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

Pier 45 near Taylor Street, San Francisco CA

19 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 19, 2021 FOURTH 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: Of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Against the Persecutors of the Church Gregorian Chant by the St. John Schola for Gregorian Chant Catechism & Scripture/Sermon: "Relearning Our Catholic Christmas Traditions: 'O, the Lord Is Nigh' THOUGHT FOR THIS SUNDAY'S MASS The season of Advent is ending. We sense the near presence of Our Lord and Savior. We now pray at the Collect of today's Holy Mass, this last Sunday Mass before the Feast of Christmas: "Stir up thy power and come, we pray Thee, O Lord, and with great might assist us, that our redemption may be hastened." We look forward to seeing you all on Christmas Eve to usher in together that great feast of our Redemption with the Office of Matins and Midnight High Mass, in the traditional way that Catholics have done for 2,000 years. CONTINUING NEEDS Altar servers, Gregorian chant schola (choir) members. 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.