Bulletin 73

SAINT AGNES CATHEDRAL 533 South Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806 EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS: Celebrant Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching

October 23rd, 2011 19th Sunday after Pentecost

Epistle: Eph. 4: 23-28
Gospel: Mt. 22: 1-14

THERE WILL BE NO LATIN MASS OCTOBER 24TH THROUGH OCTOBER 28TH

THE DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD-CAPE GIRARDEAU WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL PRIEST INSTITUTE FROM OCTOBER 24TH THROUGH OCTOBER 28TH IN BRANSON, MO. THERE WILL BE NO LATIN MASS DURING THIS WEEK.

The Latin Mass Community Confirmation date is October 23rd, 2011 at 7:00pm in Saint Agnes Cathedral. His Excellency Bishop James V. Johnston will officiate.

THERE WILL BE A POT-LUCK DINNER ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3OTH AFTER THE 2:30PM LATIN MASS IN THE SAINT AGNES SCHOOL CAFETERIA. THIS WILL BE AN ALL SAINTS DAY PARTY.

Mass Schedule October 24th through October 28th:

Monday through Friday NO LATIN MASS


Conversion is a life-long process. God desires that we put our old life of sin behind and be renewed in heart and spirit. We must make use of confession and penance. This involves an inner renewal that takes a lifetime. It is a response to God’s grace. In His infinite love for men, Christ patiently seeks the conversion of every soul He has created. However, He also respects our freedom. Man is absolutely free to reject God’s grace.

The proclamation of God’s mercy and forgiveness also formed a prominent part of Saint Paul’s teaching: “God has reconciled us to Himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.” (2 Cor 18-20)

Among the many things we petition God for in our prayers, at the top of the list must be a willingness to amend our lives and “put on the new man.”

Sincerely in Christ,

Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching

Bulletin 71

SAINT AGNES CATHEDRAL 533 South Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806 EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS: Celebrant Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching

October 9th, 2011 17th Sunday after Pentecost

Epistle: Ephes. 4, 1-6
Gospel: Matth. 22, 34-46

Mass schedule October 10th through October 14th

Monday-Saint Francis Borgia, Confessor-NO LATIN MASS
Tuesday-Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Wednesday-Feria
Thursday-Saint Edward the Confessor, King
Friday-Saint Callistus I, Pope & Martyr

You are invited to join the 2011 Public Square Rosary Crusade. Join us in praying for our nation on October 15th at 12:00pm in front of Saint Agnes Cathedral. Contact Anna James at 417-889-5831 for more information.

Your prayers are asked for Josh Faust and his family. Josh will receive his first Holy Communion this Sunday, October 9th at the 2:30pm Latin Mass.

The Latin Mass Community Confirmation date is October 23rd, 2011 at 7:00pm in Saint Agnes Cathedral. His Excellency Bishop James V. Johnston will officiate.

There will be no pot-luck lunch this month. We will have a social event following Mass on October 23rd prior to the Confirmation ceremony.

Theologians generally enumerate four principle ends for which we offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: adoration, thanksgiving, propitiation (satisfaction, expiation, atonement, reparation), and petition. In the Mass we offer profound adoration to God, acknowledging Him as our creator, submitting to Him as our supreme Lord, and directing our lives to Him as our final end.

We offer praise and thanksgiving (eucharistia) to God for all of His gifts, especially for the love He has shown us in Christ and for the blessings that come to us through Christ’s paschal mystery. We also offer the propitiatory (expiatory, atoning) value of Christ’s sacrifice for the remission of sin and punishment due for sin, on behalf of the living and the dead. To propitiate is to atone for or make up for an offense one has committed. According to the Council of Trent, Christ instituted the Eucharist in order that “the bloody sacrifice which He was once for all to accomplish on the cross would be represented…and its salutary power applied for the forgiveness of the sins which we daily commit.”

Finally, through Christ we implore God’s graces and blessings for our every need. Because the Mass is the sacramental renewal of the sacrifice of the cross, it has the same value as the cross and makes available to us the infinite treasures of that perfect sacrifice. However, individuals will receive from this boundless treasure only what God freely chooses to give and what each is disposed to receive.

Sincerely in Christ,

Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching

Bp. James Vann Johnston assists for the first time at the Extraordinary Form in Springfield!

The Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite was offered at St. Agnes Cathedral as usual at 3 PM yesterday. There was one notable difference, the Most Reverend Bishop James Vann Johnston was in attendance "in choro". This tremendous occasion for the offering of the Extraordinary Form at the Cathedral was a great success that ended with a Q & A session after a talk given by His Excellency.

