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 posted here.
You can find the live-stream at this link.
You can access past liturgies on our YouTube Channel
Services and Bulletins
Friday, November 6
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Saturday, November 7, the Eve of Pentecost XXIV
Latin Vigil Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)
Sunday, November 8, Pentecost XXIV
High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)
Monday, November 9
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Tuesday, November 10
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Wednesday, November 11
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Thursday, November 12
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Friday, November 13
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Saturday, November 14, the Eve of Pentecost XXV
Latin Vigil Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)
Sunday, November 15, Pentecost XXV
High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)
Monday, November 16
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Tuesday, November 17
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Wednesday, November 18
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Thursday, November 19
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Friday, November 20
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Saturday, November 21, the Eve of Christ the King
Latin Vigil Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)
Sunday, November 22, the Feast of Christ the King
Procession, Pontifical High Mass & Te Deum at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)
Monday, November 23
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Tuesday, November 24
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Wednesday, November 25
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Thursday, November 26, Thanksgiving Day
Low Mass with Hymns at 10 a.m. (In-person)
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.
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.
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."