PungaTe The Anchor The Bulletin of the SSPX in New Zealand No. 1 — 3 September 2018 SSPX Mass Centres and Schedules Whanganui — St Anthony’s Catholic Church 88 Alma Road — (06) 344 7634 — sspx.org.nz/stanthony Sunday — Mass @ 7:30 A.M., 9 A.M. (Sung), & 11 A.M., Vespers & Benediction at 5 P.M. Monday–Wednesday — Mass @ 6, 7, & 11:25 A.M., Rosary at 5:30 P.M. Thursday — Mass@ 6, 7:00 A.M., & 6:00 P.M. Eucharistic adoration from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. Letter to Friends and Benefactors Friday — Masses at 6:00 A.M., 7:00 A.M., & 11:05 A.M. (Sung) or 11:25 A.M. (Low) Stations of the Cross at 5:30 P.M, First Friday Mass at 6:00 P.M. & All-Night Adoration. From the Prior of St Anthony’s Saturday — Mass at 8 A.M., occasionally 11:25 A.M., Perpetual Help Devotions at 5:30 P.M. Confessions usually available during Masses . Dear Friends, Avondale, Auckland — Immaculate Heart of Mary Church t is already more than six 103 Avondale Road — (06) 281 3976 — sspx.org.nz/ihm months since my last letter. Sunday — Mass at 9 A.M., Confessions at 8:30 A.M. IMuch has happened since Friday — First Friday only, Mass at 7 P.M. then. Saturday — Mass at 8 A.M., Confessions at 7:30 A.M, The General Chapter Tawa, Wellington — St Michael’s Chapel 32 Beauchamp Street — (04) 232 7297 — sspx.org.nz/stmichael The most important event was Sunday — Mass at 9:30 A.M., Confessions at 8:45 A.M. the election of our new Superior Friday — First Friday only, Mass at 7 P.M. General, Father Davide Pagliara- Saturday — Mass at 11 A.M, Confessions at 10:15 A.M. ni. He is an Italian and studied for the priesthood at Ecône. He was Hamilton — St. Joseph Chapel then for seven years in Rimini 4 Comries Road — (07) 855 1790 — sspx.org.nz/hamilton as assistant priest and for three years in Singapore with Fr Cou- First, Third & Fifth Sunday : Mass at 2:00 P.M., Confessions at 1:30 P.M. The new Superior General, Fr Davide Pagliarani, offers Mass upon the main ture, first as assistant and then as altar of the seminary chapel in Ecône. Whangarei (Maungatapere) — St. Peter Chanel Mission prior. He was there when Wan- He was superior of the seminary of Argentina for a ganui became part of the District of Asia in 2006. total of four years, and superior of the autonomous Maungatapere Memorial Church 1132 Highway 14, Maungtapere — (027) 347 2384 — sspx.org.nz/whangarei He was then appointed District Superior of Italy for house of Spain for fourteen years. Lately he has six years, and Superior of the Seminary of La Reja been wholly occupied by his duties as bishop: for Second Sunday of each month : Mass at 2:00 P.M., Confessions at 1:15 P.M. in Argentina for another six years. Hence, he has ordinations, confirmations, blessings of chapels, vis- Napier — Our Lady Help of Christians Mission experience of a priory, of a mission country, of a dis- its to monasteries and convents, etc. This has given trict and of a seminary: this gives him a very broad him a wide knowledge of the Society of Saint Pius X, Dunstall’s Funeral Home — 19 Edwardes Street, Napier — (06) 878 8641 — sspx.org.nz/napier experience in all the major apostolate of the Society which will be of great benefit for all. Third Sunday : Mass at 5:00 P.M., Confessions at 4:30 P.M. — Please call to confirm. of St. Pius X; he speaks French (at Ecône), English FOREIGN MASS CENTRES: (at Singapore), Italian and Spanish, thus almost all The General Chapter also elected as second as- the languages used in the Society of Saint Pius X. sistant Father Christian Bouchacourt. He was New Caledonia — Chapelle St Joseph ordained in 1986 by Archbishop Lefebvre, and then Route 1 near Dumbea — +687 35 33 56 — sspx.org.nz/nc The General Chapter elected as first assistant Bishop was assistant and then prior of Unieux, in France A priest is present : 23 Sept – 8 Oct, 31 Oct – 5 Nov, 23 Dec–2 Jan Alfonso de Galarreta. He had done some studies in for ten years, prior of Saint Nicholas du Chardonnet Argentina before his entry at Ecône and was or- in Paris for seven years, district superior of Argen- Vanuatu — Chapelle St Raphael dained priest by Archbishop Lefebvre on 24 August, tina for eleven years and finally district superior of Vunapisu, South Santo — sspx.org.nz/vanuatu 1980. He was first teacher at the seminary of La Reja France for four years. His knowledge of the district Twice yearly, exact dates TBD for five years, then twice district superior of Argen- of France—which has been a difficult district in tina for a total of five years. He was consecrated the recent years—will be of great value to assist Fr bishop by Archbishop Lefebvre on 30th June 1988. Pagliarani. 