• 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.  

25 January 2015, 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

(Year A&B) Introit: Dominus secus mare, begin on F (as fa)

Offertory: Adoro Te devote, PBC, p. 90, begin on E

(Year A&B) Communion: Venite post me, begin on G (as sol)

Recessional: God, my King, Thy might confessing, p. 325

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

(Year A&B) The Introit antiphon has four phrases, but we'll break the long fourth one into two parts. (We can do that here and still be faithful to the text.) Even so, you may wel find the last phrase–as well as the second one—a bit more challenging to keep together. So do find a convenient spot to breathe, just not at the quarter bar, please.

  1. Dominus secus mare Galilaeae
  2. vidit duos fratres Petrum and Andream
  3. et vocavit eos
  4. Venite post me
  5. faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum

Like last Sunday's Communion antiphon, today's Introit comes from the Mass formulary of the Vigil of St Andrew the Apostle (29 November) in the older (1961) Graduale. It is Matthew's telling of the call of Andrew and Peter, sung because we hear Mark's version in today's Gospel. (Last week we heard John's version.) It is in the first mode, which can be declarative, somewhat like the eighth. The melody moves along at a steady narrative pace, though the ornamentation over duos fratres and vos . . . piscatores evoke images of fisherman raising and lowering their nets out of the water.

(Year A&B) Again reflecting the Gospel pericope, today's Communion antiphon comes from Mass formulary for the Feast of St Andrew as found in both the former and the current Graduale. It actually has three phrases, but we'll break the first one into two, as we did with the same text in the Introit.

  1. Venite post me
  2. faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum
  3. at illi relictis retibus et navi
  4. 4.secuti sunt Dominum

The text, which includes a reference to a later passage in Matthew's gospel (16:24), is a reminder that following the call of Jesus will involve sacrifice. For Andrew and Peter, giving up their boat and nets is just the first sacrifice of many; they are destined for a cross of their own. Similar to last Sunday, Mode 8 again stresses the immediate confidence they placed in Jesus, and the melody beginning immediately on the dominant adds emphasis to this. Its continuance on the dominant indicates for us their enduring faith, despite the sacrifice involved. The first phrase is sung more quietly, although there is a certain solemnity in the twofold descent of the interval sol-re andthe ascending sol-do, which is, as we had in the Introit, a melodic allusion to the lowering and raises of the fishermen's nets into the sea. Dom Johner calls the Communion antiphons of last Sunday and this 'as fresh as the breeze of the sea . . . true gems of the Graduale.'

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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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