Category: posts
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When I opened my Parish Connections email, I noticed that the links in the “News from the Chancery” post were broken. I have repaired them in our original post, so if you are trying to check out the news, please view the blog post online. Cheers!
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[in case you don’t receive these directly to your inbox] Dear friends, We have four items to share with you today: 1. Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bicentennial The Oblates of Mary Immaculate are inviting people of our Diocese to support them in marking the Oblate Bicentennial (1826–2026) on May 21, the feast of St. Eugene…
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by Jean Allen I’ve written this before but it bears repeating: in Jesus’s day, each shepherd didn’t have a separate sheepfold for his flock to sleep at night. At the end of a day, several flocks of sheep would be led into one big sheepfold where the sheep mingled and slept all together. In the…
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Catholic Women’s League – Faith, Celebration & Community ServicePlease join the St. Joseph the Worker CWL Council for the Feast Day of Our Lady of Good Counsel at Mass at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Following Mass, Pamela Giacomello will be in the parish lobby with pashminas and artwork, including “In the Arms…
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The Catholic Women’s League of Canada calls its members to grow in faith and witness to God’s love through ministry and service. In the spirit of this mission, Dr. Katherina Tarnai-Lokhorst, Vice President and Social Justice Chair for St. Joseph the Worker Council, invites you to a hands-on workshop focused on the pragmatic and safe…
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Tomorrow is the last day for St. Pat’s Spring Sale — if you are looking for something to do, think of them! I meant for this to go out in the morning. Alas. 🙂
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Hahahaha….ah, sigh, just wanted to make a title that was all acronyms. The acronyms stand for the Catholic Women’s League Diocese of Victoria Annual Meeting of Members — that includes all CWL members on Vancouver, Saltspring, Gabriola, Hornby and the rest of the Gulf Islands — which takes place on May 2, 2026, in beautiful…
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by Jean Allen I may have been the only person at the Good Friday Liturgy thinking about this week’s gospel about Doubting Thomas. But in my defense, the reason I was thinking about that text was because of the Good Friday Gospel reading where Jesus was given sour wine and after he received the wine,…
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[…in case you still don’t receive these directly to your inbox from RCDVictoria…]Dear friends, We have four items to share with you today: 1) The Laudato Si’ Animators Program is a free, online formation offered by the Laudato Si’ Movement that invites parishioners to deepen their faith and respond to Pope Francis’ call to care for…
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[…in case you don’t receive their emails…] Dear friends, We have three items for you today: 1. Bishop Gary Gordon has written a message to the people of the Diocese of Victoria for the occasion of Easter 2026. The message may be read online at: https://www.rcdvictoria.org/news/bishop-gary-gordons-message-for-easter-2026 2. Would you like to help restore an important…
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