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OCTOBER 26, 2014

Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel Christ the King 20th Sunday after Pentecost

Volume 2 Issue 43 Christ the King

Our Lady of the Rosary

15 Pepper Street Monroe CT 06468 (203) 261-8290 Emergencies: (203) 268-9200 www.rosarychapel.net Fr. Adan Rodriguez (Pastor) [email protected] HOLY MASS Sundays: 7:00 & 10:00 am We are honored this week with a visit by “A CONTRA CORAZÓN” Weekdays: 8:00 am Andres Morello, and Father Ramirez. Please Saturdays: 7:00 am join us today in welcoming His Excellency back May God bless you, CONFESSIONS to our chapel, where he will perform the We write these lines à contre cœur because Sacrament of Confirmation at 9:15 am and Sundays polemics and criticism are never our offer the High Mass at 10:00. A reception will 6:40—6:55 am intention. We are Religious and we want to 9:15—9:55 am be held after the morning services. live as such, seeking to be and do good. For Weekdays In light of certain public criticisms that have our part, our only enemies are those of God 6:40—6:55am been leveled recently, Bishop Morello has asked Our Lord and the Holy ; so and by appointment us to publish the following letter. The Spanish much more those who are trying to defend HOLY ROSARY the Faith in the middle of this huge crisis, title translates literally as “against our heart,” Sundays: 9:40 am i.e. à contre cœur, against our wishes, which is wounding souls, are not our First Saturdays: 8:00 am enemies. Even so, even though we have no inclinations, and sentiments; reluctantly.

. ANNOUNCEMENTS The Mass Schedule this week has several modifications. See page 3 for details. MASS THIS WEEK: Christ the King, with Second Collect of 20th Sunday after Pentecost, Preface of Christ the King, and Proper Last Gospel of Sunday MASS NEXT WEEK: 21st Sunday after Pentecost, with Second Collect of the Octave of All Saints. Preface of Trinity.

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enemies among those who want to serve God, in these last founded and documented by a layman, whose career is well- few months and weeks we have been the object of known, who knew how to apply the evangelical principles with criticisms, always indirectly, since no one has told us them more coherence than some in the Traditional Movement. personally, always to third parties, which can sow uncertainty among good souls or make people believe that Let us move on to the point which occupies us in these lines. we do not fulfill our obligations before God or before Holy Since some time ago, almost two years, at His Excellency Bp. Church. These criticisms have a foundation not related to John Hesson’s O.S.B. request, we dedicated our attention to the truth, justice and Christian Charity. We are not seeking to Dominican Brothers of Sacred Heart Church in Lawrence, MA, defend ourselves but rather to simply show that if we help U.S.A. These Dominican Brothers were approved as such by His or assist third parties it is because it was good to do so and Excellency Bp. Robert McKenna, O.P. and were assisted by him. right to continue doing so, and because it is good and right, When he could no longer do so, he entrusted this task to Bp. John and we have the right and probably the obligation to do it. Hesson, who, in his turn, because of his age and state of health, The Holy Catholic Church, even in the middle of this most asked us to succeed him in this task. It was he who solicited that difficult situation which She has been traversing since we confer the Orders on Bro. Paul Quigley in accordance with Vatican II, and maybe since before that, is not reduced to the intervals ordained by Canon Law in 1917, and who testified to th one determined group of faithful Priests or to only one the formation, studies and integrity of the candidate. On June 7 , Seminary of ecclesiastical formation. 2013 we conferred the Subdiaconate on the same in Lawrence, MA without anyone objecting. Likewise we conferred the sacred The affirmation of Our Lord in the Holy Gospels remains Diaconate on March 24th, 2014 at our Monastery in Patagonia, valid: “Respondens autem Ioannes (Apostolus) dixit: Præceptor, Argentina since we couldn’t travel to the U.S.A. because of a vidimus quendam in nomine tuo eiicientem dæmonia, et major surgical operation we had to have and the subsequent prohibuimus eum: quia non sequitur nobiscum. Et ait ad illum convalescence. A few days before this last ordination we received, Jesus: Nolite prohibere: qui enim non est adversum vos, pro vobis indirectly, criticisms about the same, to which we responded, est.” (S. Lc. Cap. IX, Vs. 49-50)—“And John (the Apostle), with proof in hand, with a writing entitled “Our Reasons” and answering, said: Master, we saw one casting out demons in which is include with these lines. Drawing close now to the sacred Thy name and we forbade him it because, he followeth not Priestly Ordination of the same candidate (October 25th, 2014 in with us. And Jesus said to him: Forbid him not; for he that is Lawrence, MA) an ecclesiastic of prominent hierarchy (to whom not against you is for you.” we offer the charity of not naming although he didn’t have it when he formed his evaluations) called a trustworthy on the To cast out demons it is necessary to have integrally the phone, asserting that we would be ordaining a candidate who Faith of the Holy Catholic Church and Her Morals. To make lacks the sufficient formation. The accusation isn’t a slight one an appraising judgment on the Faith and Morals of a third when we consider the requirements of Canon Law. Canon Law party, especially when it comes to a Priest or a Bishop, states, regarding an ordination that is to be given, that the Bishop neither is it enough to repeat arguments found on the should use the testimony of the Religious Superior concerned as internet (otherwise all of us would be worthy of his guide (Canon 993, par. 2, 3, 4 and 5); in this case we depend defamations) nor to propose a sentence without having on the attestation to the ordinand’s moral and intellectual reliably established what we say. What is more, if something suitability signed by His Excellency Bp. John Hesson. Likewise is afflicting our conscience, applying the remedy where the attestation of the Religious Superior with the details of all his we’re not wounded is not good medicine. This is what’s studies and courses completed and the hours in each subject since done when, without saying anything to the persons November of 2003 when the candidate entered the Religious Life implicated, someone writes or talks to third parties, (11 years ago). The testimony of Rev. Fr. Joseph Bachtiger who sometimes, in addition, asking them not to divulge the name was his teacher and the testimony of Rev. Fr. Adán Rodríguez, a of the person who made the criticism; it is even more member of our Company, who is in charge of Our Lady of the serious when, as happened a little while ago in France, most Rosary Chapel in Monroe, CT, U.S.A. with whom the candidate grave accusations were hurled, which were completely has been living since almost two years ago and who has been able destroyed by the written intervention, signed and amply to verify his progress in his studies and his moral and spiritual life, (he has been confessing and doing his spiritual direction with our 3 M A S S S C H E D U L E

