurated 13 years ago by Marcus Mosely and his colleagues, it is a rich recognition
and expression, in music and words, of black culture in our city.

This year’s concert features an all-women cast that includes:

• Candus Churchill: singer, actor, member BC Hall of Fame.
• Krystle Dos Santos: singer, songwriter, Western Canadian Award recipient.
• Dawn Pemberton: “Queen of Soul”, recipient of Urban Recording of the Year.
• Star Trickey: singer and disability rights advocate.

And special guest...

• Minnijean Trickey: American political figure, member of the Little Rock Nine.

Host, Marcus Mosely, brings along his Ensemble (recent performances at Mission Folk Fest, Anvil Theatre, Rogue Folk Club).

Tickets: $45 + GST available at marcusmoselymusic.com/events
Further Information: Roxie Giles - roxiemusic2017@gmail.com or (604) 929-7864

Celebrating the Lunar New Year includes a tradition of homecoming. Join us to learn about the landscape of non-profit housing, the ministry of the 127 Society, and the ways it seeks to make a difference in the housing crisis.

Lunar New Year falls on January 29th this year. Happy Year of the Snake! Come join us for celebrations in the Parish Hall after the 10:30am service on Sunday, February 2nd.

There will be good food, games, and a silent auction, all thanks to parishioners who have generously given their time, energy, and financial resources. We will be taking donations to help support the 127 Society for Housing, which is an important Cathedral ministry catering to the housing needs of low-income seniors.

Please come, have fun, and give what you can!

The Final event for our 135 celebration is nearing and tickets will be available January 26th, February 2nd and 9th. Pick up your tickets in the Hall at coffee hour.

You need a ticket to attend although there is no cost. Firstly we need to know how many are attending, for catering — we can accommodate a maximum of 140 people. We also need to know of dietary restrictions such as gluten free or vegan — there will be lots of vegetarian pizzas.

There will be a cash bar where beer, wine, or soft drinks can be purchased. We will set up an area in the Peace alcove where young children can play during the event.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

When you are at the Cathedral do you ever admire the many beautiful vestments, wall hangings, etc, and wonder who made them?

I don’t know all the answers but here are a few people we should be grateful to for items that beautify our worship space.

In the 60’s and 70’s Adrian Ross was responsible for making vestments, altar frontals and banners, and more. There was a Monday morning sewing group under the leadership of Sylvia Ommaney and I am sure they helped him out.

From 1981 to 1985, Mary Jane Muir was the Liturgical Arts coordinator. She was involved with intergenerational events, church school, and costumes for pageants. She made several banners including one for the World Council of Churches meeting here in Vancouver. She also designed some amazing artwork still used for bulletin covers today.

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BUFFALO SHOUT, SALMON CRY
CONVERSATIONS ON CREATION, LAND JUSTICE, AND LIFE TOGETHER
Edited by Steve Heinrichs       Herald Press      2013

This collection of essays and poetry explores the lamentable clash between Indigenous and settler cultures, spiritualities and attitudes toward creation. Originating with the Mennonite community, the text asserts that global warming is a settler-colonial problem. The book is not about demonizing settlers or inducing guilt. Instead, it asks us to look deeply into our systems of privilege, Christian history and responsibility.

“For centuries our misunderstandings and conflicts have accumulated…In this book the issues are opened, offering information, insights and resolutions that amaze our usual thinking. Read it carefully with a prayer for understanding.” (Rudy Wiebe)

This book was suggested for this list by one of the TRC Book Circles, for all of us seeking climate justice and our part in reconciliation. BUFFALO SHOUT, SALMON CRY challenges both our understanding of our own Christian creation story and our ability to transform those elements which had the power to oppress and devastate other cultures. This book is an invitation to renew our Christian faith through a more communal and personal relationship to caring for the gift of God’s creation.

To find more great books to read on climate change, visit the CATS Bookshelf.

Limited copies of the 2025 Multifaith Calendar, "Pathways to Peace", are available: $15 each or 2 for $25.

For more information, or to order your copy, contact Donna Wong-Juliani: donna@thecathedral.ca.

Neil Cockburn will perform a solo organ recital at St James’ Anglican Church featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, and Louis Vierne. Neil has been described as an immensely gifted musician and the concert at St James’ promises to be a unique and captivating experience, showcasing his mastery of the instrument and his versatility as a performer. A brilliant musician on the majestic organ at St James' Anglican Church: the perfect combination! For more information and for tickets (from $20) visit sjmusic.ca.

David Owen’s life will be celebrated on February 7, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. The service will be live-streamed for those unable to attend in person, and a reception will follow.

Please keep his family in your prayers.

135 Years Celebration - Final Event | Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 5:30 p.m.

Annual Vestry Meeting | Sunday, February 23, 2025 | 12:15 p.m.

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

Playing for the Padre | March 1, 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.
(from February until November)

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

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