LENT Ash Wednesday February 18 7:30 am Low Mass with Blessing and Imposition of Ashes—Lady Chapel 8:15 am Confessions 12:10 pm Low Mass with Blessing and Imposition of Ashes—High Altar 12:45 pm Confessions 5:45 pm Confessions 6:30 pm High Mass with Blessing and Imposition of Ashes—High Altar Wednesdays during Lent 12:10 pm Mass 12:45 pm Rosary Fridays during Lent 12:10 pm Mass 12:45 pm Stations of the Cross Lenten Quiet Day 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
February 21 Leader: Lucy Price 230 Gore Street entrance, ring buzzer for access
Sundays during Lent Lent 1 9:30 – 10:15 am 4:00 pm
February 22 Formation—“Contemplative Ministry” Solemn Evensong and Benediction in Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Lent II 9:30 – 10:15 am
March 1 Formation—“Contemplative Ministry”
Lent III 9:30 – 10:15 am
March 8 Formation—“Contemplative Ministry”
Lent IV Mothering Sunday Bishops’ Visit 9:30 – 10:15 am Bishop’s Talk Lent V 9:30 am 12:00 pm 4:00 pm
March 15
March 22 Passion Chancel Play performed after Mass Passion Chancel Play performed after Mass Solemn Evensong and Benediction with Oculus Choir
Feast of the Annunciation March 25 12:10 pm Low Mass—Lady Chapel 6:30 pm High Mass with Procession Preacher Fr. Douglas Fenton
HOLY WEEK Palm Sunday 8:30 am 9:30 am 9:45 am 10:30 am
March 29 Low Mass with the Blessing of Palms No Formation session Confessions High Mass with the Blessing of Palms and neighbourhood procession
Preaching during Holy Week Bishop Melissa Skelton will be preaching Holy Monday through Holy Saturday. Monday in Holy Week 12:10 pm Low Mass with address
March 30
Tuesday in Holy Week March 31 12:10 pm Bishop Melissa invites us to join the Diocese in a Chrism Mass at Christ Church Cathedral Wednesday in Holy Week 12:10 pm Low Mass with address 7:30 pm Sung Office of Tenebrae
April 1
Our first special evening service during Holy Week is the ancient liturgy of Tenebrae, meaning “shadows.” It points to humanity’s rejection of God that must be rectified through the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. During the service, candles are gradually extinguished to symbolize the apparent victory of evil and chaos in the world, until the church is left in total darkness. At the end a loud noise symbolizes the earthquake at the resurrection. The “Christ light” will then be returned to its place. We depart in silence, contemplating the acts of salvation we will celebrate during the Triduum (The Three Days) that together lead us into the Resurrection. Maundy Thursday April 2 7:00 pm Solemn Mass of the Institution of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by an all-night Watch before the Altar of Repose In this liturgy we go back to the Upper Room as we commemorate this first Lord’s Supper which has become our chief act of worship together. The Mass is festive, in the middle of a very solemn week. There is no confession or absolution—we have come prepared to celebrate the deep joy of the gift that Jesus gave
to us, and no last minute communion preparations are necessary. During the Mass, foot washing by the celebrant of any person who wishes, recalls Jesus’ washing the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper as a symbol of his servant ministry that we are called to emulate. At the conclusion of the Mass, there is a solemn procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of Repose in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Here it will rest, surrounded by light and flowers, to provide a focus for personal prayer throughout the night. The sacred ministers return to the church for the Stripping of the Altars. We recite Psalm 22, remembering the stripping of Christ’s body, and we enter into a place and time of desolation where the light and shadow in our lives and the world becomes acute and stark. Immediately following the Mass we begin the “Watch” at the Altar of Repose, recalling the watch of the disciples with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. You are invited to spend time here in prayer and reflection. You may stay after the Mass or return at any time during the night and on the next morning, prior to the Good Friday liturgy. There is an opportunity for confessions after this Mass. Good Friday 10:00 am 2:00 pm 3:00 pm
April 3 Stations of the Cross for Children Stations of the Cross Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday
The Solemn Liturgy on Good Friday falls into four parts: 1. Scripture Readings: We begin with the Liturgy of the Word. We recount and reflect on our Lord’s Passion through the reading of holy scripture, hymns, and preaching. 2. Solemn Prayers of Intercession: There follows a series of prayers for the whole church and the world. These are ancient in form, from the earliest recorded observances of Good Friday. 3. The Veneration of the Cross: We then venerate “the wood of the cross.” It is a devotion of our gratitude for Jesus’ death on the cross. At the appropriate time you may come forward to the cross to genuflect and kiss it. During this time the choir will sing the Reproaches which recall Jesus’ agony, not in physical pain, but in the pain of rejection by those he has come to save. 4. Holy Communion: The liturgy concludes with Holy Communion, the final opportunity to receive the Sacrament until the first Mass of Easter. We have entered as fully as possible into the saving death and Passion of our Lord. First, in our minds as we listened to the Word; then with our wills, in exercising the love Jesus taught us by praying for all people; in our emotions, in grateful veneration of His Cross; and finally by our sacramental union with this Victim of the Cross in Holy Communion. By so entering into His Passion and death, we are carried along to the glory of His resurrection.
Holy Saturday April 4 9:00 pm The Great Vigil and First Mass of Easter with the Sacrament of Holy Baptism The Holy Saturday Rite is the link between the solemnity of Good Friday and the celebration of Easter. It is a drama of the creation and the redemption, beginning as a solemn night, with the church in near darkness. We see God gradually revealed to us in Light (The Liturgy of the New Fire); in Word (the Prophetic readings); in Water (the blessing of the Font, Baptism, and the renewal of Baptismal vows); and in Food, as we celebrate our salvation and new life in Christ with the first Mass of Easter.
FIFTY DAYS OF EASTER Easter Day 8:30 am 9:30 am 10:30 am 5:00 pm
April 5 Low Mass of the Resurrection No Formation session High Mass of the Resurrection with Procession Evensong and Benediction in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Ascension Day 6:30 pm High Mass
May 14
Pentecost 8:30 am 10:30 am
May 24 Low Mass High Mass with Procession and the Sacrament of Holy Baptism
EVERY SUNDAY OF THE YEAR On the last Sunday of the month holy anointing is offered after each Mass, and Evensong and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is sung at 4:00 pm (except during July and August). The Sacrament of Reconciliation Confession is available by making an appointment with any of the priests.
St. James’ Anglican Church 303 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1L4 Telephone: 604-685-2532 Email: office@stjames.bc.ca www.stjames.bc.ca