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2022-2023 EVENTS

Click HERE to view the recording of the 2021 Nine Lessons & Carols Liturgy
The 2021 Nine Lessons & Carols program is available in two formats:
Click HERE for the program in sequential format
Click HERE for the program in booklet format
Sacred Scripture. Sacred Song.

Light in the Darkness.
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​On Passion Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 7:30pm at St Anthony’s Church in Calgary, the candlelit St John Choir Schola Tenebrae service will follow our salvation narrative through crucial moments in Scripture, culminating in the betrayal and Passion of Christ. Together with the beautifully stirring music of the SJCS choirs, the sequence of short readings will draw us deeply into a meditation upon the unfathomable mercy and love of God.
 
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) and the gathering dusk; the last candle, the Christ candle, being ‘entombed’ by being removed from sight, leaving the church in dark silence; and the abrupt noise called the strepitus, intended to evoke the convulsion of the earth at the moment of Christ's death, and the rolling of the stone across the entrance to his grave. 
 
Into that stillness, when darkness appears to have overcome the Light, the Christ candle returns. Christ the Redeemer tramples death by death. 
 
All depart in silence.
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



​Here is our listing of ALL SJCS events:
​Sept 2nd​​​​
First Friday Mass & Staff Oath of Fidelity @ 12:15pm - St Peter's
Sept 10th
Family Welcome Back BBQ on campus
Oct 7th
First Friday Mass @ noon - Shrine of Our Lady of the Rockies
Oct 17th
SJCS AGM @ 7:00pm
Nov 2nd
Poetry Slam Qualification Round in auditorium - ALL WELCOME!​
Nov 4th​
First Friday Mass @ noon - Ascension Church - ALL WELCOME!
Nov 6th​
Senior Choir sings at St Albert the Great 11am Mass
Nov 9th​​
Poetry Slam  1:30pm in auditorium - LIVE STREAMED
Nov 30th​
Little Lambs Showcase @ 2:45pm in the gym
​Dec 2nd
First Friday Mass @ 3pm - St Anthony's Church​ - ALL WELCOME!
​Dec 11th​
​Nine Lessons & Carols @ 7:30pm - St Anthony's Church - ALL WELCOME!
​Jan 6th ​​
​First Friday Mass @ noon - St Patrick's Church - ALL WELCOME!
​​Feb 3rd ​​​
First Friday Mass @ 12:15pm - St Peter's - ALL WELCOME!
​​Feb 4th
Family Winter Dance @ 5:30pm in the gym
​Mar 3rd​​
First Friday Mass @ noon - Our Lady of the Assumption - ALL WELCOME!
Mar 31st​
​First Friday Mass @ 3pm - St Anthony's Church - ALL WELCOME!
Apr 2nd​
Tenebrae - Lenten Lessons & Hymns @ 7:30pm  - St Anthony's - ALL WELCOME!​
Apr 26-28th​​​
Musical Theatre Performances - ANNIE Jr!
May 5th
First Friday Mass @ 12:15pm - St Peter's - ALL WELCOME!
May 10th
Little Lambs Showcase @ 2:45pm in the gym
May 13th​
 Graduation Banquet @ St Luke's 6pm
May 24th
​Awards Ceremony & Graduation Convocation 3pm – LIVE-STREAMED
May 30th
Year-end Performance @ 6pm - Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall

FIRST FRIDAY MASS LOCATIONS
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September 2, 2022 at 12:15pm
(Friday Week 22 of Ordinary Time)
OM: 
Blessed Dina Bélanger
Location: St Peter's Church
All Welcome
Fr Gibson, celebrant

​October 7, 2022 at 12pm
(Friday Week 27 of Ordinary Time)
M: Our Lady of the Rosary
Location: Our Lady of the Rockies
All Welcome
Fr Lezano , celebrant

​November 4, 2022 at 12pm
(Friday Week 32 of Ordinary Time)
Location: Ascension Church
All Welcome
Fr Gannon, celebrant

December 2, 2021 at 3pm
(Friday Week 1 of Advent)
M: St Charles Borromeo
Location: St Anthony's Church
All Welcome
Fr Siray
, celebrant

January 6, 2023 at 12pm
(S: Epiphany of the Lord)
OM: Andre Bessette
Location: St Patrick's Church
All Welcome
Fr Lavigne, celebrant


February 3, 2023 at 12:15pm
(Friday Week 4 of Ordinary Time)
​OM: St Blase

Location: St Peter's Church
All Welcome
Fr Gibson, celebrant

March 3, 2023 at 12pm
(Friday Week 2 of Lent)
Katherine Drexel
Location: Assumption Church
All Welcome
Fr Emmelkamp, celebrant

March 31, 2023 at 3pm
(Friday in the Octave of Easter)
Location: St Anthony's Church
All Welcome
Fr Siray, celebrant

May 5, 2021 at 12pm
(Friday of Week 4 of Easter)
Location: St Luke's Church
All Welcome
Fr
 Nguyen, celebrant


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We are located in Calgary NW  by the Dalhousie Train Station!
FOR MORE INFO
​Contact SJCS Executive Director Connie Meckelborg: execdirector@sjcschola.ca
or the administration office: admin@sjcschola.ca
​587-892-7321

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