April 13th Around the Archdiocese

Find out what's happing around the Archdiocese

• March For Life

• Healing After Abortion - Rachel's Vineyard Retreat

• Marian Pilgrimage On The Jubilee Year

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March For Life

The annual March for Life in Victoria, BC takes place on Thursday, May 8. 

The participants meet at Centennial Square and march down Government Street to a rally at the parliament building. The March is a public witness to the sanctity of human life and a message to the provincial government of the need for changing the law to protect the most vulnerable, especially the unborn and the elderly. On Thursday, May 8, at 9:00 a.m. at the BC Legislative Assembly in Victoria. 

Learn more at beholdvancouver.org/events. Register by May 1 to reserve a bus seat.

Healing After Abortion — Rachel's Vineyard Retreat

Rachel’s Vineyard weekend retreat offers a beautiful opportunity for healing to any woman or man who has struggled with the emotional or spiritual pain of an abortion. The retreat is a chance to get away from the daily pressures of work and family, to focus on a painful time in life, and to begin healing through a supportive and non-judgmental process. Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat focuses on God’s love and forgiveness in a nonjudgmental environment and welcomes individuals of all Christian denominations.

"Do not fear; I am with you; do not be anxious: I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.” Isaiah 41:10

Did it feel like she was the only one who could have thoughts and feelings of guilt and shame after the loss due to an abortion decision? What you think and feel is very real, and you don’t have to carry that alone anymore. Join a Rachel’s Vineyard™ Retreat. 

The next retreat is May 23-25, 2025. For confidential information call (604) 525-0999 or email info@pacscanada.org.

Marian Pilgrimage On The Jubilee Year

Father Rey Usman, Pastor of Precious Blood Parish in Surrey, invites you to this once in a lifetime Marian pilgrimage on the Year of the Jubilee, starting in Rome, Italy and visiting the major basilicas and going through the Holy Doors. Other places to be visited are the churches in Assisi and Padua, Venice, and Turin. 

We also visit the shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat, Sagrada Familia, Our Lady of the Pilar in Barcelona and Zaragoza, Spain. Spend two nights at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France, and continues to Salamanca and to Portugal, arriving at Fatima on the eve of the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. This pilgrimage concludes with a one-day guided sightseeing tour of Lisbon before heading back to Vancouver.

Date: September 29 to October 15, 2025 (15 days)

Destinations in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal.

Contact: Royale Orchid Tours email: info@royaleorchidtours.com OR Brian Andrade – 778 669 6999