Official Statement
from the
Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer
On this festive solemnity of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God body and soul into Heaven our spiritual joy and fraternal rejoicing is great indeed:
Beneath Her mantle and on this occasion of Her solemn feast, today, 15 August, 2012, our community, The Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, has been granted canonical recognition as a Clerical Institute of Diocesan Right by His Lordship the Right Reverend Dom Hugh Gilbert, O.S.B., Bishop of Aberdeen.
We invite you to rejoice with us on this solemn feast of Our Lady through Whose Perpetual Succour, we have received a great favour from Our Lord.
We also announce the community’s public profession of vows that will take place in Our Lady’s Chapel (at the head of the pier) Stronsay, on 22 August, feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at 18.15 (6.15 p.m.).
The profession will be celebrated by His Lordship, the Right Reverend Dom Hugh Gilbert, O.S.B., Bishop of Aberdeen.
(Limited overnight accommodation is available. The ferry leaves Kirkwall at 16.00 and arrives in Stronsay at 18.05).
Many congratulations.
ReplyDeleteGaudeamus omnes in Domino!
Great news. Deo gratias.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! We are so excited!The Blessed Mother has you all under her protective mantle and is definintely watching over you! We will be celebrating here in Kansas!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Lunsford's
Dear Brothers
ReplyDeleteI am so pleased for you all. May you hearts be full of joy on this special Feast day!
What a great joy!
ReplyDeleteServus Mariae numquam peribit.
Congratulations!
Deo Gratias et Mariae!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful day that we all have been waiting for so long. Thank, Your Lordship!
Thanks be to God!
ReplyDeleteDoes this now mean the seminarians can be ordained?
ReplyDeleteWarmest congratulations, at long last!
ReplyDeleteMay you continue and grow under the protection and inspiration of she who was Assumed into Heaven.
This is FANTASTIC news. I physically shouted "yes!" when I read this. Our Lady is so good to us. My day just keeps getting better and better with this news.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! We will be praying for you! This is wonderful news.
ReplyDeleteDeo gratias!
ReplyDeleteFathers, Brothers, I've been without my laptop for a couple of weeks (using dinky iPod instead) - and today I opened my laptop for the first time and was greeted by your WONDERFUL news sitting right there at the very top of Facebook! I just about fell out of my chair as I fumbled around on the keyboard so I could open the "read more" and then I was shouting and screeching the news to a rather stunned Erlend haha! I had to repeat myself haha! And Erlend was SO HAPPY!! We want to come for August 22nd - if you have room in your guesthouse please, if you can, let us know straight away so we can arrange with our good workers to watch the farm. WE HAVE TO COME!! We cannot miss this hahaha!! (God is SO good!) We are very excited now about the future! And please, consider our house as yours as you do your good work here in Orkney - if you ever need a place to stay or a meal or anything - you know where to go! GOD BLESS!!
ReplyDeleteNow, time to go shift some kye...
JMJ
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! This is indeed a great day for all of you, Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, and for the world!
Enjoy your celebration.
Many congratulations, and prayers from the brethren of Tongerlo. I'll be on retreat at the abbey of lagrasse on the day of the solemn professions, and I shall remember you there in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteTe Deum laudamus...
Thanks be to God. You have been a fantastic example of obedience and patience to us all.
ReplyDeleteWonderful news!
ReplyDeleteMany congratulations, and thanks and prayers for the example you have shown to us. How I look forward to what this Community can achieve now!
ReplyDeleteMany heartfelt congratulations! I have been following your blog for a few years now, and this is great news. Your blog is an inspiration, as is your prayer and life on Papa Stronsay.
ReplyDeleteIs a welcome home in order? I say it is.
Dear Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer,
ReplyDeleteI have prayed for you and followed your courageous path since you first announced your intention to seek regularization. You have been so steadfast in the face of doubters and those who wished it not to come about.
Congratulations on this happy day, the reward for so much patience and humility. The perfect attitude of Our Lady.
Wish I could be there for the profession, but stuck in the middle of the late great States.
God bless you.
Benedictus Deus in Saecula!
ReplyDeleteDeo Gratias!
Ave Maria!
St. Alphonsus de Ligouri, ora pro nobis!
Thanks be to God and His Blessed Mother! We look forward to being ministered by yourselves. Deo Gratias!
ReplyDeleteMany congratulations. It was a pleasure to meet you all at the LMS conference and I admired the patience with which you have waited for this Canonical recognition.
ReplyDeleteYour patience and humility are an inspiration.
Wonderful, wonderful news!
ReplyDeleteDeo gratias!
What a beautiful gift from Our Lady! May her Graces continue to shine on you Fathers and Brothers!
ReplyDeleteCongratulation to you all and heartfelt thanks to Our Holy Father and Bishop Hugh for this gift to the Church.
Te Deum Laudamus!
ReplyDeleteHeartfealt congratulations; may your community grow in holiness, numbers and save souls.
Congratulations and God bless to FSSR.
ReplyDeleteDeo gratias! Congrats dear Fathers and Brothers on this joyous news!
ReplyDeleteEveryone else has already said it, but I must add my congratulations too. Your patience in adversity has been very edifying and will win you great grace, and many souls for our Lord.
ReplyDeleteDeo Gratias! Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum! G.F. (Argentina)
ReplyDeleteDeo Gratias, and congratulations to all in the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer! May your community be a light to all those who seek holiness.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Fathers and Brothers, on receiving this great Gift from the Lord!
ReplyDeleteStella Maris, shine on them forever!
So happy for you. St Alphonsus thank you for your intercession.
ReplyDeletePrice Family ;
ReplyDeleteWonderful news we are all very excited. We love attending the Oratory in Christchurch and know even more graces will flow in the future. God bless you all now and always. Deo Gratias. Special thanks to Bishop
Gilbert.
Wonderful, joyful news! Praise God.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you.
ReplyDeleteDeo gratias Virginique Matri.
ReplyDeleteWonderful news! Your obedient patience has been an example to us all.
ReplyDeleteI don't know where the message I left yesterday has gone but again I praise God for this wonderful development and rejoice that the announcement crowned His Holy Mother's great feast.
ReplyDeleteMany congratulations... and Deo gratias!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Deo gratias; you'll be in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteI just read this today and I am so thankful to Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Most Holy Mother that this long awaited day has happened. All the prayers and perseverance has paid off. God bless all of you!
ReplyDeleteAs a parishioner of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour parish in Dublin at Foxrock, I am so delighted to read the news, especially on this feastday of the Queenship of Mary.
ReplyDeleteMay God bless you all!
Sent from Foxrock Wednesday 22.8.2012.