Catholic Theater

A new St. Louis based theater company will open its first season with five overtly Christian shows beginning on September 21^st and 22^nd 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 want in life, and how can they get it?" Recommended for teens on up. Tickets ($15) are available through MetroTix and directly from The Theater of the Word at 314-840-WORD. Showtime is 8 p.m. both nights. For your viewing pleasure, here is a promotional video for Theater of the Word.

Credo board member Tom Leith is playing the part of the King of Fontarabia in The Surprise. All the important parts are cast with professionals though.

The following weekend, actors Chuck Chalberg and Kevin O'Brien will be joined by the president of the American Chesterton Society and host of EWTN's program G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense, Dale Ahlquist, to present a show Chumming with Chesterton and Bumming with Belloc. Same place, time, and price.

And speaking of, we should plug the St. Louis Chesterton Society. Yes, there is a local Chesterton Society, which has been meeting for three years. If you love to read, and especially to read Chesterton and the other great Catholic and Merely Christian writers of the 20^th centruy, check out their web site and get involved.

A Toxic Mixture of Catholic Apathy and Ignorance

Next 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 several offices in the St. Louis Archdiocesan Prolife Committee and is currently the Respect Life Chairman at Annunziata Parish. His talk will focus on the causes of apathy within the Catholic Church with a special emphasis on the failure of the Catholic University to properly prepare its students in the wisdom and defense of the Faith.

Dr. Borst has had a varied and interesting professional life. Called by some "The George Will of St. Louis" for his switch hitting ability to converse and write on a high level on both current affairs and baseball.

He has had over 30 experiences in talk radio and instruction at the college level.
Books he has authored include Liberalism: Fatal Consequences, and The Scorpion and the Frog: a Natural Conspiracy. Taken in tandem the two volumes present a concise and profoundly accurate picture of the many aspects and forces that have infected America with its notorious culture war. Signed copies be available for purchase at the forum.

Join us for a delicious sit down Dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel 7750 Carondelet in Clayton 6:00 p.m. Sunday September 16, 2007. Cost $20.00 per person. Free inside parking at the 7777 Bonhomme Garage. Use the Orange Level Bridge to the hotel.

Remove the coupon below and send it with your check payable to:
Credo of the Catholic Laity
C/O Howard Brandt
4386 Honeydew Lane
St. Louis MO. 63128

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June 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 invited to pursue further studies at the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anslem in Rome. He completed a licentiate in Sacramental Theology in 2001 and returned to St. Louis to begin work at Kenrick Glennon Seminary. He spent two years as the associate director of Cardinal Glennon College and five years as director of worship at Kenrick-Glennon while teaching sacramental/liturgical theology at Kenrick Glennon.

Currently he is the Episcopal Vicar for and Director of the Office of the Permanent Diaconate of the Archdiocese, Director of the St. Maxiimilian Kolbe House of Discernment and assistant professor of theology at Kenrich Glennon Seminary.

Join us on Sunday, June 3rd at 6:00 p.m. for a delicious dinner at the Crown Plaza Hotel, 7750 Carondelet Blvd. in Clayton.

Meals include Tossed Garden Salad, Vegetables, Dinner Roll & Butter, Beverage and Dessert. Cost $is 20.00 per person. Free inside parking at the 7777 Bonhomme Garage. Use the Orange Level Bridge to the hotel.

Send your check, payable to Credo of the Catholic Laity to
Howard Brandt
4386 Honeydew Lane
St. Louis Mo. 63128

Entree choices are Roast Beef Bordelaise or Grilled Salmon with Dill Sauce.
Please indicate your entree choice with your payment.

For more information e-mail Howard at hcbrandt@att.net or call him at 314-894-6003.

Mar 25-Annual St Joseph’s Dinner with Fr. Michael Giesler

Credo of the Catholic Laity and
The Catholic Central Union
are proud to present

Father Michael E. Giesler

Speaking 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 chaplain of the Wespine Study Center in St. Louis. He is the author of several books on Sacred Scripture and the early Christians as well as a series of audio tapes on the marks of the Church and the writings of Pope John Paul II.

Father Giesler obtained his Doctorate in Theology from the University of Navarre (Spain). He is a member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, and co-founder of the Midwest Theological Forum an educational service which sponsors conferences and workshops for diocesan priests. He has given many retreats for both diocesan priests and the lay faithful.

Dan Brown’s book The DaVinci Code painted Opus Dei in a bad light. Father Giesler will present the real facts regarding this faithful Catholic organization.

Join us Sunday, March 25th, for a delicious sit down dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Clayton.

Meals include a tossed Garden Salad, appropriate vegetables, dinner roll, beverage and desert.

The cost is $20.00 per person. Free inside parking at the 7777 Bonhomme Parking Garage. (Use the pedestrian bridge on the Orange level to the hotel.)

Remove the coupon below and send it with your check payable to:
Credo of the Catholic Laity
C/O Howard Brandt
4386 Honeydew Lane
St. Louis MO. 63128
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Name______________________________________

Address___________________________________

Phone_______________________e-mail______________________________

Enclosed is my check for ________to cover ______persons for the St. Joseph’s Dinner.

My menu selections are:
Roast Beef Bordelaise #____ Chicken Parmesan #_____
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Mar 2nd & 3rd – Lenten Retreat, with a conference by Archbishop Burke

Credo 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 conclude with a solemn High Mass with the Right Rev. Thomas Frerking, Abbot of the St. Louis Abbey as homilist.

