OCTOBER 15, 2017 19TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 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 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 Too often we waste time wanting to be angels in Heaven while we fail to be good people here on earth. - St. Francis de Sales INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST
LITURGICAL CALENDAR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 19TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 8:00am Low Mass - Casey Patterson 10:00am High Mass - The Dan Ortwerth Family MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 ST. HEDWIG, 3RD CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - In honor of Joseph Davidson TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE, 3RD CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Priest s Intentions 6:30pm Low Mass - Restoration & Benefactors of the Oratory WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 ST. LUKE, 2ND CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Priest s Intentions 12:15pm Low Mass - Howard & Loretta Brandt THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 ST. PETER OF ALCANTARA, 3RD CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Priest s Intentions 6:30pm Adoration FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 ST. JOHN CANTIUS, 3RD CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Special Intention for Monica Wissmann SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 OUR LADY OF SATURDAY, 4TH CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - The Mooney Family SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 20TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 8:00am Low Mass - Doris M. Berra, RIP 10:00am High Mass - Marc & Jenny Pekny SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 8:00am Low Mass Acolytes: Alexander Unseth, Steven Gilroy 10:00am Solemn Mass Master of Ceremonies: Timothy White Thurifer: Patrick Stamos Acolyte 1: Michael LaZella Acolyte 2: Thomas Stamos Crucifer: Austin Newton Choir Master of Ceremonies: Michael Clonts Torchbearers: David Clonts, Dominic Stamos, Charlie Kahre, Michael Ruggiero, John Paul Davidson, Mark Stamos THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 6:30pm Adoration Master of Ceremonies: Thomas Stamos Thurifer: Timothy White Acolyte 1: Joseph Pekny Acolyte 2: Mark Stamos Torchbearers: Michael LaZella, Dominic Stamos SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 8:00am Low Mass Acolytes: Alexander Unseth, Steven Gilroy 10:00am Solemn Mass Master of Ceremonies: Michael LaZella Thurifer: Wolfgang Davidson Acolyte 1: Raphael VandenBergh Acolyte 2: Mark Stamos Crucifer: Joseph Clonts Choir Master of Ceremonies: Thomas Stamos Torchbearers: Gabriel Ruggiero, Joseph Pekny, William Cassibry, Victor Brown, Thomas Bornhop, Johnny Underwood
NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS T : F M C J F O 29: F C K S S B H N R We are in great need of volunteers to coordinate various receptions and events at the Oratory. Please contact the Rectory office if you can assist with this fun, yet important work. S S B P F C K E P H N The annual Seminary Society Breakfast is quickly approaching and we need your help. The breakfast will be held on Sunday, October 29th after both the 8:00 & 10:00am Masses. We are looking for volunteers to help with the event planning and would welcome new ideas. If you would be able to assist, please contact Mary Hayworth at the Rectory office at: (314) 771-3100 or email sfds@institute-christ-king.org S S P S D The Seminary Society of St. Francis de Sales Oratory is holding a prayer sponsor drive. The Institute is blessed with 87 seminarians this year who need your prayers. Please consider taking a small amount of your time daily to pray for these young men. If you would like to become a prayer sponsor or would like more information please contact the rectory at (314) 771-3100 or email Maryrose Schmidt at: seminary.society@institute-christking.org. Thank you for your generous prayer contribution. T V M S C T On October 15 Msgr. Schmitz, Vicar General in the Institute, & Canon Talarico, Provincial in the US-Province of the Institute, will be in St. Louis on the occasion of the First Mass of Canon Jonathon Fehrenbacher (see below). Please join us to greet both superiors on this solemn occasion. T F M C J F On Thursday, July 6, His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Cardinal Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, ordained 6 priests for the Institute at our church in Florence, including 2 Americans, Canons Jonathon Fehrenbacher and Scott Smith, 1 German, and 3 French. Both American canons will be coming to St. Louis to celebrate their First Solemn Masses at St. Francis de Sales Oratory. After both Masses, there will be a reception in the hall. On October 15, we will also have the honor and joy to welcome our superiors, the Vicar General in the Institute, Monsignor Michael Schmitz, and the Provincial in the United States, Canon Matthew Talarico. Please join us on these solemn occasions and invite friends and family. O C Interested in joining one of the Oratory Choirs? Please contact Nick Botkins, Director of Music. nbotkins@institute-christ-king.org
