Author Topic: Rumor - Frs. Schmidberger and Pfluger meeting with FSSP (Read 12672 times)

BJ5 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 30, 2015, 02:22:50 PM »

Since it would be of absolutely NO benefit to either the SSPX or the FSSP and considering the remaining bad blood between the two organizations, it is about as far fetched a rumor as Pope Benedict sacrificing a baby at a Black Mass.

I would believe that some FSSP priests may want to jump ship and join the SSPX but I would bet that their superiors would nix it out of hand.

poche · « **Reply #26 on:** December 01, 2015, 05:42:31 AM »

Quote from: Matthew

Want to help me confirm or debunk a rumor?

I know I don't normally post or ask for rumors on CathInfo, but I'll make an exception this once. Just to be clear: I'm distinguishing this from just about everything else in this subforum, which is substantiated fact and first-hand report.

In other words, when it's a rumor, don't worry: I'll call it a rumor.

There is a persistent rumor coming out of Ireland and Scotland that:

"there's a meeting just now, or soon, in Canada with Frs. Schmidberger, Pfluger and the Society of St. Peter to work out the merger of both groups. If true, they have kept it very quiet."

1. This is a rumor
2. It's pretty fantastical

So does anyone know if this can be A) substantiated or B) proven false? Or is it one of those rumors that conveniently can't be proven one way or the other?

I doubt that it is more than a rumor. After all, in the event of a merger, who will be in charge?

stgobnait · « **Reply #27 on:** December 01, 2015, 06:16:00 AM »

The One with the highest profile?

Johnny101 · « **Reply #28 on:** December 02, 2015, 01:14:09 AM »

In the event of a reintegration with Rome, the SSPX and the FSSP will most likely NOT merge. At this point, it is obvious, even in these times, the FSSP and the SSPX clearly have a different charism. Msgr. Berg has made it clear that the role of the FSSP and its vocation is the mass and only the mass. As a reusult, since the tenure of Msgr. Berg, the FSSP has been actively involved in training Novus Ordo priests to say the Tridentine Mass. They have completely washed away their original vocation and original goal and have now become, for the most part, a training group for novus ordo priests. Their Seminary holds multiple workshops every year to train Novus Ordo priests. The SSPX, on the other hand, has never done such apostalate. Unification of the two groups is almost impossible. It's almost like saying that, if the SSPX gains a place in Rome, all the traditionalist groups will de facto fall under the SSPX unbrella, like Bon Pasteur, ICRSP, etc. They each have their unique charism and I doubt the SSPX will be much receptive to them.

saintalice · « **Reply #29 on:** December 03, 2015, 08:37:37 AM »

Quote from: Johnny101

In the event of a reintegration with Rome, the SSPX and the FSSP will most likely NOT merge. At this point, it is obvious, even in these times, the FSSP and the SSPX clearly have a different charism. Msgr. Berg has made it clear that the role of the FSSP and its vocation is the mass and only the mass. As a reusult, since the tenure of Msgr. Berg, the FSSP has been actively involved in training Novus Ordo priests to say the Tridentine Mass. They have completely washed away their original vocation and original goal and have now become, for the most part, a training group for novus ordo priests. Their Seminary holds multiple workshops every year to train Novus Ordo priests. The SSPX, on the other hand, has never done such apostalate. Unification of the two groups is almost impossible. It's almost like saying that, if the SSPX gains a place in Rome, all the traditionalist groups will de facto fall under the SSPX unbrella, like Bon Pasteur, ICRSP, etc. They each have their unique charism and I doubt the SSPX will be much receptive to them.

As of this year, the FSSP has a new district superior, Fr. Saguto.

Also the SSPX does train Novus Ordo priests and they have been doing that for over 10 years. It takes place at the old Regina Coeli House in Kansas City. There is a collection taken up every year for this apostolate.