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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.

Services This Month

Wednesday, May 14

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Thursday, May 15

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Friday, May 16

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Saturday, May 17, the Eve of Easter V

Latin Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)

Sunday, May 18, Easter V

High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)

Monday, May 19

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Tuesday, May 20

Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Wednesday, May 21

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Thursday, May 22

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Friday, May 23

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Saturday, May 24, the Eve of Easter VI

Latin Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)

Rogation Sunday, May 25

High Mass, Procession & Blessing of the Garden at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)

Monday, May 26

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Tuesday, May 27

Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Wednesday, May 28

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Thursday, May 29, the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Procession & High Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person and online)

Friday, May 30

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Saturday, May 31, the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Latin Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)

Sunday, June 1, the Sunday after Ascension (Easter VII)

High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)

Monday, June 2

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Tuesday, June 3

Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Wednesday, June 4

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Thursday, June 5

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Friday, June 6

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Saturday, June 7, the Eve of the Day of Pentecost

Latin Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)

Sunday, June 8, the Day of Pentecost

High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)

Monday, June 9

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Tuesday, June 10

Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Wednesday, June 11

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Thursday, June 12

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Friday, June 13

Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Saturday, June 14, the Eve of the Most Holy Trinity

Latin Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)

Sunday, June 15, the Most Holy Trinity

High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)

Monday, June 16

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Tuesday, June 17

Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)

Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)

Shrine of Christ the King

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."

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