Regina Caeli Conference: Mary's Seven Sorrows

Memphis Regina Caeli Latin Mass Community is hosting a conference on Mary's Seven Sorrows on October 7 - 8 (Friday to Saturday). The speaker is Fr. Chad Ripperger, PhD. Please see brochure for more information and registration.

BROCHURE:
http://www.4shared.com/document/qkesx22A/sevensorrows.html

“On the tongue and while kneeling”

“On the tongue and while kneeling”
Cardinal offers guidance on receiving Communion, urges correction of liturgical abuses

Lima, Peru

Link to the article:
http://calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=a0a3cf49-ad3e-442c-88d4-97ce6e70f06e

Thank you note from Fr. Bravata

Dear Regina Coeli Community,

Thank you for your most generous gift and all the support you have given me through the years. You have richly blessed me. May God bless you always. Know my prayers are with you.

In Christ,
Fr. Kevin Bravata

Prayer Request

A note from a Regina Caeli community family:

Yesterday, our hometowns of Piedmont and OKC were devastated by tornadoes. While our families are OK, we have some dear church friends who were not so lucky and I am asking you for your prayers. Our church community (St. Damien's, FSSP) has been devastated. Two families have completely lost their homes and all of their belongings. These are large families with young children. However, I especially ask for your prayers for the Hamils. Their 15 month old, Cole, was killed. Their 3 yr. old, Ryan, is still missing and presumed dead. The 5 yr. old is undergoing surgery for a fractured skull and leg and is in critical condition. The mother, Catherine, who is 5 months pregnant will also be undergoing surgery for a dislocated/fractured hip. We feel very helpless being in Memphis right now and unable to go physically help out but we know prayers are more powerful than physical help we can give.

Sisters of the St. Benedict Center and FSSP Father Visit Memphis

There will be a retreat hosted by the Blessed Sacrament Home School Group. It will be a girls' retreat and vocation conference on the weekend of April 2nd, given by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters (from St. Benedict Center in Still River, MA) and Masses said by FSSP Father Pendergraft. To register for the retreat, please click on THIS LINK.

Because Father and Sisters are in Memphis that weekend, the following will occur and is open to anyone who would like to join (regardless of registration for the retreat):

• 9am Latin Mass at St. Michael's on Friday, April 1st (First Friday), said by Fr. Pendergraft.
• Dinner at Newk's with the Sisters on Saturday, April 2nd (see the link above).
• The 8:30am Blessed Sacrament Latin Mass on Sunday, April 3rd will be in honor of Fr. Murphy's 62nd anniversary, said by Fr. Pendergraft. There will be a reception afterward and then talks from the Sisters and Fr. Pendergraft.

"To God Who Giveth Joy To My Youth"

FSSP recently produced a wonderful vocation video:

The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter is pleased to announce the completion of a 28 minute film entitled “To God Who Giveth Joy To My Youth”.

The title, taken from the opening words of Mass in the Extraordinary Form, captures the essence of the Fraternity's total formation process and life at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary.

Intended for generous, young men discerning a priestly vocation, this production provides an visual description of daily life within the walls of Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary. Thus, this film will prove to be an informative and instrumental tool in their vocational process.

In the Church, the members of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter's have the unique charism of sanctifying themselves through the celebration of Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Throughout the seminary's intensive seven year program, each of the various aspects and stages of formation has this purpose in mind, the worthy celebration of the Mass.

Explore how this seminary, drawing from the Church's rich tradition of priestly formation, seeks to form zealous priests in various areas including Thomistic philosophy and theology, spiritual direction, Gregorian Chant, manual labor and recreation.

Discover how one seminary receives a man and prepares him for his transformation into an Alter Christus, “Another Christ”.

Media Contact
Father Joseph Lee, FSSP
Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary
7880 West Denton Road
Denton, Nebraska 68339
phone (402) 570-2707
emailjlee@gmail.com

About the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
Established in 1988 by Pope John Paul II, the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter is a Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right. The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter strives to serve the Catholic Church by means of its own particular and specific role or objective, i.e. the sanctification of priests through the faithful celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Through the spiritual riches of the Church’s ancient Roman liturgy, the priests of the Fraternity seek to sanctify those entrusted to their care. The Priestly Fraternity instructs and trains its priests to preserve, promote, and protect the Catholic Church's authentic liturgical and spiritual traditions in over 16 countries worldwide. The Fraternity has over 200 priests and 125 seminarians studying in its two international seminaries in Bavaria, Germany and Denton, Nebraska. For more information, please go to http://www.fssp.org/.

About Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary
Located in rural Denton, Nebraska, is the English-speaking seminary for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. Men from all over the world, come to study for the priesthood in the seminary’s seven year program. A few represented countries include Australia, Hong Kong, the French West Indies and England. For more information, please go to http://www.fsspolgs.org/.

Chant Intensive in New Orleans in January, 2011

Gregorian Chant Intensive course will be available in New Orleans during Jan. 3-7, 2011. Scott Turkington and Prof. William Mahrt will teach the classes. For more information, click on here.