tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94370062024-03-14T01:00:45.427-05:00Rome of the WestA web log about Catholicism in Saint Louis, Missouri, which was once called the "Rome of the West". Topics of interest are the historical Catholic patrimony of our City, the restoration of Catholic culture, manners, and morals, increasing public and private piety, and fostering interest in the liturgical arts.Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comBlogger2851125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-11951864522661009252017-03-22T13:27:00.005-05:002017-03-22T13:27:57.903-05:00Explanation for my Absence <blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">GREETINGS, </span>I have not posted here in a very long time, for which I apologize. Soon after I made my last posting, my mother unexpectedly passed away, which was a shock and a terrible hardship for my family and myself.<br />
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During that time, I was overburdened with moving to a new home, while trying to fix up both the new house and repairing the old house, which had fallen into disrepair. I simply hadn't had the heart to blog, as it was such a sad and difficult time, and I lost my almost daily habit of writing and photographing.<br />
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Many people have asked me to take this up again, and I thank everyone who has giving me support, encouragement, and prayers.Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-87623716515363243402014-11-25T13:07:00.005-06:002014-11-25T13:08:20.170-06:00Archbishop Carlson on the Current Situation<span style="font-size: x-large;">FROM THE ARTICLE</span> <a href="http://stlouisreview.com/article/2014-11-24/archbishop-carlson"><i>Archbishop Carlson calls for peace as grand jury says no indictment for Ferguson police officer</i></a>:<blockquote>“I implore each of you: Choose peace!” said Archbishop Carlson, who prayed at the memorial site for Brown in the days after the shooting and led a Rosary on Nov. 5 in January-Wabash Park. “Reject any false and empty hope that violence will solve problems. Violence only creates more violence. Let’s work for a better, stronger, more holy community— one founded upon respect for each other, respect for life, and our shared responsibility for the common good.” </blockquote>Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-42497070965048491962014-11-21T08:51:00.001-06:002014-11-21T08:51:26.451-06:00Newsletter from the Oratory<div><table border=“0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #006699; width: 100%;"><tbody>
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<strong>KIRCHWEIHFEST </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>NOVENA TO THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>GAUDETE GALA</strong><strong> - STAINED GLASS REPAIR</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>CELEBRATING ST. LOUIS</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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</strong> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Dear Faithful and Friends of St. Francis de Sales Oratory,</span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Saint Francis de Sales church c.1900</span></span></strong></div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">KIRCHWEIHFEST - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2014, AFTER 10 AM MASS</span></strong></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;">"Kirchweihfest" is a German word that means "church dedication feast," a celebration that highlights the importance of reserving a church building for sacred actions and sacred things, for the glory of God and the sanctification of man. The German roots at St. Francis de Sales are deep, reaching back to the German immigrants of St. Louis, who built this church in 1867, and rebuilt it after a tornado destroyed the first in 1896. The present church building was dedicated on November 26, 1908.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Seminary Society breakfast</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
In addition to marking this milestone, this year's Kirchweihfest will be an occasion for us to show our support for the seminarians, the future priests who will serve the Church and oversee many more “Kirchweihfests” in the coming years. Please join us, and the Seminary Society which organized this year’s event, for this double celebration!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Waterloo German Band</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
The festival will include: Christkindl Market, Rector's Raffle, Chocolate Cake Contest, entertainment provided by the Waterloo German Band, and much more!<br />
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Menu: Sauerbraten, Bratwurst, Chicken Tenders (for children), Sauerkraut, Braised Cabbage with Apples, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, German Potato Salad, Rolls, Chocolate Cake, Coffee and Tea. (Catered by <a href="http://email.kateycharles.com/ct/23747255:23650831862:m:N:193053028:BB8EEFC793663703CB4F07EC47F12642">Two Mike’s Catering</a>.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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NOVENA TO THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The Immaculate Conception</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
This year we will again have our Novena to the Immaculate Conception with guest homilists nightly.</span></span>Please mark your calendar and bring a friend.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Confessions 30 minutes before Mass and devotions</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
Sunday, November 30, 10:00AM:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
Rev. Canon Matthew Talarico<br />
<strong>Monday, December 1, 6:30PM:</strong><br />
Rev. Father Anthony Ochoa<br />
<strong>Tuesday, December 2, 6:30PM</strong><br />
Rev. Father Eric Kunz<br />
<strong>Wednesday, December 3, 6:30PM</strong><br />
Rev. Father Henry Purcell<br />
<strong>Thursday, December 4, 6:30PM</strong><br />
Rev. Father Fadi Auro<br />
<strong>Friday, December 5, 6:30PM</strong><br />
Rev. Father Brian Harrison<br />
<strong>Saturday, December 6, 8:00AM</strong><br />
Rev. Father Thomas Keller<br />
<strong>Sunday, December 7, 10:00AM</strong><br />
Rev. Canon Joel Estrada<br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">GAUDETE GALA 2014 – TICKETS FOR PURCHASE NOW!</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The Sheldon Concert Hall</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
Advent will be here soon. As the new liturgical year unfolds before us, what a great blessing it will be to be immersed in the unfathomable spiritual riches of Holy Mother Church! In the midst of Advent is Gaudete Sunday, whose theme, “Rejoice!”, will fill our hearts with joy as we anticipate the coming of our Blessed Savior.<br />
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More than a fundraiser, the Oratory’s Gaudete Gala, now in its fourth year, is a unique and festive musical expression of the joy of Advent, and the gratitude for the blessings of the sacred liturgy. The Gala will give the Oratory faithful and clergy an opportunity to share the Church’s rich Sacred Music tradition – something we experience every Sunday - with one another, with our friends and family, and with our city community at large. Featuring the choirs of the Oratory under the direction of Mr. Botkins, the Gala will also highlight the wonderful talents developed through the Oratory’s Sacred Music Program in the past nine years. All proceeds from the Gala will be used to support the Sacred Music Program.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Gaudete Gala 2012</span></strong><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Two examples of the Oratory choirs’ repertoire may be heard <a href="http://email.kateycharles.com/ct/23747256:23650831862:m:N:193053028:BB8EEFC793663703CB4F07EC47F12642">here</a>: O <em>Sacrum Convivium</em>, composed by Mr. Kevin Allen, and a Kyrie from Max Filke’s Mass in Honor of the Blessed Virgin. These are the fruits of our labor – a joyful expression of love of music and love of the Sacred.<br />
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We cordially invite you and your families to come to the Oratory’s Fourth Annual Gaudete Gala, and urge you to invite others to come share the beauty of sacred music with us. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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Date: Sunday, December 14, 2014<br />
Place: <a href="http://email.kateycharles.com/ct/23747257:23650831862:m:N:193053028:BB8EEFC793663703CB4F07EC47F12642">The Sheldon Concert Hall</a> (3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis)<br />
Tickets: $150 for Gala Reception & Concert<br />
Special Offer: $1,000 for a Group of Eight Tickets<br />
Concert only: $45</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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Tickets for the Gaudete Gala 2014 are now available for purchase from the Oratory office by phone (314) 771-3100 or email, or by mail at</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
Saint Francis de Sales Oratory<br />
Gaudete Gala 2014<br />
2653 Ohio Avenue<br />
Saint Louis, Missouri 63118</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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They may be ordered online, by credit card, at <a href="http://email.kateycharles.com/ct/23747256:23650831862:m:N:193053028:BB8EEFC793663703CB4F07EC47F12642">www.gaudetegala2014.com</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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Admission to the Gala will include a festive Hors d’Oeuvres Reception before the concert. After the Concert, there will be a brief opportunity to gather again to meet and greet the choir.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
Gala Reception 6:00 PM<br />
Concert Performance 7:15 PM<br />
Choir Meet & Greet 8:30 PM</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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Acknowledgments: The Oratory would like to express our deeply felt gratitude to several supporters for their generous donations to defray the cost of the Gala. We would also like to thank Mr. & Mrs. David Schlafly, Mr. Chris Poehler, and Ms. Susan Barrett for co-chairing the Gaudete Gala Committee this year.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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STAINED GLASS WINDOW REPAIR UPDATE</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Artisans carefully working Summer 2014</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Lauds. The first light of the day has penetrated the stained glass windows of the Oratory, bringing the saints and angels into the sanctuary in an array of colors: reds, blues and greens. By Compline, the ever-present images in windows recede into the shadows amidst the prayers of the Oratory community, waiting again for Lauds and the first light of morning.<br />
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As illuminated decorations of churches since the Middle Ages, stained glass windows have been a part of the rhythmic daily life of the Church. St. Francis de Sales Oratory has been blessed with many well-crafted windows that beautify the interior of the church, highlighting various saints throughout the day with the movement of light and time. They are part of the distinctive attributes that make this church the “Cathedral of South Saint Louis.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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Stained glass windows are known to withstand the test of time, but never without periodic repair and restoration. Our windows are close to 100 years old; weathering and the ravage of time have made repairs an unavoidable task for us.<br />