A B R On Sunday, November 5, there will be an Altar Boy practice for any boys who are interested in serving Our Lord on the Altar at St. Francis de Sales Oratory. If you are interested, please meet in the sacristy immediately following the 10:00am High Mass on November 5. If you have any questions please contact Abbé Alex Barga at (314) 771-3100. C D H We all very much enjoy the experience of fellowship during our weekly coffee and donut hour after both Sunday Masses. In the interest of the entire community and especially those generous volunteer members among us who take care of the cleanliness and order, we ask you kindly to clean your tables and surrounding areas after your visit in the church hall. Please help us also by supervising the children when they use the bathrooms: Often the sanitary conditions in these spaces are an embarrassment for our visitors! We appreciate your assistance in this important matter. Thank you. S D! 45 A M L W, DC J 18-20, 2018 For the second year, Saint Francis de Sales Oratory, along with other Institute apostolates in the United States and in cooperation with Old St. Patrick s Oratory in Kansas City, Missouri, we will again participate in the March for Life in Washington, D.C. January 2018. In your charity, please consider making a donation or directly sponsoring a young person for this important trip. Without the help of your generous donations we won t be able to offer this trip for the same price as last year. Tax deductible donations can be made to "St. Francis de Sales Oratory". Please also note "March for Life" on your check. May God reward your generosity! 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 2016-2017 fiscal year was $89,625.00. This payment was made on time, consisting of $600/week set aside from the Sunday collection and from your generous donations through our envelope program. To reach the total of $89,625.00, the remainder amount of $32,031.00 was drawn from our collection surplus and other funds previously set aside for other eminent projects. Please help up us off set this cost by donating today. S J 2017 - J 2018 W C G : $7,500.00 L W C : O 8 E M : 203 E T I : 107 L : $ 983.25 E : $7,861.00 TOTAL: $8,844.25 YTD S G : $112,500.00 YTD S : $119,261.55 YTD S /D : $6,761.55 Our Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us! St. Joseph, pray for us! St. Francis de Sales, pray for us! Insurance Assessment 2017-2018 $90,162.00 - YTD collected: $17,981.00
T A (S. T J ) The St. Teresa of Avila window above the St. Henry group on the Epistle side nearest the choir loft, was one of the last windows installed, in 1917. The year 1917 marked the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the parish with the completion of all the interior decorations of the new Church building. Along with the pulpit, it was generously donated by dairyman Heinrich Vorholt in memory of his first wife Theresia (1874-1898) and his daughter Teresa (1905-1988). The ongoing sacrifices made towards financing the 1908 Church building during the hardships of war time make his generosity even more impressive. St. Teresa of Avila (28 March 1515 15 October 1582) was a Discalced Carmelite mystic, foundress, and Doctor of the Church. She is honored by the Church as the seraphic virgin, virgo seraphica, and reformer of the Carmelite Order. She is called doctrix mystica, doctor of mystical theology. In this beautiful circular window, we see St. Teresa in traditional Carmelite habit, daintily holding a quill pen in her right hand as she cradles a book, referring to her writings, in her left arm. She wears a flaming nimbus and her gaze is one of either fixed determination or enrapt contemplation. In her left hand, we see an arrow. In recounting the Transverberation or piercing of the heart of St. Teresa, she related that she saw in a vision an angel who held in his hand a long spear of gold, and at the iron s point there seemed to be a little fire. He appeared to me to be thrusting it at times into my heart and to pierce my very entrails; when he drew it out, he seemed to draw them out also, and to leave me all on fire with a great love of God. It is probably the influence of the magnificent Bernini sculpture of the Ecstasy of St. Teresa that accounts for the use of an arrow, rather than a spear, in this window. There is also a statue of St. Teresa of Avila on the Perpetual Help Altar in the north transept. She is paired with the great Martyr and defender of the Faith, St. Catherine of Alexandria. Bob Shea C N C R Thank you, St. Francis de Sales Oratory for your support of Covenant Network Catholic Radio! What a great hour of the Fall Radiothon! You all were so impressive on air and represented the Oratory so beautifully. May God bless you! We invite you to tune in for our regular programming this week on ourcatholicradio.org or on AM 1460, AM 1080, 92.7 FM or 102.9 FM. C C L P D. J S Dr. Salza will talk about The Evils of Freemasonry - Fatima, Scripture and Social Justice Links on Sunday, November 19, at 6:00pm at the Clayton Plaza Hotel on 7750 Carondelet Avenue in Clayton. Reservations are necessary ($35 for Nonmembers; $15 for students) at credostlouis@gmail or 314-322-0337.
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. O S. V P H! 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) 289-6101, Box 1147 September 2017: 37 Families Assisted (72 Adults & 65 Children) Poor Box: September 28, 2017: $38.00 COFFEE HOUR October 15: Chris McCann / Dan Hinrichs October 22: Eric Johnson / Michael Hayworth P -L A Pro-Life Events / Activities S -U L Pro-Life faithful pray the Rosary outside the Downtown Abortion clinic every Saturday at 6:30am. More participants and prayers are always needed for the mothers, children, and workers at the clinic. Need more details or information? Contact Dave Benjamin at: benjaminfamily6@gmail.com or (314) 706-2525 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) 771-3100 to sign up. Here are the next assignments: Sunday, October 15: St. Veronica Sunday, October 22: St. Benedict Sunday, October 29: St. Benedict
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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) 771-3100. 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 63118 Telephone: (314) 771-3100 FAX: (314) 771-3295 www.institute-christ-king.org Email: sfds@institute-christ-king.org