Fr. Safreed of Holy Family Church in Melbourne, Florida gave me permission to post his information. I am glad to do it. Except for greeting and closing thoughts, this is the letter he wrote:
'Holy Family is an independant Traditional Roman Cathoic Chapel with no ties whatsoever to the Novus Ordo church.
It is run by a lay-board who is responsible for its financial and physical well being.
I was originally ordained by the "Mar Thoma" Orthodox church, which has valid orders. This was done with the stipulation that I would NOT become a part of their religion, and that I would remain a part of the Traditional Roman Catholic Church. They did it as a favor to my then Superior, as I belong to a very small group of Franciscans called The Franciscan Friars of the Sacred Heart. The Traditional bishops are very political, and so I resorted to being ordained under those conditions.
When I came to Holy Family five years ago, I was ordained "sub-conditione" by Bishop Patrick Taylor, of Beckley, WV. He has many valid epispopal lines, of which no one can doubt, and used the traditional (Pius XII) ordinal when ordaining me sub-conditione. There can be no question about my validity.
While the Chapel itself is "independent," I am a sedevacantist, so I do not beleive that there has been a valid Pope since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958. I do not include "Pope" Francis' name in the Canon of the Mass.
The Missal I use is that of the 1955-56 vintage, with the Holy Week as prescribed by Pius XII.'
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