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SSPX -- kindest confessors
« on: May 16, 2023, 08:36:56 PM »
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    • I know someone who's been away from the Church for a very long time but is afraid of going to Confession.  So I'm looking for recommendations of a very kind and gentle confessor who would not make her never want to go back again.  She's located in south central Ohio, but we're willing to make a road trip to Walton, KY or Pittsburgh, West Virginia, or even the Cleveland area ... somewhere in that radius.  Some of the priests I know (whom I won't name) would scare her off and make her never set foot back in a Traditional church again.  Any suggestions?  Someone who's very gentle, kind, compassionate, etc.
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    Re: SSPX -- kindest confessors
    « Reply #1 on: May 16, 2023, 08:44:45 PM »
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    • Fr. Gerard Beck.

    I’ve unloaded on him many, many times in the confessional, and his response was to stay humble (ie., continue to confess, and don’t throw in the towel).

    Because of him, personally, I did not despair, and overcame a couple habitual sins (still working on the rest!).

    That will redound to his glory.

    He’s far from lax, but you will sense tgat priest will put you back on the path to heaven, and that’s what matters most.

    His moral theology is outstanding.
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    Re: SSPX -- kindest confessors
    « Reply #2 on: May 16, 2023, 08:48:11 PM »
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    • My wife told me to recommend Father Horvath at Our Lady of Assumption in Walton, KY. He's always been gentle, kind, and compassionate with her in confession. However, you may need to call and make an appointment. The bulletin is not always the most accurate about who is hearing confessions. 
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    « Reply #3 on: May 16, 2023, 09:10:35 PM »
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    • All the SSPX priests that I've confessed to are kind, compassionate, gentle and fatherly. The most imporant thing when going to confession is to be humble and honest.
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    « Reply #4 on: May 16, 2023, 09:36:54 PM »
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    • Agree regarding Father Beck, and would add Father Alphonsus Maria.
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    Re: SSPX -- kindest confessors
    « Reply #5 on: May 16, 2023, 10:00:48 PM »
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    • I have confessed with Fr. Alphonsus Maria before. He is excellent!
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    Re: SSPX -- kindest confessors
    « Reply #6 on: May 17, 2023, 03:00:18 AM »
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    • Thank you for the responses.  Where is Father Beck currently stationed?  I think that Father Alphonsus is in Michigan now but travels around.
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    Re: SSPX -- kindest confessors
    « Reply #7 on: May 17, 2023, 04:46:05 AM »
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on May 16, 2023, 09:10:35 PM
    All the SSPX priests that I've confessed to are kind, compassionate, gentle and fatherly. The most imporant thing when going to confession is to be humble and honest.
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    I have confessed with Fr. Alphonsus Maria before. He is excellent!
    Quote from: Änσnymσus on May 16, 2023, 09:36:54 PM
    Agree regarding Father Beck, and would add Father Alphonsus Maria.
    All of the above. I do not know Fr. Beck, but Fr. Alphonsus is truly excellent particularly for the OP.
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    Re: SSPX -- kindest confessors
    « Reply #8 on: May 17, 2023, 07:51:11 AM »
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    • I don't know where he is now, but I once confessed to Fr Helmuts Libietis, and I found him to be an outstanding confessor.  

    I know opinions about the FSSP vary widely on this forum, but I also found Fr Mark Fischer to be very good.
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    « Reply #9 on: May 17, 2023, 09:57:39 AM »
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    • Australian Father Kevin Robinson is a really holy priest.   

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    Re: SSPX -- kindest confessors
    « Reply #10 on: May 17, 2023, 11:54:41 AM »
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on May 16, 2023, 08:48:11 PM
    My wife told me to recommend Father Horvath at Our Lady of Assumption in Walton, KY. He's always been gentle, kind, and compassionate with her in confession. However, you may need to call and make an appointment. The bulletin is not always the most accurate about who is hearing confessions.

    After sins are confessed, does Father Horvat pray the traditional Absolution in Latin?
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    Re: SSPX -- kindest confessors
    « Reply #11 on: May 17, 2023, 12:33:36 PM »
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    • Quote from: SeanJohnson on May 16, 2023, 08:44:45 PM
    Fr. Gerard Beck.

    I’ve unloaded on him many, many times in the confessional, and his response was to stay humble (ie., continue to confess, and don’t throw in the towel).

    Because of him, personally, I did not despair, and overcame a couple habitual sins (still working on the rest!).

    That will redound to his glory.

    He’s far from lax, but you will sense tgat priest will put you back on the path to heaven, and that’s what matters most.

    His moral theology is outstanding.

    Interesting that he was so different face-to-face with me. I found him presumptuous, arrogant, and wrong—a typical "short man syndrome."

    During a time we were not homeschooling, I privately objected to him about mandatory school assignments for summer. I said that it is my and my wife's primary responsibility to educate our children, that I allowed the school authority for 9 months of the year in loco parentis, and that I had other educational plans for the summer (Spanish). He said that the Church has the primary responsibility to educate children in the Faith, parents have no rights if they are doing a poor job raising their children (not the case, but the insult was not lost on me), and he turned his back and walked away.
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    Re: SSPX -- kindest confessors
    « Reply #12 on: May 17, 2023, 12:34:56 PM »
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on May 17, 2023, 11:54:41 AM
    After sins are confessed, does Father Horvat pray the traditional Absolution in Latin?

    Would there even be a question of this?  Not that the English wouldn't be valid, but why would a Traditional / SSPX priest do otherwise?
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    Re: SSPX -- kindest confessors
    « Reply #13 on: May 17, 2023, 12:42:52 PM »
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on May 17, 2023, 12:34:56 PM
    Would there even be a question of this?  Not that the English wouldn't be valid, but why would a Traditional / SSPX priest do otherwise?
    The question is raised because I went to Confession with him several years back and he said no Absolution prayers after I confessed.
    It was more from the Novus ordo spirit of "God bless you and have a nice day".

    The simple question is, Does Father Horvat pray the traditional Catholic Absolution?  Yes or No ?

    And if he's truly conditionally formed and ordained, then why wouldn't he pray the Latin Absolution?
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    Re: SSPX -- kindest confessors
    « Reply #14 on: May 17, 2023, 12:55:27 PM »
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    • Quote from: Mark 79 on May 17, 2023, 12:33:36 PM
    Interesting that he was so different face-to-face with me. I found him presumptuous, arrogant, and wrong—a typical "short man syndrome."

    During a time we were not homeschooling, I privately objected to him about mandatory school assignments for summer. I said that it is my and my wife's primary responsibility to educate our children, that I allowed the school authority for 9 months of the year in loco parentis, and that I had other educational plans for the summer (Spanish). He said that the Church has the primary responsibility to educate children in the Faith, parents have no rights if they are doing a poor job raising their children (not the case, but the insult was not lost on me), and he turned his back and walked away.
     We don’t do summer assignments in our homeschool. Summer vacation is summer vacation. Never heard of such a thing when I was growing up. We did do an assignment after the semester was over one year, but that was because it had not been done during the semester and we needed to make it up. I believe that was the summer my father passed, and we had to put together homeschool the best we could. Thankfully nobody ever looks at what you did in Grade 8. There is no question of needing to accuмulate high school credit.
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