The choir debuted a number of selections for the occasion:

Entrance: Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
Offertory: Iste Confessor
Communion: Concordi Laetitia & Haec Dies
Recessional: Christus Vincit

At the reception that followed, His Excellency was presented with a work of the Holy Father and a 1962 Daily Missal. We pray that His Excellency will return and visit with us again soon.

Update: If half of those that have visited this story would pray that the time for the celebration of the Extraordinary Form change from its 3 PM timespot to a more prominent spot certainly there would be saints taking note! Please include this intention in your rosary!

Important Reminder!

This Sunday, April 26th, after Mass at St. Agnes according to the Extraordinary Form at 3 PM, the Most Reverend James Vann Johnston will meet with those who attend the Extraordinary Form for a Q & A. Be there!

New Bishop Installed Today

(KOLR 10) - Catholics in Springfield saw something they haven't seen in nearly 24 years.

A new bishop being ordained at the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese.

The Diocese welcomed the new bishop in an ordination and instillation mass Monday featuring church hierarchy from around the country.

They came to Springfield to ordain Father James Vann Johnston as the Diocese's sixth bishop.

Bishop Johnston replaces the outgoing bishop john Leibrecht, who is retiring.

Bishop Johnston most recently served in the diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee....

read full article here

Spiritual Bouquet of Rosaries for the New Bishop

Laity of the Springfield/Cape diocese have asked Father Joseph Orthel to assist in gathering a Spiritual Bouquet of Rosaries to present to Bishop-elect Johnston. Father Orthel has graciously agreed to accept the rosary information and submit it to the new bishop. If you want to participate, please download this attachment, and send Father Orthel the number of rosaries you are saying for the new bishop in the month of February. You may submit by email to Father at: jorthel@yahoo.com or by regular post to Father Joseph Orthel, St. Elizabeth Parish, 609 S. Main St., El Dorado Springs, MO 64744.

We Have A NEW Bishop

Appointed Msgr. James Vann Johnston of the clergy of Knoxville, U.S.A., chancellor and moderator of the diocesan curia, as bishop of Springfield - Cape Girardeau (area 66,586, population 1,248,000, Catholics 64,900, priests 128, permanent deacons 13, religious 222), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Knoxville in 1959 and ordained a priest in 1990. He succeeds Bishop John J. Leibrecht, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

From the 'Kansas City Catholic' blog:
a letter from a parishioner in Knoxville Tennessee.......

Fr. Johnston, a bright canon lawyer (and former electrical engineer) is absolutely orthodox and straight-down-the-line in support of Faith and Pope. This has shown up in an unusual way in his practice of correcting (in following responses) any heterodox claims made in letters to our diocesan biweekly.

This appointment is great news for everyone in Springfield-Cape Girardeau who loves properly and reverently celebrated liturgy, including those who seek the traditional Latin Mass. He has been a warm and encouraging chancery friend of the Knoxville Latin Mass community, and probably was largely responsible for our original indult.

It is a special loss for the parish where he was just appointed pastor about six months ago, and in that short time the daily Masses I attend have been completely "squared away" (Roman Canon on all feasts and solemnities, etc.), new more traditional hymnals have been ordered, altar servers now wear cassocks and surplices, hold communion patens and receive on the tongue, and discussion has been initiated about moving the tabernacle back to a central position behind the altar.

It is gratifying to see a priest like Fr. Johnston plucked out a remote location like ours and appointed to the episcopacy, but his departure will be a personal loss to everyone here who knows him well. Not least in that -- his so clearly being episcopal timber -- so many of us were hoping he would be staying here as our own new bishop....

read full letter here

more information here

Latin (Tridentine) Mass In Southern Missouri

After much preparation, Bishop John J. Leibrecht, of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, has confirmed the initial celebration of the extraordinary mass in the cities of Springfield and Stockton Missouri. These celebrations come in accord with Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum, liberalizing usage of the Tridentine mass as the 'extraordinary form' of the Roman Rite.

Initial celebration in Springfield will begin on a monthly basis, starting February 10th at Holy Trinity Church (website, directions). The exact time has not been set in stone, but so far it looks like 2pm. Monsignor Raymond Orf will preside. Its success will depend entirely on the Catholic people of Springfield and the surrounding region. Regular turnout and participation is the key.

Initial celebration in Stockton will begin every Sunday, starting at 12pm (noon) on February 3rd at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church (directions). Father Joe Orthel (email, profile) will preside. Like Springfield, its success will depend on the Catholic people of Stockton and the surrounding region. Regular turnout and participation is the key.

This blog was created by Mr. Shane Schaetzel - 4th degree knight (email, profile), as a communication forum for Missouri Catholics (particularly those in Southern Missouri), interested in the Tridentine mass, and the historic tradition of the Catholic Church.