The B.C. Catholic

02/10/2025

As Catholics blessed with the fullness of grace and truth, we have a responsibility to live in this world as people who know the truth, writes Father Hawkswell.

6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year CFirst Reading: Jer 17:5-8Second Reading: 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20Gospel Reading: Lk 6:17, 20-26 “I can see your point of view,” someone told me just before the last...

02/10/2025

The work of Saints Cyril and Methodius, who share Feb. 14 as a feast day with St. Valentine, was nothing short of miraculous, writes Clare Lazzuri.

https://bccatholic.ca/voices/clare-lazzuri/will-the-other-feb-14-saints-please-stand-up

02/08/2025

The 11th International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking takes place on Saturday, Feb. 8, the feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita, “a victim of this terrible social scourge.”

During the Week of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, Pope Francis praises the Talitha K*m network for its global and hands-on efforts to ...

02/08/2025

We can revel in our desire for the “silly,” writes Jenna McDonald.

https://bccatholic.ca/voices/jenna-mcdonald/how-serious-should-a-christian-be

02/08/2025

St. Augustine teaches us that we can become all things to all people by thinking sympathetically and putting ourselves in the other’s place.

https://bccatholic.ca/voices/father-anthony-ho/become-all-things-to-all-people

02/07/2025

It is impossible not to admire the Arts Club’s artistic director and the company’s dramatic ambition, though sometimes their reach exceeds their grasp. Unfortunately, this is true of the Arts Club’s latest production, The Three Musketeers.

https://bccatholic.ca/voices/alan-charlton/all-for-one-but-not-quite-enough-arts-club-s-three-musketeers

02/05/2025

It’s remarkable how quickly a society’s natural aversion to su***de can be reversed, writes Paul Schratz. In Canada, it didn’t happen by accident

In 2017, just days after medical euthanasia was legalized in Canada, Vancouver’s most prominent euthanasia doctor commented on the initial high numbers, which startled even one provincial health...

02/05/2025

Project Advance set a new milestone in 2024, raising a record-breaking $7.7 million to support parish initiatives, Catholic education, and outreach efforts across the Archdiocese of Vancouver.

Project Advance set a new milestone in 2024, raising a record-breaking $7.7 million to support parish initiatives, Catholic education, and outreach efforts across the Archdiocese of Vancouver. ...

02/05/2025

The Canadian bishops have released a five-part video series on YouTube about their pastoral letter on social media.

https://bccatholic.ca/news/canada/canadian-bishops-launch-video-series-on-social-media-and-faith

02/05/2025

Just as a silversmith carefully refines silver, God watches over us in our trials, ensuring the right amount of "heat" to purify our hearts without harm.

https://bccatholic.ca/voices/julie-vanspall/comfort-in-discomfort

02/04/2025

Those who have full knowledge are humble because they understand that everything comes from God, even the knowledge they possess.

In Chapters 8 and 10 of the First Letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul dealt with the question of eating meat offered to idols. Father George Montague S.M. explained: “Missionaries know what a...

02/04/2025

Writer Pat Macken shares a few examples of athletes who have overcome major roadblocks in their lives, maintaining hope in their journey to the top.

A few nights ago, I found time to watch the Christian biopic Big George Foreman. This movie showed the incredible journey of Foreman as he overcame incredible odds to become the world heavyweight...

02/04/2025

This week, the series continues by exploring Pope Benedict XVI’s historic 2008 apology—a milestone in the Church’s acknowledgment of its role in the residential school system and its commitment to the ongoing journey of healing and reconciliation.

Near the end of last year, The B.C. Catholic began a series of articles examining over a century of truth, healing, and reconciliation between the Archdiocese of Vancouver and Canada’s Indigenous...

02/04/2025

Marking 1,700 years after the Council of Nicaea codified the Nicene Creed, the authoritative expression of faith in Western and Eastern churches, Christians of varied denominations gathered at the John Paul II Pastoral Centre to recite the creed and pray for the healing of divisions during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

Marking 1,700 years after the Council of Nicaea codified the Nicene Creed, the authoritative expression of faith in Western and Eastern churches, Christians of varied denominations gathered at the...

02/03/2025

Turmoil in the Twitterverse, or X-verse, has led to millions of new signups at social media platform Bluesky.

https://bccatholic.ca/voices/peter-vogel/joining-the-x-odus-to-greener-or-bluer-pastures

02/03/2025

“Meditate on God’s name,” writes Father Hawkswell, “for our joy in heaven will be to contemplate God as he is.”

https://bccatholic.ca/voices/fr-vincent-hawkswell/encountering-the-holiness-of-god

01/31/2025

This weekend's second collection helps your parish circulate The B.C. Catholic newspaper. The amount raised is retained by your parish to defray the parish costs of mailing and production.

Second Collection Second Collections in the Archdiocese of Vancouver New Year’s Day Like other ordinary Sunday Collections. Proceeds go towards the needs of the parish. Archdiocesan Collection January 1 B.C. Catholic To support the parish in its circulation of the official newspaper of the Archdio...

01/29/2025

When communist forces shuttered Vietnam’s seminaries decades ago, they closed the door on Peter The Hoang Truong's dream of priesthood. Years later, his unwavering faith would inspire his son to complete the journey he never could.

When communist forces shuttered Vietnam’s seminaries decades ago, they closed the door on Peter The Hoang Truong's dream of priesthood. Years later, his unwavering faith would inspire his son to...