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  Vatican II’s Dignitatis Humanae and the June Battle of Flags
Posted by: Stone - 06-06-2025, 09:06 AM - Forum: Articles by Catholic authors - No Replies

Vatican II’s Dignitatis Humanae and the June Battle of Flags


Robert Morrison | June 4, 2025

Were it not for Dignitatis Humanae, there would be no supposed theological justification for this demand that human dignity requires us to refrain from questioning the “transness” of those claiming to practice the Catholic Faith. Thanks in large part to the defenders of Vatican II, though, Fr. Martin and the New Ways Ministry can insist that Catholics ought to celebrate Pride Month in recognition of the human dignity of the Catholic LGBTQ community.

As reported by LifeSite, Fr. James Martin recently shared his opinion about why Catholics ought to celebrate “Pride Month”:
Quote:“Can Catholics celebrate Pride Month, when the LGBTQ community marks its place in society? . . .  Can they do this when pride is one of the traditional seven deadly sins? Isn’t it wrong to show pride? First, it’s important to remember that there are (at least) two kinds of pride. The first is the satisfaction that can come from your own accomplishments. This can turn into vanity, which is something to avoid. . . . So the first kind of pride can be a threat to humility, to discipleship and to the spiritual life overall. But the second kind of pride is a consciousness of one’s own dignity. And that’s closer to what Pride Month is meant to be for the LGBTQ community: a recognition of the human dignity of a group of people who have, for centuries been, treated with contempt, rejection and violence.”

So whereas Martin acknowledges that there is a concept of sin, he asserts that Pride Month is sinless because it is based on recognizing the human dignity of the people within the LGBTQ community. He also opined that Pride Month is complementary to the celebration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus:
Quote:“Another objection is marking Pride Month during the same month that Catholics celebrate the Month of the Sacred Heart. But, as I see it, the two are complementary, not contradictory. The Sacred Heart teaches us how Jesus loves; Pride Month reminds us whom Jesus invite us to love today.”

Thus, if we are to take Fr. Martin’s views at face value, we would have to conclude that God wants us to love the LGTBQ community by celebrating the human dignity of its members. As discussed below, this is entirely consistent with Vatican II’s Declaration on Religious Freedom, Dignitatis Humanae. As a preliminary matter, though, Martin’s views invite us to review what the Catholic Church actually teaches about how the Sacred Heart of Jesus calls us to love today.


Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and True Catholic Love

Fr. John Croiset summarized devotion to the Sacred Heart as follows in his 1691 book, The Devotion to the Sacred Heart:

Quote:“From what has been said so far, it is easy to see what is meant by the devotion to the Sacred Heart: by this devotion we mean the ardent love which we conceive for Jesus Christ at the remembrance of all the marvels which He has wrought to show His tender love for us, especially in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, which is the miracle of His love; we mean the keen regret which we feel at the sight of the outrages which men commit against Jesus Christ in this adorable Mystery; we mean the ardent desire which presses us to leave nothing undone to make reparation for these outrages by every possible means. That is what we mean by devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and that is what it consists in.” (p. 55)

So we love Jesus for all that He has done to show His great love for us; and we do all we can to make reparation for the offenses that people commit against Our Lord, particularly offenses against Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. As all Catholics with the use of reason should know, receiving Holy Communion in a state of mortal sin is undoubtedly high on the list of most evil outrages against the Sacred Heart. Accordingly, an important component of reparation to the Sacred Heart involves opposition to any sinful lifestyles that naturally promote sacrilegious Communions.

Fr. Croiset also wrote of the necessary dispositions for devotion to the Sacred Heart, including a great horror of sin:
Quote:“As the end of devotion to the Sacred Heart is none other than a very ardent and tender love for Jesus Christ, it is evident that to have this devotion one must be in the state of grace, and have an extreme horror of every kind of sin incompatible with this love. The Sacred Heart being the source of all purity, nothing sullied can even enter It. Whatever we may say or do for His love and for His glory, if we do not live in the state of grace, is devoid of supernatural merit.” (p. 97)

We can see from this that one of the greatest conceivable offenses against the Sacred Heart of Jesus would be for apparent shepherds of the Catholic Church to encourage Catholics to remain in a state of mortal sin. Conversely, one of the greatest acts of love and reparation to the Sacred Heart would be to charitably encourage souls to abandon the sins that keep them from remaining in the state of grace.

