St. Joseph (Foyer Statue)

Mount Joseph Catholic Hospital
Vancouver, B.C. Canada

"Joseph (Hebrew: יוֹסֵף‎, romanized: Yosef; Greek: Ἰωσήφ, romanized: Ioséph) is a figure in the canonical gospels who was married to Mary, Jesus' mother, and was Jesus' legal father.^[1] In the Apocrypha, Joseph was the father of James, Joses, Jude, Simon, and at least two daughters. According to Epiphanius and the apocryphal History of Joseph the Carpenter, these children were from a marriage which predated the one with Mary, a belief that is accepted by some select Christian denominations. Perspectives on Joseph as a historical figure are distinguished from a theological reading of the Gospel texts.^[2]

"Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, Anglicanism and Lutheranism.^[3][4] In both Catholic and Protestant traditions, Joseph is regarded as the patron saint of workers and is associated with various feast days. Pope Pius IX declared him to be both the patron and the protector of the Catholic Church, in addition to his patronages of the sick and of a happy death, due to the belief that he died in the presence of Jesus and Mary. In popular piety, Joseph is regarded as a model for fathers and has also become patron of various dioceses and places.(Link 2)

Chapel

"Mount Saint Joseph Hospital opened in Vancouver in 1946, but its history begins many years earlier, with the dream of a young Quebec girl named Délia Tetreault.

Altar Area

"In 1902, Delia Tetreault of Marieville, Quebec, helped found the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception – the first missionary congregation for women in Canada. Nineteen years later, four Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception moved across Canada to Vancouver. In a home on Keefer Street, they provided health and education services primarily to the Asian community.

"By the time the Sisters marked the 25-year anniversary of their arrival in Vancouver, their work had outgrown three buildings, leading to the opening of Mount Saint Joseph Hospital (MSJ) in 1946. During their years in Vancouver, a total of 173 Sisters have served through health care, education, parish work and family counseling. Each and every Sister has been faithful to the teaching of Mother Délia.

 (Right of Altar Statue)

Left of Altar Statue

"Today, MSJ is a 240-bed acute and extended care facility with an international reputation for excellence in providing for the needs of multi-faith and multi-ethnic communities. MSJ was founded on the principles of adaptability and responsiveness to ever-changing community needs, and continues to fulfill that mission. 

Sanctuary Banner

"A HISTORY OF MILESTONES

1946 — Mount Saint Joseph Hospital opens.
1948 – Mount Saint Joseph Hospital is recognized as a general hospital.
1956 – A 50-bed wing is added, thanks in part to the work of the newly created Ladies’ Auxiliary.
1960s – A dramatic drop in maternity admissions leads to a decision to close the maternity ward.
1965 – The chronic care department is converted into an Extended Care Unit, with state-of-the-art physiotherapy facilities.
1969 – A new three-bed Intensive Care Unit is created.
1970 – The Day Care Surgery Centre opens.
1979 – The Short Stay Assessment and Treatment Centre opens, establishing the first specialized geriatric service of its kind in BC.
1984 – Mount Saint Joseph Foundation is established.
1989 – The Lifeline Emergency Response System is introduced (Now the second-largest program of its kind in Canada, the system allows at-risk individuals to wear a button linking them to an emergency centre 24 hours a day, allowing them to safely remain in their own homes.)
1991 – An addition to the fourth floor paves the way for the new pediatric unit; two years later the hospital joins forces with BC’s Children’s Hospital to share expertise and to jointly operate MSJ’s expanded pediatric wing.
1992 – MSJ creates the positions of director of Multicultural Services and a coordinator of Interpreter Services." (Link 1.)

Sanctuary Side Windows

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Photos: Taken in September 2019 by SW.

Link 1: http://www.providencehealthcare.org/hospitals-residences/mount-saint-joseph-hospital/overview/history

Link 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph

Prayer

God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)

Norwegian Sun 

at 

Cruise Ship Terminal, Vancouver B.C.

Cruise Ship Norwegian Sun-Chapel
Cruise-Vancouver, Alaska Inside Passage, Vancouver

The Norwegian Sun is one of the smaller ships that comes into the Cruise Ship Terminal in Vancouver B.C.  It welcomes 1,936 guests and is only 848 feet long.
The ship cruises to the Panama Canal, South America, the Mexican Riviera, the Pacific Coast and Alaska's Inside Passage.