Sun Oct 26 Christ the King 7:00 am (Fr. Ramirez) Giovanni Cerra, RIP th 20 Sunday after Pentecost 9:15 am Confirmations W 10:00 am (Bp. Morello) High Mass, Procession, Benediction 5:00 pm (Bp. Morello) Mass & Confirmations in New Jersey Private Mass (Fr. Rodriguez) Jim Chetlen Private Mass (Fr. Hall) Father Paul Quigley

Mon Oct 27 Vigil of Ss. Simon & 7:00 am (Fr. Ramirez) Michael Dolan, RIP Jude, App 8:00 am (Bp. Morello) Daniel, Michael & Sarah Bishop V Private Mass (Fr. Rodriguez) St. Anthony Bread 7:30 pm All Souls Guild Rosary

Tue Oct 28 Ss. Simon & Jude, App 7:00 am (Bp. Morello) Christopher & Amy Della Donna R 8:00 am (Fr. Ramirez) Baby Emmeline Private Mass (Fr. Rodriguez) Conversion of Pagans

Wed Oct 29 Feria Private Mass (Bp. Morello) G Private Mass (Fr. Ramirez) 11:30 am (Fr. Rodriguez) Conversion of Heretics

Thu Oct 30 Feria 8:00 am Company of Jesus & Mary G

Fri Oct 31 Vigil of All Saints 8:00 am Omar Sanchez FAST AND ABSTINENCE V

Sat Nov 1 All Saints 10:00 am Missa pro Populo HOLYDAY OF OBLIGATION 7:00 pm George Cleary W

Sun Nov 2 21st Sunday after 7:00 am Pentecost 10:00 am Missa Pro Populo Within the Octave of All Saints G 65

