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2021-2022 EVENTS

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
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Click HERE to view the recording of the Nine Lessons & Carols Liturgy
on Sunday December 12th @ 7pm MT

The 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

​Here is our listing of ALL SJCS events:
​Sept 3rd ​​​​
First Friday Mass & Staff Oath of Fidelity in gym 
Oct 1st
First Friday Mass @ St Peter's for staff and students only - LIVE STREAMED
Nov 1st
SJCS Staff Professional Development
Nov 5th
First Friday Mass - Ascension Church @ noon
Nov 12th
Poetry Slam  1:30pm in auditorium - LIVE STREAMED
Dec 1st​
 Little Lambs Presentation @ 2:45pm
Dec 3rd​
First Friday Mass @ noon - Our Lady of Assumption for staff and students only
Dec 12th​​
Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols  @ 7pm LIVE STREAMED
​Jan 7th​
First Friday Mass @ noon - Our Lady of Assumption for staff and students only
​Feb 4th
​First Friday Mass - BVCC Gym for staff and students only. No streaming.
​Mar 4th ​
​First Friday Mass @ 12:15pm - St Peter's Church - ALL WELCOME!
​Mar 19th ​
Family Dance - BVCC Gym @ 5:30pm
​Apr 1st​​
First Friday Mass - St Anthony's @ 3pm - ALL WELCOME!
Apr 10th​
Tenebrae - Lenten Lessons & Hymns @ 7:30pm  - St Anthony's - ALL WELCOME!
Apr 14-20​​
 Holy Week/Easter break – No classes
May 6th​
First Friday Mass @ St Peter's - ALL WELCOME!
May 6th​
Graduation Banquet @ 6pm - St Peter's Church Hall​
May 25th​​​
Awards Ceremony & Graduation Convocation 3pm – LIVE-STREAMED
May 30th
Year-end Performance @ 5:15pm in the auditorium

FIRST FRIDAY MASS LOCATIONS
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September 3, 2021 at 12pm
(Friday Week 22 of Ordinary Time)
OM: 
Blessed Dina Bélanger
Location: BVCC Gym
All Welcome

Fr Emmelkamp, celebrant

​October 1, 2021 at 12pm
(The Holy Guardian Angels)
Location: St Peter's Church
Students and Staff only
Fr Gibson, celebrant


​November 5, 2021 at 12pm
(Friday Week 31 of Ordinary Time)
Location: Ascension Church
All welcome with capacity limits
Fr Avinash Colaco, celebrant

December 3, 2021 at 12pm
(Friday Week 1 of Advent)
St Francis Xavier
Location: Our Lady of the Assumption
Students and Staff only
Fr Emmelkamp & Fr Bouvette
, celebrants

January 7, 2022 at 12pm
(Friday after Epiphany)
OM: St Raymond Penyafort
Location: Our Lady of the Assumption
Students and Staff only
Fr Emmelkamp, celebrant


February 4, 2022 at 12pm
(Friday Week 4 of Ordinary Time)
​M: St Agatha

Location: BVCC Gym
Students and Staff only
Fr Bouvette, celebrant

March 4, 2022 at 12pm
(Friday Week 1 of Lent)
(World Day of Prayer)
Location: St Peter's Church
All Welcome
Fr Gibson, celebrant

April 1, 2022 at 12pm
(Friday Week 5 of Lent)
Location: St Anthony's Church
All Welcome
Fr Emmelkamp, celebrant

May 6, 2021 at 12pm
(Friday Week 3 of Easter)
Location: St Peter's Church
All Welcome
Fr Luxbacher, 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

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