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Within the last five years, several windows were so badly damaged by storms that decisive actions had to be taken to preserve them. In December 2009, a window in the choir loft had to be removed and stored until suitable repairs can be made.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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Then last winter, the beautiful window in the sanctuary, featuring Sts. Jerome and Gregory, was so damaged by the storm that it had to be repaired immediately. Working with the Emil Frei and Associates, the original crafters of our windows in the last century, it took several months of work to complete the repairs, but the process has gained us many insights into the methodology we will need to restore all our historic windows in the future.<br />
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Typical of windows of this age, the level of restoration depended on the condition of the glass and support structure, and, unavoidably, budgetary constraints. The Frei experts found the outer protective glass and the glazing had deteriorated badly from normal wear and tear, and the supporting terra cotta mullions were cracked and failing, thus unable to completely support the glass. Instead of rebuilding the terra cotta support for this glass, a larger, thicker protective glass was installed farther out from the stained glass and a new support constructed, thereby retaining the architectural quality without overloading the terra cotta mullions. Both the inside stained glass and the outside protective glass were cleaned and re-glazed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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This repair also has a large thermal benefit since a recent study of the heating and cooling needs of the church building has shown that the windows, by far, are the worst contributor to heat loss in winter and would be detrimental to any attempt to air condition in the summer. By moving the protective glass farther away and using thicker glass material, there will be a significant improvement to the obvious thermal inadequacies of the building.<br />
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In addition to structural integrity that is leak-proof, the restoration has made a big difference in the appearance of the window from inside the sanctuary: clearer, brighter, and more vibrant. The brighter Jerome-Gregory window can now serve as a model for the repairs that we will need to do on all of our iconic windows. We will work with Frei to determine the next window that is in most need of repair.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Update on the last matching gift of <u>$4,300.00</u>: There is still an opportunity to help with this generous initiative. We still need <u>$3,940.25</u> to match this donation. The deadline has been extended to <u>December 8</u>, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. </span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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CELEBRATING ST. LOUIS</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Saint Louis IX, King of France</span></span></strong></div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
</span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;">On October 19, 2014, His Grace, Archbishop Robert J. Carlson, came to visit with the Institute’s community and faithful at St. Francis de Sales Oratory to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the birth of King St. Louis and the 250th anniversary of the founding of our city. Led by Archbishop Carlson, the clergy of the Oratory and 300-plus faithful honored King St. Louis with a procession of his sacred relic.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The relic of St. Louis IX venerated in procession led by Archbishop Carlson</span><br />
with <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Canon Wiener and clergy and faithful </span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 12px;">His Grace, The Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson<br />
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After the sermon of Archbishop Carlson the celebration then continued with Vespers and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The evening ended with a joyful and festive reception in the church hall, where many faithful gathered to greet the Archbishop, and to celebrate a noteworthy milestone in Catholic history, a milestone that drew together a saintly Old-World French king, missionaries to the New World, and our present day work toward a future filled with hope and charity.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Here's the <a href="http://email.kateycharles.com/ct/23747258:23650831862:m:N:193053028:BB8EEFC793663703CB4F07EC47F12642">link</a> to the coverage of the local archdiocesan newspaper St. Louis Review.<br />
Photo credits: Jerry Naunheim Photography</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 14px;">On the occasion of the anniversary of the consecration of the church building St. Francis de Sales, I wish to thank you all for your many sacrifices and joyful work you have done and continue to do for the benefit of countless families and individuals.<br />
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The Oratory’s Fourth Annual <em>Gaudete</em> Gala will take place on <em>Gaudet</em><strong><em>e</em> Sunday, December 14, 2014</strong>, at the <a href="http://email.kateycharles.com/ct/23464763:23418153979:m:1:193053028:A79C5DCD22D7B2555F8A67B5A78B0E4E:r">Sheldon Concert Hall</a> (3648 Washington Blvd.) in St. Louis.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">This year, as we anticipate Christmas with hope and joy, let us also share the beauty of music with one another and with friends and family. As in previous Galas, we can expect a joyful, festive, and sublime performance from the Oratory’s talented choristers – in St. Louis’ premiere concert venue.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">This year’s Gala will offer a delicious Hors d’Oeuvres Reception before the concert.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">It is said that music is the handmaid of the liturgy, and that this bond has propelled the musical arts to great heights, from medieval times to the present day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Since 2005, the Sacred Music Program at St. Francis de Sales Oratory has aimed, in our small way, to reflect this timeless bond, allowing the Liturgy to inform, guide, and inspire the creativity of everyone involved in the program, from the youngest chorister to the most experienced performer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Warmly, we invite you to come to the <em>Gaudete</em> Gala to enjoy the fruits of our labor – a unique and joyful expression of love of music and love of the Sacred.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Come hear the voices of mere mortals converse in music, the language of angels!</span></span></div>
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It is called Mary, Queen of Peace Shrine, and it is located in Coronation Heights, a neighborhood in O’Fallon, Missouri.Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-12522344348327056192014-09-18T13:30:00.000-05:002014-09-18T13:30:19.624-05:00Newsletter from the Oratory<table border=“0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"><tbody>
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Visit of Archbishop Carlson on October 19<br />
Gaudete Gala 2014 – Welcome New Candidates<br />
Oblate Retreat – Confirmations<br />
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</span></strong></em></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"></div><div style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-size: 14px;">Returning to the Mount St. Joseph Retreat Center in Kentucky, the Institute of Christ the King held its 5th annual Choir Camp bringing together many musically talented students from far and wide. With its beautiful grounds, wonderful staff, and accommodating setup, St. Joseph’s has always been a perfect place to have this very edifying camp. Having been with the camp for three years, I already feel like it is my “home away from home”.</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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United with the common interest of achieving musical excellence for God’s greater glory, the 27 camp attendees were able to improve their vocal technique, Gregorian chant, Latin, and understanding of virtue under the capable direction of </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 14px;">Rev. Canon William Avis</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 14px;">, </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 14px;">Abbé Matthew Walter, <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16px;">Abbé </span>Alex Barga, </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mr. Nick Botkins and Mr. Joseph Reidy. In vocal technique class and choir rehearsals, the students learned how to sing with correct posture, cleaner sound, and better dynamics. The students learned about the history and progression of chant to its mastery at Solesmes, in Abbé Walter’s class, as well as how to sing the chant beautifully. Along with the captivating History of Rome and the early Church, Mr. Reidy took the class into some of the basics of the Latin language leading up to an exciting scavenger hunt using Latin commands. Along with daily Mass and confessions, Canon Avis also provided spiritual conferences for all of the students focusing on practicing virtues such as prudence and humility.<br />
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Aside from the camp’s music program, the campers were also able to do some fun activities guided by the four camp counselors and our newest addition to the camp staff as sacristan, Abbé Alex. Some of the engaging activities played this year were blind dodgeball, football, soccer, volleyball, and capture the flag, during which, even some of the staff joined in the fun. On Friday night the camp had a farewell party with a student talent show, fun games, treats, and finally a line dance conducted by Miss Ashley Hayworth, one of the camp counselers. It was really neat to see all of the friendships formed throughout the course of the week and the good camaraderie present among the campers in general.</span></em></div><div style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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During the entire camp, the classes and activities all presented the same theme of giving God greater glory. Whether we were singing as the voice of the Church, attending Mass, chanting the litany of the Sacred Heart, saying the Holy Rosary at night, practicing at rehearsal, or simply tossing a football to one another, it seemed as if we were always giving to God and continuously praying. To me, having so many likeminded Catholic musicians come together with the mutual intention of offering their talents to God is the most beautiful aspect of the camp.<br />
</span></em></div><div style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-size: 14px;">Also, the campers annually hold a recital for the Ursuline Nuns after learning the camp repertoire every year. As one of the campers, it has always been a great pleasure to be able to give the Ursuline’s this unique treat which they always look forward to every year. This is just another way the choir camp allows the youthful singers to use their musical talent for God.<br />
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</span></em></div><div style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-size: 14px;">At the Saturday morning High Mass, all of the camp singers offered to God some of the most exquisite music I have ever heard. Clearly everyone put forth their best effort for God and really took to heart all of the good instruction taught by the staff throughout the week. And as I commented to others, “it was truly the best sounding camp I’ve been to so far.”<br />
</span></em></div><div style="margin-left: 80px;"><em><span style="font-size: 14px;">On the whole, the many new friendships made, the virtues of the Catholic Faith visibly practiced, and the musical excellence attained was very edifying to me and I hope it will continue to grow and edify others in the years to come for the greater glory of God!</span></em><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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October 19, 2014</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">800 Years King St. Louis IX - 250 City of Saint Louis</span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;"><br />
