An Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops, Priests, Religious and Faithful

Dear Catholic Soul,

We have just concluded our General Chapter where we considered our Congregation and its vocation in the Church and in the Diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand where the Bishop had decreed its expulsion.

The attached letter expresses the convictions of our Congregation.

This is not a task we embrace lightly. We have considered the array of possible punishments that the hierarchy may use against us - all mentally terrifying really, yet buttressed in the knowledge that the hierarchy has broken with the chain of command, which renders it human, and spiritually null. But when Our Lord’s honour is at stake, silence becomes a form of betrayal. We therefore take up this work with trembling hearts but with firm conviction, desiring only to defend the Holy Name of Jesus Christ and the purity of His Spouse, the Church.

“Every one therefore that shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father Who is in Heaven. But he that shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father Who is in Heaven.”

(Matt. 10:32)

 

 a pdf version is here.

 

 

The Prophetic Aspect of Religious life.

 This conference was given on the occasion of the Religious Profession of Brother Francisco Maria of the Hidden jesus, in Christchurch on the Feast of St Clement Mary Hofbauer, 15th March 2025. The celebrant was Father Martin Mary, F.SS.R.

Religious Profession Ceremony - New Zealander, Brother Francisco Maria of the Hidden Jesus, F.SS.R.

Brother Francisco Maria, F.SS.R.

photographed with his parents, family members

and the Christchurch community. 

Today, 15th March 2025, Feast of St Clement Mary Hofbauer

Brother Francisco Maria of the Hidden Jesus, F.SS.R.

made his First Religious Profession

into the hands of Father Martin Mary, F.SS.R.

The ceremony was livestreamed to Papa Stronsay, Montana
and the other places where our members and friends are living.