ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ORATORY

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1 JANUARY 1, 2017 OCTAVE-DAY OF THE NATIVITY ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ORATORY HOLY MASS SCHEDULE: Sunday Mass 8:00am & 10:00am Monday - Saturday Mass 8:00am Tuesday Mass 6:30pm Wednesday Mass 12:15pm ORATORY CLERGY: VERY REV. MSGR. R. MICHAEL SCHMITZ, STD, JCD Vicar General & Delegate for the United States REV. CANON MATTHEW L. TALARICO Provincial Superior, United States REV. CANON MICHAEL K. WIENER Rector, Episcopal Delegate REV. CANON JEAN-BAPTISTE COMMINS Vicar REV. CANON DAVID N. SILVEY Vicar ABBÉ ALEX J. BARGA Sacristan ORATORY STAFF: First Fridays High Mass 6:30pm Holy Days of Obligation Mass 8:00am & 12:15pm High Mass 6:30pm Holy Days of Obligation on a Saturday 8:00am & 12:15pm SACRED DEVOTIONS: Mother of Perpetual Help Tuesday 8:00am & 6:30pm Adoration Thursday 6:30pm CONFESSIONS: 30 minutes before all Masses Mr. Jon Roché Mrs. Mary Hayworth Mr. Nicholas Botkins Accounting Manager Office Administrator Director of Sacred Music Even when the world turns upside down and everything be in darkness, still your angels are around you like sentinels of God. - St. Francis de Sales INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST

2 LITURGICAL CALENDAR SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 FEAST OF THE CIRCUMCISION & OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS, 1ST CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Nicole Stamm 10:00am High Mass - Xavier Aufmuth MONDAY, JANUARY 2 HOLY NAME OF JESUS, 2ND CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Eleanor Heithaus TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 VOTIVE MASS OF THE ANGELS 8:00am Low Mass - Joey Szahowski, RIP 6:30pm Low Mass - Restoration & Benefactors of the Oratory WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 VOTIVE MASS OF ST. JOSEPH 8:00am Low Mass - Roger & Doris Fournelle 12:15pm Low Mass - Robert Florich & Katherine Burke THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 VOTIVE MASS OF JESUS CHRIST ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST 8:00am Low Mass - Harold Diaz, RIP 6:30pm Adoration FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD, 1ST CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Richard Unterreiner, RIP 6:30pm Low Mass - Agnes Smith, RIP SATURDAY, JANUARY 7 VOTIVE MASS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY 8:00am Low Mass - Joseph F. Schutzman, RIP SUNDAY, JANUARY 8 FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY, 2ND CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Lorraine Davies, RIP 10:00am High Mass - Jean Klein, RIP SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 8:00am Low Mass Acolytes: Steven Gilroy, Alexander Unseth, 10:00am Solemn Mass Master of Ceremonies: Timothy White Thurifer: Justin Newton Acolyte 1: Wolfgang Davidson Acolyte 2: Joseph Pekny Crucifer: Austin Newton Choir Master of Ceremonies: Patrick Stamos Torchbearers: Raphael VandenBergh, Johnny Underwood, Michael Ruggiero, Sam Huber, Liam Aufmuth, Mark Stamos THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 6:30pm Adoration Master of Ceremonies: Patrick Stamos Thurifer: Dominic Stamos Acolyte 1: Michael Lazella Acolyte 2: Timothy White Torchbearers: Mark Stamos, Joseph Pekny FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 6:30pm Low Mass Acolytes: Patrick Stamos, Joseph Pekny SUNDAY, JANUARY 8 8:00am Low Mass Acolytes: Alexander Unseth, Steven Gilroy 10:00am High Mass Master of Ceremonies: Patrick Stamos Thurifer: Wolfgang Davidson Acolyte 1: Thomas Stamos Acolyte 2: Greg Ortwerth Crucifer: Michael LaZella Choir Master of Ceremonies: Gus Ortwerth Torchbearers: Sean Paul, Gabriel Ruggiero, William Cassibry, Joseph Pekny, Victor Brown, Thomas Bornhop

