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St Athanasius Church is honored to be the host of the Episcopal Consecration of Bp.-elect Gerardo Zendejas by Bps. Richard Williamson, Jean-Michel Faure and Tomas de Aquino on May 11, 2017, as well as of the first Pontifical Mass the next day celebrated by the newly consecrated Bishop.

EVENTS:
May 11: Episcopal Consecration of Bp.-elect Gerardo Zendejas at 9am
A reception will be held around 1pm in a hotel (to be announced later) to which all the priests are our guests in a special table; laypeople are asked to pay a fee (more information to follow later).
May 12: Episcopal Mass celebrated by Bp. Gerardo Zendejas at the same place and time followed by the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by our four Bishops.
A picnic follows the ceremony in a nearby place (half a mile), Wolf Trap National Park.

PLACE:
Behind the Rectory at 1316 Trap Rd.
22182 Vienna, Virginia
Parking: at the Church 9102 Leesburg Pike
Other option: Wolf Trap National Park (half a mile)
Not at the School parking nearby.

ACCOMMODATION.
The closest hotel is:
Quality Inn Tysons Corner
1587 Spring Hill Rd
Vienna VA 22182
(703) 448-8020
It is recommended to book with them as soon as possible because half of the hotel rooms have been already booked by a nearby Protestant sect for an event around the same dates!

If you prefer to book with another hotel, we recommend to look in the 'Tysons Corner' area which is our closest commercial place, or in downtown Vienna.

Do not miss this historical date.

Let's pray for the Bishop-elected!

Let's pray St Joseph for good weather!

[ONLY POSTS CONCERNING PRACTICAL MATTERS WILL BE ANSWERED]

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ELECTION TO THE EPISCOPATE OF FR. ZENDEJAS

Fourth Bishop

Bishops there must be, where souls strive for Heaven.
Try Vienna in Virginia, May eleven!

Ever since the summer of 2012 when the Society of St Pius X decided officially to change course and abandon the doctrine-first stand taken 40 years previously by Archbishop Lefebvre, it has been interesting to watch Providence in action to ensure the Church’s defence. One might have expected a widespread uprising in defence of God’s Truth. Resistance from inside the Society? Existent, but at least up till now, largely silent. And from outside? Existent, but only a scattering of layfolk and a handful of priests, riven by divisions for lack of a recognised authority. Catholics need authority. And that need is so great that even while Truth is draining out of the man-centred Newchurch and the Rome-centred Newsociety, still souls cling to each because of the remains of Papal authority in the former, and of Catholic authority bequeathed to the latter by the Archbishop.
But Truth remains the purpose of Authority and Authority is not the purpose of Truth. Given fallen human nature, Authority is the indispensable defender and guarantee of Truth, but it comes after Truth and not before. Take for example one of Our Lord’s last instructions to Peter before He will leave Peter behind to govern the Church (Lk.XXII, 31–32): “Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you (plural), that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for thee (singular) that thy faith fail not (Truth); and thou, being once converted (Truth), confirm thy brethren (Authority).” And when on Palm Sunday a few days beforehand the Pharisees had attempted to rebuke Our Lord for the joyful noise being made by His disciples, so necessary is the adoration of God in Truth that Our Lord replied (Lk.XIX, 40): “I say to you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.”
In today’s Newchurch, Authority is mixing Conciliar error with Catholic Truth in the engine o f the Church, which is like mixing water with gasoline (petrol) in the engine of a motor car – the car is crippled, the Church is crippled. And whereas Archbishop Lefebvre defied that crippling, not least of all but rather above all, by his consecrating of four bishops to maintain a Catholic authority that would protect God’s Truth, his successors at the head of what was once his Society are doing their utmost to submit his protection of Truth to the crippled and crippling Authority of Rome! If these successors seriously think that once they are “inside the official Church” they will be in a position to convert the neo-modernists, they are excessively naive. Already they are holding their fire on Vatican II. Just when do they imagine they will be able to open fire again?
In these quite exceptional circuмstances, there must be disciples of Our Lord who tell the Truth – so as to spare the stones the effort! These disciples may not be united as they would be beneath tr ue Authority (always allowing for human weakness). They may be “straitened and cast down,” they may suffer “tribulation and persecution” (cf. II Cor. IV, 8–9), but they must be there for as long as Truth is held in captivity. Will that be a long time? God knows. Many of us expected Him to intervene long ago, but God has a very long fuse. However, intervene He will, if anything at all is still to be saved. Patience.
Meanwhile these disciples need a handful of bishops to ensure a minimal continuation in Truth of episcopal teaching and of the sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Orders. In 1988 the Archbishop consecrated four of them for the same reason, two for Europe, and one each for North and South America. As of now the “Resistance” has two in Europe and one in South America. There remains a gap in North America. God willing, this coming May 11 Fr. Gerardo Zendejas will be consecrated bishop in the Traditional parish of Fr Ronald Ringrose in Vienna, Virginia , USA. Please pray for the blessing of Almighty God upon the ceremony – and for good weather!

Kyrie eleison.

H.E. Bp. R. Williamson

[Eleison Comments Number DIV (504) March 11, 2017]

Since a protestant group is taking over the other half of the main hotel, it might be a good idea for the Catholics to wear something that identifies them as Catholics, so when you see someone in the hallway, lobby, etc. you know if it's "one of ours" or not. It would help in the area of meeting new Trad Catholics, socializing, etc.

Maybe a particular color, maybe a Miraculous Medal, a scapular, or something. At least wear this around the hotel -- you can tuck it back under your shirt when you get to St. Athanasius Chapel where everyone is Catholic.

It should be something simple, something EVERYONE can do, and something all types of people would be willing to do -- the young and the old, the rich and the poor, the sophisticated and the down-to-earth, the extremely macho male and extremely dainty female. But most importantly, it has to work for the introvert and the extrovert. Extroverts love drawing attention to themselves -- introverts not so much. 

But we should all (introvert and extrovert alike) want to identify ourselves to fellow Trads who traveled from all over the country to be at this Consecration. Part of the fun of going is meeting all kinds of Trads from all over the world.

Just an idea --

Because there might not be much difference, on the outside, between the protestants and the Catholics in this case. The protestants ARE renting a hotel room, which means they are travelling, which means it's a major event they're attending. They will probably dress up, rather than wear casual clothes (t-shirt, jeans, shorts), even if they normally wear casual clothes to their Sunday services.