St. Cecilia's Parish Calgary AB

Name: St. Cecilia's Parish
Address: 321 90 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2J 0A1, Canada
Telephone: 403-252-2790

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Who we are

“Live in harmony and peace, and the God of Love and peace will be with you.”

St. Cecilia’s Parish is a Roman Catholic Parish in the Diocese of Calgary, established in 1963, and since 1968 under the spiritual guidance of the Pallottine Fathers, covering the city districts of Fairview South, Acadia, Willow Park, and Maple Ridge and for those who have made this the parish of their choice.

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St. Cecilia's Parish

321 90 Avenue SE

Calgary, AB T2J 0A1

Canada

Phone: 403-252-2790

Fax: 403-253-3003

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Fr. Irudaya Paul Raj, S.A.C.

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321 90 Avenue SE

Calgary, AB T2J 0A1

Canada

Phone: 403-252-2790

Fax: 403-253-3003

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https://stceciliacalgary.com/

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Fr. Irudaya Paul Raj, S.A.C.

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Deacon: Michael Soentgerath

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Administration

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Christine Thibeault

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Administrative Assistant

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St. Cecilia's Parish Mass Times

Daily Mass:

Tuesday - Saturday: 9:00 am

Mass Schedule:

Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm
Sunday Masses: 9:00 am and 11:00 am
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https://stceciliacalgary.com/2020/06/updated-information/

Adoration:

Fridays following 9:00 a.m. Mass: 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Stations of the Cross:

7 pm on Fridays of Lent
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Reconcilliation:

Wednesdays of Lent: 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 - 11:00 am
There is no need of registration. Walk in allowed. Confession will be in the library behind a screen. Or you may phone Fr. Paul on his cell to make an appointment: 403-700-9345. Please keep distance from others in the foyer while waiting your turn.

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“The Passion of St. Cecilia”

There is debate as to the date of St. Cecilia’s martyrdom, but based on the discovery of her tomb in the Catacomb of St. Callixtus, it is likely to be somewhere between the latter part of the second century AD and the middle of the third century.

The Church of St. Cecilia in Rome dates back to the fifth century and was built over the site of the saint’s house. The present Church owes its existence to pope Paschal 1 who in 821 AD located the tomb of St. Cecilia in the catacombs and moved her body to its present location. He discovered the tomb after St. Cecilia appeared to him in a vision and directed him to its location where the body was discovered incorrupt.

According to the “Passion of St. Cecilia,” Cecilia was born into a noble family in Rome and became a Christian early in her life. However her family arranged a marriage to a pagan nobleman named Valerian. Cecilia had vowed virginity to the Lord but agreed unwillingly to the marriage.

The association of Cecilia with music comes from a line in her “Passion” which speaks of Cecilia singing a song to God in her heart – in which she asked divine help in preserving her chastity.

The legend speaks of the wedding couple retiring to their bedroom, where Cecilia tells Valerian of her vow to virginity and asks him to respect it. She added that an angel guarded her virginity. Valerian asked to see the angel and Cecilia sent him out to the third milestone on the Via Appia, where instead of an angel he met Pope Urban 1st. who converted him and baptized him.

On returning to his wife now a Christian, an angel appeared to them both. Valerian then attempted to convert his brother Tiberius and won him over to the Christian faith. They came to the notice of the pagan authorities and were condemned to death. Even the executioner Maximus refused to kill them and he also embraced Christ and was himself martyred.

Cecilia after burying the three martyrs was herself condemned to death and she was ordered to be suffocated in her own bathhouse which was a steam room. The room was sealed and heated to its highest point. The next day after opening the door Cecilia was not only alive, but fresh and radiant, kneeling in prayer.

Outraged, the governor ordered her beheaded. The executioner approached the victim with reluctance knowing that she had survived the first attempt on her life. He struck her neck three times with the axe, which was the maximum allowed, but failed to sever her head. Cecilia lay dying for three days, praying and offering encouragement to her fellow Christians. Leaving her possessions to the poor she asked that her house be dedicated as a Church. She died on November 22nd, which is her feast day and was buried by Pope Urban in the Catacombs of St. Callixtus.

St. Cecilia, pray for us.