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I traveled last week ten hours away from where I live , in the "hub" of traditional Catholicism, St. Mary's, KS, in order to attend a women's retreat in Boston, Kentucky given by Fathers Pfeiffer and Hewko. It was well worth the trip, to say the least. I was not disappointed. What I found there was much more than the traditional latin Mass. I found the Faith, in it's entirety, being preached by priests unwilling to compromise their faith but willing to sacrifice material comforts in order to continue in the work of sanctifying souls. I was edified by the modest , humble surroundings which actually proved to be less distracting. More importantly, I found there a deeper understanding of not only how much God loves, but how we must love God.
I've been slowly starving, living here in St. Mary's, attending the SSPX chapel. I was hungry (for the faith) and you fed me. Thank you, Fathers Pfeiffer and Hewko. Your retreat was a life-changer!
                 AMDG ,
                     Beth Cline
p.s. If the retreat was in any way telling of how the seminarians there are formed, then we should be blessed with excellent priests in the future. Maybe not in quantity , but certainly in quality. Deo Gratias!

I traveled last week ten hours away from where I live , in the "hub" of traditional Catholicism, St. Mary's, KS, in order to attend a women's retreat in Boston, Kentucky given by Fathers Pfeiffer and Hewko. It was well worth the trip, to say the least. I was not disappointed. What I found there was much more than the traditional latin Mass. I found the Faith, in it's entirety, being preached by priests unwilling to compromise their faith but willing to sacrifice material comforts in order to continue in the work of sanctifying souls. I was edified by the modest , humble surroundings which actually proved to be less distracting. More importantly, I found there a deeper understanding of not only how much God loves, but how we must love God.
I've been slowly starving, living here in St. Mary's, attending the SSPX chapel. I was hungry (for the faith) and you fed me. Thank you, Fathers Pfeiffer and Hewko. Your retreat was a life-changer!
                 AMDG ,
                     Beth Cline
p.s. If the retreat was in any way telling of how the seminarians there are formed, then we should be blessed with excellent priests in the future. Maybe not in quantity , but certainly in quality. Deo Gratias!

You are so fortunate to be within "striking" distance of KY.  Was it an Ignatian retreat?

I think Archbishop Lefebvre providentially discovered Ignatian Retreats himself. They have been an integral part of the SSPX apostolate ever since. There was a priest who made a "5 day" version from the original 30 day. I'm a bit hazy on the history and specific names and dates.

Ignatian retreats really are a tool used by God to transform souls for the better.

I think it was Fr. Vallet who condensed it into the "5 day" version.  And from what I understand, a lot of the martyrs of the Spanish cινιℓ ωαr had done the 5-day Ignatian Retreat.  Fr. Barrielle learned it from Fr. Vallet (or his group), and then taught those at Econe.  

At least, that's how I remember it.

ETA:

The Cooperators of Christ the King ... was founded by Fr. Francis de Paule Vallet in 1928 in Spain. A Jesuit, Fr. Vallet had a charism for preaching the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, and the Company of Jesus had appointed him director of the Retreat Center of Manresa in Catalonia, Spain. (Manresa is the place where St. Ignatius received in 1522, by an inspiration of the Blessed Virgin, the plan of the retreat that was to raise a barrier against Luther’s private interpretation and Protestantism.)

From 1923 to 1927, Fr. Vallet with other Jesuits preached the Spiritual Exercises throughout Catalonia. He methodically organized the recruitment and perseverance of retreatants, and to this end founded the work of Parish Exercises. His work could be schematized by the words: men, the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, the parish. In four years, in an atmosphere of sustained enthusiasm, more than 12,000 men were formed by the Ignatian Exercises. During the Spanish cινιℓ ωαr (1936-39), nearly 5,000 of these 12,000 men were martyred by the Reds.

ARCHBISHOP LEFEBVRE AND THE EXERCISES

Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre invited two preachers of the Cooperators of Christ the King to Dakar to preach the exercises while he was Archbishop there. Others copied his action in the Ivory Coast and Cameroon, with remarkable success. When he was Archbishop at Tulle upon his return to France, he recommended them to his faithful in his pastoral letters. As founder of the Society of Saint Pius X, he incorporated into the Statutes a paragraph on the continuation of the spiritual formation of seminarians and priests. He prescribed: “They will also love the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, highly recommended by the Popes, and which will be one day for them a powerful tool of their ministry.” Fr. Ludovico-Marie Barielle, a former member of the Parish Cooperators of Christ the King, joined Archbishop Lefebvre at Ecône and helped him in the task of training his seminarians and priests in the preaching of the Spiritual Exercises.