• 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.  

 

Murder at Bunny and Clydes

Newsflash:  Noted bootleg winemakers Bunny and Clyde have invited their closest friends and enemies to join them for an evening of interactive fun. Rumor has it that Clyde may meet his demise during the course of the evening -- and that the murderer could even be the person sitting beside you! Will the bumbling French detective Jacques La Cop be the first to solve the crime and win a prize - or will you?

Join us for an evening of mystery, fun and fine dining at St. Mary of Victories on Sunday, June 24 starting at 4:30 pm!  Following up on last year's hilarious "Murder on the Disoriented Express," we present to you "Murder at Bunny and Clyde's" set in the Roarin' 20's!  Enjoy a spectacular dinner with complimentary wine and beer with this hilarious show - and help our historic parish all at the same time!!

Your evening will include appetizers, dinner, wine, and two very special desserts served by our expert wait staff while you are immersed in the mystery presented by famed actor Kevin O'Brien and his troupe of performers!  Wine, beer, and soft drinks are included with admission.  Tickets are only $50 per person.  Parking is secure and well lit.

Our Killer Menu

Appetizers
Salad
Chicken Marsala (Vegetarian Option Available)
Buttered Noodles
Broccoli
Bread and Butter
Dessert:  Tiramisu and Moodicc (A Hungarian delicacy - artisan cheese dipped in chocolate)

Complimentary Soft Drinks, Beer and Wine (limited, must be 21).

Those with ADA / Disability needs, please contact us at the Event Line:  314-293-8344.  The event coordinator will call you back.

To make reservations, please complete and submit the registration and payment form below.

Registration is Closed.  Thank you to all who signed up!  

Those paying by check may remit payment to:


St. Mary of Victories Catholic Church
744 South 3rd Street
St. Louis, MO  63102
ATTN:  Mystery Dinner  

             

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Important New Book!


Catholic Biblical Scholarship
 for the Third Millennium

Monsignor John F. McCarthy


sm 3RD MILLCover2The work of 60 years of scholarship, the book is a call for a restoration of sound Scripture scholarship and a critical reappraisal of the historical-critical approach that is dominant today even within the Catholic Church. This exciting new book calls for a new movement called the neo-patristic interpretation of Sacred Scripture.
 
Get your signed copy today!
 
Price:  $20.00 per book.
Shipping is $4 book.
 
Books not shipped may be picked up at St. Mary of Victories Church at 744 South 3rd Street, St. Louis, MO  63102 after Sunday 11 am Mass, or by appointment (email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

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To order sausage from St. Mary of Victories Catholic Church, please complete the form below.

Price: $5.50 per pound
Orders due: as soon as possible, but NO LATER THAN October 1, 2017
Pickup dates: Saturday, October 14 between 11-1 
                      Sunday, October 15 between 10-1
There is NO DELIVERY.  Please pick up your sausages on the days listed above.
Please contact Monika Keszei at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with questions.

 

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To order a T-Shirt from the 5K Rosary Run, the Hungarian Fun Run, or the Blue "Where Latin Lives" Parish T-Shirt, please complete and submit the registration and payment form below.  

 Shirt Selections:

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To vote for your choice of patron saint (and make a small donation), please complete and submit the form below.  

             

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The people at St. Mary of Victories are warm, reverent and welcoming. You'll find that character at both the 9 am and the 11 am Masses. Visitors often commment at how welcoming the people here are.  One couple visiting from Texas, after having visited other parishes in the city commented in a letter back to us that they found St. Mary of Victories to be "the heart of Catholic St. Louis."  We hope you can visit too, and enjoy some coffee and donuts, or on third Sundays a hearty Hungarian lunch in the Hall with us, while we get to know you better! 

St. Mary of Victories is the personal Hungarian parish for the Archdiocese of St. Louis.  It was founded by Bishop Kenrick for German immigrants who were flooding into St. Louis in the 1840s, but in 1957 the Archdiocese designated it a spiritual home for Hungarian-Americans.  Some of these Hungarian-Americans came from the old St. Stephen of Hungary Parish at 12th and Chouteau, now a part of the Purina complex.  Some of them were coming from Hungary after the failed revolution against the occupying forces of the Soviet Union.  Thus you will sometimes see the description "St. Stephen of Hungary Parish Community at St. Mary of Victories."  A few of the parishioners who came here in their youth are still attending the 11 am Mass.  We hope you can meet them.

Find out more about the Hungarian Revolution and our parishioners who participated, in this article written by St. Louis National Public Radio.

110416 CH hungarianchurch 01The Hungarian flavor of the parish is unmistakable, and part of that is the 11 am Mass. The Mass is celebrated in the "ordinary form," that is versus populum (facing the people) and is mostly in English.  The second reading is in Hungarian (an English translation is in our hymnal), as are the last two hymns sung by the Hungarian choir.  

There is a special devotional prayer that the choir will recite in Hungarian at the elevation of the Host and Chalice.  The translation is as follows:

I praise You and I bless You, dearest holy Body [Blood] 
Who for our salvation died on the Cross 
and gloriously resurrected.
 O sweet Jesus, O gracious Jesus, O merciful Jesus,
I bless You from the bottom of my soul; 
I love You with all my heart,
 I live for You, I die for You, I am Yours
 In my life as well as in my death.  Amen. 

