Author Topic: Fr. Patrick Girouard Comes Out of Hiding (Read 4369 times)

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #15 on:** June 08, 2013, 04:23:47 AM »

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Fr. Girouard has a very impressive website. It bodes very well for the future.
It's one to watch, daily perhaps. Surely many good things will come to us
from there. It's another worthy cause to keep in mind for donations.

Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

. http://www.sacrificium.org/

COME RIGHT IN!

Dear friend,

Thank you for visiting me today! It is my pleasure to welcome you into my office. Let me tell you a bit about what we have to offer you right now...

Firstly, let’s say that the website home page will contain my editorials, declarations, articles, sermons, and conferences. Indeed, what will make this website different from the others is that you will come to visit and communicate with me, to get some news, and to know my point of view on a variety of topics. This is why, instead of naming this page the “Home Page”, we have decided to give it the title “Father Girouard Speaks”. The Society’s Superiors have done all they could to silence me, well, I am just beginning talking!

Thus, in today’s editorial, I will explain to you the reasons why we have started a chapel and a Priory of the Resistance in Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada. (That is not far, maybe 15 minutes away, from the SSPX Priory of Christ the King in Langley). This article is entitled “Our Mission Statement”. It has been read and signed by all our members, and it constitutes our chart. Its conclusions may seem radical but, as the French saying goes: “For grave ailments, you need strong medicine!”

Also in the right hand column, you will not only find my previous articles, declarations, sermons, and conferences, but also my June 2nd 2013 Public Statement sent to the London Resistance Congress. This recent docuмent summarizes what happened between my punitive transfer order of March 13th up to now. Please notice something important about my three 2012 recorded sermons: They are like 3 parts of a big conference. They should be listened to by starting with the first one (June 3rd). Don't be disappointed by the first 12 minutes of this sermon. I was speaking "diplomatically", as I tried to buy time in order to be able to preach the other two sermons before being ordered to stop. That strategy worked until July 12th, when Fr. Wegner, during the General Chapter, sent me an email ordering me to stop publishing things on the Internet.

You will see on top of the same right hand column two little flags. If you want to have access to our content in French, just go and click on the French flag. In a few seconds, our French version will appear. God willing, as time goes by, we might be able to provide other languages. We will see.

On the horizontal bar above this article, you can see the tab “Other Material”. Click there, and you will have access to the more recent material published by other fighters of the Resistance. You will not find a button named “Archives”. Not because our website doesn’t have them, but because we have arranged the material in a different way. Go and click on our “Timeline” feature. It is a graphic and fun way to find an archived docuмent.

And since it seems that part of the priestly life consists in begging for help, we are no different and are asking for yours. What our small parish can do right now is covering the rent for my little apartment and that of the hall where we have Mass. For all the other costs (food, car maintenance and insurance, gas, etc.), I have to rely on my Mass stipends and on your kind help. There is a button set up for that.

Finally, if you get tired of my talking, take a break, leave the office, but be sure to come back! We will do our best to improve this website and make it an always better tool to help you see clear in this crisis.

God bless you, and enjoy your visit.

Fr. Patrick Girouard

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................. Alleluia! ................

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #16 on:** June 08, 2013, 05:06:25 AM »

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Anyone who desires a better comprehension of the reality that faces the
priests of the SSPX these days will find sacrificium.org indispensable.

Fr. Girouard has hit the ground running. If you thought there was a lot to
keep up with before now, "you ain't seen nothin' yet."

Here's one to do some homework on. Maybe after this you'll have a little
better idea what's been going on in Canada lately............

Fr. Girouard Speaks
Other Material
Timeline
Donations
Contacts

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Declaration to Members of the Society of St. Pius X, Affiliated Communities & Faithful of Tradition. (28 March 2013)

Holy Thursday, 28th March, 2013

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ the King,

On this day when the Holy Church solemnly commemorates the institution of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the sacrament of Holy Orders, I take this opportunity to inform you of my decision to place myself outside the official structure of the Society. My intention is neither to abandon nor to vilify it. The Society is victim of an enterprise that aims to bring it under the power of the Conciliar Church, despite repeated warnings of its founder, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.

Following my sermons and interventions against a rallying, my district superior, Fr. Jürgen Wegner, transferred me from the Priory of Langley (near Vancouver) to District Headquarters (St-Césaire, near Montreal) with the expressed intention of "closely monitoring" me. He also said that I could no longer criticise the superiors. In his letter to Canadian priests regarding his decision, he attacked not only my public statements, but also my emails and private conversations with the faithful. It is clear that I was being offered to exchange the material welfare of remaining in the Society for my silence in public and in private. This would be no more no less than a form of spiritual prostitution. But I have a soul, and I want to save it. I cannot do that by accepting this deal because, as the saying goes: “silence is tantamount to consent.” This is basically why I see it as a moral obligation to refuse the transfer. This is the only way for me to continue to work towards achieving the true goal of the Society, which is not to convert modernist Rome, but to preserve and transmit the true Mass and the true priesthood. So I put myself in the hands of Providence, convinced that Our Lord will take good care of His priest.

