ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ORATORY

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1 MAY 27, 2018 FEAST OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 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 ADRIAN SEQUEIRA Vicar REV. CANON SCOTT SMITH Vicar ABBÉ ALEX J. BARGA Sacristan ORATORY STAFF: Mr. Jon Roché Mrs. Mary Hayworth Mr. Nicholas Botkins Accounting Manager Office Administrator Director of Sacred Music First Fridays Mass 6:30pm Holy Days of Obligation Please consult the bulletin SACRED DEVOTIONS: Mother of Perpetual Help Tuesday 8:00am & 6:30pm Adoration Thursday 6:30pm CONFESSIONS: 30 minutes before all Masses When we are despised, it is a human reaction to be sad. To rejoice on such occasions is a sign of spiritual perfection. - St. Francis de Sales INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST

2 LITURGICAL CALENDAR SUNDAY, MAY 27 TRINITY SUNDAY, 1ST CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Paul Dubuque 10:00am High Mass - The Kukielski Family MONDAY, MAY 28 ST. AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY, 3RD CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Samantha Matzig TUESDAY, MAY 29 ST. MARY MAGDALEN OF PAZZI, 3RD CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Melissa Nazzoli 6:30pm Low Mass - Restoration & Benefactors of the Oratory WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 ST FELIX I, 4TH CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Judith Holler 12:15pm Low Mass - Marlene Haley THURSDAY, MAY 31 CORPUS CHRISTI, 1ST CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Poor Souls in Purgatory 6:30pm Low Mass - Roy Kridelbaugh FRIDAY, JUNE 1 VOTIVE MASS OF THE SACRED HEART 8:00am Low Mass - Bridget Clonts 6:30pm Low Mass - The Santilli & Ruggiero Families SATURDAY, JUNE 2 VOTIVE MASS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART 8:00am Low Mass - Jon Roche, Jr. SUNDAY, JUNE 3 EXTERNAL SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, 1ST CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Marie G. Mayhew (nee Schermann) and Russell L. Mayhew 10:00am High Mass - Clary & Susie Redd SUNDAY, MAY 27 8:00am Low Mass Acolytes: Alexander Unseth, Steven Gilroy 10:00am High Mass Master of Ceremonies: Thomas Stamos Thurifer: Dominic Stamos Acolyte 1: Joseph Clonts Acolyte 2: Gabriel Ruggiero Crucifer: Timothy White Choir Master of Ceremonies: Joseph Pekny Torchbearers: Sam Huber, Raymond Pekny, David Clonts, Gus Pekny, Dominic Stamos, Charlie Kahre THURSDAY, MAY 31 6:30pm Low Mass w/organ Acolytes: Thomas Stamos, Joseph Pekny FRIDAY, JUNE 1 6:30pm Low Mass w/organ Acolytes: Joseph Pekny, Thomas Stamos SUNDAY, JUNE 3 8:00am Low Mass Acolytes: Alexander Unseth, Steven Gilroy 10:00am High Mass Master of Ceremonies: Timothy White Thurifer: Thomas Stamos 2 nd Thurifer: Austin Newton Acolyte 1: Dominic Stamos Acolyte 2: Mark Stamos Crucifer: Joseph Clonts Choir MC Raphael VandenBergh Torchbearers: Michael Ruggiero, Louis Vanden- Bergh, John Paul Davidson, Raymond Clonts, William Cassibry, Joseph Pekny

