• 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.  

19 February 2015, 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)

Introit: Domine in tua misericordia

Offertory: Let all mortal flesh, p. 286

Communion: Narrabo omnia

Recessional: Father we thank thee, p. 322.

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

The Introit antiphon is taken from the formulary of the 1st Week after Pentecost, in the older Graduale Romanum (1908/1961). That would be the week after Trinity Sunday, so it would only have been sung on weekdays. It has three phrases:

1. Domine in tua misericordia speravi

2. exultavit cor meum in salutari tuo

3. cantabo Domino quo bona tribuit mihi.

The ancients called the confident and joyous Mode 5 laetus. Although this antiphon is certainly that, the first phrase is a more quiet statement of confident trust, and only in the second phrase do we break into a more exuberant joy as we rise to the dominant (do) and even above it, as the up and down melody of salutari tuo depicts the action of exultavit, which means literally to jump (for joy). God's saving action in our lives makes us jump for joy! In the third phrase, we jump again to the dominant over bona tribuit; the good things God has given us fill us with a joy that we express in song.

The Communion antiphon comes from the formulary of Tuesday of Week II of Lent, where our friend Tibi dixit appears as the Introit. It is sung here to accompany the Marcan story of the wondrous cure of the paralytic let down through the roof. It has three phrases:

1. Narrabo omnia mirabilia tua

2. laetabor et exultabo in te

3. psallam nomini tuo, Altissime

A somewhat unusual dip to low la for the intonation of this Mode 2 antiphon sets the stage. The rise above the dominant fa over laetabor, exultabo, and Altissime mark the joy of the one who has been the beneficiary of divine action. The melody has a sense of strangeness, even a hint of fear, lurking beneath the awe of the eye-witnesses of this miraculous healing. The chant composer portrays here what one supposes might well have been some of the feelings of who, the gospel reading tells us, 'were astounded' and said 'We have never seen anything like this!’

            We ourselves are not so far from these sentiments. When we practiced this chant the first time, those of you who were there may recall that a couple of people made some remarks about this antiphon being strange, odd, offputting. Brian actually began his comments saying, 'I've never heard anything like this,' coming close to a verbatim quote of the Marcan text. You may well have been picking up on something that the composer very much intended.

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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!
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos and Venerable Cardinal Mindszenty, Pray for Us!