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September 17, 2021

Prevent suicide

Forthcoming Assisted Dying Bill – Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has written an open letter inviting Catholics to pray for the defeat of the Assisted Dying Bill to be debated in the House of Lords in October. It encourages them to write to peers at the House of Lords stating the reasons why they oppose this legislation and particularly explain from personal experience the reasons why this change in the […]

September 10, 2021

Dowry No50 Special Issue

Dear Friends, The Summer 2021 edition of our quarterly magazine Dowry is its fiftieth issue since its beginning in Advent 2008. To mark the occasion with something a bit different, we are glad to offer you a pamphlet under a smaller ‘book’ format instead of our usual A4 size magazine. Click here to open the document. The printed version should reach our subscribers within a fortnight. A small part of this booklet is available to watch as video here. We […]

September 3, 2021

COMMUNIQUÉ of the Superiors-General of the “Ecclesia Dei” Communities [on Traditionis Custodes]

“The mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh.” (Sirach 18, 13) The signatory Institutes want, above all, to reiterate their love for the Church and their fidelity to the Holy Father. This filial love is tinged with great suffering today. We feel suspected, marginalized, banished. However, we do not recognize ourselves in the description given in the accompanying letter of the Motu Proprio Traditionis custodes, of July 16, 2021. “If we say we have no sin …” (I John 1, […]

September 2, 2021

Westminster Eucharistic Procession 11–19 Sept 2021

We readily respond to the organisers’ petition to advertise this important event. Please visit https://catholicengland.org/ for full details. Celebrating the Eucharistic Heart of the Catholic Church As the United Kingdom emerges from Lockdown, in a year that has seen churches closed and Processions cancelled, we gather together in the heart of the nation’s capital to honour Our Eucharistic Lord, celebrate the richness of the Catholic Church and take to the streets of London to share the message that Christus Vincit! […]

Pray the Holy Rosary for protection of the FSSP & of traditional worshipppers

Confraternity Message from Fr. Stefan Reiner, FSSP Dear members of the Confraternity, The Motu proprio Traditionis Custodes and its accompanying letter from Pope Francis have shocked us all. We have not yet been informed of any definitive decisions regarding the future of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter and its apostolates. Even though the first reactions of various bishops have been rather reassuring and have not involved any significant restrictions, nevertheless, in the coming weeks various bishops’ conferences will discuss the matter […]

August 21, 2021

Confraternity Members – Novena starts 22 August

All members of the FSSP will be praying a novena for the Holy Father, for our Fraternity and apostolates, and for all attached to the Traditional Latin Mass. We invite members of the Confraternity of St Peter to join us. The novena begins on 22 August (Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) and ends 30 August. One decade of the Rosary Prayer to St Joseph: Ad te beáte Joseph, in tribulatióne nostra confúgimus, atque, imploráto Sponsæ tuæ sanctíssimæ auxílio, […]

July 23, 2021

Official communiqué

following the publication of the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes Published 20 July 2021 Official communiqué of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter following the publication of the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes Fribourg, July 20, 2021 The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, whose goal is the sanctification of priests through the faithful observance of the liturgical traditions prior to the reform implemented after the Second Vatican Council (cf. Constitutions n. 8), has received Pope Francis’ Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes with surprise. Founded and canonically approved according to […]

July 15, 2021

FSSP Summer Camps 2021 Cancelled

I am afraid I need to share with you the disappointing news that we are compelled to cancel the camps again this year. We are devastated to be taking this step for the second year in a row. As you know, I have delayed a decision as long as possible in the hope of finding a workable solution. In the end, however, even though there is due to be a relaxation of some of the Covid restrictions on 19 July, […]