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
AVAILABLE SOON: 2022 Live-Stream link and Program!
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
AVAILABLE SOON: 2022 Live-Stream link and Program!
Sacred Scripture. Sacred Song.
Light in the Darkness.
Light in the Darkness.
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.
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
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! |
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 |
May 24th |
Awards Ceremony & Graduation Convocation 3pm – LIVE-STREAMED |
May 29th |
Year-end Performance @ 5:15pm in the auditorium |
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: TBD All Welcome |
