tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75851912009-06-20T18:18:01.867-05:00CredoStLouisCredo of the Catholic Laity<br> St. Louis, Missouri<br><br> <em>Supporting Orthodoxy and the Holy Father</em><p>LRSnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-13987862189932492652009-05-30T23:06:00.001-05:002009-06-20T18:18:01.882-05:00June 28-Credo Dinner/Talk with Rev Brian HarrisonCredo of the Catholic Laityis proud to presentRev. Brian Harrison, O.S. Speaking on “Living with the Smoke of Satan in the Church”Credo is pleased to welcome Father Brian Harrison as our June 28 Forum speaker. A priest of the Oblates of Wisdom, he is stationed at our Lady of Victories Chapel in St. Louis.Born in Australia and raised as a Presbyterian, he converted to Catholic Faith in 1972. He LRSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-64662617579847726792009-02-24T09:01:00.002-06:002009-02-24T10:47:42.450-06:00March 22-Sister Rosalind MossCredo of the Catholic Laity Is Proud to PresentSister Rosalind Moss Speaking on Faith in the midst of unbelief Credo is pleased to partner with the Central Catholic Union of Missouri in the annual St. Joseph Dinner. Our speaker is Sister Rosalind Moss founder of a new traditional order of nuns Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel’s Hope .Sister Rosalind Moss is a Jewish convert to Catholicism. LRSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-80953971728207176102009-02-11T00:55:00.000-06:002009-02-11T08:02:01.324-06:00Member SurveyDear Credo Members and Friends:Over the years the Credo board has worked diligently along with the Catholic Central Union of Missouri to bring outstanding speakers to our forums. The cost associated with bringing in some of these speakers has risen significantly. We are not interested in making a profit on these events but we need to at least break even. Obviously if we were to consistently lose LRSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-65736450331869399562008-10-21T11:04:00.012-05:002008-10-21T21:22:10.509-05:002008 Christ the King DinnerThe Catholic Central Union of MissouriandCredo of the Catholic Laityare proud to presentThe Most Reverend James Vann Johnston, Jr.speaking onNuptial Justiceat ourChrist the King DinnerTuesday, November 18th at 6:30 P.M.The Most Reverend James Vann Johnston Jr. was was appointed the sixth Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, by Pope Benedict XVI on January 24th, 2008 and received his Tom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-25873641673346528212008-08-12T12:08:00.002-05:002008-08-12T12:47:01.818-05:00New Mass Texts Made AvailableCredo members having a special interest in liturgical matters will want to know that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have made the English translation of the Third Edition of the Ordinary Use (Mass of Paul VI ) of the Roman Missal available on this web page. A cursory examination reveals that the translation is more literal: for example et cum spirito tuo is no longer paraphrasedTom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-79089788470356506882008-07-02T12:01:00.010-05:002008-07-25T20:21:18.861-05:00August 10-Dale Ahlquist on "The Orthodoxy of G.K. Chesterton"This is an event you won't want to miss!People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum and safe. There never was anything so perilous or so exciting as orthodoxy. Dale Ahlquist fell in love on his honeymoon – with G.K. Chesterton. Yes, that’s right: a newlywed Evangelical Protestant took with him on his honeymoon Chesterton’s The Everlasting Man, a Tom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-41340411301519918592008-05-17T23:18:00.005-05:002008-05-17T23:35:14.755-05:00Women for Faith & Family Event in JuneOn Saturday, June 28th Women for Faith & Family is hosting a Day of Recollection to mark the 20th Anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem with Bishop Robert Hermann at the Cardinal Rigali Center beginning with Lauds at 8:30 a.m. and going all day. Breakfast & Lunch are included in the $35 registration fee. Family pricing is available. Click here and scroll down a Tom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-53012091542019312222008-03-07T10:33:00.002-06:002008-03-07T10:45:14.683-06:00To be Catholic is to be MissionaryCREDO OF THE CATHOLIC LAITYIs proud to presentMsgr. Francis X. Blood Speaking on To be Catholic is to be MissionarySunday April 6th 6 p.m. Once again Credo is pleased to partner with the Central Catholic Union in the annual St. Joseph Dinner.Our speaker is Msgr. Francis X. Blood, Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies for the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Msgr. Blood is a native born St. Tom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-62185508309622842502008-02-26T17:44:00.004-06:002008-02-26T21:27:04.365-06:00Lenten Retreat