The document is a 3-page newsletter from the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) describing their missionary activities in Eastern Europe. It provides updates on construction projects, priests, schools, sacraments, and public conferences in Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, and Russia. The newsletter requests continued prayers and donations to support the SSPX's work spreading Catholic tradition in the region.
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BELARUSPOLAND
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which he bequeathed to me, and for which he begged your generous support. I sincerely thank all of you who
have helped us in any way with donations for these projects. May almighty God, through the hands of the Blessed
Virgin, reward you with His superabundant mercy! Of course you and all of your intentions are included in our
daily prayers and Holy Mass.
However, these construction projects are still not finished, and the costs and debts for them also remain…
Poland: (1.) Our Retreat House in Bajerze still has to be renovated and made to conform to the current Polish
building codes and laws. As for the total cost of this renovation, we still do not know. What we do know for certain
is that the preparatory work of the architect alone is estimated at 32,000 Polish Zlotys, which means about $8,000.
(2.) Also, the chapel for our school is still too small, and patiently waiting for its necessary expansion. This school
chapel could eventually serve as a very nice mission chapel with significant space for the faithful in Warsaw on
Sundays. This chapel expansion would cost us approximately $30,000.
Estonia: The priests’ living house that we are building in Tallinn (with a temporary chapel on the first floor) could
possibly be finished by the end of this summer. The great progress of this project was only possible thanks to
a sponsoring couple from abroad. We owe them a deep and sincere gratitude. However, their possibilities to help
us are no longer sufficient. In order to completely finish this house and temporary chapel, we need about $40,000.
Russia: In St. Petersburg we were blessed to find a room for our SSPX chapel in the very center of the city. It is the
rotunda and entry-hall of a church from the 18th century. The exterior facade of this church is completely restored,
but most of the interior rooms were completely destroyed by a fire and never renovated. This first permanent
chapel of the SSPX in the city of the Russian Czars - how could it be otherwise - has been named “Our Lady of
Fatima”. As her servants, we intend to fight the various errors which have come from Russia at their very source.
We ask your help, dear friends and benefactors, to please help us cover the many costs of our Russian apostolate.
Yes, the above-mentioned program may seem ambitious. Still, by trusting in the Immaculate Heart of Mary it will
certainly be realized if only we muster enough patience.
We ask Our Lady therefore; “turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us!”
Fr. Lukas Weber, SSPX
“Salve Regina, Mater misericordiae!” It is with such words that we turn to Our Lady each and every day. Our News-
letter Mater Misericordiae is dedicated to Her under this title of Mother of mercy: we hope it to be a small mes-
senger to all of you about the joys and difficulties of our apostolate of Catholic Tradition in Eastern Europe. Mater
Misericordiae wishes to thank all of those noble souls who have supported us in the past, and also those who are
continuing to support us by their prayers and their material help. In as much as is possible, Mater Misericordiae
would also like to find a little entry into the hearts of new generous souls who are able and willing to help the mis-
sions in Eastern Europe. In fact, if you will allow us to speak in a human way, we urgently need your help in order
to maintain and consolidate all of the missionary works established in Eastern Europe by the SSPX until now.
In the Lithuanian capital city of Vilnius (one of the most important cities of the former Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom)
is situated one of the old gates of the ancient defensive city wall. The Lithuanians call it “Aušros Vartai” (the Gates
of Dawn), while the Polish use the name “Ostra Brama”, which means the “sharp gates”. In the 16th century this
city gate was embellished with an Icon of Our Lady, which initially sat in a small niche in a wall above the gate and
was protected from rain and snow only by wooden shutters. In 1655 the city almost completely burnt by the army
of Moscow, but the Icon remained unharmed. In later times, a wooden chapel was built for the Icon. However,
later the chapel was destroyed by fire, but the Icon was again saved. The veneration for this beautiful Icon rapidly
increased, and a brick chapel was built to shelter the beloved Icon. In 1927 the icon was crowned in a solemn
ceremony in front of the Vilnius cathedral. On this occasion, Pope Pius XI ordered that the Icon receive the title
“Mater Misericordiae”/ “Mother of mercy”.
At the feet of this Mother of mercy, I wholeheartedly dedicated our apostolate In Eastern Europe to the Blessed Vir-
gin Mary, and I also prayed for everyone who in any way helps us. As at all Marian shrines, you can find numerous
votive offerings here all of which testify that Our Lady works innumerable miracles for the good of those who have
recourse to her. Most importantly, we want to ask her for the conversion and the salvation of many souls, which in
fact comes from her Divine Son’s mercy of which she is the Mediatrix.
On the following pages you will find illustrated reports about our many works during the last months. These works
are essentially the same works of all of our SSPX priests on each and every continent of the world. We are particu-
larly pleased about the fact, that one by one we see new faces in our chapels. It still remains quite difficult for the
Catholics in Poland to come to Tradition, because this necessitates significantly distancing themselves from “their”
pope, who passed away 10 years ago. Nevertheless, many people continue to show their interest in Catholic Tradi-
tion. This we see firstly by the numerous book orders that our Polish publishing house “Te Deum” receives. Also,
our website apostolate has become a very powerful and effective means to spread Catholic Tradition. There are
also several priests who are now celebrating the Traditional Mass who have made friendly contact with us, and our
apostolate.
On the other hand, the difficulties are not few. The long journeys undertaken by our priests every week in order to
take care of all of our chapels requires a lot of strength. After all, we minister to 6 former communist countries with
6 very different and difficult languages (and mentalities), 21 chapels with the help of 13 priests.