Blessed Columba Marmion elaborated on this latter point in his Christ, the Life of the Soul:
Quote:“To love is to ‘wish good’ to someone, says St. Thomas; but every specific good is subordinated to the supreme good. That is why giving God, the Infinite Good, to those who do not know Him, by instructing them, is so pleasing to God. It is the same with praying for the conversion of unbelievers, of sinners, that they may arrive at faith or recover divine grace.” (p. 462)

If we truly love our neighbor, we must want them to abandon sin so that they may “arrive at faith or recover divine grace.” We know from this that anyone purporting to be a Catholic who encouraged others to remain in sin would actually be spreading hate rather than love.

As we can read from the words of Fr. Martin, though, he has essentially arrived at the exact opposite position — his views are an inversion of the Catholic truths expressed so well by Fr. Croiset, Dom Marmion, and every other Catholic who has written accurately on the topic.


Vatican II’s Dignitatis Humanae as the “Theological” Foundation of Fr. Martin’s Error

As we can read in his September 1965 intervention read at the Second Vatican Council, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre expressed concerns that the Declaration of Religious Liberty, Dignitatis Humanae, could lead to the inversion of Catholic teaching that we see today from Fr. Martin:
Quote:“The dignity of the human person is acquired by observing the divine law. He who despises the  divine law thereby loses his dignity. Do the damned still preserve their dignity in hell? It is impossible to speak with veracity of liberty, of conscience, of the dignity of the human person except by reference to divine law. This observance of divine law is the criterion of human dignity. Man, the family, civil society, possess dignity in the measure in which they respect the divine law. Divine law itself indicates to us the rules for the right use of our liberty. Divine law itself marks out the limits of constraint permitted to the authorities established by God. Divine law itself gives the measure of religious liberty.” (from Archbishop Lefebvre’s I Accuse the Council!, p. 64)

Once human dignity is divorced from observance of divine law, then those who promote sin will clamor for men to celebrate the dignity of their sinful lifestyles. Tragically, the passage upon which Archbishop Lefebvre commented in his intervention remained largely unchanged in the final version of Dignitatis Humanae:
Quote:“The council further declares that the right to religious freedom has its foundation in the very dignity of the human person as this dignity is known through the revealed word of God and by reason itself. . . It is in accordance with their dignity as persons — that is, beings endowed with reason and free will and therefore privileged to bear personal responsibility — that all men should be at once impelled by nature and also bound by a moral obligation to seek the truth, especially religious truth. They are also bound to adhere to the truth, once it is known, and to order their whole lives in accord with the demands of truth. However, men cannot discharge these obligations in a manner in keeping with their own nature unless they enjoy immunity from external coercion as well as psychological freedom. Therefore the right to religious freedom has its foundation not in the subjective disposition of the person, but in his very nature. In consequence, the right to this immunity continues to exist even in those who do not live up to their obligation of seeking the truth and adhering to it and the exercise of this right is not to be impeded, provided that just public order be observed.”

Although this language from the Conciliar declaration speaks of the need for people to seek the truth, it also states that their human dignity is not impaired by their failure to seek truth. Moreover, the declaration makes the astounding claim that human dignity requires that those in error “enjoy immunity from external coercion as well as psychological freedom.” If we read this to mean that a person cannot be forced to become Catholic, it is obviously true. But the Vatican II architects drafted this language to be broad and ambiguous enough to mean that we cannot attempt to persuade those in sin to abandon their sinful lifestyles — such would be impermissible psychological coercion.

We know from sixty years of painful experience that the defenders of Vatican II cannot admit that the declaration’s language could possibly leave open the interpretations about which Archbishop Lefebvre warned. However, we merely have to read the way in which the New Ways Ministry attacked Francis’s Dignitatis Infinita (for being disrespectful to transgender people) to see that Archbishop Lefebvre was exactly right:
Quote:“Exploring our transness and living our trans lives in response to a moral or spiritual conviction is a part our search for and response to (what we have found to be) truth. In this respect, it is part of the process whereby we pursue a morally dignified life, in accordance with our nature and obligation as free beings. Moreover, the Church also teaches that we cannot exercise our freedom in accordance with our nature and duty if we are coerced in doing so. And this is the case even if human freedom might also need to be ‘freed’ to stop it making mistakes in that search. This is the principle that underpins the Church’s affirmation of religious freedom (Dignitatis Humanae, §2) – which applies even to bad and/or mistaken people.”

