 Marian Pilgrimage - Melbourne 2008Sunday, May 4th, 2008Schedule for the May Pilgrimage 2008 Saturday May 17: Ember Saturday 3:00 pm - Conference on Our Lady, refuge of sinners (Our Lady of Le Laus) and Lourdes. Sunday May 18: Trinity Sunday At a convenient time, Low Mass for those working during the High Mass. 8:30 am - Confessions Anyone who was used to doing something regarding the pilgrimage (servers, ushers, flowers, road marshals, etc) is instantly requested to continue to do so this year and tell Fr. Bélisle or Mr. Bill Bradbury of what they are doing. If you cannot, please find a replacement or urgently report the situation to Fr. Bélisle. We will be needing a lot of petals this year as our main supplier is unable to do so anymore. Please bring a bag of petals per family for the occasion. Please pay attention to the different sign-up sheets at the back of the church and fill them if possible. Thank you for all your help. District Newsletter - March 2008Friday, March 21st, 2008
My Dear Brethren, Christmas has scarcely passed and already we approach Easter! Bishop Fellay’s visit over the Christmas period was very eventful. As arranged, the meeting of all of the priests of the District of Australia duly took place in Sydney from the 10th to the 14th December. This was a rare occasion indeed when we were all able to be together in one place and it was a special privilege to have our Superior-General with us during these days. (more…) District Newsletter - December 2007Tuesday, January 1st, 2008My Dear Brethren, Very soon you will have the pleasure of a visit from our Superior-General, Bishop Fellay. He will celebrate Mass at most of our principal churches as well as confer ordination to the priesthood and the diaconate at the Seminary at Goulburn on Thursday 27th December. His programme has been arranged as follows: Tues 11th – Fri 14th December Priests’ meeting in Sydney Mon 17th – Fri 21st Visit to Seminary Sun 23rd Mass at Tynong at 10.00am Mon 24th Ordinations to Minor Orders at 9.30am Thurs 27th Ordinations to Priesthood/Diaconate at 9.00am Sat 29th Mass at Perth at 8.00am I hope that he may give a conference at some places but it is not scheduled that he will administer confirmation as this will be done by Bishop Tissier de Mallerais who will come to Australia during the course of next year. As well as these visits from our bishops, I expect one from the Second Assistant of the Society, Father Alain Nely, in March and the First Assistant, Father Nicklaus Pfluger in May. Father John Fullerton, the Superior of the Society in the United States of America, will arrive in January to preach a retreat to our priests at the Seminary in Goulburn. (more…) District Newsletter - September 2007Sunday, October 21st, 2007My Dear Brethren, The most significant event of the last few months in the history of Traditional Catholicism in Australia was surely the death of Father Patrick Fox on 24th July aged 91 years. He had been a priest for nearly 68 years in which time he had never celebrated Mass other than according to the Traditional Latin rite. From the very beginning he rejected the spurious “reforms” of the Second Vatican Council and particularly the revolution which took place in the liturgy. Thus he was a source of inspiration for Traditional Catholics in Australia, especially in the years of confusion and uncertainty following immediately after the Council and the promulgation of the new Mass. Throughout the intervening years up to the present, he was always a great supporter of Archbishop Lefebvre and our Society. He was a unique character, mentally alert and physically active right up to the end of his life, unfailingly present at all of the major liturgical functions at Sydney and Goulburn. He is sadly missed and will always have a place in our gratitude and affection. (more…) Blog Added To SSPX.com.auSaturday, September 15th, 2007Welcome to the SSPX Australia blog. Authorised posters only. |