Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan

Outdoor Way of the Cross - St. Thomas More Church, Fairview
2025-04-18 14:00 (America/Edmonton) | St. Thomas More Church, Fairview
Begins at 2:00 pm (Weather permitting)

Stations of the Cross - St. Henry's, Fort Vermillion
2025-04-18 14:00 | St. Henri’s, Fort Vermillion
Beginning at 2:15 pm, followed by Good Friday service

Easter Sunday
2025-04-20

Holy Family School Division Faith Day - Catholic Conference Centre, Peace River
2025-04-22 10:00 - 16:00 | Catholic Conference Centre, Peace River

School Mass - St. Thomas More Catholic School, Fairview
2025-04-22 10:30 - 11:30 | St. Thomas More School, Fairview

School Mass - St. Thomas More Church, Fairview
2025-04-24 10:30 | St. Thomas More Church, Fairview

School Mass - St. Mary's School, Beaverlodge
2025-04-25 09:00 - 09:30 | St. Mary’s School, Beaverlodge

First Reconciliation - St. Thomas More Church, Fairview
2025-04-25 19:00 | St. Thomas More Church, Fairview

Archdiocesan Finance Meeting - Our Lady of Peace, Peace River
2025-04-26 10:00 - 15:00 | Our Lady of Peace Church, Peace River
On Saturday, April 26, 2025, the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan will have their annual informational meeting. This meeting includes reporting on the financial statements of 2024, updating information about the performance of the Archdiocese’s pooled investment fund, reviewing certain policies and presenting the new and amended policies for parishes from 2024.
This meeting will be at the Basement of Our Lady of Peace in Peace River, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Feast Day Mass - Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level
2025-04-26 19:30 | Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level

First Holy Communion - St. Thomas More Church, Fairivew
2025-04-27 10:00 | St. Thomas More Church, Fairview

Jubilee of Teenagers & Children - Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level
2025-04-27 11:00 | Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level

AGM - St. James the Major Church, Manning
2025-04-27 11:30 | St. James the Major, Manning

KofC BBQ - St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie
2025-04-27 12:30 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
K of C BBQ, April 27, following 11 am Mass All are welcome, including spring! Hotdogs, hamburgers, beans, salad and cake for dessert. Gluten-free options available. Cost: donation

Egg Drop Raffle for St. Paul's Cemetery - St. Paul Church, High Prairie
2025-04-27 19:00 | St. Paul’s Church, High Prairie
St. Pauls’ Cemetery Com-mittee wishes to announce that the annual Egg Drop Raffle will be held April 27th 2025. Please help to sell tickets! See poster at the church entrance!
Contact Margaret, Leonard or Diana for tickets.

Catholicism Series - St. John the Baptist Cathedral, McLennan
2025-04-30 19:00, 2025-05-07 19:00 | St. John the Baptist Cathedral, McLennan
Catholicism Series – St. John the Baptist Cathedral, McLennan
Beginning every Wednesday at 7:00 pm in the basement of the cathedral

Cast Your Worries, Embrace Joy! Women's Retreat - St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie
2025-05-02 18:30 - 2025-05-03 16:00 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
Cast Your Worries, Embrace Joy! Women’s Retreat – May 2 from 6:45-8:30pm and May 3 from 9-4

Mothers, daughters, sisters, friends – join us for a women’s retreat at St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie. All women welcome!
Speakers: Carmen Moore, Celestina Shaba and Bishop-elect Charles Duval
These days we all have something going on. We all struggle, we all feel pain, we all hurt. Come, give your weakness to God and He will give you His strength. There will be time for prayer, sharing and reflection.
Coffee/tea and a snack Saturday morning and lunch on Saturday included. Please advise if you have special dietary requirements. We look forward to seeing you there!
Eventbrite Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-retreat-cast-your-worries-embrace-joy-tickets-1294941397579?aff=oddtdtcreator

Annual Highway Clean Up - Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level
2025-05-03 09:00 - 12:00 | Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level
The Knights of Columbus is organizing
the Annual Highway Cleanup again
this spring. This is an important fund
raiser for Our Lady of Good Counsel parish. It will be Held on
Saturday morning May 3.