Much has been written on the subject of a "purely practical" agreement with Rome. Suffice to say that I fully endorse the statements and studies by other colleagues who are opposed to this new orientation of the Society. I shan’t repeat them here. I would, however, like to share some personal reflections on the three aspects of the crisis of the Society:

1. Society authorities want to justify the abandonment of the resolution of the General Chapter of 2006 ("No practical agreement without conversion of Rome"), by saying that the situation is not the same today. They would have us believe that many new bishops, priests, and seminarians are no longer interested in Vatican II and prefer the traditional Mass and theology. Yet they are unable to produce a serious and independent study to demonstrate this. We are being asked no less than to accept what Archbishop Lefebvre termed "Operation ѕυιcιdє." The General Chapter of 2012, far from correcting this change of direction only wrapped it up in cosmetic "conditions". The only condition that mattered, the conversion of Rome, was abandoned. In addition, this chapter occasioned a reversal of the balance of strength between bishops: From the 7th April 2012 when we had on one side three bishops against a "practical" agreement and on the other, an isolated Bishop Fellay, we found ourselves on the 14th July, with three bishops in favor of such an agreement against an ostracised Bishop Williamson, who had moreover been excluded from the said Chapter. The final statement about the newfound unity actually signalled the end of a period of grace for all "resisters". Henceforth, from 15th July 2012, all opposition vis-à-vis a purely practical agreement, any criticism of the authorities of the Society on this subject, became a crime against the Society itself. A law of silence was instituted. The rest is history. This law of silence is so powerful that Menzingen doesn’t even bother to respond to the arguments and accusations; opponents are simply demonised as vulgar rebels of subversive deeds! Exit H.E. Bishop Williamson and a score of priests!

2. H.E. Bishop Fellay’s secret docuмents (14th April 2012 letter to the three other bishops, Preamble the following day), which were published unofficially, allowed us to understand the extent to which frequent relations with today’s Rome are dangerous. If even before the signing of an agreement such contacts have changed the Superior General, his assistants, and, by extension, other Superiors, what would happen to simple priests and faithful when they would be officially, legally, permanently under the control of the Roman authorities? One has only to see how Menzingen already persecutes those who oppose this new direction even while we still enjoy a degree of independence vis-à-vis Rome, to understand how far they will go once under the authority of the conciliar Church!

3. Recently, it was asked of us to accept the theory that the term "conciliar Church" does not mean a separate institution of the Catholic Church, but rather a "movement" within it (cf. Fr.Gleize in DICI: http://www.dici.org/en/docuмents/can-one-speak-of-the-conciliar-church/). The logical consequence of this theory would be that the traditionalist movement should return to the formal structure of the Church, to fight from within the conciliar "movement" and thus help Tradition triumph. It is why we often hear SSPX authorities say that the Society must "help the Catholic Church to reclaim her Tradition." Now, on one hand, the Catholic Church, without her Tradition, could not exist, it would no longer be the Catholic Church. Furthermore, one can no longer speak of a mere "movement" when the liberal and Masonic ideas of Vatican II have been "institutionalised" by reforms covering all aspects of Church life: Liturgy, Catechism, Ritual, Bible, Ecclesiastical Tribunals, Higher Education, Magisterium and, above all, Canon Law. We are confronted with a structure, an institution which is different to the Catholic Church. If it weren’t the case, we would be members! But it is not us who have left the Catholic Church, they have, even if they managed to take control of the official structure. Concerning the role of the Pope in all this, it has to be admitted that therein lies a mystery, a mystery of iniquity. Nonetheless, it stands that we are in the presence of two separate institutions: The Catholic Church founded by Our Lord and the conciliar Church, instigated, let there be no doubt, by Lucifer.

These are just three small reflections, but I believe they can shed some light on some aspects of the debate. Now that I have become totally free to speak, you can count, dear brothers and sisters in Christ the King, on my regular contribution to the websites of the growing movement of opposition to the Ralliement, a movement that I believe deserves the name Catholic Resistance.

Pray for thy servant, as I pray for you.

Father Patrick Girouard, SSPX
Fr. Patrick Girouard

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ServusSpiritusSancti · « **Reply #17 on:** June 08, 2013, 05:25:33 PM »

Quote from: Marlelar

Quote from: s2srea
So so good to see Dr. White on our side!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do you know this? I thought he went to an independent chapel.

