A Morning Star Christmas

On Friday and Saturday, the 21^st & 22^nd, 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 director of the Theater of the Word, Kevin O'Brien, from the September Forum. And we know quite a few Credo members attended the first two shows at the Rigali Center.

The show will have Christmas carols (not "holiday songs"), comedy, and two one-act plays. The program features The Morning Star Players, two young women, Mary LaHood and Elizabeth Bauer, who perform shows across the country with themes of chastity, modesty, pro-life issues, the lives of the saints and other topics. They're making their St. Louis debut in this show, and would love to be booked for other shows, which are performed mainly for young adults.

The two plays were written just for us.

WHO KILLED CHRISTMAS? - A PROPHECY FOR MODERN TIMES stars Ebenezer Scrooge, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Stewart, and Andy Griffith. The Spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future visit Scrooge again to help him recapture the joy he felt after their last visit.

MAKING ROOM - THE STORY OF THE INNKEEPER'S WIFE - Have you ever wondered who told Mary & Joseph there was no room at the inn? In this bittersweet tale, we tell the story of the Innkeeper's Wife, a woman who has no room for shepherds, her neighbors, or even the Holy Family on that blessed night - until something she sees in Mary makes her cold heart begin to thaw.

Get your tickets from The Theater of the Word, Incorporated at 314-894-9673. $15 for all performances. Tickets also available at all Metrotix locations, and on the Metrotix website , or charge by phone at 314-534-1111.

Nov 25 – Bishop Bruskewitz Dinner/Talk

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

The Annual Christ the King Dinner
on Sunday, November 25th, 6:30 p.m.

Featuring

Most Reverend Fabian Bruskewitz

With an Introduction by

Most Reverend Raymond L. Burke
Archbishop of St Louis

Bishop Bruskewitz will be discussing:
“Some Contemporary Issues in Catholic Theology”
Bishop Bruskewitz will discuss the authentic meaning of freedom as well as other current issues important to Catholics.

The Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska is a man who needs no introduction to faithful Catholics. A shepherd willing to take a stand for truth when others seem reluctant to speak out, he is a prelate who accepts the blows and arrows from a hostile secular media, dissidents within the Church, and left-wing politicians while he strives to lead his flock to eternal salvation.

He is certainly not without credentials. He was ordained in Rome in July of l960 and served as assistant pastor at various parishes near Milwaukee. He did his graduate work at the Gregorian University in Rome. For eleven years he worked in the Congregation for Catholic Education in Rome. He was named a Monsignor in 1976 and elevated to prelate of honor in 1980. In that same year he became the pastor of St. Bernard Parish in suburban Milwaukee. In 1992 he became the eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln. And what a job he has done!

When other dioceses were closing churches and schools, he has opened two new parishes and a new elementary school. While many Catholic seminaries were being shuttered he established St. Gregory the Great Seminary in Lincoln. The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter also built their seminary in his diocese.

The Diocese of Lincoln assumed ownership of Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln to preserve its Catholic nature. We could go on and on in our praise of this good Bishop, but most of you already know his story.

Join us for dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 7750 Carondelet in Clayton MO., on Sunday, November 25th 6:00 PM.

Cost $25:00 per person payable to:
Credo of the Catholic Laity
C/O Howard Brandt
4386 Honeydew Lane
St. Louis MO. 63128
Phone (314) 894-6003

Free inside parking. Take a ticket as you enter the parking garage at 7777 Bonhomme. The gate will be open when you leave. Take the Orange Level bridge to the hotel and follow the signs.

Please have your paid reservations in no later than Wednesday Nov. 21st.

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Events at Pauline Books and Media

Pauline 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 Chesterton Society is pleased to announce that it now meets on the third Monday of each month at Pauline Books and Media.

You can click here for details on the schedule and to find directions.

Conference on The Classical Liturgy

St. Joseph Radio Catholic Lecture Series

Mark Your Calendar!

Saturday, October 6^th, 2007

St. Joseph Radio and the Friends of Old St. Ferdinand Shrine present

The Holy Sacrifice of Mass

with

Fr. Gary Carr
Visiting priest at St. Frances de Sales Oratory in St. Louis
and
Fr. Thomas Keller
Director of Liturgy & Liturgical Formation at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary

• Why the Motu Proprio?
• What is the difference between the New Liturgy and the Classical Liturgy?
• How can I benefit from a Mass said in a language I do not understand?

Schedule:

8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Back to the Future – Fr. Gary Carr
10:15 a.m. The Tridentine Mass Explained – Fr. Thomas Keller

11:30 a.m. Tridentine Latin Mass
12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m. Safe Harbor or Dangerous Iceberg for the Bark of Peter? – Fr. Gary Carr
2:45 p.m. Questions and Answers – Fr. Gary Carr
4:00 p.m. Closing

Bring your family and friends!
Freewill Donations Appreciated!

Reservations required for lunch – please call 636-244-0089

Historic Old St. Ferdinand Shrine

1 Rue Saint Francois

Florissant, Missouri

For more information or to schedule a speaker for your parish event or organization, please contact:

St. Joseph Radio

P.O. Box 2983

Orange, California 92859

Phone: 714-744-0336

Fax: 714-744-1998

The Last Memory of an Ol' Brownie Fan

Credo'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 p.m. on Monday October 22nd sponsored by the St. Louis Writers Group at Big Daddy's, 1000 Sidney Street, the corner of 10th and Sidney in Soulard near the Brewery.

EWTN to Broadcast Extraordinary Liturgy & Discussions

All times here given in Central Daylight Time.


This past July 7^th, 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 Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama on September 14^th, 2007 at 7:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time. EWTN has asked for the assistance of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), to help celebrate this classical form of the Roman Liturgy.

An encore broadcast will follow the same day at 6 P.M., and again on September 15^th 11:00 P.M. For those with Satellite radio the Mass will be simulcast on EWTN radio.

But there is more. On Wednesday, September 12^th at 9 P.M. Central, EWTN will broadcast a theological roundtable discussion on Summorum Pontificum. This discussion will include Fr. Calvin Goodwin, FSSP from Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, and Fr. Joseph Lee, FSSP from the FSSP apostolate in Ottawa, and the Very Reverend Monsignor R. Michael Schmitz, North American Provincial of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.

Immediately following at 10 P.M., Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen narrates the High Easter Mass recorded at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Chicago in 1940.

On Friday, September 14^th at 7 P.M. Central, EWTN's The World Over Live will host another discussion of Summorum Pontificum with His Grace, the Most Reverend Raymond Leo Burke, Archbishop of St. Louis, and Fr. Dennis Kolinski from The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

Those who do not have access to the EWTN television channel via cable or satellite may also watch the Mass via live video stream on the Internet. Simply go to www.ewtn.com and choose "Live TV" from the Television pull-down menu on the home page.

EWTN's Television Highlights page may be found here.

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.