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CCCB message for Easter 2024

CCCB message for Easter 2024

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The celebration of Easter is the time when we as Christians renew our baptismal promises. It is through the life-giving death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that we are united with Him. Easter takes us beyond the Cross of sorrow and disappointment to the joy and hope that comes from knowing the Risen Lord. This experience of Christ transformed the disciples.

Catechumens were called by name and introduced to Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller by their godparents or sponsors.

New Catholics share journey to the Church

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This Easter, about 500 men, women and children in the Archdiocese of Vancouver joined or entered into full Communion with the Catholic Church. Catechumens — individuals who are not yet baptized — receive the Church’s sacraments of initiation: baptism, confirmation and First Communion. Candidates who are already baptized will be received into full communion, receiving the Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist. 

Lupcho Bojkovski (left) and Declan Shiels pose with their handmade Crosses. Students in Grade 6 at St. Bridget Catholic School built each Cross by hand using clothespins.

Cross crafting open eyes to Christ’s sacrifice

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Students at a Catholic school in Brooklin, Ont., have deepened their understanding of Holy Week through the process of crafting their own personal Crosses. 

Lucas da Silva portrays Christ at the Last Supper in St. Padre Pio Parish’s production of Lead Me to the Cross. Performed twice, it raised about $60,000 for the parish.

Parish’s passion comes to play

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In 2023, a company of cast and crew produced the musical passion play The Power of the Cross they hoped would uplift and unify the congregation of St. Padre Pio Parish in Kleinberg, Ont., following the long years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It proved a smashing success, as nearly 700 people attended the evening showing on Palm Sunday, and more than $30,000 was raised for the church. 

Craft crosses are seen at the foot of the Cross at the altar at St. Ignatius Parish from last year’s Children’s Way Of The Cross event.

Christ’s Passion through the eyes of a child

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St. Ignatius Parish prepared its youth for Easter in what is becoming an annual tradition at the Winnipeg parish.

On Good Friday, St. Ignatius was hosting its second Children’s Way of the Cross — an event run by and for kids. It’s an interactive and family-oriented experience that engages kids in the traditional observance of the Stations of the Cross. 

Students participate in the Calgary Catholic School District’s 45 hours of Eucharistic adoration at St. Francis High School.

Adoration focuses on God’s call to serve

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Classrooms, offices and chapels across the Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) are animated by the power of prayer this Lenten season.

Hundreds take part each year in Saskatoon’s annual Way of the Cross on Good Friday.

Catholic social teaching shows the Way

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Catholic social teaching has driven the Diocese of Saskatoon’s annual Good Friday outdoor Way of the Cross tradition since it was established 24 years ago.

Filipino women gather at Montreal’s St. Thomas the Apostle Church for Pabása ng Pasyón or Reading of the Passion.

Easter chant gives Filipinos fulfillment

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For Filipino Catholic Mission of Montreal (FCMM) parishioner Noemi ‘Mimi’ Tuvida, the recitation of Pasyon Mahal is both a welcome beginning to Holy Week and an opportunity to participate in a uniquely Filipino devotion.

Rolando MacDonald (centre left), a Grade 12 student at Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School, in rehearsal as Jesus for the school’s Stations of the Cross celebration.

Students bring Easter message to younger peers

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Twelfth graders at Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School inspired younger students at the Toronto school to prepare their hearts and minds for celebrating Easter.

Actors portrays a soldier at the Cross sharing how Jesus’ resurrection brought light into all the darkness as part of Ottawa’s Annunciation of the Lord Parish’s Holy Week Adventure.

A Holy Week excellent adventure

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Tracey Jemmeson, the first-year principal of Thomas D’Arcy McGee Catholic Elementary School in Ottawa, heard positive advance buzz about Annunciation of the Lord Parish’s Holy Week Adventure from her colleagues and fellow congregants.

Students from Toronto’s Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts collaborated with teacher Julia Lava to put together a spiritual dance performed at the TCDSB Ordinandi Youth Event as well as an Easter liturgy at the school.

Dance packs powerful Easter message

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Students at Toronto’s Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts are expressing their Catholic faith through dance this Easter season. 

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