In Just Ten Years
Providence has blessed the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X! The best proof of this is its prodigious growth since June 6,1969: some forty houses on two continents. Within the past few weeks a sixth major seminary has been added: at the Priory of San Carlo, at Torino in Northern Italy, where Father Guilio-Maria Tam is Superior. The major seminaries of the Society are:
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Ecône International Seminary of St. Pius X, Econe, CH 1908 Riddes, Switzerland. House of formation of future priests, the cornerstone of which was blessed by Archbishop Lefebvre, 6 June 1971. This international seminary embraces a dozen or so nationalities. Rev. Fr. Bernard Tissier de Mallerais is Superior. |
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ZaitzkofenSacred Heart Seminary, D8401 Zaitzkofen, Germany. Seminary of future German-speaking priests under the direction of Rev. Fr. Joseph Bisig. The same course of studies as at Ecône prevails here. |
AlbanoSociety of Saint Pius X Seminary, Via Trilussa, 100041 Albano Laziale (ROMA), ITALY. In the neighborhood of Rome, Albano (right) accommodates the second year of the seminary at Ecône. Here the seminarians strive to acquire the Roman spirit under the direction of Rev. Fr. Didier Bonneterre.
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Buenos AiresSociety of Saint Pius X Seminary, 1318 Venezuela, 1095 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pictured right is the altar in the Chapel of this South American seminary. The Superior, Rev. Fr. Jean-Michel Faure, has direction of Spanish-speaking students from both North and South America. |
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Saint Pius X House, Suresnes, France, was acquired in 1973, and became in 1978 the residence of the Superior of the District of France, Fr. Paul Aulagnier. From here the twice-yearly Letter to Friends and Benefactors of the Society is sent out. In addition to their administrative duties, priests of this Priory serve numerous chapel in the area—and some as far distant as Normandy.
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| The Priory of St. Francis de Sales (opposite). Not far from Geneva, Switzerland, this sixteenth-century building shelters two priests, one of whom, Fr. Denis Roch, is General Treasurer of the Society. Besides its regular apostolate, this Priory provides its parishioners each month with a lecture on Catholic doctrine given by a professor from Ecône. |
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The Priory of St. Anne in Lanvallay, northwest France.
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| Saint Michael's House, near London, where fewer than ten priests serve, across the entire United Kingdom, more than thirty traditional Mass centers, including Bath, Birmingham, Brighton, Derby, Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Oxford. Fr. Edward Black, Superior of the District of England, resides here. |
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The Priory of Our lady of Pointet Broût Vernet, France. Purchased in 1976, restored during 1977-78, this Priory is also a retreat house, where the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius are regularly given by priests of the Society.
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| The Priory of Saint Francis Regis serves the St. Etienne region of south-eastern France. A girls' school directed by the Dominican Sisters of Fanjeaux is affiliated with this priory. |
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The Priory of Saint Hermenegilde where the pastor, Fr. Jacques Emily, takes care of the pastoral ministry in the region of Dijon, France, as well as the chaplaincy at Cours St. Dominique, a girls' school at Pouilly-en-Auxois, directed by Dominican Sisters of Brignoles.
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| Queen of Angels, Dickinson, Texas, is located just south of Houston. Purchased by Father Hector L. Bolduc in November 1976, it was restored to its original beauty by volunteers, and dedicated by Archbishop Lefebvre, 10 July 1977. The three acres of ground house a convent, rectory, a parish hall, and a full elementary school. Fr. Carl Pulvermacher and Fr. Philip M. Stark are headquartered at Queen of Angels and travel an extensive Mass circuit in the Southern United States, in addition to their varied duties with THE ANGELUS, which Fr. Cart prints each month, THE ANGELUS offices are at this location and are manned by volunteers of the parish. |
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Saint Mary's College, Saint Marys, Kansas, is the headquarters for Fr. Hector L. Bolduc, Superior of the South-West District for the Society of St. Pius X in America. A former Jesuit seminary, the large, sprawling campus of Saint Mary's has 10 major buildings. Saint Mary's Academy, the Society's only boarding school in America, has 150 students. Fr. Joseph Collins is Headmaster of the Academy. An annual pilgrimage each August is held at Saint Mary's. Pictured is the Immaculata Chapel which was destroyed by fire. It will be rebuilt and restored to its original beauty. The beautiful stained glass is being replaced in Germany by the original manufacturers.
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| Saint Pius X Priory, Oyster Bay Cove, on Long Island, New York, is headquarters for the Superior of the North-East District, Fr. Clarence Kelly. In nearby Hicksville, the Society operates a school. A number of priests travel extensive Mass circuits from Oyster Bay Cove. |
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The Abbaye Saint Michel at Saint-Michel-en-Brenne. Under the motherly authority of Mère Marie-Gabriel, sister of Archbishop Lefebvre, thirteen professed and seventeen novices receive a religious formation aimed at their future apostolate. The Sisters are the auxiliaries of the priests of the Society, so as to relieve them of all material chores: the most humble duties in the house and various duties of the parish, such as care of sacristy, catechism lessens, elementary school, infirmary, visiting the sick and poor. Besides Holy Mass, the recitation of the Rosary and part of the Divine Office, the Sisters have an hour of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament in reparation for the outrages done to the Holy Eucharist, and that especially by consecrated souls. The clothing and religious profession take place at St. Michel's each year on Low Sunday.
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Carmelite Monastery of the Sacred Heart. At Quievrain, in Belgium, on the French border, in an ancient monastery of the Poor Clares closed for more than a dozen years, Mother Marie-Christiane, sister of Archbishop Lefebvre, assures young Carmelites of a contemplative home truly in conformity with the wishes of their great reformer, St, Theresa of Avila. Religious are often the most innocent victims of decadence in their Orders. They are the least capable of defending themselves, in the name of promised obedience; they must accept the worst corruptions of their Constitutions. At the monastery of Quievrain there is no such treason: authentic Carmelite spirituality lives. The Sisters took up residence in August 1978, and received cloister in March 1979.
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