⛪FULLY TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LATIN MASS & CHANT-ST JOHN'S ORATORY

Pier 45 near Taylor Street, San Francisco CA

05 December, 2021

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Offering the Only Fully Traditional Pre-Vatican II Traditional Latin Mass (1950) And Divine Office with Gregorian Chant In the San Francisco Bay Area Continuously since 1992 "Some Things in Life Should Never Change" "An Oasis of Spiritual Sanity" ST. JOHN'S ORATORY SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2021 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Semidouble Sunday of the First Class in Violet Vestments 9:30 AM: Terce of the Traditional Catholic Divine Office in Gregorian Chant Chanted Angelus with Carillon 10:00 AM: Fully Traditional Latin Mass Other Collects: St. Sabbas, Abbot; Blessed Virgin Mary Gregorian Chant by the St. John Schola for Gregorian Chant Catechism & Scripture/Sermon: "Relearning Our Catholic Christmas Traditions: When Was the First Christmas?" THOUGHT FOR THIS SUNDAY'S MASS In a series of four sermons this Advent, we are going to examine some Advent and Christmas customs and explore their in meaning in Catholicism, and Christianity in general. This Sunday: why do we celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ on December 25, A.D. 1? CONTINUING NEEDS Altar servers, Gregorian chant schola (choir) members. ST. JOHN'S ORATORY SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021 HOLYDAY OF OBLIGATION: FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Double Feast of the First Class in White Vestments 9:30 AM: Terce of the Traditional Catholic Divine Office in Gregorian Chant Chanted Angelus with Carillon 10:00 AM: Fully Traditional Latin Mass Gregorian Chant by the St. John Schola for Gregorian Chant Catechism & Scripture/Sermon: "A Shining Light for an Unholy World" THOUGHT FOR THIS HOLYDAY'S MASS Our Lady was declared under her title of the Immaculate Conception as the patroness of the United States of America already eight years before Pope Pius IX's formal definition in 1854. Today our country needs Mary Immaculate as its protectress more than ever. ST. JOHN'S ORATORY ST. JOHN'S ORATORY IS THE ONLY LOCATION IN THE BAY AREA THAT HAS PRESERVED THE REAL, VALID, FULLY TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LATIN MASS (1950) AND DIVINE OFFICE BEFORE THEY WERE CHANGED INTO A HALF NEW ORDER "NEW LATIN" (AKA "EXTRAORDINARY") SERVICE IN 1962 AND BEFORE, INTO AN INVALID NEW ORDER SERVICE IN 1969. Even the 1962 "New Latin" service is NOT the TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC Latin Mass, even though it may be falsely advertised as such. We here at St. John's Oratory since 1992 have never deviated from the true and valid Traditional Latin Mass, True Sacraments, and True Faith of 2,000 years. ST. JOHN'S ORATORY DID NOT COME ONLY RECENTLY TO THIS APOSTOLATE, BUT HAS OFFERED, WITH EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND COMMITMENT, THE HISTORICAL TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS AND DIVINE OFFICE EVERY SUNDAY AND HOLYDAY SINCE 1992. St. John's Oratory is also known as a center for promoting the traditional Latin Gregorian chant of the traditional Roman rite. Gregorian chant is sung by the St. John Gregorian Schola of San Francisco, which is recording a series of Gregorian-chant CDs series entitled "A Traditional Chapel Sings Gregorian Chant," being issued under the ChantCD label. For further information, see the ChantCD web site at www.chantcd.com/sjs.htm. FOR THE FULL SCHEDULE OF THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASSES AND DIVINE OFFICE, LOCATION MAPS, FREE PARKING, AND OTHER INFORMATION, see our web site at www.traditio.com/stjohn.htm. You may contact the Oratory by E-mail or phone via the Reply box above. If you wish to keep alive the only fully Traditional Latin Mass in the Bay Area, and be added to the benefactors for whom we pray each Sunday and Holyday, you may submit your tax-deductible donation through our web site. St. John's Oratory, at the Fishermen's & Seamen's Memorial Chapel, is a San Francisco historical landmark blessed by His Eminence Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo, Archbishop of Palermo, and dedicated to the memory of those who have lost their lives at sea. We pray at every Mass for the fishermen and seamen of this port. In the heart of Fisherman's Wharf, turn east off Embarcadero/Jefferson Street onto Taylor Street, then left onto the Pier 45 access road. The Oratory is located about one block down the access road, one block northeast of the corner of Jefferson & Taylor Streets, next to the bell-tower. There is free parking adjacent to the Oratory and wheelchair access. The Society of St. John Ap., a traditional Roman Catholic society, operates independently of any diocese or other religious society as an Oratory, not a parish. We do not conduct weddings or funerals except for regular members of the congregation. All rites offered only on site.