Join the FSSP for the Annual Buckley March

Each year, priests and seminarians of the FSSP and lay supporters undertake the Buckley March, an annual pilgrimage from Barnesville, Maryland to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the march is to make reparation for our own sins and the sins of the nation, to beg God’s mercy upon us and to pray for the conversion of hearts.

The three-day march runs from May 31st – June 2nd and comprises 51+ miles, following the Potomac River most of the way. The schedule begins with a sung Mass at St. Mary’s Church in Barnesville on the morning of Thursday, May 31st, and concludes with a Solemn High Mass at the Basilica in D.C. on Saturday, June 2nd.

There are a few different ways to participate in the march. Men and capable boys/teens are invited to join the FSSP for the entire march and stay at the FSSP campsite. Everyone else can join the FSSP for the marching and find other accommodations, or just join for the last leg of the pilgrimage, which begins at Georgetown Waterfront Park in D.C. on June 2nd.

If you choose to join the FSSP for any portion of the pilgrimage, it is very important that you make arrangements for meals and for transportation to and from drop-off points and the campsite. It often works best if you get a group together, such as a group from your parish. For more information on how the pilgrimage works and what plans you will need to make, please click here.

Registration is required for everyone except those who are just joining for the last leg. A $3.00 registration fee is required if you plan to stay at the campsite. Registration deadline is May 10th. You can find more information and register here.

First Superior General to Speak April 29th on FSSP Founding

The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter at 30: Tradition and Fidelity

Fr. Josef Bisig, co-founder and first Superior General of the FSSP, will give an eye-witness account of the events and personalities leading up to the Apostolic Letter Ecclesia Dei by Pope St. John Paul II in 1988, which helped to establish the Fraternity and paved the way for Summorum Pontificum by Pope Benedict in 2007.

For more information, contact Fr. Zachary Akers at development@fssp.com.

Pontifical Mass on April 28th at Basilica in D.C.

On Saturday, April 28th, 2018, at 1 p.m., His Excellency the Most Reverend Alexander K. Sample, Archbishop of Portland, Oregon, will celebrate a Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. The Mass is being celebrated in honor of the 10th anniversary of Summorum Pontificum, the 2007 Apostolic Letter of Pope Benedict XVI, which encouraged the wider celebration of the ancient form of the Mass, proclaiming that it is “to be considered an extraordinary expression of the same lex orandi of the Church and duly honoured for its venerable and ancient usage.” (SP Art. 1)

Four priests from the Fraternity will assist at the Mass: Fr. Gregory Pendergraft, pastor of St. Stephen of Hungary Parish in Allentown, as deacon; Fr. Zachary Akers, the FSSP’s Director of Development, as 1st Master of Ceremonies; Fr. Gregory Eichman, Chaplain of Mater Dei Latin Mass Community in Harrisburg, as 2nd Master of Ceremonies; and Fr. Josef Bisig, Rector of Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, as one of the two Deacons at the Throne. The Basilica choir will sing the Missa Salve Regina by Victoria as well as several Renaissance motets, and the Propers will be sung by the schola of the nearby parish of St. Mary Mother of God, which has for many years offered the Traditional Latin Mass every Sunday.

If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch the Mass on EWTN, which will be broadcasting it live and worldwide.

You can view and download the flyer for the event here.

Reflections on the Triduum: Easter

The final installment in our “Reflections on the Triduum” series, today’s post looks back on the Easter Vigil and Easter Day Masses at FSSP apostolates around the world.

FSSP Seattle

Washington

North American Martyrs Parish

Easter Vigil
Photos by Michael Curtis

 

FSSP Chesapeake

Virginia

St. Benedict Parish

Easter Sunday

 

FSSP Dallas

Texas

Mater Dei Parish

Easter Vigil

 

FSSP Calgary

Alberta, Canada

Latin Mass Community at St. Anthony Parish

Easter Vigil

 

FSSP Fresno

California

Holy Cross Chaplaincy
All photos by Paul Flores

Easter Vigil

 

Easter Sunday

 

FSSP Vancouver

British Columbia, Canada

Holy Family Parish

Easter Sunday

 

FSSP Allentown

Pennsylvania

St. Stephen of Hungary Parish

Easter Vigil
Photos by Michael Stuckey

 

FSSP Mexico

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Nuestra Señora del Pilar

Easter Vigil

 

FSSP Minneapolis

Minnesota

All Saints Church

Easter Vigil
Photos by Tracy Dunne

 

FSSP Scranton

Pennsylvania

St. Michael Parish

Easter Vigil

 

Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary

Denton, Nebraska

Easter Sunday

 

FSSP Warrington

England

St. Mary’s Shrine

Easter Vigil
Photos by John Aron

 

Priesterseminar Sankt Petrus

Wigratzbad, Germany

Easter Vigil

 

 

FSSP Lyon

France

Collégiale Saint-Just

Easter Sunday

Our Superior General, Fr. John Berg, joined FSSP Lyon for Easter Sunday Mass and a mysterious tradition that involves holy water, incense and cracking giant chocolate eggs (Editor’s Note: We would like to see this tradition makes its way to America as soon as possible).

