Author Topic: Bishop Fellay breaks his leg at new Seminary (Read 14674 times)

Croixalist · « **on:** November 05, 2016, 06:25:42 PM »

Breaking news from the Seminary in Virginia: Bishop Fellay fell down a set of stairs, breaking his leg in two places. For the time being he will be staying put until the doctors clear him to travel.

Mithrandylan · « **Reply #1 on:** November 05, 2016, 06:41:11 PM »

That's rather ominous.

JMacQ · « **Reply #2 on:** November 05, 2016, 06:52:25 PM »

Breaking news indeed.

JMacQ · « **Reply #3 on:** November 05, 2016, 07:36:14 PM »

Got a message from our priest, it's not true. Prayers obviously worked.

Matthew · « **Reply #4 on:** November 05, 2016, 07:57:25 PM »

This has to be verifiable one way or the other. What's sad is that we can't trust the SSPX or their press releases anymore. They have violated our trust, lied too many times, and proven in the past that they are not above situation management and use of outright propaganda.

If this happened to Hillary Clinton, she would have her doctors pump her up full of pain meds right before a 2 minute photo op where she walks around (on the painful broken leg) apparently without any problems...

If he were like Hillary Clinton (and he indeed broke his leg), that is exactly what he would do.

Croixalist · « **Reply #5 on:** November 05, 2016, 08:50:07 PM »

This isn't a formal SSPX press release, I'm just a layman who was close enough to the action to report on it first here. JMacQ is talking out his nether regions, Matthew. My source is a priest present at the seminary when it happened. Fellay was also slated to administer Confirmations this Sunday in a Pennsylvania chapel which have been formally cancelled (postponed) as a result. It's legit, folks.

JMacQ · « **Reply #6 on:** November 06, 2016, 03:10:24 AM »

Just told that he broke his foot and is on crutches. Prayers again

Maria Auxiliadora · « **Reply #7 on:** November 06, 2016, 05:25:35 AM »

Quote from: Croixalist

Breaking news from the Seminary in Virginia: Bishop Fellay fell down a set of stairs, breaking his leg in two places. For the time being he will be staying put until the doctors clear him to travel.

sspx.org reports: "injured his foot quite badly". It could be the ambiguous translation of :"braking his leg in two places". :wink: Anyhow, prayers are in order.

Matthew · « **Reply #8 on:** November 06, 2016, 02:28:31 PM »

Now that it's verified, we can comment on it.

1. We shouldn't wish evil on anyone, even our enemies (and everyone has enemies -- Judas was an enemy to Our Lord and each of the Apostles when he made his move to betray Our Lord)

2. It does seem ominous. It's not just that +Fellay was injured, but the circuмstances surrounding the injury:

A) Just a broken leg -- it leaves him with all his mental faculties (hint, hint: a chance to repent)
B) Involuntary humbling aspect. This injury restricts his movement, giving him more chance than usual to "think about his life" than he otherwise would have if he were 100% mobile. Another mercy of God.
C) His injury happened at the controversial new seminary -- and if that new seminary doesn't encapsulate +Fellay's dreams* and all that is wrong with him and his new position, then I don't know what does!

* Recall that several months ago Bishop Fellay said to a group in Mexico that he dreamed of filling a stadium with Traditional Catholics, and celebrating thousands of Confirmations, thousands of First Communions, etc. The man THINKS BIG and this desire to get "air time" with all Catholic conservatives shapes everything he does these days. He really believes that if only he could "get his foot in the door" and get those Indult-Catholics to "give him a chance", then he and his priests could work their magic, and they could convert the whole Church.

TomGubbinsKimmage · « **Reply #9 on:** November 06, 2016, 04:45:44 PM »

Quote from: JMacQ

Just told that he broke his foot and is on crutches. Prayers again

Prayers for him to repent. Your sources are not good ones.

Ladislaus · « **Reply #10 on:** November 06, 2016, 04:46:25 PM »

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This injury restricts his movement, giving him more chance than usual to "think about his life" than he otherwise would have if he were 100% mobile. Another mercy of God.

Reminds me of St. Ignatius.

Matthew · « **Reply #11 on:** November 06, 2016, 05:35:05 PM »

Quote from: Ladislaus

Quote from: Matthew
This injury restricts his movement, giving him more chance than usual to "think about his life" than he otherwise would have if he were 100% mobile. Another mercy of God.

Reminds me of St. Ignatius.

Yes, that's probably where I got the idea.

And let's not forget what exactly that did for St. Ignatius.

Before his conversion, he wasn't exactly a wicked man -- he wasn't another St. Augustine. St. Ignatius was just a worldly knight. His head was swimming with chivalry, vainglory, big glorious deeds that would be sung for generations, etc.

Remember when he heard the Moor blaspheme the Blessed Virgin, his first thought was to avenge her honor by following after the Moor and killing him. But God showed by a clear sign that such wasn't His will.

mw2016 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 06, 2016, 05:40:45 PM »

Bp. Fellay was there to BLESS the Seminary - how ironic!

http://sspx.org/en/news-events/news/report-new-sspx-seminary-va

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However, not all the news from Virginia was happy this weekend, as the Superior General, Bishop Fellay, injured his foot quite badly. We ask for your prayers that he recovers well, and completely.

Matthew · « **Reply #13 on:** November 06, 2016, 08:02:36 PM »

When it comes to seminaries, there's also such a thing as "too big", in my opinion.

The old STAS in Winona, MN was plenty big, and yet it was "cozy". When I visited that seminary during the summer of 2000, something just attracted me to it. It seemed peaceful, and combined with everything I knew about the SSPX at the time, it seemed to be a place where God's work was being done.

What's up with the swimming pool in the courtyard? Or is that one of those pools that you're supposed to throw pennies in, like at the Mall?

Seriously, from the picture it looks like a swimming pool. It gives you a very "Beverly Hills" rich, Jєωιѕн, Hollywood, worldly vibe.

About as opposite of my own S.T.A.S. seminary experience as you can get!

Marlelar · « **Reply #14 on:** November 06, 2016, 08:50:43 PM »

How many total seminarians does the Society have?