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Is a Vatican Plan Under Way to Prohibit Traditional Ordinations?

Rorate offers its readers a translation of the latest newsletter from Paix Liturgique.

Could Traditional Ordinations Be Banned?

Since the publication of the motu proprio Traditionis custodes on July 16, we know that, after a first assault on the liturgy as a whole, the Ecclesia Dei communities are to be targeted, and especially their seminaries.

In our Letter 816, dated August 20, 2021, we said, in effect, that, since Rome’s avowed intention is to stop the development of the traditional Mass and ultimately to suffocate its existence, the bringing to heel of the houses of formation of future priests should be a primary objective for the destroyers of liturgical peace.

An attack by the Congregation of Religious?

I’m pleased to announce the release of my latest book, Ministers of Christ: Recovering the Roles of Clergy and Laity in an Age of Confusion (Crisis Publications).

When this project was first conceived over a year ago, my initial idea was to write a critique of Paul VI’s attempted suppression of the subdiaconate and minor orders, of John Paul II’s permission of altar girls, and of Francis’s innovation of female “acolytes” and “lectors.” During its writing, however, the scope of the book considerably broadened to include a full-scale presentation and defense of the traditional sevenfold manifestation of Orders — priest, deacon, subdeacon, lector, acolyte, exorcist, and porter — together with an explanation of the distinct but mutually supporting roles of clergy and laity. In order to accomplish this, I stepped back further to look at the distinction and complementarity of the sexes in the order of creation and the order of redemption, a perspective that provides the ultimate foundation for the Church’s entire teaching on states of life, roles, and ministries. In this way the book serves as a response to the “gender madness” that has afflicted the world and has increasingly infected the Church.

Watch the SSPX ordinations live this Friday

This Friday, June 11, the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) will live stream their ordinations to the Priesthood and Diaconate. Three priests and six deacons will be ordained this year, and this is the first year they will livestream the ordinations from the Seminary.

We all know what's going on these days. These new priests and future priests may be direly needed in the near future.

CLICK HERE ON FRIDAY TO WATCH LIVE STREAM

Guest Article: “The Seven Steps of the Altar”

Rorate Caeli is grateful to Canon Heitor Matheus, ICRSS, for sharing with us this beautiful homily he preached some time ago at St. Mary's in Wausau, Wisconsin. It is fitting to share it this week as we recall the dies natalis of St. John Vianney on August 4th (with his Mass in the usus antiquior on August 8th). We are reminded that the minor and major orders are very much alive in the Church today, continuing immemorial tradition. Young men responding to the Lord's call desire and deserve to have these rites for their strengthening and sanctification.

The Seven Steps of the Altar: Ascending to the Priesthood

Canon Heitor Matheus, ICRSS

THIS YEAR on the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (July 2), our Institute had the great joy to give nine more priests to the Church—nine more men who were ordained to continue the work of Redemption of Our Lord Jesus Christ. So I wish to speak today about this beautiful adventure that we call vocation and how a man becomes a priest.

As in a great puzzle, God has a place for each one of us, and we have the duty to try to find out where our place is. And I tell you that we are only going to be happy, truly happy, in the vocation God has for us. Our vocation is the most important decision we have to make in this life: it will decide the course of our life here below, and also bear upon our eternity.

But how do we find out our vocation? First of all, we have to know that the word “vocation” means “calling.” A vocation is a calling from God. We don’t hear this calling with the ears of our body, but we can perceive it by the affections of our heart. For example, when a young man enjoys coming to church, serving at the Altar, learning about the Faith, spending time in prayer… when it is as if he is drawn by a secret force to the things of God. Such things are signs of a vocation.

Event: Third Summorum Pontificum Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, with Cardinal Burke, June 11-14, 2020

We are very excited to be able to announce this conference, which is being held under the auspices of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter and Una Voce Mexico. It promises to be a very rich cultural and spiritual experience:

VIDEO: Ordination day at SSPX seminary in Virginia

Congratulations to the five new priests of the Society of St. Pius X! May God help you save many souls.