Pontifical Mass to Mark 100th Anniversary of St. Lawrence Chapel

On Tuesday, April 24th, 2018, His Excellency Bishop Ronald W. Gainer, Bishop of Harrisburg, will celebrate a Solemn Pontifical Mass at St. Lawrence Chapel, home of Mater Dei, our apostolate in the Pennsylvania capital. The Mass honors the 100th anniversary of the dedication of St. Lawrence, a beautiful neo-Gothic edifice that stands near St. Patrick’s Cathedral on State Street.

The community of St. Lawrence has even older beginnings, its roots stretching all the way back to German immigrant communities of pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania. The community became a parish in 1859, and the current chapel was dedicated in the spring of 1918. You can read more here in the booklet released for the 125th anniversary of St. Lawrence Parish in 1984.

Mass will begin at 7pm, and will include music by Mater Dei’s Schola and Mixed Choir in collaboration with the music staff of St. Patrick’s. Additionally, Mater Dei is hosting a “100th Anniversary Opening Celebration” the preceding Sunday, April 22nd, with a High Mass at 10am followed by a bratwurst and burger lunch, an organ recital and sung Vespers with organ.

If you are in the area, join with Mater Dei in celebrating the centennial of the beautiful chapel that they call home.

Enroll in Mother’s Day Mass

Join your intentions to the Mass offered at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary on Mother’s Day, May 13th, 2018. Those whom you enroll will be remembered in this Mass and in the daily prayer of the priests and seminarians of the Fraternity, and you will receive a beautiful card to give to those you enroll.

Enroll for Mother’s Day 2018

Reflections on the Triduum: Good Friday

The sacred ceremonies of Good Friday, as they were celebrated at FSSP apostolates in the North American District and around the world.

FSSP Denver

Colorado

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish

 

FSSP Baltimore

Maryland

National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori
Photos by Amy Proctor

 

FSSP South Bend

Indiana

St. Stanislaus Parish

 

FSSP Fresno

California

Holy Cross Chaplaincy
Photos by Paul Flores

 

FSSP Seattle

Washington

North American Martyrs Parish
Photos by Michael Curtis

 

FSSP Chesapeake

Virginia

St. Benedict Parish

 

FSSP Minneapolis

Minnesota

All Saints Church
Photos by Tracy Dunne

 

FSSP Calgary

Alberta, Canada

Latin Mass Community at St. Anthony Parish

 

FSSP Dallas

Texas

Mater Dei Parish

 

FSSP Scranton

Pennsylvania

St. Michael Parish

 

FSSP Mexico

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Nuestra Señora del Pilar

 

FSSP Warrington

England

St. Mary’s Shrine
Photos by John Aron

 

Priesterseminar Sankt Petrus

Wigratzbad, Germany

 

FSSP Lyon

France

Collégiale Saint-Just

New FSSP Apostolate Announced in Philadelphia

A new Fraternity apostolate has been announced by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Conshohocken, PA, will begin as an apostolate on August 1, 2018.

We are most grateful to His Excellency, the Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, and look forward to this opportunity to serve the faithful of Philadelphia.

Read the full announcement here!

You can see more photos of the beautiful church of St. Mary below. Photos courtesy of the Philadelphia Church Project.

Reflections on the Triduum: Holy Thursday

Throughout the FSSP community in this country and around the world, it was a Holy Week of celestial beauty. During these blessed days of Easter, we invite you to revisit all three days of the Triduum through the posts we will be publishing on each one, and to experience the splendor of these sacred ceremonies as they were celebrated at our apostolates in North America and overseas.

FSSP Scranton

Pennsylvania

St. Michael Parish

 

FSSP Fresno

California

Holy Cross Chaplaincy at St. Anthony Church

 

FSSP Dallas

Texas

Mater Dei Parish

 

FSSP Minneapolis

Minnesota

All Saints Church
Photos by Tracy Dunne

 

FSSP South Bend

Indiana

St. Stanislaus Parish

 

FSSP Chesapeake

Virginia

St. Benedict Parish

 

FSSP Seattle

Washington

North American Martyrs Parish
Photos by Michael Curtis

 

FSSP Mexico

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Nuestra Señora del Pilar

 

FSSP Warrington

England

St. Mary’s Shrine
Photos by John Aron

 

Priesterseminar Sankt Petrus

Wigratzbad, Germany

Our European seminary traveled to Vaduz, Lichtenstein, to participate in the Chrism Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wolfgang Haas at the cathedral of Vaduz. Later, an evening Mass was celebrated back at the seminary, with the procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the altar of repose.

Christus Resurrexit, Alleluia!

Christ is risen, alleluia! Today is the glorious crown of the liturgical year, the triumphant day on which Christ arose from the tomb, victorious over sin, having achieved our redemption through His own life-giving Death. Today’s Gospel reading, taken from the Gospel of St. Mark, tells of the devout women who came to the tomb to anoint the Body of Jesus early on the first day of the week, only to be met by the angel in white who proclaims to them the Resurrection of the Lord.

The Mass for today and every day of the Octave includes the beautiful Paschal Sequence, which recounts the story of Christ’s Resurrection and proclaims his everlasting victory.

Mors et vita duéllo conflixére mirándo: dux vitæ mórtuus, regnat vivus.

Death and life have contended in that conflict stupendous: the Prince of Life, Who died, deathless reigneth.

Below are pictures from Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday Masses at our apostolates from past years. We wish you and your families a most joyful and blessed Easter season!