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Priest during that time). Munari (later retired to the secular life) and of Bp. Storck O.P. (partisan of the Fichte philosophy) which were both performed All of this is sufficient argument to proceed with the priestly by His Excellency Bp. Guérard des Lauriers whose orthodoxy ordination without any fear of conscience, even more, trusting or right intention no one would doubt, for having consecrated that the candidate and his Religious Community will be a great who (later) had improper and lamentable conduct benefit to souls and to the good of the restoration of Holy which, without a doubt, he could not have foreseen. Church. As far as we ourselves are concerned we will only indicate a The arguments given against the ordination, which were only few elements which have helped us in the discernment of affirmations and not proofs, may come from two reasons: candidates for the Priesthood. We will make these indications with much regret, since there’s no gain in recommending • A lack of information about the proof in oneself. Nevertheless, it seems necessary to do so since when favor of the Ordination and the mentioned others do not know the reality it’s easy to distort it and testimonies, confuse. We began our ecclesiastical studies in 1974, five years • A disregard for the competence of the same. after the New Mass went into effect, when under the tyranny If it’s because of a lack of information about the proof in favor, of Paul VI none of the Seminaries in Argentina were authorized it was at least imprudent or rash, not having the information, to have the Mass of Always. Even so our Rector and our first to make contrary affirmations which defamed the people Confessor, ordained around the year 1932 continued to involved. If it’s because of a disregard for the competence of celebrate it. In the Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of La the witnesses (two Bishops, two Priests, a Religious Superior, Plata (Argentina) we had eminent professors in philosophy, all with whom no one ever communicated about the point in ordained prior to 1952, doctors of philosophy from the question), it is, at least, unjust or imprudent. Gregorian University of Rome, some of them internationally famous, prominent among them are His Excellency Bp. If it has to do with the witnesses’ competence we ought to say Octavio Nicolás Derisi, Auxiliary Bishop to La Plata, Founder something regarding it. of the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), who together with Fr. Julio Menvielle obtained the restoration of thomistic As far as Rev. Fr. Joseph Bachtiger is concerned, his studies in the Archdiocesan Seminary of Buenos Aires; Bp. competence is shown in the enclosed writing. Regarding Rev. Gustavo Eloy Ponferrada, a renowned thomistic scholar, who Fr. Adán Rodríguez since before 2008 he has faithfully served still says the Traditional Mass, unfortunately using the Motu at the Chapel in Monroe, CT, which can be verified by Proprio; Bp. Guillermo Blanco, second Rector of the Catholic referring to the laymen who are responsible for the Chapel University of Argentina. Not even in the Seminary in Ecône (The Board). Bro. Antony Mary Joseph Malerba, the did we find, among the philosophy professors of our time, so Dominican Brothers’ Superior, was appointed as such by His much depth or extension in philosophical and thomistic Excellency Bp. Robert McKenna and successively confirmed erudition. We finished Philosophy with an average (it’s an in his function by the Community’s vote. embarrassment to say it) of 9.85 out of 10 and that same year, July of 1977, we met Bp. Lefebvre during his first visit to His Excellency John Hesson is an old fighter in the lines of Argentina and entered the Theology Course in the Seminary in Tradition in the U.S.A. An old Benedictine, with good Ecône where we received the same formation as Bp. Sanborn, Doctrine, (we were able to corroborate his good Doctrine Bp. Dolan, and the Italian Fathers Don Ricossa, Don Munari during the reunions of the Most Reverend Bishops of Catholic (Bp.), Don Nitoglia and Don Murro who were, with some Alliance at Bp. Vida Elmer’s house in Albany, NY. U.S.A.); difference in years, our fellow students. During Theology our certainly, nevertheless, uninvolved in the sterile discussions confessor and spiritual director was Rev. Fr. Ludovico Maria that wound the life of Catholic Traditionalists in the U.S.A. If Barrielle. Finally, after being ordained, we were the vice anyone wants to attribute to him any incorrectness in his rector of the Society’s Seminary in Argentina (1980-1981) and having assisted His Excellency Bp. Oravec (RIP) in the from that date until 1989, rector of the same. It was for us and Episcopal Consecration of Bp. Rafael Coquell, when the latter for Bp. De Castro Mayer’s Fathers Areas Rifan and Possidenti, was recommended by Bp. Oravec, in the same way we would to give the fundamentals of Theology and Canon Law to the have to point out the Episcopal Consecrations of Bp. Franco 7

