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This is what has me scratching my head ...

1.) We are on the verge of an economic crash. Please correct me if I am being rash.

2.) They (the legal representatives for Menzingen) have reported that the seminary project is being financed by a certain family fund (and we are talking millions of dollars).

3.) Fr Rostand sent out a Christmas letter in an attempt to finesse more  money out of Traditional Catholic families, even going so far as to suggest how much they could send based upon a "survey".  

4.) And last, but not least, somewhere it was stated that they have 200 acres available at the Winona seminary. If this is indeed true, then something is rotten in Denmark and it gets stinkier all the time.

Regarding #1 -- You are absolutely correct. Anyone who thinks we're not in a Depression or a serious downturn has his head firmly planted in the sand.

Regarding #2 -- I wonder who provided those millions of dollars.

Regarding #4 -- it's not a rumor, it's true. I was there. They have lots of acreage, both cleared and wooded, at Winona. Plenty of space for an addition.

I realize that adding on to the seminary building ITSELF would have issues -- bringing up the whole building to 2012 "building code". But many colleges have dealt with this very issue by building separate buildings when they add square footage to their complex.

They should do the same in Winona.

Yes, this is rather like Spain at present. There is a chapel in Madrid, just one belonging to the SSPX, but now, WITH FALLING NUMBERS of faithful, they want to spend 7million euros on building a new chapel. Why? There is just one priory in Spain, at least 20 miles outside Madrid. Spain is the only country I know of that has never tried to set up any other priories around Spain. They even closed down the one in Portugal some years back. They can't say they don't have enough priests... they have 6 at the priory. They take it in turns to motor around the country to say masses in various towns, then go back to the priory and that's it! One of the priests goes to Portugal once a month.

Wy not use the money to either set up a couple of new chapels in Spain, or an extra priory? Other tradional groups are growing in Spain, from what I have heard, but not our SSPX. Sad...[/quote]



That's sad to read as this is to some extent what I am seeing in Latin America. It almost seems like somewhere in management there are subtle moves being taken to hinder growth. There are some brave priest here also and I can't state what I have stated without also acknowledging that the FSSPX is now visiting Cuba, Nicaragua, and even recently Honduras. Surprisingly, it's the same brave priest visiting all these countries and a few others so I worry about what the next generations will do.