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St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Parish
North Vancouver
BC
V7J 1R5
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Who we are
St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Parish in North Vancouver, British Columbia is a Christian congregation serving the North Vancouver community and seeking, engaging, and encouraging others through a life-changing Christian journey.
We seek to be a loving, friendly community that worships God, and serves others. We place a high priority on teaching from the Bible and following the example of Jesus.
Our vision is to impact and renew North Vancouver and beyond with the transforming message of Jesus Christ through words and actions.
Come as you are - we'd love to get to know you.
We seek to be a loving, friendly community that worships God, and serves others. We place a high priority on teaching from the Bible and following the example of Jesus.
Our vision is to impact and renew North Vancouver and beyond with the transforming message of Jesus Christ through words and actions.
Come as you are - we'd love to get to know you.
Location of worship / Church Address
1360 East 24th Street
North Vancouver,
BC
V7J 1R5
Canada
Phone: 604-985-1962
Fax: 604-980-0489
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Church Pastor
Rev. Father Mark Schwab
Parish Priest
1360 East 24th Street
North Vancouver,
BC
V7J 1R5
Canada
Phone: 604-985-1962
Fax: 604-980-0489
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Quote of the Day
John 14:2
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
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Roman Catholic
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Vienna Sequeira
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Parish Secretary
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2446 Mountain Highway
North Vancouver
British Columbia
V7J 1R5
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Schedule of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Mass schedule:
Weekdays: Monday to Friday & holidays: 8:30 a.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m.
Sunday Liturgy: Saturday evening: 4:30 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m.
All Masses are LIVE at St. Stephen’s Parish with social distancing measures. Wear a mask.
Penitential Services – please contact the Rectory.
Confessions – Saturday, 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm. Or contact the Rectory.
First Friday of the Month: Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Eucharistic Celebrations are back.
Sacrament of Baptism – Please contact the Rectory
Sacrament of Marriage – Please contact the Rectory at least four (4) to six (6) months prior to the planned wedding date to prepare both parties for the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony.
Holy Orders – Contact Fr. Paul Goo, at 604-683-0281 (Vocations Office)
Anointing of the Sick – Please call the Rectory
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2021 SCHEDULE OF HOLY MASSES AT CHRISTMAS
December 24 ( Friday): 8:30 am – Friday Mass
CHRISTMAS - (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
December 24 (Friday) CHRISTMAS EVE
4:30 pm; 7:00 pm; 12:00 am (Christmas Carols begin at 11:30 p.m.)
December 25 (Saturday) CHRISTMAS DAY
8:30 a.m. & 10:30 am - No Evening Mass
CHRISTMAS WEEK
December 26 (Sunday) HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH
8:30 a.m., 10:30 am & 6:30 p.m.
December 27-28 (Monday & Tuesday) 8:30 a.m.
December 29 (Wednesday) Feast of St. Stephen’s 10 a.m.
December 30 (Thursday) 8:30 a.m.
December 31 (Friday) 8:30 a.m.
NEW YEAR’S DAY - SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
(HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
December 31 (Friday) ANTICIPATION MASS - 4:30 p.m.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament •11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
January 1, 2022 (Saturday) - 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
January 1 (Saturday) 4:30 p.m
January 2 (Sunday) 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.
ADVENT PENITENTIAL SERVICES ON THE NORTH SHORE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21 – CHRIST THE REDEEMER – 7 PM
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22 – ST. EDMUND’S – 7 PM
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23 – ST. STEPHEN’S – 10:30 AM
Mass Times last updated on the 11th of December, 2021
Mass schedule:
Weekdays: Monday to Friday & holidays: 8:30 a.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m.
Sunday Liturgy: Saturday evening: 4:30 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m.
All Masses are LIVE at St. Stephen’s Parish with social distancing measures. Wear a mask.
Penitential Services – please contact the Rectory.
Confessions – Saturday, 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm. Or contact the Rectory.
First Friday of the Month: Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Eucharistic Celebrations are back.
Sacrament of Baptism – Please contact the Rectory
Sacrament of Marriage – Please contact the Rectory at least four (4) to six (6) months prior to the planned wedding date to prepare both parties for the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony.
Holy Orders – Contact Fr. Paul Goo, at 604-683-0281 (Vocations Office)
Anointing of the Sick – Please call the Rectory
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2021 SCHEDULE OF HOLY MASSES AT CHRISTMAS
December 24 ( Friday): 8:30 am – Friday Mass
CHRISTMAS - (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
December 24 (Friday) CHRISTMAS EVE
4:30 pm; 7:00 pm; 12:00 am (Christmas Carols begin at 11:30 p.m.)
December 25 (Saturday) CHRISTMAS DAY
8:30 a.m. & 10:30 am - No Evening Mass
CHRISTMAS WEEK
December 26 (Sunday) HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH
8:30 a.m., 10:30 am & 6:30 p.m.
December 27-28 (Monday & Tuesday) 8:30 a.m.
December 29 (Wednesday) Feast of St. Stephen’s 10 a.m.
December 30 (Thursday) 8:30 a.m.
December 31 (Friday) 8:30 a.m.
NEW YEAR’S DAY - SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
(HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
December 31 (Friday) ANTICIPATION MASS - 4:30 p.m.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament •11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
January 1, 2022 (Saturday) - 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
January 1 (Saturday) 4:30 p.m
January 2 (Sunday) 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.
