Lent & Holy Week

Formation Classes/Book Studies | Events | Service Schedules 

Click Here for our collection of daily reflections for the Lent season.  The physical booklets will be available in the porches on Sunday.

Lenten Book of Reflections

Our annual lent booklet has all your daily reflections.  Click here to view

Stations of the
Cross

Follow along with The Very Rev. Penny Bridges.  Click here to view on Youtube

Ash Wednesday 

Wednesday, Feb. 14
  • 7 am – Imposition of ashes in the Chapel of the Holy Family
  • 8 am – 12 pmAshes-to-Go, find us around San Diego at the following locations:
    • Queen’s Courtyard (2728 6th Ave., enter on 5th Ave. side) from 8 am – 12 pm
    • Hall of Justice (330 Broadway), from 8 am – 12 pm
    • City Hall (202 C St.), from 7:30 – 10:30 am
    • San Diego Superior Courthouse (Union St. and C St.) from 7:30 – 11:30 am
    • 6th Ave. and B St., from 11 am – 1 pm
    • Convention Center MTS Stop (301 K St.) from 8:30 – 10:30 am
    • Hillcrest (4th Ave. and University) from 10 am – 12 pm
  • 12 pm – Imposition of ashes in the Cathedral (View Service Bulletin
  • 7 pm – Imposition of ashes and eucharist in the Cathedral or worship online | (View Service Bulletin)

Lenten Formation Classes/Studies:

Embracing Evangelism

Starting February 18 (Sundays at Noon, in person in the Guild Room) 4 weeks

Sponsored by the Evangelism committee and led by Phyllis Lengyel.

Learn Episcopal Evangelism rooted in joy, gratitude, and holy curiosity; where seeking and speaking of Jesus’ loving presence in our own lives makes inviting other people to celebrate God’s life and love for them a natural consequence. Contact Licensed Lay Evangelist Phyllis Lengyel for questions: plengyel@swbell.net.

Lunch will be provided. 

Sign up for this class (Click Here).

Book Study: So We and Our Children May Live

Starting February 19 (Monday nights 7 – 8:30 pm, Virtually on Zoom)

Led by the Creation Care book study team.

Join virtually with our friends across the diocese as we read and discuss So We and Our Children May Live by Sarah Augustine and Sheri Hostetler. “Climate change is just a symptom of a larger ecological crisis. If we want change, we must realize that the solutions to the problems we face can’t come through the same systems that created those problems in the first place. This book offers hope for a better future alongside concrete actions for joining with Indigenous Peoples to protect life and negotiate with decision-makers for sustainable change that follows Jesus. In these pages, readers are called to confront climate change and choose life for our children and the future of our planet.”

Sign up for this class (Click Here).

Book Study: The Nonviolent God

Starting February 21 (Wednesday nights 6:30 – 8 pm, Virtually on Zoom)

Led by the Rev. Dr. Carol Worthing

The challenge of our Book Study for Lent is one that followers of Jesus need to wrestle and grow with, especially as we struggle to cope with expressions of religious violence in our world today.   Authored by J. Denny Weaver, an American theologian who comes out of the Peace Church tradition, The Nonviolent God was published in 2013 by Eerdmans Pub. Co.  According to Weaver: “Since God is supremely revealed in Jesus, the nonviolence of Jesus most truly reflects the character of God.  The way we Christians live – our ethics – is an ongoing expression of the Jesus story.” 

Weaver sets forth images of God made visible in the narrative of Jesus – his nonviolent practice, forgiveness and restorative justice, standing up against racism and sexism, to help Christians more faithfully display God’s shalom in our violent world.  We will gather on Zoom on Wednesday evenings, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., for the five weeks of Lent, 2024: Feb. 21, 28, March 6, 13, 20. The book is available online in paperback and ebook. 

Register for this Christian Formation Book Study, with Rev. Dr. Carol Worthing, at carol.worthing@gmail.com.

