St. Peter Celestin Church Pilgrimage - Marian Grotto, Wabasca
2025-07-12 10:00 (America/Edmonton) | St. Martin’s Church, Wabasca, Grande Prairie, AB
The parish community of Slave Lake are making a pilgrimage to the Marian Grotto in Wabasca on July 12. They will leave from St. Peter Celestin Church at 10:00 am. Transportation available.

Mass, prayer and a BBQ will be celebrated at the grotto.

Fellowship and Muffins - St. James the Major, Manning
2025-07-13 10:30 - 13:00 | St. James the Major, Manning, Grande Prairie, AB
After 10:30 am Mass

Fellowship with Coffee and Muffins - St. James the Major Church, Manning
2025-07-13 11:00 | St. James the Major, Manning, Grande Prairie, AB

Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage
2025-07-19 - 2025-07-24 | Lac St. Anne, Lac St Anne, Alberta, Canada
https://lacsteannepilgrimage.ca/

Jubilee of Youth Retreat - Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level
2025-07-28 09:00 - 16:30 | Our Lady of Good Counsel, High Level, Grande Prairie, AB
Three retreats for the youth of the archdiocese are coming up this summer!
In honour of the Jubilee Year of Hope, instituted by Pope Francis, representatives from Newman Theological College will be in our archdiocese from July 28th-July 30th hosting retreats for youth entering Grades 3 to 7. Register here.
This will be a great chance for your families to grow in faith and fellowship. All youth in the archdiocese are invited to attend the retreat nearest you!

Retreat dates:
High Level – July 28, 2025
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church: 10305 109 Ave, High Level, AB T0H 1Z0
Peace River – July 29, 2025
Our Lady of Peace Parish: 10405 99 St, Peace River, AB T8S 1K1
Slave Lake – July 30, 2025
St. Peter Celestin Parish: 202 6 Ave NE, Slave Lake, AB T0G 2A2

Time for all retreats:
Arrival: 8:45AM – 9:10 AM
Retreat Begins: 9:15 AM
Closing Mass: 4:00 PM
Departure: Immediately after Mass
Register for the retreats here. Costs are $10 for one youth or $15 for a family (2 or more youth in one family).

Jubilee of Youth Retreat - Our Lady of Peace, Peace River
2025-07-29 09:00 - 16:30 | Our Lady of Peace Church, Peace River, Grande Prairie, AB

Jubilee of Youth Retreat - St. Peter Celestin, Slave Lake
2025-07-30 09:00 - 16:30 | St. Peter Celestin, Slave Lake, Grande Prairie, AB

Queen of the North Pilgrimage - Little Red River Pilgrimage Site, Fox Lake
2025-07-31 - 2025-08-04 | Little Red River Cree Nation, Grande Prairie, AB

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, AB
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 | St. James the Major, Manning, Grande Prairie, AB

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, AB

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

Assumption Pilgrimage - Notre Dame de Lourdes, Girouxville
2025-08-14 - 2025-08-15 | Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Girouxville, Grande Prairie, AB
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, AB

Alberta/NWT Bishops Meeting - Online
2025-08-19 10:30 | Online, Grande Prairie, AB

Diaconate Ordination of Thomas Wollis - St. Martin's Church, Wabasca
2025-08-19 18:00 | St. Martin’s Church, Wabasca, Grande Prairie, AB
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, Grande Prairie, AB

Centennial Mass and Celebration - Holy Family Church, Grimshaw
2025-08-30 10:00 - 20:00 | Holy Family Catholic Church, Grimshaw, Grande Prairie, AB
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, Grande Prairie, AB

Clergy Retreat - Providence Centre, Edmonton
2025-09-08 - 2025-09-12 | Providence Centre, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, AB
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, Grande Prairie, AB

Sandwich Sunday - St. Joseph Church, Grande Prairie
2025-09-14 10:30 - 11:30 | St. Joseph’s Church, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie, AB
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, Grande Prairie, AB
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, Grande Prairie, AB

Funeral of Fr. Joseph Choji - St. John the Baptist Cathedral, McLennan
2025-09-16 13:00 - 15:00 | St. John the Baptist Cathedral, McLennan, Grande Prairie, AB
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, Grande Prairie, AB

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

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