Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan

Discovery Youth Camp (High School Week) - St. Joseph. Church, Grande Prairie
2025-08-04 - 2025-08-09 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
Discovery Youth Camps! Register now!
High School Week (gr. 9-12):
August 4 – 9
Jr. High Week (gr. 7-8):
August 10 – 15
Family Camp Weekend (all ages
welcome): August 15 – 17
Many volunteer opportunities.
For more information go to www.saintjoseph.ca/discovery

Anniversary Celebration of Religious Life for Fr. Cornelius - St. James the Major, Manning
2025-08-06 17:30 (America/Edmonton) | St. James the Major, Manning

Discovery Youth Camp (Jr. High Week) - St. Joseph. Church, Grande Prairie
2025-08-10 - 2025-08-15 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie

Farewell Visitation for Archbishop Pettipas (Deanery 1) - St. John the Baptist Cathedral, McLennan
2025-08-13 17:00 | St. John the Baptist Cathedral, McLennan

Assumption Pilgrimage - Notre Dame de Lourdes, Girouxville
2025-08-14 - 2025-08-15 | Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Girouxville
ARCHDIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE PROGRAM OF EVENTS

TIME
EVENTS

THURSDAY AUGUST 14, 2025

6 PM – 7. PM
ARRIVAL OF PILGRIMS

7.20 PM
WELCOME SPEECH/ADDRESS

7.30 PM
VESPERS

8.00 PM
TALK: MARY’S ASSUMPTION AS THE FULFILLMENT OF HOPE

8.30 PM
VIGIL MASS OF ASSUMPTION

9.30 PM
CANDLE-LIGHT PROCESSION WITH THE BLESSED SACRAMENT AND LITANY OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES

PRAYER FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD WITH LITANY OF MARY OF NAZARETH

BENEDICTION

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2025

9.00 AM
RECONCILIATION SERVICE

9.30 AM
CONFESSIONS AND ROSARY OF BVM

10.30 AM
MARY: THE EXAMPLAR OF HOPE PRAYER

11.00 AM
MASS OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BVM BURNING OF PRAYER PETITION PAPERS

12 NOON
SOUP AND SANDWICH

1.00 PM
HEALING SERVICE REMEMBERING THE DECEASED LOVED ONES

2.00 PM
TALK: MARY, STAR OF HOPE FOR THE CHURCH

2.30 PM
PROCESSION WITH THE STATUE OF THE BVM WITH LITANY OF BVM

15 MINUTES
BREAK

3.30 PM
DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET PRAYER IN FOUR DIRECTIONS

3.45 PM
CLOSING

ARCHDIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE PROGRAM OF EVENTS

TIME
EVENTS

THURSDAY AUGUST 14, 2025

6 PM – 7. PM
ARRIVAL OF PILGRIMS

7.20 PM
WELCOME SPEECH/ADDRESS

7.30 PM
VESPERS

8.00 PM
TALK: MARY’S ASSUMPTION AS THE FULFILLMENT OF HOPE

8.30 PM
VIGIL MASS OF ASSUMPTION

9.30 PM
CANDLE-LIGHT PROCESSION WITH THE BLESSED SACRAMENT AND LITANY OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES

PRAYER FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD WITH LITANY OF MARY OF NAZARETH

BENEDICTION

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2025

9.00 AM
RECONCILIATION SERVICE

9.30 AM
CONFESSIONS AND ROSARY OF BVM

10.30 AM
MARY: THE EXAMPLAR OF HOPE PRAYER

11.00 AM
MASS OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BVM BURNING OF PRAYER PETITION PAPERS

12 NOON
SOUP AND SANDWICH

1.00 PM
HEALING SERVICE REMEMBERING THE DECEASED LOVED ONES

2.00 PM
TALK: MARY, STAR OF HOPE FOR THE CHURCH

2.30 PM
PROCESSION WITH THE STATUE OF THE BVM WITH LITANY OF BVM

15 MINUTES
BREAK

3.30 PM
DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET PRAYER IN FOUR DIRECTIONS

3.45 PM
CLOSING

Discovery Youth Camp (Family Camp Week) - St. Joseph. Church, Grande Prairie
2025-08-15 - 2025-08-17 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie

Alberta/NWT Bishops Meeting - Online
2025-08-19 10:30 | Online

Diaconate Ordination of Thomas Wollis - St. Martin's Church, Wabasca
2025-08-19 18:00 | St. Martin’s Church, Wabasca
With praise and thanksgiving to God the Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan joyfully invites you to witness the Ordination of Thomas Wollis to the Sacred Order of Deacons, by His Grace Archbishop Gerard Pettipas, CSsR.

This sacred celebration of faith and service will take place on Tuesday, August 19th, at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Wabasca. The service begins at 6:00 pm and a reception will follow at the George D. Auger Hall in Wabasca.

We warmly invite all people of the archdiocese to come celebrate this milestone in Thomas’s formation as he is ordained a Transitional Deacon. Those ordained as Transitional Deacons dedicate themselves to a life of service, proclaiming the Word, and preparing for the Priesthood.

St. Martin’s Church
877 Stoney Point Road, Wabasca, Alberta

GPCSD/HFCSD Opening Masses for the School Year
2025-08-27 09:00

Curia Meeting - Chancery Office
2025-08-28 09:00 - 17:00 | Chancery Office, Grande Prairie

Centennial Mass and Celebration - Holy Family Church, Grimshaw
2025-08-30 10:00 - 20:00 | Holy Family Catholic Church, Grimshaw
Mass August 30th – 10:00 am
Dinner later that night at 6:00 pm
Legion Hall, Grimshaw

Archbishop Duval attending Bishop's School in Rome
2025-09-01 - 2025-09-12

Deanery 4 Farewell to Archbishop Pettipas - St. Peter Celestin Church, Slave Lake
2025-09-04 16:30 | St. Peter Celestin, Slave Lake

Clergy Retreat - Providence Centre, Edmonton
2025-09-08 - 2025-09-12 | Providence Centre, Edmonton
Retreat for all clergy and religious of the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan

Mini Market & Carnival - St. Thomas More Church
2025-09-13 10:00 - 16:00 | St. Thomas More Church, Fairview

Sandwich Sunday - St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie
2025-09-14 10:30 - 11:30 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
Sandwich Sunday, September 14. After 9 am Mass. Help assemble sandwiches for the less fortunate. If you can’t join us, ingredients for the sandwiches would be most appreciated: sandwich meat, cheese, peanut butter, jam, mayonnaise, ziplock bags.

Pilgrimage to Meander River Grotto
2025-09-14 12:30 - 15:00 | Grotto, Meander River
The parish community of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church pilgrimaged to the Marian grotto in Meander River in honour of the Jubilee Year archdiocesan pilgrimage.
Sept. 14th

PPC Meeting - St. Mary's Church, Beaverlodge
2025-09-15 17:00 | St. Mary’s Church, Beaverlodge

Funeral of Fr. Joseph Choji - St. John the Baptist Cathedral, McLennan
2025-09-16 13:00 - 15:00 | St. John the Baptist Cathedral, McLennan
1:00 pm
St. John the Baptist Cathedral, McLennan
Tuesday, Sept. 16th

Reconciliation and First Communion Rehearsal - Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level
2025-09-16 15:00 - 16:30 | Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level

Anointing and Healing Mass - Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level
2025-09-16 19:00 | Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level

Farewell Visitation in Deanery 5 - Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level
2025-09-17 18:30 | Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level
**Rescheduled to September 17th, same time and location**

Eucharistic Adoration - St. Paul Church, High Prairie
2025-09-18 17:00 | St. Paul’s Church, High Prairie

Eucharistic Adoration - Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level
2025-09-18 18:00 | Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level

Parish Council Meeting - Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level
2025-09-18 19:00 | Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level

APC Executive Committee Meeting - Online
2025-09-18 19:30 | Online

Farewell Visitation for Archbishop Pettipas (Deanery 2) - St. Thomas More Church, Fairview
2025-09-19 17:00 | St. Thomas More Church, Fairview

Women, Wine and the Word - St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie
2025-09-19 19:00 - 21:30 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
Theme: Connection Speaker: Joanne Chiasson Friday, September 19, 7 – 9:30 pm. Age 18+ Doors open at 6:30 pm. $30/person An inspiring evening of prayer, music, fellowship, raffles, catered charcuterie, refreshments and, of course, wine! Tickets available on Eventbrite and in the back of the church after Mass. Ticket deadline, Monday, Sept. 15 by noon.

Youth Ministry Online Workshop - Newman Theological College
2025-09-20 09:00 - 13:00 | Online
Are you interested in getting more involved with youth ministry efforts at your parish?

Newman Theological College and ProjectYM are offering a free online workshop later this month to help equip local volunteers and youth ministers with the tools and insights they need to grow youth ministry in their parishes!

The workshop is coming up on Saturday, Sept. 20th. Persons can register at https://www.thrive.rs/forms/thrivelive

Jubilee of Choirs (Deanery 3) - St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie
2025-09-20 09:30 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie
St. Joseph Parish is hosting a special Jubilee Celebration for the music ministries in our deanery. This Jubilee of Choirs will take place in Tranquille Hall Saturday, September 20 beginning at 9:30 am. We will begin with a prayer, followed by a couple of meditations. Then, we will move into the Church with each choir to perform a few songs. We will end with a selection for all the choirs.