3 NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS J 3: E S C C ( ) J 9: C C C B (9:00-12:30 ) J 11-15: A P R J 14: C M R M. W J 17: T C, E C F A 2: P O C B C C 2018 A 5-10 Many who attend Masses at Institute apostolates remark on the beauty of the liturgy and specifically on the music which is an integral part of the Sacred Liturgy. The young members of our choirs not only contribute their voices, they give hope to the future of the liturgy. While regular weekly rehearsals are essential, it is the Institute s Annual Summer Choir Camp that has been extremely effective in honing skills that make our choirs what they are today. The 2018 Choir Camp will take place August 5 th - 10th, again at the beautiful Mount Saint Joseph in Kentucky. Registration is now open for children ages For five days choristers will be immersed in daily music training with their peers, attend classes in Latin, Gregorian chant, music theory, and vocal technique, as well as daily Mass in the Extraordinary Form. Register Online Today: Please consider making a donation so that we can offer Choir Camp scholarships to students. F : T F T. C P C B Dear Faithful, This year, the Oratory will again host two very important events: the Annual Priest Retreat (June 11-15) and the Priestly Ordinations (August 2). For the priest retreat the convent will need to be prepared in the beginning of June for up to 20 canons who will be lodged at our convent. I ask you kindly to consider joining our community on Saturday, June 2 (9:00am-12:30pm). That morning all rooms and hall ways of the convent will need to be cleaned thoroughly, and all rooms will be prepared for the arrival of the canons on June 10/11. Also, in preparation of the priest retreat, we ask you kindly to consider participating in the cleaning of our church and the beautification of the campus grounds on Saturday, June 9 (9:00am-12:30pm). We will have to ask for your help again later in summer when we enter the decisive phase in the preparations for the priestly ordinations. I know that many of you give us continuously very generous help in different ways. I am personally, together with our superiors, most grateful for your generosity. Especially, the priestly ordinations are a great honor and joy for our community and of highest importance for the Institute at large. Please reserve a space on your calendar and in your heart for the very important preparations for August 2. May God bless and reward you for all your help! Canon Michael K. Wiener Rector, St. Francis de Sales Oratory P.S. After all cleaning and beautification efforts, we will offer a hearty and delicious sandwich and pizza lunch for all volunteers!

4 D S H F We are pleased to announce that, with the assistance of our friends at the law firm of Stinson Leonard Street LLP in St. Louis, a new legal entity, the DeSales Heritage Foundation, has been created. DeSales Heritage Foundation is a public charity, tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3). All donations made to the Foundation are therefore tax deductible according to IRC Section 170. The governing instrument of this newly-established Foundation provides that its purpose is to promote and support the restoration, preservation and improvement of our church building, an historically and architecturally significant structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places. We anticipate this narrow objective will encourage companies, associations and other entities that may not wish to support religion, as such, to contribute. The new DeSales Heritage Foundation has just been approved by The Boeing Company as an eligible organization for the Boeing Cash Matching Program! Many corporations match donations made by employees to a recognized non-profit, such as De- Sales Heritage Foundation. Please inquire about your company s employee gift matching program and guidelines. If you need to provide details to qualify DeSales Heritage Foundation for your company s program, please contact Mr. Charles A. Redd at (314) or charles.redd@stinson.com. Thank you for your support! C 2018 M C N C : T, M 31, :00 The mandatory Confirmation classes will be in May, September, October & November from 5:00-6:00pm in the 1888 school building. Canon Wiener is using the My Catholic Faith book which can be purchased at the Rectory office for $ 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." I A The Oratory s biggest annual financial obligation is that of our property and liability insurance assessment. Our insurance assessment for the fiscal year is $90, In the beginning of March 2018 we made our first payment toward the insurance obligation of $32, We are planning on making the final payment of $57, in June of this year. We are relying on your continuous generosity and donations which you exercise by using the insurance envelope and by your restricted gifts. Please help us off set this cost by donating today. Thank you very much! S J J 2018 W C G : $7, L W C : M 20 E M : 204 E T I : 118 L : $ E : $10, TOTAL: $10, O D A 2018: $2, YTD S G : $337, YTD S : $393, YTD S /D : $55, Insurance Assessment $90, YTD collected: $47, Payment Made: $32,548.75

