If you didn't have the opportunity to attend yesterday evening's Lenten Service, we warmly invite you to come next week and every Wednesday from 4.30-5.00 pm to rest  in the quiet, to deepen your Lenten experience . All are welcome.

We will be using the the Liturgy Pray Without Ceasing, and everyone is warmly invited.

For more information, connect with Helen Love.

In Dean Ansley’s charge to vestry last month, she noted a need to expand our awareness of the needs around us. Many of us are already addressing some of these needs as volunteers – and it is important for the Church to uphold these ministries. Knowing what all we’re up to in God’s world is one way of heightening our awareness of need, and perhaps also of choosing agencies with whom we can partner. If you have a volunteer ministry in the world, please add your agency or cause to the blue poster inside the front doors of the church. Index cards, markers and a glue stick are nearby!

Last Chance for Photo Directory photos: Next Sunday, March 22, after the 8.30 and 10.30 services, Angela Goddard will be taking pictures for our new photo directory. Paula Skippon or Lonnie Palmer will be in attendance for this purpose. Here are the dates and times for the photo-taking. No appointment is needed:

• Sunday March 22, after the 8.30 and 10.30 services.

Thanks to everyone who has participated. This will be a great boon to our new rector.

Lenten Prayer in the style of Taize at St Joseph the Worker Catholic Church 753 Burnside Road West, 6pm Friday March 20th, 2026. Everyone welcome. ‘A way of searching for God in silence and prayer in the midst of daily life.’

Followed by (optional) 7pm Stations of the Cross.

www.taize.fr

On Saturday March 28  from 10am- noon in the Parish Hall, everyone is invited to a fun annual family event of Palm Cross making. Whether you have made many palm crosses in Lents past, or this is your first time, join us and be a part of an age-old Lenten tradition. Refreshments will be served. The altar guild is also reaching out for help with set up. Connect with Nancy Whysker if you can assist.

Holy Week is the Church’s most sacred week of the year. It runs from Palm Sunday (March 29) and concludes Easter Day (April 5). During that week, our liturgical observances slow down to real time. We follow Jesus day by day from his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, till the last night of his earthly life and the “Last Supper,” through Good Friday until Easter Day. During Holy Week, the Church traditionally sets aside all its usual “busyness” – meetings, social gatherings and the like, in order to allow everyone freedom to “walk the way of the cross” with Christ. Here is our schedule of services:

Palm Sunday – March 29, 2026

8.30 a.m. Holy Eucharist

9.30 a.m. Joint Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)

10.30 a.m. Procession of Palms & Holy Eucharist (begin in Parish Hall)

Maundy Thursday

5.30 p.m. Parish Supper (Parish Hall)

7.00 p.m. Proper Liturgy and Stripping and Washing of the Altar

Good Friday

12.00 noon Proper Liturgy

Easter Day

8.30 a.m. Holy Eucharist

10.30 a.m. Holy Eucharist

11.45 a.m. Dressing of the Graves

Since first performed on Good Friday, April 7, 1724, J.S. Bach’s legendary St John Passion sees performances around the world in the week before Easter.

One of Bach’s two surviving Passions, the St John Passion translates the story of Jesus’ trial, betrayal, crucifixion, and death on the cross into magnificent music.

Bach’s legendary oratorio is again being performed by the choirs of Christ Church Cathedral and the Church of St John the Divine led by David Stratkauskas with Victoria's beloved Ben Butterfield as Evangelist. While the performance is in the lead up to Easter, this concert experience is an opportunity to hear one of the season’s greatest works performed by the city’s finest musicians. 

Tickets available HERE.

Each week we provide a new link posted here in the newsletter, so please make sure you watch this space for the latest link to attend the service live.

HERE is the link to tune in this Sunday

And don't worry- If you missed the service last Sunday, you can still catch the recording (scroll down to the section below: "Sunday Services at St Michael's" and click on: "Watch the Service here.").

Our Sunday 8:30am service is shaped by the 1962 Book of Common Prayer. The lilt and rhythm of old English finds its way into this liturgy, and some beautiful turns of phrase illuminate this service where there is no music. While the service itself is quiet, regular attendees are lively, friendly and very welcoming.

Our Sunday 10:30am service, shaped by the Book of Alternative Services, includes music and more contemporary language and images for understanding God. This service is normally recorded and available for view on Sunday afternoon on the website.

WATCH the RECORDING of Last Sunday's Service HERE

Diocesan Summer Retreat - Tuesday, August 4 to Thursday, August 6, 2026 - Salt Spring Island

During Lent, the days that the Office is open will shift to Tuesday, Thursday & Friday. Closed on Wednesdays Feb 18, 25, Mar 4, 11, 18, & 25. Hours will remain the same. 

The regular office schedule will resume Tuesday March 31st.

Any questions please email admin@stmikevictoria.ca or call 250-479-0540

There are several email addresses setup for your convenience contacting the church.  Please refer to the list below and feel free to reach out when you need to.