07-14-2022, 09:06 AM
Update:
It has been kindly brought to my attention that the information on the notices posted on the SSPX Chapel in Illinois are not an official notice from the OLI priory, according to one of the priests there. They were printed and posted by a disgruntled parishioner. The SSPX priest noted the following:
The notices point out that the number of public Masses offered in the SSPX chapel are being decreased - this is true.
The reason noted for this reduction, that supposedly it is being done out of compliance with the wishes of Cardinal Cupich - this is false.
According to the SSPX priest, the reduction in the number of Masses is due to the fact that attendance at this chapel is declining - and the reduction in Masses is a reflection of this decline.
We sincerely hope the SSPX priest was being perfectly honest with regard to the reason for the reduction in Masses, as it is well known that ultra-progressive Cardinal Cupich has repeatedly endeavored to restrict traditional Latin Masses in his jurisdiction:
Conservative Illinois bishop has to restrict some Latin Masses ‘in line with Cardinal Cupich’
Cardinal Cupich under fire for banning Latin Mass, allowing ‘blasphemous’ liturgies
Catholic group protests Cardinal Cupich’s Latin Mass restrictions in Chicago
300 Catholics attend rosary rally in Chicago to protest Cdl. Cupich’s crackdown on Latin Mass
With the SSPX recently likening itself to other traditional communities that operate under the Indult and therefore under the local diocesan authority, it is hard to know what to believe...
It has been kindly brought to my attention that the information on the notices posted on the SSPX Chapel in Illinois are not an official notice from the OLI priory, according to one of the priests there. They were printed and posted by a disgruntled parishioner. The SSPX priest noted the following:
The notices point out that the number of public Masses offered in the SSPX chapel are being decreased - this is true.
The reason noted for this reduction, that supposedly it is being done out of compliance with the wishes of Cardinal Cupich - this is false.
According to the SSPX priest, the reduction in the number of Masses is due to the fact that attendance at this chapel is declining - and the reduction in Masses is a reflection of this decline.
We sincerely hope the SSPX priest was being perfectly honest with regard to the reason for the reduction in Masses, as it is well known that ultra-progressive Cardinal Cupich has repeatedly endeavored to restrict traditional Latin Masses in his jurisdiction:
Conservative Illinois bishop has to restrict some Latin Masses ‘in line with Cardinal Cupich’
Cardinal Cupich under fire for banning Latin Mass, allowing ‘blasphemous’ liturgies
Catholic group protests Cardinal Cupich’s Latin Mass restrictions in Chicago
300 Catholics attend rosary rally in Chicago to protest Cdl. Cupich’s crackdown on Latin Mass
With the SSPX recently likening itself to other traditional communities that operate under the Indult and therefore under the local diocesan authority, it is hard to know what to believe...
"So let us be confident, let us not be unprepared, let us not be outflanked, let us be wise, vigilant, fighting against those who are trying to tear the faith out of our souls and morality out of our hearts, so that we may remain Catholics, remain united to the Blessed Virgin Mary, remain united to the Roman Catholic Church, remain faithful children of the Church."- Abp. Lefebvre