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April 15-16 2017 – Easter Message

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My Dear Parishioners and Visitors: “We are Easter People and Alleluia is our song.” (St. Augustine). Easter has been always one of the most important and joyful celebrations of our Christian Faith. It is truly a very special feast day for the church and for the whole world because Our Lord, Jesus Christ, had died, but is powerfully risen. His resurrection is indeed the cause and reason for our j...
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April 8-9 2017

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My dear parishioners and visitors: We are entering one of the most important, solemn and sacred weeks of our liturgical calendar: the Holy Week.  We come together to recall and commemorate the suffering, death and resurrection of Our Lord. I earnestly invite you, and through you, everyone in our community to come and celebrate the mystery of our salvation during the Easter Triduum: Holy Thur...
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Origins of Lent

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What are the origins of Lent? Did the Church always have this time before Easter? Lent is a special time of prayer, penance, sacrifice and good works in preparation of the celebration of Easter. In the desire to renew the liturgical practices of the Church, The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of Vatican Council II stated, “The two elements which are especially characteristic of Lent — the re...
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Care for Our Common Home

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Dear St. Ann's Parishioners, In the Events section of the web site you will find the schedule for the Catholic School's Week at St. Ann's School.  This year's theme is "Care for Our Common Home".  Please make note of the many events that are happening as a celebration of how lucky we are to have our fabulous Catholic school here in Quesnel and come check it out! Along with Catholic School's ...
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Happy New Year 2017!

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My dear Parishioners and Visitors, ‘May our Lord be gracious to us and bless us‘ (Ps 67) We are now in a very beautiful time of the year: Christmas and New Year. It is a special time not only for our own human family, but also for the church family. I sincerely pray that all of us are abundantly blessed, not only with our own human family, but also with our spiritual family of St. Ann‘s. The ...
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Christmas Blessings 2016!

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My dear parishioners and visitors: “Today is born our Saviour, Christ the Lord” (Psalm 96). Christmas, the joyful celebration of the Eternal Word made flesh, is one of the most important and solemn celebrations of our Church. It is not a one-day-celebration, but a life-time-celebration to discover its true meaning, then to embrace and celebrate it faithfully and graciously with love and gratitud...
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Christmas Reflection 2016

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[one_half padding="0 10px 0 10px"] O COME, O COME EMMANUEL Our Advent prayer comes to an end As a joyous choir of heavenly voices welcomes the Christ Child LET HEAVEN REJOICE AND EARTH BE GLAD For the Christ-Child dwells among us. We have been preparing for the coming of Jesus this Advent Season. May our hearts now open to the New Light that shines through the darkness. Over 2000 years ago...
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Fatima Pilgrimage

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[one_half padding="0 10px 0 10px"] FATIMA PILGRIMAGE May 30 – June 10, 2017 In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, Father Peter will serve as our Spiritual Director for a beautiful guided pilgrimage as we visit Spain, France and Portugal on a 12-day Marion pilgrimage. [/one_half][one_half_last padding="0 10px 0 10px"] [/one_half_last] ...
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The Liturgical Season of Advent

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The liturgical season of Advent marks the time of spiritual preparation by the faithful before Christmas. Advent begins on the Sunday closest to the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle (Nov. 30). It spans four Sundays and four weeks of preparation, although the last week of Advent is usually truncated because of when Christmas falls. (For instance, this year, the fourth Sunday of Advent is obviously o...
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October 29-30 2016

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My Dear Parishioners: I am on my way to Rome, beginning this Sunday afternoon, via Kamloops/Vancouver/Toronto, for the Jubilee Year of Mercy Pilgrimage. I will be back on Friday November 11th. You are in my heart and in my prayers when I am in Rome. I am deeply grateful for your kindness, prayers and support, especially for your active participation and generous contribution to the well-bein...
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