SOCIETIES
OF APOSTOLIC
LIFE
Fraternitas
Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri (F.S.S.P.) (Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter) (Motherhouse
at Wigratzbad in Bavaria, Diocese of Augsburg, Germany). The Fraternity
was founded on 18 July, 1988 and approved as a society of apostolic life of
pontifical right on 18 October, 1988. As at 2000, it has apostolates and
missions in nineteen sees in the U.S.A., fifteen in France, four in Canada,
three in Austria, three in Germany, three in Switzerland, one at Rome, and one
each in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Australia. For
the formation of its priests, the Fraternity has one seminary at Wigratzbad in
Bavaria (Diocese of Augsburg, Germany) and another one at Elmhurst in
Pennsylvania (Diocese of Scranton, U.S.A.). The latter one is being moved
to Denton, Nebraska (Diocese of Lincoln, U.S.A.). By 2000, there were more
than one hundred priests in the Fraternity and at least 120 seminarians.
Superior-General: The Very Rev. Arnauld
Devilliers, F.S.S.P.
Superior, District of France: The Rev. Dennis Coiffet, F.S.S.P.
Superior, North American District:
Apostolates
& Missions:
U.S.A.:
Archdioceses of Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, Kansas City in Kansas, Oklahoma
City; Dioceses of Bismarck, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, Lincoln, Little
Rock, Omaha, Paterson, Rapid City, Sacramento, Scranton, Trenton, and
Youngstown. Dioceses of Green Bay, La Crosse,
and Rockford.
France:
Archdioceses of Besançon, and Lyon; Dioceses of Agen, Carcassonne, St.-Dié,
Dijon, le Mans, Meaux, Nantes, Perpignan-Elne, St.-Étienne, Sens-Auxerre,
Vannes, and Versailles. Archdiocese of Paris and
Dioceses of Cahors, Lille, le Mans, Montpellier, Nice, Versailles.
Canada:
Archdioceses of Ottawa and Vancouver;
Dioceses of Calgary, and St. Catharines, Archdiocese Of Toronto.
Austria:
Archdioceses of Vienna, and Salzburg; Diocese of Linz. Archdiocese
of Salzburg .
Germany:
Archdiocese of Cologne; Dioceses of Augsburg, and Stuttgart.
Archdiocese of Munich .
Switzerland:
Dioceses of Basel; Chur & Zürich;
Lausanne, Geneva, and Fribourg.
Others:
See of Rome, Archdiocese of Brussels (Belgium), Diocese of Rotterdam
(Netherlands), Archdiocese of Southwark (U.K.), Archdiocese of Melbourne.
Italy:
See of Rome; Archdiocese of Florence.
Others:
Archdiocese of Madrid (Spain), Diocese of Anápolis (Brazil), Diocese of
Mouila (Gabon)
Institutum
Christi Regis Summi Sacerdotalis (I.C.R.) (Institute of Christ the King
Sovereign Priest) (Motherhouse at
Gricigliano, Archdiocese of Florence, Italy). The Institute has been a
society of apostolic life since 1990 but existed several years before that time
as a different structure. As at 2000, it has a seminary in the Archdiocese
of Florence and apostolates and missions in eight countries. The Institute
includes over thirty priests worldwide and at least twice that number of
seminarians. It brings a Salesian spirituality to the societies which
celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass.
Superior-General: The Very Rev. Msgr. Gilles Wach, I.C.R.
Society of Saint John
(Diocese of Scranton, U.S.A.). This new traditionalist society of
apostolic life was founded by several priests and other members of the Society
of Saint Pius X (the organization established by Archbishop Lefebvre and now
operating without regular authorization). In 1998, they left the S.S.P.X
and asked the Holy See for approved status as a separate society. This was
granted on 24 May, 1998. On 3rd October of the same year, two of its
members were ordained to the sacred priesthood by the Bishop of Scranton
(U.S.A.) and minor orders were conferred on several others. As at
2000, the Society had at least seventeen members. The Society of St. John
stresses educational work and seeks to restore a full liturgical life in its
missions. For this reason, its constitution calls for each apostolate to
include several members, living in community. It is very heartening to
learn that it has been permitted to restore the minor orders as ongoing
vocations (and not merely as stepping-stones to the priesthood). At
present, the society has just its first foundation, at Scranton. But
judging from its popularity, growth seems assured.