A highlight of the retreat will be the third conference on Saturday when His Grace, the Most Rev. Archbishop Raymond L.Burke will make the presentation.

Needless to say we are delighted with this all star line up for our 2007 Retreat and we thank the Rev. Karl Lenhardt, Rector of St Francis de Sales Oratory and Vice Provincial of The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest for obtaining these outstanding presenters for us.

Take advantage of the opportunity to make this Lenten Retreat one of your most efficacious. The full schedule for the Retreat is shown below.

The charge for the retreat is $15.00 per person to cover expenses, including both meals. If you have a problem covering this charge, especially those with large families do not hesitate to ask for help. We want to make this retreat available to as many people as we can. Children under 12 are free but we need to know they are coming so we can prepare enough food.

St. Francis de Sales is a magnificent church known as the Cathedral of the south, but in much need of repair. Since the archbishop assigned the Institute of Christ the King its use as an oratory many repairs have been made. The most important repair still needs to be completed. The 300 foot steeple must be stabilized as it’s pulling away from the main structure of the church. The cost is estimated to be close to one million dollars. Any profits from this retreat will go toward the fund to repair the steeple. If you are financially able we hope you will consider a generous donation for this worthy cause. Just add this donation to your retreat check.

Retreat Agenda
Friday March 2, 2007

2:00 p.m. Opening prayer: “Veni Creator” First Conference: Msgr. Schmitz

3:00 p.m. Exposition, Rosary, Benediction and Confession

4:00 p.m. Light supper (Basement)

5:00 p.m. Second Conference: Msgr. Schmitz

6:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross (Fr. Lenhardt) and Confession

7:00 p.m. Solemn High Mass, Homilist: Right Rev. Thomas Frerking, Abbot of the St. Louis Abbey


Saturday March 3, 2007

9:00 a.m. Confessions, Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy

10:00 a.m. Third Conference by His Grace, the Most Rev. Raymond L. Burke, Archbishop of St. Louis

11:00 a.m. Solemn Adoration and Benediction with the Archbishop

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Fourth Conference: Msgr. Schmitz

2:45 p.m. Solemn High Mass, votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart with Te Deum

The retreat will close after Mass

Nov 21-Annual Christ the King Dinner with Bishop Robert Finn

Credo of the Catholic Laity is pleased to co-sponsor with
The Catholic Central Union

The Annual Christ the King Dinner

on Tuesday November 21st, 6:30 p.m.
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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, MO

Bishop Finn was born in St. Louis in 1953. He attended All Souls Catholic Elementary School. He studied at the St. Louis Preparatory Seminary North and Cardinal Glennon College. His M.A. in Theology was earned at the Angelicum University at the North American College in Rome.

The bishop was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of St. Louis in 1979 and served as associate pastor at a number of parishes in the archdiocese. He was named Editor of the St. Louis Review in 1999.

In 2004. he was ordained a bishop and assumed the full responsibilities as head of the Diocese of Kansas City - St Joseph in 2005.

Bishop Finn has earned a reputation as a highly orthodox and fearless Shepherd. He recently incurred the wrath of the National Catholic Reporter when he made a number of changes in his diocese to provide for closer adherence to the Magisterium.

Please join us for a delicious dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 7750 Carondelet Blvd. in Clayton. There is free inside parking at the 7777 Bonhomme Parking garage (Use the Orange Level Bridge to the hotel).

The cost is $20.00 per person, payable to
Credo of the Catholic Laity
C/O Howard Brandt
4386 Honeydew Lane
St. Louis MO. 63128
Phone (314) 894-0357

The Entree is your choice of Sliced Roast Beef Bordelaise or Southwestern Chicken.

Please call Howard for more information at the number above.

Sept 17 – Credo Dinner with EWTN’s Fr Dominic Garner

Credo of the Catholic Laity

is proud to present

Father Dominic Mary Garner

Speaking on the Topic

“Would that Catholics knew their Catechism.”

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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", mainly through the apostolate of the Global Catholic Network – EWTN.

Fr. Dominic was ordained to the Holy Priesthood in 2004 after attending Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He currently serves as Chaplain for the employees of EWTN and also serves as Assistant Chaplain at the Shrine of the most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville Alabama, which is also the home of Mother Angelica and her Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration.

For those of you who are EWTN fans, Father Dominic often celebrates the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on television. He minces no words in his homilies as he proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

He was a recent visitor to our area when he participated in the EWTN 25th Anniversary Celebration at the St. Charles Family Resource Center.

Join us on Sunday, September 17th, at 6:00 p.m. for a delicious dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel located at 7750 Carondelet Blvd. in Clayton, MO.

Meals include choice of entree (below), tossed garden salad, vegetables, dinner roll/butter, beverage and dessert. Cost is $20.00 per person.

There is free inside parking at the 7777 Bonhomme Parking Garage. Use the Orange level bridge to the hotel.

Use the coupon below and send it with your check made payable to Credo of the Catholic Laity to:

Howard Brandt
4386 Honeydew Lane
St. Louis MO. 63128

Phone 314-894-0357 e-mail hbrandt (at) i1.net

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Name_________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________

City/ST/Zip__________________________________________

Telephone____________________

e-mail_______________________________________________

Enclosed is my check for $______ to cover ____persons
for Father Dominic’s talk.

My menu entree selections are:
Roast Beef Bordelaise #___ Sautéed Chicken #___
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