February:
Fr. Rudolf publishes his 30th publication: Seek and You will Find, a book on prayer and spirituality.
March:
Lenten preparation by Video Screening of Seven Virtues and Vices by Fr. Robert Barron. It was well attended and the faithful appreciated the spiritual help they received.
April:
Seismic Assessment is done by Engineer Villaraza from Philippians. New gardening administrator of is appointed. Mr. Rick begins the work to keep the lawns and plants neat and tidy.
May:
Doors of the Confessional and the Crying room are renovated with full glass to protect God’s Children.
June:
Parish office is upgraded with the security system and automatic doors installed. The gates and the upper portion of the grills of the gates was secures with extra aluminum protective bars.
July:
The roof above the rectory kitchen and sacristy are renovated by Cambie Roofing. First CARMEL HILL bulletin is released on July 16th, on the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at St. Edmund’s Church and on July 19th the bulletin is distribute to the parishioners at Guardian Angels Church.
October:
October 15th, grand inauguration of the Carmel Hill Monastery took place at North Deroche Road. Two busloads of people from Guardian Angels Parish attended the function. Archbishop Michael Miller CSB, Bishop Henry from Calgary and Bishop David Monroe from Kamloops were present along with Fr. Charles Serrao (Provincial). Approximately 750 people participated in this inauguration ceremony. Fr. Rudolf’s 31st publication THE WAY LESS TRAVELLED is released during the program.
On 23rd of this month we officially stop the sandwich program due to problems we faced Vancouver Municipality as they did not want us to dump in their bins and they expected us to pay more for such services. Since the financial situation of the Parish did not permit us to spend more money on this program we stopped the program. Moreover, many parishioners and neighbors complained for their safety and safety of the Church campus because of stealing items from the Church. Information was sent to the Archdiocese regarding this decision.
November:
The Guardian Angels Parish road side sign was installed. In spite of the protest letters from our neighbors to Vancouver municipality the sign has been a great blessing to the Church.
December:
On December 27th we organized a grand 90th Birthday party for Helen Chua Tiampo the benefactor of Little Flower Monastery and the benefactor of Guardian Angels Church. The party was attended by more than 75 people from our Parish.