January 29, 2012 (Feast of St. Francis de Sales)

January 29, 2012
FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
ORATORY
HOLY MASS SCHEDULE:
Sunday
Mass 8:00; 10:00am
Monday - Saturday
Mass 8:00am
Tuesday
Mass 6:30pm
Wednesday
Mass 12:15pm
ORATORY CLERGY:
Very Rev. Msgr. R. Michael Schmitz, STD, JCL
Vicar General, Provincial
First Fridays
High Mass 6:30pm
REV. CANON MICHAEL K. WIENER
Holy Days
Mass 8:00am & 12:15pm
High Mass 6:30pm
REV. CANON WILLIAM E. AVIS
SACRED DEVOTIONS:
REV. FATHER JEAN-PIERRE HERMAN
Mother of Perpetual Help
Tuesday 8:00am & 6:30pm
ABBÉ ALEX J. BARGA
Adoration
Thursday 6:30pm
Rector, Episcopal Delegate
Vicar
Assistant Priest in residence
Sacristan
CONFESSIONS:
ORATORY STAFF:
Mr. Walter Feld
Mr. Jon Roché
General Manager
Accounting Manager
Miss Anna Brandwein
Mr. Nick Botkins
Administrative Assistant
Director of Sacred Music
30 minutes before all Masses
I never turn to God with a stronger sense of love than when He
has permitted some misfortune to fall upon me.
- St. Francis de Sales
INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST
LITURGICAL CALENDAR
SERVER SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 29
8am Low Mass
Acolytes: Joseph Buckley, Candidate
10:00am High Mass
Master of Ceremonies: Abram Brandwein
Thurifer: Michael Stamos
Acolyte 1: Joseph Grahek
Acolyte 2: Justin Newton
Crucifer: Ronell Kenney
Choir Master of Ceremonies: James Schmidt
Torchbearers: Kellen Kenney, Austin Newton,
David Kenney, Justin Dimitry, Thomas Stamos,
Michael Clonts
SUNDAY JANUARY 29
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES,
BISHOP, CONFESSOR & DOCTOR
CO-PATRON OF THE INSTITUTE
8:00am Low Mass
“Nathan Rabbitt, RIP”
10:00am High Mass
“Gloria & Michael McDonald”
MONDAY JANUARY 30
ST. MARTINA, VIRGIN & MARTYR
8:00am Low Mass
“Sylvester A. Gezella”
TUESDAY JANUARY 31
ST. JOHN BOSCO, CONFESSOR
8:00am Low Mass
“Fred & Pauline Kersting, RIP”
Today exceptionally NO 6:30pm Low Mass
MONDAY, JANUARY 30
8am Low Mass
Acolytes: Curt Wichmer, Candidate
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1
ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, BISHOP & MARTYR
8:00am Low Mass
“Karen Zivnuska”
12:15pm Low Mass
“Giambattista Carapella”
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31
8am Low Mass
Acolytes: Abbé Alex Barga, Joseph Reidy
5:00pm Solemn Benediction
Thurifer: Abram Brandwein
Acolyte 1: Kellen Kenney
Acolyte 2: Scott McCann
Mitre bearer: James Schmidt
Crozier bearer: Michael Stamos
Book bearer: Sean McCann
Bugia bearer: Mitch White
Torchbearers: Stephen Kenney, Ronell Kenney,
Peter Clinton, Jimmy Dimitry, Thomas Stamos,
Aidan Goff
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2
THE PURIFICATION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
8:00am Low Mass
“Thanksgiving to the Immaculate Heart”
6:30pm High Mass
“Joe Reidy”
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3
VOTIVE MASS OF THE SACRED HEART
8:00am Low Mass
“Nino Joseph”
6:30pm High Mass
“Abbé Joseph de Poncharra”
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1
8am Low Mass
Acolytes: Candidates
12:15pm Low Mass
Acolyte: Curt Wichmer, Christopher Stamos
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4
VOTIVE MASS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART MARY
8:00am Low Mass
“Lois Ludwig”
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 5
SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY
8:00am Low Mass
“John Wayne”
10:00am High Mass
“The Davidson Family”
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2
8am Low Mass
Acolytes: Abbé Alex Barga, Candidate
6:30pm High Mass
Master of Ceremonies: Abram Brandwein
Thurifer: Joseph Grahek
Acolyte 1: Cole Underwood
ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, January 31, 5:00PM - Visit of His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke
Thursday, February 2 - Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8am Low Mass and 6:30pm High Mass
with blessing of the candles and procession
Friday, February 3 - St. Blaise blessing of throats after both 8am and 6:30pm Masses.
