SSPX: Fr. Dominique Bourmaud RIP

SSPX: Fr. Dominique Bourmaud RIP - Updated

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Update 1: SSPX.org article added

Fr. Bourmaud has passed away after his struggle with COVID-19.

Source: La Porte Latine

Nous confions à vos prières le repos de l’âme de

Monsieur l’abbé Dominique BOURMAUD

pieusement décédé à 62 ans, et dans sa 41ème année de sacerdoce,

ce samedi 4 septembre 2021, premier samedi du mois,

muni des sacrements de notre Sainte Mère l’Église

Né le 10 octobre 1958, il a été ordonné prêtre le 29 juin 1981

par Monseigneur Marcel Lefebvre.

Il fut nommé d’abord à Madrid où il œuvra jusqu’en 1983.

Il fut ensuite professeur à Ridgefield, puis à Winona (Etats-Unis). En 1993, il oeuvra quelques mois à l’école Sainte-Marie (Saint-Malo), avant de se voir confier à nouveau un poste de professeur de séminaire, d’abord à La Reja, de 1994 à 1997, puis à Goulburn, jusqu’en 2009.

Il rejoignit alors les Etats-Unis : longtemps collaborateur à Kansas City (Missouri), il devint prieur de Saint Louis (Missouri) en 2018, avant de collaborer à nouveau à l’apostolat du prieuré de Kansas City à partir de 2020.

Ardent prédicateur des Exercices spirituels de Saint-Ignace, tant en espagnol qu’en anglais, Monsieur l’abbé Bourmaud est aussi l’auteur de l’ouvrage Cent ans de Modernisme, généalogie du concile Vatican II, publié par les éditions Clovis en 2003.

R.I.P.

DeepL Translation

We entrust to your prayers the repose of the soul of

Father Dominique BOURMAUD

who died at the age of 62, and in his 41st year of priesthood,

this Saturday, September 4, 2021, first Saturday of the month,

provided with the sacraments of our Holy Mother Church

Born on October 10, 1958, he was ordained a priest on June 29, 1981

by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.

He was first appointed to Madrid where he worked until 1983.

He then became a professor in Ridgefield and then in Winona (USA). In 1993, he worked for a few months at Sainte-Marie School (Saint-Malo), before being entrusted again with a position as a seminary professor, first in La Reja, from 1994 to 1997, then in Goulburn, until 2009.

He then returned to the United States, where he was a long-time collaborator in Kansas City (Missouri), and became prior of Saint Louis (Missouri) in 2018, before collaborating again in the apostolate of the priory of Kansas City from 2020.

An ardent preacher of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in both Spanish and English, Father Bourmaud is also the author of the book Cent ans de Modernisme, généalogie du concile Vatican II, published by Clovis Editions in 2003.

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Courtesy of SSPX.org

The following is a statement on the passing of Fr. Dominique Bourmaud, a beloved priest of the Society of Saint Pius X, including visitation and funeral information.

With great sadness, the U.S. District of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) announces the passing of Fr. Dominique Bourmaud. He went to his eternal reward in the early hours of Saturday, September 4, 2021, after contracting COVID-19 more than a month ago. Father experienced a series of debilitating health problems in the weeks that followed. He was, fortunately, able to receive Last Rites and all the prayers of the Roman Ritual for the sick and dying before his death. During his illness, Catholics around the world prayed fervently for his recovery. It is a testament to his kindness, pastoral sense, and tireless work to restore Catholic Tradition that so many were moved deeply by the news of his condition.

A Life of Service to the Catholic Church

One of seven children, his family hailed from the Vendee region of France, a point of particular pride for Father. (He would spend only six months as a priest in his native France.) Ordained a priest by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1981, Fr. Bourmaud spent 25 of his 40 years of priesthood teaching in the SSPX’s seminaries.

He was assigned as a professor to St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary (then in Ridgefield, CT) in 1983, where he would stay until 1993, five years after it moved to Winona, MN. He also taught at the Seminary of Our Lady Co-Redemptrix in Argentina from 1994 to 1997 and Holy Cross Seminary in Australia from 1997 to 2009. Even after returning to the United States, he spent the better part of a decade shepherding diocesan and religious priests to the traditional Mass or even the SSPX itself through its “priests program.” In some sense, Fr. Bourmaud never stopped teaching.

Besides the countries already mentioned, he also spent time in Spain and Kenya. All told, Father worked for the SSPX on five different continents. He had just been appointed Prior of St. Vincent’s in Kansas City in August 2021.

In America, Fr. Bourmaud made a singular contribution to the U.S. District’s publishing apostolate, Angelus Press. During his time at the Press, Father oversaw the publication of The Angelus magazine, including developing themes for each issue, recruiting authors, and ensuring that its content was thoroughly orthodox. Fr. Bourmaud also extended his work as censor into the Press’s book-publishing arena. As a learned cleric with connections worldwide, Father provided invaluable assistance identifying new and out-of-print works in other languages that would be of great interest to traditional Catholics.

Even with this heavy workload, Fr. Bourmaud continued in his priestly ministry until his health declined. He also found time to compose two books, One Hundred Years of Modernism and, most recently, An Introduction to Catholic Social Doctrine. He also gave his time to assist priests, both in and outside the SSPX, with their ministries and appeared in two episodes of the ongoing Crisis in the Church podcast series.

There are many more beautiful things to be said about Fr. Bourmaud in due course. For now, please join the priests and religious of the Society, along with the lay faithful who work for the U.S. District, in praying for Father’s soul. May God quickly receive His good and faithful servant into the halls of Heaven.

Eternal rest grant unto Fr. Dominique Bourmaud, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.

Visitiation and Funeral Information

Wednesday, September 8

6:30 pm Reception of the body at St. Vincent de Paul Church.

Office of the Dead Vespers
Rosary
Viewing

Thursday, September 9

10:00 am Rosary

10:30 am Pontifical Solemn Requiem Mass

Fr. Bourmaud will be buried in France at a later date.

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