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On <strong>Sunday, October 19</strong>, at 5:00 PM, His Grace, Archbishop Robert J. Carlson, will come to the Oratory as we add our contribution to the city-wide celebration of the 800th birth anniversary of King St. Louis (Louis IX of France) and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the city of St. Louis that bears the holy saint’s name.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The program will begin at 5:00 PM, starting with honoring King Saint Louis with his holy relic in a solemn procession.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">His Grace, Robert J. Carlson,<br />
Archbishop of St. Louis</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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The entire program, including a sermon pronounced by the guest of honor, Archbishop Carlson, is as follows:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Throughout this year, many civic as well as Catholic events have been organized in St. Louis to highlight the history, development, and accomplishments of our great city. Please join us as the Oratory marks this special anniversary year with the Church’s joyful and solemn liturgy.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Gaudette Gala 2013</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Gaudete Gala 2014 will be glorious, elegant, and uplifting – a sublime moment of joy during Advent. This year the Gala will take place on <strong>Sunday evening, December 15</strong>, at the <a href="http://email.kateycharles.com/ct/22461643:22397690082:m:N:193053028:D573F4721F31BEA1836919F7A6562C66">Sheldon</a> (3648 Washington Blvd, Saint Louis), and will once again feature the Oratory’s choirs under the direction of Mr. Nick Botkins.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Sheldon Concert Hall</span></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tickets for the Gala Reception and the Concert will go on sale November 5. </span></strong></u><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
Please reserve the date <u><strong>December 15</strong></u> on your calendars, and plan on inviting your families and friends to share the joy of Christmas at the Gaudete Gala.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Welcome to 5 new candidates at the Oratory!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">On September 8, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 5 young men from all over the United States arrived at the Oratory: Mr. Carlos Flores from California, Mr. Daniel Roach from Arkansas, Mr. Luca Maria Dittmer from Iowa, Mr. Paul McKown from Michigan who will spend one year of discernment before they are accepted to our seminary in Griciglinao/Italy, and Mr. Simon Whitaker from Wisconsin who will stay with us to discern his vocation to the oblatehood.<br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">We wish these young men a grace-filled year here at the Oratory and assure them of our prayers. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Oblate Retreat 2013</span></strong></div><span style="font-size: 14px;">A spiritual retreat for the oblates of the US Province will take place from September 29 to October 3 at the Oratory.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">On the feast of St. Michael, September 29, 6 oblates in the US-Province of the Institute (including our own Abbe Alex) and 3 candidates for the oblatehood will begin a week of spiritual retreat here at the Oratory. Canon Aaron Huberfeld will present the instructions on these days of spiritual renewal for our oblates. Please pray for these men who serve the Church and the Institute generously in various apostolates in this country.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">His Excellency, Robert J. Hermann</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Holy Sacrament of Confirmation will be conferred by His Excellency, Bishop Robert J. Hermann at Saint Francis de Sales Oratory on <strong>Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 10:30am</strong>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">A Solemn High Mass in the presence of His Excellency will be celebrated afterwards.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Bavarian Brass Music at the Kirchweihfest 2010</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This year we will see again our Kirchweihfest, the celebration of the consecration of our magnificent church on November 26, 1908. According to the tradition here at the Oratory we will offer a festive lunch with German food, catered by Two Mikes Catering, after the 10:00 AM Mass on <strong>Sunday November 23, 2014</strong>, in the church hall.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Kirchweihfest will include several features of the <em>Summer at the Oratory</em> event as well as the<em>Seminary Society Breakfast</em>. It will be an occasion for us to celebrate the many blessings God has bestowed on this wonderful Oratory community, especially the generosity and the fruitful hard work of its members, for which we are most grateful. Please mark your calendars and invite a friend.</span></div><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">With my grateful best wishes for you and the assurance of my prayers in Christ the King,</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A MEDITATIVE GARDEN,</span> located across the street from <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.sbkparish.org">Saint Bridget of Kildare Parish</a>, in Pacific, Missouri. In the background is a bluff and mine entrance, made of the St. Peter’s sandstone formation, used in making clear glass.<br />
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I’ve heard from quite a few people lately asking how I am doing — I am well, and have been occupied by various projects, as well as fixing up and moving into a new home in Washington, Missouri, to be closer to my parents.Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0Pacific, MO 63069, USA38.48434774021073 -90.74448332190513638.484250740210733 -90.744640821905136 38.484444740210726 -90.744325821905136tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-68579402348645480962014-06-26T13:00:00.000-05:002014-06-26T13:00:42.549-05:00Newsletter from the Oratory<div><table border=“0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"><tbody>
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SACRED ORDINATIONS – CHOIR CAMP<br />
SEWAGE PIPE REPAIRS – STAINED GLASS WINDOW REPAIR<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Priestly Ordination</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">For the past several years, sacred ordinations of new Institute priests have taken place in Florence, Italy, at the beautiful church of SS. Michele e Gaetano. This year, in addition to Florence where four French deacons will be ordained to the priesthood, St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis, MO, will be honored to be the setting for the ordination of four American deacons, by His Eminence, Raymond Cardinal Burke. This important event in the life of the Church will take place here at the Oratory, on Tuesday, August 5, at 10:00AM.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
The following day (August 6), the Oratory will again be honored to participate in the grace-filled First Masses of the newly ordained priests, according to the following schedule:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">8:00 AM Rev. Canon Francis Altiere<br />
9:00 AM Rev. Canon Benjamin Coggeshall<br />
10:00 AM Rev. Canon Joel Estrada<br />
11:00 AM Rev. Canon Andrew Todd</span></strong></div><div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">At 12:00 Noon, following First Masses, Solemn Te Deum and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be celebrated by the Prior General and founder of our Institute, Monsignor Gilles Wach.<br />
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Already many visitors have made plans to come to St. Louis for the Ordinations. If anyone needs information on the accommodations available for this event in various hotels in St. Louis, please contact the Oratory office for the list and the special rates.<br />
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As we count down to this great event, I would like to express my deepest, heartfelt gratitude to all the generous volunteers who are working to prepare for Ordinations. The labor required for all the behind-the-scenes preparations can only be sustained by a great love for God and for the sacred. Thank you!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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CHOIR CAMP 2014</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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Many who attend Masses at St. Francis de Sales Oratory remark on the beauty of the liturgy and specifically on the music which is an integral part of the sacred liturgy. Occasionally on special events, such as the Gaudete Gala, many are deeply moved when they see the youthful faces behind the angelic voices. Regular weekly rehearsals are essential to our choirs, but the annual summer Choir Camp we have had since 2009 has been extremely effective in making our choirs what they are today.<br />
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Like many good summer camps, the Choir Camp is fun, educational, and beneficial to the individuals who are fortunate to attend it. The Church at large draws a benefit too, in that the Camp helps to prepare a future generation to sing the treasured repertoire of Sacred Music. When they learn it at a young age, the young people’s formative experience in sacred music will stay with them for a lifetime.<br />
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Whether you have a camper who will attend the Summer Camp this year or not, we cordially implore you to consider supporting the Choir Camp financially. We cannot minimize the fixed cost of running a summer camp, but if everyone contributes to it, we will be able to lower the cost and provide needed scholarships so that more children can participate.<br />
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You may send a check directly to the Oratory, earmarked “Sacred Music Summer Camp”, or use a crowd-funding site we have set up to accept donations.<br />
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The link is https://<a href="http://email.kateycharles.com/ct/20690856:21157319040:m:N:193053028:4C0C4E0F6B750CCCB88D2C34B0558779">www.indiegogo.com/projects/sacred-music-summer-camp.</a><br />
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Please invite your families and friends to visit this link too, so that they may consider supporting this worthy cause.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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There have been an increasing number of sewer backups in the rectory in the past year, flooding the basement with smelly, brackish water. This happened every time there was a large rainfall, so we had a scope put down the drain and it was only able to progress several feet outside the basement, stopping under the parking area which indicated a sewer line break. We employed a sewer repair company to open the area to about a 10 foot depth and a surprising discovery was made that the problem area contained an old brick cistern about 12 feet in diameter and 10 feet deep that had caused some of the problem, along with sewer problems at the building foundation and another collapsed sewer cleanout.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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All of the roof downspouts converge on this spot and were overwhelming the collapsed capacity of the sewer. New and larger plastic piping was installed and the hole was closed, hopefully resolving this irritating and unhealthy problem.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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STAINED GLASS WINDOW REPAIR</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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Last November we experienced a strong wind storm which damaged portions of several buildings on campus. A large stained glass window in the sanctuary was one of the damaged items. “Emil Frei and Associates” assessed the damage and provided a report which included the insurance covered storm damage but also the more comprehensive repair of the window to assure its long term health. Scaffolding was recently erected to make these repairs, which will serve as a model for what is needed for all the windows and show how these improvements will sustain and enhance our iconic windows for the future.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:<br />
