FRATERNITY OF SAINT PETER

Approved Traditional Tridentine Masses

In 1988, Pope John Paul II canonically established the Priestly raternity of St. Peter as a society of apostolic life and approved its constitutions. The Fraternity was founded in response to the Holy Father's call to ecclesial unity and the new evangelization. Hence, our name denotes a filial love and loyalty to the Supreme Pontiff.


'The Fraternity of St. Peter seeks to respond to the Holy Father's appeal through an active apostolate in the service of the Church. We seek to reunite those who have been alienated by liturgical abuse and theological dissent by offering the sacred liturgy in all of its solemnity according to the Latin liturgical books of 1962, and by offering the faithful sound catechetical teaching within the living Tradition of the Church.

The Holy Father has called on all baptized faithful to participate in the new evangelization of the world, emphasizing the fact that all must use their unique charisms to full effect. The fraternity of St. Peter has as its charism the celebration of the sacraments according to the traditional Roman rite. through our liturgical identity, the Fraternity carries on the new evangelization in the living tradition of the Church that is ever ancient, ever new.

The main work of the Fraternity of St. Peter is the operation of pastoral missions throughout the United States and Canada, for it is in the parish that the souls of the laity are formed and nourished in the sacramental and catechetical life of the Church. The Fraternity currently operates apostolates in twenty North American dioceses.

In those places where a school is attached to the community we serve, we offer a regular sacramental life and solid catechesis as the support for a sound academic program, all in an effort to transmit the faith to the rising generations.

In addition, the Fraternity of St. Peter operates St. Gregory's Academy, a boarding school located in Elmhurst, Pennsylvania that offers a classical liberal arts curriculum., a regular sacramental life, and a competitive sports program for boys of high school age.


For more information on the Fraternity of St. Peter or to enroll in a vacational retreat, please contact:
Director of Vocations
Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
P.O. Box 196
Elmhurst, PA 18416
phone: (570) 842-4000
fax: (570) 842-4001

http://www.fssp.com/main/contents.html


This web site also offers a list of approved Traditional Tridentine Masses

http://www.frontiernet.net/~jcbasile/una/indult.htm

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