• Saint Mary of Victories

    Catholic Church

    Reverent  Faithful  Welcoming 

    Since 1843

  • Saint Mary of Victories

    Catholic Church

    Reverent  Faithful  Welcoming 

    Since 1843

  • Saint Mary of Victories

    Catholic Church

    Reverent  Faithful  Welcoming 

    Since 1843

  • Saint Mary of Victories

    Catholic Church

    Reverent  Faithful  Welcoming 

    Since 1843

  • Saint Mary of Victories

    Catholic Church

    Reverent  Faithful  Welcoming 

    Since 1843

  • Saint Mary of Victories

    Catholic Church

    Reverent  Faithful  Welcoming 

    Since 1843

  • Saint Mary of Victories

    Catholic Church

    Reverent  Faithful  Welcoming 

    Since 1843

  • Saint Mary of Victories

    Catholic Church

    Reverent  Faithful  Welcoming 

    Since 1843

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About St. Mary of Victories

Historic Saint Mary of Victories Catholic Church, just south of the Gateway Arch, is a splendid and unique part of the heritage of old Saint Louis.

Founded in 1843 for German immigrants, it became the city's Hungarian Catholic Church and cultural center in 1956. Its acclaimed architecture, beautiful old paintings, ornate statuary and noted historical personalities have earned it a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. It is one of the few consecrated churches in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, and has a magnificent high altar with hundreds of sacred relics.

Saint Mary’s accordingly offers a classically reverent style of worship in proclaiming the joy of Christ's Gospel to locals and tourists alike. The 11 a.m. Sunday Mass is mainly in English, with a touch of Hungarian in Scripture and song.

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Reflections From Our Saints...

  • SMOV - Infant of Prague
  • St. Therese of Liseaux
  • St. Elizabeth of Hungary
  • SMOV - Cabrini
  • SMOV - Anthony (1)
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History

St. Mary of Victories has played an important role in the development of St. Louis... Read More
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Architecture

St. Mary of Victories is an excellent example of pre-Civil War architecture in St. Louis... Read More
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Hungarian Parish

St. Mary of Victories has been the official home of the Hungarian Catholics in St. Louis since 1957... Read More
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Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos

Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos once preached at St. Mary of Victories... Read More
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Latin Novus Ordo Mass

St. Mary of Victories is the only place in St. Louis that celebrates the Modern Rite, ad orientem, with Gregorian Chant... Read More
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Liturgy Schedule

Mass Times

11:00 AM Sunday - Third Sunday ONLY

Ordinary Form Mass, Traditional Music, Some Latin
Hungarian Lunch After Mass - Usually $10

Confessions:  Sundays at 10:30 am
Tours Conducted Sundays after Mass

The Facilties are Not Open Other Sundays Of the Month (No Lunch)

 THERE IS NO DAILY MASS AT SMV CHAPEL

Latin Ordinary Form Mass with Gregorian Chant - One Saturday Per Month

See Web Page or Facebook Group (or Call) for Details

                                                                                                           

Note:  the 7 pm Saturday and 9 am Sunday Masses have been discontinued.  

23 June 2013, 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

Introit: Dominus fortitudo, begin on D (as la)

Offertory: When I survery the wondrous cross, p. 341, begin on D

Communion (Year C): Qui vult venire, begin on D (as re)

Recessional: Lift high the cross, p. 244, begin on A

Mass XI, PBC p. 58. Credo III, PBC p. 77

The Introit has two phrases which are subdivided:

1.      (a) Dominus, fortitudo plebis suae,
(b) et protector salutarium Christi sui est

2.      (a) salvum fac populum tuum, Domine,
(b) et benedic hereditati tuae,
(c) et rege eos usque in saeculum.

Today's Introit begins in a similar manner to Dominus illuminatio, (OF, 10th Sunday in OT; EF, 4th Sunday after Pentecost) and is also cast in the same mode. The usque in saeculum and the preceding (fortitu)-do plebis suae resemble ceciderunt in the former. The present Introit, however, has a very different development and sentiment. The range of the former is from low a to high 6; here it is only from a to g, beyond which it never goes. In the former there is but slight difference between the individual phrases, and one experiences something almost oppressive—as if the psalm-verse, which speaks of those who descend into the pit, supplied the leading thoughts for the singer. Still, the fourths over (fortitudo) plebis and especially over (pro)-tector, as well as the vigorous accents of suae and rege following the frequent stress of the dominant and the return to the tonic, produce an enlivening effect. They energetically express the thought: We are Your inheritance, Lord, and You shall be our King! Two musical phrases are distinguishable, each beginning with low a and again returning to it after having reached their peak with g.

       Here, even more than elsewhere, we must be guided by the text, which is most thought-provoking. In the first part David praises the Lord as the ‘strength of His people’ and gratefully recalls the armor of divine grace which has been bestowed upon him, the Lord's anointed. It is also a prayer of thanksgiving. The second part is a prayer of petition. But the king's petition is not for himself; it is for his people, or, more correctly, for the people of God. He says to His Father: It is Your people, Your inheritance, which You have acquired for Yourself. These words of the second part have been incorporated in the Te Deum, except that in saeculum is replaced by in aeternum. This Introit exhorts us who are assembled for Mass not to think only of ourselves and our own personal needs, but rather of the entire people of God, of that corporate whole to which we are privileged to belong. The solemn annointings at Baptism and Confirmation impress upon us that we are the elect of God, the inheritance which He so dearly purchased at the cost of His own blood. With these sentiments we should sing salvum fac, benedic, and rege.

(Year C) The Communion antiphon has two phrases:

1.      Qui vult venire post me abneget semetipsum

2.      et tollat crucem suam et sequatur me

The text is chosen to reflect the Gospel reading. The simple Mode 1 melody is surprisingly emotive as it rises and falls, much like the disciple who carries the cross to follow the Master. At first there is strength, almost enthusiasm; and then comes the stumbling and falling under its weight, until the descent of an octave denotes the acceptance that brings peace. We also sing this on the 24th Sunday in Year B.

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Address and Phone

744 South 3rd Street (at Gratiot)
Saint Louis, MO 63102-1645
(314) 231-8101

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Our Lady of Victories, Pray for Us!  St. Stephen of Hungary, Pray for Us!
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