Resources Regarding Immunization for COVID-19

Please find, below, updates and messages from the Diocese.

Attachments from our Chancellor, Cynthia Bouchard (see below):

As our province, country, and the world has begun the process of immunization for COVID-19, please find attached, two resources that you are invited to share:

Note from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith regarding the morality of using some anti-COVID-19 vaccines;

CDF-Note-on-COVID-19-vaccines

Letter to the faithful on vaccines from the Catholic Bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories;

Letter-to-the-faithful-on-Vaccines

In addition, the provincial government has provided the following links for more information:

To view the B.C. COVID-19 Immunization Plan PowerPoint, visit:

http://news.gov.bc.ca/files/BC_COVID-19_Immunization_Plan.pdf

To learn more about B.C.'s COVID-19 Immunization Plan, visit:

http://www.gov.bc.ca/covidvaccine

For technical immunization information, visit the BC Centre for Disease Control online:

http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine

For more information on what to expect when you go to get vaccinated for COVID-19, visit:

http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine/getting-a-vaccine

Directives - Provincial Health Order extended until February 5, 2021

As you may know on Thursday, January 7, 2021, Minister of Health Adrian Dix, and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry extended the Provincial Health Order currently in place with restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 until February 5, 2021.  Therefore, the Directives previously issued have been extended and remain in place in the Diocese.  Please click on attached Memo from Bishop Gordon:

Memo Directives COVID January 8 2021