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FSSP Renewal of Consecration 2024
February 1, 2024
In the midst of uncertainty in the Church and the world, the Fraternity of St. Peter will be renewing its…
The Sacramentals of St. Blaise Day
January 29, 2024
by Fr. William Rock, FSSP Many Catholics are no doubt familiar with the blessing of throats performed on the feast…
The Blessed Karl of Southern Italy
December 27, 2023
by Fr. William Rock, FSSP Many readers of the Missive are no doubt aware of the devotion found in traditional…
Fr. James Buckley, FSSP 1937-2023
December 15, 2023
A Solemn Requiem Mass for Fr. Buckley will be held at 11am on Friday, December 22nd at Christ the King…
“Forget not the Groanings of thy Mother”
September 8, 2023
by Fr. William Rock, FSSP In a previous article it was related that the 40 days between the Feast of…
A Recapitulated Lent
August 6, 2023
by Fr. William Rock, FSSP On the 6th day of August, Holy Mother Church celebrates the Feast of the Transfiguration…
The Times of Mass
April 10, 2023
by Fr. William Rock, FSSP “What time is Mass?” is a question heard frequently enough in Catholic households. Such a…
Eucatastrophe: Tolkien’s Catholic View of Reality
March 25, 2023
by Fr. Kent Grealy, F.S.S.P. “Eucatastrophe” is a word coined by J.R.R. Tolkien in his important essay On Fairy Stories….
Purim and Lent – Esther and Cecilia
March 8, 2023
by Fr. William Rock, FSSP As discussed previously, the traditional Roman liturgy preserves, incorporates, and elevates elements of worship from…
The Mass of the Flight into Egypt
February 17, 2023
by Fr. William Rock, FSSP In editions preceding the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal, in the section for Masses…