Were it not for Dignitatis Humanae, there would be no supposed theological justification for this demand that human dignity requires us to refrain from questioning the “transness” of those claiming to practice the Catholic Faith. Thanks in large part to the defenders of Vatican II, though, Fr. Martin and the New Ways Ministry can insist that Catholics ought to celebrate Pride Month in recognition of the human dignity of the Catholic LGBTQ community.

But Catholics do not have to surrender this battle of June flags. Even those who want to continue defending Vatican II can oppose the anti-Catholic errors that the Council’s architects promoted through their ambiguous passages. However, this requires Catholics to speak truth in the face of wicked lies. The reality is that Fr. Martin is directing hate speech against the Sacred Heart of Jesus and those souls for whom He shed His Precious Blood. The best way for us to love Fr. Martin and those who share his views is to charitably insist that they stop lying, and encourage them to make reparation for their sins.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!

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  Fr. Hewko Catechism: No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church June 5, 2025
Posted by: Deus Vult - 06-05-2025, 06:26 PM - Forum: Catechisms - No Replies

No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church
 June 5, 2025 (NH) 

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  Oratory Conference: End of Encyclical on Christian Marriage, Pius XI June 5, 2025
Posted by: Deus Vult - 06-05-2025, 06:23 PM - Forum: Conferences - No Replies

End of Encyclical on Christian Marriage, Pius XI
June 5, 2025  (NH)

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  Fr. Hewko's Sermons: Octave of the Ascension June 5, 2025
Posted by: Deus Vult - 06-05-2025, 09:32 AM - Forum: June 2025 - No Replies

Octave of the Ascension
June 5, 2025  (NH)

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  Padre Pio’s relics, including habit and glove, to tour US for first time
Posted by: Stone - 06-05-2025, 08:43 AM - Forum: General Commentary - No Replies

Padre Pio’s relics, including habit and glove, to tour US for first time
In October, the robe and stigmata glove of Padre Pio will come to the US, accompanied by Capuchins from his friary, and make stops in Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

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Padre Pio
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Jun 4, 2025
(LifeSiteNews ) — Relics of Padre Pio will be touring the United States for the first time this October.

This October, the robe of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, known as Padre Pio, will tour the United States accompanied by the Our Lady of Grace Capuchin Friars from his home friary in San Giovanni Rotondo.

“This sacred relic, brought by the friars of Our Lady of Grace Capuchin Friary, offers the faithful a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to venerate an extraordinary sign of Padre Pio’s life of prayer, humility, and sacrifice,” the Padre Pio Foundation of America announced in a tour press release.

“Together, we invite you to join us for a time of prayer, reflection, and devotion as we welcome Padre Francesco Dileo, OFM Cap., Provincial Minister of the Capuchin Friars in San Giovanni Rotondo, along with a second sacred relic,” the release continued.

The relic tour is being co-organized by the Padre Pio Foundation of America and the National Centre for Padre Pio. As the relics travel through America, they will be accompanied by the Capuchin friars from San Giovanni Rotondo.

Until now, the full-size habit worn by Padre Pio has been kept in Italy. Relics touring America include Padre Pio’s robe and a glove that he wore to cover his stigmata. Both relics are authentic second-class relics, meaning items that belonged to a saint.

Catholics who come to venerate the relics will also be given the opportunity to be blessed with Padre Pio’s glove.

Padre Pio, born Francesco Forgione in 1887 in Pietrelcina, Italy, was a Capuchin friar and priest renowned for his piety, mystical experiences, and stigmata, which he bore for 50 years.

The stigma is a miraculous condition wherein the bodily wounds, scars, or pain corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ are experienced by certain saints as a sign of deep spiritual union with Christ’s suffering.

Padre Pio dedicated his life to prayer, Confession, and helping others, attracting millions to his ministry in San Giovanni Rotondo.

Despite enduring physical suffering, including the stigmata, he remained steadfast in his faith, founding a hospital, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, to serve the sick. Padre Pio was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II.

