Welcometo the website of St John the Evangelist, Calgary. From 1905 to 2011 we were a parish of the Anglican Diocese of Calgary. The parish was dissolved in December 2011 when the majority of parishioners were received into the full communion of the Roman Catholic Church. We presently form the first Anglican Use parish in Canada, within the Diocese of Calgary, awaiting our formal establishment as a parish of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter.
In accordance with Pope Benedict XVI’s 2009 Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus, Personal Ordinariates for former Anglicans have now been established in England and the United States. The Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham (England and Wales) was established on 15 January 2011 and the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter (USA) was established on 1 January 2012. In time the Canadian Ordinariate parishes will form the Deanery of St John the Baptist, within the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter. |
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St John the Evangelist, Inglewood
St John’s is a friendly, family-oriented and welcoming Roman Catholic community, worshipping in one of Calgary’s oldest churches, located in historic Inglewood, the oldest neighbourhood in the city. The former Anglican parish was founded in 1905 (as part of the Church of England in Canada), and the present church dates from 1911, a living tribute to the work and ministry of the parish’s second rector, Canon Gervase Gale. It was designated as a Municipal Historic Resource in 2010.
Rooted in Catholic teaching and practice our worship is infused with our noble Anglican liturgical, musical and spiritual patrimony, as reflected in our liturgy, preaching and teaching. At 10.00 a.m. on Sundays the Solemn Mass is celebrated ad orientem at the High Altar with incense, and includes hymns, plainsong and a homily. Mass lasts about 1 hour and 30 minutes, and a Nursery and Sunday School are in place for toddlers and children. Refreshments follow Mass in the Cross Hall, adjacent to the church. Evensong is every Sunday at 6.00 p.m. (replaced by Stations of the Cross and Benediction in Lent). The 10.30 a.m. Wednesday Mass is a Low Mass, celebrated ad orientem at the High Altar. Mass lasts about 40 minutes. Low Mass will be celebrated each day when our former Anglican pastors are, God willing, ordained to the Catholic priesthood. The Offices of Mattins and Evensong are celebrated daily, and Confessions are available upon request. Please see our Worship page for details of times and other services. We are a growing parish, celebrating the joy of being Catholic, striving to make disciples of all nations, and conscious of our call to help heal the divisions in Christendom. We rejoice in the historic gesture of the the Holy Father in giving us the opportunity to enter the fullness of Catholic life in communion with the Apostolic See, whilst retaining elements of the patrimony of our Anglican tradition as a precious gift “nourishing the faith of the members of the Ordinariate and as a treasure to be shared.” |
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ASCENSION DAY THURSDAY 17 MAY 2012 LOW MASS with hymns 7.00 p.m. |
This Week at St John’s
Tuesday 15 May (Rogation Day)
10.30 a.m. Mattins 7.00 p.m. Evensong Wednesday 16 May (Rogation Day) 9.30 a.m. Mattins 10.30 a.m. Low Mass 7.00 p.m. Evensong Thursday 17 May (Ascension Day) 10.30 a.m. Mattins 7.00 p.m. Low Mass with Hymns 7.45 p.m. Choir Practice Friday 18 May (St John I, Pope & Martyr) 10.30 a.m. Mattins 7.00 p.m. Evensong Saturday 19 May (SS Dunstan, Ethelwold & Oswald, Bishops) 10.00 a.m. Holy Rosary 10.30 a.m. Mattins Sunday 20 May (Sunday after Ascension) 10.00 a.m. Solemn Mass 6.00 p.m. Evensong |
Monsignor Jeffrey Steenson preaching
at High Mass at St John’s, 15 April 2012 |
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Anglicanorum Coetibus
is the generous response of the Holy Father to the many requests that have been submitted to the Holy See from groups of Anglican clergy and faithful in different parts of the world who wish to enter into full, visible communion with the Catholic Church. The Constitution opens a new avenue for the promotion of Christian unity while, at the same time, granting legitimate diversity in the expression of the Catholic faith.
Please note that we are a Roman Catholic community, in full communion with our Holy Father, Pope Benedict. You do not have to have to have had any association with Anglicanism in order to attend any of our Masses or services. All Roman Catholics are permitted to receive Holy Communion at our Masses, and are most welcome to share in our fellowship. |
Please browse this website for further information, updates, history, photographs of parochial life, and for details about the many ways of involving yourself in our work and mission, or to find out more about the work of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter in the United States and Canada.
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_God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Galatians 6.14
by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Galatians 6.14
The Church of St John the Evangelist · 1423 8th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0N1, Canada · Telephone : 403.764.6827
office@calgaryordinariate.com
office@calgaryordinariate.com
