09/08/2026
Join us for our Mass this week on Thursday, September 10, 2026: Accession Day of His Majesty King Charles III
-Said Mass (Holy Communion) 10:00 am
990 Falmouth Road Victoria, BC V8X 3A3
www.ccsje.org
From King Charles III Address to the Nation & Commonwealth June 19, 2023:
"The role and the duties of Monarchy also remain, as does the Sovereign’s particular relationship and responsibility towards the Church of England – the Church in which my own faith is so deeply rooted. In that faith, and the values it inspires, I have been brought up to cherish a sense of duty to others, and to hold in the greatest respect the precious traditions, freedoms and responsibilities of our unique history and our system of parliamentary government. As The Queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I too now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the Constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. And wherever you may live in the United Kingdom, or in the Realms and territories across the world, and whatever may be your background or beliefs, I shall endeavour to serve you with loyalty, respect and love, as I have throughout my life."
https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2022-09-09/the-kings-address-to-the-nation-and-the-commonwealth
Collect for Accession Day:
ALMIGHTY GOD, who rulest over all the kingdoms of the world, and dost order them according to thy good pleasure: We yield thee unfeigned thanks, for that thou wast pleased, as on this day, to set thy Servant our Sovereign, King CHARLES, upon the Throne of this Realm. Let thy wisdom be his guide, and let thine arm strengthen him; let truth and justice, holiness and righteousness, peace and charity, abound in his days; direct all his counsels and endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare of his subjects; give us grace to obey him cheerfully for conscience sake, and let him always possess the hearts of his people; let his reign be long and prosperous, and crown him with everlasting life in the world to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Official Portrait Credit: Photograph by Millie Pilkington 2024)