March 7th & 8thCredo of the Catholic Laity in conjunction with St. Francis de Sales Oratory will be holding it’s Lenten Retreat Friday and Saturday March 7th and 8th at the Oratory located on Ohio Avenue at Gravois.The retreat presenters will be: The Very Rev Michael Monshau, O.P., Prior of the Dominican Priory in St. Louis and professor of Homiletics at Kennrick Glennon Seminary.The Very Rev Michael Schmitz, LRSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-85287203786980291912008-01-21T18:52:00.000-06:002008-01-21T20:07:13.395-06:00Latin Liturgy Association AnnouncementOur friends at the Latin Liturgy Association have sent the following update many Credo members will want to know about. LATIN LITURGY ASSOCIATIONST. LOUIS-BELLEVILLE CHAPTERCAPITULUM SANCTI LUDOVICI et BELLEVILLENSIS January 21, 2008Dear LLA members and friends of the Latin Mass,So much has been happening in the St. Louis-Belleville area since Pope Benedict’s moto proprio went into effect on Tom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-15118224653577627312008-01-18T10:10:00.000-06:002008-02-06T23:46:48.247-06:00Smallest of All 150th Anniversary of LourdesResponding to Archbishop Burke's 2005 request, Theater of the Word, Incorporated will mark the 150th anniversary of our Lady's apparitions at Lourdes with a production of St. Louis native Mother Mary Francis' play Smallest of All which shows how St. Bernadette as a 14 year old girl stood her ground with stubbornness, wit, humility, and faith in the face of cynicism, Tom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-47262171080558145132007-12-04T23:09:00.000-06:002007-12-04T23:10:05.008-06:00Modernism and Pope Pius XA very timely article by Dana Cole_________________________The loss of faith is the rotten core of Modernism. The heresy of Modernism was identified and condemned by Pope Pius X in the early 20th century in his encyclical, “Pascendi Domenici Gregis.” Since this heresy was so pervasive at that time, reaching into the heart of the Church itself, the Pope took severe measures to root it out of the LRSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-44721700656573457672007-11-10T19:40:00.000-06:002007-11-12T15:51:54.414-06:00A Morning Star ChristmasOn Friday and Saturday, the 21st & 22nd, of December, our friends at Theater of the Word Incorporated will produce a variety show called A Morning Star Christmas in the Pope John Paul II Theater at The Cardinal Rigali Center in Shrewsbury. Evening performances Friday and Saturday start at 8 P.M., and there will be a 2 P.M. matinée on Saturday. Credo members may remember the founder and creative Tom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-73074504298002743312007-10-16T20:19:00.000-05:002007-10-17T18:37:23.457-05:00Nov 25 - Bishop Bruskewitz Dinner/TalkCredo of the Catholic Laityis pleased to co-sponsor withThe Catholic Central UnionThe Annual Christ the King Dinneron Sunday, November 25th, 6:30 p.m.Featuring Most Reverend Fabian BruskewitzWith an Introduction by Most Reverend Raymond L. BurkeArchbishop of St LouisBishop Bruskewitz will be discussing:“Some Contemporary Issues in Catholic Theology” Bishop Bruskewitz will discuss the authentic LRSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-71419632360772609222007-10-12T15:20:00.000-05:002007-10-12T15:32:10.375-05:00Events at Pauline Books and MediaPauline Books and Media on Watson Road in Crestwood has three educational series that might be of interest to Credo members.The first is a book club. It meets the last Wednesday of the month from 7 - 9 P.M.Next, there's a film series. This meets on approximately the "middle Friday" each month.Lastly, there's a speaker's series that meets on the second Wednesday each month.The St. Louis ChestertonTom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-60165583329915196032007-09-25T21:45:00.000-05:002007-09-25T21:54:33.723-05:00Conference on The Classical LiturgySt. Joseph Radio Catholic Lecture SeriesMark Your Calendar!Saturday, October 6th, 2007St. Joseph Radio and the Friends of Old St. Ferdinand Shrine presentThe Holy Sacrifice of Masswith Fr. Gary CarrVisiting priest at St. Frances de Sales Oratory in St. LouisandFr. Thomas KellerDirector of Liturgy & Liturgical Formation at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary • Why the Motu Proprio?