Do you Need to Contact a Priest?

Please call the Parish office at (213) 749-8950. In an emergency, please call or text Fr. Gary at (314) 718-8808.

The Benefits of the Anointing of the Sick

The Anointing of the Sick is administered by a Catholic priest in times of illness particularly at the approach of death. It offers both the grace of spiritual fortitude and even physical strength to the sick person. As likely one of the final sacraments a person might receive, it is founded upon the Christian belief that a sacrament is visible sign of God’s invisible grace, instituted by Jesus Christ to transmit this grace through the Holy Spirit.

Who Can Receive the Sacrament?

A person can receive the anointing of the sick as soon as they begin to be in danger of death from sickness or old age. When this is the case, the fitting time for him to receive this sacrament has certainly already arrived. The sacrament can administered again if the sick person had recovered after his previous reception of anointing or if, during the same illness, his dangerous condition becomes more serious.



Fr. Socrates Laupe, CM

If need a visit from a priest to be anointed, receive communion or have him hear your confession, please call us at (213) 749-8950.  We are happy to assist you.