Upper Room is a conference that inspires Catholics to live joyfully on mission and equips them to share their faith in their homes and communities.
This year’s Upper Room will help us to grow in confidence in God our loving Father, to reflect on the amazing gifts He has given to us through Jesus, and to live joyfully on mission.
Friday evening & Saturday all-day
Downtown Vancouver
Saturday dinner add-ons available
Upper Room 2022 will provide opportunities for you to…
Deepen your relationship with Jesus in a retreat-style Friday evening
Be inspired and equipped for mission by engaging speakers
Experience the Sacraments – Adoration, Confession, Mass
Receive practical tools that will help you share your faith with others
Put skills into practice by participating in evening outreach
“Sanctity is ‘a disposition of the heart which makes us humble and small in the arms of God, conscious of our weakness, and confident to the point of audacity in the goodness of our Father’.”
Patroness of Missions
Feast Day: October 1
“Today all Christians, the particular churches and the universal Church, are called to have the same courage that inspired the missionaries of the past, and the same readiness to listen to the voice of the Spirit.”
Patron of the Archdiocese of Vancouver
Feast Day: October 22
6:00 pm
Doors Open / Check-In
Meditative Art Display
7:00 pm
Session 1
Sr. Regina Marie Gorman, OCD
Adoration & Confession
9:30 pm
End
8:15 am
Doors Open
9:00 am
Session 2
Mass with Archbishop Miller
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Session 3
Marcel LeJeune & Dan DeMatte
12:35 pm
Lunch Break
Choose from lunch options in downtown Vancouver
2:00 pm
Breakout 1
Choose from 8 breakout options
3:10 pm
Breakout 2
Choose from 8 breakout options
4:10 pm
Session 4
Archbishop Miller
5:00 pm
Dinner Break
Dinner add-ons available at registration
7:30 pm
Evening Outreach & Prayer at Holy Rosary Cathedral
9:30 pm
End at Holy Rosary Cathedral
Location at Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre unless otherwise noted.
Schedule is subject to change.
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow
Founder & CEO of Mary’s Meals
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow OBE is the founder and Global CEO of the charity Mary’s Meals, a non-profit organisation that provides life-changing meals to some of the world’s poorest children every school day. Mary’s Meals is now feeding more than 2 million children across 20 countries.
Saturday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.
Chandos Pattison Auditorium, Surrey
Join Mary’s Meals for an evening of celebration and captivating stories, featuring nine time-GRAMMY nominee and three time-GMA Dove Award winner, Matt Maher along with best-selling author, CNN Hero award recipient, founder and Global CEO of Mary’s Meals, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow.
Discounted parking is available at the Sheraton on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Sheraton is also easily accessible by transit.
