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Posted March 26, 2009 - 11:01am by shellymarstall
Eucharistic Adoration

Never heard of Eucharistic Adoration before? Never tried it? That's ok. Everyone is welcome. Christ is the host really and we are His guests. He calls each of us to visit Him! Here's the scoop:

Who: Young adults in their 20-30s, single or married

What: Catholic community centered on Christ

When:

  • EVERY WEDNESDAY @ 7:00PM Maryville University in St. Louis (Huttig Chapel)
  • EVERY THURSDAY @ 7:00PM the Church of St. Bernadette in South County

Where: South/Central St. Louis (& across the country for that matter)

Why: To adore Christ in the Blessed Sacrament yielding community with Him & others

Nationally-known theologian right in our own backyard!

Posted May 28, 2010 - 1:22pm by shellymarstall

Dr. Lawrence Feingold, Assistant Professor for the Institute for Pastoral Theology of Ave Maria University. recently presented a 3-part series on the "Curé of Ars: Master of Pastoral Theology" as well as the "Spousal Meaning of the Body, Marriage & the Transmission of Life." We are so blessed to have such a dynamic speaker and nationally-known theologian right in our own backyard!

Recordings of Dr. Feingold’s presentations are now online! **They can be played directly on the website or downloaded for later use.

Stations of the Cross

Posted March 13, 2010 - 9:44pm by shellymarstall

Check out this neat video.  Better to be in the Church, but thought you'd like a resource to also reflect on the stations at home:

http://stlouisreview.com/videos/2010/video-stations-cross

Pray the Stations of the Cross with images photographed at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in South Saint Louis. The prayers accompanying each station are selections from the traditional St. Francis of Assisi "Way of the Cross" meditations.

The prayer is led by Father Thomas Wyrsch, Pastor of St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in St. Louis.

The video presentation of the Stations of the Cross were compiled by Lisa Johnston for the St. Louis Review.

Homily from Fr. Kevin Schroeder "The genocide of abortion"

Posted October 28, 2009 - 12:42pm by shellymarstall

In the year of the priest, Fr. Kevin Schroeder represents the vocation well, with faith and conviction to share the truth even when it is difficult to do so.  Please support our priests with your prayers and as verbal encouragement.  For  every positive statement they get regarding a homily like this, they are sure to receive several angry phone calls.  Our priests need to know that there are people in the pews that are praying for them and are in support of sharing this difficult message.

The influence of the young!

Posted October 10, 2009 - 4:04pm by shellymarstall

In my studies of Vatican II, I found this beautiful part in Apostolicam Actuositatem (

Book on the Mass

Posted August 27, 2009 - 11:43pm by shellymarstall

In tonight's reflection (August 27, 2009), Fr. Kevin Schroeder suggested we read about the Mass to learn the historical, scriptural and liturgical aspects.  Sr. Emi Magnificat of the Daughters of St. Paul shared the following book with me to pass on to everyone at S&T.

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