Let's be objective here:

1. The "senior seminarian" with prior SSPX seminary experience, who was placed in charge of "seminary" operations and who Pablo agreed to follow, has now left for France to pursue his vocation there in a real seminary. Who will be in charge now? Pablo.

2. But how many days will Pablo be in charge? Well, Fr. Pfeiffer has decisively chosen "missions" over "seminary" (perhaps due to dwindling support, both numbers and income?). Just look for yourself: if you consult the recent InThisSign Mass listings, you can see that both priests are now gone from Friday through Monday.

3. The fact of Pablo being bad news for the "seminary" is obvious to anyone with an objective eye on the situation. As the first (of many) piece of evidence I would produce the fact that Fr. Voigt (and possibly one other priest) might still be working with Fr. Pfeiffer today, if it weren't for Pablo. When I criticize Pablo, I limit myself to his own writings and videos, and admitted behaviors. (NOT any of the rumors and reports of darker activities.)



By simply adding 2+2, we can conclude "4".

Whatever steps they were taking at the beginning of the school year (remember Martin's "30 days" blog?), and whatever progress they were making, has been completely rolled back. They've fallen off the wagon.

So much for that "seminary". Put a fork in it; it's done. Every man with a horse is fleeing.

Martin,

Was Caleb's departure as a result of Pablo's ongoing influence?

Your new avatar is such an improvement over Mr. Rogers:



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Martin,

Was Caleb's departure as a result of Pablo's ongoing influence?

No it wasn't paul the plumber.  It had to do with the formation itself and what is being taught there.  

Does that formation still include geo-centrism as a SUPER dogma? I know that Fr Pfeiffer considers anyone there who doesn't take it as dogma as a heretic. Geo-centrism may well be true, but he cannot make it into a SUPER dogma; but this is OLMC, the HQ of the RC that is 'Resistance Catholic' church, that we're talking about, so anything goes.

Please pray for the remaining handful of seminarians that they receive the grace and strength to leave the place, learn French and travel over to Bishop Faure's seminary which is expanding all the time.

Great to know that Bishop Faure has a seminary in France.

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Please pray for the remaining handful of seminarians that they receive the grace to ... learn French and travel over to Bishop Faure's seminary which is expanding all the time.

LEARN FRENCH!?  Awww, do we really HAVE to?

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Actually, I'm pretty sure it was said quite some time ago that if there was enough interest from English-speakers, that they would consider offering the courses in English as well.

You may call me crazy, but I don't think this is the end for the seminary in Boston, nor do I think that it is time to abandon Boston. It is a setback, though. I can see several ways this may go, and while some of these paths end up not so well, a few of these potential paths lead towards a better future for the seminary.

It is going to take a lot of work.

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You may call me crazy, but I don't think this is the end for the seminary in Boston, nor do I think that it is time to abandon Boston. It is a setback, though. I can see several ways this may go, and while some of these paths end up not so well, a few of these potential paths lead towards a better future for the seminary.

It is going to take a lot of work.

Is Fr. Pfeiffer making any effort to mend fences with +Williamson and/or +Faure?  If so, what is he doing?  If not, won't that be a serious to detriment to any hopes for attracting quality seminarians?

Father Pfeiffer has reached out to Bishop Williamson on many occasions. Only time will tell when or if this will help the situation.