Join our FREE "Holy Happy Hour" with Fr. Bob each month during our 200th Anniversary Year as we gather to learn about and celebrate two special Saints! (Must be 21+)
When - The second Wednesday of the month until the fall of 2023. Our next gathering will be July 14, 2023,
Where - In the courtyard outside or the Parsh Center - weather permitting
Time - 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
RSVP to the Parish Office or contact Beth Hake at 314-973-8895
SAINTS THAT WILL BE CELEBRATED ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
St. Teresa of Calcutta St. Michael the Archangel
St. Teresa of Calcutta
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
““A life not lived for others, is not a life.”
St. Michael the Archangel
The battle against the Devil, which is the principal task of Saint Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today because the Devil is still alive and active in the world.”
— Pope John Paul II
“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
SAINTS THAT WERE CELEBRATED ON AUGUST 9, 2023
St. Clare of Assisi St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Clare of Assisi:
“We become what we love, and who we love shapes what we become”
“Let the love in your hearts be shown outwardly in your deeds.”
“Love God. Serve God. Everything is in that.”
St. Maximilian Kolbe
The most deadly poison of our time is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him to the greatest extent of our powers.”
“No one in the world can change Truth. What we can do and should do is seek truth and to serve it when we have found it.”
SAINTS THAT WERE CELEBRATED ON JULY 14, 2023
St. Anne St. Vincent de Paul
St. Anne
St. Anne is the Mohter of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Grandmother of Jeaus. The name Anne, from the Hebrew, is commonly believed to mean "Grace".
Good St. Anne, you were granted favor with the Lord to carry the most Holy Virgin Mary inside your womb. You know my deep desire for a child: a little one to love, to hold, to care for, and to cherish. Grant that my body may conceive and give birth to a beautiful, healthy baby in God's holy image. Amen.
St. Vincent de Paul
"Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another"
"Fear not; calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon."
"We cannot better assure our eternal happiness than by living and dying in the service of the poor."
SAINTS THAT WERE CELEBRATED ON MAY 10, 2023
St. Rita of Cascia St. Peregrine
St. Rita of Cascia
O Powerful St. Rita, rightly called Saint of the Impossible, I come to you with confidence in my great need. You know well my trials, for you yourself were many times
burdened in this life. Come to my help, speak for me, pray with me, intercede on my behalf before the
Father. Amen.
St. Peregrine
O great St. Peregrine, for so many years you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fiber of our being. You were favored with the vision of Jesus coming down from His Cross to heal your affliction. Ask of God and Our Lady, the cure of the sick whom we entrust to you. (Mention the names of the sick for whom you are praying.) Aided in this way by your powerful intercession, we shall sing to God, now and for all eternity, a song of gratitude for His great goodness and mercy. Amen.
SAINTS THAT WERE CELEBRATED ON APRIL 12, 2023.
St. Catherine of Siena St. Mark
St. Catherine of Siena
“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”
“What is it you want to change? Your hair, your face, your body? Why? For God is in love with all those things and he might weep when they are gone.”
St. Mark
“A humble man who lives a spiritual life, when he reaches the Holy Scriptures, will relate all things to himself
and not to others.”
“For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible .” (Mark 10:27)
SAINTS THAT WERE CELEBRATED ON MARCH 8, 2023
St. Katharine Drexel St. Patrick
St. Katharine Drexel
The Eucharist is a never-ending sacrifice. It is the Sacrament of love, the Supreme Love, the Act of Love.”
“If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is Joy which invites us. Press forward and fear nothing.”
St. Patrick
Be still and know that I am God. Christ in the heart of every person who thinks of me.
Be still and know that I am. Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me.
Be still and know. Chrit in every eye that sees me.
Be still. Christ in every ear that hears me.
Be.”
SAINTS THAT WERE CELEBRATED ON FEBRUARY 8, 2023
St. Scholastica St. Valentine
St Scholastica:
"I asked you for a favor and you would not listen, so I asked God and He did listen."
"If people knew the peace that good religious enjoy, the wohoe world would become a monasery."
Quotes for but not by St. Valentine:
"Love does not consis in gazing at each otheer, but in looking outward together in the same direction"
(Antione de Satin-Exuery)
"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved."
(Victor Hugo)
SAINTS THAT WERE CELEBRATED ON JANUARY 11, 2023
St. Agnes Conversion of St. Paul
St. Agnes of Rome:
“Christ has made my soul beautiful with the jewels of grace and virtue. I belong to Him Whom the Angels serve."
“We are made loveless by our possessions."
St Paul to the Romans 12:9, 12-13
“Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.”
SAINTS THAT WERE CELEBRATED ON DECEMBER 14, 2022
Our Lady of Guadalupe St. Nicholas of Myra
Our Lady of Guadalupe:
"I am truly your merciful Mother. I will hear your weeping, your complaints and heal all your sorrows, hardships and sufferings.”
Our Lady of Guadalupe to St. Juan Diego:
“Let not your heart be disturbed. Am I not here , who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything.”
St. Nicholas of Myra:
“The giver of every good and perfect gift has called upon us to mimic His giving, by grace, through faith, and this is not of ourselves.”
SAINTS THAT WERE CELEBRATED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2022
St. Elizabeth of Hungary St Charles Borromeo
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
"How could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns? And bears it for me!"
“We are made loveless by our possessions.”
St. Charles Borromeo
"Be sure to first preach by the way you live."
"IF we wish to make any progress in the service of God, we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness."