2026 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.
Formation Offerings
(Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday)
The life of faith is a lifelong journey of learning and growth in discipleship. Which is why each year, during the season of Lent, we offer several opportunities for spiritual growth. We have multiple book studies, an introduction to what it means to be an “Episcopalian”, a depolarization workshop and more. Some of these do require that you sign up.
Pre-Lent Quiet Day
Saturday, February 14 from 9:30- 3:30pm in the Guild Room. Led by the Rev. Robert Bryant.
You are invited to take some time apart to journey from Transfiguration to Resurrection through the experience of Broadway, Hollywood, and Pop. Gathering on St. Valentine’s Day, we’ll contemplate how “Love Changes Everything”; then we’ll set our eyes on the Lenten way of the cross, and “Coming To The Tree”. Finally, we’ll remember that we are all called to Easter joy, and to “Rise Up”.
Three spoken meditations (with music) will set the framework for the day. Each of us will have time between the meditations to pray, read, walk the labyrinth, stroll in Balboa Park, journal, or do whatever settles you down into God’s presence.
Bring a bag lunch; beverages will be provided.
Zydeco
(Mardi Gras / Shrove Tuesday)
Tuesday, February 17
5:45 pm – Zydeco Mass
Usher in the season of Lent with one of the liveliest services of the year! Zydeco, is the Cathedral’s annual Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday celebration, complete with bead throwing, dancing in the aisles and live Zydeco music. We will once again be joined by our favorite Zydeco band The Zydeco Patrol. Please welcome guest preacher The Rev. Dr. Caleb J. Lines. In the Cathedral or worship online | (View Service Bulletin)
7 pm – Zydeco Reception
Join us in the Great Hall for a traditional pancake dinner, free of charge. Back by popular demand is the pancake race. Clergy will compete to see who is the fastest pancake flipper!
LENT
Lent is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year in preparation for Easter. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 18, and concludes on Holy Thursday, April 2. It echoes the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 18
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)
Ashes-To-Go Locations:
For more than a dozen years, St Paul’s Cathedral has been celebrating Ash Wednesday by taking the church to the streets with ASHES TO GO! Looking for a blessing and prayer? Find us at the following locations on February 18:
CITY HALL (202 C St.)
7:30 – 9:30 am
ST. PAUL’S COURTYARD (2728 6th Ave., located on 5th Ave. side)
8 – 2:30 pm
HALL OF JUSTICE (330 W. Broadway)
8:30 – 10:30 am
SUPERIOR COURT (1100 Union St., located on C St. side)
9 – 11:00 am
6th AVE. & B STREET,
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Stations of the Cross
Fridays, February 20 – March 27
6 pm – 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).
A Lenten Service of Music and Silence
Saturday, March 7, 7 pm, In the Cathedral
During Lent, the Cathedral calls us to slow down, to pray, and to listen more deeply. On Saturday evening, the chamber vocal ensemble ECHO will offer a meditative Lenten service shaped by music, silence, and reflection.
Rather than a traditional concert, this gathering is intended as a time of prayerful listening. Sacred works by Arvo Pärt, Lotti, Rheinberger, and Gjeilo will be offered without applause or spoken commentary, allowing space simply to rest in the sound and in the stillness that follows. The service will conclude in silence, so that all may depart quietly and unhurried.
The service will be led by Interim Choir Director Seonjeong Park, with organist Bruce Neswick, whose long association with the Cathedral and the wider Episcopal music community has been a gift to many. Event is free to attend, all are welcome.
HOLY WEEK
Palm Sunday, March 29
8 am – Liturgy of the Palms, Passion, and Eucharist in the Cathedral. (View Service Bulletin)
9:45 am – Procession (meet in Dean’s Courtyard), 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, April 1
7 pm – Choral Tenebrae in the Cathedral or worship online. | (View Service Bulletin)
Maundy Thursday, April 2
7 pm – Liturgy of the Day and Eucharist in the Cathedral or worship online. | (Service Bulletin)
8 pm – Soup Supper in the Great Hall
8:30 pm – Vigil in the Chapel of the Holy Family
Good Friday, April 3
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. (View Service Bulletin)
Holy Saturday, April 4
9 am – Holy Saturday liturgy in the Chapel of the Holy Family. (View Service Bulletin)
7:30 pm – Great Vigil of Easter, Dean Penny will preach and Bishop Susan will preside. In the Cathedral or worship online. | (View Service Bulletin)
9:30 pm – Easter Vigil Reception in the Great Hall.
Sunday of the Resurrection
Easter Day
Sunday, April 5
8 am – Holy Eucharist with hymns. (View Service Bulletin)
9:45 am – Children’s Egg Hunt in the Dean’s Courtyard
10:30 am – Festival Eucharist with the Bishop preaching and presiding. Worship online. | (View Service Bulletin)