 

Alaska's Inside Passage

(pan handle area in the south east)

(Link 4:)

It was built in 2001 and refurbished in 2011.  The guests have access to amenities on 12 decks.  One of the rooms on that 12th, top deck/bow, is a small room labeled "Chapel".

Chapel Altar Area

A small plain door off the 12th deck hallway opens to the small lovely chapel bathed in soft light and pale colors.  The oval altar is a gentle oval of pale blond wood with a  large diamond grain.  The front altar cabinet features a white marble top and supports a white urn of flowers.  Urns of flowers flank both sides of the cabinet. A modern painting of the soft colors highlighted in black is centered on the front wall.

Chapel Seating and Interior Window Wall

Window of panels of squares of back lit colored glass framed in blond wood are on both the interior window wall and the two rear French doors leading to the outside deck.  The dozen (approximate) upholstered armed chairs are also of the matching blond wood.

Sunday Missal

The front altar cabinet is a storage area for worship service materials.  Several sets of books are available, in several languages.  They include the Sunday Missal published by The Vatican, Gates of Prayer, and What the Bible Really Teaches.  

The Chapel is open at all times to guests for private meditation.  On request it can be reserved for special services: weddings  and vow renewal services (Link 3.), Friday self led Sabbath Services, and Sunday worship services.

Photos: Taken  by SW in September 2015 during a cruise celebrating Alan 

                 Wilson's 75th birthday.

Link 1: http://www.ncl.com/freestyle-cruise/wedding-and-romance

Link 2: http://www.ncl.com/cruise-ship/sun?cid=PS_TSI_USA_BRA_GOO_N-A_N-_SHIPFLEET_XXXXXXXXX_norwegian+sun+cruise
Link 3: http://www.ncl.com/freestyle-cruise/wedding-and-romance
Link 4: St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (Juneau, Alaska) is located in Alaska

Prayer

God, be with the persecuted Christians through out the world. Amen (SW.)

                                                                                                                                4/13/14

Wallace Memorial Chapel                                          (North Vancouver Archives Photo # 6333)

Posthumous
The Wallace Memorial Chapel
St. Martin's Anglican Church
North Vancouver, B.C. Canada

The Wallace Memorial Chapel was part of  St. Martin's Anglican Church in  1951 to 1969.

St. Martin's Anglican Church started as St. Thomas Anglican Church in 1910.  It was located on the corner of Lonsdale Ave. and Queens Road in the Upper Lonsdale area of the District of North Vanocuver.

"...the parish was officially rededicated on Nov. 11, 1919, to St. Martin of Tours "in commemoration of the signing of the Armistice on St. Martins Day in 1918, to perpetuate the memory of those who were killed in the Great War. (REF 1.)

In 1923 the church farther north in the District of North Vancouver at the corner of Windsor Road and St. Georges Avenue.  Here the congregation built a hall that became the church.  It faced St. Georges Avenue.  

In 1927 this building was turned 90 degrees with the church entrance then being  on Windsor Road.  And in 1947 a transept and apse was added to the south side of the church.  A bell tower with a church entrance was added on the north side. The entrance has since been moved to the east side of the church. (See photo below.)

St. Martin's Anglican Church

Sanctuary

In 1951 the Wallace Memorial Chapel was dedicated by the Wallace family to the son, Blake Wallace.  Access to to chapel was through the arch on the east wall of the chancel (now framing the organ pipes). 

Arch to Wallace Chapel

"CLARENCE WALLACE (1894 – 1982) SERVED WITH  THE 5TH CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTALION IN WW I AND WAS WOUNDED IN 1915 DURING THE 2ND BATTLE OF YPRES.  POSTWAR, HE CONTINUED THE FAMILY TRADITION AS A MAJOR VANCOUVER SHIP BUILDER AND PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CANADA'S WAR EFFORT IN WWII, FOR WHICH HE WAS MADE A “COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE”.  HE WAS APPOINTED LT. GOVERNOR OF BC FROM 1950 TO 1955 AND IS INCLUDED IN VANCOUVER’S “HALL OF FAME”. 

"HIS ELDEST SON, FLYING OFFICER BLAKE WALLACE (1917 – 1941), ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN 1939 AND FLEW HURRICANES DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN IN 1940.  HE WAS CREDITED WITH TWO ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN 1941 BUT WAS SHOT DOWN AND KILLED DURING A MAJOR AIR BATTLE OVER NORTHERN FRANCE IN OCTOBER THE SAME YEAR." (Link 2.) 

