Requiem Mass for FSSP priest at St. Marys Assumption

A requiem Mass for Reverend Father Kenneth Walker, FSSP, who was murdered in Arizona last week, will be held at St Mary's Assumption Catholic Church, 1126 Dolman St. St. Louis,  at 11:15 am tomorrow, June16th.  All are welcome.

Father's Day poem for our Priests

Give thanks to God for our Holy Priests who sacrifice for the salvation of our souls and bring us the Holy Sacraments.  From 'A Father's Day Poem for Priests'

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I thank thee Father (gratitude for our priests)

The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest forever according to the order of Melchisedech. (Ps. 109:4; Heb. 5:6)

I thank thee Father
for all
thou hast done:
for giving us
God’s only Son;
for all the Sacrifices
thou dost make;
for consecrating
the bread we take

I thank thee Father
for the sacraments:
Baptism,
Communion,
and Penance
for helping us
to sanctify
our souls’ hunger
to satisfy

I thank thee Father
for thine obedience
for being our shepherd
for thy guidance
for leading us
into pastures green
for lifting our hearts
to things unseen

I thank thee Father
for thy vocation
for spreading
the Gospel
to every nation
for giving thy life
that we might live
I thank thee Father
for all thou dost give

I thank thee Father
for thy selflessness
for all the ways
thou dost bless
our lives
amidst the world’s
wretchedness
for giving thine all
and nothing less

I thank thee Father
for thy guiding light
amidst a world
in dark of night
like our Lord
for shining bright
for being the King’s
trustworthy knight

I thank thee Father
for being there
in times of joy,
or in despair
for thy words
of counsel
and consolation
I thank thee Father
for thy vocation

Amen.  Happy Father's day to our beloved, good and holy priests who bring us the sacraments and guide our paths towards salvation.  Deo Gratias!

Seven New Priests

Today seven deacons of the Society of Saint Pius X were ordained to the priesthood, and five subdeacons were ordained deacons at Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Winona, MN.  They are:

REV. MR. CHARLES DEISTER

of Kansas City, Missouri

REV. MR. THOMAS DUNCAN

of Tyrone, New Mexico

REV. MR. PETER FORTIN

of Spotsylvania, Virginia

REV. MR. MATTHEW STAFKI

of Oak Grove, Minnesota

REV. MR. ISAAC DELMANOWSKI

of Glendale, Arizona

REV. MR. ANDREW FERRELLI

of Syracuse, New York

REV. MR. JOSEPH HAYNOS

of Post Falls, Idaho

A blessing for the Church.  

Keep these new Priests in your prayers.

The First Mass schedule can be found here.

QHR Graduation and Awards Ceremony

May God continue to bless His Holy Church with well formed young Catholic boys and girls.

" [Priests', teachers', and staff members'] efforts to form solid Catholic students should not be taken for granted, and are certainly not in vain ... The opportunity to go to Holy Mass almost every day, the priests in cassocks teaching and governing the students here, and Catholic teachers, all make the Academy a healthy, Catholic way to high school, steering students the right way to graduation. If a family was searching for a school that had a traditional Catholic environment enveloping it, they should choose Queen of the Holy Rosary Academy."  - from the Valedictorian speech.

Congratulations, Newly Confirmed!

"Now, when the apostles, who were in Jerusalem, had heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John. Who, when they were come, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost. For he was not as yet come upon any of them: but they were only baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands upon them: and they received the Holy Ghost.

- Acts 8:14-17

"And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption."  

- Ephesians 4:30

Hope

This morning at Holy Mass for First Saturday, Saint Mary's Assumption was graced with the presence of seven seminarians from Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Winona, MN, among whom was our very own nephew. Seven future priests! (Click images to enlarge)

And on top of that, our boys served!

Deo Gratias!

O Lord, Grant Us Priests!

Heartfelt congratulations to the five young men (and their families) at Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Winona, MN, who this past weekend were ordained to the subdiaconate by His Excellency Bishop Bernard Fellay, receiving the first of their major orders on their ascent to the Holy Priesthood. More pictures can be viewed here.

Congratulations also to the young men (and their families) at the Seminary who received the tonsure and minor orders over the weekend.  Among the nineteen who received minor orders is our own nephew! Read more here.

May Almighty God bless them and protect them in their journeys.

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O Lord, grant us priests!

O Lord, grant us holy priests!

O Lord, grant us many holy priests!

O Lord, grant us many holy religious vocations!