3 NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS J 6: E - M 8:00 6:30 J 8: M T 10 H M ( U ) J 27: M L W, D.C. J 29: F S. F S C C -O 10 M M 10-12: C W S C L H C C - J 29, 2017 On Sunday, January 29, following the celebrations of the External Solemnity of the feast of Saint Francis de Sales, we will host a family friendly chili cook-off in the church hall. Hot chili and cold beer what better way to face the chill of winter than to share your culinary skills with your friends at the Oratory! Chili with toppings, hotdogs, drinks and dessert will be available. Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 winners! If you would like to enter your favorite homemade chili in the contest or would like more information, please contact the Rectory. Pricing and more details to follow. R If you wish to become a member of St. Francis de Sales Oratory, please return a registration card to the Oratory with your contact information, and we will send you a form for registration. Through your membership you can help support our work at the Oratory most effectively and allow us to be in contact with you. Prayers and monetary sacrifices are very necessary for the upkeep and restoration of our church as well as the development of our community. Please pick up one of the registration cards which are available at the entrances of the church. N S : 10:00 M H M T T B C M K. W Canon Wiener will explain the use of the Latin- English Daily Missal. The talk will cover the principal structure of the Missal and its use on Sundays, as well as on feasts and weekdays. The talk will take minutes. Please bring your Missals. N S C In order to foster the tradition which comes down to us from St. Francis of Assisi of creating Nativity scenes during the Christmas season, the faithful are invited to post pictures of their household nativity scenes on the board in the church basement as part of a nativity scene contest. Alternatively, you may your image to sfds@institutechrist-king.org. The winner will be chosen by the Oratory clergy during the chili cook-off on the Feast of Saint Francis de Sales. On this same day, St. Michael s Patrol and the Company of the Immaculate will offer a brief concert of Christmas carols. H C H We are looking for gentlemen who are willing to help with setting up the coffee hour and selling donuts after both Masses. The existing group of 8 volunteers needs the support of 4-6 additional men, which would allow us to schedule each member of this important volunteer group only once every 2-3 months. For more information please contact the Rectory office at (314)

4 T M C G! Only two weeks ago a generous benefactor offered a $1,000 Christmas matching gift for the Windows Fund. Several Oratory faithful stepped forward to meet that challenge. As a result of their generosity, we have raised $2,435.00, which enabled us to receive the promised $1,000 before the December 31st deadline. Thank you to all who were so thoughtful and generous in helping us meet our obligations toward the Frei Company! 7 54 R N The 54 day Novena will end on the feast of our patron, St. Francis de Sales, on January 29. Please, take this opportunity to pray for the Church, our country and our families and friends. I A The remaining balance of $48, for the budget year 2015/16 has been paid from funds set aside for other pressing projects around the campus. Our Insurance assessment is: $89, So far we have received $26, for this fiscal year that has just begun. If you would like to donate, please use the envelope Insurance Assessment which is mailed out monthly to all registered members of the Oratory. P G Please remember St. Francis de Sales Oratory in your Will or Living Trust. An appropriate Will or Trust provision would be: "I give to The Friends of St. Francis de Sales Oratory, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, for the Oratory's unrestricted use." U : S. J W R Thanks to your generous support, we are able to pay off the first half of the invoice for repairs done to the St. Joseph windows. In order to pay off the other half we still need to raise $24, Please help us to continue to cover the cost on this important project which concerns both the integrity of our church building and the efficiency of our heating in cooling. Our hope is to be able to begin the repair of another set of windows soon. Without your generous help we will not be able to continue this important work on our precious stain glass windows. If you would like to donate toward the repair of these windows, please contact the rectory or make a note with your donation. We thank you again for your prayers and your great generosity! S J J 2017 W C G : $7, L W C : D 25 E M : 186 L : $ 4, E : $10, TOTAL: $14, YTD S G : $195, YTD S : $193, YTD S /D : ($1,465.61) Our Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us! St. Joseph, pray for us! St. Francis de Sales, pray for us! Insurance Assessment $89, YTD collected: $26,334.00

