Anna Pacella’s Story For Anna Pacella, St. Patrick’s Parish is far more than a place to attend Mass—it is a place that truly feels like home. Anna first came to know St. Patrick’s through her family. Nearly 35 years ago, her daughter moved to Maple Ridge and joined this parish. While Anna and her husband […]

[Place Family Photo Here – Recommended: B&W Archival Photo] Stephen and Susanna Polz arrived in British Columbia in the spring of 1945. They had left their homeland, in what is now modern-day Slovakia, back in 1922. They settled first in Denzil, Saskatchewan, with their two oldest children, Albin and Hyacinth. By the end of the

I converted to the faith in 1961 when I got married. That’s when I became a “church-goer”. When it was Sunday, I was supposed to go to Mass. It was my parish, so I was supposed to serve. I believed what I was doing was my religious duty—just fulfilling obligations. I see things very black