CHURCH & CONVENT CLEANING</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
On <strong>Saturday, July 19, starting at 9:00AM</strong>, we will be cleaning the convent, where many priests of the Institute will be staying during the Ordinations.<br />
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On <strong>Saturday, July 26, starting at 9:00AM</strong> we will be cleaning the Church, in preparation for the priestly Ordinations and First Masses of the newly ordained priests.<br />
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If you are able to help out on either or both of these days, we would be most grateful. A sign-up sheet for each day is available at church every Sunday until July 13.<br />
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<strong>More hands make this work lighter for everyone!</strong><br />
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If you have any questions, please contact Abbe Alex.<br />
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Thank you very much for your generous response!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">With the assurance of my prayers in the Sacred Heart of Jesus,<br />
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My father building a snow arch in front of our house in 1966, a miniature Gateway Arch. My dad is always working on interesting projects.Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-58635470849919157002014-06-08T10:38:00.000-05:002014-06-08T10:38:35.484-05:00Pentecost<blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-size: x-large;">COME, HOLY SPIRIT,</span> Creator blest,<br />
and in our souls take up Thy rest;<br />
come with Thy grace and heavenly aid<br />
to fill the hearts which Thou hast made. <br />
O comforter, to Thee we cry,<br />
O heavenly gift of God Most High,<br />
O fount of life and fire of love,<br />
and sweet anointing from above. <br />
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<a href=“https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/4629725292" title="Saint Alphonsus Liguori Roman Catholic Church, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - stained glass window Pentecost by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4072/4629725292_b7ba702d00_z.jpg" width="348" height="640" alt="Saint Alphonsus Liguori Roman Catholic Church, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - stained glass window Pentecost"></a><br />
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Saint Alphonsus Liguori Church, in Saint Louis, Missouri.<br />
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Mary Queen of Peace Church, in Webster Groves, Missouri.<br />
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<a href=“https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/3579909776" title="Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - mosaic of Pentecost by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3376/3579909776_004d4e8277_o.jpg" width="500" height="329" alt="Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - mosaic of Pentecost"></a><br />
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis.<br />
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<a href=“https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/5500160436" title="Resurrection Cemetery, in Affton, Missouri, USA - mosaic of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Pentecost by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5260/5500160436_8f9835d3ce_z.jpg" width="384" height="640" alt="Resurrection Cemetery, in Affton, Missouri, USA - mosaic of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Pentecost"></a><br />
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Resurrection Cemetery, in Affton, Missouri.<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/4436895243" title="Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Church, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - stained glass window of Pentecost by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4038/4436895243_421f7a869e_z.jpg?zz=1” width="243" height="640" alt="Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Church, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - stained glass window of Pentecost"></a><br />
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Saint Agatha Church, in Saint Louis.<br />
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At the Saint Louis Art Museum.Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-15476657361673265732014-05-26T21:48:00.000-05:002014-05-26T21:48:40.735-05:00Memorial Day<blockquote></blockquote><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/14093082820" title="Soldiers' Memorial, in downtown Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - view of loggia at dusk by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/14093082820_e6ce1d0293_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Soldiers' Memorial, in downtown Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - view of loggia at dusk"></a>Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com2Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, 1315 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA38.6289671 -90.20010889999997513.106932599999997 -131.50870289999997 64.1510016 -48.891514899999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-85775770808788600822014-05-23T11:19:00.000-05:002014-05-23T11:19:15.552-05:00Newsletter from the Oratory<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">May 22, 2014<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>THIS SUNDAY: </strong></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP CARLSON<br />
PRIESTLY RETREAT – FIRST HOLY COMMUNION<br />
SACRED ORDINATIONS IN AUGUST</strong></span></div>
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Dear faithful and friends of St. Francis de Sales Oratory,<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP CARLSON<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">His Grace, the Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson<br />
Archbishop of St. Louis</span></strong></div>
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</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">This coming Sunday we will have the honor of the visit of His Grace, Archbishop Robert Carlson. The Archbishop visits with us this year twice: In May and again on the 19th of October, when St. Francis de Sales Oratory will be part of the citywide celebrations of the 800th birth anniversary of King St. Louis IX of France and also the 250th year of the founding of the city of Saint Louis.</span><br />
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Please join us this Sunday at 10:00AM, when His Grace will pronounce the sermon during the Solemn High Mass. Archbishop Carlson will be with us afterwards in the hall for a light reception and to greet the faithful. </span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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PRIESTLY RETREAT<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Msgr. Gilles Wach, Prior General<br />
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest</span></span></strong></div>
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From May 5 to May 9 the Institute priests serving in the American Province met at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis for their annual retreat. Monsignor Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute, came to St. Louis to preach to the assembled priests during this time of spiritual recollection and fraternal gathering. These retreats are indispensable for renewing the interior lives of the priests, as well as for the charitable unity among all members of the Institute.<br />
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For the community of faithful in St. Louis, this is the fourth time St. Francis de Sales Oratory had the honor to receive the canons for this spiritual event. The Institute is very grateful for the generous hospitality of numerous members of our community who helped us to prepare the rooms at the convent and rectory in which the priests were accommodated.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Abbé Alex Barga and Abbé John Ciambrano</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Thursday evening of the retreat week saw the memorable Solemn High Mass celebrated by Msgr. Wach. On this solemn occasion, Abbé Alex Barga, oblate in the Institute since 2007, and sacristan at St. Francis de Sales, received the Cross of St. Francis de Sales from the hands of our Prior General. Mr. John Ciambrano, until that day a candidate for the oblatehood in Wausau, Wisconsin, received the cassock. Families and friends of our oblates joined our priests and the faithful afterwards in the hall to celebrate with light refreshments at a reception.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">First Holy Communion 2014</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">On May 11, twenty of our children received the Holy Eucharist for the first time. All children were prepared well in the months leading to this solemn event, through catechism studies, first confessions and a short exam with one of the canons at the Oratory.<br />
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After High Mass on May 11, all children were enrolled in the brown scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and received a small gift from the hands of the rector.<br />
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Congratulations to all these young faithful and their families!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">SACRED ORDINATIONS<br />
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014, Feast of Our Lady of the Snows, will be a memorable day indeed for St. Francis de Sales Oratory and for the Institute. With the gracious permission of His Grace, the Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson, Archbishop of St. Louis, the Sacrament of Holy Orders will be conferred by His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, at St. Francis de Sales Oratory, on four American Deacons of the Institute: Abbé Francis Altière (Pennsylvania), Abbé Benjamin Coggeshall (Illinois), Abbé Joel Estrada (California), and Abbé Andrew Todd (Louisiana). Our profound gratitude to Divine Providence and heartfelt congratulations go to these four young men.<br />
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The joy for the Oratory will be heightened by the fact that this will be a homecoming of sorts, as each of these Ordinands had served in the St. Louis apostolate at least once during their Seminary formation, and each is well-known to the faithful of the Oratory.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Chanting of the Litany of the Saints 2013</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">We look forward to this magnificent milestone in the life of the Church, in the life of the Oratory, and particularly in the lives of four soon-to-be priests of Holy Mother Church. The solemn Pontifical Mass that day will be offered in honor of Mary Immaculate, principal patroness of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. Let us ask for her intercession for these four Deacons. Please mark your calendars, and be sure to invite your families and friends to an unforgettable event on August 5th.</span></div>
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With my sincere best wishes I am prayerfully yours, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Canon Michael K. Wiener<br />
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At the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis.Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-81091363797945039762014-04-20T02:10:00.001-05:002014-04-20T02:10:20.996-05:00<blockquote>
