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Immaculata Consecration, Fr Bisig, Cardinal Gagnon's Report, SSPX - A Work of the Church, Attendance at Mass (SSPX), SSPX and Rome, The First Gospel

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The Immaculata Consecration has taken place and a more normal situation has been put in place for the SSPX in St. Marys, Kansas.  I remember the packed Assumption Chapel ( the school's former refectory) and the embellishments made to make it a worthy place for the Holy Mass.  I remember Fr. De La Tour giving a talk on the great churches of Europe and ended by making an appeal for the rebuilding of the Immaculata. 

Thus began a decades long project to rebuild the church. Initially, they put a new roof on the top of the old bell tower to slow its decay. Then there was the cleaning of wreckage and conversion of the old cistern to the north into a workshop. Eventually, it was realized that there wasn't sufficient room on the site and so a new site was sought. Eventually, as related by Bishop Fellay, a new site near the cemetery at the North of the property was selected.

Interestingly, this new Church will further create a 'separation' between the Mass Centre and the School.  Gone will be the days when the Dorm boys will be able to sneak glances and the Town girls when in chapel :-). 

Fr. Bisig has made a tour and accused Archbishop Lefebvre or being a sede-vacantist. That the nine were expelled for that reason seems to have been lost on him. Oh well. nuff said on this matter.

So there's more 'schism' chatter about the SSPX.  Most get it 'mostly' right in that it is an act of schism to refuse submission to the Vicar of Christ.  However what more get it 'mostly' wrong in thinking that an act of disobedience is equivalent to an act of schism.

Those who persist in believing that off the cuff remarks by people or remarks that don't actually mean what they think they mean or believe that a Pope can retroactively make a law mean something else are simply wrong.

The truth is simpler, a schismatic act that confirms the refusal of submission to the Vicar of Christ is a definitive act, like setting up a separate hierarchy.  The SSPX stands ready to accept and obey any legitimate command that doesn't endanger the Faith.

Periodically, old articles surface in internet feeds and the one from 2018 regarding the Doctrinal divide between the SSPX and Rome is one of them. If anything, one could propose that the divide continues to grow.

There are other interesting articles, but I lead them for your reading pleasure.

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  1. Nearly 5-hour consecration ceremony to be held for new mega-church in Kansas  
  2. https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2023/04/may-3-major-dedication-church-of.html
  3. https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2023/04/a-preview-of-civium-architects-work-in.html
  4. https://wdtprs.com/2023/05/new-grand-sspx-church-bishops-and-proof-of-concept/
  5. Father Bisig’s Visit to Post Falls: Why Now? | Tradidi Quod et Accepi  
  6. Cardinal Gagnon's Report Partially Revealed? - FSSPX.Actualités / FSSPX.News  
  7. The SSPX: A Work of the Church - St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary - USA 
  8.  Attendance and participation at Mass - District of Canada  
  9.  SSPX Masses and Fulfilling the Sunday Obligation - Catholic Family News
  10. Doctrine remains problem in relations, SSPX affirms after Vatican meeting - Catholic Herald
  11.  Communiqué on the Meeting between Cardinal Ladaria and Fr. Pagliarani - District of the USA  
  12. News on the Dating of the First Gospel - FSSPX.Actualités / FSSPX.News  
  13. Marcel Lefebvre and the Passion of the Church - OnePeterFive  
  14.  Priest expert on Freemasonry says Vatican cardinals spread 'disinformation' about SSPX - LifeSite
  15. Thoughts on the SSPX « Catholic Insight
  16. Pope Francis says traditional Latin Mass was being used in an ideological way – Catholic World Report
  17. On the Immaculate Conception - Papal Encyclicals
  18. Ground News - Wuhan institute involved in creation, cover-up of Covid pandemic: Report
  19. RORATE CÆLI: Russia and the invasion of Ukraine: why are so many "Conservatives" agreeing with Extreme Marxists and Communists?
  20. The SSPX, the Papacy, and the situation today – Catholic World Report
  21. God Bless Bishop Strickland! - Crisis Magazine

 

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