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'''The Society of St. Pius V (Societas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii Quinti'''), abbreviated '''SSPV''', is a [[Traditionalist Catholic]] society of priests, formed in 1983 and based in [[Oyster Bay Cove, New York]]. |
'''The Society of St. Pius V (Societas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii Quinti'''), abbreviated '''SSPV''', is a [[Traditionalist Catholic]] society of priests, formed in 1983 and based in [[Oyster Bay Cove, New York]]. |
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The Society of St. Pius V is an organization of traditional Catholic priests dedicated to the preservation of the Traditional Latin Mass. The priests offer the Traditional Latin Mass exclusively. Likewise, the priests administer the traditional sacraments according to the prescribed rites prior to any of the changes brought about by the Vatican II Council. |
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As aforementioned, the Society is not in [[full communion|ecclesiastical communion]] with the [[Holy See]]. The priests of SSPV broke away from the [[Society of St. Pius X]] over liturgical issues, and hold that many in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church no longer adhere to the Catholic faith but instead profess a new, [[Modernism (Roman Catholicism)|modernist]], [[Vatican II|Conciliar]] religion. SSPV priests regard the question of the legitimacy of the present hierarchy and the possibility that the [[Holy See]] is unoccupied ([[sedevacantism]]) to be unresolved.<ref>"A Statement of Principles in a Time of Crisis," The Roman Catholic Association, Inc., (1988): http://www.stpiusvchapel.org/flash_paper/articles/003_declaration_principles.swf</ref> The SSPV is led by its founder, Bishop [[Clarence Kelly]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===Founding=== |
===Founding=== |
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Bishop Clarence Kelly is the superior of the Society of St. Pius V, the Founder and Spiritual Father of the Congregation of St. Pius V as well as of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary. He was ordained to the priesthood in Econe, Switzerland, by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre on April 14, 1973. In 1984 he founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of our Savior, whose Motherhouse is located in Round Top, New York. On October 19, 1993, he received episcopal consecration from Bishop Alfred Mendez, a retired Roman Catholic Bishop. In 1996 Bishop Kelly founded the Congregation of St. Pius V. Bishop Kelly's episcopal lineage can be traced back to St. Pius X. |
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The SSPV developed out of the [[Society of St. Pius X]] (SSPX), the traditionalist organization founded by Archbishop [[Marcel Lefebvre]]. In 1983, Lefebvre expelled four priests (Fr. Clarence Kelly, Fr. [[Daniel Dolan]], Fr. [[Anthony Cekada]], and Fr. Eugene Berry) of the SSPX's Northeast USA District from the society, partly because they were opposed to his instructions that Mass be celebrated according to the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal issued by [[John XXIII]]. Other issues occasioning the split were Lefebvre's order that Society priests must accept the decrees of nullity handed down by diocesan marriage tribunals and the acceptance of new members into the group who had been ordained to the priesthood according to the revised sacramental rites of [[Paul VI|Pope Paul VI]].<ref>The list of objections can be found at http://www.traditionalmass.org/articles/article.php?id=48&catname=12</ref> |
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[http://www.congregationofstpiusv.com/Images/New%20Pictures/Lineage/LineagePictureFinalForHallway4-09.jpg episcopal lineage diagram] |
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"The Nine" (as the four expelled priests plus five who voluntarily left were called in SSPX circles) balked at Lefebvre's imposition of the 1962 missal which they believed already included significant departures from the liturgical traditions of the Church (for example, adding the name of St. Joseph to the Canon of the Mass).<ref>The objection to St Joseph's inclusion is unrelated to his sanctity. Many Catholics felt that St Joseph had historically and generally been overlooked, if not slighted. In response, Pope Pius IX officially named St Joseph “Patron of the Universal Church” in 1870. Pope Pius XII added the feast of St Joseph the Worker (May 1) in 1955. Thus, John XXIII’s addition of St Joseph into the Canon in 1962 was seen as the "personal wish of the pope" (Amerio 89). Some Catholics feel that St Joseph's non-martyr status disqualifies him from inclusion in the Canon. (Amerio, Romano. ''Iota Unum: A Study of the Changes in the Catholic Church in the 20th Century.'' Trans. Rev. Fr. John P. Parsons. Kansas City: Sarto House, 1996.).