ADVENT PENITENTIAL SERVICES ON THE NORTH SHORE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21 – CHRIST THE REDEEMER – 7 PM
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22 – ST. EDMUND’S – 7 PM
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23 – ST. STEPHEN’S – 10:30 AM
Mass Times last updated on the 11th of December, 2021
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St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Parish History
1963, September: Archbishop Duke appoints Father Albert Eisenring as the first pastor of a new parish in the Lynn Valley area of North Vancouver. Land for the new parish had been acquired several years earlier. Father Eisenring takes up residence in the smaller of the two existing, rundown houses on the parish property and recommends that the new parish be named in honor of Saint Stephen, the first martyr.
1963, November: The first Mass in the new parish is celebrated on November 17 at the Lynn Valley Community Centre on Frederick Road. Over 400 people were in attendance.
1964, March: The first meeting of the Saint Stephen’s chapter of the Catholic Women’s League is held.
1964, July: Renovations to the second house on the property are completed, and it becomes the parish rectory. This small house continued to serve as the parish rectory for about twenty more years.
1964, September: Construction begins on a new building that was intended to serve eventually as the parish hall and, in the interim, as a more suitable venue for Mass. This is the present church.
1964, December: The first Mass is celebrated in the new church/hall on Christmas Eve.
1965, March: Archbishop Johnson blesses the new church on March 14.
1969, August: Father Eisenring leaves Saint Stephen’s to pursue graduate studies in psychology at the University of Detroit. Father David Monroe is named parish administrator.
1970, July: Father John Swinkels is appointed the second pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
1971, March: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, then the prime minister of Canada, and Margaret Sinclair are married at Saint Stephen’s.
1971, September: Father Lawrence Sabatini, a member of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles (Scalabrinarians), is appointed third pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
1972–1973: Part of the parish land is sold for private housing to raise funds for the parish.
1974: Construction of the parish hall is completed.
1978, July: Father Albert Corradin, also a Scalabrinarian, is appointed fourth pastor of Saint Stephen’s. Father Sabatini is appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver.
1978, August: The parish debt is eliminated.
1980: The first Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist are commissioned.
1982, July: Father William Kilty is appointed fifth pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
1992, July: Father William Mendenhall is appointed sixth pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
1993, July: Father Lawrence Holland is appointed seventh pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
1994: The Seniors Outreach Program begins its work in the parish.
1995: The Seeds program for 3- to 5-year olds starts up.
2000, Spring: First steps taken to offer an ALPHA Course at Saint Stephen’s.
2000, June: The newly established Social Committee organizes its first event for the parish, a square dance.
2003, July: Father Peter Chiang is appointed eighth pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
2008, June: Father Frank A. Landry succeeds Fr. Chiang as ninth pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
2013, October: St. Stephens Parish celebrates its 50th anniversary of serving the Catholic community in North Vancouver.
2015, July: Father Mark Schwab succeeds Fr. Frank Landry as tenth pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
1963, November: The first Mass in the new parish is celebrated on November 17 at the Lynn Valley Community Centre on Frederick Road. Over 400 people were in attendance.
1964, March: The first meeting of the Saint Stephen’s chapter of the Catholic Women’s League is held.
1964, July: Renovations to the second house on the property are completed, and it becomes the parish rectory. This small house continued to serve as the parish rectory for about twenty more years.
1964, September: Construction begins on a new building that was intended to serve eventually as the parish hall and, in the interim, as a more suitable venue for Mass. This is the present church.
1964, December: The first Mass is celebrated in the new church/hall on Christmas Eve.
1965, March: Archbishop Johnson blesses the new church on March 14.
1969, August: Father Eisenring leaves Saint Stephen’s to pursue graduate studies in psychology at the University of Detroit. Father David Monroe is named parish administrator.
1970, July: Father John Swinkels is appointed the second pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
1971, March: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, then the prime minister of Canada, and Margaret Sinclair are married at Saint Stephen’s.
1971, September: Father Lawrence Sabatini, a member of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles (Scalabrinarians), is appointed third pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
1972–1973: Part of the parish land is sold for private housing to raise funds for the parish.
1974: Construction of the parish hall is completed.
1978, July: Father Albert Corradin, also a Scalabrinarian, is appointed fourth pastor of Saint Stephen’s. Father Sabatini is appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver.
1978, August: The parish debt is eliminated.
1980: The first Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist are commissioned.
1982, July: Father William Kilty is appointed fifth pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
1992, July: Father William Mendenhall is appointed sixth pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
1993, July: Father Lawrence Holland is appointed seventh pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
1994: The Seniors Outreach Program begins its work in the parish.
1995: The Seeds program for 3- to 5-year olds starts up.
2000, Spring: First steps taken to offer an ALPHA Course at Saint Stephen’s.
2000, June: The newly established Social Committee organizes its first event for the parish, a square dance.
2003, July: Father Peter Chiang is appointed eighth pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
2008, June: Father Frank A. Landry succeeds Fr. Chiang as ninth pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
2013, October: St. Stephens Parish celebrates its 50th anniversary of serving the Catholic community in North Vancouver.
2015, July: Father Mark Schwab succeeds Fr. Frank Landry as tenth pastor of Saint Stephen’s.
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