News on Youtube Mar 29 2018

On Saturday, March 17th, 2018, His Excellency Alfonso de Galarreta conferred the first of

the Major Orders, the Subdiaconate, on 5 seminarians.

The ceremony took place in the new North American seminary of the Society of St. Pius X located

in Dillwyn Virginia.

This particular ordination to the subdiaconate is one that stands in stark contradiction

to the standards of the world - as it is the first of the major orders as well as the last

moment a man might even consider living as a layman.

During this ceremony, at which FSSPX.NEWS was privileged enough to attend, five men

lay prostrate on the floor in silence as the community prayed the litany of the saints

imploring protection, guidance, and strength for each of these young men to make the choice

they were called to make.

Once the litany had been sung, the Bishop exhorted each candidate to consider the gravity

of their next step - reminding them that once it was taken they could never again consider

the married life or any life outside that of a celibate religious.

Each candidate was then called by name and as each stepped forward it signaled to all

present the decision that had been made and the vow that would forever set them apart

as chosen and ordained ministers of God.

This ordination of 5 men is no small matter for the future of the Society of St. Pius

X or the Church at large.

It is in these future priestly ordinands that the priesthood lives on and through which

the Sacrifice of the Mass will continue to be offered.

Every ordination reconfirms the continuity of the priesthood from the Apostles on down

to the new ordinands of last week.

Here from the newsroom of the FSSPX, and on the eve of Holy Thursday - the feast of the

Institution of the Priesthood - we offer these young men our wholehearted congratulations

and commend them to your prayers as they continue on their course to the priesthood.

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