MARCH 25, 2018 PALM SUNDAY 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 you have hurt somebody, repair the damage as soon as possible by some act of kindness toward that person. - St. Francis de Sales INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST
LITURGICAL CALENDAR SUNDAY, MARCH 25 PALM SUNDAY, 1ST CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Dr. Dominique Martel and Lucette Martel 9:30am Solemn Mass - David Benjamin & Family MONDAY, MARCH 26 LENTEN FERIA, 1ST CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Betty Moriarity TUESDAY, MARCH 27 LENTEN FERIA, 1ST CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Dan Rupp 6:30pm Low Mass - Restoration & Benefactors of the Oratory WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 LENTEN FERIA, 1ST CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - The Michael Santilli Family 12:15pm Low Mass - The Fortney Family THURSDAY, MARCH 29 HOLY THURSDAY No 8:00am Mass 6:30pm Solemn Mass - The Canons of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest FRIDAY, MARCH 30 GOOD FRIDAY 8:00am Stations of the Cross 3:00pm Good Friday Liturgy SATURDAY, MARCH 31 HOLY SATURDAY No 8:00am Mass 9:00pm Easter Vigil - Theo Myers and Margo Jewsbury SUNDAY, APRIL 1 EASTER SUNDAY, 1ST CLASS 8:00am Low Mass - Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Dubuque & Family 10:00am High Mass - Karl and Betty Breidecker & Family PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 25 9:30am High Mass Master of Ceremonies: Michael LaZella Thurifer: Timothy White Acolyte 1: Thomas Stamos Acolyte 2: Michael Clonts Crucifer: Austin Newton Choir Master of Ceremonies: Raphael VandenBergh Torchbearers: Joseph Clonts, Dominic Stamos, Thomas Schuepfer, Louis VandenBergh, Liam Aufmuth, Raymond Clonts HOLY THURSDAY, MARCH 29 6:30pm Solemn Mass Master of Ceremonies: Abbé Alex Barga Thurifer: Thomas Stamos 2 nd Thurifer: Timothy White Acolyte 1: Dominic Stamos Acolyte 2: Joseph Pekny Crucifer: Raphael VandenBergh Choir Master of Ceremonies: Zachary Skutt Torchbearers: Louis VandenBergh, William Cassibry, Michael Ruggiero, Gabriel Ruggiero, Mark Stamos, Charlie Kahre GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 30 3:00pm Liturgy of the Passion Master of Ceremonies: Timothy White Thurifer: Michael LaZella 2 nd Thurifer: Thomas Stamos Acolyte 1: Joseph Pekny Acolyte 2: Dominic Stamos Choir Master of Ceremonies: Raphael VandenBergh Torchbearers: Raymond Clonts, Louis VandenBergh, Mark Stamos, David Clonts, Michael Ruggiero, William Cassibry HOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 31 9:00pm Solemn Mass Master of Ceremonies: Steven Gilroy Thurifer: Thomas Stamos Acolyte 1: Timothy White Acolyte 2: Michael LaZella Crucifer: Austin Newton Choir Master of Ceremonies: Torchbearers: Joseph Pekny, Dominic Stamos, Michael Ruggiero, Gabriel Ruggiero, Raymond Pekny, Mark Stamos EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 1 10:00am Solemn Mass Master of Ceremonies: Abbé John Trost Thurifer: Michael Clonts Acolyte 1: Raphael VandenBergh Acolyte 2: Joseph Clonts Crucifer: Louis VandenBergh Choir Master of Ceremonies: Torchbearers: Joseph Pekny, Raymond Clonts, David Clonts, Charlie Kahre, Adrian Shea, Raymond Pekny
NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS T : P S - M 9:30 A 1: E S A 20-22: C W M 6: M C M 13: F H C M 13: M D A 2: P O C B C W 2018 A 20-22 C W L M. N B R T : www.institute-christ-king.org/news/415/92/ Sacred-Music-Workshop-2018/ The Institute s Second Annual Chant and Sacred Music Workshop, with Canon Wulfran Lebocq and Mr. Nicholas Botkins, will be offered at St. Francis de Sales Oratory on April 20-22, 2018. The workshop will begin for all participants on Friday, April 20 with check-in registration at 4:15pm. The Friday day classes will offer intensive teaching and practice for choir directors and experienced singers only. Pricing: $95.00 (general) $145.00 (advanced) S. V P D B There is a St. Vincent de Paul Society donation bin in the Oratory parking lot on Iowa Ave. (north side of the gymnasium). Any clothes or small household items that your family no longer needs may be placed in this large blue bin. Our local chapter of the SVdP then receives money for these donations which enables them to purchase household items for those in our neighborhood who need a helping hand. H W S 2018 P S, M 25 8:00am Low Mass 9:30am Blessing of Palms & Procession followed by Solemn High Mass M, T, W Masses and Confessions as usual H T, M 29 5:30pm Confessions 6:30pm Solemn High Mass Procession to the Repository, Adoration until Midnight G F, M 30 8:00am Confessions & Stations of the Cross 3:00pm Liturgy of the Passion & Death of Our Lord (Confessions 2:00pm - 5:30pm) H S, M 31 8:00pm Confessions 9:00pm Easter Vigil and Solemn High Mass, followed by Blessing of Easter Food (Bread, Eggs ) E S, A 1 8:00am Low Mass 10:00am Solemn High Mass O C Interested in joining one of the Oratory Choirs? Please contact Nick Botkins, Director of Music. nbotkins@institute-christ-king.org O O T Please visit: www.traditionfortomorrow.com
