We are sad to announce that on Sunday, November 18 on the Greater Double Feast of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul, the Catholic world lost a sacerdotal giant of Tradition Father Martin Stepanich, OFM a dedicated priest and true accredited theologian, passed away just a week or so after his 97th birthday.

For Fr. Martin the month of May had always been special for he received his First Communion in 1925 and Confirmation in 1928 during Mary's month as well as being ordained on May 18, 1941.

He celebrated his 71st Anniversary as a priest and was truly the "Godfather of Tradition" for Fr. Martin never accepted nor said the Novus Ordo Missae and ever remained true to the truths and traditions of holy Mother Church. His funeral Requiem was held on the feast of the Presentation - so appropriate considering his deep love for Our Lady who no doubt has or will soon warmly welcome him into the indescribable presence of the Beatific Vision.

Fellow traditional Franciscan Fr. Francis Miller offered the Requiem Mass at St. Hugh of Lincoln Church in Milwaukee and afterwards Fr. Stepanich's body was taken to be buried at the Franciscan monastery in Illinois, which is where Father had lived from 1931 until he had no choice but to leave the newchurch after Vatican II. We join all in extending our sympathies for we have truly lost a giant as God pares back the elect in separating the wheat from the chaff. In this loyal son of St. Francis of Assisi, we know that countless souls will reap the fruits of what this faithful son of a Kansas farmer harvested.

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Godfather of Tradition/The Resistance

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We are sad to announce that on Sunday, November 18 on the Greater Double Feast of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul, the Catholic world lost a sacerdotal giant of Tradition Father Martin Stepanich, OFM a dedicated priest and true accredited theologian, passed away just a week or so after his 97th birthday.

For Fr. Martin the month of May had always been special for he received his First Communion in 1925 and Confirmation in 1928 during Mary's month as well as being ordained on May 18, 1941.

He celebrated his 71st Anniversary as a priest and was truly the "Godfather of Tradition" for Fr. Martin never accepted nor said the Novus Ordo Missae and ever remained true to the truths and traditions of holy Mother Church. His funeral Requiem was held on the feast of the Presentation - so appropriate considering his deep love for Our Lady who no doubt has or will soon warmly welcome him into the indescribable presence of the Beatific Vision.

Fellow traditional Franciscan Fr. Francis Miller offered the Requiem Mass at St. Hugh of Lincoln Church in Milwaukee and afterwards Fr. Stepanich's body was taken to be buried at the Franciscan monastery in Illinois, which is where Father had lived from 1931 until he had no choice but to leave the newchurch after Vatican II. We join all in extending our sympathies for we have truly lost a giant as God pares back the elect in separating the wheat from the chaff. In this loyal son of St. Francis of Assisi, we know that countless souls will reap the fruits of what this faithful son of a Kansas farmer harvested.

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As a faithful son of St. Francis, may he rest in peace.