FSSP ordinations happening now

If you are online now, click here to watch the ordination of four members of the Fraternity of Saint Peter to the priesthood.

Please pray for soon-to-be Fathers John Killackey, Ralph Oballo, Daniel Powers and Jesus Valenzuela, receiving holy orders at 11 a.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Central time from His Excellency Fabian Bruskewitz at Saint Thomas Aquinas church in Lincoln, Nebraska (the beautiful new Newman Center for the University of Nebraska). Deacon Luc Poirier, FSSP, will be ordained a priest next Friday in Ottawa.

Event: Another diocesan priest to offer TLM as first Mass

From a reader:

Mass of Thanksgiving offered by soon-to-be-ordained Rev. Deacon Brian O'Hanlon, seminarians of the Archdiocese of Boston. Deacon O’Hanlon will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston by Cardinal Sean O’Malley at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston on Saturday, May 18, at 11a.m.

On Sunday, May 19 at 10:30a.m., at Mary Immaculate of Lourdes parish in Newton, Ma, newly ordained Father O'Hanlon, assisted by Rev. Juan Carlos Rivera, SJ, will offer a Solemn High Mass of Thanksgiving as his first Mass.

All are invited to attend. 270 Elliot st Newton, Ma., 02464.

Event: Diocesan priest's FIRST Mass to be TLM (and newest member of the Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society)

Two great things to report out of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. This Saturday, May 18, Rev. Deacon Michael Rocha will be ordained a priest by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. The very next day, Sunday, May 19, he will offer his first Mass -- a Solemn High traditional Latin Mass. We are told this will be the first time in decades that a diocesan priest's first Mass will be traditional in the Archdiocese.

Also of note, on this wonderful day, he will become the 91st priest of the Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society.

CLICK HERE for details on the Mass, time and location.

CHECK BACK HERE next week and video of his first Mass should be uploaded for your viewing.

God bless soon-to-be Father Rocha and thank you Archbishop Cordileone for not only allowing, but fostering, tradition in your priests.

Institute of Christ the King - 2018 Ordinations

H. E. Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke conferred the Holy Order of Priesthood on four deacons of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest at their church Ss. Michael and Cajetan in Florence yesterday, July 5. They were the new Canons Fernando Fernandes de Almeida, Baudouin Chaptal de Chanteloup, Pablo Piaggio Kokot, and Paul d’Aubigny

There will also be five deacons and fourteen sub-deacons ordained on July 4th by the Most Reverend Salvatore Cordelione, Archbishop of San Fransisco.

On August 2nd, H.E. Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke will again confer the Holy Order of Priesthood on four American deacons of the Institute of Christ the King at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis, Missouri: the Rev. Deacons Peter Heidenreich, Benjamin Norman, Matthew Weaver, and Luke Zignego

Please keep these young men in your prayers.

(The image above of yesterday's ordinations and many others, all extremely beautiful, provided by the Latin Mass Society - Wrexham)

FSSP sets own record for most ordinations in a year

The growth of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) has been well known. This year, however, was a record-setter for the Fraternity as it ordained 19 young men into the priesthood -- it's most ever in a single year.

Some key takeaways, articles and photos:

Cardinal Burke will confer the Holy Order of Priesthood on six deacons of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest at their church of Saints Michael and Cajetan in Florence, Tuscany, Italy on July 6, 2017:

Rev. Deacon Scott SMITH

Rev. Deacon Bertrand SIGROS

Rev. Deacon Jean-Guillaume de la CROCHAIS

Rev. Deacon Jonathan FEHRENBACHER

Rev. Deacon Benoît BELIGNÉ

Rev. Deacon Christian MAHLBERG

There will also be eight deacons and five sub-deacons ordained on July 5th by the Most Reverend Guido Pozzo, Titular Archbishop of Bagnoregio and secretary of the Ecclesia Dei commission.

