It had been his intention that the large area behind the altar should be an organ loft but a later decision was made to locate the organ pipes in the gallery. The console was in the chancel where the bishop's chair now stands.

A very expensive item was the retaining wall on the east side of the church that was essential to prevent the houses above it from sliding down the bank into the building. An active parishioner himself, Frank was determined to involve fellow-members in the construction of the new church and with one exception the professional consultants were St. Catherine's parishioners. Every attempt was made to utilize as much of the existing furniture as possible. The pews, altar and rail in the chapel and some pews in the church are from the Hollingsworth church. The cross that is mounted on the chapel wall was also in that building. After hours spent working out the finest detail, Frank was sure he had missed nothing. The night before the dedication he realized he had forgotten to include hymn number boards in his plan. He rushed down to the church and quickly nailed strips of wood on two of the laminated arches. He assumed they would be a stop-gap until permanent boards were mounted. Those temporary strips of wood are still being used thirty-one years later.

One of the last great services in the Hollingsworth church was the confirmation of 63 candidates by Bishop Gower on May 27, 1962.

The existing church was demolished early in the summer of 1962 and construction of the new building immediately commenced. Enid Godkin recalls the most exciting moment for her was the arrival of the huge trusses that she watched from the kitchen window in the rectory. The construction, which took only six months, was hurried in order to have the building ready for Christmas. The builders had not quite completed their work in time for the opening service so volunteers worked all Saturday and through the night to clean the new building. On Sunday, December 16th, amid much rejoicing, Bishop Gower dedicated the new church. The chapel was set apart as a memorial to Gerald Houlgrave. The sermon was preached by the Reverend C.G. W. Nicholls, Head of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia. Appropriately, the Bishop's chaplain was the Reverend W.C. Daniel, who had assisted at the first service in the open air in June 1948.

The large wooden cross that hangs above the altar was made by Ron Seal. Architect Frank Anderson had prescribed that it be hollow and ballasted with sixty pounds of sand so it would not sway. Ron adzed the cross to give it a rustic appearance. Other gifts to furnish the church included the pulpit, prayer desks, altar linen, a processional cross, candlesticks and a sanctuary lamp for the chapel, alms basin, an altar missal and two umbrella stands. Bert Grant crafted a pair of large brass vases that are two of the four in use today. . When the McFeltan newly-weds left in September 1963 the parish welcomed Miss Mary Pellatt, who assumed Mrs. McFeltan's role as parish worker and in addition, became the church secretary. It should be mentioned that with the exception of the Reverend Percy Bays all Mr. Godkin's assistants were unpaid.
Mary Pellatt was a patient at Lions Gate Hospital when the Reverend John Godkin, Felton Kent and Brian Brady interviewed her for the position of parish worker and church secretary in 1963. She would remain at St Catherine's for 13 years. Her background had prepared her well. Since the 1930's she had taught in an Anglican residential school in northern Ontario, then in a small church school in Toronto before training as a social worker. She took a course in church music in London, Ontario and later trained to be a church secretary. After two office jobs and "a little organ work on the side" she packed her bags for British Columbia in 1960 and commenced a job as bookkeeper at a hospital run by the United Church in Bella Coola. Wishing to retain her Anglican connection she contacted the nearest priest, the Reverend J .R. Carpenter at Ocean Falls. They became good friends and when he retired in 1962 Mary accompanied him to North Vancouver where he was assisting at St. Martin's Church. She joined the staff at St. Catherine's and shortly afterwards John Godkin invited Father Carpenter to become his honorary assistant.

Sunday School registration was at its highest point., during the early '60's with over 1,000 pupils enrolled. Secretaries and superintendents came under Mary's supervision and her responsibilities included setting up in preparation for classes and training teachers. Aside from Christian education she attended choir practices, organized a junior choir and was a liaison for the growing number of groups within the church. Her first love was music but she had little opportunity to play the organ.

She recalls that the church did not have much money for repairs and John Godkin frequently took on the jobs himself. For many years St. Catherine's Sunday services were at eight and eleven o'clock in the morning, with Evensong at 7:30. During Lent 1956 Archdeacon Greig had started a mid-week celebration of Holy Communion and this practice continues today. In September 1959 a 9:30 a.m. family service was added to the Sunday schedule.

The Reverend Ian Grant would later change the two morning services to one at 10 0' clock to overcome the general feeling that St. Catherine's had become two distinct congregations.

An early Christmas pageant was staged in the area above the altar and elaborate tableaus were used to tell the story of the Nativity. The scene of the Holy Family remains today and is often silhouetted behind the screen for Christmas services.