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From the Easter Vigil, at the Basilica of Saint Peter, last year. <br />
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…O truly necessary sin of Adam,<br />
destroyed completely by the Death of Christ!<br />
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O happy fault<br />
that earned for us so great, so glorious a Redeemer!<br />
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O truly blessed night,<br />
worthy alone to know the time and hour<br />
when Christ rose from the underworld!<br />
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This is the night<br />
of which it is written:<br />
The night shall be as bright as day,<br />
dazzling is the night for me, and full of gladness.<br />
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The sanctifying power of this night<br />
dispels wickedness, washes faults away,<br />
restores innocence to the fallen, and joy to mourners,<br />
drives out hatred, fosters concord, and brings down the mighty.<br />
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On this, your night of grace, O holy Father,<br />
accept this candle, a solemn offering,<br />
the work of bees and of your servants' hands,<br />
an evening sacrifice of praise,<br />
this gift from your most holy Church…</blockquote>
Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-28383749923720437642014-04-20T01:56:00.003-05:002014-04-20T01:56:42.318-05:00Happy Easter!<blockquote>
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Stained glass window of the Resurrection, at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, in New Madrid, Missouri.Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-48195320038915884562014-04-03T15:55:00.000-05:002014-04-03T15:55:06.813-05:00Newsletter from the Oratory<div>
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<strong>SACRED ORDINATIONS - PRIESTLY RETREAT - VISIT OF ABBÉ TODD<br />
HOLY WEEK AND THE SACRED MUSIC PROGRAM<br />
CONVENT ROOF REPLACEMENT</strong></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Dear Faithful and Friends of Saint Francis de Sales Oratory,</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">SACRED ORDINATIONS<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">2013 Priestly Ordinations,<br />
Church of Sts. Michele e Gaetano in Florence, Italy</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">"O Lord, send us many holy priests!" It is the custom in the worldwide apostolates of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest to add this invocation to the Divine Praises which are recited at each Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. By the grace of God obtained through the prayers of the Institute's family and friends, the numbers of seminarians have steadily increased over the last several years. Of the 80 men who are currently enrolled at St. Philip Neri International Seminary in Gricigliano, near Florence, Italy, in order to become priests for Holy Mother Church, one in every three comes from the United States and Canada. Having participated in the preparatory year of discernment and formation in the Institute's apostolates in the United States, these nearly thirty North American seminarians then proceed over the course of seven years to mount the altar step by step, receiving the various Minor and Major Orders of the Church after much prayer, study, and work in the community life of the international seminary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">With heartfelt gratitude to Divine Providence, it is our joy to announce the upcoming priestly ordinations which will take place this summer in the United States. With the gracious permission of His Grace, the Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson, Archbishop of St. Louis, several American deacons will be ordained to the holy priesthood at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis, Missouri, on <strong>Tuesday</strong>, <strong>August 5, 2014</strong>, Feast of Our Lady of the Snows. The Sacrament of Holy Orders will be conferred by His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, during the solemn Pontifical Mass which will be offered on this feast in honor of Mary Immaculate, principal patroness of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">His Eminence,<br />
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke</span></strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">The Institute's Founder and Prior General, Very Reverend Monsignor Gilles Wach, along with the Seminary Rector and Co-Founder, Reverend Canon Philippe Mora, will be present for this special occasion, along with many Canons and members of the Institute family. The names of those to be ordained will be announced in the coming months after the important period of exams and scrutiny which is a necessary part of preparation before Holy Orders.<br />
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The Institute is profoundly grateful to all who have offered prayers for these future priests, especially through the St. Philip Neri Seminary Society's program of spiritual adoption by which the faithful pray daily for a particular seminarian. With deep appreciation the Institute likewise is very thankful to all of the generous benefactors of its International Seminary, especially to those charitable persons who have made donations to the special appeal of the St. Philip Neri Seminary Society for the tuition support of needy seminarians who cannot afford this cost.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">The Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Archbishop of St. Louis</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">The Institute welcomes all friends and faithful who would like to attend this Ordination ceremony. Details will be made available in the coming months. Everyone is likewise invited to pray for these several deacons as they prepare to become ordained sons of Christ the King Sovereign Priest at the service of Holy Mother Church and for the good of souls.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">RETREAT OF PRIESTS OF THE INSTITUTE IN THE US PROVINCE<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">2012 Priestly Retreat</span></strong><br />
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</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">From May 5-9, all canons of the Institute serving in the American Province will meet again at Saint Francis de Sales Oratory for an annual retreat. Monsignor Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute, will come from Gricigliano to preach to the assembled priests during this time of recollection.<br />
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The community at the Oratory is continuing to prepare the spacious convent building for this event: Many generous individuals and families are putting in countless volunteer hours by cleaning, painting, repairing etc. in order to accommodate the visiting clergy. This work is important also for the upcoming ordinations in August when the convent will again serve to accommodate our guests.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Abbé Alex Barga </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">On May 8, the 2014 priestly retreat will conclude with a Solemn High Mass celebrated by Msgr. Wach. During this Mass, Abbé Alex Barga will receive the Cross of St. Francis de Sales, having been an oblate of the Institute since 2008, and Mr. John Ciabrono, presently a candidate for the oblatehood in Wausau, will receive the cassock.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">After the Solemn High Mass, there will be a reception in the hall with Msgr. Wach, all canons in the US, the community at the Oratory and the faithful until 9:00PM.<br />
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Please mark your calendars and bring your friends!</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Priestly Retreat 2013</span></strong></span><br />
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VISIT FROM GRICIGLIANO: ABBÉ ANDREW TODD<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Abbé Andrew Todd</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Abbé Andrew Todd, one of four American deacons ordained in 2013, will visit with our community for Holy Week. He will help the canons with various liturgical functions during this holy season. As with all seminarians' visits, Abbe Todd's presence at the Oratory will once again strengthen the connection between the faithful and clergy in the St. Louis apostolate with the Institute's community life in Gricigliano. Thank you for welcoming Abbé Todd on this return visit to St. Louis, and please continue to keep all seminarians in your prayers.<br />
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THE SACRED MUSIC OF HOLY WEEK AND EASTER<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Passion of Christ illustration by Gustave Doré</span></span></strong><br />
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For centuries the sacred texts of Holy Week and Easter have inspired composers to pen some of the most poignant and beautiful pieces in the entire choral repertoire. Likewise, of the immense œuvre of Gregorian Chant, those chants that are specific to the sacred Triduum are some of the most striking melodies sung during the liturgical year. Musically speaking, the whole breadth of human emotion is relentlessly examined throughout the Triduum, from triumphant Latin hymns (Vexilla Regis) to prophetic lamentations (Improperia) from the majestic entrance procession of Holy Thursday to Psalm 21 (Vulgate) sung on a single note in alternatim by two choirs.<br />
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Gregorio Allegri composed his famous Miserere for exclusive use by the Sistine Chapel Choir under the reign of Urban VIII in the 1630’s. If not one of the most famous choral pieces of the early Baroque repertoire, it is certainly one of the most popular. The musical form is really quite simple: a harmonization of the so-called ninth psalm tone – the tonus peregrinus; sung antiphonally between choir and soloists. The dramatic effect of the soprano soloists high C isn’t soon forgotten.<br />
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The chanted Passion of our Lord according to Saint John is a particularly moving moment in the Good Friday liturgy. The Passion is customarily sung by three singers assigned to the parts of Chronista, Synagoga, and Christus – narrator, synagogue, and Christ respectively. Tomas de Victoria set the text of the turba (crowd) to perfectly match the written chant melody. The effect makes this narration especially vivid. The Gentlemen of the Choir sing the parts assigned to the crowds.<br />
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Missa Bel’ Amfitrit’ Altera by Orlande de Lassus is scored for two choirs and brass ensemble. The sonic effect of back-and-forth between the two choirs is impressive; often encompassing a musical range of two octaves. Lassus, for the sake of variety, sets sections of his mass to a smaller more lyrical form; the return of the full choirs and brass after these sections makes for a thrilling effect.</span></div>
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Messe Brève (Kyrie, Gloria) Léo Delibes<br />
Kyriale IV<br />
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<u><strong>Good Friday</strong></u><br />
Popule Meus Victoria/ Gregorian Chant<br />
Miserere Allegri<br />
Caligaverunt Oculi Mei Victoria<br />
Passio secundum Joannem Victoria<br />
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<strong><u>Holy Saturday</u></strong><br />
Kyriale I<br />
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Missa “Bel Amfitrit Altera Lassus<br />
Christus Vincit Noyon<br />
O Sacrum Convivium á 5 Gabrieli</span><br />
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Sunday, April 13 - Palm Sunday</span></strong></u><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
8am Low Mass; 9:30am<br />
Blessing of Palms & Procession followed by High Mass<br />
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<u><strong>Monday, April 14 - Holy Monday</strong></u><br />