5 R C G T! Dear Oratory Faithful, Many thanks to all of you who participated so very generously in this year s Christmas gifts for the Oratory rectory! We canons and Abbé Alex are very honored and happy to have received a high quality camera which will serve in the years to come in our efforts to document the life of this Institute community in excellent pictures. We were able to employ the camera for the first time already at Midnight Mass. As a second, most useful and needed gift you gave us two high quality vacuum cleaners which have been incorporated immediately in the Oratory cleaning equipment. Thank you for all your generous and thoughtful support of our work. Merry Christmas! I U O R P I Work on the organ continues throughout this month and next. One of the most noticeable improvements is the elimination of the many airleaks. It now runs much quieter when turned on. This has caused the air pressure to return to near normal levels causing the existing pipe-work to speak with more clarity. We have raised over $57,000 of the $320,000 needed to complete the restoration. Your prayerful generosity is appreciated. Canon Michael K. Wiener and community W V L U T Y C C The community at St. Francis de Sales Oratory is always pleased when new visitors come to this beautiful church to join us in the celebration of Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form. Please join us and the coffee and donut are on us. SCRIP G C Get your SCRIP cards NOW! Help the Oratory while you shop.

6 ORATORY ORGANIZATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS S S. V P Our Mission: Inspired by Gospel values, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international Catholic volunteer organization dedicated to helping all people in need, regardless of faith. In doing this work, we enrich our lives spiritually. To request assistance, to make a donation, volunteer, or for more information please contact: Conference of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Francis de Sales (314) , Box 1147 November 2016: 25 Families Assisted (79 Adults & Children) Poor Box: December 24th- $26.00 ***M. COFFEE HOUR January 1: Chris McCann / Eric Cartwright January 8: Eric Johnson / Dan Hinrichs O E N T N, - -. P -L A Pro-Life Events/Activities M L January , 2017 If you are interested in making a donation to offset the costs for the March for Life trip to Washington DC for the St. Francis de Sales Pro-Life group, please contact Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins at (314) Donations can be sent to: 2653 Ohio Avenue, St. Louis, MO The Benevolent Society is a Catholic Men s organization that was founded in the early years of St. Francis de Sales church for the financial help of its members in time of need. For more information on this charitable and friendly group, please contact Mr. Wally Feld at wfeld@charter.net ORATORY CLEANING The Oratory Cleaning Crews put the church in order after the final Mass each Sunday. This involves light dust mopping and clearing the pews of handouts, etc. New volunteers will be most welcome and can call the office at (314) to sign up. Here are the next assignments: Sunday, January 1: No Cleaning Today Sunday, January 8: St. Anthony January 15: St. Cecilia

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8 TO ALL OUR GUESTS Canon Wiener and the faithful of St. Francis de Sales Oratory welcome you, and hope that your time in the Cathedral of South St. Louis may be an opportunity to share in the tradition of the Roman Catholic Faith. Please enjoy the beauty of this building dedicated to St. Francis de Sales, co-patron of the INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST. According to liturgical tradition, and the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, Holy Communion is received kneeling and on the tongue. All visitors who are not of the Catholic faith are welcome to join us in prayer, but are requested not to receive Holy Communion. Because the reception of Holy Communion is the sign of Divine and Ecclesial unity, only practicing Catholics who are free of mortal sin, and in full communion with the Catholic Church should present themselves for Holy Communion. We pray for the full visible unity among all Christians. To receive more information about the Oratory or if you desire to become a member of the Catholic Church, contact the rectory. St. Francis de Sales Oratory is an Oratory of the INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. All contributions to the Oratory are sincerely appreciated and are tax deductible. S. F S O I : INFANT BAPTISM: Parents requesting Baptism must be active registered members of the Oratory. 1ST HOLY COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION: For instructions please contact the Rectory. HOLY MATRIMONY: Couples planning to marry at the Oratory must call the rectory for the proper instructions. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Members facing surgery, serious illness, or even death may call (314) TOURS: Stained Glass Window Tours are on the second Sunday of every month at 12:00noon. O R : 2653 Ohio Avenue Saint Louis, Missouri Telephone: (314) FAX: (314) sfds@institute-christ-king.org