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: www.facebook.com/The-Church-of-the-Advent-of-Christ-the-King-163166020389664/
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Services This Month ​
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Wednesday April 17
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Thursday April 18
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Low Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person)
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Friday, April 19
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Saturday, April 20, the Eve of Easter IV
Latin Chant Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)
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Sunday, April 21, Easter IV
High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)
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Monday, April 22
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Low Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person)
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Tuesday, April 23
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Wednesday, April 24
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Thursday April 25, the Feast of St Mark
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Low Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person)
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Friday, April 26
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Saturday, April 27, the Eve of Easter V
Latin Chant Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)
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Sunday, April 28, Easter V
High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)
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Monday, April 29
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Low Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person)
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Tuesday, April 30
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Wednesday, May 1, the Feast of Ss Philip & James
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Low Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person)
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Thursday, May 2
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Low Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person)
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Friday, May 3
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Saturday, May 4, the Eve of Easter VI
Latin Chant Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)
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Sunday, May 5, Easter VI (Rogation)
Crowning of Our Lady, High Mass, Procession & Blessing of the Garden at 11 a.m.
(In-person and online)
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Monday, May 6
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Low Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person)
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Tuesday, May 7
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Wednesday, May 8
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Thursday, May 9, the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Procession & High Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person and online)
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Friday, May 10
Low Mass at 12 noon (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Saturday, May 11, the Eve of Easter VII
Latin Mass at 5 p.m. (In-person and online)
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Sunday, May 12, Easter VII
High Mass at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)
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Monday, May 13
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
Low Mass at 6:30 p.m. (In-person)
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Tuesday, May 14
Low Mass at 8 a.m. (In-person)
Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. (In-person)
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Procession, High Mass & Solemn Te Deum at 11 a.m. (In-person and online)
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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 supressed in the English Church during the Reformation, it began its revival during the Oxford Movement of the 19th century.
The Shrine of Christ the King
The Oxford Movement
Begun about 1833 by John Keble, 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."