5 T M. H O J 17, M H C, E C F What is the Catholic response to the theory of evolution? Creationism or Intelligent Design sounds like good answers. Why does the Church not accept either of them? Why is the theory of evolution bad science? How to pick out the holes in this theory and respond to its adherents. Find out how Faith and Reason do not contradict each other in the Catholic response to the theory of evolution. Get answers to these questions and more on June 17th after the High Mass. On June 17th, 2018, after the 10am High Mass, there will be a talk in the Basement Hall on the theme: "Creation, Evolution and the Crisis of Faith." This talk will be given by Mr. Hugh Owen, Director of the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation. He will sum up the traditional teaching of the Church on Creation, describe the challenge that was mounted against it by natural scientists and philosophers outside of the household of the Faith, document the authoritative response of the Magisterium to that challenge, set forth the terrible consequences of abandoning the traditional doctrine, present some of the cutting-edge natural science evidence that refutes the evolutionary hypothesis and confirms the traditional doctrine of creation, and explain why it is absolutely necessary for Catholics to defend and restore the traditional doctrine of creation, as the foundation of our holy Faith. W B Mr. Charles Polster of Edwardsville, IL and Mrs. Barbara Burrows of St. Louis, announce the approaching Marriage of their daughter, Taylor Mae Polster, to Mr. Jonathan Patrick Vall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Vall of Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 23, 2018 at St. Francis de Sales Oratory. If anyone knows of an existing impediment which would prevent this marriage, he is bound to let the Rector know as soon as possible. This is the THIRD publication of the Banns. H O H R! Spring is the time that many of us begin tackling those long overdue home repairs and improvements. Did you know that you can help raise money for the Oratory while working in the garden, painting the living room, buying appliances, installing new flooring, adding a sprinkler system, building a shed or upgrading a kitchen with very little extra effort? SCRIP gift cards can be ordered in larger denominations for those bigger (or smaller) home projects. Please contact the Rectory Office at (314) for more information on how to place your order or if you have any questions. Thank you. T H C W B From May 3rd to September 14th, using a relic of the True Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, there is a special blessing which asks God s protection against violent storms that frequently occur during these summer months. It is customarily given after Low Masses during this time. V. From lightning strikes, hail, and violent storms. R. Deliver us, O Lord Jesus Christ. V. Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy. R. And grant us Thy salvation. V. O Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto Thee. V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. We beseech Thee, O Almighty God, through the intercession of Holy Mary, the Mother of God, of the holy angels, patriarchs, prophets, apostles, martyrs, confessors, virgins, widows, and of all Thy saints, that Thou show us Thy continuing protection, permit tranquil winds, and also pour out to us, Thy unworthy servants, Thy safety from heaven above against lightning strikes and violent storms, and that Thou remain always protective of the human race and crush down the aerial powers by the right hand of Thy power. Through the same Christ our Lord. R. Amen. V. Blessed be the Name of the Lord. R. Now and forever. V. Our help is in the Name of the Lord. R. Who made heaven and earth. V. May the blessing of Almighty God, the Father, the Son, + and the Holy Ghost, descend upon you, this place, and the fruits of the earth and remain forever. R. Amen.

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. C W M. P - S M. 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 April 2018: 45 Families Assisted (87 Adults & 48 Children) Poor Box: M 16, 2018: $ COFFEE HOUR May 27: Xac Vo / Michael Hayworth June 3: Mike Miller / Corey Smith P -L A Pro-Life Events / Activities S -U L Prayer Planned Parenthood 4251 Forest Park Ave * 6:30am Rosary every Saturday * 10am 5th Saturday Jericho Walk * 3rd Saturday after 8am Cathedral 4431 Lindell 63108, Rosary/Walk to PP Need more details? Contact Dave Benjamin at: benjaminfamily6@gmail.com or (314) 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, May 27: St. Benedict Sunday, June 3: St. Anthony Sunday, June 10: 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 after the 10:00am High Mass. O R : 2653 Ohio Avenue Saint Louis, Missouri Telephone: (314) FAX: (314) sfds@institute-christ-king.org