The 40 Days for Life display at the John Paul II Pastoral Centre across from B.C. Women’s Hospital regularly get students from nearby Eric Hamber Secondary who stop to talk about abortion with pro-life witnesses. (Paul Schratz)
Maria Rodrigues, a parishioner of Immaculate Conception Parish in Vancouver and an early childhood educator for 26 years, has won the 2021 National Certificate of Excellence from the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education. She works at University Hill Preschool in Vancouver and was also a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Education in 2014 and in 2012, received the Child Care Award of Excellence in Early Childhood Education Coast Fraser Region.
St. Catherine’s Elementary students have been focussing on what they can do as a class to help people in need, especially the homeless. Teacher Maria Canil showed them a picture of the Homeless Jesus statue in front of Holy Rosary Cathedral and asked them, “How would you feel if you saw Jesus like this?” Their responses highlighted charitable actions for their neighbours, and the kindergarten class collected 50 pairs of socks for The Door is Open. Here is a picture of the kids and the collected socks. (Submitted photo)
A public Way of the Cross organized by Communion and Liberation will take place on Good Friday, April 15, at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver. It starts at 10 a.m. at the fountain next to the Bloedel Conservatory parking lot. For more information email [email protected] or visit clonline.org.
Val and Chris McKinnon, of All Saints Parish in Coquitlam, volunteer every Monday evening at a Talitha Koum Society recovery home, helping TK clients sew reusable feminine hygiene products to be sent to disadvantaged girls around the world under the auspices of the Days for Girls project. The Talitha Koum sewers are aiming to send 1,000 kits to World Vision in Mississauga, Ontario in early May. “The ladies have sewn and folded fabric, added ribbon, packed components of the kits, and so much more,” the McKinnons say. (Contributed photos)
