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St. Louis
King of France

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St. Louis of France was King of France in the thirteenth century. At his coronation, St. Louis bound himself by oath to act as God’s anointed king. St. Louis is known for interpreting his kingly duties in the light of faith. During his kingship, St. Louis opened hospitals, visited the sick, and cared for people with leprosy. Every day, Louis had 13 special guests from among the poor to eat with him, and a large number of poor were served meals near his palace. During Advent and Lent, all who presented themselves were given a meal, and Louis often served them in person.

Throughout the latter part of his reign, he was obsessed by the memory of the Holy Land, the territory of which was rapidly shrinking before the Muslim advance. In 1269 he decided once again to go to Africa. Perhaps encouraged by his brother Charles of Anjou, he chose Tunisia as the place from which to cut the Islamic world in half. It was a serious mistake for which he must take responsibility, and he eventually had to bear the consequences of it. Ill and weak, he knew that he risked dying there.

 

The expedition landed near Tunis at the beginning of July 1270 and at first won a succession of easy victories. Carthage was taken. But once again plague struck the army, and Louis IX could not withstand it. After having entrusted the future of the kingdom of France to his son Philip, to whom he gave excellent instructions (enseignements), asking him especially to protect and assist the poor, who were the humblest of his subjects, he died in August 1270.

 

The Crusade dissolved, and Louis’s body was brought back to France. All along the way, through Italy, the Alps, Lyon, and Cluny, crowds gathered and knelt as the procession passed. It reached Paris on the eve of Pentecost in 1271. The funeral rites were solemnly performed at Notre-Dame de Paris, and the coffin went to rest in the abbey of Saint-Denis, the tomb of the kings of France.

St. Louis Catholic Church - Castroville

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610 Madrid Street

Castroville, Texas 78009

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Call us:(830) 931-2826​

Parish Office Hours

Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Closed for lunch from 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Open: 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Mass Times

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5:30 p.m. 

8:00 a.m. | 10:30 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. (Spanish)

8:00 a.m. 

8:30 a.m.

Confession Times

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9:30 AM to 4:00PM and 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. (English, Spanish & French)

4:30 - 5:20 p.m. (English, Spanish & French)

St. Francis Chapel, Mico Mass Time

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                           7:00 p.m. (English)

Blue Skies West Mass Time

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                           11:00 a.m. (English)

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