The relics will be making stops in Connecticut and Pennsylvania from October 11 to 18. A schedule of the relic tour can be found here.

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  St. Thérèse’s relics are visiting the US in 2025: Here are the details
Posted by: Stone - 06-05-2025, 08:35 AM - Forum: General Commentary - No Replies

St. Thérèse’s relics are visiting the US in 2025: Here are the details
The tour runs from her feast day, October 1, to the Immaculate Conception, December 8, and will stop in more than
30 sites across 10 states and Washington, D.C.

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Statue of St. Therese of Lisieux in France
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Wed Jun 4, 2025
(LifeSiteNews [slightly adapted - not all hyperlinks included]) – The relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux will return to the United States this fall for a two-month national tour aimed at reigniting Catholic faith and fostering vocations.

The tour runs from her feast day (October 1) to the Immaculate Conception (December 8). Stops include more than 30 sites across 10 states and Washington, D.C., with processions, confessions, and Masses planned throughout.

“We want to build up the Church in America and promote vocations,” Father Donald Kinney, the Carmelite priest coordinating the tour, told OSV News – describing it as “something that’s totally positive” aimed at lifting up the country and bringing people back to Church.

Kinney called St. Thérèse a “timely witness,” and added: “There really is something inside the reliquary: the merciful love of God, the peace of Christ… That’s what people experience.”

A tour of St. Thérèse’s relics across the US from 1999-2000 drew more than a million faithful, OSV reported, and organizers expect even greater crowds this time.

“Our biggest hope for the people who venerate the relics of St. Thérèse is for them to desire to learn more about her, read her writings, and practice her ‘Little Way’ of spirituality,” said Mother Marie Bernardina of the Carmel of Port Tobacco, one of the tour stops.

St Thérèse’s “Little Way” – rooted in trust, humility, and total abandonment to God – was praised by multiple popes. Pope Benedict XV, who reigned from 1914 until 1922, called it “the secret of holiness.”

Benedict’s successor, Pope Pius XI, declared St. Thérèse patroness of the missions, and said – in the sermon read at her canonization Mass in 1925 – that, if her “way of spiritual childhood” was adopted by Catholics, “the reform of human society” would “easily” follow.

The US tour coincides with the 100th anniversary of her canonization. This year also marks the centenaries of two other landmark events: Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas, instituting the Feast of Christ the King; and Our Lady of Fatima’s first request for the Five First Saturdays devotion of reparation, through Sister Lucia.

For more information and the full schedule of the tour, click here.

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  Catholic Resistance: Build Now, or Be Swept Away
Posted by: Stone - 06-05-2025, 08:03 AM - Forum: The Catholic Trumpet - No Replies

Catholic Resistance: Build Now, or Be Swept Away


The Catholic Trumpet {slightly adapted and reformatted] | June 4, 2025

“Rome will lose the Faith and become the seat of the Antichrist.”

Our Lady of La Salette, 1846

While Rome sinks deeper into apostasy, the true Catholics must build.

This is not a metaphor. It is a literal call: to buy land, unite in prayer, form strong families, and construct a parallel Catholic economy rooted in Tradition. In northern British Columbia, we have begun our feeble attempt. A few faithful souls, gathered in prayer, standing outside a sodomy parade, holding the line. We know it is not enough. But it is a start.

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A small stand for Christ the King. Public Rosary rally outside a sodomy parade in northern British Columbia. Few in number. Firm in Faith. “In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph.” —Our Lady of Fatima

The crisis is no longer hidden. The betrayal is no longer gradual. The mask is off.

Vatican II was not a renewal. It was a revolution. A hijacking. A council poisoned by Judeo-Modernism, where eternal truth was traded for religious liberty, ecumenism, and the rights of man.

Our Lady warned us. She came to Quito and La Salette. She came to Fatima. She gave Heaven’s plan: penance, the Rosary, and the Consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart by the Pope in union with all the bishops of the world.

To this day, not a single pope has obeyed—including Pope Leo XIV, elected within the structures of Modernist Rome, who continues the disobedience of his predecessors.

Not a single bishop has publicly demanded the consecration either, including those of the Neo-SSPX and the so-called Fake “Resistance,” who remain silent in the face of apostasy.

