adaltaredei: by-grace-of-god:Cathedral of South Saint LouisThis is Saint Francis De Sales Orator
adaltaredei: by-grace-of-god: Cathedral of South Saint Louis This is Saint Francis De Sales Oratory in Saint Louis, In June of 2005 St. Franics de Sales was closed by the Archdiocese of St. Louis and was consolidated with another neighborhood parish. The church building, and campus was scheduled to be torn down and sold. However, it is today ran by the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, In July 2005, the church building, and campus was given to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest to maintain and administer the sacraments according to the 1962 Missal. The Archbishop of St. Louis, His Grace, the Most Reverend Raymond L. Burke erected the church as an Oratory of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest . Today, St. Francis de Sales Oratory serves the whole archdiocese of St. Louis and is the center of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. -- source link
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