7:30am Confessions; 8am Low Mass<br />
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<u><strong>Tuesday, April 15 - Holy Tuesday</strong></u><br />
7:30am Confessions; 8am Low Mass;<br />
6pm Confessions; 6:30pm Low Mass<br />
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<strong><u>Wednesday, April 16 - Spy Wednesday</u></strong><br />
7:30am Confessions; 8am Low Mass;<br />
11:45am Confessions; 12:15pm Low Mass<br />
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<strong><u>Thursday, April 17 - Maundy Thursday</u></strong><br />
5:30pm Confessions; 6:30pm High Mass<br />
with Procession to the Repository with Adoration until Midnight.<br />
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<strong><u>Friday, April 18 - Good Friday</u></strong><br />
8am Stations of the Cross/Confessions; 2pm Confessions;<br />
3pm Liturgy of the Passion & Death of Our Lord<br />
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<u><strong>Saturday, April 19 - Holy Saturday</strong></u><br />
8pm Confessions; 9pm Easter Vigil<br />
followed by the Blessing of Easter food (bread & eggs)<br />
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<u><strong>Sunday, April 20 - Easter Sunday</strong></u><br />
8am Low Mass; 10am High Mass</span><br />
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CONVENT ROOF REPLACEMENT<br />
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During this winter’s large snow event and the subsequent thaw, the flat roof over the convent extension developed leaks that allowed water to enter the building and cascade into the lower floors occupied by the KIPP school. This roof was not new and was buckling, separating from the wall, cracking and showing other signs of distress prior to the winter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">An inspection showed the need to replace this entire flat roof and, once the weather permitted, the work was undertaken. We now have a solid roof and it has been cleaned of extraneous structures that could pose future problems. The project was completed by the end of March.</span></div>
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NEEDED: BULLETIN ADVERTISERS</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">The Oratory’s weekly Sunday bulletin is provided by a bulletin service company, J. S. Paluch, which will cover the cost of printing as long as there is sufficient advertising revenue.<br />
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Lack of advertisers means the Oratory will be charged to maintain the same quality and volume of copies, starting April 27. To minimize the immediate impact, we have already reduced the number of copies by 25%, but we could use your help in finding more advertisers for our bulletin.<br />
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If you have a favorite business in the community you live in (restaurants, florists, hardware stores, contractors, professional services, veterinarians, real estate agents, pharmacies, spas and hairdressers, auto repair shops, funeral homes, plumbers, nursing homes, supermarkets, health clubs, and so on), please encourage them to advertise in the Sunday bulletin, or leave the business name and contact information with the Oratory office, and we will forward it to the publisher representative.<br />
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The ads may display strictly business information, or include a message expressing support for the Oratory, or for a Catholic cause. The visibility in the Sunday bulletin throughout the year will certainly help the Oratory community stay connected and show our commitment to St. Francis de Sales Oratory as part of this neighborhood. At the same time the year-long exposure of businesses in the bulletin is an excellent way to advertise effectively in this part of St. Louis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">With all my sincere best wishes and the assurance of my faithful prayers in Christ the King,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Canon Michael K. Wiener<br />
Rector, Saint Francis de Sales Oratory</span></div>
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Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0St. Francis De Sales Oratory, 2653 Ohio Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA38.604073 -90.22579913.0820385 -131.534393 64.1261075 -48.917204999999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-37473454528586121002014-04-01T21:36:00.000-05:002014-04-01T21:36:39.790-05:00Restoration Photos of the Old Cathedral<blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">THE BASILICA</span> of Saint Louis, King of France, popularly called the <a href="http://www.oldcathedralstl.org/">Old Cathedral</a>, is in downtown Saint Louis, Missouri, and sits adjacent to the grounds of the Gateway Arch. This is one of the oldest churches in the region, was once the Cathedral church for half of the United States, the place of consecration of many of the nation's famed churchmen, a church honored by the Popes, and — before the reforms of the Second Vatican Council — was one of the most highly indulgenced churches in the world, having gained all of the privileges of all of the major basilicas of Rome.<br />
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But now it is shrouded in scaffolding, undergoing repairs coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the great City of Saint Louis, and the 800th anniversary of the birth of King Louis IX of France — monarch, crusader, and Saint.<br />
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On this blog, I often give distances to various churches — and the distance is measured from this church.<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/13420249515" title="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - exterior by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img alt="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - exterior" height="640" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/13420249515_715eb76277_z.jpg" width="427" /></a><br />
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These photos were taken a bit more than a month ago, at the end of February 2014. This past weekend, while I was driving past this church, I noticed the gleaming new copper cladding on the steeple, as well as the brilliant shining ball and cross which surmounts it!<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/13420251155" title="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - front door by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img alt="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - front door" height="427" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7277/13420251155_1faab45dab_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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For the safety of parishioners and visitors, the entrance is carefully sheltered from the construction work going on above.<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/13420617774" title="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - nave by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img alt="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - nave" height="427" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7234/13420617774_80abc40950_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Last renovated in the early 1960s, the basilica still retained a certain classical elegance (and this church is extremely popular with brides), although it was becoming rather dingy, with faded carpeting, rough pews, and peeling paint. It was clear that some work needed to be done on this church, one of the most-visited in the Archdiocese — this in part because it is adjacent to one of the world's most popular tourist attractions. <br />
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From what I can tell, the interior isn't going to be changed much in form, while some of the coloring will be made a bit brighter. According to the church's website, interior repairs include:<br />
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<li>Renovations to the church’s vestibule</li>
<li>Remove all carpeting in the church</li>
<li>Refinish the church’s wood floors, pews, confessionals and communion railing</li>
<li>Clean, repair and restore the mosaic floors of the Sanctuary</li>
<li>Restore decorative millwork and statuary throughout</li>
<li>Plaster repairs, patch and paint walls, ceiling and altars</li>
<li>Updates and repairs to decorative items including the side and rear altars, the baptistery and devotional spaces</li>
<li>New sound system</li>
<li>New lighting throughout the church with special consideration given to artwork and the ceiling</li>
<li>Upgrades to the mechanical, electrical and HVAC systems</li>
<li>New pulpit and altar furniture</li>
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Further information on the restoration can be found at: <a href="http://www.oldcathedralstl.org/campaign-donations.html">http://www.oldcathedralstl.org/campaign-donations.html</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/13420618504" title="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - communion rail by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img alt="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - communion rail" height="424" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3813/13420618504_fbbf3b3b94_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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The communion rail, stripped of its paint.<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/13420644124" title="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - holy water font by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img alt="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - holy water font" height="640" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7312/13420644124_24bff35bef_z.jpg" width="424" /></a><br />
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One of the holy water fonts, located near the entrance. Workers, having stripped off paint and plaster, have revealed an older design, unseen in ages.<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/13420618064" title="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - historic wall painting by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img alt="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - historic wall painting" height="424" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/13420618064_f0e59c5a55_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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A closer look at the once-hidden ornament — fleur-de-lys and quatrefoils, both associated with France and the Catholic faith. I have no idea how old these might be.<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/13420618134" title="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - empty pedestal by Mark Scott Abeln, on Flickr"><img alt="Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Old Cathedral), in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - renovation photos - empty pedestal" height="424" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2918/13420618134_201ea2d60d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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A door to a confessional and pedestal to a statue sit unused, temporarily. Soon the glories of this church will be renewed.<br />
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I donated some of my photography of this church for a fundraising booklet for the restoration, and some of that photography can be found in these articles:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.romeofthewest.com/2007/09/photos-of-basilica-of-saint-louis-king.html">Photos of the Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, in Saint Louis, Missouri</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.romeofthewest.com/2005/09/photos-of-basilica-of-saint-louis-king.html">Photos of the Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France</a></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">CHARLES LUCAS,</span> second-generation French-American, and a settler in the Saint Louis region before Missouri statehood, owned a considerable amount of land around what is now <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy,_Missouri">Normandy</a>, Missouri, which he named after his father’s birthplace.<br />
