Holy Week and Easter 2020

Over the course of the past week, and through this weekend, St Mary’s and our sister parishes in the Diocese of Islands and Inlets have been offering various online opportunities to worship, to reflect and to pray. Here’s a brief summary, with links, to help you catch up on things you may have missed, or review what has already been helpful for you.

Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion

• Sunday morning worship with St Mary’s
• Sunday morning worship with Christ Church Cathedral
• Palm Sunday for Kids with Christ Church Cathedral

Holy Week

• Tennebrae: A service of shadows, with the Emmaus Community
• Maundy Thursday Service for use in the home, from St Matthias
• Maundy Thurday Anthem: O sacrum convivium (Giovanni Croce), from Christ Church Cathedral
• Organ Voluntary: Bach, By the rivers of Babylon, performed by Christ Church Cathedral Assistant Director of Music Mark McDonald

Good Friday

• The Passion of Christ, according to St Matthew: A reading and music for Good Friday, with St Mary's
• Anthem for Good Friday: On Our Saviour's Passion (Purcell), with Christ Church Cathedral
• Hymn: My song is love unknown, from Christ Church Cathedral

Holy Saturday

• in stillness, the earth waits: an at-home day retreat guide for Holy Saturday, with the Emmaus Community
• Easter Vigil in the Islands and Inlets: a live streamed Service of Light involving several parishes in the diocese (including St Mary’s), faciltated by Canon Craig, and led by Bishop Logan McMenamie. Even though the live stream is over, you can still view the recording

Easter Sunday

• Liturgy of the Word for Easter Day, with Christ Church Cathedral
• Easter Postlude: Widor's Toccata, performed by Christ Church Cathedral Director of Music Donald Hunt
• Choral Evensong for Easter Day, with Christ Church Cathedral

And as a bonus: here’s St Mary’s new paschal candle, handmade on Holy Saturday by Canon Craig: