Pope St. Pius X.

The Society of St. Pius X.
District Headquarters, Sydney.

280 West Botany Street,
ROCKDALE NSW 2216
(02) 9567 7088
District Superior Fr. Black

Holy Cross Seminary

Post Office Box 417
GOULBURN NSW 2580
(048) 29 5177
Rector Fr. C Daniels

....Mass Schedules Australia/NZ ...... St. Thomas Aquinas College..... Letter from Econe .

THE HISTORY OF
ARCHBISHOP MARCEL LEFEBVRE AND THE ASOCIETY
OF ST. PIUS X. AND THE
LEGAL EXISTENCE OF THE SSPX.

  1. The four marks of the TRUE CHURCH are One, Holy, Catholic (universal), and Apostolic.
    • ONE means UNITED in doctrine, in worship, and in government.

  2. The membership of the Church is composed of three parts.
    Church Militant on earth, (the minority group).
    Church Suffering and Church Triumphant. (Together by far the majority).

  3. The Government of the Church has at it's Supreme Head Our Lord Jesus Christ over all, with His representative the Pope as head of the Church Militant here on earth. Dissidents and possible enemies within the Church have used ambiguities of Vatican Council II to introduce novelties such that many areas of the Church are not even one in worship with each other; true doctrine being ignored, and obedience to the Holy See but a token if any. Certainly many have lost unity with the majority Church of Tradition.

  4. Archbishop Lefebvre, way back before 1969, had the vision to foresee the inevitable fruits of Vatican II that we see ever worsening today. Loss of vocations, diminishing and aging Priesthood, closed churches and convents, desecrations, to name a few. Responding to the cries of the faithful, with full authority from Rome, he established the Society of St. Pius X ; a depository, a safety deposit box wherein is stored the truth, Catholic faith and doctrine, clearly linked and in unity with the majority and Eternal Church; the Traditional Church, the Church Suffering, and the Church Triumphant.

    AN ACT
    OF
    ADORATION

    Oh great God, Soverign Lord of heaven and earth,
    I prostrate myself before Thee.
    With all the Angels and Saints I adore Thee.
    I acknowledge Thee to be my Creator and Soverign Lord,
    my first beginning and last end.
    I render to Thee the homage of my being and life.
    I submit myself to Thy holy will,
    and I dedicate myself to Thy divine service,
    this day, and for ever more. Amen.




    "My Missal"
    Imprimature: +N. T. GILROY Archiep. Sydneyen. Sydneyen. 8.5.41

    LETTER TO FRIENDS AND BENEFACTORS

    Dear Friends and Benefactors,

    On June 30, 1988, ten years ago, Archbishop Lefebvre found himself obliged by divine providence to pass on the grace of the Catholic Bishopric to four priests, including your servant. In a letter he wrote to them, the Arch-bishop laid out the reasons which had finally decided him to perform this act of such grave import in the face of the whole church: "The corruption of the Holy Mass has brought with it the corruption of the priesthood and the universal decadence of faith in the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ", accompanied by the resolute intention, clearly shown by the Roman authorities, .o continue with "their work of destroying the reign of Our Lord, as proved by Assisi, and by Rome's confirmation of the liberal theses of Vatican II on religious liberty."

    The situation was so grave that it demanded such a step to be taken. Hard and fast action was needed to give the Church and the Catholic priesthood a chance of surviving. Anybody taking a cool natural or superficial view of the Church could not understand the Archbishop's action, and to this day we are accused of monstrous pride for daring to claim that the act of consecrating bishops was justified.

    Even today, ten years later, although the situation has become markedly worse, how many people are still letting them-elves be deceived by what remains of the appearance & structure of the Church? And certain societies that Rome raised up at that time to deceive people, societies enjoying the privilege of celebrating the Traditional Mass at the price of keeping a guilty silence on the reality of the drama being played out before our eyes, prove that our vision of things is correct.

    Beneath a show of apparent unity, the Church is being torn apart; a special effort is being made to tear out its soul, its spiritual treasure, that which distinguishes it from all other religions and all other societies: its supernatural truth, its deposit, the deposit of Revelation, of which it is the one and only guardian; its charity, grace, the sacrifice, the priesthood.

    If these things are still spoken of at all, they are emptied of any meaning they had prior to Vatican II, and the daily practice of ecumenism shows how little the liberals care for all those values of the past. Even if in theory they still profess the same Creed, in practice they are far from it. In many seminaries, as in the majority of churches still operating, it is the abomination of desolation and a mockery of the truth which have replaced the Holy of Holies... If only it were an exaggeration to say so!

    The objection will be made that in Rome there are nevertheless voices rebuking the excesses and abuses of the progressives, and calling for a renewal of discipline: but are these voices heeded? For example, what effect did the recent call to order have on the "ministry of the laity"? Resistance and indifference... Every-thing goes on just like beforehand Rome takes no action.

    Let me tell you about what really happened just recently with two Dutchmen. They were wondering how it was possible that the "eternal Church could be so dramatically destroyed in their country". They wrote a number of letters to Rome, but never received a reply. So they decided to go down to Rome and tackle several Cardinals, Prelates, Bishops... In the course of their discussions, these Cardinals and Bishops asked them to take action themselves, to promote the Catholic Tridentine Mass, and to put an end to eucharisitc picnics, the "table-meal-shows". The Cardinals and Bishops themselves could do nothing, they said. It is the Catholic laity that must act to save the Church... The Dutchmen remained a few days in Rome, after which the message was clear: "Rome could not help them in any way." (Letter to the Superior General, of 7 March 1998).

    Should we lose heart, give up the fight, play deaf and dumb? On the contrary: more than ever we must shake off the sloth lying in wait for us, we must re-activate our faith; faith in Our Lord, faith in His promises for His Church. The enemy is powerful, but Our Lord more so, infinitely more so.

    And we have the proof of this in the way in which He is watching over this little Society of the Church, tossed about in the heart of the storm, yet being protected at the same time and which is producing those gentle flowers of grace and sanctity which the Church has always produced, even while the storm rages all around.

    Whereas the teaching is rotten in official seminaries and universities (cf Fideliter, March 1998), we are consoled to see priests of ours so formed as to be able to travel throughout the world, bringing to souls the comfort of God's forgiveness and the Bread of Angels. Amidst a world going steadily more crazy, these priests provide souls with the meaning of life and the means of pleasing Almighty God by fulfilling one's daily duty of state. These priests remind people how they need to carry their cross following Christ Crucified to attain eternal happiness.

    | The harvest is as abundant as ever, only there are too few labourers to gather it in. Ask then the Lord of the harvest with tears and sacrifices for what the Superior General, dearly as he would love to, cannot yet give you... By penance and perseverance in prayer, by a family life arranged to please the Sacred Heart, by the daily practice of justice and charity, let us show Our Lord that we are ready to pay the price, because it is something we truly value, of receiving from Him priests according to His Heart, other Christs.

    We count on your prayers, dear benefactors, even more than on your gifts, in return for which we ask God richly to bless you, console you and protect you. Thanks to you, the church of the seminary in Econe is almost finished and we are planning for its blessing next October 10. A good third of the cost is already covered, and we are now turning towards two new important projects: all that is lacking for building to start on the church of our seminary of Our Lady Co-redemptrix in the Argentine is the financial resources. Also we want to build a seminary in the Philippines, a country where the Society of St. Pius X is developing in an almost miraculous fashion. The mayor of Quezon City, a city of more than 2,000,000 inhabitants, has just consecrated his city to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in our church, in the presence of Bishop Lazo and our priests, our church, in the presence of Bishop Lazo and our priests, while medical missions for the relief of the poor and the sick are multiplying with the help of our 19 doctors... to say nothing of the pre-seminary and a pre-novitiate for the Sisters.

    All of these undertakings, as you well know, are impossible without material support and can only develop to the extent of your fraternal charity. May your alms and sacrifices, for which we are SO grateful to you and which cover a multitude of sins, be one day, accompanied by the prayers of our priests and seminarians, your best allies to help you into Heaven

    May St. Joseph, protector of Holy Church, guard yourselves and your families.

    +Bernard Fellay, Superior General

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