In 2012, the leadership of the SSPX placed themselves under a Doctrinal Declaration that abandoned the fight. It accepted Vatican II “in the light of Tradition.” It welcomed the New Code of Canon Law. It praised the supposed legitimacy of the New Mass.

This was the moment +Archbishop Lefebvre warned us about:

“It is a strict duty for every priest wanting to remain Catholic to separate himself from this conciliar Church, as long as she does not return to the tradition of the Magisterium of the Church and of the Catholic Faith.”
— Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, Address to Priests, September 1986, Retraite Sacerdotale à Ecône (Priestly Retreat at Écône)

Today, the Neo-SSPX continues along this path:
  • They operate with the silent permission of Modernist Rome, under the illusion of resistance while walking the path of reconciliation.
  • They remain silent on Rome’s heresies.
  • They treat modernist bishops as legitimate spiritual authorities.
  • They prepare for full reconciliation with a hierarchy that has not returned to Tradition.

And the false resistance bishops? They do not condemn Neo-SSPX Masses. They remain silent on Bishop Williamson’s fall into error since approx. 2013—2025 his defense of the Novus Ordo, his rejection of Catholic action, and his tolerance of doctrinal compromise.

Their silence is betrayal. Their neutrality is complicity.

We are no longer scattered. Led by uncompromising priests like Father Ruiz and Father Hewko, and guided by the true line of +Archbishop Lefebvre, the real Catholic Resistance is rising.

It is time to build.

We must:
  • Unite across nations with one Faith, one fight, and one clear standard.
  • Buy land, form Catholic communities, and prepare spiritually and materially.
  • Establish a parallel Catholic economy that rejects the Beast system and proclaims Christ as King.
  • Expose every compromise, especially within so-called traditional groups that feign neutrality while guiding souls into the conciliar Church.

We are not waiting for permission from Modernist Rome. We are not taking counsel from traitorous bishops. We are holding the line by the grace of God, all through the Blessed Virgin Mary, as +Archbishop Lefebvre did, until Rome returns to Tradition.

The world is collapsing. The Church is in eclipse. But grace is not absent. The Immaculate Heart will triumph. Until then, we stand.

No compromise. No retreat. No silence.

The fight is now.

Join us. Build with us. Hold fast.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for Us.

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  Holy Mass in New York - June 8, 2025
Posted by: Stone - 06-04-2025, 06:27 PM - Forum: June 2025 - No Replies

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - Pentecost Sunday

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Date: Sunday, June 8, 2025


Time: Confessions - 4:45 PM
             Holy Mass - 5:30 PM


Location: 498 Louie Dickinson Rd.
                    Edmeston, NY 13335
                   

Contact: Perry (212) 991-8319

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  Satanists who held Kansas ‘black mass’ planning ‘witches hour protest’ in August
Posted by: Stone - 06-04-2025, 09:57 AM - Forum: General Commentary - No Replies

Satanists who held Kansas ‘black mass’ planning ‘witches hour protest’ in August
The Satanic Grotto group plans to invite Wiccans, pagans, and 'any kind of witchy inclined hippie we can find' to the sacrilegious event on the Kansas capitol grounds.

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Kansas State Capitol
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Jun 3, 2025
(LifeSiteNews [slightly adapted]) — The Kansas-based “Satanic Grotto” group that was allowed to hold a “black mass” on Kansas state capitol grounds earlier this year is planning to hold a “witches hour protest” event outside the capitol.

The satanic group is planning the event in early August outside the Kansas statehouse, inviting Wiccans and pagans to attend, according to the Kansas Reflector. The Satanic Grotto had previously been allowed to say a “black mass” on the state capitol grounds in March.

Michael Stewart, the group’s leader, told the Kansas Reflector that he plans to extend the invitation for the satanic event to Wiccans, pagans, and “any kind of witchy inclined hippie we can find.”


LifeSiteNews reached out to the Kansas State Capitol’s Office of Facilities and Property Management (OFPM) staff to confirm whether they had approved the group’s planned “witches hour protest” event but did not receive a response as of publication time.

In March, the Grotto had initially been permitted to hold the “black mass” inside the Kansas statehouse to dedicate the Kansas legislature to the glory of Satan.” After considerable backlash, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly ordered that the sacrilegious event take place outside state property but allowed the event to proceed, citing the group’s “constitutional rights.”