February 5 to March 25 - Sermons in Lent: The Beatitudes
Wednesday, February 22 - Ash-Wednesday
Acolyte 2: Curt Wichmer
Crucifer: Michael McCann
Choir Master of Ceremonies: Ryan Post
Torchbearers: Sam Aufmuth, Carl Aufmuth, Jimmy
Dimitry, Justin Dimitry, Christopher McCann,
Isaiah Kenney
“SHOP WITH SCRIP”
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
8am Low Mass
Acolytes: Candidate, James Schmidt
6:30pm Solemn High Mass
Master of Ceremonies: Abbé Alex Barga
Thurifer: James Schmidt
Acolyte 1: Christopher Stamos
Acolyte 2: Thomas Stamos
Choir Master of Ceremonies: Michael Stamos
Torchbearers: Scott Varian, Ryan Post, Dominic
Hailey, Ryan Hailey
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4
8am Low Mass
Acolytes: Candidates
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5
8am Low Mass
Acolytes: Joseph Buckley, Candidate
10:00am High Mass
Master of Ceremonies: Michael Stamos
Thurifer: Curt Wichmer
Acolyte 1: Cole Underwood
Acolyte 2: Peter Clinton
Crucifer: Curt Wichmer
Choir Master of Ceremonies: Scott Varian
Torchbearers: Mitch White, Matthew Hailey, Sam
Kenney, Vince Cortese, Joseph Clonts, Christopher
Hall
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Year-round fundraiser Shop with Scrip
and a percentage of the money you spend is
contributed to the Oratory.
The average return is currently
a little over 6%.
Small percentages from many users over the
course of one year could add up to a substantial
contribution to the Oratory.
Use Scrip as a budgeting tool
for your household.
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The Oratory has Scrip for immediate purchase
from: Dierbergs, Amazon, Steak ‘n Shake, St.
Louis Bread Company, Shell, Walmart/Sams,
Shop n Save, American Express Gift Cards,
Schnucks Escrip card, and many others. The
American Express Gift Card may be used at
Trader Joe's, Aldi, and QT.
Scrip is easy to order: simply use the enclosed
form and return it in the church basement after the
Sunday Masses.
You may also email your order
to sfdsscrip@gmail.com before 12:00 noon on
Wednesdays.
Your order will be ready for pick-up on the following Sunday in the church basement.
Have questions or want to include a local business
in the program? Please contact Mrs. Gretchen
Clinton at sfdsscrip@gmail.com or the Oratory
office at 314-771-3100.
Thank you so much again for your enthusiastic
support of this program!
FROM THE RECTOR’S DESK
USHERS
HELP NEEDED
If you are available and willing to help as an usher
at the 8 AM Mass and/or at the 10 AM Mass,
please contact the rectory. The gentlemen who,
Sunday after Sunday, faithfully go through the
pews with our collection baskets need additional
help and would appreciate if more men can join
them in their work. Men of all ages are welcome.
Thank you very much!
MY DEAR FAITHFUL AND FRIENDS OF
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ORATORY,
“Aware of the strong temptation to despair, experienced daily in a culture which is completely secularized, we pray for our purification and for the
strength to be patient with all souls, to instruct and
lead to the complete trust in Divine Providence.”
With these paternal words of encouragement ended
His Eminence, Cardinal Burke, his sermon on the
feast of Saint Francis de Sales last year when he
undertook a pilgrimage with the Institute to Treviso, near Venice in Italy where the incorrupt heart
of our patron is kept at a convent of the Visitation
Order.
Saint Francis de Sales speaks to our hearts when he
teaches us to receive the true consolations of the
Divine Savior in the mercy of God, in His patience
and endless tender love for us. “Have patience with
all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them
-- every day begin the task anew.” Holy Mother
Church shows us God’s patience, mercy and goodness every day. We can, at the hand of our beloved
patron, hearing his voice and listening to his teachings, find strength from God to have “complete
trust in Divine Providence.”
In preparation of the visit of His Eminence, Raymond Cardinal Burke, we pray gratefully for this
great Prince of the Church, who cares for and loves
our community, is a great friend of our superiors
and who ordained many of us to the sacred priesthood.
Due to the celebrations on the occasions of the
visit of Cardinal Burke this coming Tuesday,
January 31, there will not be a 6:30PM Mass.
This is a one-time exception; the regular schedule of our Tuesday evening Masses at the altar
of Our Mother of Perpetual Help at 6:30PM will
resume next week. With my sincere best wishes
on the occasion of the feast of Saint Francis de
Sales gratefully, Canon Michael K. Wiener
VOLUNTEER WORK
St. Francis de Sales Oratory has to rely heavily on volunteer work. If you are interested to help us in any volunteer activity, please contact the office at 314-7713100. We wish to use this opportunity to thank all
those generous souls who helped us in the past and
continue to support our work of revitalization through
their invaluable competence and exceptional generosity. In the name of my superiors and all faithful here at
the Institute’s Oratory in Saint Louis I thank you most
sincerely!
Canon Michael Wiener
STEWARDSHIP
WEEKLY COLLECTION GOAL: $10,900.00
LAST WEEK’S COLLECTION: JANUARY 22
LOOSE:
ENVELOPES:
TOTAL:
$ 1,608.00
$ 4,636.50
$ 6,244.50
YTD STEWARDSHIP GOAL:
YTD STEWARDSHIP:
SHORTFALL:
$ 43,600.00
$ 29,883.50
($ 13,766.50)
HALL RESTROOM RENOVATION YTD: $27, 005.00
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Our Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us!
St. Joseph, pray for us!
St. Francis de Sales, pray for us!
