Author Topic: 25 million to raise for New Seminary in Virginia?!!! (Read 5164 times)

Zorayda · « **on:** June 12, 2012, 05:32:01 PM »

A friend of mine said that a rep from Winona spoke about the building of the new seminary in VA and that it will cost $25million to build...during the Auriesville pilgrimage! Have you seen their new glossy ad? Well I did. I'm speechless! Families are struggling to feed their children and can barely afford to pay tuition at SSPX schools and these priests want $25 million? SSPX is falling apart and all they want to talk about is the new seminary?

Please comment because I'm too angry to continue. :really-mad2:

Tomas de Torquemada · « **Reply #1 on:** June 12, 2012, 06:44:00 PM »

I think one needs to step back and look at this more objectively. If it wasn't for the current situation with the society right now people would not object to this. Some of the most glorious churches in the world, certainly in the US, were built by the poor, struggling to feed their families. Even the very beautiful, but simple country churches scattered around came at a great cost to those who built them. We mustn't start acting like protestants and using their arguments, just because we may be upset with an unrelated decision by the Superior General.

Nickolas · « **Reply #2 on:** June 12, 2012, 06:49:24 PM »

Zorayda, Father Le Roux, the Rector of the Seminary in Winona, visited us one month ago and explained the old seminary is very costly to maintain and too small in that 4 seminarians must share each bedroom. 1000 acres in Virginia have already been purchased. The price you noted is just for the classroom buildings and does not include the chapel which will come in the 2nd phase and cost another $30 million or so. This would be an ambitious, but very worthy project if it were not for the crisis the Society is in now. As it is, there are too many unknowns about the future of the Society to concern yourself with this now. It is not going to happen as I see it. Bigger matters to think and pray about.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #3 on:** June 12, 2012, 06:50:56 PM »

Quote from: Tomas de Torquemada

I think one needs to step back and look at this more objectively. If it wasn't for the current situation with the society right now people would not object to this. Some of the most glorious churches in the world, certainly in the US, were built by the poor, struggling to feed their families. Even the very beautiful, but simple country churches scattered around came at a great cost to those who built them. We mustn't start acting like protestants and using their arguments, just because we may be upset with an unrelated decision by the Superior General.

That's where you miss the point. It's exactly because of this situation that we cannot trust what is being done with the money.

nadieimportante had a great point about this: in this time of crisis, you don't know what future security there will be with properties. It can be taken away.

Zorayda is right to be concerned about the financial priorities of the society.

It's very apparent that the liberalizers in the SSPX are those most concerned with these big projects and with big money.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #4 on:** June 12, 2012, 06:59:58 PM »

It would be simple to expand the Winona seminary.

As for the "costly to maintain" - people who want new building projects invariably trot that one out there. Particularly school districts.

There are so many Catholic structures in this country, it's hard to believe there are no existing facilities that would be readily adaptable to the purpose and that could be had for a small fraction of the price.