Archbishop Joseph Naumann, the then-archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas, strongly condemned the “black mass,” which he decried as “hate speech.”

“They’re simply trying to mock Christianity,” Naumann said at the time. “If they were trying to do this to an Islamic group or they were trying to do this to a Jewish group, I think it wouldn’t be allowed.”

The archbishop also reconsecrated the state of Kansas to Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary and led a Eucharistic Holy Hour and celebrated a packed Mass at Assumption Church north of the Capitol Building, the day of the satanic event. Additionally, hundreds of faithful Catholics gathered outside the state capitol, praying a rosary of reparation to counter the sacrilege.

As the satanists were performing their “black mass,” one courageous Catholic man stopped the desecration of the Blessed Sacrament by consuming the Host after Stewart tossed it on the ground. Stewart proceeded to violently attack the man, repeatedly punching him while he was on the ground, covering his head. Another satanist then began to drag the brave man away before police intervened.

Stewart and two other members of the Grotto were later arrested after entering the Kansas Capitol and punching a much younger, smaller man in the face twice after he tried to take his booklet while Stewart attempted to dedicate the building to the devil that police had forbidden him from doing.

Prosecutors have chosen not to pursue charges against Stewart or other members of the Grotto, though the statute of limitations is five years, per the Reflector.

To respectfully voice your concerns:

Governor Laura Kelly
Main office phone: 785-296-3232
Constituent services: 785-368-8500
Email: correspondence@ks.gov

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  Another Latin Mass Abolished: St. Joseph Parish in Missouri
Posted by: Stone - 06-04-2025, 09:49 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism - No Replies

Another Roman Mass Abolished: St. Joseph Parish in Missouri


gloria.tv | June 4, 2025

The parish St Joseph in Westphalia, Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, will stop celebrating the Roman Rite on 29 June. Rev Dylan Schrader announced this in a letter dated 29 May (below), published on wdtprs.com.

Following Traditionis Custodes (2021), the then Bishop of Jefferson City, Monsignor William McKnight, requested a two-year "dispensation" from the Vatican twice to continue with the Roman Rite in St Joseph. "That dispensation expires at the end of June and because it it has not been renewed that the bishop directed me to end the celebrations here", writes Rev Schrader.

Monsignor McKnight was advanced to Kansas City in April. The Jefferson City diocese is currently vacant.

Rev Schrader notes his personal connection to the Roman Rite, recalling that he celebrated his second Mass as a priest in this rite in 2010. He has offered the Mass weekly for the past seven years. St Joseph Parish has celebrated the Roman Rite since his appointment as pastor three years ago.

He also acknowledged the significant efforts made by the faithful to support the Mass, including altar servers, preparing materials, and learning chants.

Finally, he mentioned the challenges he has faced, such as managing multiple responsibilities outside the parish, for example at school, and encountering resistance from those opposed to the Roman Rite.

[see here for letter from Fr. Shrader]

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  Oratory Conference: Pius XI: On Christian Marriage (cont'd) June 3, 2025
Posted by: Deus Vult - 06-04-2025, 06:46 AM - Forum: Conferences - No Replies

Pius XI: On Christian Marriage (cont'd)
June 3, 2025  (NH)

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  Oratory Conference: 7 Ages of History / 7 Ages of the Church June 3, 2025
Posted by: Deus Vult - 06-04-2025, 06:42 AM - Forum: Conferences - No Replies

7 Ages of History / 7 Ages of the Church
June 3, 2025  (NH)

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  Fr. Hewko Catechism: Four Marks of the Church June 3, 2025
Posted by: Deus Vult - 06-04-2025, 06:33 AM - Forum: Catechisms - No Replies

Four Marks of the Church
June 3, 2025  (NH)

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  Oratory Conference: Apocalypse & the Catholic Church June 3, 2025
Posted by: Deus Vult - 06-03-2025, 07:06 PM - Forum: Conferences - No Replies

Sacred Scripture - Apocalypse & the Catholic Church
June 3, 2025  (NH)


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  Oratory Conference: New Mass Overthrow of Catholic Structures June 2, 2025
Posted by: Deus Vult - 06-03-2025, 06:59 PM - Forum: Conferences - No Replies

New Mass Overthrow of Catholic Structures
June 2, 2025  (NH)

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