• What is the difference Tom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-25452839590681601332007-09-17T08:50:00.000-05:002007-09-17T08:51:32.045-05:00The Last Memory of an Ol' Brownie FanCredo's friend Bill Borst announced last night that he was insprired to write a play humorously combining mountains of baseball trivia and sentiment with a Catholic outlook on life and loss. A 78 year old man deals with fading memories of the things most dear to him: his wife Maggie and his favorite baseball team, the old St. Louis Browns.There will be a reading of the play by the author at 6:30 Tom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-51950284041481966072007-09-10T10:17:00.000-05:002007-09-10T11:33:20.010-05:00EWTN to Broadcast Extraordinary Liturgy & DiscussionsAll times here given in Central Daylight Time.This past July 7th, Pope Benedict XVI affirmed the beauty and importance of the classical liturgy by issuing an instruction titled Summorum Pontificum, confirming and protecting the right of all Latin Rite priests to use the ancient form of the Mass.The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) will broadcast a live Solemn High Mass at the Shrine of the Tom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-77246094312042180412007-08-30T18:28:00.000-05:002007-08-30T19:02:52.672-05:00Catholic TheaterA new St. Louis based theater company will open its first season with five overtly Christian shows beginning on September 21st and 22nd at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Shrewsbury. The first is a play by English author GK Chesterton. Written at the behest of his friend George Bernard Shaw, The Surprise is a kind of Romantic Fairy Tale — a story which answers the question "What do people Tom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-71175439048863094022007-08-15T10:42:00.000-05:002007-08-15T11:03:20.594-05:00A Toxic Mixture of Catholic Apathy and IgnoranceNext Forum Sunday September 16, 2007 Credo is proud to welcome back to our lectern Wm. A. Borst Ph.D. Dr. Borst has been writing the monthly newsletter for the Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation since 2003. He also has a monthly column that appears in the St. Louis Review. In 1986 he became involved in the Prolife movement and is a board member of Birthright St. Louis. Dr. Borst has also held severalTom Leithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787957132459123765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-5297043665252028062007-04-24T23:43:00.000-05:002007-04-24T23:44:23.682-05:00June 3-Fr. Eugene Morris on “Where the Pope is, there is the Church”Credo of the Catholic Laity Is Proud to Present Father Eugene Morris Speaking on the Topic “Where the Pope is, there is the Church”Credo is proud to welcome to our lectern Father Eugene Morris, S.T.L, S.T.D. A priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Father Morris has served at several parishes in St. Louis and was a full time teacher at St. Mary’s High School. In 1999 Father Morris was LRSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-1171648154472133062007-02-16T06:38:00.000-06:002007-02-16T11:49:14.483-06:00Mar 25-Annual St Joseph's Dinner with Fr. Michael GieslerCredo of the Catholic Laity and The Catholic Central Union are proud to presentFather Michael E. GieslerSpeaking on the Topic “The Mission of Opus Dei and its Connection to the Lives of The Early Christians.”Sunday, March 25th at 6:OO p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel 7750 Carondelet Blvd. Clayton MO.Our St. Joseph’s Forum speaker is a priest of the prelature Opus Dei who currently serves as LRSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-1171647087410613222007-02-13T05:30:00.000-06:002007-02-16T11:31:27.420-06:00Mar 2nd & 3rd - Lenten Retreat, with a conference by Archbishop BurkeCredo of the Catholic Laity will be holding its Lenten Retreat Friday and Saturday March 2nd & 3rd at St Francis de Sales Oratory located on Ohio Avenue at Gravois.Our Retreat Master will be Msgr. Michael Schmitz American Provincial of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. Msgr. Schmitz is a very experienced retreat master who has conducted many retreats Friday’s schedule will LRSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-1160881956290139162006-10-13T21:48:00.000-05:002006-11-18T18:58:27.370-06:00Nov 21-Annual Christ the King Dinner with Bishop Robert FinnCredo of the Catholic Laity is pleased to co-sponsor with The Catholic Central UnionThe Annual Christ the King Dinneron Tuesday November 21st, 6:30 p.m. ======================================Our speaker:The Most Reverend Robert W. Finn, D.D.Bishop of Kansas City - St. Joseph will be speaking on: “THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION” at The Crowne Plaza Hotel 7750 Carondelet Ave Clayton, LRSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585191.post-1155398747788009732006-08-12T11:05:00.000-05:002006-08-12T11:05:47.803-05:00Sept 17 - Credo Dinner with EWTN's Fr Dominic GarnerCredo of the Catholic Laity is proud to presentFather Dominic Mary GarnerSpeaking on the Topic“Would that Catholics knew their Catechism.”* * * * * *Our September Forum speaker is a young priest of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word located in Birmingham Alabama. Recently founded by Mother Angelica, this men’s order strives to evangelize the world and call back the stray "sheep", LRSnoreply@blogger.com