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
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
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
|
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 |
