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Bridges of New Year's Traditions

Many Calgary Catholics are pushing through the coldest week of the new year by holding onto fond memories of the Christmas past. Others in the city’s East Asian communities keep themselves warm by anticipating the opportunity to celebrate the Lunar New Year on Saturday, Jan. 25. Ditto for parishioners at other ethnic parishes in the Diocese, where being Catholic and Canadian means you can commemorate important secular events with festivities that include prayerful appreciation of the cultural traditions that moved to Canada with their families.

Calgary’s Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese communities celebrate the Lunar New Year on the second new moon after the winter solstice. At St. Anne’s Korean Catholic Church in the community of Ramsay, parishioners will welcome the Lunar New Year with special prayers at the 11 a.m. mass on Sunday, Jan. 26, says parishioner and parish spokesman Nes (Luke) Noh. That service will be followed by a traditional New Year’s Day meal of rice cakes and soup in the parish hall. The rice cakes will come from a Korean market, the soup from parishioners. “We expect about 300 people,” says Noh. “No matter what the weather, people like to get together to celebrate. It’s tradition.”

Culturally, the Lunar New Year is also a good time to honour the memory of ancestors, so Korean Catholics will also offer prayers for their deceased family members, says Noh. Read more

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February 22, 2020

Coldest Night of the Year

This family-friendly fundraiser supports Feed the Hungry (a Diocesan program) and Bankview Apartments (low-income housing for those at risk of, or previously experiencing homelessness). This is the 7th year for the Diocese to host this event in Downtown Calgary. Join 400 others in walking 2, 5 or 10 kilometre- routes and raise funds for these two worthy causes. Coldest Night of the Year is a national event, taking place in more than 140 locations across Canada. Will you walk with us?

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