Marsha

He has made it known that he is a fan of Bishop Williamson, and he defended pro-Resistance priest Fr. Ringrose against John McFarland.

wallflower · « **Reply #18 on:** June 08, 2013, 05:43:56 PM »

Quote from: vidi

Fr Girouard wrote:

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From a distance, I worked with a group of likeminded former parishioners. Although many of them had wanted to start their own chapel since the day my transfer was announced, I insisted on them taking the time to study hard. I wanted the decision to be based on convictions rather than on emotions. Therefore, they met every Sunday after Mass, studying the main docuмents related to the SSPX crisis, and some articles I wrote for them. I also had issues of the Recusant magazine circulated among the members. They all loved the clarity and the tone of the magazine. It has been a tremendous help for me and for them. Finally, on May 15th, when they became really convinced and strong, I left my latest hiding place and moved back to Langley to meet with the group.We all decided it was time for action.

The faithful did lots of study under Father's guidance, every Sunday after Mass!

I know we aren't supposed to be envious but this is very tempting!

SeanGovan · « **Reply #19 on:** June 08, 2013, 05:54:14 PM »

Quote from: ServusSpiritusSancti

Quote from: Marlelar
Quote from: s2srea
So so good to see Dr. White on our side!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do you know this? I thought he went to an independent chapel.

Marsha

He has made it known that he is a fan of Bishop Williamson, and he defended pro-Resistance priest Fr. Ringrose against John McFarland.

If you donate above a certain amount to Bishop Williamson's St. Marcel Initiative, you get a letter from Doctor White thanking you on behalf of the bishop.

s2srea · « **Reply #20 on:** June 08, 2013, 06:04:05 PM »

Quote from: Marlelar

Quote from: s2srea
So so good to see Dr. White on our side!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do you know this? I thought he went to an independent chapel.

Marsha

Sorry Marsha just saw this. In addition to what SSS said, I clicked the link in the OP which brought me to a list of 'letters of support'. The first is Dr. White's:

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01st June, 2013

Dear Fellow Catholics.

I do wish I could be in London to participate in your conference this weekend, but I have a prior commitment to travel to Iceland, then cruise the Norwegian fjords, and continue to Copenhagen. I will be lecturing on Ibsen, as well as that great Norwegian novel by Catholic convert Sigrid Undset Kristin Lavransdatter, and Hamlet. I am actually very much looking forward to the cruise as I am one-quarter Norwegian and have never visited Norway before. I did, however, grow up with the smell of lutefisk in my nostrils as my dear Aunt Arlene cooked it every New Year’s Eve for my Uncle Bob (he was the only family member who would actually eat the wretched stuff). But the stench of the lutefisk is nothing compared to the stinking lies about you and your conference that have been cooked up by the father of lies and spread in the media. No doubt this vicious attack has caused you some consternation, but know for a certainty that such a public firestorm of false abuse is a clear indication that you are on the right side and doing Our Lord’s work. If you are being smeared by the media with the same brush with which they sought to tar your good compatriot Bishop Williamson, then take it as an honor!

In the last act of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, when events look hopeless and the ghosts of the hero’s family cry to heaven in complaint, Jupiter descends on an eagle and rebukes them for not having trusted in Divine Providence. In fact, Jupiter states directly: “Be not with mortal accidents oppressed,/ No care of yours it is, you know ‘tis ours./ Whom best I love, I cross; to make my gift the more delayed, delighted. Be content...” I wish you and all of us holding to the fullness of the Catholic faith and carrying on the banner of the good Archbishop Lefebvre many, many more such crosses. They are indeed a sign of God’s love for us. And they make us look forward with greater and greater anticipation to that day when, God willing if we hold the faith in its fullness, we will find delight in God’s eternal gifts.

If I could not join you now, I certainly hope through God’s grace to join you then!

Your friend in the ongoing battle and yours in Christ and His Blessed Mother,

David Allen White

hugeman · « **Reply #21 on:** June 09, 2013, 09:32:24 PM »

Quote from: Incredulous

Quote from: vidi
Fr Girouard wrote:

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From a distance, I worked with a group of likeminded former parishioners. Although many of them had wanted to start their own chapel since the day my transfer was announced, I insisted on them taking the time to study hard. I wanted the decision to be based on convictions rather than on emotions. Therefore, they met every Sunday after Mass, studying the main docuмents related to the SSPX crisis, and some articles I wrote for them. I also had issues of the Recusant magazine circulated among the members. They all loved the clarity and the tone of the magazine. It has been a tremendous help for me and for them. Finally, on May 15th, when they became really convinced and strong, I left my latest hiding place and moved back to Langley to meet with the group.We all decided it was time for action.

The faithful did lots of study under Father's guidance, every Sunday after Mass!

A Sheep with his lambs.

Deo Gratias!
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