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When I became, by Divine Providence, involved in an active apostolate beyond the confines of my family, I dove into studying the faith and the position of the SSPX.

Introduction I became involved in a debate centered on the question as to whether or not the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum satisfied the first condition set by the SSPX as a pre-requisite for doctrinal discussions and eventually a canonical regularization.

Source : The SSPX and the Rumor Mills July 11, 2013 Recent news stories about the SSPX spoke of a "definitive break with Rome" despite plenty of evidence to the contrary Michael J. Miller Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior of the Society of St. Pius X, celebrates an early morning Mass at the society's headquarters in Menzingen, Switzerland, May 11, 2012. The late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (1905-1991) illicitly consecrated four bishops for the Society of Saint Pius X on June 30, 1988. To commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of that landmark event, the Society’s three remaining prelates, Bishop Bernard Fellay (General Superior), Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, and Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta, issued a Declaration dated June 27, 2013, in which they expressed “their filial gratitude towards their venerable founder who, after so many years spent serving the Church and the Sovereign Pontiff, so as to safeguard the Faith and the Catholic priesthood, d...

Nothing major I just needed a picture of myself to link to another blog.

My wife and I were reviewing some virtual discussions and she pointed out the difference between 'connotation' and 'denotation (see defintion below). It struck me as something worth noting here (from my own reference as much as any readers who pass by). A  connotation  is a commonly understood  cultural  or  emotional  association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word's or phrase's explicit or literal  meaning , which is its  denotation . A connotation is frequently described as either positive or negative, with regards to its pleasing or displeasing emotional connection. For example, a stubborn person may be described as being either  strong-willed  or  pig-headed ; although these have the same literal meaning ( stubborn ),  strong-willed  connotes admiration for the level of someone's will (a positive connotation), while  pig-headed  connotes frustration in dealing with someone (a ne...