Hundreds gather at Vancouver’s Holy Rosary Cathedral in wake of Filipino festival tragedy

Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver to hear Archbishop J. Michael Miller promise the Filipino community that they are not alone in their grief as they continue to process the horrific vehicle attack that killed 11 people and injured dozens of others.

Miller stood before a packed cathedral that included family and friends of some of the victims in Saturday night’s attack, which occurred just after 8 p.m. as the Lapu Lapu Day festival was coming to a close in south Vancouver.

“This vibrant community inspires us today and always with its spiritual resilience, founded on faith, openness to others in difficulty, and the

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