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St. Francis De Sales Oratory AY M 24, 2020 Sunday after the Ascension ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ORATORY HOLY MASS SCHEDULE: Sunday Mass 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am and 1:00pm 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, Episcopal Delegate - Summorum Pontificum Mother of Perpetual Help REV. CANON PIERRE R. DUMAIN Tuesday 8:00am & 6:30pm Vicar REV. CANON MIGUEL A. CAÑADAS CARPIO Adoration Vicar Thursday 6:30pm BBÉ LEX ARGA A A J. B Sacristan CONFESSIONS: ORATORY STAFF: 30 minutes before all Masses Mr. Jon Roché Mrs. Mary Hayworth Dr. Steven Ball Accounting Manager Office Administrator Director of Sacred Music “Let your heart be full of courage and confidence in God, for He will never abandon you if you do not first abandon Him.” - St. Francis de Sales INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST LITURGICAL CALENDAR Mass Intentions: Sunday Mass Sign Up Sunday, May 24 Sunday after the Ascension, 2nd Class Pubic Masses resumed on May 18th and practical- ly speaking, our weekly public Mass, Confession 7:30am Low Mass- Zoe Buckley † and Adoration schedule will continue as it was 9:00am Low Mass - Virginia Petersen † before the suspension of public Masses. You may 10:30am High Mass - Abbé Alex Barga consult the weekly bulletin for these times. 1:00pm Low Mass - Rachel Miller Miles With this reopening comes gathering size re- Monday, May 25 strictions. This will mainly affect the Sunday St. Gregory VII, 3rd Class Mass schedule, as we can permit no more than 8:00am Low Mass - Rita Mary Shany 240 people in the Oratory at one time according to the restrictions in order to best maintain distancing Tuesday, May 26 requirements. This will require additional Sunday St. Philip Neri, 3rd Class Masses. These additional Mass times are TEM- 8:00am Low Mass - Canon Michael Stein PORARY until we are really “back to nor- 6:30pm Low Mass - Restoration & mal.” The new temporary Sunday times are Benefactors of St. Francis de Sales Oratory 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am and 1:00pm. My pray- er is that “normal” will come sooner rather than Wednesday, May 27 later, so please be alert for adjustments and chang- St. Bede the Venerable, 3rd Class es to the schedule during the coming weeks. 8:00am Low Mass - Abbé Christian Juneau 12:15pm Low Mass - Lloyd Rupp † I request that you sign you and your family up for these Masses by way of Signup Genius. Each Thursday, May 28 Monday a schedule will be put out by way of St. Augustine of Canterbury, 3rd Class email, the SFdS website and social media for the 8:00am Low Mass - Mary Virginia Petersen † following Sunday liturgies. This will be necessary 6:30pm Adoration each Sunday until larger groups are permitted. I apologize if your preferred time slot is not availa- Friday, May 29 ble every week; thank you in advance for being as St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, 3rd Class flexible as possible. Those without access to so- 8:00am Low Mass - Giovanna Santilli cial media or email may call the Oratory office in order to be entered into the Mass of their choice. Saturday, May 30 For those who are older or who have well-founded Vigil of Pentecost, 1st Class fear for their health, you should in no way feel 8:00am Solemn Mass - Derek Wade Johnson † under any pressure to attend Mass at this time (provided, of course, that you do your best to Sunday, May 31 sanctify the Lord’s Day religiously at home). Pentecost, 1st Class Those who have flu symptoms or who have rea- 7:30am Low Mass– Holy Souls in Purgatory son to believe they have been exposed to the virus 9:00am Low Mass - Catalina Padilla Silva † should NOT come to church at this time, as an act 10:30am High Mass - Rosendo & Lorena of charity to others. Ramirez 1:00pm Low Mass - Emily Tran † Thank you for your patience and understanding. NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS From the Rector’s Desk Dear Faithful and Friends, The Community at St. Francis de Sales is pleased to welcome you all back to regular worship at the Oratory. Our desire is that all who wish may come to Holy Mass at their convenience. This being said, please continue to keep yourselves informed of the best measures to protect yourselves and others. Those who are sick should stay home as an act of charity towards other Oratory members. Similarly, those with delicate health situations as well as those who are very sensitive as concerns their own health and well-being may find it best to contin- ue refraining from public worship at this time. As His Grace, Archbishop Carlson has said, the obligation to go to Sunday Mass is still suspended, so you