We are delighted to advise that one of our New Zealand seminarians, Roger Gilbride, was ordained a Deacon in Bavaria, Germany on 25 May 2019. Roger will be ordained to the priesthood in June next year. Please keep him in your prayers. Our congratulations and best wishes go to Roger, his family and the Fraternity of St Peter. Photos of the ordination ceremony can be seen here at the Fraternity of St Peter website: http://fsspwigratzbad.blogspot.com/2019/05/2019-ordinations-diaconales.html https://photos.app.goo.gl/qKvRmwBfR7PNQL8A6
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Traditional Latin Mass Retreat – 27 to 29 September 2019
TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS RETREAT: 5.00 pm Friday 27 September 2019 to 1.00 pm Sunday 29 September 2019 Bishop Basil Meeking, Emeritus Bishop of Christchurch, will take the Society’s annual Traditional Latin Mass Retreat from 5.30 pm Friday 27 September 2019 to 1.00 pm Sunday 29 September 2019. Venue: Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington Live-in accommodation is very limited at this stage but people may arrange their own accommodation and attend on a daily basis with meals provided. The Traditional Latin Mass will be offered each day with talks to be given by Bishop Meeking, Holy Hour,...
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AGM – 4.00 pm Friday, 27 September 2019
AGM
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“Declaration of the Truths Relating to Some of the Most Common Errors in the Life of the Church of Our Time,”
Cardinal Burke, Bishop Athanasius Schneider and several other prelates have signed and published “a declaration of the truths relating to some of the most common errors in the life of the Church of our time.” The declaration affirms Church teaching on 40 Catholic truths including the following: There is a Hell and those who go there suffer for eternity Church teaching can never contradict what was previous Church teaching Muslims do not offer to God the same supernatural worship as do Christians Ecumenism intends that non-Catholics enter the Catholic Church God does not will the diversity of religions No one...
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Communiqué of the International UNA VOCE Federation on Order of Malta ban of the Traditional Latin Mass
Communiqué of the International UNA VOCE Federation on Order of Malta ban of the Traditional Latin Mass Rome, June 13, 2019 The FIUV notes with regret the letter, dated 10th June, from Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military and Hospitaler Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta (the ‘Order of Malta’), forbidding the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (the Extraordinary Form) in the context of the Order’s liturgical life. Since this letter has become public, we would like to observe that it does not accurately present the provisions of Pope Benedict...
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Latin Masses Celebrated in New Zealand under Summorum Pontificum
Holy Week Sermons – Bishop Basil Meeking
Bishop Basil Meeking, General, Holy Week, Homily, and Latin Mass.
Bishop Meeking, Holy Week, and homily.
Bishop Meeking, Holy Week, and homily.