Author Topic: Where are these priests today? (Read 14463 times)

Matthew · « **on:** July 17, 2015, 07:54:15 AM »

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There are too many priests in the procession at the end to even list them.
Fathers Lester ...

One name in the list left the priesthood and now works as a golf club manager. Pray for our priests!

Does anyone know the status of these priests?

1. Fr. Lester

Fr. Gardner was in Pennsylvania for a while; but I haven't heard about him lately.

I know Fr. Fortin is part of the Fortin clan, the same clan that donated the property in Virginia for the new seminary. But, again, I can't say as I know where Fr. Fortin is.

Frs. Stafki, Lester, Magana and May I know the least about where they're posted, what they're doing today, etc.

Updates:

Fr. Fortin just made his perpetual engagement in the SSPX, and is in the Philippines.
http://sspx.org/en/news-events/news/brotherhood-priests-5730

Fr. Stafki was sent to Arcadia, CA to take over for Fr. Cooper, who has cancer.
10/24/14
http://op54rosary.ning.com/forum/topics/prayers-needed-for-sspx-priests

Fr. May is listed as the current assistant priest of this academy in Ontario, Canada:
http://fsspx.com/olmc/

Fr. Magana was listed as celebrating his "10th priestly anniversary" in August 2014:
http://sspx.org/sites/sspx/files/AUS-Distrct/pdf/rcr_july-august_2014-web.pdf

Augustine · « **Reply #1 on:** July 17, 2015, 08:33:52 AM »

Fr. Stafki is prior of the SSPX church in Arcadia.
Fr. Michael Fortin is principal of the SSPX school in Tynong, Australia
Fr. Lester, as far as I know, has left the priesthood.
Fr. Scott Gardner is usually in SSPX headquarters in Kansas City.
Fr. May is an SSPX priest working in Canada.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2015, 08:43:57 AM »

Fr Gardner was at the St Louis Chapel and the reassignments haven't happened yet but our regular priest, Fr Jackson, has been gone for the last two Sundays.

Do priests ever go to extended retreats?

Matthew · « **Reply #3 on:** July 17, 2015, 08:50:00 AM »

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Fr. Stafki is prior of the SSPX church in Arcadia.
Fr. Michael Fortin is principal of the SSPX school in Tynong, Australia
Fr. Lester, as far as I know, has left the priesthood.
Fr. Scott Gardner is usually in SSPX headquarters in Kansas City.
Fr. May is an SSPX priest working in Canada.

I had it narrowed down to Fr. Lester and maybe 1 or 2 others...

It's not exactly rocket science; just keep crossing off names as you find recent news about them in Google.

It's disturbing, scary, and breathtaking what can happen to a person in this world.

At the 2004 Ordinations, who would have thought that one of the priests being ordained would end up leaving the priesthood and managing a golf club just 10 years later? I certainly never would have thought it. I was there at the 2004 Ordinations myself. I got a first blessing from Fr. Lester and his fellow ordinands.

It just goes to show you how much we all need to stay humble, distrustful of self, and PRAY. Never slack off on our prayers, that we might persevere unto the end...

Matthew · « **Reply #4 on:** July 17, 2015, 08:56:21 AM »

Strictly speaking, though, a priest leaving the priesthood is only a couple steps down from becoming a liberal.

And plenty more priests have done that much -- thrown everything they learned (from +Williamson, for example) in the proverbial trash can.

How many have embraced a liberalized version of Tradition? How many yearn to be on good terms with Modernist Rome? How many no longer "get it" when it comes to Tradition and the Crisis in the Church?

Alas, these priests are far more numerous than those who up and leave the priesthood altogether. Who knows -- they might end up in the same place eventually, when they someday get disgusted with the reality of Modernist Rome, the Novus Ordo, the objective reality of the Crisis in the Church, etc.

When they are forced to acknowledge the objective reality (that liberalism "doesn't work", that Modern Rome is broken, etc.) will they have the humility to come back and say, "Bishop Williamson (et al.) was right -- I need to join up with them." or will their pride force them to just give up on the Faith?

