November 22, 2009 Final Sunday after Pentecost Shrine of Christ the King Sovereign Priest MONTHLY MASS ON THE 25TH IN HONOR OF THE DIVINE INFANT KING Every 25th of the month a festive High Mass is celebrated at 7:00 pm with Gregorian Chant and works by masters of Sacred Polyphony. Mass is followed by Novena prayers & Benediction. November: Month of the Holy Souls in Purgatory SHRINE CLERGY: Msgr. R. Michael Schmitz STD, JCL, Vicar General Reverend Canon Matthew Talarico, Vice-Rector Abbé Georg Emmel, Sacristan & Office Assistant Abbé Joseph Jessel, Organist Abbé Chad Templin, Bookkeeping & Office Assistant 6415 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637 T 1-773-363-7409 F 1-773-363-7842 shrine@institute-christ-king.org www.infantking.org www.institute-christ-king.org SPECIAL DEVOTIONS FOLLOWING MASS Tuesday 6:30 pm Novena to St. Therese & Benediction Saturday 8:00 am Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help 17th - 25th of each Month Novena to the Infant Jesus REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE Monday 8:00 am Tuesday 6:30 pm Wednesday - Saturday- 8:00 am Sunday 8:00 am Low Mass 10:00 am High Mass Confessions: Daily 30 minutes before Mass Sundays between Masses VESPERS & BENEDICTION Sundays at 6.00 pm INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST
ANNOUNCEMENTS &UPCOMING EVENTS Sunday, November 22 After 10:00am Mass, 20 Minute Lessons in Liturgy: Explaining the Extraordinary Wednesday, November 25 7:00pm High Mass & Benediction for thanksgiving to the Holy Infant King Choral music: Schola Immaculata directed by Kevin Allen Thursday, November 26 Thanksgiving day 8:00am Low Mass with organ Saturday, November 28 1:30pm Ice Skating at Midway Plaisance outdoor rink (59th & S. Woodlawn Ave) FREE ADMISSION Sunday, November 29 After 10am Mass, Coffee hour. No pageant practice Novena to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception begins November 30-December 7 Novena to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception after daily Mass Saturday, December 5 8am-11am First Saturday Morning of Recollection Sunday, December 6 After 10:00am Mass, 20 Minute Lessons in Liturgy: Explaining the Extraordinary Tuesday, December 8, Feast of the Immaculate Conception patronal feast of the Institute 8:00am Low Mass with Organ, 7:00pm High Mass Holy Day of Obligation FINAL SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00am High Mass, Mass XI, Credo III Organ Processional: Fantasia in C, J.S. Bach Offertory: Jesu Corona Virginum, Gregorian Recessional hymn: To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King Postlude: In Peace and Joy I Now Depart, J.S. Bach 6:00pm Solemn Vespers & Benediction Interlude: 8th Short Prelude, J.S. Bach WEEKDAY AM MASS IN PRIORY CHAPEL Beginning Monday, November 30, the 8am weekday Mass on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday will be offered in the priory chapel during the winter months. Access through the courtyard gate: walk under the archway which connects the church and the priory. Follow the signs to the priory chapel. A confessional is located next to the chapel in the priory. A restroom is also available. CHRISTMAS EPIPHANY PAGEANT PRACTICE Christmas Epiphany Pageant practice today, November 22. There will not be practice on Sunday, November 29. All children and parents are welcome to attend! ICE SKATE: SATURDAY, NOV. 28, 1:30PM Join us beginning at 1:30pm at Midway Plaisance outdoor ice rink at University of Chicago (59th St. & S. Woodlawn Ave.). Free admission, skate rental: $5. Food concessions available. FIRST SATURDAY AM OF RECOLLECTION: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 7:30am Confessions, 8:00am High Mass, 9:00am breakfast 9:30am Spiritual Conference: The Power of Purity: Mary Immaculate 10:15am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Holy Rosary, Confessions 02 INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST
ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION BEGINS NOVEMBER 29 Each year on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the Founder and Prior General of the Institute, Reverend Monsignor Gilles Wach, consecrates the Institute to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, our principal patroness. A solemn Novena in preparation for this consecration is celebrated in each Institute apostolate worldwide. Novena prayers & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be offered here at the Shrine: Sunday, November 29: After 6:00pm Vespers, Tuesday, December 1: After the 6:30pm Mass, Sunday, December 6: After 6:00pm Vespers, URGE SENATORS TO ADOPT PRO-LIFE AMENDMENT While the U.S. House passed a health care bill that prevents the federal government from funding elective abortions, the U.S. bishops remain deeply concerned about Senate action, especially as it will affect abortion funding, conscience rights, etc. In your pews today, you ll find a newly updated flier insert asking you to please contact your Senators immediately and urge them to address these moral issues. The bishops have asked for our swift action and our prayers. Thank you for your help. ACTION: Contact Senate and House Members through e-mail, phone calls or FAX letters. To send a pre-written, instant e-mail to Congress go to www.usccb.org/action. Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at: 202-224-3121, or call your Members local offices. Full contact info can be found on Members web sites at www.house.gov & www.senate.gov. BULLETIN ADVERTISERS WANTED Monday, November 30, After the 8:00 am Mass Wednesday-Saturday, December 2-5 After the 8:00 am Mass. Monday, December 7 After the 8:00 am Mass Mass schedule for Tuesday, December 8, Holy Day of Obligation: 8:00am Low Mass and 7:00pm High Mass This bulletin can be produced free of cost, provided that enough local businesses sponsor ads on the advertisement page. Would you know of any businesses which would be interested in sponsoring an ad? You can help with your suggestions! Please feel free to contact us via email or fax with the names and contact information of possible businesses. THANK YOU! WISDOM OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES One of the most important lessons for the spiritual life is that we must try to maintain unaltered evenness of spirit. Our heart must unceasingly lean on the love of God, whether our soul is overwhelmed with peace or with anxiety. Remain constantly fixed on the desire to seek God alone, no matter if everything within us and around us is confused. Let your heart be full of courage and your courage full of confidence in God. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING O God, of Whose mercies there is no number, and of Whose goodness the treasure is infinite, we render thanks to Thy most gracious Majesty for the gifts Thou hast bestowed upon us, always beseeching Thy clemency; that as Thou grant the petitions of them that ask Thee, Thou wilt never forsake them, but wilt prepare them for the greater rewards which still await them. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. In all things give thanks, for this is the Will of God for all of you in Christ Jesus. (I Thess. 5: 18) INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST 03
