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St. Francis De Sales Oratory PRIL A 18, 2021 2nd Sunday After Easter ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ORATORY HOLY MASS SCHEDULE: Sunday Schedule Mass 7:30am, 9:00am and 10:30am Monday - Saturday Mass 8:00am Tuesday Mass 6:30pm Wednesday Mass 12:15pm ORATORY CLERGY: First Fridays Mass 6:30pm VERY REV. MSGR. R. MICHAEL SCHMITZ, STD, JCD Holy Days of Obligation Vicar General & Delegate for the United States Please consult the bulletin REV. CANON MATTHEW L. TALARICO Provincial Superior, United States REV. CANON BENJAMIN L. COGGESHALL SACRED DEVOTIONS: Rector Mother of Perpetual Help REV. CANON PIERRE R. DUMAIN Tuesday 8:00am & 6:30pm Vicar REV. CANON MIGUEL A. CAÑADAS CARPIO Adoration Vicar & Sacristan Thursday 6:30pm BBÉ LEX ARGA A A J. B General Manager CONFESSIONS: ORATORY STAFF: 30 minutes before all Masses Mr. Jon Roché Mrs. Mary Hayworth Mr. James Marck Accounting Manager Office Administrator Director of Sacred Music “You will gain more merits and consolations by public prayer then by your own particular devotions.” St. Francis de Sales INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST LITURGICAL CALENDAR Mass Intentions: Server Schedule Sunday, April 18 Sunday, April 18 2nd Sunday after Easter, 2nd Class 7:30am Low Mass Good Shepherd Sunday Acolytes: Abbé Mark Halisky, Liam Aufmuth 7:30am Low Mass - Henry & Patricia Miller † 9:00am Low Mass 9:00am Low Mass - Phil Kogler † Acolytes: Joel Miller, Liam Miller 10:30am Solemn Mass - Saunders and Silva 10:30am Solemn Mass Families Master of Ceremonies: Dominic Stamos Thurifer: Alex Vega Monday, April 19 Acolyte 1: Trent Hickey Votive Mass of the Blessed Trinity Acolyte 2: Raymond Pekny 8:00am Low Mass - Claudine & Henry Fickter † Crucifer: Charlie Kahre Tuesday, April 20 Choir Master of Ceremonies: Michael LaZella Votive Mass of Mother of Perpetual Help Torchbearers: Adrian Shea, John Paul Davidson, 8:00am Low Mass - Kimberly Myers † Jackson Huber, Michael Ruggiero, Joey Huber, 6:30pm Low Mass - Restoration & Gabriel Davidson Benefactors of St. Francis de Sales Oratory Thursday, April 22 Wednesday, April 21 6:30pm Adoration St. Anselm, 3rd Class Master of Ceremonies: Dominic Stamos 8:00am Low Mass - Miguelito Guiritan † Thurifer: Mark Stamos 12:15pm Low Mass - Lorna Bishop Acolyte 1: Timothy White Thursday, April 22 Acolyte 2: Gabriel Ruggiero Sts. Soter & Caius, 3rd Class Torchbearers: Raymond Pekny, Dominic Ruggiero 8:00am Low Mass - Frances Rhein † Sunday, April 25 and the Petrick Family 7:30am Low Mass 6:30pm Adoration Acolytes: Abbé Mark Halisky, Marvin Recepcion Friday, April 23 9:00am Low Mass Commemoration of St. George Acolytes: Thomas Schuepfer, Liam Miller 8:00am Low Mass - Raphael Louis VandenBergh 10:30am Solemn Mass Saturday, April 24 Master of Ceremonies: Raphael VandenBergh St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, 3rd Class Thurifer: Gabriel Ruggiero 8:00am Low Mass - Cecelia Tucker Acolyte 1: Michael Ruggiero Acolyte 2: William Cassibry Sunday, April 25 Crucifer: Timothy White 3rd Sunday after Easter, 2nd Class Choir Master of Ceremonies: Dominic Stamos 7:30am Low Mass - William Vaci † Torchbearers: Gus Pekny, Joseph Shany, Joseph 9:00am Low Mass - Ana Maria Fasquelle Pekny, Campion Purgahn, Ezio LaZella, Dominic 10:30am Solemn Mass - Ms. Giovanna Santilli & Ruggiero the late Michael Santilli, Sr. † Welcome We extend our warm greetings to all guests and visitors who are joining us at the Oratory today. We hope that you will return and become frequent participants of the beautiful Liturgy that is offered here. Please contact the rectory office for more information at (314) 771-3100. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS Today: 2nd Sunday after Easter Good Shepherd Sunday “Good Shepherd Sunday” Greetings from the Seminary Today: 2nd Collection for the Seminary The Second Sunday after Easter, which we are April 22: Catechism Class for Seniors and celebrating today is commonly called Good Shep- Ages 10-12 herd Sunday after the passage of the Gospel of Saint John proclaimed at Mass: Ego sum pastor May 2: May Crowning bonus, “I am the good shepherd,” very fitting for May 8: First Holy Communion Rehearsal the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest’s May 9: First Holy Communion semi-annual collection for our seminary for the formation of future shepherds of the Lord’s Flock. May 13: Ascension of Our Lord Saint Philip Neri Seminary, in Gricigliano, near May 23: Pentecost Sunday Florence, Italy, is already well known to a number of you who have visited it and to others among May 24-May 28: Annual Priest Retreat you through Seminary Society events, our occa- sional ordination ceremonies in Saint Louis, as well as pictures and videos. You also know many Series: The Papacy and Chant of our seminarians who have visited or served at The Tuesday night chant class with Mr. Marck the Oratory. and Canon