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. F H C 2018 First Holy Communion for children of the Oratory will take place during the 10:00am Mass on Mother s Day, May 13, 2018. The deadline to register your child for First Communion was Friday, March 16, 2017. The child s First Confession must be made by the week prior to the day of your child s First Holy Communion. Confession can be made during any of the confessional times listed in the bulletin or by appointment. Notify the Rectory with the date. Please contact the rectory as soon as possible to make an appointment with the Rector, Canon Wiener, in the month of April. During the meeting Canon Wiener will ask your child some relevant questions concerning the teaching of the Church about the Eucharist. A mandatory rehearsal for the children will be held on May 6th after the 10:00am Mass in the church. THE FIRST COMMUNICANTS WILL RECEIVE THE BROWN SCAPULAR THAT SAME DAY. Thank you. 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 2017-2018 fiscal year is $90,162.00. In the beginning of March 2018 we made our first payment toward the insurance obligation of $32,548.75. We are planning on making the final payment of $57,613.25 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 2017 - J 2018 W C G : $7,500.00 L W C : M 18 E M : 213 E T I : 111 L : $1,303.00 E : $8,175.00 TOTAL: $9,478.00 O D F 2018: $2,919.00 YTD S G : $277,500.00 YTD S : $311,649.30 YTD S /D : $34,149.30 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: $38,316.75 Payment Made: $32,548.75
N M B These beautiful Mass Booklets are available in the church since last Sunday. They are free to use while attending Mass. The color booklets were expensive to produce, so we kindly ask that if you would like to purchase a booklet for your own use, please pay $10.00 to the Oratory to help us cover the costs. Thank you very much. M Y C H S C C A R C N 17, 2018 10:30AM It is with great joy that we announce the visit of His Grace, Archbishop Robert J. Carlson, to Saint Francis de Sales Oratory on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 10:30am. Archbishop Carlson will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation and will assist at a Solemn High Mass. Please contact the rectory office in case you have any questions and you or your child(ren) would like to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. We can help you review the eligibility requirements (minimum age for Confirmation is 12) and register for classes that are mandatory for anyone who will be confirmed. Classes will be taught from 5:00-6:00pm every Thursday in May and from September to October. O P T F, I Dates: July 1-10, 2018 These booklets were created by the canons and their staff in Ireland. We believe that all instructions and especially the music notations are very helpful during the attendance of all three forms of the Mass celebrated in the Institute s apostolates (Low Mass; Sung Mass; High Mass). Faithful are instructed to use parallel to the booklets the texts of the Mass propers made available every feast day and Sunday. O E N T N, : @ - -. A pilgrimage to Italy for Ordinations Week 2018! Travel to Florence, San Giovanni Rotondo (St. Padre Pio) & Rome! All-inclusive cost from Chicago is $3,395.00 until March 25. For more information go to: www.syversentouring.com/ florence or call 1 (800) 334-5425. A S P Did you know that you can help support St. Francis de Sales Oratory when you shop through Amazon? The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to St. Francis de Sales Oratory. Set up is easy: Visit smile.amazon.com, select "Friends of St. Francis de Sales Oratory" as your preferred charity. Every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will afterwards automatically result in donation to our Oratory.
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 February 2018: 27 Families Assisted (48 Adults & 24 Children) Poor Box: M 17, 2018: $32.00 COFFEE HOUR March 25: Tom Leith / Dan Hinrichs April 1: NO COFFEE HOUR TODAY P -L A Pro-Life Events / Activities S -U L Pro-Life faithful from the Oratory 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 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, March 25: St. Cecilia Sunday, April 1: No Cleaning Today Sunday, April 8: St. Martha
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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