Issue: June 1983

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To Our Readers

We are confronted with the mournful spectre of the dismissal of nine priests from the Society of Saint Pius X's North-East District...

Clarification of Misinformation

Concerning the conflict between Archbishop Lefebvre and the priests of the North-East District which has lately come to a head.

St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary Letter

Through the breaking away by nine priests of the Society from the North-Eastern District and from St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, the Society's work has suffered a heavy blow, and its contribution to the re-building of the Church in this country has been set back for years. How did it come to this?

Interview with Fr. Franz Schmidberger

An interview conducted on May 3, 1983, with Father Schmidberger, then Vicar General of the Society. The interview took place at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Ridgefield.

Our American Seminarians

A picture story by Phyllis Graham.

Ridgefield Diary

The American seminary of the Society of St. Pius X continues quickly along the path of recovery in the wake of what has proved to be a major shake-up in the North-East District of the Society of St. Pius X in America.

Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Feast of Corpus Christi

The magnificent texts composed by the Prince of Theologians for the Feast of Corpus Christi, so sublimely theological, so profoundly spiritual, and at the same time readily understood by all, exemplify the universal instructive character of the Sacred Liturgy...

Letter to the Apostolic Delegate

Case No. 10 of the Angelus Press dossier on schism and anarchy in the Church in America examines Eucharistic hospitality in U.S. dioceses.

News from St. Mary

A visit from the SSPX's Vicar-General, Fr. Franz Schmidberger was the highlight in May.

The Eucharistic Heart of Jesus

"Wisdom Ever Ancient Ever New": This month we present a text which combines devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus with devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.

A Prayer to the Blessed Virgin

A prayer for students and scholars to the Blessed Virgin.

Ask Me...

Father Carl answers questions about St. Paul's status, the Letters to the Apostolic Delegate, the Galileo case, and the legal status of the Tridentine Mass.