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Yes my monastic superior was the one who buried their superior and made the offer

Offline Ladislaus

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That's interesting to know though, do you have a source for the last point? It still doesn't change the fact that he and his apostolate does great work to defend Catholic doctrine.

It's garbage ... one of many slanders out there about the Brothers.  They're as legit as any Trad religious.

MHFM was founded byBrother Joseph Natale, a legitimate Benedictine who actually left the largest Benedictine monastery in the US with the permission of his Archabbot to start his own Benedictine community.  He did so, founding a Traditional Benedictine monastery.  Brother Michael joined MHFM in 1992, and then Brother Natale died in 1995, at which time Brother Michael became the superior.  So he was there for three years being formed by Brother Joseph before the latter died.

https://schismatic-home-aloner.com/benedictine-community/
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The Founder of our Benedictine community:
Brother Joseph Natale O.S.B.
Brother Joseph Natale was trained at St. Vincent’s benedictine Arch-abbey in Latrobe, PA. St. Vincent’s Arch-abbey was the largest Benedictine monastery in the United States. In the 1960’s, Bro. Joseph left with the permission of the then Archabbot Dennis Strittmatter to start his own Benedictine community. Shortly after leaving St. Vincent’s, Bro. Joseph started his Benedictine community in southern New Jersey. Bro. Joseph never allowed the New Mass to be celebrated at his monastery, only allowing the traditional Roman Rite Mass. Bro. Joseph printed, distributed and sold numerous books, pamphlets and audio tapes defending the Catholic faith and educating Catholics about the true teachings of Catholicism. In 1994, the community was given a piece of land in rural New York. Bro. Joseph wrote and stated on many occasions that he would be moving the community to New York. But Bro. Joseph was not able to complete this desire, due to the fact that he died on November 11, 1995. After Bro. Joseph died, Bro. Michael Dimond, O.S.B. was elected superior of the community. Bro. Michael immediately went to work to fulfill Bro. Joseph’s wish to move the community to New York. In late 1997, Most Holy Family Monastery finally finished moving the community and its belongings to New York.
Bro. Michael Dimond O.S.B.
Raised in a family with no religion, Bro. Michael Dimond converted to Catholicism at the age of 15. Brother Michael Dimond entered Most Holy Family Monastery in 1992 at the age of 19, a short time after graduating from high school. Brother Michael Dimond’s father graduated from Princeton University in New Jersey and his mother graduated from Stanford University in California. Brother Michael Dimond was elected superior of Most Holy Family Monastery in late 1995. Bro. Dimond took his final vows before a validly ordained priest.

John Vennari was also at MHFM until 1994.


According to Michael Cuneo (p. 88), who cites the archivist at St Vincent's, Br Joseph Natale was only a postulant (briefly) and never took final vows. You can watch an interview of Br Joseph . Please note that they sing Roman Compline (as opposed to the monastic form) in English.

According to Michael Cuneo (p. 88), who cites the archivist at St Vincent's, Br Joseph Natale was only a postulant (briefly) and never took final vows. You can watch an interview of Br Joseph . Please note that they sing Roman Compline (as opposed to the monastic form) in English.
Welcome new member, how about you introduce yourself in the Introductions thread?

He was a postulant and not even a novice. The whole point of the offer was to give them a monastic formation, this offer was made to the entire community by the Benedictine priest who did the funeral. There was no brother anything as none took vows, all were some varied form of postulant/novice.

 So postulants voted another postulant as superior? They did this after being given a chance at formation and then gave themselves vows? 
There's more but that should suffice.
They're not benedictines. They may have non Benedictine vows though