During the years 1963 to 1966 church membership was in a gradual decline. Parochial statistics for St. Catherine's parish show 2,900 "souls" and 730 families in 1963; 2,400 "souls" and 660 families in 1966. However, dedication and enthusiasm did not decline. New organizations were formed and with the existing groups, contributed much to the life of the parish. The sixties was a decade of great change in the universal church and from John Godkin's message to the parish in January, 1966, it would appear that concern about the change had reached the Capilano Highlands. "Changes of various kinds are inevitable in the church, and Anglicans must learn to give up imagining that the Church customs and rituals that they learned in childhood will always be available to them, and remain unchanged, however irrelevant. They may find parishes which have managed to remain unchanged, and they may find peace there, but it will be the peace of death."

In 1967 Norman Hind-Smith resigned after ten years as organist at St. Catherine's and in September Peter Chappell was appointed to the position of organist and choirmaster. He recalls that his appointment came at the time of a resurgence of interest in the musical life of many of the major churches in Canada. Greater emphasis was placed on quality singing in smaller groups, rather than the "oratorio society" style of choral singing. Peter saw his appointment as an opportunity to be part of that movement. In the 13 years he served the parish, he succeeded in making the musical experience at St Catherine's the music of the church, and not the stage. At the time of his appointment there were three choirs - senior, intermediate and girls junior. Shortly after his arrival he formed a choir that ultimately numbered 24 boys and 12 men. For a brief time they sang once a month at the morning service. This choir's involvement in non-parish activities included choir camps, workshops, visits to local churches, St. James, Vancouver, and travels to churches on Saltspring Island, Chilliwack, Nanaimo, Parksville and Hope, where Peter's father, the Reverend Leslie Chappell, was rector. Peter believes the choir's greatest outside achievements were winning the Kiwanis Music Festival trophy for two consecutive years and gaining honourable mention at the McLean-Hunter/CTV competition. The latter was particularly gratifying as St. Catherine's choir competed against many fine church choirs throughout Western Canada.

The Reverend J.R. Carpenter resigned as Rector's Honorary Assistant in 1968 because of ill-health, and John Godkin was left with only one ordained assistant, the Reverend J.P. Chapman, to assist at the crowded celebrations of Holy Communion. When the Canadian House of Bishops authorized laymen and women to administer the chalice Mr. Godkin foresaw the move as a probable solution to the problem at St. Catherine's. Nowhere else in the world were women allowed to serve in this way. In Mr. Godkin's opinion it was a step forward, "even if joining the 20th century in 1969 may appear rather tardy to many people."

1969 began with the consecration on January 26th of the Reverend T. David Somerville as Coadjutor Bishop to now Archbishop Godfrey Gower. Nearly 5000 people attended 'the service in the PNE Agrodome where St. Catherine's choir members were among the 500 choristers from all parts of the diocese. The February issue of the Anglican News described the joyous occasion in word and photographs. Among the articles was Archbishop Gower's monthly letter in which he wrote "A pen better than mine may one day write a description of (the consecration) " Twenty-two years later, the pen belonged to Archbishop David's wife, Frances, who did indeed write a description of this event in her book David, Bishop and Friend. During his time as bishop and later archbishop, David visited St. Catherine's on many occasions for confirmations and other gatherings. Following his retirement he attended a number of services as a private member of the congregation and following his marriage in 1985 he became a member of the parish.

Following an informal suggestion by John Godkin that a Meals on Wheels program should be established on the North Shore, St. Catherine's was one of thirteen churches which became involved. Clara Miller was the first captain and Ruth Grant, who was among the first to help with the program, continued to be active until 1991.
Towards the end of the Godkins' time at St. Catherine's, parishioner Brian Brady drove into the church parking lot to take John and Enid to the airport and it is believed that his car headlights shone into the chapel, disturbing a thief or thieves who had broken into the building through a basement door. The theft was discovered when Mary Pellatt found pieces of the brass candlesticks strewn on the floor of the chapel. The processional cross also was stolen. A Deep Cove artist created a new cross and holders for processional tapers which are used in the church today. With all pieces he cleverly incorporated some old square nails retrieved from a prison in Lilloett.
On February 15, 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Godkin left the parish they had guided through fourteen years of growth and change. The parish hall was crowded with parishioners who came to wish them well in their new parish of St. Laurence, Coquitlam. For two months the Reverend Tom Bailey from the Anglican Theological College ministered to the congregation.