ST JOHN CHOIR SCHOLA
An academic and choral program
founded on three great traditions:
Catholicism
Classical Education
​Choral Music​
CATHOLIC
CLASSICAL
CHORAL
Our program immerses homeschooling children in a learning environment
​that upholds ​Truth, Goodness and Beauty
SJCS respects the role of parents as their children's primary educator
​and  the role of the family as
society's most important institution
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  • Our Junior Program (Grades 1-6) is two days/week
  • Our Senior Program (Grades 7-12) is four days/week
  • All SJCS students participate in the choral program - No auditions!
  • SJCS is independent and does not receive public provincial funding
​An Evening of Lenten Lessons and Hymns

Video available for viewing
on the SJCS YouTube Channel
ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 13, 2022 at 7:00pm MT

This candlelit SJCS Tenebrae service contemplates our salvation narrative through the lens of the Testaments and the Divine Office. Together with the beautifully stirring music of the SJCS choirs, the short readings draw us deeply into the love and mercy of our redemption.

Marked by solemnity and stillness, the SJCS Tenebrae retains many of the traditional elements dating back to the 9th century: the gradual extinguishing of candles representing the abandonment of Christ by his disciples; the last candle, the Christ candle, being ‘entombed’ by being removed from sight, leaving the church in dark silence; and then an abrupt noise called the strepitus, intended to evoke the earthquake
at the moment of Christ's death.
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Into that stillness, when darkness appears to have overcome the Light, the Christ candle returns. Christ the Redeemer has trampled down death by death. All depart in silence.

“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”​​
Click HERE to view the broadcast of the Tenebrae Liturgy
on Wednesday April 13th @ 7pm MDT
The Tenebrae program is available in two formats:
Click HERE for the program in sequential format
Click HERE for the program in booklet format
WHAT OUR FAMILIES SAY...
"We have been so blessed by this community, the choir, and the academics. The children are thriving both academically and socially, and it has been a huge burden lifted off my shoulders. We love the classical model, the curriculum choices, the physical activity, the choir, the teachers and the other families !"
                                                  ~B. Family
"My kids love the choral program and I can see that it's not just empty words on their part because they break into song at home. They never did that before attending the schola!"
                                                   ~S. Family
"I thoroughly love the rich curriculum used and have been very impressed with how much my children have learned over the years. SJCS provides a wonderful environment and for me personally it was the perfect setting for my children - the best of homeschooling combined with the best of schooling."
                                                  ~O. Family