SHORTFALL 2011:
($247,259.76)
PRO-LIFE APOSTOLATE
UPCOMING PRO-LIFE EVENTS
CARDINAL BURKE
TO VISIT THE ORATORY
JANUARY 31 AT 5:00 PM
“40 Days for Life”, Feb 22 – April 1
St. Francis de Sales sponsored day
is Wednesday March 7th
One hour time slots from 7am to 7pm available
Sign-Up the Sunday Feb. 12, or 19th after Mass
His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke,
will visit the Oratory for the second time since
his elevation to the cardinalate: On January 31,
2012 (Tuesday), at 5:00PM His Eminence will
be the celebrant of a Solemn Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament with Benediction. Immediately afterward, His Eminence will receive all
faithful who wish to greet him in the hall during a festive reception. Please come greet the
Cardinal and bring friends and family. The
visit of Cardinal Burke is an opportunity for us
to show our filial gratitude for his friendship
and support of the work of the Institute worldwide and especially for his fatherly care for the
good of Saint Francis de Sales Oratory.
Please see box below “Help needed”
Questions – Contact Mary Maschmeier at
defenseless@sbcglobal.net or 314-346-9052
SERMONS IN LENT
THE BEATITUDES
Between February 5 (Septuagesima), and March
25 (Passion-Sunday) we will again offer sermons
which are meant to be of help in our spiritual
preparation for the great feast of Easter. This year
Canon Avis, Father Herman and I intend to cover
the Beatitudes as they are mentioned by Our Lord
in the sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3-10). The
beatitudes are not only pronouncements of future
perfections, but expressions of a state of the soul in
unity with divine life.
HELP NEEDED
RECEPTION ON JANUARY 31ST
This year’s sermon schedule is as follows:
February 5: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
February 12: "Blessed are the meek, for they
shall possess the earth."
February 19: "Blessed are they who mourn, for
they shall be comforted."
February 26: "Blessed are they who hunger and
thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied."
March 4: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall
obtain mercy."
March 11: "Blessed are the pure of heart, for they
shall see God."
March 18: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they
shall be called children of God."
March 25: "Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice's sake, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven."
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In anticipation of Cardinal Burke’s visit to the
Oratory on January 31, we have begun to organize
an elegant reception in the Oratory hall to welcome His Eminence. The reception will take place
after the Solemn Benediction celebrated by His
Eminence in the church, so that all faithful will
have an opportunity to greet our beloved guest of
honor, Cardinal Burke, on his return visit to the
Oratory.
We would be grateful for all help with food, set
up, clean up, and monetary contribution to make
this a memorable evening for everyone. Please
contact Mrs. Jenny Pekny via email at jennypekny@charter.net, if you are able to provide:
help with food or funding
help with set up before the reception
help during the reception, clearing tables
help after the reception, cleaning up the hall
Thank you very much for your generosity.
ORATORY ORGANIZATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS
KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS
INTERESTED IN
BECOMING CATHOLIC?
Want to become a Knight of Columbus? Know
a Catholic gentleman who is not a Knight? Why not
invite him to be a brother Knight? Contact Mr. Frank
Aufmuth, Grand Knight 314-580-2425.
The priests of St. Francis de Sales Oratory will be
happy to answer your
questions and provide you with the
necessary instruction.
Call the rectory to speak with
Canon Wiener, Canon Avis or
Father Herman.
Meetings are on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each
month at 6:30pm. All Knights are welcome to attend.
ORATORY CHOIR
If you enjoy singing sacred a cappella music from
the enormous treasury of the Catholic Church, if
you relish the prospect of singing in one of the most
beautiful churches in St. Louis, if you welcome the
challenge of performing extraordinary repertoire then the Saint Francis de Sales Choir is for you.
Prior experience in choral singing is essential, and
you must be able to read music.
Contact Nick Botkins for audition details:
314-771-3100
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 the this charitable and
friendly group, contact Mr. Dick Carr at 314-772-9489 or
Mr. Wally Feld at the Oratory. 314-771-3100.
COFFEE HOUR SCHEDULE
Today, January 29:
8:00 Michael Miller
10:00 James Kahre
Sunday, February 5:
8:00 Dennis Roach
10:00 Larry Miller
Sunday, February 12:
8:00 Stephen Chicosky
10:00 Mike Kenney
In order to give more long-range visibility to this
schedule, we are printing assignments two weeks in
advance as well as the current Sunday. If you cannot
meet your commitment call Tom Leith at 314-4358494, or email him at trleith@alum.wustl.edu.
Thank you, everyone, for your help!
ORATORY CLEANING
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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
Here are the next assignments:
Today, January 29: St. Martin de Porres
Sunday, February 5: St. Martha
Sunday, February 12: St. Anthony
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St. Francis de Sales Oratory #238950
2653 Ohio Avenue
St. Louis MO 63118
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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 the 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 please fill out a contact card available at the entrance of the
church. 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.
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ORATORY INFORMATION:
INFANT BAPTISM:
Parents requesting Baptism must be 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:
Public tours are available Monday-Friday.
Contact the Oratory office for availability.
ORATORY RECTORY:
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