Events

Faith in the Public Square -- A Prophetic Conference: October 15 - 17, 2010

CONFERENCE TICKETS:	$50 ea	▪ Friday 7 pm – Saturday 3 pm
		▪ Conservatory of Music (907 Pandora Avenue) & St. Andrew’s Cathedral (Blanshard/View Streets)
		▪ Presenters: Arbp Chaput of Denver & Bp Corriveau of Nelson

CONCERT TICKETS:	FREE	▪ Featuring Dana Scallon & Associates
		▪ Sunday 2 pm at St. Andrew’s Cathedral
		▪ Must have a ticket for admission
		▪ Families welcome

BANQUET TICKETS:	$75 ea	▪ Saturday 5:30 pm
		▪ Union Club (805 Gordon Street)
		▪ Three-course meal
		▪ Banquet Key Note Speaker: Dana Scallon
		▪ Entertainment: Dana Scallon & Associates

Tickets are available from St. Andrew's Cathedral by phone: (250) 388-5571; in person or by mail: 740 View Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1J8; by email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . VISA/MasterCard, debit, cheque or cash accepted. A service charge of $2 will apply if tickets cannot be picked up in person and must be mailed.

Faith is declining, especially among Canadian Catholics. The Church is actually much smaller than her official numbers and structures suggest. This has significant implications for the future of Catholic life and the direction of our societies. External factors have played a role in this decline. But we adults, and to some degree our parents, bear the main responsibility for this failure. We have been tepid in our beliefs and naïve about the world. We have lost evangelical zeal. We have failed in passing our faith on to the next generation. And there are natural consequences. We can’t correct this failure of catechesis until we admit it and own it – and repent of it. This means that we need to begin by acknowledging our current state of denial.

Archbishop Chaput

Conflict is unavoidable in a world where good and evil are locked in permanent struggle until Jesus returns. We have a duty to act with mercy, charity and justice toward all persons. We have a duty to help build peace. But we cannot avoid conflict in an age that seeks to exile the Gospel from public hearing. Bernard of Clairvaux (see his essay, “In praise of the new knighthood”), despite the violence, shortcomings and prejudices of his time, understood very clearly that the Church is our mother, and she needs defenders – men and women of faith, courage and joy. A new kind of “spirit of knighthood” is what we urgently need now – unselfish, tireless, devoted disciples willing to face derision and persecution for Jesus Christ. It’s time to wake up. It’s time to put off the world and put on Jesus Christ – and to preach him to others.

Archbishop Chaput

Religious freedom is more than “freedom of worship” or even “freedom of worship and belief”. It requires freedom to teach, preach and publicly organize, live and express our faith, including in the context of the nation’s civic life. It also includes the right to change religions, or to not believe at all.

Archbishop Chaput

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Sacraments & Devotions

Mass Times

Tuesday - Friday: 8:00am
Monday - Friday: 12:10pm
Saturday: 9:30am, 5:00pm (Sunday Vigil)
Sunday: 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 5:00pm

Confession

Friday: 10:30am - 11:30am

Saturday: 10:30am - 11:30am &
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Appointments for Confession can also
be made at the Cathedral office.

Morning Prayer

Tuesday - Friday: 7:25am
Saturday: 8:25am

Rosary

Tuesday - Friday: 8:30am
Monday - Friday: 11:40am
Saturday: 8:55am

Perpetual Help Devotions

Wednesday: After 12:10pm Mass

Adoration (September to May)

Monday & Wednesday: 8:40am - 4:45pm
Friday: 8:30am - 3:30pm
Friday adoration concludes with
Divine Mercy Devotions and Benediction

Saturday: 10:30am - 2:00pm