VANCOUVER PRIEST RETREATS - TWO OF THEM BACK TO BACK

HEADED NORTH-WEST TOMORROW TO LEAD MY


FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH 

CANADIAN PRIEST RETREAT

Archdiocese of Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada

May 15 - 19, 2017
May 22 - 26, 2017

Archbishop Michael Miller CSB

Map of the Archdiocese of Vancouver with parishes in blue.

Downtown Vancouver

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver has been faithfully serving Catholics in British Columbia since its formation by Pope Pius X in 1908. The Archdiocese covers primarily B.C.’s Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. It has about 430,000 baptized Catholics within its boundaries. Archbishop Miller is chief pastor and leader of the Archdiocese, tending to both the spiritual and administrative needs of the Archdiocese. The suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese, Kamloops, Nelson, Prince George, and Victoria, all led by their own bishops.*

The Church in Vancouver has undergone massive change since the mission outposts of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate of the 1800s. As of 2014, the Archdiocese has 77 parishes, 7 missions, 106 diocesan priests, and 99 religious priests. It also has 92 religious sisters and 18 religious brothers. There are 50 Catholic schools as well as Catholic hospitals including Holy Family Hospital, Mount St. Joseph Hospital, St. Paul’s Hospital and St. Vincent’s Hospitals: three colleges including Corpus Christi College, St. Mark’s College and Catholic Pacific College and Seminary of Christ the King. Within the Archdiocese there are also more than 80 organizations, associations, ministries and clubs that help carry out the Church’s mission.

The Archdiocese of Vancouver has recently announced its new Priorities and Goals, which will focus its pastoral efforts and mission as the Church and its followers work to intentionally help people experience God’s merciful love. Archbishop Miller invited everyone to play a role in their implementation. “Each of you is crucial to this endeavour, by lending a hand and offering advice on how we can all work together.”

THESE TWO PRIEST RETREATS WILL BE HELD AT

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Mission, British Columbia

Westminster Abbey in Canada

Abbey Church Interior

View of the Fraser River from Westminster Abbey, Mission, British Columbia, Canada