3 Letter to Friends and Benefactors It is noteworthy that the three elected by the Gen- from “assistants.” The General Chapter has certainly will begin one language in the Standard 4 class and must conform our ideas to reality. When we open eral Chapter have been in Argentina, in Buenos defined their role, as it is new in the Society of St. another language in Form 1. Thus in 2018, both Stan- our eyes, we do not make what we see; we learn it. Pius X, certainly due to the growth of dard 4 and Form 1 started Latin together. In 2019 This is true for the eyes of our body, as well as for our Society. this year’s combined Standard 4-Form 1 first-year- the eyes of our soul. This is true both at the natural Latin class will become the usual combined Form and at the supernatural levels. We learn the truth, Father Couture wrote to me before the 1-Form 2 boys class studying second-year Latin, thus we do not make the truth. We learn it either from General Chapter that “many superiors avoiding split-levels in language classes. At the same our observations (slow method) or from teachers considered that the first goal of the Gen- time, in 2019 Standard 4 boys and Form 1 boys will (faster method) at the natural level; we learn it from eral Chapter was to work for the unity start French together. our Lord Jesus Christ, through His Church, at the of the SSPX and the sanctifications of supernatural level. In neither case do we create our our priests. It is only when we are well This will provide better continuity in the language own truth. united and holy that we can work effi- curriculum and should prepare the students to the ciently for the good of the Church.” I am IGCSE exams even earlier, free- convinced that Father Pagliarani and his ing them later for the higher sub- assistants represent very well this goal, jects. This will be implemented so that their election is a great bless- for the girls next year also. ing for all of us. We must pray much for them, that the Good Lord gives them all Our students visited to the Wan- the graces they will need for their heavy ganui observatory, on a beautiful responsibility so that they will exercise June evening when we could see it for the greater glory of God and the all five visible planets: Mercury, salvation of very many souls. Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. There were many exclamations News from New Zealand when they saw the rings of Sat- urn or the red dot and moons of The year 2018 is already more than half- Jupiter: “wow!” So great was the gone. We have had our Gala on April enthusiasm that all want to go 14th, which brought in close to $10,000. again. We will try in late August, This is less than last year, but it was my God willing (and providing good first gala. The gala committee and I have weather). I also want them to The 9.5-inch (24 cm) telescope at the Ward Observatory visited by Father Laisney and some of the pupils reviewed the event and have planned “follow” the planets as they move some improvements for next year. with regard to the background stars. This is very Seeing the boys to be sometimes too much attracted easily noticeable with Venus that has already passed to physical performance in sports rather than to As for St Dominic’s school itself, there from the constellation of Cancer, where it was in intellectual performance, I thought it would good for Young pupils in the annual Procession in honour of St Anthony of has been a problem in our language pro- late June, to the constellation of Leo and now well them to increase their motivation for science. And Padua, held each June. gram. The fact that our classes are small into the constellation of Virgo. so, I have started a “robotics” club on Saturdays at 4 in number obliges us to have combined p.m., where they will learn to design their own robots Aires, which was the diocese of Pope Francis. This classes for Forms 1 and 2, and Forms 3 and 4: but The important point there is to become “realists”, and even eventually compete against other teams in was certainly not intended by the members of the for languages this makes it very difficult.