Interestingly, while Sr. Mary-Elizabeth was explaining to inquiring parents the reasons for her departure, foremost among which was her “conviction that the Society was no longer protecting the faithful from the modernist church” and teaching the children that the conciliar bishop was “a man of good will, that he was not bad,” and reiterating that “a modernist bishop is not a harmless preacher. He carries about him all of the harmful spirit of Vatican II, destructive of the Catholic Faith,” and that “the children’s trust was captured for the benefit of a person unworthy of it,” and that she “would not be able to protect the children’s faith any more from this subtle poisoning of their faith,” Fr Brucciani was telling the world pretty much the opposite, in the pages of The Remnant’s “Letters to the Editor” (The Remnant Speaks):
“This latest governmental challenge illustrates well the plight of Catholic families in the U.K. It is incredibly difficult to find a suitable school. It is only a matter of time before the ongoing government debate around home-schooling ends in new laws that further curtail parental rights. I write in the hope that Remnant Readers will pray for the only school left in England whose parents can entrust their children knowing that they will come to no harm. St. Michael’s School has now been in existence for thirty years and it is the only Traditional Catholic School in the land. As the battle intensifies, we are looking for spiritual support and financial help to keep up the good fight and to form tomorrow’s Catholic leaders. Who knows? The good Lord may inspire a reader to inquire further and reach out. Meanwhile, although thousands of miles away, please pray for us here in England, that we can continue to help preserve our children’s innocence.
Fr. John Brucciani Headmaster, St. Michael’s School Burghclere, U.K.”
The Remnant (3/31/19, p.3)
Fr. Brucciani’s plea is doubly rich when one recalls the immoral school policy, twice posted and removed from the school website (only after public scandal ensued), endorsing much of the very same immorality he alludes to above!
Which of the two contenders above do you sense holding to a greater fidelity to the faith and tradition?
In whose school would you feel more confident your children would "come to no harm:" One run by the SSPX and Fr. Brucciani, or one run by Sr. Mary-Elizabeth?