Our Parish
Liturgies
All services are open for in-person attendance.
Our Saturday Latin Chant Masses and Sunday morning High Masses (and certain weekday High Masses) are live-streamed on Facebook. Bulletins are also be posted here.
You can find the live-stream at this link.
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Services and Bulletins​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​Wednesday, December 3
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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​​Thursday, December 4
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Friday, December 5
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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​Saturday, December 6, the Eve of Advent II
Latin Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​Sunday, December 7, Advent II
High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Monday, December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Tuesday, December 9
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Wednesday, December 10
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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​Thursday, December 11
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Friday, December 12
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Saturday, December 13, the Eve of Advent III (Gaudete)
Sung Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Sunday, December 14, Advent III (Gaudete)
High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Monday, December 15, the Solemnity of All Souls (transferred)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
High Mass of Requiem at 6:30 p.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Tuesday, December 16
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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​​Wednesday, December 17, O Sapientia
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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​Thursday, December 18, O Adonai
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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​​​Friday, December 19, O Radix Jesse
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Saturday, December 20, the Eve of Advent IV, O Clavis David
Latin Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​Sunday, December 21, Advent IV, O Oriens
High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Monday, December 22, O Rex Gentium
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Tuesday, December 23, O Emmanuel, the Feast of St. Thomas (transferred)
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Wednesday, December 24, the Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Procession, Blessing of Crèche & High Mass, 10 p.m.
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​​​​​​​​​​​​Thursday, December 25, the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Procession & High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)
No Evening Prayer
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Friday, December 26, the Feast of St. Stephen
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Saturday, December 27, the Feast of St John the Evangelist
Latin Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Sunday, December 28, Christmas I
High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Monday, December 29, the Feast of the Holy Innocents (transferred)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Low Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person)
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Tuesday, December 30
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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​Wednesday, December 31
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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​Thursday, January 1, the Feast of the Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Low Mass at 10 a.m. (In-person)
No Evening Prayer
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Friday, January 2
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Saturday, January 3, the Eve of Christmas II
Latin Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Sunday, January 4, Christmas II
High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​​​Monday, January 5
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Tuesday, January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m.
Procession, High Mass & Proclamation of the Date of Easter at 6:30 p.m. (In-person and online)​
​Wednesday, January 7
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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​Thursday, January 8
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Friday, January 9
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Saturday, January 10, the Eve of the Baptism of Our Lord
Latin Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Sunday, January 11, the Baptism of Our Lord
High Mass & Renewal of Baptismal Vows at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Monday, January 12
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Low Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person)
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​​​Tuesday, January 13
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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The Shrine of Christ the King
The Church of the Advent of Christ the King is an Anglo-Catholic parish of the Episcopal Diocese of California which is part of the Anglican Communion of the one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
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Anglo-Catholicism
Anglo-Catholicism is a school of thought within the Anglican Communion. Anglo-Catholic theology pays special regard to the teachings of the undivided church of the first seven councils and to the Caroline Divines of the Anglican Church of the 16th and 17th centuries. At the same time, believing that all truth is of God, we are open to truth wherever it is found. We place special emphasis on the importance of worship, the Eucharist and other Sacraments, the life of prayer and growth in personal holiness. Anglo-Catholic worship is rooted in the rich tradition of western catholicism. It uses the beauty of ceremony, vestments, color, incense, music, and architecture to engage the whole person and all five senses in the worship of God and to convey something of the transcendant holiness and glory of God. Although catholic worship and ritual was suppressed in the English Church during the Reformation, it began its revival in the 19th century during the Oxford Movement.
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The Oxford Movement
Begun about 1833 by John Keble (1792–1866), an Anglican priest and Professor of Poetry at Oxford University, the Oxford Movement represented a return to what Keble and his associates believed were the fundamental spirit and customs of the historical Christian Church. As such, the Oxford Movement encompassed two closely related Christian ideas: a renaissance in liturgy and ritual, and a return to parish care for the impoverished. In a published series of "Tracts for the Times," the Oxford group reasserted the doctrines of Apostolic Succession, the ministerial power of absolution, baptismal regeneration, and the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The tracts were greeted by many in Britain with high enthusiasm. At the same time, most parishes that embraced Oxford principles founded missions designed to minister to the less fortunate among them, especially the working poor. There were few Oxford-influenced Anglican parishes in England that did not mount such missions, or "Workingman's Institutes," as they were called. In general, as the historian Lytton Strachey has written of the movement's reception, especially among the young, "the notion of taking Christianity literally was delightful to earnest minds."