Society of Saint Pius X St. Mary’s House Ribblesdale Place Preston - PR NA Contact: Tel.: — Email: [email protected] SAINT MARY’S NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2018 My Dear Faithful, his summer has been the time of Divine Providence set for us. The main change st important decisions in the from the Sunday of September onwards, Society of Saint Pius X and, as a will be the frequency and time of Holy Mass consequence, of changes. Firstly, for some Mass Centres. These you can find we now have a new Superior General who is on page . Nothing is perfect here below and Reverend Father Davide Pagliarani. He is obviously this or that may suit or not some accompanied in his function of ruling the individuals. But please, never forget that when whole of our religious congregation with two a head of any group makes a decision, it is Assistants General. The SSPX is a World-wide ideally always for the common good, that is to religious congregation with priests, religious say for the good of people taken as a whole. brothers and sisters who will all now come This means that this time or that location may under the new Superior General. not suit some individuals. This is inevitable and without any solution that would corre- District-wide now, we all know that Saint spond to the comfort of each one individually. Mary’s House is, by the end of this month, However, this must be taken by each one in a going to return to its function as a normal spiritual way, as a little cross at this time. Priory of the District of Great Britain and Scandinavia. A consequence of this is that What I should like to add some priests will now change their place of is that God is the only one apostolate like, for example, Father Holden. I who does not change and myself will have a new position and His Holy Will does not responsibilities. These are big changes for us change either. Thus, we and we will need your prayers. strive to do His Will, that we may do our best to go Here in the North West of England and North to Heaven by living a real Catholic life. This Wales, some new decisions have been made agreement with God’s plan over our lives which will mean some changes to our demands that we manifest it in our actions operations. I’m not preparing you to see many and your priests are here to help you to do so. changes and trying to show you how they This is what we are here for. Hence, by now must be accepted without any complaint; but having two priests once again in the North, we yes, some changes were necessary because we should be able to offer more of our priestly must try to get the best out of the situation cares for what you need. Preston — Manchester — Liverpool — Rhos-on-Sea — Bingley Thus, I should firstly like to have a longer Finally local pilgrimages will be easier to Newsletter of eight pages rather than the organise. Although the Imitation of Christ says former four. Thus you will have more articles that they who undertake many pilgrimages to read, more food to nourish your Catholic seldom become holy, nevertheless some faith and more considerations to stir up and pilgrimages will help to stimulate devotion. increase your devotion. On a practical level, What it means is that holiness is not this will stop me decreasing the font size and essentially acquired by being on pilgrimage all using tiny images to make sure that the article the time but well and truly by doing our daily is illustrated! duty of state as God wills. However, these Instruction is very events are uplifting and source of great graces. important and must Here are a few thoughts about how this be of great part in re-opening of the Priory can change things for our Catholic lives. the best but this obviously needs your The great Curé of response. Priests can try to do more for you but Ars was not only it demands your involvement in what we can saying daily Mass offer for you to lead a genuine Catholic life and and hearing confes- ultimately go to Heaven. Also, I would like to sion. He used also to deliver catechism lessons draw your intention to the Day of Adoration for young children and for adults because there advertised below. is this real need to know God’s Revelation so May Our Lady grant us the grace to always aim that we may know what is true and do what is at our sanctification and do all we can to right. Hence, I envisage the possibility of secure our salvation. children catechism and adults conferences, but God bless you all. this still needs extra thoughts before being set up properly. Father Vianney Vandendaele + All Day Adoration As a quick reminder, it is good to remember that the Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament began in the SSPX in . Since then, the Blessed Sacrament has been exposed at one of the chapels of the Society throughout the world every day for the faithful to pray for very important intentions in the situation of the Church we are living. These intentions are: The victory over the exterior and interior enemies of the Church; The return of Rome and the bishops to the traditional doctrine of the Church; The sanctification of priests and candidates for the priesthood; The awakening of priestly and religious vocations. Let us pray for these capital intentions of the Church. Let us come and pray as well as a mark of thanksgiving for the blessing granted which is the re-opening of Saint Mary’s House. Then, we shall ask for all the graces we need for our ministry to flourish for the benefit and salvation of many souls. Schedule: st Friday August - Mass at am; - Exposition & Joyful Mysteries at .am; Our Lady of Victories, - Sorrowful Mysteries at pm; Preston - Glorious Mysteries at .pm followed by Benediction & Mass. Official Communiqués Communiqué of the General House of the Society of Saint Pius X Election of the Superior General On th July , Father Davide Pagliarani was elected Superior General, for a mandate of years, by the th General Chapter of the Society of Saint Pius X. The new Superior General is years old and is of Italian nationality. He received the sacrament of Holy Orders from the hands of Bishop Bernard Fellay in . He exercised his apostolate in Rimini Italy, then in Singapore, before being appointed Superior of the District of Italy. Since , he was Rector of Our Lady Co-Redemptrix Seminary of La Reja Argentina. After accepting his office, the elected pronounced the Profession of Faith and took the Anti-Modernist Oath at the seminary church. Then, each of the members present came before him to promise their respect and obedience, before singing the Te Deum in thanksgiving. The capitulants will proceed tomorrow with the election of the two Assistants General, for the same mandate of years. The Chapter will continue until st July at the Seminary of St. Pius X of Ecône Switzerland. Ecône, on th July . Second communiqué of the General House of the Society of Saint Pius X Election of the General Assistants Just as the day was coming to an end, the new Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X, Father Davide Pagliarani, and the other capitulants have decided to proceed to the election of the two General Assistants. The st Assistant elected is Bishop Alfonso Galarreta, auxiliary bishop of the Society, of Spanish nationality. Aged , he was ordained priest in at Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he lived for a certain time. In the past he has held the roles of Rector of Our Lady Co-Redemptrix Seminary at La Reja, Argentina, and superior of the Autonomous House of Spain and Portugal. He was nd Assistant of the Society from to . Until now, he resided in Geneva, Switzerland. The nd Assistant elected is Father Christian Bouchacourt, of French nationality. Aged , he was ordained priest in by Archbishop Lefebvre. For a long time he was stationed in Paris, especially at Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, before becoming District Superior of South America and then, in , District Superior of France. Now that these elections have taken place, the General Chapter will be able to address the numerous questions which have been proposed for discussion, until st July . Ecône, on th July . General Chapter final address At the close of its General Chapter, the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X calls to mind the importance and timeliness of the declaration made by its founder, Marcel Lefebvre, on st November . More than fifty years of the Church’s self-destruction allow one fully to appreciate the soundness of that declaration, which the Society embraces in its entirety: We hold fast, with all our heart and with all our soul, to Catholic Rome, Guardian of the Catholic Faith and of the traditions necessary to preserve this faith, to Eternal Rome, Mistress of wisdom and truth. … No authority, not even the highest in the hierarchy, can force us to abandon or diminish our Catholic Faith, so clearly expressed and professed by the Church’s Magisterium for twenty centuries. … That is why we hold fast to all that has been believed and practiced in the faith, morals, liturgy, teaching of the catechism, formation of the priest and institution of the Church, by the Church of all time; to all these things as codified in those books published before het Modernist influence of the Council.