St. Benedict's
Ntsla'ko (Head of the Lake)
The small white church of St. Benedict's at Ntsla'ko, near the head of Okanagan Lake.
Times at St. Benedict's and St. Theresa's Church
St. Benedict's: Weekend Mass
- First, third, and fifth Sundays12:00 PMSt. Benedict's Church
St. Benedict's: Confession
- By arrangementBefore Sunday MassSpeak with the priest to arrange
St. Benedict's: Adoration
- First Friday of the month10:00–11:00 AM
St. Theresa's Church: Weekend Mass
- Second and fourth Sundays12:00 PMSt. Theresa's Church
St. Theresa's Church: 11365 Westside Road, Vernon, BC · Directions
Times across the four RCCV parishes and St. Theresa's mission church are on the Mass & Confession page.
About this church
St. Benedict's Church stands at Ntsla'ko, at the head of Okanagan Lake on the lands of the Okanagan Indian Band. The parish gathers for Sunday worship across St. Benedict's and St. Theresa's, and adoration remains part of parish prayer life at St. Benedict's.
Catholic life at the head of the lake reaches back to the earliest days of the faith in this valley. Oblate missionaries entered the Okanagan in 1859, and St. Ann's Church at the nearby O'Keefe Ranch was completed in 1889: decades before any church stood in Vernon itself.
Today St. Benedict's remains a close-knit community within the family of Vernon-area parishes, sharing clergy, ministries, and celebrations with St. James, Our Lady of the Valley, and Sacred Heart.
Finding us
Parish office
The office for the four RCCV parishes and St. Theresa's mission church is at 2607 27 Street, Vernon, BC V1T 4W1.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Closed Wednesdays.