Superior: The Rev. Carlos Urrutigoity
Apostolate
of servi Jesu et Mariæ (Motherhouse
at Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany). This Society of Apostolilc Life was
founded in 1988 and approved in 1994 to celebrate both the old and the new Mass
in Latin. It has one Apostolate in the Diocese of Münster (Germany) and
one in the Diocese of Sankt Pölten (Austria). In the latter, it operates
a theological college at Blindenmarkt-Auhof, near Amstettin. The Servi
is an apostolate to the traditional Catholic Scouting K.P.E.
movement.
Superior: The Rev. Paul Schindele
Institut
Sainte-Croix de Riaumont (Diocese of
Ars, France). The Institute of the Holy Cross of Riaumont was founded in
1971 and approved by the Holy See in 1991. It is an apostolate for the
traditional scouting movement in France and includes several priests and
brothers.
Superior: The Rev. Jean-Paul d'Arghouac
Opus
Mariæ Mediatricis (O.M.M.) Opus
Mariæ Mediatricis was founded by the indefatigable Fr. William Ashely.
It works and prays for dogmatic definitions that Our Blessed Mother is the
Mediatrix of All Graces and Co-Redemptrix of Mankind. This is holy work
indeed. Fr. Ashely is also directing this Opus to the promotion
of the traditional Latin Mass. His society should not be confused with the
order of traditionalist Augustinians in France (which is known simply as Opus Mariæ).
In 2000, Fr. Ashley commenced plans to move the Opus to the Diocese of
Lincoln, Nebraska (U.S.A.).
Benedictine Abbey of Ste. Madeleine at Le Barroux
(Diocese of Avignon, France). This abbey was founded by Dom Gérard Calvet, who is
certainly one of the pillars of the traditionalist movement worldwide. He arrived at
an abandoned monastery in 1970 as a lone monk seeking the preservation of the traditional
Benedictine Rule. He soon had numerous followers and they moved into a new building
at Le Barroux in 1978. Until 1988, these monks were affiliated with Archbishop
Lefebvre's Society of St. Pius X but, when His Grace consecrated four priests to the
episcopate without papal mandate, Dom Calvet sought the approval of the Holy See for a new
Benedictine foundation. The Holy Father granted the request and raised the monastery
to an abbey in 1989. There are now more than sixty monks and an affiliated convent
of Benedictine nuns nearby.
Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of the Assumption at Le
Barroux (Diocese of Avignon, France). This is the convent of nuns which is
affiliated with the foregoing Benedictine Abbey of Ste. Madeleine. It was founded in
1987 and approved by the Holy See and raised to an abbey in 1989. The nuns of this
foundation were also originally affiliated with Msgr. Lefebvre.
Benedictine Monastery of Fontgombault
(Diocese of Bourges, France
and Tulsa, U.S.A.). This monastery has permission to celebrate
Mass in Latin using either the traditional missal of 1962 or the Novus Ordo of 1970 but,
among more than one hundred monks, only four use the latter. In 1999, the
French monastery established a daughter house at Hulbert, Oklahoma in the
Diocese of Tulsa (U.S.A.). Abbot: Dom Antoine Forgeot, O.S.B.; Prior in
the U.S.A.: Fr. Philip Anderson, O.S.B.
Benedictine Abbey of Notre-Dame-de-Randol
(St.-Saturnin, Diocese of Clermont, France). Abbot: Dom de
Lesquen, O.S.B.
Benedictine Abbey of Notre-Dame-de-Triors
(Châtillon-Saint-Jean,
Diocese of Valence, France). Abbot: Dom Hervé Courau, O.S.B.
Benedictine Monastery of Notre-Dame-de-Gaussan:
monks.
Benedictine Monastery of Notre-Dame-de-Miséricorde
(Rosans, Diocese of Gap, France): nuns.
Benedictine Abbey of Notre-Dame-de-Fidélité
(Jouques, Archdiocese of Aix, France): nuns. Abess: Mo. Gabrielle
de Trudon, O.S.B.
Institute
Of The Good Shepherd.
Church Of St-Eloi, Bordeaux, France.
September 8,
2006, Rome has erected a new Traditionalist fraternity for former priests and
seminarians from the Society Of St. Pius X. as a decree of canonical erection ;
by Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, Prefect For The Congregation For Priests and in
charge of the Ecclesia Dei Commision.
The first
Superior General is a priest expelled from the Society Of St.Pius X - the
energetic Father Phillipe Laguérie.
This canonical
erection is to be a five year experimental phase.
TRADITIONAL
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