St. Francis de Sales Oratory

 

Letter of Archbishop Burke- Oratory founding

Letter of Msgr. Schmitz, Father Lenhardt to faithful and Friends of the Oratory.- Inaugural

Archdiocesan Priests learn Latin Mass0907- StLReview

Confirmation-2005

Confiramtion-2007

News Events- New

Messenger Newsletter- Read

Pontifical High Mass 2006- ArchbishopBurke

Msgr. Wach, with the Holy Father Pope BenedictXVI

2007-Audience

 

Silver Jubilee of Monsignor Schmitz's Ordination
  On October 10th, 2007, Msgr. R. Michael Schmitz, Vicar General of the Institute of Christ the King and its Provincial Superior for the United States, celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination to the Holy Priesthood.

 Monsignor Schmitz was ordained in Rome on October 10th, 1982, by then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. From the Archdiocese of Cologne, he entered the German College in Rome in 1976, and pursued his seminary and graduate studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a Doctorate in Dogmatic Theology in 1988. Subsequently, in 1992, he received a Licentiate in Canon Law from Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.

 Pope John Paul II elevated him to the rank of Chaplain of His Holiness in 1998. Monsignor Schmitz is a member of the Academy of Theology in Rome since 1988 and a chaplain of the Sovereign Order of Malta.

A friend of the founders of the Institute of Christ the King, Monsignor Gilles Wach and Father Philippe Mora, Monsignor Schmitz collaborated with the Institute as visiting professor at its seminary, eventually founding its German Province. He was incardinated into the Institute in September 2000 and was appointed its Vicar General that same year, also taking on the responsbility of Provincial Superior for the United States.

Please keep Monsignor Michael Schmitz in your prayers, especially on the 10th, the day of his Ordination, and the 11th, the day of his first Holy Mass.

                                                    Calendar of Events...

Effective January 1, 2008: To make our schedule more consistant and to make it easier for many of the faithful to attend Masses, Adoration, and devotions in the evening all services which used to begin at 7pm will start at 6:30pm.

  

 

 

Sunday, May 25, Corpus Christi

7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Confessions

8:00 a.m. Low Mass

10:00 a.m. Solemn High Mass with Corpus Christi Procession and Benediction

The choir of the Oratory will sing the Missa Brevis K.220, "Spatzen-Messe" W.A. Mozart. Corpus Christi Procession and Benediction will follow the High Mass.

Friday, May 30, Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

7:30 a.m. Confessions

8:00 a.m. Mass

6:00 p.m. Confessions

6:30 p.m. Solemn High Mass with dedication to the Most Sacred Heart and Benediction

Tuesday, June 3-Very Reverned Msgr. Gilles Wach-6:30pm

Prior General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest visits the Oratory and will celebrate the Votive Mass of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, followed by Perpetual Help Devotions. Reception in the Oratory hall after the devotions.

Thursday, June 5-SFdS K of C council # 14067

General Meeting after Adoration, 7:30pm

First Friday, June 6,-9am

Rev. Father Karl W. Lenhardt, Episcopal Delegate, Vice Provincial of the Institute USA, Rector of the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales will celebrate a Solemn High Mass at St. Agnes Home, 10341 Manchester Road for the dedication of the new Sansone Wing.

Thursday, June 9, SFdS K of C council #14067

Planning Meeting after Adoration, 7:30pm

Friday, June 27, Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help

6:00 p.m. Confessions

6:30 p.m. Solemn High Mass with Procession

Sunday, June 29, Sts. Peter and Paul

7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Confessions

8:00 a.m. Mass

10:00 a.m. High Mass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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