The FSSP parish, St Francis de Sales in Mableton, has changed its mass times here are the announcements
SUNDAY MASS TIMES: unchanged
MONDAY THRU THURSDAY: 6:30 am (confessions 6:00 am) and 8:00 am ( confessions 7:30 am)
FRIDAY: 6:30 am 7:00 pm (confessions 6:30 pm AND during adoration)
ADOARATION follows the evening mass
SATURDAY: 7:00 AM & 9:00 AM (CONFESSIONS 8:00 AM-9:00 AM)
BLESSING OF SACRAMENTALS TAKE PLACE AT 8:30 AM ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH. BRING ITEMS TO BE BLESSED TO THE ALTAR RAIL
FSSP GENERAL CHAPTER CONCLUDES
The general chapter held every 6 years by the FSSP has just concluded. As you know (see article below) Father Berg was elected as the Superior General.
The chapter appointed the below as the assistants and counselors to Father Berg;
Assistants: Fr. Hubert Bizard, Fr. Andrzej Komorowski and Fr. Arnaud Evrat;
Counselors: Fr. Josef Bisig and Fr. Benoît Paul-Joseph
Father Berg then made the following appointments:
– to reappoint Fr. William Lawrence as Provincial of the North American Province for three years.
– to appoint Fr. Benoît de Giacomoni as District Superior of France for three years;
FSSP ELECTS NEW SUPERIOR GENERAL
The FSSP is currently meeting in the general chapter that is held every 6 years. They have just elected Father John Berg as the new Superior General. He will be working out of the International Office in Switzerland. Father Berg is known by the parishioners of Saint Francis de Sales in Mableton. He spent time here as a deacon. He has served 2 previous terms as the superior from 2006-2018. Father Berg is an American who went to the FSSP European seminary in Bavaria.
BLESSING OF THE SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST BONFIRE
There will be the traditional blessing of a bonfire for the Vigil of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist on June 22nd 2024 at St Francis de Sales in Mableton. This event is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. This event is open to all men and their teenage sons, Catholic and non Catholic. The schedule is as follows:
6:00 pm meet
7:00 pm pot luck supper
Dark: blessing of bonfire and burning of old sacramentals.
The church is located at
Here is the English translation of the Blessing for you to follow along:
BLESSING OF A BONFIRE
on the Vigil of the Birthday of St. John the Baptist
conferred by the clergy outside of church
In the Church's veneration of her saints the cult of John the Baptist had from earliest times and continues to have a most prominent and honored place. John gave testimony of the true light that shines in the darkness, although he proclaimed in utter humility: "He must increase, but I must decrease." And the Master also spoke in highest praise of His precursor: "I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist." Attuned to the words of the Gospel the Christians of former times were filled with love and enthusiasm for this saint, and expressed a justifiable conviviality at the approach of his feastday by lighting a bonfire the night before in front of their churches, in the market-place, on the hilltops, and in the valleys. The custom of St. John bonfires, indicative of a people with unabashed and childlike faith, continues in some places to this day.
P: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: May He also be with you.
Let us pray.
Lord God, almighty Father, the light that never fails and the source of all light, sanctify 
All: Amen.
The fire is sprinkled with holy water; after which the clergy and the people sing the following hymn (for the music see the music supplement):
Hymn: Ut queant laxis
O for your spirit, holy John, to chasten
Lips sin-polluted, fettered tongues to loosen;
So by your children might your deeds of wonder
Meetly be chanted.
Lo! a swift herald, from the skies descending,
Bears to your father promise of your greatness;
How he shall name you, what your future story,
Duly revealing.
Scarcely believing message so transcendent,
Him for a season power of speech forsaketh,
Till, at your wondrous birth, again returneth,
Voice to the voiceless.
You, in your mother's womb all darkly cradled,
Knew your great Monarch, biding in His chamber,
Whence the two parents, through their offspring's merits,
Mysteries uttered.
Praise to the Father, to the Son begotten,
And to the Spirit, equal power possessing,
One God whose glory, through the lapse of ages,
Ever resounding.
P: There was a man sent from God.
All Whose name was John.
Let us pray.
God, who by reason of the birth of blessed John have made this
day praiseworthy, give your people the grace of spiritual joy,
and keep the hearts of your faithful fixed on the way that leads
to everlasting salvation; through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
