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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.

You can watch past live-streamed services on our YouTube channel — click to watch the ones you missed or rewatch the ones you enjoyed!

All are welcome to join us as we walk towards the cross with Jesus and celebrate their resurection.

Please click on the link below to see the entire schedule.

Please note that incense will be used during the following services during Holy Week:

Eucharist on Palm Sunday | April 13 | 10:30 a.m.

Taizé (Lamentation for the Opioid Crisis) | April 13 | 4:00 p.m.

Chrism Mass & Installation of the Archbishop | April 15 | 12:15 p.m.

Holden Evening Prayer | April 15 | 7:00 p.m.

Maundy Thursday | April 17 | 7:00 p.m.

Easter Vigil | April 19 | 8:00 p.m.

Eucharist on Easter Day | April 20 | 10:30 a.m. 

Compline | April 20 | 8:00 p.m.

Incense is used at ALL Sunday 4pm Evening Prayer and 8pm Compline services.

On April 14, 2016, BC declared a public health emergency about the number of opioid-related deaths. At that time the rate of overdose deaths was 20.4 per 100,000 people. In 2023, the rate of overdose deaths was 45.7 per 100,000. Thousands of our family members, friends and neighbours have died. And we are grieving their loss.

On Sunday April 13, 2025 at 4 pm, a Remembrance Service for the Victims of the Opioid Crisis will be held at Christ Church Cathedral. In partnership with our neighbours we will offer prayers, reflection, music and pastoral care.

The space will be open at 3:45 pm and we will have spiritual and pastoral support available during and following the service. Please join us to mark the anniversary of this public health crisis, joining our hearts together to remember those we have lost and to say that more must be done.

For this service, please send us the names of loved ones who have died due to the opioid crisis. You can send the names of your loved ones to: reception@thecathedral.ca. 

“Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” — Isaiah 43:18–19

Dear friends in Christ,

We are nearing the end of our Lenten journey. The season turns now toward Jerusalem, and toward the Cross. The readings for this Fifth Sunday in Lent shimmer with hope and tension—something is about to happen. Something new.

Isaiah speaks to a people wearied by exile, promising that God is not done with them. Not only is there a way forward—God is making that way, even now, even in the wilderness. Paul, too, writes of straining ahead, leaving behind all that once gave him status and certainty. In the Gospel, we meet Mary of Bethany, anointing Jesus’ feet with expensive perfume and wiping them with her hair. It is an extravagant act of devotion, yes—but also a moment of ...

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.

We’re looking for friendly, enthusiastic volunteers to help welcome people to the Cathedral for the 1:30pm, 4pm and 8pm services on Sundays.

As a greeter, you’ll have the opportunity to create a warm, inviting atmosphere for everyone who walks through our doors—whether they’re first-time visitors or long-time members. Your smile, handshake, and kind words can help set the tone for a meaningful worship experience.

If you enjoy meeting new people and want to be a part of making our church a more welcoming place, we’d love to have you join the team!

Please email reception@thecathedral.ca if you are interested.

Volunteering is one way to bring down the heat!

The Suzuki Elders are a group of mostly seniors who are affiliated with the David Suzuki Foundation (DSF). The idea for the group dates back over two decades and it came from David Suzuki himself, who thought that the people working for the Foundation on a myriad of environmental projects might benefit by meeting with and listening to elders – much as younger leaders in Indigenous nations listen to their own elders. 
 
While a good idea, it turned out that the DSF activists were often too busy to meet a seniors’ group, so the seniors decided ...

We’ve all come to know and appreciate Father Christian over these past few months. It is now time to welcome his wife Debbie and his son Joshua to our community. Everyone is invited to a baby shower/reception as part of the coffee hour after the 10:30 service on April 27th.

Baby gifts for Joshua are appreciated; either individual gifts, or for those who would like to contribute to a larger item (e.g. crib), there will be an opportunity to participate and sign a group card at coffee hour over the next couple of weeks. We would prefer earlier than Easter Sunday as it could be a bit hectic that day. If you would like ideas from a wish list for Joshua, please check with Holly MacMillan or Judy Mostardi.

There will be cake!

We are delighted to announce a number of new opportunities to sing in a choir or vocal group at the Cathedral, including some that are suited to those with little or no previous choral experience. We now have five choral groups, including a Taizé Choir, the St Brigid's Choir, and of course our beloved Cathedral Choir.

Each group has a different time commitment: the Cathedral Choir meets twice a week or more (and as often as daily during Holy Week); the other choirs have lighter schedules so they may be easier to fit within your routine.

Further information on each of the groups (and how to join) is given on our website.

Come and sing!

If you are a newcomer to the Cathedral within the last three months, or missed the last newcomers gathering, you are warmly invited to our upcoming Newcomers Coffee Hour.

We will meet in the Park Room after the 10:30 a.m. Eucharist on Sunday, April 13th.

Please join us.

Please join us for our symbolic version of the "The Last Supper", followed by the Maundy Thursday service.

A simple dinner will be served in the Maundy Café from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and the service will follow in the Nave at 7:00pm.

The evening flat rate for parking at Park Place, with the Cathedral parking code, will be available from 5:00pm for those who need to drive.

All are welcome.

On Holy Saturday, April 19th, and for the second year in a row, Christians are being invited to join a global ecumenical movement of people walking in prayerful solidarity, and at this historic juncture, particularly with those now suffering within Gaza and the West Bank. 

Here in Vancouver, the pilgrimage is set to begin at Christ Church Cathedral, and will officially include parishioners from St. Andrew's Wesley, Artisan, Grandview Baptist, Open Way, and Trinity Grace United. 

The pilgrimage will span 5 hours (from approximately 10:00 am - 3:00 pm) and ...

Healing Touch is available for members of Christ Church Cathedral.

The next Healing Touch sessions will be held in-person on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at the following times:

• 9:00 a.m.
• 9:30 a.m.
• 12:00 p.m.
• 12:30 p.m.

Please email healingtouch@thecathedral.ca to request a session, with the subject line "Healing Touch In-Person".

Requests from parishioners will be considered, and confirmation emails sent by April 25th.

If you would like more information about Healing Touch, you will find brochures in the brochure rack outside the office.

Join the Very Rev. Christopher A. Pappas, Rev. Clare Morgan, Dr. Neil Cockburn, and Jane Dittrich for a relaxing retreat at the Sorrento Retreat & Conference Centre July 20-26, 2025.

The Rev. Canon Dr. Harold Munn will also be in residence this week to offer his course, "God Talk for Secular Ears".

You won't want to miss Cathedral-led activities such as: Theology on Tap, Hymn Sing, and Hike & Pray at Margaret Falls.

Contact Sorrento Retreat & Conference Centre to reserve your place for this wonderful week.

Upper Zoom Bible Study of Sunday Readings | Thursdays | 7:15 p.m.

Fellowship for Parishioners of African Descent | Last Saturday of each month | 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

1st Sundays Godly Play | Sunday, April 6 | 10:30 a.m.

Maundy Café Simple Supper | Thursday, April 17 | 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Sun Run | Sunday, April 27 | 9:00 a.m.

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.

Sundays@4 Choral Service | 4:00 p.m.

Compline | 8:00 p.m.
(to resume on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025)

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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