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Lucas was killed in a duel by Thomas Hart Benton, then a rival lawyer and future United States Senator, and the Lucas estate passed on to his brother James, and his sister Ann, who married into the Hunt family. The Lucas-Hunts were very generous to the Church, which led to an astonishing variety of Catholic institutions in the area, the remains of some can be seen in these articles:<br />
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<a href="http://www.romeofthewest.com/2009/04/normandy-missouri-little-rome-of-west.html">Normandy, Missouri - the “Little Rome of the West", part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.romeofthewest.com/2009/04/normandy-missouri-little-rome-of-west_22.html">Normandy, Missouri - the “Little Rome of the West", part 2</a><br />
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Part of this former Lucas and Hunt land is now the property of the University of Missouri—Saint Louis, which also owns a number of the formerly Catholic buildings featured in the articles linked above.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/3451744790/" title="Former Incarnate Word Convent, at the University of Missouri - Saint Louis, in Normandy, Missouri, USA - exterior front by msabeln, on Flickr"><img alt="Former Incarnate Word Convent, at the University of Missouri - Saint Louis, in Normandy, Missouri, USA - exterior front" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3555/3451744790_349b0fba15_z.jpg?zz=1" height="640" width="440" /></a><br />
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Here is the former convent of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word (<i>Congregatio Sororum Caritatis a Verbo Incarnato</i>). It is now known as Normandie Hall, on the UMSL campus. The school intends to demolish this building this summer, the reason being that it would cost $11 million to renovate — and only $1 million to destroy.<br />
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A news report on this can be found here: <a href="http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/03/04/normandy-hall-umsl-demolition-set/6041853/">Former convent faces demolition at UMSL</a>. A Facebook group hoping to preserve the convent can be found here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SaveIncarnateWordConvent">Save Incarnate Word Convent + Alumni Center</a>.<br />
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This is a shame, but UMSL has a history of rather uninspiring architectural choices, including the destruction of its first building, the elegant <a href="https://blogs.umsl.edu/news/2013/07/08/aascu/">clubhouse</a> of the former Bellerive Country Club, as well as the tepid Modernist buildings that punctuate spaces between its vast parking lots. Contrast this with the better architecture found at Saint Louis, Webster, and Washington Universities. Banality drives out the beautiful.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">UPDATE:</span></b> the university decided to save the building for now, and is looking into various proposals for it.Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0Bel-Nor, MO, USA38.700180915924392 -90.31221985816955638.69979341592439 -90.312850358169555 38.700568415924394 -90.311589358169556tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-27971196560396792912014-03-24T09:52:00.001-05:002014-03-24T09:52:52.664-05:00Newsletter from the Oratory<table border=“0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"><tbody>
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PRIESTLY ORDINATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>AUGUST 5, 2014, AT ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ORATORY<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">2013 Priestly Ordinations,<br />
Church of Sts. Michele e Gaetano in Florence, Italy</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
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</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">An announcement was made today by the Institute’s US Provincial Headquarters in Chicago regarding the upcoming 2014 Ordinations of American seminarians in their home country, specifically in St. Louis.<br />
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The full text is published on the Institute’s web site at <a href="http://email.kateycharles.com/ct/18552886:19560344437:m:N:193053028:7C82EAF0DD701C28A2EE742E850F7933">www.institute-christ-king.org</a>.<br />
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Following the press release below, we express our profound gratitude and joy at the anticipation of this momentous event here at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis, on <strong>August 5, 2014</strong>.</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
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</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">With heartfelt gratitude to Divine Providence, the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest has the joy to announce that several of its growing number of American seminarians will be ordained to the holy priesthood this summer in their home country.<br />
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With the gracious permission of His Grace, the Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson, Archbishop of St. Louis, several American deacons will receive priestly ordination at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis, Missouri, on <strong>August 5, 2014</strong>, Feast of Our Lady of the Snows.<br />
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The Sacrament of Holy Orders will be conferred by His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, during the solemn Pontifical Mass which will be offered on this feast in honor of Mary Immaculate, principal patroness of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Institute welcomes all friends and faithful who would like to attend this Ordination ceremony. Details will be made available in the coming months. Everyone is likewise invited to pray for these several deacons as they prepare to become ordained sons of Christ the King Sovereign Priest at the service of Holy Mother Church and for the good of souls.</span></div></td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/13312170264/" title="Missouri Botanical Garden (Shaw's Garden) in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - purple crocus 1 by msabeln, on Flickr"><img alt="Missouri Botanical Garden (Shaw's Garden) in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - purple crocus 1" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3803/13312170264_ccef2e17a6_o.jpg" height="424" width="640" /></a>Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com2Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA38.6127672 -90.25937979999997738.6003597 -90.27954979999997 38.6251747 -90.239209799999983tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-60208324031840398902014-03-19T15:18:00.001-05:002014-03-19T15:18:19.767-05:00Feast of Saint Joseph<blockquote></blockquote><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/3367951456/" title="Old Cathedral - statue of Saint Joseph and the Christ Child by msabeln, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3599/3367951456_cb0ab0759a_z.jpg?zz=1” width="480" height="640" alt="Old Cathedral - statue of Saint Joseph and the Christ Child"></a><br />
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At the Old Cathedral, in downtown Saint Louis. This church is currently undergoing restoration. Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-26972774835306999172014-02-13T23:28:00.001-06:002014-02-13T23:28:47.496-06:00Monastery in the Snow<blockquote></blockquote><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/12514656224/" title="Discalced Carmelite Monastery, in Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA by msabeln, on Flickr"><img alt="Discalced Carmelite Monastery, in Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2859/12514656224_08e90b4d15_z.jpg" height="424" width="640" /></a><br />
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The Discalced Carmelite Monastery, in Saint Louis County, Missouri.Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-62867774086927297282014-02-13T23:07:00.003-06:002014-02-13T23:07:58.216-06:00<blockquote></blockquote><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/12513938755/" title="Valentine teddy bear by msabeln, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5541/12513938755_2c0b0b7527_z.jpg" width="640" height="550" alt="Valentine teddy bear"></a>Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-38069844711929317072014-02-13T23:05:00.002-06:002014-02-13T23:05:43.777-06:00<blockquote></blockquote><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/msabeln/12513939325/" title="cats by msabeln, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3674/12513939325_57e8147c56_z.jpg" width="640" height="412" alt="cats"></a>Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-79589565118657377082014-02-13T23:00:00.000-06:002014-02-13T23:00:45.519-06:00Newsletter from the Oratory<div><table border=“0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"><tbody>
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40 HOURS DEVOTION - CANDLEMAS – VOLUNTEER HELP NEEDED<br />
SEMINARIANS' THANK YOU</span></strong></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Dear Faithful and Friends of St. Francis de Sales Oratory,</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY</span></strong></div><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Canon Philippe Mora<br />
Rector, St. Philip Neri Seminary</span></strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This coming Sunday we will celebrate Septuagesima. Below we quote Dom Prosper Guéranger who left us in his “The Liturgical Year” elucidating words explaining the mystery of the three weeks before Lent:<br />
</span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">“The Season of Septuagesima comprises the three weeks immediately preceding Lent. It forms one of the principal divisions of the Liturgical Year, and is itself divided into three parts, each part corresponding to a week: the first is called Septuagesima; the second, Sexagesima; the third, Quinquagesima.<br />
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All three are named from their numerical reference to Lent, which, in the language of the Church, is called Quadragesima, - that is, Forty, - because the great Feast of Easter is prepared for by tile holy exercises of Forty Days. The words Quinquagesima, Sexagesima, and Septuagesima, tell us of the same great Solemnity as looming in the distance, and as being the great object towards which the Church would have us now begin to turn all our thoughts, and desires, and devotion.<br />
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Now, the Feast of Easter must be prepared for by a forty-days’ recollectedness and penance. Those forty-days are one of the principal Seasons of the Liturgical Year, and one of the most powerful means employed by the Church for exciting in the hearts of her children the spirit of their Christian vocation. It is of the utmost importance, that such a Season of penance should produce its work in our souls, - the renovation of the whole spiritual life. The Church, therefore, has instituted a preparation for the holy time of Lent. She gives us the three weeks of Septuagesima, during which she withdraws us, as much as may be, from the noisy distractions of the world, in order that our hearts may be the more readily impressed by the solemn warning she is to give us, at the commencement of Lent, by marking our foreheads with ashes.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Lenten chasuble with the Sacred Heart of Jesus</span></strong></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