</ref> A more basic reason (although "...[t]he 'pope question' was not raised at the time, and was not at issue")<ref>Fr. Cekada restates this at http://truerestoration.blogspot.com/2008/10/interview-with-fr-anthony-cekada.html</ref> was the belief amongst the Nine that the men who had reigned as pope since the death of [[Pope Pius XII]] (d. 1958) had not been legitimate popes (Canon 1325, no. 2, 1917).<ref>See Fr. Cekada's "The NIne vs. Lefebvre: We Resist you to Your Face" at http://www.traditionalmass.org/articles/article.php?id=96&catname=12</ref> They held that these Popes had officially taught and/or accepted heretical doctrines and therefore had lost or never occupied the See of Rome (Canon 188, no. 4, 1917)<ref>For an explication of this canon, see http://www.traditionalmass.org/articles/article.php?id=12&catname=10</ref> Like the Society of St. Pius X, they believed that there had been novel interpretations of the traditional teachings of the Church on issues such as [[freedom of religion|religious liberty]]. One of the Nine, Fr. Dolan, admitted that while a member of the SSPX, he had concluded that the See of Peter was vacant.<ref>See http://www.dailycatholic.org/dolanttt.htm</ref> |
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"The Nine" set up a new priestly society under the leadership of Fr. Clarence Kelly, their former District Superior. The eight priests were Frs. Thomas Zapp, [[Donald Sanborn]], Anthony Cekada, Daniel Dolan, William Jenkins, Eugene Berry, Joseph Collins, and Martin Skierka. Additional priests joined shortly thereafter. |
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===Splits=== |
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[[File:Bishop Lineage Diagram.jpg|375px|thumb|right|Bishop Lineage ([[Apostolic Succession]]) before and after [[Second Vatican Council|Vatican II]]. SSPV bishops and priests are shown in white and yellow boxes.]] |
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Within a few years, about half of the original nine SSPV priests separated from Fr. Kelly. Most of them formed an openly [[sedevacantist]] group, known as [[Catholic Restoration]], under Frs. Dolan and Sanborn, who were later consecrated as bishops in the episcopal lineage of the Vietnamese Archbishop [[Ngo Dinh Thuc Pierre Martin]]. The other priests founded independent ministries. |
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Fr. Cekada states<ref>Fr. Anthony Cekada, ''The Nine vs. Lefebre: We Resist You To Your Face'' (2008), p. 14. http://www.traditionalmass.org/images/articles/NineVLefebvre.pdf</ref> that this resulted from the SSPV's intrinsic distrust of a centralized authority as existed in the SSPX, which makes the latter vulnerable to being "subverted with one stroke of a pen" to the [[Holy See|Vatican]]. Rather than independent congregations being a weakness and something to be lamented, Cekada considers all such groups and priests taken together preferable to the SSPX (cf. Protestant [[Congregational polity|Congregational churches]]), which has continued to hold negotiations with Rome and uses the 1962 Missal. |
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===Episcopal orders=== |
===Episcopal orders=== |
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On 19 October 1993, 86-year-old Bishop [[Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Mendez-Gonzalez|Alfredo F. Méndez]], who until his retirement in 1974 had served as Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo|Arecibo]], [[Puerto Rico]], consecrated Fr. Kelly as a bishop.<ref>The Most Reverend Clarence Kelly, ''Sacred and Profane'' (Oyster Bay Cove, NY: 1997), 101. http://congregationofstpiusv.net/SacredandProfane.pdf</ref> |
On 19 October 1993, 86-year-old Bishop [[Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Mendez-Gonzalez|Alfredo F. Méndez]], who until his retirement in 1974 had served as Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo|Arecibo]], [[Puerto Rico]], consecrated Fr. Kelly as a bishop.<ref>The Most Reverend Clarence Kelly, ''Sacred and Profane'' (Oyster Bay Cove, NY: 1997), 101. http://congregationofstpiusv.net/SacredandProfane.pdf</ref> Bishop Mendéz publicly ordained two seminarians of the SSPV to the priesthood in 1990.<ref>The Most Reverend Clarence Kelly, ''Sacred and Profane'' (Oyster Bay Cove, NY: 1997), 169-174. http://congregationofstpiusv.net/SacredandProfane.pdf</ref> |
