Edmonton Catholic Cemeteries

Thank you to all our families for joining us for our Mother’s Day Mass and Luncheon.

See you tomorrow!

Thank you to all for coming for Mass and celebrating our first Via Lucis(Stations of the Resurrection) at Holy Cross Mausoleum.

Sin and Death have been defeated! The cemetery is not a place of permanent sorrow. Because of Christ's resurrection, our bodies will rise to glory with Christ and we will experience eternal Joy.

- Happy Easter to all of you from all of us here at ECC.

Join us tomorrow for Perpetual Adoration all day until 4 pm.
Holy Cross Mausoleum

This last Friday, ECC staff and our families prayed the Stations of the Cross. This was a staff initiative to remember Jesus’ sacrifice, bring healing to our families, and pray for our loved one’s souls. The stations were placed throughout the mausoleum to encourage the nature of a pilgrimage. Please consider joining us next year.

On March 7th Mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Peace Columbarium. Father Joseph Jacek from the Oblates presided. Eternal Rest Grant unto them, O Lord…

May he rest in peace.

We join the faithful in mourning the passing of Rev. Stanisław Błaszkowski, who died on January 25 in Krotoszyny, Poland, at the age of 92. Father Stan served God’s people with unwavering dedication for 66 years of priestly ministry.

Born on August 12, 1934, in Nawra, Poland, to Teofil and Leokadia, Father Stan professed his vows with the missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and was ordained to the priesthood on June 26, 1960, in Obra, Poland, within the Archdiocese of Katowice.

He arrived in Canada on August 15, 1979, to minister in the Archdiocese of Edmonton, where he was incardinated on April 30, 1985. Over the decades, Father Stan faithfully served numerous parish communities, including Holy Rosary, St. Anthony, and Mary Help of Christians in Edmonton, as well as the rural parishes of Our Lady of Victory (Thorsby), St. Columba (Clandonald), Our Lady of Grace (Castor), St. Elizabeth (Evansburg), St. Anthony (Drayton Valley), St. Rose of Lima (Onoway), and Holy Name of Jesus (Vermilion).

From 1979 to 2006, Father Stan also ministered as a hospital chaplain, offering compassion and pastoral care to patients and families. He later served on loan to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith from 2009 to 2013, before retiring to Poland. Many also remember him for his contributions to the Polish radio program on CKER AM 1480, through which he continued to nurture the faith of the Polish Catholic community.

The Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, January 31, 2026, in Krotoszyny, Poland, within the Diocese of Toruń, where he will be laid to rest.

Let us pray for the repose of the soul of Father Stanisław Błaszkowski.
Requiescat in pace.

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Today the Vatican announced that 62 Indigenous items in the Vatican Museums will be returned to Canada. The Canadian bishops said they will proceed, as soon as possible, to transfer the artifacts to national Indigenous organizations, to ensure they are reunited with their communities of origin. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

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