Please keep these young men in your prayers.

[Note - image: 2016 ordinations]

Ordination of FSSP priests

Rorate is happy to be in the U.S. state of Nebraska today for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter's priestly ordinations. The three-hour solemn pontifical Mass was offered by the Most Reverend Terrence Prendergast of the Archdiocese of Ottawa, Canada.

Congratulations to Fathers James Smith, Joseph Favole-Mihm, Caleb Kick, Jonathan Heinricy, Adrian Debow, Anthony Dorsa and Matthew Vierno.

All Saints of God, Pray for Us! - Video of Litany of Saints during Priestly Ordination

Priestly Ordinations of five deacons of the Institute of the Good Shepherd (IBP), in Bordeaux, on June 25, 2016.

Events: ICRSS Ordinations - July 7, 2016 - 11 new priests

The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest will have 11 deacons ordained to the Sacred Priesthood on July 7th by the hands of H.E. Raymond Cardinal Burke at the Institute church of Sts. Michaele and Gaetano in Florence, Italy. They are the following:

On this feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the (almost former) seminary of Winona, in Minnesota, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX / FSSPX) reaches a new milestone. With the priestly ordination of 7 deacons (6 Americans and one Briton), the Society will now have 600 priests.

Let us pray to the Sacred Heart of Jesus that justice be done regarding the final regularization of this majestic work of God, so that even more thousands of Catholics may benefit from it.

Sancte Pie Decime, ora pro nobis!

(source: DICI)

FSSP news: New Apostolate in Pennsylvania | Follow tomorrow Ordination Mass live from Nebraska (3 PM GMT)!

1. A press release from the North American District of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter:

The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter is pleased to announce the opening of a new apostolate in the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Fraternity will take over the administration of St. Stephen of Hungary parish on July 1, 2016.

The announcement that the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter will be assuming pastoral responsibility for St. Stephen was made at the parish on the Feast of Pentecost, May 15, 2016, prior to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The members of the parish are very excited to welcome the FSSP to their parish, and are deeply thankful for the priests of the Diocese of Allentown who have offered the Traditional Latin Mass at St. Stephen’s over the years, as well as all those who have prayed and sacrificed for the FSSP to be invited into the diocese.

The Fraternity is grateful to the Most Reverend John O. Barres, Bishop of Allentown, and his priestly assistants of the chancery for this opportunity.

Congratulations to the FSSP and to the local parishioners! And thanks to Bishop Barres!

(We thank local readers D, J, and L, who had sent us the news days ago.)

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2. This Saturday, May 28, as in the past few years, Live Mass will broadcast the Ordination Mass of 4 Deacons to the Holy Priesthood. Please, follow LiveMass and their wonderful events, and be sure to watch this beautiful ceremony tomorrow:

The Ceremony will take place in St. Cecilia Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska, at 10 AM Central Daylight Time (that is 11 AM EST, 3 PM GMT, 4 PM London, 5 PM Rome).

The celebrant will be His Excellency Fabian Bruskewitz, Bishop Emeritus of Lincoln.

Bishop Athanasius Schneider: Attack on marriage and family from "atheist, neo-Communist world"

We are pleased to bring our readers two sermons from His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, and titular bishop of Celerina. Bishop Schneider was in the United States this past weekend for events and priestly ordinations for the Canons of New Jerusalem. Please see below for the texts of these two powerful and timely sermons.

The Family - Domestic Church, Front Royal, Virginia

For the record: developments in the world of Tradition

1) As reported in the local newspaper Prima Pagina Reggio on September 22, 2015,

We take the occasion of the week of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul to gather in one post the images of the three ceremonies of priestly ordinations for the FSSP in 2015, in the Nebraska, Quebec, and Bavaria.

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1. United States, May 30, 2015: