Dr. Ray Guarendi in St. Louis October 8th

The Missionaries of the Holy Family will host Dr. Ray Guarendi, international Catholic speaker and author, who will present Back to the Family, a national research study on the characteristics of strong families and the struggles they face, on Saturday, Oct. 8^th, here at St. Wenceslaus Church. This is a talk for adults who have a young family or are considering founding one.

Rosary at 9:30 am, Mass at 10:00 am, and talk by Dr. Ray from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon. There is no charge (free will offering only). For details, call (314) 577-6300, send an e-mail to MSF@MSF-America.org, or click here.  Located in south St. Louis City on Gravois south of Jefferson. Click here for a map.

Dr. Ray is a clinical psychologist and father of ten. He may be heard Monday through Friday on local Catholic Radio and is a frequent guest on Catholic Answers Live.

Ray Mertens Passes to his Reward

Our good friend and past Credo President Ray Mertens passed from this life on Saturday August 13th, apparently as a result of a heart attack. He was 82 years old.

Ray was the second president of Credo and led the organization for about four years in the latter nineteen nineties and early two thousands. In addition to Credo, Ray was a member of the Serra Club which encourages vocations to the priesthood and the religious life. Ray was an active soldier for the church and will be missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him. We ask your prayers for the repose of his soul.

Latin Liturgy Association Meeting

LATIN LITURGY ASSOCIATION
ST. LOUIS-BELLEVILLE CHAPTER
CAPITULUM SANCTI LUDOVICI et BELLEVILLENSIS

The local chapter of the Latin Liturgy Association is meeting on October 29^th at The Church of the Little Flower in St. Louis County. There will be a talk on the history of the parish and the church building itself, and (of course) some Latin prayers, so brush up your Paters and Aves. If you've never experienced prayer in the native language of the Latin Rite, go and just listen.

Msgr. Eduardo Chávez Sánchez

Updated! Time Changes.

Our Lady of Guadalupe for Life welcomes Msgr. Eduardo Chávez Sánchez, one of the world's leading experts on the Guadalupe apparitions, to St. Louis on Saturday, October 1^st, 2011. Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to hear one of the world's foremost experts on the Guadalupe apparitions.

Sr. Rosalind Moss, now Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God

Dom Mark Daniel Kirby, Prior of the Benedictine  Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle in Tulsa Oklahoma wrote the following:

"A Momentous Event

"This morning, on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the humble Oratory of our monastery was the setting of a momentous event. His Excellency, Bishop Edward J. Slattery was with us for the the canonical establishment of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel's Hope as a Public Association of the Faithful, in view of their becoming an Institute of Consecrated Life.

"Rosalind Moss Becomes Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God

"Foundress, Rosalind Moss, in religion Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God received the traditional Benedictine habit, given that the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel's Hope have begun to follow the age-old Rule of Saint Benedict. ..."

The remainder of this article, In the Sight of Angels and Men, and another, In the Heart of the Church: Your True Home, along with pictures of Mother Miriam, Fr. Mark, and Bishop Slattery, are available by clicking on the titles of the articles.

Thanks be to God!

In Christ,
David Moss

AHC Lecture Series: Man Elevated to Share in the Divine Life

The Fall 2011 lecture series, "Man Elevated to Share in the Divine Life", sponsored by the Association of Hebrew Catholics (AHC) begins on Wednesday Sept 21^st . The lectures are held in Boland Hall of the Cathedral Basilica, every Wednesday from 7-9 PM. The lectures are of general interest to Catholics and presented free of charge by Credo Advisory Board Member and AHC Director of Theology, Dr. Lawrence Feingold, Assistant Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University's Institute for Pastoral Theology.

This series discusses Christian Anthropology from the supernatural point of view. Each lecture in the series stands alone, but you can view the schedule and titles of all lectures, as well as retrieve MP3 podcasts of past lectures here,

The notes for past lectures are being collected into a book series. The first three volumes, for the first three series of lectures, have already been published by "The Miriam Press", the publishing arm of the AHC, and is local to St. Louis.

Evangelical Catholicisim

eagerness to pitch orthodox Catholicism as the most satisfying entrée on the post-modern spiritual smorgasbord, using the tools and tactics of a media-saturated global village, makes Evangelical Catholicism both traditional and contemporary all at once.

Credo's Spiritual Advisor Fr. Brian Harrison proposed this article (from the National Catholic Reporter, of all places)  to Credo members for reading, apropos Credo's mission to participate in the New Evangelization. In the article, writer John Allen Jr. reflects on the meaning of World Youth Day, noting that there have now been 26 of them. The hallmark of Allen's Evangelical Catholicism is what he calls "Affirmative Orthodoxy" which he's been talking about for at least a couple of years. Affirmative Orthodoxy consists in affirming what the Church affirms and letting her condemnations speak from a kind of silent contrast. As ever, we encourage your comments here on the Credo website.