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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…