Society of St. Pius V

The Fraternity of Saint Pius V (Societas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii Quinti ) SSPV abbreviated, is a company founded in 1983 by traditionalist Catholic priests based in Oyster Bay Cove, New York. These priests were split of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X from because they did not share their stance on liturgical questions and came to the conclusion that many in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church are no longer available to the Catholic faith, but to a new confess modernist conciliar religion. The Fraternity of Saint Pius V. denies the legitimacy of the current hierarchy of the Church and sees the possibility that the Holy See is vacant, so that there Sedisvakanz. Head of SSPX Bishop Clarence Kelly.

Foundation

The Fraternity of Saint Pius V. was born from the Fraternity of St. Pius X by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. In 1983, Lefebvre joined four priests, Clarence Kelly, Daniel Dolan, Anthony Cekada and Eugene Berry, who were all active in the U.S. district of the SSPX from. They were part of the opinion that the Mass is not according to the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal of John XXIII. should be celebrated. Furthermore, questions of annulments and the recordings of new members were in dispute. These priests demanded namely the inclusion of priests in the Fraternity subsequent ordination sub conditione, because they thought that the post-conciliar consecration rites were invalid.

The nine priests, there were the four excluded with another five, turned against the use of the 1962 Missal, in which they have already recognized that substantial deviations from the liturgical traditions of the Church. Another major reason was the question of whether the popes since the death of Pius XII. legitimate popes were. Clarence Kelly, the former top of the North American District of the SSPX, was head of the Brotherhood. The eight priests were Thomas Zapp, Donald J. Sanborn, Anthony Cekada, Daniel Dolan, William Jenkins, Eugene Berry, Joseph Collins and Martin Skierka. In the following years other priests joined.

Spin-offs

Within a few years, half of the original nine priests separated again by the Brotherhood. Most of them formed a group calling itself the Catholic restoration, including Dolan and Sanborn, which were later consecrated as bishops in the episcopal line of the Vietnamese Archbishop Ngo Dinh Thuc Pierre Martin. The priests founded independent inspection centers.

Episcopal ordinations

On October 19, 1993, the 86 -year-old Bishop Alfredo Méndez -Gonzalez, who served until his retirement in 1974 as Bishop of Arecibo, Clarence Kelly consecrated bishop. This was announced a few days after the death of Bishop Méndez in 1995. Bishop Mendez had publicly consecrated in 1990, two seminarians of the SSPV priests. On February 28, 2007 Kelly dedicated the priest Joseph Santay of the Congregation of St. Pius V, which was founded by Bishop Kelly, bishop.

Today's situation

The Fraternity currently has five permanent priories and a network of chapels and churches in different parts of the United States and Canada. To SSPV heard a congregation of sisters, the Daughters Of Mary, which was founded in 1984 by Kelly. The mother house and novitiate are located in the area of Catskill, New York, and has two other homes in the United States. The current Superior General is Mother Mary Bosco. The sisters operate schools at the locations of their homes, with the exception of the parent company, and also work in other areas, such as nursing homes.

The Brotherhood has a seminary, which is located in Catskill and is headed by Bishop Joseph Santay. His seminarians will be ordained by the bishops Kelly or Santay. You become a member of the Congregation of St. Pius V. ( CSPV ). Four seminarians were ordained in the last three years as priests. Another was consecrated on 3 September 2008, bringing the total number of priests has increased in the CSPV to six. The priests of the CSPV are not members of the Fraternity. You are ordained priest for the Congregation of St. Pius V ( CSPV ).

Together with the Daughters of Mary operate the priests of the Society the WFTS Traditional Catholic Radio. As part of this apostolate spreading religious audio posts, especially sermons.