Fr. Arnaud Rostand

Fr. Ringrose’s Letter to Fr. Rostand Concerning recent unfavorable developments in the SSPX

The following was read and distributed to parishioners at St. Athanasius Church in Vienna, VA, on Sunday, December 16th:

November 9, 2012

Dear Father Rostand,

Thank you for your letter of October 12 in which you offer to meet to discuss the situation within the Society of St. Pius X. While this is a very kind offer on your part and I appreciate it very much, I don’t think such a meeting will serve any meaningful purpose, since the problems stem from the Society’s top leadership, and you are not in a position to change that.

It is true that I have been a strong supporter of the Society for many years. This support was based on the fact that my mission as a priest, and the Society’s mission were one and the same, to help souls hold onto the Catholic faith during this time when it appears to have been abandoned by post Vatican II Rome.

Now I have to be more cautious and reserved in that support. I am alarmed that the Superior General would say that 95% of Vatican II is acceptable. I am astounded that the Society’s leadership would respond to three of the Society’s bishops by suggesting that they are making the errors of Vatican II into a “super-heresy.” I am disappointed that the Society’s response to Assisi III was so weak and anemic. I am saddened by the Society’s unjust disciplining of priests who are following the example of Archbishop Lefebvre, and I am outraged at the treatment of Bishop Williamson — not just his recent expulsion, but the shabby treatment he has gotten over the past few years…

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