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Offline SeanJohnson

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SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
« on: April 28, 2019, 01:31:58 PM »
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    • Almost every Sunday, it seems there is some new modernization of the SSPX unfurled, and today was no different:

    I had occasion to attend the St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel in St. Cloud, MN (i.e., about 1 hour 15 minutes north of Minneapolis), and noticed they had forgotten to put out the new bulletins.

    Or had they?

    Before the sermon, the priest stated he wanted to make a few announcements, and he mentioned the bulletins were deliberately withheld.

    You see, the SSPX now has (yet another) trendy new website, where going forward all parish announcements will be found!

    Moreover, he announced this website will soon contain all the bulletins of the US District, and eventually of all chapels worldwide.

    Instead of bulletins in the vestibule, parishioners were treated to the attached docuмent (see below), wherein they are directed to the FSSPX.today website.

    It could hardly be more appropriately or symbolically titled!

    Now if you old-timers without computers or smartphones still want your hardcopy bulletins, fear not: The priest announced the chapel would be happy to print you one...for a fee!

    Meanwhile, if you Google FSSPX.today (i.e., rather than going directly to the website itself), you can still see the Dutch branding language in the results surrounding the link.

    Apparently, Menzingen is seeking global domination and worldwide hegemony in terms of "the SSPX message."

    No more unauthorized +ABL quotes popping into local bulletins!  If anyone should try, the webmasters at FSSPX.today will simply be able to edit the offensive content out.

    No more risk of letters to the faithful of priests leaving the SSPX for Tradition.

    Just company approved messages (all copyrighted, of course).

    Yet somehow I suspect that after a few weeks of the chapel not getting cleaned (after all, cleaning assignments to the families are contained within the bulletin, and without a hardcopy bulletin, "out of sight, out of mind"), they will be forced to make both hard and electronic bulletins available.

    But as things stand (at least with regard to the St. Cloud chapel), if you don't have internet, you don't get announcements.

    But wait: Weren't we supposed to stay off the internet?  Or, weren't all the SSPX internet sites "not for our own people, but for others?"

    Apparently not!

    See attachment below, and then go to fsspx.today
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #1 on: April 28, 2019, 01:39:35 PM »
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    • Attached, you can see the interesting screenshot of Google results for "fsspx.today"

    That's Dutch, by the way.
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #2 on: April 28, 2019, 01:48:34 PM »
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    • Ridiculously overdone. I appreciate nice-looking websites, but this whole gimmicky app stuff? They're treating it as if it's a joke or a game. I popped onto the website and it seemed more like they were trying to sell me something than anything else. 
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #3 on: April 28, 2019, 01:56:05 PM »
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    • Quote from: forlorn on April 28, 2019, 01:48:34 PM
    ... it seemed more like they were trying to sell me something than anything else.

    Oh, they're trying to sell you something alright.   ;)

    So ... what's wrong with their heeding the adminitions of Francis' Recyclical and saving some trees?   :laugh1:
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #4 on: April 28, 2019, 01:59:10 PM »
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    • Quote from: SeanJohnson on April 28, 2019, 01:39:35 PM
    Attached, you can see the interesting screenshot of Google results for "fsspx.today"

    That's Dutch, by the way.

    I couldn't get this link to open... 

    Is this what I'd find?

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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #5 on: April 28, 2019, 02:03:45 PM »
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    • Quote from: St Ignatius on April 28, 2019, 01:59:10 PM
    I couldn't get this link to open...

    Is this what I'd find?


    lol.
    It is not actually a link, but an attachment of a screenshot.
    If you click on the attachment, it will enlarge, and you will be able to read/see the Dutch website development gibberish.
    But if you actually type fsspx.today into your browser, it will take you to the actual site (which is in English).
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #6 on: April 28, 2019, 02:08:27 PM »
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    • Quote from: SeanJohnson on April 28, 2019, 02:03:45 PM
    lol.
    It is not actually a link, but an attachment of a screenshot.
    If you click on the attachment, it will enlarge, and you will be able to read/see the Dutch website development gibberish.
    But if you actually type fsspx.today into your browser, it will take you to the actual site (which is in English).
    I did attempt to visit the site via Google, all that would come up was a blank page. 
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #7 on: April 28, 2019, 02:10:31 PM »
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    • Quote from: St Ignatius on April 28, 2019, 02:08:27 PM
    I did attempt to visit the site via Google, all that would come up was a blank page.
    If you see a "?" icon in the upper right-hand corner, click on that, and the page opens up a bit (same as if you typed fsspx.today directly into your browser).
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #8 on: April 28, 2019, 02:16:59 PM »
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    • Quote from: SeanJohnson on April 28, 2019, 02:10:31 PM
    If you see a "?" icon in the upper right-hand corner, click on that, and the page opens up a bit (same as if you typed fsspx.today directly into your browser).
    Thanks for the tip... I'll try it later on my home computer, I'm just on a mobile now.
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #9 on: April 28, 2019, 02:33:05 PM »
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    • WOW!

    You're right, that it's very appropriately named.

    FSSPX -- in the United States, it's normally called "SSPX" leaving off the "fraternity" bit. And "SSPX" isn't just an informal nickname either. Professors, rectors, bishops, priests, faithful, Angelus, official magazines, etc. all use it. I thought that "fsspx" was only used in Europe and a few other limited venues.

    But of course, they're becoming the FSSP (Fraternity of St. Peter) so eventually, they'll just drop the X and people will already be used to being part of the FSSP.

    And the TODAY is all too appropriate -- they are all about adaptation to the modern world, being trendy, accepted by moderns, in line with all modern beliefs and fashions, etc.

    They're the FSSPX -- today! Totally up-to-date! Totally hip, totally with it.

    You could also say they're (basically) the "FSSP today" already.
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #10 on: April 28, 2019, 02:39:51 PM »
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    • https://fsspx.today/chapel/phoenix/fsspx-faqs/

    Wow...I just looked at a couple of the questions, and already found a ton of red flags. First of all, you can't copy/paste any of it. That's better for damage control on their part.
    I took a screen cap of just one of the questions:

    Noticeably absent: they failed to mention PANTS or SLACKS as inappropriate attire for women at Mass!

    They also bring back the reason for dressing well to MAN HIMSELF -- being created in God's image (so it's a bit of a concession to modern man's pride) rather than focusing on God alone.

    It's all about MAN with the Conciliar Church, isn't it? So man-centric.

    This tip-toe language is drastically different from what I've seen at virtually every "Trad" chapel I've been to, throughout the past few decades.
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #11 on: April 28, 2019, 03:27:15 PM »
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    • It was a blessing that we attended the sspx for a short time to further get much needed Catholic education.  

    I think certain apps can monitor your device. 
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #12 on: April 28, 2019, 03:55:54 PM »
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    • Quote from: Matthew on April 28, 2019, 02:39:51 PM
    This tip-toe language

    If people wanted and needed that, the NO would be full.
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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #13 on: April 28, 2019, 07:31:38 PM »
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    • Thanks for scouting this story out for us Sean. 

    Even the personal charm of the local chapel bulletin threatens the Society's rebranded corporate message.

     Note: When we hear the words "Dutch branding", it really means "Judaic formula".

    The SSPX has packaged Catholic tradition into an efficient operational formula, like the mega-franchises: Home Depot, Lowes or Target  :facepalm:

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    Re: SSPX Consolidates Branding Message
    « Reply #14 on: April 28, 2019, 07:42:45 PM »
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