Our Eparchy will be having two ordinations in the middle of October – One on the “lower mainland” and one on “the Island”. These will be happy days for those being ordained and for our entire Eparchy!
The first ordination will be that of Subdeacon Adrian Kopystynsky to the Diaconate at the Protection of the Mother of God [St. Mary’s] Parish in Vancouver on Sunday 11 October 2026! The second ordination will be that of Connor Rafferty to the Minor Orders and Subdiaconate at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island on Sunday 18 October 2026.
Please keep these two gentlemen in your prayer as they prepare for their ordinations. Know that you are welcome to attend. Do, however, check with the respective parishes for more details and if there is any requirement regarding a reception.
PRAY FOR MORE VOCATIONS! We truly need more people to step forward to serve as trained and dedicated Readers… Subdeacons… Deacons… and Priests… and, of course, those dedicated to the Monastic/Religious way of life as Brothers and Monks and as Sisters with so many charisms and in so many ways!
On the 2024 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis said that we need people of courage to commit to be pilgrims of Hope and builders of Peace! Can YOU be such a person!?
The website for the 2026 World Day of Prayer for Vocations offers a number of reflections and PRAYERS FOR VOCATIONS. Please take a look at and read those various prayers for vocations….. and listen with your soul if the Lord is not calling you to serve Him and His People in a special way…