Dumain will continue its series on the Papal music legislation of the 20th and 21st Cen- Our seminary is not subsidized and relies solely tury. This Tuesday, we will be learning about the on the generosity of benefactors. We are therefore effect of the world wars on sacred music and the extremely grateful for any help the faithful can Papacy’s response to “expressionism”. give us, particularly in these dire times, knowing it is more of a sacrifice than ever. Tuesdays, 7:45-8:45pm, in Church Hall On a more personal note, I still have such fond April 20: Musicae sacrae disciplina (1955) memories of my two years of service at Saint April 27: Sacrosanctum Concilium (1963) Francis de Sales Oratory from 2008 to 2010, first May 4: Musicam Sacram (1967) as a deacon and then as a new priest, vicar to Can- May 11: Benedict XVI (2000) on Wiener, before I was called back to the semi- Adults 18 and older wishing to attend should con- nary to teach and help prepare the seminarians for tact the Oratory Rectory ahead of time, to inform their future ministry as priests, shepherds who de- seating and refreshments. Enrollment in the chant vote their lives to guiding and nourishing spiritu- class is not required to attend, and attendants are ally their flock and seeking out the lost sheep and encouraged to bring a friend. bringing them safely home to the fold. I can tell you that it is very rewarding to see the seminari- ans progress to ordination and then go out to serve May Crowing as priests. Sunday, May 2 at 10:00am Be assured of our prayers for you, and please re- May is the month of Mary! All children 6 years member us in yours! I hope to come back and vis- and older are cordially invited to participate in the it sometime and look forward to seeing visitors May Crowning to honor Our Lady, on Sunday, from Saint Francis de Sales Oratory in Gricigliano May 2, during the 10:30am Mass. soon. A practice will be held on Sunday, April 25th af- Canon Jason Apple ter the 10:30am Mass. We will meet in the main General Prefect vestibule at the front of the church. Saint Philip Neri Seminary Young Adult Planned Giving Annual Retreat Please remember St. Francis de Sales Oratory in your Will or Living Trust. An appropriate Will or Friday, June 25 at 3 pm-Monday, June 28 at 12 pm Trust provision would be: National Shrine of Saint Therese (Darien, IL) Only 110 spots available! $225 for 3 days. "I give __________ to The Friends of St. Fran- Double rooms with private baths cis de Sales Oratory, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, Ages 18-35 (single/couple) for the Oratory's unrestricted use." Register at this link: https://form.jotform.com/icksp/sursum-corda- annual-retreat-2021 Insurance Assessment The Oratory’s biggest annual financial obligation Stained Glass Window Tour continues to be that of our property and liability Mr. Bob Shea gives a 45-minute guided tour of insurance assessed by the Archdiocese of Saint the stained glass windows on the 1st Sunday of Louis. every month. The next tour will be after the Our 2020-2021 insurance assessment is 10:30am High Mass on Sunday, May 2, 2021. These tours highlight some of the more than 35 $98,256.00. We are relying on your continuous windows in our church and cover both the art his- prayers and generous donations which you exer- tory and religious aspects. cise by using your insurance envelope. Please help us off set this cost by donating to- De Sales Heritage Foundation day. Thank you very much! The DeSales Heritage Foundation is in existence since January 2018. This entity is a public charity, Stewardship tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3). All donations made to the Foun- July 2020 - June 2021 dation are therefore tax deductible according to IRC Weekly Collection Goal: $12,500.00 Section 170. The governing instrument of this Foundation provides that its purpose is to promote Collection for: April 11 and support the restoration, preservation and im- provement of our church building, an historically Envelopes Mailed: 221 and architecturally significant structure listed on the Envelopes Turned In: 109 National Register of Historic Places. This nar- row objective is meant to encourage companies, associations and other entities that may not wish to Loose: $2,044.00 support religion, as such, to contribute to the im- Envelopes: $5,302.00 portant cause of the restoration of our magnificent Online Donations: $1,025.30 church. TOTAL: $8,371.30 Many corporations match donations made by em- ployees to a recognized non-profit, such as DeSales YTD Stewardship Goal: $525,000.00 Heritage Foundation. Please inquire about your YTD Stewardship: $386,098.00 company’s employee gift matching program and YTD Surplus/Deficit: ($138,902.00) guidelines. If you need to provide details to qualify DeSales Insurance Assessment 2020-2021 Heritage Foundation for your company’s program, $98,256.00 Approx.
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