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On Wednesday, 28 February 2007, Bishop Kelly consecrated Fr. Joseph Santay of the [[Congregation of St Pius V]], which also was founded by Bishop Kelly, to the episcopacy at Oyster Bay Cove, New York.<ref>See photos of consecration at http://www.stpiusvchapel.org/photos/consecration2/consecration2.html</ref> |
On Wednesday, 28 February 2007, Bishop Kelly consecrated Fr. Joseph Santay of the [[Congregation of St Pius V]], which also was founded by Bishop Kelly, to the episcopacy at Oyster Bay Cove, New York.<ref>See photos of consecration at http://www.stpiusvchapel.org/photos/consecration2/consecration2.html</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:16, 1 June 2013
The Society of St. Pius V (Societas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii Quinti), abbreviated SSPV, is a Traditionalist Catholic society of priests, formed in 1983 and based in Oyster Bay Cove, New York. The Society of St. Pius V is an organization of traditional Catholic priests dedicated to the preservation of the Traditional Latin Mass. The priests offer the Traditional Latin Mass exclusively. Likewise, the priests administer the traditional sacraments according to the prescribed rites prior to any of the changes brought about by the Vatican II Council.
History
Founding
Bishop Clarence Kelly is the superior of the Society of St. Pius V, the Founder and Spiritual Father of the Congregation of St. Pius V as well as of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary. He was ordained to the priesthood in Econe, Switzerland, by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre on April 14, 1973. In 1984 he founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of our Savior, whose Motherhouse is located in Round Top, New York. On October 19, 1993, he received episcopal consecration from Bishop Alfred Mendez, a retired Roman Catholic Bishop. In 1996 Bishop Kelly founded the Congregation of St. Pius V. Bishop Kelly's episcopal lineage can be traced back to St. Pius X.
Episcopal orders
On 19 October 1993, 86-year-old Bishop Alfredo F. Méndez, who until his retirement in 1974 had served as Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, consecrated Fr. Kelly as a bishop.[1] Bishop Mendéz publicly ordained two seminarians of the SSPV to the priesthood in 1990.[2]
On Wednesday, 28 February 2007, Bishop Kelly consecrated Fr. Joseph Santay of the Congregation of St Pius V, which also was founded by Bishop Kelly, to the episcopacy at Oyster Bay Cove, New York.[3]
The SSPV today
The SSPV currently has five permanent priories, and its priests serve a network of chapels and churches in various parts of the United States and Canada.
The SSPV has an associated congregation of Sisters, the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior, which was founded by the then Fr. Kelly in 1984. Their congregation's current motherhouse and novitiate are located in the Catskill area of upstate New York, and it has two additional houses in the United States. The current Mother General is Mother Mary Bosco. The Sisters run schools in the locations of each of their houses, excepting the motherhouse, and are also involved in other types of charity work, such as visiting nursing homes.
The Society has a seminary, which is also located in the Catskill area, NY and is under the direction of Bishop Joseph Santay; its seminarians are ordained by Bishops Kelly and/or Santay and become members of the Congregation of St. Pius V (CSPV). Four seminarians have been ordained in the last three years. Another was ordained on 3 September 2008, bringing the total number of priests in the CSPV to six (including Bishop Santay). The priests of the CSPV are not members of the SSPV. They are ordained priests (or become brothers) for the Congregation of St. Pius V (CSPV). CSPV was formed because the Church desires her religious to be bound to an order (congregation) or diocese.[4]
The SSPV operates only in North America.
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References
- ^ The Most Reverend Clarence Kelly, Sacred and Profane (Oyster Bay Cove, NY: 1997), 101. http://congregationofstpiusv.net/SacredandProfane.pdf
- ^ The Most Reverend Clarence Kelly, Sacred and Profane (Oyster Bay Cove, NY: 1997), 169-174. http://congregationofstpiusv.net/SacredandProfane.pdf
- ^ See photos of consecration at http://www.stpiusvchapel.org/photos/consecration2/consecration2.html
- ^ See http://congregationofstpiusv.net/About.html