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Priestly Society of St. Pius X five years ago, lieve there is any room for compromise when programs. the consecration of illicit bishops could also after the archbishop began making what Fa­ it comes to adhering to Roman Catholic Father Cekada is one of 14 priests who min­ produce the first schism — or split in the ther Cekada termed "compromises with the doctrine. ister to nearly SO traditionalist-Catholic Church — since the 1870s, when the Old Vatican. "We didn't come this far for the truth to be churches and missions across the country. The Catholics revolted against the First Vatican "Archbishop Lefebvre was definitely trying divided and split up'' said Susan DeBlase, who local site, the Chapel of the Holy Name of Council's proclamation of papal infallibility. to put together some sort of a deal with the with her husband, Ron, has been a member Mary on Rochester's North Winton Road, is Father Cekada and the more than 140 Vatican. He wanted his churches to use a more of Holy Name of Mary since 1977. the only, church in the diocese where the parishioners of Holy Name of Mary are closely updated version of the Tridentine Mass and to Since 1983, priests from the Fathers of the Tridentine Mass, the 16th-century Latin ritu­ watching the dispute between the traditionalist accept marriage annulments unquestioninglyj' Society of St. Pius V, which is located in Oys- al, is regularly celebrated. archbishop and the Vatican, but say its out­ said Father Cekada, who was ordained by Contuuwd on Page 14 Parishioners at Holy Name of Mary and other churches like it oppose the changes in the Church and liturgy that came about Schism could eventually splinter traditionalist groups, observers say through the Second Vatican Council, which Fence-sitting followers of French Arch­ He pointed out that reaction in France — tempts to reconcile with Archbishop Lefebvre took place from 1963 to 1965. bishop Marcel Lefebvre will face a difficult where large congregations indicated their re­ against relatively harsh sanctions employed A typical Sunday for the 36-year-old priest choice if the archbishop carries out his threat jection of Vatican II reforms by repeating against Father Charles Curran and Seattle consists of celebrating a morning Mass at the to ordain bishops without Vatican approval Latin responses to their pastors' French in­ Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen. Rochester chapel, then catching a plane to a • June 30. vocations — may differ markedly from the Father Hart, however, does not believe that city like Detroit or Minneapolis for a mid-day But it is difficult to predict the degree to response in such countries as the United the Vatican's actions in the two cases indi­ service. which a schism precipitated by the tradition­ States, where the reforms have been more cate a less stringent code of conduct for con­ Father Cekada is one of the more than 200 alist archbishop's actions would affect the widely accepted. servatives than for liberals. Neither priests to have been ordained by suspended mainstream of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Lefebvre's following in France Archbishop Hunthausen nor Father Curran, French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Since according to Father Joseph A. Hart, a faculty is motivated as much by politics as by theol­ he pointed out, threatened a schism. 1976, Archbishop Lefebvre has been in defi­ member at St. Bernard's Institute. ogy, Father Hart observed. "The archbishop "No one has ever wanted a schism — Es­ ance of a Vatican order suspending him from "Some people who have been fence-sitting is involved in causes that go beyond the pecially if a bishop is involved, Rome has all ministry as a priest or bishop. The arch­ because it is technically possible to fulfill Church, such as restoration of the monarchy!' been very cautious" he explained. "(Vatican bishop announced two weeks ago from his their spiritual requirements within the Soci­ he said. "The base of this movement among officials) are bending over backwards to keep headquarters in Econe, Switzerland, that he ety of St. Pius X may be faced with a.choice!' similar types in Switzerland and France is the Church together, because once, broken would on June 30 ordain four of his disciples Father Hart said. "But for most people simply not shared in the United States — off, these things are very hard to put back as bishops, in defiance of papal orders. who've been in the movement for a long time, They are much different." together!' Since Canon Law requires papal authoriza­ there'd presumably be no turning back." 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