“What is an Episcopalian?” Class

Starting February 21 (Wednesday nights 7 – 8:30 pm, in person on the 2nd floor of 525 Olive Street Building) 5 weeks
Led by Cathedral clergy. You’re invited to join our Lent adult inquirers’ class, where you can learn about the Episcopal Church and discern whether to be baptized, confirmed, or received by the Bishop at the Easter Vigil on March 30. The class is taught by Cathedral clergy and will take place Wednesday nights at 7 pm on the second floor of our office building (located at 525 Olive Street, San Diego, CA 92103). Sign up for this class (Click Here).

Lenten Forum Series: Walking the 7 Stone Path—A Lenten Practice

From February 18 to March 24, 9 am in the Guild Room

Join author and philosophy professor Peter Bolland for a five-week study of his new book The Seven Stone Path: An Everyday Journey to Wisdom. Using questions and prompts from The Seven Stone Path Workbook, we’ll explore the insights from the world’s wisdom traditions and root them deeply into our own spiritual practice during this sacred Lenten season. Workbooks are free, but get your copy of The Seven Stone Path: An Everyday Journey to Wisdom online wherever you buy books, or buy it directly from the author at these sessions (cash, check, or Venmo). View entire schedule (Click Here).

Ash Wednesday 

Wednesday, Feb. 14
  • 7 am – Imposition of ashes in the Chapel of the Holy Family
  • 8 am – 12 pm – Ashes-to-Go throughout San Diego
  • 12 pm – Imposition of ashes in the Cathedral (View Service Bulletin
  • 7 pm – Imposition of ashes and eucharist in the Cathedral or worship online | (View Service Bulletin)

Stations of the Cross

Fridays, Feb. 16. – Mar. 22, 6 pm, in the Cathedral

Each Friday during Lent join us in the Cathedral for Stations of the Cross. Stations of the Cross is a contemplative spiritual practice in which participants walk around the Cathedral stopping at 14 sculptures which depict Jesus’ last days on earth. 

Or take a “virtual tour” of the stations in this video (Click Here to view on YouTube).

Distribution of Ashes
& “Lent at Home” boxes for families  

Saturday, Feb. 26, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Curbside pick-up for prepackaged / pre-blessed, ashes and “Lent at Home” boxes for the whole family.  You’ll want these ashes to participate in an Ash Wednesday Service.  Simply show up on the 5th Ave side of St. Paul’s Cathedral (2728 Sixth Ave, San Diego, CA 92103).

The Great Litany

Sunday, Mar. 6, First Sunday in Lent

8 am – The Great Litany and Holy Eucharist in the Cathedral

10:30 am – The Great Litany and Holy Eucharist in the Cathedral

HOLY WEEK

Palm Sunday, March 24

8 am – Liturgy of the Palms, Passion, and Eucharist in the Cathedral.

9:45 am – Procession, Liturgy of the Palms, Passion, and Eucharist in the Cathedral or worship online. | (View Service Bulletin)

5 pm – Choral meditation on the Passion in the Cathedral or worship online. | (View Service Bulletin)

Holy Wednesday, March 27

7 pm – Choral Tenebrae in the Cathedral or worship online. | (View Service Bulletin

Maundy Thursday,  March 28

7 pm – Liturgy of the Day and Eucharist in the Cathedral or worship online. | (Service Bulletin)

8:30 pm – Vigil in the Chapel of the Holy Family

Good Friday, March 29

12 pm – Choral Music and Meditations on the Passion in the Cathedral or worship online. | (View Service Bulletin)

7 pm – Good Friday liturgy in the Cathedral or worship online. (View Service Bulletin)

Holy Saturday, March 30

9 am – Holy Saturday liturgy in the Chapel of the Holy Family. (View Service Bulletin)

7:15 pm – Great Vigil of Easter, Bishop Susan will preside and preach in the Cathedral. Worship online. | (View Service Bulletin)

Sunday of The Resurrection, Easter Day

Sunday March 31

8 am – Holy Eucharist in the Cathedral with the Dean preaching. (View Service Bulletin)

10:30 am – Festival Eucharist with the Dean preaching in the Cathedral. Worship online. | (View Service Bulletin)

Additional services and events coming soon.

Thank you FOR YOUR PLEDGE!

Because of you, we can continue to serve as a center of transformative love, faith and service!

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