5 Prior of the Benedictine Monastery in Nova Friburgo (Brazil), Don ANNOUNCEMENTS Tomás de Aquino da Costa, so that he wouldn’t follow Fr. Don Gérard O.S.B. of the Monastery of La Madeleine in France, and CHRIST THE KING join Modernist Rome, in his debacle. From 1974 to the current date, 40 years, we have not stopped living in Seminaries and from Please join Bishop Morello after the High Mass for our 1980 until today acting as vice rector (one year) and rector (until today), 34 years. annual Christ the King Procession followed by Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. A reception We are embarrassed to have to write about ourselves but we only will follow to welcome the bishop back to our chapel, and do it to give credit, in the eyes of those who may be perplexed, to the few or many elements of discernment which God has given us all are welcome. and which are His work alone. MASS SCHEDULE His Excellency Bp. John Hesson, Rev. Fr. Joseph Bachtiger, Rev. Fr. Adán Rodríguez, our Priests and ourselves all testify what we Public Masses on Monday and Tuesday are at 7:00 am and have seen and verified. In the Dominican Brothers of Lawrence, 8:00 am. On Wednesday, Bishop Morello and Father MA we have found good Doctrine and dedication to study, the religious spirit, simplicity and love of poverty; no more is Ramirez will say early private Masses before for necessary to continue helping them. Argentina. Father Rodriguez has scheduled a public Mass

May God bless these Brothers now with their first Priest and all at 11:30 am when he returns from the airport. The Mass those who follow from now on; may they do good silently and Schedule returns to normal for the remainder of the faithfully, may they help the Church, souls and the restoration of week. the Religious Life. EVE OF ALL HALLOWS May God bless everyone, may He make the good better and may He make those good who aren’t yet. May God make us all to be The Vigil of All Saints is usually a day of fast and partial vigorous in Virtue and Doctrine, to keep quiet so far as is necessary to think rightly, to speak with Justice and Charity knowing that abstinence. This year, however, it falls on a Friday, and God is, definitively, Judge and Lord of all of us. “Ex fructibus eorum like all Fridays, is a day of complete abstinence as well as cognoscetis eos.” (S. Mt. VII:16) “By their fruits ye shall know them.” fast. Patagonia Argentina, Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery FEAST OF ALL SAINTS October 14th, 2014 Saturday is All Saints Day, a Holyday of Obligation. + Bp. Andrés Morello Masses are at 10:00 am and 7:00 pm. Please make every

effort to attend Mass on this day, as the obligation is Right: Ordination of binding under pain of mortal sin. Brother Paul to the Diaconate, March 24, ALL SOULS DAY 2014 in Argentina. Left As All Saints Day falls on a Saturday this year, the to Right: Fr. Rodriguez, observance of All Souls Day is transferred from Brother Paul, November 2nd, which is a Sunday, to the following day, Bishop Morello, and Brother Monday November 3rd. Next week’s bulletin will have Anthony. details of Mass times and the Indulgences to be obtained. Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel OCTOBER 26, 2014

NOTICE TO NEWCOMERS

Founded in 1973 in the wake of the disastrous , the mission of Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel is to maintain and restore as far as possible the traditional faith, values and liturgical practice of the Roman Catholic Church, and to provide a haven of sanctity where men and women of good will may grow in love for God and their neighbor. Please don’t hesitate to introduce yourself and ask questions. After Mass come to the Social Hall, and join us for coffee and refreshments. We welcome Spanish-speakers, and confessions are heard in Spanish and English every Sunday and by appointment with the pastor. We hope your visit with us is a pleasant one, and we look forward to seeing you again and welcoming you as a member of Our Lady of the Rosary.

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CONSECRATION OF THE HUMAN RACE TO THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before Thine altar. We are Thine, and Thine we wish to be; but, to be more surely united with Thee, behold each one of us doth freely consecrate himself today to Thy Most Sacred Heart. Many indeed have never known Thee; many too, despising Thy precepts, have rejected Thee. Have mercy upon them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart.

Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee; grant that they may quickly return to their Father's house lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.

Be Thou King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keepeth aloof; call them back to the harbour of truth and unity of faith, so that soon there may be but one flock and one Shepherd.

Be Thou King of all those who are still involved in the darkness of idolatry or of Islamism; refuse not to draw them all into the light and kingdom of God. Turn Thine eyes of mercy toward the children of that race, once Thy chosen people: of old they called down upon themselves the Blood of the Saviour; may it now descend upon them a laver of redemption and of life.

Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: Praise to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation; to It be glory and honour forever. Amen.