June 28-Credo Dinner/Talk with Rev Brian Harrison

Credo of the Catholic Laity

is proud to present


Rev. Brian Harrison, O.S.

Speaking on

“Living with the Smoke of Satan in the Church”
Credo is pleased to welcome Father Brian Harrison as our June 28 Forum speaker. A priest of the Oblates of Wisdom, he is stationed at our Lady of Victories Chapel in St. Louis.

Born in Australia and raised as a Presbyterian, he converted to Catholic Faith in 1972. He began studies for the priesthood in 1979 at the major seminary of Sydney Australia. After completing his Licentiate in Theology at Rome’s Angelicum, he was ordained in St. Peters Basilica in 1985 by His Holiness John Paul II. In 1997 he earned his doctorate in systematic Theology, summa cum laude from the Pontifical Athenaeum of the Holy Cross in Rome.

Father Harrison moved to Puerto Rico in 1989 where he was an Associate Professor of Theology in the Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce, as well as parochial vicar in the parish of St. Joseph the Worker in that city. He came to St. Louis in November of 2007.

Fr. Harrison is a well known speaker and writer having had many articles published in Catholic magazines and journals. He is the author of two books, one on the issue on contraception and the other reviews the teaching of Paul VI on Sacred Scripture. He has given many presentations both here and abroad.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear this outstanding priest.

Sunday, June 28, 6:00 pm

Crowne Plaza Hotel
7750 Carondelet
Clayton, MO
(Free inside parking at 7777 Bonhomme)

Cost is $25 per person.

Menu selections are Sliced Roast Beef Bordelaise or Chicken Parmesan.
These entrees are served with Garden Salad, vegetables, dinner roll, beverage and dessert.

Please indicate number of entrees desired and mail payment (at $25 per person) to:
Credo of the Catholic Laity
C/O Howard Brandt
4386 Honeydew Ln.
St. Louis Mo. 63128 Please make check payable to Credo of the Catholic Laity

For more information, please call 314-894-6003.

March 22-Sister Rosalind Moss

Credo of the Catholic Laity

Is Proud to Present

Sister Rosalind Moss

Speaking on

Faith in the midst of unbelief

Credo is pleased to partner with the Central Catholic Union of Missouri in the annual St. Joseph Dinner.

Our speaker is Sister Rosalind Moss founder of a new traditional order of nuns Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel’s Hope .

Sister Rosalind Moss is a Jewish convert to Catholicism. Her transition first took her to Evangelical Protestantism after a 15 year successful business career. In 1995 she entered the Catholic Church.

On August 22, 2008 she realized a long held dream of establishing her own Traditional order of nuns.

She has appeared on EWTN and has been a staff apologist on Catholic Answers and a guest on the semi monthly radio program, From The Heart.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear this outstanding speaker.
Join us for for a delicious dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel 7750 Carondelet in Clayton.

Sunday March 22, 2009, 6:00 PM.

Cost $25.00 per person

Free inside parking. Take a ticket as you enter at 7750 Carondolet or 7777 Bonhomme. The gate will be open when you leave.

Menu selections are Sliced Roast Beef Bordelaise or Baked White Fish with lemon caper butter. These are served with Garden Salad, appropriate vegetables, dinner roll, beverage and dessert..

For more information, contact, contact Howard Brandt at 314-894-6003 or e-mail at hcbrandt @ att.net

Mail the coupon below along with your check to:
Credo of the Catholic Laity
C/o Howard Brandt
4386 Honeydew Lane
St. Louis MO. 63128

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Enclosed is my check for #_______persons at $25.00 each for the St. Joseph Dinner with Sister Rosalind Moss.

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Member Survey

Dear Credo Members and Friends:

Over the years the Credo board has worked diligently along with the Catholic Central Union of Missouri to bring outstanding speakers to our forums. The cost associated with bringing in some of these speakers has risen significantly. We are not interested in making a profit on these events but we need to at least break even.

Obviously if we were to consistently lose money we would soon be out of business. Our goal is to continue to bring in some prominent national speakers as well as local ones, however the cost of bringing in these national speakers cannot be covered by our usual forum dinner prices.

Please complete the following brief survey questions to help us determine your willingness to accept a possible different format. Please return your input by answering yes or no or other comments for each of the questions.

Return your answers to Howard Brandt via e-mail (hcbrandt@att.net) or in writing to:
Howard Brandt
4386 Honeydew Lane
St. Louis MO. 63128.

You input is very important.

1. Would you like to see more nationally prominent speakers i.e., bishops ,priests,, authors, nationally recognized laymen etc.?

2. Would you be likely to attend forums with speakers as mentioned above with the following changes to our usual dinner format.

* The Dinner would not be included
* The venue would not be at a hotel or restaurant. More likely at a religious facility large enough to accommodate our attendees.

3. Would you prefer to keep the forums at the hotel venue with dinner included and if necessary, with an increase in ticket price to cover speaker costs. (The cost could vary depending on the speaker.)?

4. Do you have any suggestions for our forums or for possible speakers?

Comments:


We look forward to hearing from you in order to make a satisfactory determination on this issue. Thank you for your support.

In Christo,
Your Credo Board Members

2008 Christ the King Dinner

The Catholic Central Union of Missouri

and

Credo of the Catholic Laity

are proud to present

The Most Reverend James Vann Johnston, Jr.

speaking on

Nuptial Justice
at our

Christ the King Dinner

Tuesday, November 18^th at 6:30 P.M.

The Most Reverend James Vann Johnston Jr. was was appointed the sixth Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, by Pope Benedict XVI on January 24^th, 2008 and received his Episcopal Concecraton on the following March 31^st principally from His Grace, The Most Reverend Raymond Leo Burke, Archbishop of St. Louis We can think of no higher reccommendation, but if that is not enough, Bishop Johnston is also an Eagle Scout and a proud Knight of Columbus. We are looking forward to hearing from this outstanding young bishop.

He will be introduced by our own Bishop Robert Hermann.

Join us at the Crowne Plaza Hotel 7750 Carondelet in Clayton for a delicious sit-down dinner and Bishop Johnston's talk on Tuesday, November 18^th at 6:30 PM. Cost $25.00 per person. Reservations only and limited seating! Reserve your spot today.

Free inside parking. Take a ticket as you enter at 7750 Carondelet or 7777 Bonhomme. The gate will be open when you leave.

Dinner choices are Sliced Roast Beef Bordelaise and Chicken Parmesan. These are served with garden salad, appropriate vegetables, dinner roll, beverage and dessert. Indicate how many will be attending and a meal choice for each. Mail your check payable to: Credo of the Catholic Laity c/o Howard Brandt, 4386 Honeydew Lane, St. Louis, MO 63128. Phone 314-894-6003 e-mail credo@thomasleithenterprises.net.

New Mass Texts Made Available

Credo members having a special interest in liturgical matters will want to know that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have made the English translation of the Third Edition of the Ordinary Use (Mass of Paul VI ) of the Roman Missal available on this web page.

A cursory examination reveals that the translation is more literal: for example et cum spirito tuo is no longer paraphrased as and also with you. And pro multis is actually translated now: for many instead of editorialized-about with for all. They still cave in to the inclusive language crowd: the preferred word for fratres is brethern, but they'll permit brothers and sisters. The Roman Cannon (aka Eucharistic Prayer I) sounds fairly traditional again. All in all, an improvement.

August 10-Dale Ahlquist on "The Orthodoxy of G.K. Chesterton"

This is an event you won't want to miss!

People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum and safe. There never was anything so perilous or so exciting as orthodoxy.

Dale Ahlquist fell in love on his honeymoon – with G.K. Chesterton.

Yes, that’s right: a newlywed Evangelical Protestant took with him on his honeymoon Chesterton’s The Everlasting Man, a hefty book written as a direct answer to H.G. Wells Outline of History. Now, this is not easy reading. Dale concluded that his entire college education had been a fraud, and he started his journey with Chesterton.

Today Dale is a Catholic, the president and co-founder of the American Chesterton Society, creator and host of the Eternal Word Television Network series, G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense broadcast locally on KEFN Sunday nights at eight. He is the publisher of Gilbert Magazine, author of Common Sense 101: Lessons from G.K. Chesterton, editor of The Gift of Wonder: The Many Sides of G.K. Chesterton, and associate editor of the Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. He has been called “one of the most respected Chesterton scholars in the world” and has delighted audiences around the country with his talks on the great English writer. And yes, his wife stuck with him: they live near Minneapolis with their five children.

On his honeymoon, Ahlquist found Chesterton to be a complete thinker – Chesterton contradicts the notion that topics can be considered as independent questions or subjects. In fact, there is only one subject and only one question: “Are the claims of the Catholic Church true or not?” Which brings us to the greatest apologetical book ever: Chesterton’s Orthodoxy.

This is not the book you expect: it approaches the one and only question from a much different angle than the classical apologetic, a much wider angle, that of a quest. And when Chesterton the agnostic set off in search of his own truth (which he later called his own heresy) he discovered that his heresy was traditional Christianity:

“I have kept my truths but I have discovered, not that they were not truths, but simply that they were not mine. When I fancied that I stood alone I was really in the ridiculous position of being backed up by all Christendom.”

The rest of his life, Chesterton’s writing would expound this discovery with a wonder and wit that entertains, challenges, and sparkles.

This gem of a book was written 100 years ago this year: 1908, fourteen years before Gilbert Keith Chesterton was received into the Catholic Church, and is more relevant today than it was then. Chesterton does not repeat formulas found in catechisms – he shows how a sense of wonder and experience have led to the truths that were not his own. He is funny, he is convincing, most of all he is right, and he presents the case with verve in a style seekers today will appreciate.

Don’t miss this opportunity!
Join Credo of the Catholic Laity at 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 10th for a delicious sit down dinner and a talk by Dale Ahlquist on the Orthodoxy of G.K. Chesterton at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 7750 Carondelet in Clayton. $25 per person.

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Meal choices are Roast Beef Bordelaise or Baked Whitefish. Free inside parking: take a ticket as you enter at 7750 Carondolet or 7777 Bonhomme. The gate will be open when you leave. To make a reservation, call Howard Brandt at 314-894-6003 or e-mail hcbrandt@att.net.

Check out more on Chesterton:

The American Chesterton Society

The St. Louis Chesterton Society

A Short Biography of Chesterton

Women for Faith & Family Event in June

On Saturday, June 28^th Women for Faith & Family is hosting a Day of Recollection to mark the 20^th Anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem with Bishop Robert Hermann at the Cardinal Rigali Center beginning with Lauds at 8:30 a.m. and going all day. Breakfast & Lunch are included in the $35 registration fee. Family pricing is available. Click here and scroll down a bit for more information.

Liturgical music aficionados will be pleased to know that Fr. Samuel Weber is leading the music for the Divine Office and Holy Mass. For more information read the Adoremus article on Fr. Weber.