would not be sinning in choosing to stay home for the time be- ing. We implore your patience with the distancing measures now in place in the Oratory. We are blessed to have a very large church, so this is much easier here than in other locations to respect the recommended distanc- es. Furthermore, the church is aired out on a regular basis impeding the buildup of stale air. Family members may sit together, of course, but individual families should distance themselves from one another. Hand sanitizer is available in all of the vestibules should you be so inclined. Similarly, the canons will spray disinfectant in the confessionals on a regular basis. Any further questions may be directed to the Rector. Sincerely, Canon Coggeshall Thank you very much. Holy Sacrament of Confirmation Planned Giving Please remember St. Francis de Sales Oratory in November 7, 2020 at 10:30am your Will or Living Trust. An appropriate Will or Confirmations at St. Francis de Sales Oratory ac- Trust provision would be: cording to the traditional ceremonies of the "I give __________ to The Friends of St. Fran- Church will take place on Saturday, November 7, cis de Sales Oratory, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, 2020 at 10:30am. for the Oratory's unrestricted use." Please contact the rectory office if you or your child(ren) would like to receive the Sacrament of Insurance Assessment Confirmation. More information to follow. The Oratory’s biggest annual financial obligation continues to be that of our property and liability in- De Sales Heritage surance assessed by the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Foundation Our 2019-2020 insurance assessment is $96,467.00. The DeSales Heritage Foundation is in existence We are relying on your continuous prayers and gen- since January 2018. This entity is a public chari- erous donations which you exercise by using the “insurance envelope” and by your restricted gifts. ty, tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3). All donations made to Please help us off set this cost by donating today. the Foundation are therefore tax deductible ac- Thank you very much! cording to IRC Section 170. The governing in- strument of this Foundation provides that its pur- Stewardship pose is to promote and support the restoration, July 2019 - June 2020 preservation and improvement of our church building, an historically and architecturally signif- Weekly Collection Goal: $8,000.00 icant structure listed on the National Register of Collection for : May 17 Historic Places. This narrow objective is meant to encourage companies, associations and other enti- Envelopes Mailed: 222 ties that may not wish to support religion, as such, Envelopes Turned In: 53 to contribute to the important cause of the restora- Loose: $0,000.00 tion of our magnificent church. Envelopes: $5,697.00 Many corporations match donations made by TOTAL: $5,697.00 employees to a recognized non-profit, such as DeSales Heritage Foundation. Please inquire about your company’s employee gift matching YTD Stewardship Goal: $384,000.00 program and guidelines. YTD Stewardship: $397,308.22 If you need to provide details to qualify DeSales YTD Surplus/Deficit: $13,308.22 Heritage Foundation for your company’s pro- gram, please contact Mr. Charles A. Redd at (314) Insurance Assessment 2018-2019 259-4534 or [email protected]. $96,467.00 Pipe Organ Campaign 2019/20 $40,211.50 YTD Campaign Goal: $400,000.00 Pledged Amount: $60,547.00 Rosary Leader We now have the 5th Sunday Rosary leader for Pledge Received: $37,847.21 when we have Masses publicly again. Thank you Non Pledge Donations: $125,774.98 very much for volunteering to assist the Oratory 277 Households - 245 Households Participating with this beautiful devotion. National Catholic Register Convent Preparation and St. Francis de Sales Oratory Campus Beautification In the April 26, 2020 edition of the National Cath- Dear Faithful, olic Register there is a very good article by Joseph This year, the Oratory will again host the Annual Pronechen about several beautiful churches in the Priest Retreat (June 8-12). For the retreat, the US that offer wonderful online virtual tours and convent will need to be prepared at the end of May our Oratory is one of them that is profiled. The for the more than 20 canons who will be lodged on article gives a small glimpse of the Oratory’s his- our campus. tory and beautiful description of the interior of the church and of the Emil Frei windows. The article I ask you kindly to consider joining our communi- appears in the print edition on page 16 and can ty on: also be found on their website: Saturday, May 30 (10:00am - 1:30pm).
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