Blessings of the Seeds - St. Anne, Falher
2025-05-03 10:30 | St. Anne Church, Falher
Bénédiction des grains de semences :
le dimanche 3 mai 2025.
Vous êtes invités à apporter vos grains de semences
pour recevoir la bénédiction.
Seed Blessing: Sunday, May 3, 2025. You are invited to bring your seed grains to receive the blessing.

Parish Annual Meeting - St. Thomas More Church, Fairview
2025-05-04 11:00 - 12:30 | St. Thomas More Church, Fairview
After 10 am Mass

Monthly Potluck After Mass - St. Mary's Church, Beaverlodge
2025-05-04 12:00 | St. Mary’s Church, Beaverlodge
After 11 am Mass Sunday May 4th

Jubilee of Artists - Our Lady of Peace, Peace River
2025-05-04 16:00 - 17:00 | Our Lady of Peace Church, Peace River
A special Jubilee celebration honouring faith and the arts, including a potluck, inspiring performances, and an art exhibit with local artists.

Games Night - St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie
2025-05-08 18:00 - 20:00 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
Games Night presented by the Knights of Columbus is an evening of food, fellowship and fun. From crib tournaments and cards to board games, there is fun for the whole family!
There is no meal at this Games Night, but there will be cookies, coffee & iced tea. No cost/donations.

SALT (Sharing And Learning Together) - St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie
2025-05-08 19:00 - 20:30 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
SALT (Sharing and Learning Together) Youth Group Grade 3-6 Registration open. Email sjc-family@gpcsd.ca or see bulletin board at the back of the church for registration forms.
SALT is a youth group for kids grade 3-6. We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month in the SJPII Room, upstairs on the office side of the Church. We play, pray, enjoy fellowship, food and make new friends!! Everyone welcome!!

Funeral Mass for Sr. Catherine Emilienne Cote - St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Edmonton
2025-05-09 10:30 | St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Edmonton
La messe des funérailles pour de Soeur Catherine Émilienne
Côté
se tiendra le 9 mai 2025 à la paroisse Saint-Thomas
d’Aquin (Edmonton)
à 10h30.

The funeral mass for Sister Catherine Émilienne Côté will be held on May 9, 2025, at Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish (Edmonton) at 10:30 a.m.

APC Meeting - Catholic Conference Centre, Peace River
2025-05-10 10:00 - 15:00 | Catholic Conference Centre, Peace River

Mother's Day
2025-05-11

Episcopal Ordination of Charles Duval, CSsR - St. Joseph Catholic Church, Grande Prairie
2025-05-14 19:30 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
Episcopal Ordination of Charles Duval, CSsR
We are pleased to announce that the Episcopal Ordination of Charles Duval, CSsR as the Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 14th. The ordination and Mass will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Grande Prairie, beginning at 7:30 pm.
Tickets are now available in our parishes. Please contact your pastor/parish secretary if you would like to reserve a ticket! This is a ticket-only event to ensure that people from across the archdiocese will have the opportunity to be a part of this most important celebration. Tickets must be reserved by April 25th.

Parking information
We are expecting people from across the archdiocese to attend this most important celebration. Therefore, parking is going to be very limited at St. Joseph Church. The archdiocese encourages all persons attending to carpool and to find alternative locations near the church for parking. Please ensure you do not block entrances or engage in any illegal parking. We want to ensure our celebration goes ahead as smoothy as possible, so please plan your transportation well ahead of time.

Livestream details
For those not able to attend in person, livestreams will be available for the Ordination. In partnership with Eastlink Community TV, the Mass will be livestreamed on the Eastlink Cable network (Channels 10 and 610 in Alberta). It will also be livestreamed online through YouTube. The link will be available at here at www.archgm.ca/ordination

Let’s all pray for Archbishop-designate Duval as he prepares to become the Coadjutor Archbishop of our archdiocese.

Prayers for Healing - St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie
2025-05-15 19:30 - 20:30 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
After 7:00 pm Mass
