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Traditional Catholic Faith => The Sacred: Catholic Liturgy, Chant, Prayers => Topic started by: Vladimir on October 31, 2011, 11:00:53 PM

Title: Traditional Dominican
Post by: Vladimir on October 31, 2011, 11:00:53 PM

Are there any Dominican groups that are traditional in the USA?

Title: Traditional Dominican
Post by: Pyrrhos on November 01, 2011, 03:50:15 AM

Only the Dominican Sisters of the SSPX.

http://www.sspx.org/Vocations/dominicans_in_the_usa.htm


For a male convent of traditional Dominicans, I am afraid you have to travel to France.

Title: Traditional Dominican
Post by: Sigismund on November 01, 2011, 06:34:56 AM

Or start a community yourself.   :smile:

Title: Traditional Dominican
Post by: ora pro me on November 02, 2011, 01:55:10 PM

I was wondering if anyone would mention Bishop McKenna here.  Many of you will remember him as a fairly well-known Excorcist.  I thought he was/is a Dominican but wasn't sure so I googled "Traditional Dominican Bishop" and sure enough he is.  My search turned up a short biography for the bishop on this link: http://www.traditionalcatholicsermons.org/

Here is that biography:

Bishop Robert McKenna, O.P.: On August 22, 1986, Bishop McKenna was consecrated a bishop with the traditional Roman Rite in Raveau, France by Mgr. Michel Guerard des Lauriers, O.P. Bishop McKenna was a noted exorcist, though due to his advanced age and busy schedule, he has given up taking any more cases. At present, Bishop McKenna continues to minister to the faithful at Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel in Monroe, Connecticut, offering the true Mass and Sacraments to traditional Catholics who come for Mass on Sundays each week from as far away as New York, New Jersey, Rhodes Island, and Massachusetts. Bishop McKenna also continues in the capacity of confessor and spiritual director to the Dominican Sisters.

My search also turned up a more extensive biography and a couple pictures of the bishop on the website for his chapel in Connecticut.  Here is that page:
http://www.rosarychapel.net/aboutbishop.php

In the short biography above, it says that he is the spiritual director to "the Dominican Sisters".
Does anyone know how many sisters he has?  

Title: Traditional Dominican
Post by: joe17 on November 02, 2011, 03:33:13 PM

 There are currently about a dozen sisters under Bp Mckenna.  Please remember him in your prayers for he is suffering from cancer.  He is the last known(at least to me) pre-VII Dominican priest who did not say the NO or go along with the changes, besides being sedevacantist(materialiter/formaliter).
   A question concerning the French SSPX affiliated Dominicans.  Did any of them take their vows before a Dominican priest?  I believe they didn't because they were younger and had no one to do this before.  Thanks.

Title: Traditional Dominican
Post by: LordPhan on November 02, 2011, 07:02:53 PM

Quote from: joe17

There are currently about a dozen sisters under Bp Mckenna.  Please remember him in your prayers for he is suffering from cancer.  He is the last known(at least to me) pre-VII Dominican priest who did not say the NO or go along with the changes, besides being sedevacantist(materialiter/formaliter).
   A question concerning the French SSPX affiliated Dominicans.  Did any of them take their vows before a Dominican priest?  I believe they didn't because they were younger and had no one to do this before.  Thanks.

I can only tell you that there are Domincan Priests there. Father Albert O.P. I have met.