Dr. Maria Fedoryka - Creation in Love

St. Joseph Forum

Sunday, March 18^th, 2011

Dr. Maria Fedoryka

Creation in Love

Credo and the Catholic Union of Missouri are very pleased to welcome Dr. Maria Fedoryka to St. Louis to deliver the 2012 Frederick Philip Kenkel Memorial Lecture for the Feast of St. Joseph 6 P.M., Sunday, March 18^th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Clayton.

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Discussion Shakespeare's Christian Themes in The Winter's Tale

Join Credo for Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale at Fontbonne University on Sunday, April 15^th at 2 PM. The play is full of Catholic themes, and there will be a discussion following the show for all who wish to participate or just listen.

It Was 50 Years Ago Today

It was 50 years ago today that Bl. Pope John XXIII published the Apostolic Constitution “On the Promotion of the Study of Latin” officially styled Veterum Sapientia. It is quite short and apparently addressed to seminaries. He was completely ignored. But the late theologian Romano Amerio in his famous critique Iota Unum expounded at some length upon the on the importance placed by the pope on Veterum Sapientia. It wasn't only about Latin (and Greek) and it wasn't only about seminaries. It was about the inculturation of ourselves.

Fr. William Rowe and the New English Translation

Was Fr. William Rowe of the Belleville Diocese fired for refusing to use the new English translation of the Roman Missal? No. But the news media say he was.

The Reverend Michael John Witt to Serve on Advisory Board

We are pleased to announce that the Reverend Michael John Witt has agreed to serve on Credo’s Advisory Board. The Board of Directors look to advisors to help guide our direction and choose speakers. Fr. Witt is Associate Professor of Church History at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, and is a very popular lecturer around town. Fr. Witt last spoke to Credo in 2006 when he gave a talk titled “Christianity under Attack “. And it still is.

Day of Recollection

Mark your calendars for the 2012 Credo Day of Recollection: March 3^rd, 2012. We return this year to the Chapel of St.  Anselm at the Oratory of Ss. Gregory and Augustine in Creve Coeur, located on the grounds of The Priory at 530 Mason Rd.

The Rev. Brian Harrison O.S. and Msgr. Arthur Calkins will be giving the conferences. Fr. Harrison is Credo’s Spiritual Adviser, and Msg. Calkins is a renowned Mariologist and for many years before his retirement had been an official of the commission Ecclesia Dei. We believe you will be inspired by our Day of Recollection Speakers. Take advantage of this opportunity to help make this coming Lent one of your most efficacious.

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Conscience Rights

We're not saying we had anything to do with this, but last night Credo's webmaster tweeted the editor of the St. Louis Review saying that he'd love to be able to link stories on conscience rights into Credo's website, but that they'd vanish behind their paywall after a week, making our links die. This morning there was a tweet from him saying that all their articles on this topic can be accessed here, and they won't go behind the paywall. This is terrific news: the Review has written a number of great articles we'd love to be able to share and comment upon. Be sure to thank the editor Teak Phillips for making this available.

The first thing we call your attention to is Archbishop Carlson's letter dated 1-February in which he calls on us to fast and pray in the intention that our right might be respected by the government, and to educate ourselves on the issue. The USCCB has a resource here. St. Louis native, USCCB President, and Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan has a video on this page calling on us to action and telling us "we can't afford to strike out on this one."

 

The Sex Trade in St. Louis

All healthy men, ancient and modern, know there is a certain fury in sex that we cannot afford to inflame, and that a certain mystery and awe must ever surround it if we are to remain sane.
GK Chesterton


It is impossible to think a culture that tolerates six year olds being dressed as fantasy nymphettes and paraded about should not leave Catholics entirely unscathed. For reasons we can guess, during this past year, the Archdiocese of St. Louis has begun something of a crusade against pornography, inagurating a program called "As For Me and My House".

If porn is such a big problem the Archbishop feels a need to address it specifically and publicly, the extent of the sex trade in St. Louis should come as no surprise.  The Sunday, January 29, 2011 edition of the St. Louis Post Dispatch ran a front-page story about how a St. Louis based event planner and the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph teamed-up to do something about the problem.