Church with Transept on Left             (North Vancouver Archives Photo #6327)        The front wall of this small memorial chapel was dominated by three stained glass memorial windows.  (See top NV Archives photos #'s 6333 and 6327.)  In 1969 there was a need for space for new organ pipes.  The chapel served that need and was closed.  The three stained glass memorial windows were moved to the west side of the chancel opposite the organ pipes and the original entrance to the chapel. Wallace Memorial Windows now on west wall of chancel

For more information about St. Martin's Anglican Church see Blog Posts 3/30/14 and 4/6/14.

Photos: Colored photos taken in 2014 by SW.Reference 1: North Vancouver Heritage Inventory, 1984, available at the North 

                          Vancouver Archives.
Reference 2: A Short History of St. Martins, 1910-1956, North Vancouver, 

                           B.C., Roy Pallant.

Link 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrard_Dry_Dock
Link 2: http://www.jsca.bc.ca/itw/JerichoBrochure1206.pdf

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Prayer

God, be with the persecuted Christians through out the world. Amen

Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel
(3rd Floor Burrard Building)

St. Paul's Hospital Chapel
Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel is on the 3rd floor of the Burrard Building of St. Pauls Hospital at 1018 Burrard St. in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.  The double doors leading to the chapel each feature three red glass crosses.

The altar at the front of the chapel features a relief sculpture of  The Last Supper. On the wall behind the altar is a crucifix and in the right hand corner a statue of The Virgin Mary.

Altar-The Lord's Supper

The Virgin Mary-right front corner of chapel

Lining the west wall of the chapel, and opposite the doors are three sets of doubled windows.  The glass panes are multiple diamonds of opaque leaded glass.  The east and south walls of the chapel are lined with carved Stations of the Cross.

Station of the Cross-#5

In the rear of the chapel a pedestaled Holy Water Font sits next to the double entrance doors.  Statues of the Pieta and The Christ Child  line the east wall. And hanging from the east rear corner is a golden angel.

Pieta

Angel

Services in the Chapel include: Roman Catholic Mass Monday through Thursday and Sundays with Confession before and after Mass and Anglican communion on Fridays.  All these services are at 12:30 pm.  "Spaces are available to persons of all faiths and religious traditions for prayer, meditation, and quiet reflection." (REF.)

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"From the beginning, the sisters, staff and physicians of St. Paul’s were keenly interested in using the latest medical technology. The hospital became one of the first to have its own X-ray machine, circa 1906. By the 1970s, plans were in place to remake the 500-bed hospital to fulfill its new role as a provincial referral and tertiary care centre for specialty services, with the ability to respond to changing needs in community care.

"Now a renowned teaching hospital with a strong research focus, St. Paul’s Hospital is recognized provincially, nationally and internationally for its work in the areas of heart disease, kidney disease, nutritional disorders, HIV/AIDS, and the care of the disadvantaged. 

St. Paul's Hospital
1081 Burrard Street

(Janet Wood painting)

"1843 – Sisters of Providence is founded in Montreal.
1894 – The congregation establishes St. Paul’s, a 25-bed compassionate care hospital.

1904 – A surge in Vancouver’s growth brought on by the Klondike gold rush allows for the first of many expansions, with the addition of 50 more beds. 

1906 – St. Paul’s becomes one of the first hospitals to have its own X-ray machine.

1907 – The School of Nursing at St. Paul’s Hospital is officially opened on September 1.

1914 – A modern fireproof structure with a new surgical department and 120 beds is added.

1931 – The North Wing is completed.

1945 – The South Wing is completed - combined with the North Wing this means an additional 500 beds.

1969 – The first lay administrator is hired and runs the hospital while the Sisters continue their involvement in the hospital and on the board.

1983 – The first 10-story tower is completed.

1991 – The second 10-story tower is completed." (Link )

Photos: Taken in Jan 2014 by SW.
Reference: "Care of the Human Spirit" pamphlet by Pastoral Care Services, Provindence Health Care.

Link: http://www.providencehealthcare.org/hospitals-residences/st-pauls-hospital/overview/history

Prayer

God, be with the persecuted Christians through out the world. Amen (SW.)