A campaign for raising items for the High Level Food Bank - taking non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies, and hygiene items. The 40 Cans of Lent campaign runs through the entirety of Lent, Feb. 22nd to April 9th through the Our Lady of Good Counsel parish in High Level.
The Office of Evangelization and Catechesis will offer a Lenten Mission/Outreach program at St. Thomas More Church in Fairview from March 25th-26th. The program will discuss the Three Pillars of Lent: Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving. Please contact the parish or the OEC office for further details.
First Communions will be celebrated at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church on Sunday March 26th, 10:00 am.
Good Friday Dramatization of Stations of the Cross at St. Joseph Church in Grande Prairie Calling all young adults! Be a part of this powerful re-enactment of Christ’s final journey to the cross. Rehearsals begin March 26. Please contact Erin at lynche@telus.net
March 27 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm This project to make modest dresses to help vulnerable girls begins on Monday, March 13th at the Legion in McLennan, 1:00-3:00 pm. Volunteers are asked to bring all supplies and materials for sewing and cutting dresses. This project will continue every second Monday afterwards until the dresses are complete.
Monday, March 27, 7 pm St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie We will begin with a Penitential Service followed by individual reconciliation. There will be a number of priests present from the archdiocese. Please join us for this precious healing sacrament.
Priests of the archdiocese will meet to discuss the things that concern to their ministry and communities. March 28th, Our Lady of Peace Church in Peace River
A Lenten reconciliation service will be offered at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Girouxville on March 28th at 7:00 pm.
Saturday, March 18, 10 am - 12 noon and Wednesday, March 29, 1 - 3 pm. @ St. Joseph Catholic Church, Grande Prairie in the Tranquille Hall Join us for this spiritual exercise on one or both dates. Drop in (no registration). No cost, but a food bank donation would be most appreciated.
Calling all students in grades 7-9: you're invited to Discovery! Join us for an overnight retreat at St. Joseph High School from March 31st- April 2nd, 2023. Learn more and register here: https://saintjoseph.ca/discovery/
Soup, Reflection, Stations of the Cross- Lenten Fridays 5:15 pm: meatless soup & buns served by CWL in Tranquille Hall. Donations will go to Development & Peace 6 pm: Reflection organized by the Social Justice Committee 7 pm: Stations of the Cross in the church. Join us for all 3 or whatever your time allows. […]
St. Mary’s Soup and Stations Please join us for Soup and Stations of the Cross on every Friday during Lent at 6 PM beginning with a light meal in the church hall followed by prayers of the Stations of the Cross. St. Mary’s Church, Beaverlodge Everyone is welcome! * Starts February 24, 2023 and continues […]
Archbishop’s monthly Sunday Mass in McLennan – Sunday, April 2nd at 10:30 am
First workshop for Diocesan Clergy Study Days - "Chapter 1 - House of Prayer: Remembering Our Identity and Purpose" Held before the Chrism Mass celebration at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in McLennan Diocesan Clergy Study Days are a series of workshops for the Catholic clergy of the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan, hosted by the Office […]
Parishioners from throughout the archdiocese are invited to join with His Excellency Archbishop Gerard Pettipas and all clergy for this special Mass in the life of the Church. Our yearly Chrism Mass will celebrated at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in McLennan at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, April 4th. At this Mass, the clergy will […]
Lenten Reconciliation at St. Mary’s Beaverlodge 6:00PM – 7:00PM, 7:40PM – 8:00PM Wednesday, April 5th
St. Mary’s Church, Beaverlodge 3:00PM Divine Mercy Novena Chaplet begins from Good Friday (April 7th) up until Divine Mercy Sunday on April 16th. Silent adoration & Benediction and Veneration of the Divine Mercy Picture We encourage you to join us in prayer together with your family. Nine days of Divine Mercy Novena We begin Nine […]
An ecumenical Way of the Cross will be held with all church communities in Beavelodge on Good Friday, April 7th. Begins at 10:00 am. Starting from St. Mary’s (Host Church) and closing at United Church, Beaverlodge, followed by refreshment thereafter at St. Luke’ s Anglican Hall.
Good Friday Dramatization of Stations of the Cross Calling all young adults! Be a part of this powerful re-enactment of Christ’s final journey to the cross. Rehearsals begin March 26. Please contact Erin at lynche@telus.net
This project to make modest dresses to help vulnerable girls continues on Monday, April 10th at the Legion in McLennan, 1:00-3:00 pm. Volunteers are asked to bring all supplies and materials for sewing and cutting dresses.
Save the Date: Games Night & Meal, Thursday, April 13. Meal by Filipino Community. St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie
Ceremony to open Archbishop Pettipas's Deanery 3 visitation, held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Grande Prairie at noon on April 14th.
Meeting of the Archdiocesan Finance Committee on April 18th, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Annual archdiocesan finance meeting to be held at Our Lady of Peace Parish in Peace River, April 29th. Time TBA
Curia meeting on all matters related to the archdiocese. Held at the chancery office in Grande Prairie.
Catholic Women's League will host a national council meeting at the parish hall of Our Lady of Peace Parish in Peace River. April 22nd, 10am-3pm.
April Student Art show and lunch at Immaculate Conception Church in Sexsmith. The event follows the 11am mass on Sunday April 23rd, featuring the art of St. Mary's Catholic School students. All are welcome!
From St. Joseph Church parish bulletin: "We were established as a parish on April 26, 1920. As we all know, we were not able to celebrate our 100th anniversary in 2020. Therefore, after coming through a difficult and challenging 3 years, we are going to celebrate our 103rd Anniversary! Festivities are being planned for Sunday, […]
Held as part of the Archbishop's Deanery 3 visitation. The potluck begins at 6:15 pm following 5:30 Mass at the church hall in Sexsmith. Photo shoot with various ministry groups will follow after supper.
Join us for Bible & Beer at Better Than Fred's - an opportunity to grow in our faith and in Catholic community. We will meet at 7:45 pm on April 27th for food and drinks, a discussion on the Scriptures, and we may play pool afterwards. Please join us! Ignite is a young adult ministry […]
Held as part of the Archbishop's Deanery 3 visitation. Prayer will be offered at the grotto in Webster on April 28th at 10:30 am (Mass at Immaculate Conception in Sexsmith beforehand at 9 am). All persons are invited.
Ignite Catholic Young Adults of Grande Prairie will be volunteering with the Community Kitchen at the Friendship Centre on Saturday, April 29th, from 11:30am - 3:00 pm. Please contact the Ignite group on their Facebook to confirm your attendance.
Fr. Eucharius at St. John the Baptist Cathedral will be blessing seeds that local farmers will plant this year during the April 30th Mass. The seeds are to be placed on the altar rail, and this blessing will be for the entirety of the crops planted.
Confirmations to be celebrated at Immaculate Conception Church in Sexsmith, presided by Archbishop Pettipas - April 30th, 11am-noon.
St. Mary’s Church, Beaverlodge Spring Community Supper Sunday, April 30 5pm-7pm Cost: by donation St. Mary’s Church Hall Join us for a delicious Pork roast supper! First come first serve!