Catholic Women's League
The Catholic Women’s League of Canada (CWL) is a national organization rooted in gospel values calling its members to holiness through services to the people of God. CWL members contribute to the...
Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus are Catholic men of faith and men of charitable action. Membership in the Knights of Columbus provides an association with brotherly companions. It offers the opportunity...
CCD
The goal of CCD is to assist parents in the religious education of children attending public schools in Kindergarten to Grade 7 and to prepare them to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation and...
Maranatha
Maranatha (Come Lord Jesus) Prayer Group is a charismatic prayer group that meets once a week year round to praise God in prayer and song, to listen to the word of God, to share our journeys and...
Faith & Light
Faith and Light, is an international organization which has local communities made up of persons with an intellectual disability, their families and friends. We meet together on a regular basis in...
Senior Youth
Our senior youth group (ages 12 to 18) meets on Fridays from 7:30 to 9:00 pm in the basement lounge area at St. Gerard’s Church in Wildwood. These nights are filled with apologetics, philosophy,...
RCIA
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a program for people interested in the Catholic faith, whether they are non-Catholics thinking about becoming Catholic, or Catholics who wish to...
Music/Choir
The primary function of the music ministry is to enhance the liturgical celebrations. All members are expected to attend choir practices. If you wish to join one of the choirs, please talk to the...
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4 Minute ReadFather Patrick Tepoorten
I was born in Vancouver BC, attended Quilchena Elementary, Point Grey Secondary, Langara College, University of Western Ontario, and Simon Fraser Universtiy. I was ordained for service in the Archdiocese of Vancouver, on May 30, 1981. I have served in many parishes over the years. I look forward to seeing many new people get interested in our Parish life, by means of Tilma.
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An exorcist cleansed a local house of oppressive spirits, some time ago. A friend of the priest who exorcised it told me that he had remarked that the...
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The False Selves of the Evil Tenants
Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false self. This is the man that I want myself to be but who cannot exist, because God does not k...
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A Simple Way to Pray Always
After my liberation many people said to me: "Father, in prison you must have had a lot of time to pray." It was not as simple as one might think...
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