LITURGICAL CALENDAR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, FINAL SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 8:00 am Low Mass Jim Pouillon, requested by Donor 10:00 am High Mass (followed by Liturgy talk) Paul Beata & Yola, requested by Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Roszczewski 6:00 pm Solemn Vespers & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, FEAST OF SAINT CLEMENT I 8:00am Low Mass Rodolfo Ponce, requested by Ester P. Usison TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, FEAST OF SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS 6:30 pm Missa cum organo, Benediction, St Therese Novena Cheyrl Nichta, requested by Glen Sharko WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, FEAST OF SAINT CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA NOVENA 8:00 am Low Mass of St. Catherine Fr. Daniel Galas, requested by Warren Reznicek 7:00pm High Mass in honor of the Nativity of the Infant King Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus, requested by Donor THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, FEAST OF SAINT SYLVESTER GOZZOLINI 8:00 am Missa cum organo Thomas Osowski, requested by Andy Zenchak FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, FERIA 8:00 am Requiem Low Mass Kay Nelson, requested by Donor SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, SATURDAY OF OUR LADY 8:00 am Missa cum organo, Perpetual Help devotions Poor Souls, requested by Mr. & Mrs. Michael Klusman SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 8:00 am Low Mass Mrs. Demeris Jordan, requested by Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Jordan 10:00 am High Mass (Coffee hour) Deceased members of the Culp & Moore families, requested by Donor 6:00 pm Solemn Vespers & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament CHRISTMAS NOVENA OF MASSES & SPECIAL 2010 CALENDAR A Novena of Masses in honor of the Infant Jesus will be offered at the Shrine from December 24-January 1. If you would like to include your family and friends as well as your own intentions in this Christmas Novena, please visit www.institute-christ-king.org or pick up one of the Novena forms in the rear of the church. You may request decorative Mass cards of the Holy Infant Jesus, which you can put inside of the standard size Christmas greeting cards you give to the family and friends who are remembered in this Novena. The suggested donation for these Mass cards is $15 per five cards, in order to cover the printing costs. In addition to the 2010 wall calendar which will be available before the end of this month, it is now possible to pre-order online (www.institute-christ-king.org) a special 2010 desk calendar commemorating the twenty year anniversary of the Institute. This desk calendar includes 365 pages of full color photos of events and apostolates worldwide, as well as a daily quote from the patron saints of the Institute. A donation of $52 for this unique desk calendar that s one dollar per week--will support the work of the Institute during this year in which our 20 th anniversary will be celebrated in September. 05 INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST
HOLY The Shrine of Christ the King was built in 1923 by renowned architect Henry Schlacks as St. Clara Church. Having barely escaped the wrecking ball, this magnificent historic landmark has been given to the care of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. With only provisional furnishings, the Shrine is already a haven for the transcendent beauty of the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite, dear to our beloved Pope Benedict XVI. The more you honor Me, the more I will bless you. Here, the Divine Infant King, real Symbol for Truth Lived in Charity, will be the center of liturgical worship and devotion. A seventeenth century statue of the Divine Infant King, donated by a generous benefactor, has been solemnly crowned and enthroned above the High altar of the Shrine by His Eminence Francis Cardinal George in December 2007. In honor of the Divine Infant King a Votive High Mass of the Nativity is celebrated at the Shrine at 7:00 pm on the 25th day of every month. In preparation for this monthly commemoration of the Infant King, a Novena prayer in His honor is recited after daily Mass from the 17th through the 25th of every month. VOTIVE MASS OF THE NATIVITY IN HONOR OF THE DIVINE INFANT KING Followed by Benediction of the most Blessed Sacrament WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 AT 7:00 PM Choral music by Schola Immaculata under the direction of Kevin Allen Missa Brevis Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus/Benedictus, Agnus Dei Offertory Motet: Hodie Scietis, Kevin Allen Communion Motet: Monstra Te Esse, Kevin Allen Tantum Ergo, Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Novena Prayer O Divine Infant Jesus, I have recourse to Thee. Please, through Thy Blessed Mother, assist me in this necessity (mention intention here), because I firmly believe that Thy Divinity can help me. I hope with confidence to obtain thy holy grace. I love Thee with all my heart and with all the strength of my soul. I repent sincerely of my sins and I beg Thee, O Good Jesus, to grant me the strength to triumph over them. I resolve never more to offend Thee and I come to offer myself to Thee with the intention of enduring everything rather than to displease Thee. Henceforth, I desire to serve Thee with fidelity and, for the love of Thee, O Divine Infant, I will love my neighbor as myself. All powerful Infant, O Jesus, I implore Thee again, assist me in this need. Grant me the grace of possessing Thee eternally with Mary and Joseph and of adoring Thee with the angels in the heavenly court. Amen. INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST 06