This prelude to the holy season of Lent was not known in the early ages of Christianity: its institution would seem to have originated in the Greek Church. The practice of this Church being never to fast on Saturdays, the number of fasting-days in Lent, besides the six Sundays of Lent, (on which, by universal custom, the Faithful never fasted,) there were also the six Saturdays, which the Greeks would never allow to be observed as days of fasting: so that their Lent was short, by twelve days, of the Forty spent by our Saviour in the Desert. To make up the deficiency, they were obliged to begin their Lent so many days earlier, as we will show in our next Volume.<br />
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The Church of Rome had no such motive for anticipating the season of those privations, which belong to Lent; for, from the earliest antiquity, she kept the Saturdays of Lent, (and as often, during the rest of the year, as circumstances might require,) as fasting days. At the close of the 6th century, St. Gregory tile Great, alludes, in one of his Homilies, to the fast of Lent being less than Forty Days, owing to the Sundays which come during that holy season. ‘There are,’ he says, ‘from this Day [the first Sunday of Lent] to the joyous Feast of Easter, six Weeks, that is, forty-two days. As we do not fast on the six Sundays, there are but thirty-six fasting days …’<br />
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It was, therefore, after the pontificate of St. Gregory, that the last four days of Quinquagesima Week, were added to Lent, in order that the number of Fasting Days might be exactly Forty. As early, however, as the 9th century, the custom of beginning Lent on Ash Wednesday was of obligation in the whole Latin Church. All the manuscript copies of the Gregorian Sacramentary, which bear that date, call this Wednesday the In capite jejunii, that is to say, the beginning of the fast …<br />
The leading feature, then, of Septuagesima is the total suspension of the Alleluia, which is not to be again heard upon the earth, until the arrival of that happy day, when, having suffered death with our Jesus, and having been buried together with him, we shall rise again with him to a new life [Coloss. ii. 12].<br />
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The sweet Hymn of the Angels, Gloria in excelsis Deo, which we have sung every Sunday since the Birth of our Savior in Bethlehem, is also taken from us; it is only on the Feasts of the Saints, which may be kept during the week, that we shall be allowed to repeat it. The night Office of the Sunday is to lose, also, from now till Easter, its magnificent Ambrosian Hymn, the Te Deum; and at the end of the Holy Sacrifice, the Deacon will no longer dismiss the Faithful with his solemn Ite, Missa est, but will simply invite them to continue their prayers [‘Benedicamus Domino’] in silence, and bless the Lord, the God of mercy, who bears with us, notwithstanding all our sins.”<br />
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</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>800TH BIRTHDAY OF ST. LOUIS IX., KING OF FRANCE, AND</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR CITY</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">His Grace, Archbishop Robert J. Carlson<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">The year 2014 marks the 800th birth anniversary of King Saint Louis (Louis IX of France), the patron and namesake of this city, and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the city of Saint Louis. Throughout this milestone year, many festive events will take place in both the civic as well as the Catholic settings, to celebrate the history, development, and accomplishments of our great city.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">St. Louis IX, King of France</span></strong><br />
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St. Francis de Sales will be part of both ce</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">lebrations on </span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Octobe</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">r 19, 2014</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"> with a solemn procession with the relic of King Saint Louis, solemn Vespers, Benediction and a sermon pronounced by the guest of honor on that day, His Grace, Archbishop Robert Carlson. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Here is the program of Sunday, October 19, 2014:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Solemn Vespers<br />
Homily pronounced by His Grace, Archbishop Carlson <br />
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament<br />
Benediction<br />
Reception in the Oratory Hall</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">More information will be forthcoming in the next few months. Mark your c</span>alendars!</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>FORTY HOURS DEVOTION</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament<br />
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"The personal relationship which the individual believer establishes with Jesus present in the Eucharist constantly points beyond itself to the whole communion of the Church and nourishes a fuller sense of membership in the Body of Christ. For this reason, besides encouraging individual believers to make time for personal prayer before the Sacrament of the Altar, I feel obliged to urge parishes and other church groups to set aside times for collective adoration. Naturally, already existing forms of Eucharistic piety retain their full value. I am thinking, for example, of processions with the Blessed Sacrament, especially the traditional procession on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Forty Hours devotion, local, national and international Eucharistic Congresses, and other similar initiatives. If suitably updated and adapted to local circumstances, these forms of devotion are still worthy of being practiced today."<br />
</span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">(Pope Benedict XVI. in his Apostolic Exhortation "Sacramentum Caritatis", n. 68, of February 22, 2007)<br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Schedule of this year's 40 Hours Devotion:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Sunday, March 2 -</strong> 10:00am: Solemn High Mass with,<br />
Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Adoration all afternoon<br />
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<strong>Monday, March 3 -</strong> 8:00am: Low Mass followed by Exposition;<br />
12:15pm: Low Mass with organ 6:30pm: Solemn High Mass - Reposition<br />
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<strong>Tuesday, March 4 -</strong> 8:00am: Low Mass followed by Exposition;<br />
12:15pm: Low Mass at St. Joseph’s Altar 6:30pm: Solemn High Mass<br />
with Procession of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Confessions</strong> heard 1/2 hour before each Mass.</div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>PURIFICATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY - CANDLEMAS</strong></span><strong><br />
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Candlemas, the feast we celebrated on February 2, marked the end of the Christmas season, forty days after the birth of Christ. Fittingly, the Church’s liturgy for this feast included the blessing of candles. Canon Raphael Ueda, Vicar at St. Francis de Sales Oratory, was the celebrant and homilist of the Solemn High Mass that day. Here are parts of his sermon:<br />
</span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Light is an image of Christ: the light of the world, a light to the revelation of the Gentiles, according to Simeon’s canticle. In St. John’s Gospel, Christ says of Himself: “I have come as light into this world, that whoever believes in Me may not remain in darkness." Saint Paul uses the same image: “God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to bring to light the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of Jesus Christ.” (2 Cor. 4:6)<br />
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The lighted candle is a symbol of the Catholic life, of the faith and grace of which should shine on our soul. It reminds us that we must bear Christ in us, the source of our life, the author of faith and grace. Faith is the supernatural virtue which is necessary for our salvation. It is a free gift of God and is accessible to all who humbly seek it by surrendering to His will and accepting God’s truth.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Candlemas 2014 at St. Francis de Sales Oratory</strong></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
We need to see once again with the genuine simplicity of Simeon that faith is light. For once the flame of faith dies out, all other lights begins to dim. The light of faith is unique, for it is capable of illuminating every aspect of our life. Faith is born of an encounter with the living God as old Simeon held the Child Jesus and recognized this Child Jesus as God. God is calling us and reveals His love, a love which precedes us and upon which we can lean for security and for building our lives.</span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>VOLUNTEER HELP NEEDED!</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><img align="" alt="" border="0" src="http://email.kateycharles.com/cimages/7cc9040b7d0f817ea26943fba8ab0be4/light-installationIV.jpg" style="margin: 0px;" /> <img align="" alt="" border="0" src="http://email.kateycharles.com/cimages/7cc9040b7d0f817ea26943fba8ab0be4/light-installation-III.jpg" style="margin: 0px;" /></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;">With each passing year and the work of many hands, St. Francis de Sales Oratory, a house of God, is looking less forlorn and better maintained. This could not have been achieved without the help of many volunteers from our community. We are extremely grateful for the generous work, the great care for the church, and the friendship to the Institute that many of you have given. Thank you!<br />
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We are always open to anyone who would like to join in and help the Oratory in any way, now or in the future. The list of many indoor and outdoor tasks for which we constantly need help is long, as compiled by our General Manager, Mr. Wally Feld:<br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Plumbing, Carpentry, Furniture repair,<br />
Woodworking, Paint removal,</strong><strong><br />
Tuck pointing, Concrete repair,<br />
Window and screen repair,<br />
Door maintenance<br />
(weatherstripping, hinges, locks),<br />
Painting (ladder and/or lift work),<br />
Metal repair, Drain opening,<br />
Gutter and downspout cleaning and repair,<br />
Paving, Grounds keeping<br />
(litter pick up, weeding, sweeping, etc.),<br />
Wallpapering, Floor refinishing,<br />
Gardening, Power washing, Sewing,<br />
House cleaning, Metal polishing,<br />
Record and drawing archiving ...</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
If you have any interest, skill, or service you would like to offer, or help with any of the tasks listed above, please contact the Oratory office. Any and all help would be welcome and appreciated.</span><br />
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</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">THANK YOU FROM OUR SEMINARIANS, GRICIGLIANO ITALY</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br />
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</span>The Seminary Society has received a thank you letter, signed by all seminarians, for the generous gifts of warm socks from the Faithful in St. Louis. Your kind thoughtfulness and generosity at Christmas time and throughout the year are always remembered in their daily prayers!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img align="" alt="" border="0" src="http://email.kateycharles.com/cimages/7cc9040b7d0f817ea26943fba8ab0be4/Semianry-Thank-you-C.jpg" style="margin: 0px;" /><br />
<span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Letter signed by seminarians in Gricigliano</strong></span></div><br />
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</span> With my sincere best wishes to all of you with the assurance of my prayers in Christ the King,<br />
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Canon Michael K. Wiener<br />
Rector, St. Francis de Sales Oratory</td></tr>
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