Holy Week Schedule – 2024

Palm Sunday – March-24th 5:00 pm – Palm Sunday Services

Holy Thursday – March-28th 4:00 pm – Qurbana and Washing of the Feet

Good Friday – March-29th 10:00 am  – Passion of the Lord / Way of the Cross at Carmel Hill Monastery for Abbotsford Mission

Good Friday- March-29th  5:00 pm – Passion of the Lord / Way of the Cross

Great Saturday- March-30th 8:30 am – Holy Qurbana

Easter Vigil – March-30th 11:00 pm – Vigil Service

Easter Sunday – March-31st 5:00 pm

 

Christmas and New Year Events

  1. Christmas Carols – First three weekends of December (Fridays and Saturdays)
    • Family unit leaders will be contacting you to sign up for Carols
    • Find your family unit leader here – https://stalphonsabc.org/family-units/
    • Carol has been divided into four groups across lower mainland
  2. Christmas Day Celebrations
    • Christmas Eve Mass on Dec-24th 10:00 pm
    • Christmas Day Mass on Dec-25th 5:00 pm
  3. New Year Celebration
    • Dec-31st Sunday, No midnight mass, only Sunday Mass at 7:00 pm followed by Adoration
  4. Christmas & New Year Program – Christingle Eve 2023 – Saturday Jan-6th 2024 – 6:30 pm
    • Tickets for this program will be sold during the month of December after all masses and during Carol. Each ticket will be $15 (Age 9 and above) that includes dinner.
    • Entertainment programs are being planned at various ministry levels. Catechism students have been reached out to participate in this program. Please contact the coordinators Aneesh K @ 778-682-4900 or Asha Febin @ 204-963-3136 for more details.
    • Tickets are available to purchase online here – https://stalphonsabc.square.site/

Parish Magazine 2023

Our parish is launching several events in the upcoming months. The release of the Annual Parish Magazine is a significant one and it is planned for Parish Day on September 16, 2023. Our magazine provides readers with engaging, and entertaining topics from our parishioners of all ages. We invite you to bring the finest of your creativity and talents to inspire and entertain a diverse readership. Articles are invited from the members of St. Alphonsa parish and can send your submissions to magazinealphonsa@gmail.com before the deadline of May 15, 2023.

Please find the attached document for more details.