Author Topic: Differences between St. Benedict Center Still River vs. New Hampshire (Read 4690 times)

Ladislaus · « **on:** September 08, 2014, 12:34:34 PM »

Can someone please fill me in on the history / differences between the Still River St. Benedict Center and the newer one in New Hampshire?

Cantarella · « **Reply #1 on:** September 08, 2014, 01:53:11 PM »

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After the Modernist fifth column in the Church had thoroughly humiliated Father Feeney by their disgraceful abuse of authority, Saint Benedict Center in Cambridge (founded originally in 1940) was isolated. The world and the Church treated us like a colony of lepers. There was not a bishop or priest anywhere who had courage enough to come to our defense publicly, lest he, too, be tarred with the same brush.

So, we prayed, and we worked, and we studied. We preached to thousands on Boston Common every Sunday. We published instructional books, pamphlets and periodicals about the Faith which we carried on foot to every corner of this nation and sold in order to support ourselves.

In 1958, we left Cambridge and moved to Still River in the town of Harvard, Massachusetts, about forty miles west of Boston. Sister Catherine died in 1968, and God called the aged and saintly Father Leonard Feeney to Himself in 1978.

..... Aside from what is now the Benedictine Abbey in Still River (the original brothers’ house), there are five houses of Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary which operate independently of one another, but all of which are loyal to the original purpose of our congregation. These houses include two in Massachusetts, one in Ohio, and one in California, as well as the Center in New Hampshire.

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In the mid 1980s, Brother Francis and some of the other brothers and sisters loyal to Father Feeney’s Crusade started our present foundation in Richmond, New Hampshire. In this location, there is a monastery of the First Order, a convent of the Second Order, and, down the road from our main property, a subdivision, where members of our Third Order have their homes. Many of the residents of the subdivision send their children to our Immaculate Heart of Mary School. It is from this present foundation in Richmond that Brother André Marie leads our Crusade as Prior.

A Brief History of Saint Benedict Center
http://catholicism.org/a-brief-history-of-saint-benedict-center.html

TKGS · « **Reply #2 on:** September 08, 2014, 02:51:00 PM »

I know that the center in Richmond, NH has been regularized by, and is in good standing with, the Novus Ordo bishop. As far as I understand, the center in Still River, NY is not in good standing with the Conciliar sect.

Cantarella · « **Reply #3 on:** September 08, 2014, 04:14:36 PM »

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I know that the center in Richmond, NH has been regularized by, and is in good standing with, the Novus Ordo bishop. As far as I understand, the center in Still River, NY is not in good standing with the Conciliar sect.

This is incorrect.

There are two different facilities at Still River, NH: Saint Benedict's Abbey and Saint Benedict's Center. These are separate but both are legitimate spiritual descendents of communities founded by Fr. Feeney. Both are now regularized and in canonical standing with the Church.

St. Benedict's Abbey is a Benedictine abbey, as its name suggests.

Saint Benedict's Center is home to the male and female orders of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

A third community, also named St. Benedict's Center, is sited in Richmond, NH, having separated from the Still River communities several years ago. This Feeneyite body is also recognized as regularized and granted canonical staus by the Church (Diocese of Manchester).

Binechi · « **Reply #4 on:** September 08, 2014, 04:27:13 PM »

Is it correct Cantarella , that you are a member of the third Order ?

From which location do you belong ?