Welcome
St. Michael’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church is the oldest church in Carlsbad. The historic chapel, built in 1894, is still in use for services.
As far as churches go, it’s kind of a beachy version of the ancient Christian Faith and is rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.
Whether you’re in town for a week at the beach or a local pilgrim on a spiritual journey, you are welcome here!
Services
Sunday Mass is celebrated at 9:30am. Seating is available both inside the church and outside on the lawn.
Daily Mass is Tuesday-Friday at 12:00pm and Saturday at 5:30pm inside the chapel.
Daily Morning and Evening Prayer are online.
Many faithful Christians have, and do, and will continue to call this place home. There are those who mind the lantern and love and serve God and others in this place. But there are just as many migrants seeking safe passage as they travel the road from brokenness to belief. They are on The Way, and St. Michael’s serves as a holy resting place to be refreshed and nourished.
Amidst the brokenness of humanity, and indeed, the brokenness of the Church, St. Michael’s beckons weary travelers to the beauty of this coastline, and the infinitely greater beauty of the life-giving and soul-saving gift of Our Lord Jesus Christ and his One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. He is the rock upon which this beacon is built. Whoever you are, and wherever you find yourself on your journey of faith, there is a place for you here.
Learn more about St. Michael’s with this eclectic conversation on the The Living Church Podcast, where Fr. Doran discusses jazz and evening prayer, pickleball courts and Anglo-Catholic liturgy.
Upcoming Events
Solemn Blog Mass
Read and pray the liturgy from home
Day of Pentecost
Prelude Now Pray We to the Holy Spirit | Dietrich Buxtehude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDtfonIRBZA Opening Meditation Come Down, O Love Divine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UvIMD3mTD4 Come down, O Love divine, seek thou this soul of mine,And visit it with...
Ascension Sunday
Prelude Largo | George Frideric Handel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUoLKEdy_Rw Opening Meditation Hail, The Day That Sees Him Rise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74TiJiyhL4Q Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia!Glorious to his native skies; Alleluia!Christ,...
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Prelude Ave Maria | Bach-Gounod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hu6onHLxmA Opening Hymn Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFDOVmAyfw4 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; to his feet thy tribute bring;Ransomed, healed, restored,...
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Prelude Come Down, O Love Divine | Setting by Wilbur Held https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hu6onHLxmA Opening Hymn Praise To The Living God! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFDOVmAyfw4 Praise to the living God! all praised be his NameWho was, and is, and is to be, for...
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Prelude The Lord Is My Shepherd | Garth Edmunson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUxXHFYxPc Opening Hymn Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXkS7Pvmkiw Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; to his feet thy tribute bring;Ransomed,...
The Third Sunday of Easter
Prelude Adagio, Opus VII, No. 7 | Charles John Stanley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3IC_1-5SCk Opening Meditation Praise To The Holiest In The Height https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HVynRDw9NQ Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise;In all...