On the Third Sunday of the Month, before the final hymn, the choir (and many of the congregation) sing the Hungarian National Anthem.  This song is a rousing but touching prayer for the Hungarian people in the classical style:




Isten, áldd meg a magyart, 
Jó kedvvel, bőséggel, 
Nyújts feléje védő kart,
 Ha küzd ellenséggel; 
Bal sors akit régen tép, 
Hozz rá víg esztendőt, 
Megbűnhődte már e nép
 A múltat s jövendőt!


O Lord, bless the nation of Hungary
With your grace and bounty
Extend over it your guarding arm
During strife with its enemies
Long torn by ill fate
Bring upon it a time of relief
This nation has suffered for all sins
Of the past and of the future!

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lick one of the images below to purchase raffle tickets online.  The prize for the 50-50 Raffle is 50% of the money taken in by the raffle.  Traditional Raffle awards prizes as listed on the image. You may also mail a check for raffle tickets to the following address:

St. Mary of Victories Catholic Church
744 South 3rd Street
St. Louis, MO  63102

Be sure to indicate which raffle, and the number of tickets.

50/50 Raffle Tickets:  $1 Per Ticket; $5 - 6 Tickets; $10 - 12 Tickets

Traditional Raffle:  $1 Per Ticket; $5 - 6 Tickets; $10 - 12 Tickets

To Buy Online - Click one of the images below...

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Dear Friends,

What's a 50/50 Raffle?  Basically we sell tickets like we have in previous years, but the prize is half of the takings. That's right.  If we raise $100, the prize is $50.  If we raise $5,000, the prize is $2,500!  Really, the sky's the limit!

So in order to offer a really grand prize, we're offering this raffle early this year.  Every dollar that we make goes to help keep our venerable old church going yet another year, so please be generous!  If you'd rather just make a donation without participating in the raffle, please click here.  The form for buying raffle tickets is below.  An individual ticket is $1, and can be bought in packs of 3 for $2.  Check back often to see how high the thermometer has gone.  The prize will be 50% of that amount.

You must be 18 years old to play.  By submitting payment you are attesting that you are at least 18 years old.

We look forward to seeing you on August 20 at the picnic!

Thank you in advance for your generosity!  Our Lady of Victories, Pray for Us!

 

Online Donation

 
 

The winner will be drawn on the afternoon of Sunday, August 20 at the Homecoming Picnic.  You do not need to be present to win.

The prize will be one half (50%) of the total revenue received.  Check this page often to see how much money has been collected.

 

Donor information

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To Register for the 5K or the Fun Run, please complete and submit the registration and payment form below, or download a printable form which can be mailed with a check by clicking here.

             

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Welcome 15 K Relay Runners!!  Please complete and submit the registration and payment form below.  Registration for the 5K, 15K, and Fun Run can be found here.

Online Donation

 
 

Donor information

Waiver Must Be Read and Signed - I know that running a race is a potentially hazardous activity and that I should not enter the event unless I am medically able and properly trained. I agree to abide by any decision of an event official relative to my ability to safely complete the event. I assume all risks associated with running or walking in this event including, but not limited to: falls, contact with other participants, the effects of the weather, including high heat and/or humidity, traffic and the conditions of the road, all such risks being known and appreciated by me. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and in consideration of your accepting my entry, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release the organizers of the King to Queen Rosary Run or St. Mary of Victories Catholic Church, or the Archdiocese of St. Louis, volunteers or paid employees, our sponsors, their representatives and successors from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation in this event or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver. Further, I grant permission to all of the foregoing to use any photographs, motion pictures, recordings, or any other record of this event for legitimate purposes. All fees are nonrefundable. Clicking Yes on this form constitutes your agreement and signature. Runners 2 and 3 must sign a waiver statement the day of the race.

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Traditional Raffle - 

First Prize - a fabulous gas BBQ Grill.
Second Prize - $50 gift card
Third Prize - $25 grocery gift card

You must be 18 years old to play.  By submitting payment you are attesting that you are at least 18 years old.

We look forward to seeing you on August 20 at the picnic!

Thank you in advance for your generosity!  Our Lady of Victories, Pray for Us!

 

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Dear Friends,

What's a 50/50 Raffle?  Basically, we sell tickets like we have in previous years, but the prize is half of the takings. That's right.  If we raise $100, the prize is $50.  If we raise $5,000, the prize is $2,500!  Really, the sky's the limit!

So in order to offer a really grand prize, we're offering this raffle early this year.  Every dollar that we make goes to help keep our venerable old church going yet another year, so please be generous!  If you'd rather just make a donation without participating in the raffle, please click here.  The form for buying raffle tickets is below.  An individual ticket is $1, and can be bought in packs of 6 for $5.  Check back often to see how high the thermometer has gone.  The prize will be 50% of that amount.

You must be 18 years old to play.  By submitting payment you are attesting that you are at least 18 years old.

We look forward to seeing you on August 20 at the picnic!

Thank you in advance for your generosity!  Our Lady of Victories, Pray for Us!

 

 

Online Donation

 
 

The winner will be drawn on the afternoon of Sunday, August 19 at the Homecoming Picnic.  You do not need to be present to win.

The prize will be one half (50%) of the total revenue received.  Check this page often to see how much money has been collected.

 

Donor information

Donation Information

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Address and Phone

744 South 3rd Street (at Gratiot)
Saint Louis, MO 63102-1645
(314) 231-8101

Click Here for Directions

 

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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!