Pray for them.

Charlemagne · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2015, 10:06:28 AM »

Another priest that I've wondered about is Fr. Paul Tague, formerly of the El Paso SSPX. Someone told me long ago that he left the priesthood, but I haven't heard anything in years.

Meg · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2015, 10:10:25 AM »

Fr. Stafki recently led the SSPX pilgrimage to the Shroud of Turin:

http://www.dici.org/en/upcoming-events/usa-shroud-of-turin-2014-pilgrimage/

I recall Fr. Stafki from when I attended the SSPX chapel near Seattle. A very saintly priest.

Augustine · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2015, 10:18:13 AM »

Fr. Tague is no longer acting as a priest.

Matthew · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2015, 10:21:04 AM »

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Fr. Tague is no longer acting as a priest.

I heard this as well.

When I first moved to San Antonio, he was still saying Mass here once in a while. I got to hear maybe 3 or 4 of his sermons.

Augustine · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2015, 10:22:06 AM »

also Fr. Jason Huvar left the priesthood, married and joined the military; going to Afghanistan.

Matthew · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2015, 10:24:00 AM »

Never underestimate the power, the seduction, or the evil of the World, and you will do well.

The devil and the flesh are old adversaries; if you've read any spiritual books you know the scoop on those.

But the world is all around us constantly. Even if 300 fervent young Catholics went to start a "Traditional Catholic community" with a militant spirit, they would STILL be bringing a little of the world in with them -- because the World is in each one of us, to a greater or lesser degree. In this man, he might have absorbed 10%. The next guy, 30%. The one next to him, 65%.

There is an infinite variety of ideas, ways of thinking, assumptions, frames of reference, etc. that encompass the broad term, The Modern World.

Augustine · « **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2015, 10:33:57 AM »

Apparently the haphazard "transfers', causing felt instability and, believe it or not, a lack of work for many priests is what causes serious psychological problems. Because of the lack of real "missionary" activity to the non-SSPX there is often "nothing to do" after Mass is said.

cathman7 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 17, 2015, 12:58:48 PM »

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Apparently the haphazard "transfers', causing felt instability and, believe it or not, a lack of work for many priests is what causes serious psychological problems. Because of the lack of real "missionary" activity to the non-SSPX there is often "nothing to do" after Mass is said.

This is an astute observation. There have been priests who did real missionary work overseas and then for whatever reason were transferred back to the States and had many problems. The reasons for why priests leave the priesthood are, I am sure, more complex than what we have stated but it is such a sad thing to read when any priest leaves the priesthood.

I always wondered what ever happened to Fr. Douglas Laudenschlager who was ordained in the late 70's or early 80's. He wrote some articles for the Angelus and then seems to have fallen off the face of the map.

Pray indeed!

Matthew · « **Reply #13 on:** July 17, 2015, 01:22:49 PM »

It's sobering because if PRIESTS who spent 6-7 years in Seminary, totally dedicated to God's service can give up, then where does that leave us?

Could we give up too?

You bet. That's why it's so sobering, and we should try to draw some tidbit of good from this evil, by resolving a few things:

1. Pray your daily Rosary and stay humble, as +Williamson has been preaching at every sermon as of late
2. Pray for your priests and bishops, as they are the focus of the devil's attack -- also recommended specifically by +Williamson as of late.
3. Remember that "there but for the grace of God go I" -- if a priest can fall, it would be so much easier for YOU to fall.

waugh · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2015, 02:19:21 PM »

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Apparently the haphazard "transfers', causing felt instability and, believe it or not, a lack of work for many priests is what causes serious psychological problems. Because of the lack of real "missionary" activity to the non-SSPX there is often "nothing to do" after Mass is said.

I hardly think you would hear "lack of work" being an issue for priests, and causing "serious psychological problems." Often, I have heard that missionarys are eventually transferred due to deteriorating health, not "haphazardly."

Priests also are known to ask for transfers themselves.