Two other important parts of our apostolate are our schools and boarding houses
in Warsaw. Without any doubt the members of our Society from all around
the world can tell quite a story about how challenging it is in today’s world to
manage and maintain a Traditional Catholic school. In Poland, for example, the
influence of the so called “gender-ideology” now has a significant influence on
political and educational institutions. The UN and EU are omnipresent…. We
just underwent a so-called “evaluation”, which was in fact quite different from
the official State’s visitations we have seen before. We were accused of not do-
ing enough to “prevent racism”. (This has become a frequently used slogan for
their new “values”, which slowly are replacing Catholic principles.)
In the last issue of Mater Misericordiae, my predecessor, Father Karl Stehlin,
wrote to all of you about the unfinished construction projects and other works
LETTER FROM THE SUPERIOR
Fr. Lukas Weber, SSPX
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POLAND
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POLAND
SSPX Priory in Gydnia - Prior Fr. Edmundas Naujokaitis and some parishio-
ners say goodbye to Fr. Raivo Kokis. He is now stationed at the Priory
in Warsaw
Fr. John Jenkins says farewell to Poland and to his parishioners
in Poznan. He was asked to assist the Priory in Kaunas last year
the last and most solemn day of the Pilgrimage, dur-
ing our ceremonial entrance into the Częstochowa
Chapel in which is kept the miraculous image of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, the pilgrims were joined by
another 100 people from all over Poland.
Pilgrims came from several European countries:
Poland, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Czech
Republic, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.
Medical assistance was given to the pilgrims by three
religious sisters: one SSPX Oblate from Poland and
two other Sisters from Latvia from the Monastery
of The Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (the
monastery belongs to the Eastern Rite).
On the final day of the pilgrimage, after entering the
Basilica, a final farewell was given to Fr. Karl Stehlin,
who after 20 years of work in Poland assumed the
office of District Superior of Asia. Also, here in the
most important National sanctuary in Poland, the
office of the superior of the Autonomous House in
Poland was handed over to Fr. Lukas Weber.
Czestochowa pilgrimage — 2014
Camp for Young Adults
Twice a year, during the winter holidays and
the summer holidays, there is organized
a meeting of young adults. Students and
those who are thinking of their future am-
bitions as responsible adults are invited by
Fr. Łukasz Szydłowski for an outing in the
beautiful Polish countryside. With daily Mass
and conferences about the various obligations
they will soon face as fathers and mothers of
families, they also are encouraged to stay
strong in their aspirations as they challenge
the difficulties of today’s modern world.
Last year, from August 4th until August 15th, the War-
saw Priory organized the 20th International SSPX Pil-
grimage from Warsaw to Czestochowa. As always,
Fr. Karl Stehlin led the annual Pilgrimage. Several of
our priests, and 2 Capuchins, assisted him in minis-
tering to the faithful during the Pilgrimage.
Because this Pilgrimage stretches for 10 days, the
logistics can be quite challenging. However each
year the SSPX Brothers in Warsaw are responsible
for organizing all accommodation (places for the
pilgrims to stay overnight — in private homes or
tents), organizing all things for the Liturgy each day,
and also for all maintenance problems, of which
there can be many. For this Pilgrimage, Br. Klaus,
Br. Maksymilian, Br. Robert, and Br. Wojciech all
collaborated together to ensure an organized and
smooth Pilgrimage.
The pilgrimage was attended by a record number
of people this year. There were around 230 pil-
grims who successfully walked the whole way. On
Boys Summer Camp
Priests’ meeting in Warsaw
Archbishop Lefebvre wisely directed in the Statutes of the So-
ciety of St. Pius X that its members must live in a community.
In fact the community life, the spiritual life, takes precedence
in our priories. The priests not only live together in priories
for mutual help and support, but also function together in
charity for the great effectiveness of the apostolate. Several
times a year the priests come together in order to discuss the
organization of the apostolate, to listen to conferences and
to pray. This particular meeting was especially fruitful since it
For many years in Poland, the Society of St. Pius X
has organized summer camps for boys. This year the
summer camp was organized in Beskid Żywiecki in
the mountains in the South of Poland. The camp
was under the tutelage of the staff of the primary
school in Warsaw, Holy Family School. Thirty-eight
boys from all over Poland participated in this camp
directed by Brother Maximilian with the help of
three seminarians now studying at Zaitzkofen: To-
masz Fidos (Poland), Tomas Balsys (Lithuania) and
Jakub Wawrzyn (Poland). The chaplain of the camp
was Fr. Łukasz Szydłowski.
brought together almost all of the priests
from the SSPX Autonomous House of East-
ern Europe.
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Chapel under construction inside the school in Józefów
Fr. Krzysztof Gołębiewski after his first Mass in Warsaw
The Prior of Warsaw, Fr. David Wierzycki, coaches the school
children during a volleyball match
Confirmations in Warsaw — 2015
Reception of the Brown Scapular
Student members of the school theatre program per-
form the play, “Sir Thomas More”
Fr. Konstantyn Najmowicz leads the faithful during an outdoors Way of the Cross
POLAND
Schools and Sacraments
The most important element of Tradition is not only
that it be received from our ancestors in the faith, but
also that it is indeed ‘transmitted’, handed down to
the next generation. Our two schools are an immense
work that insures for our faithful a Catholic education
for their children and the continuing of Tradition. The
fruit of so many lessons of catechism are the great
ceremonies that punctuate the liturgical year: the First
Communion for children, and the Confirmation of the
youth.
POLAND
New Priests
God has very graciously heard our prayers for the grant-
ing of many holy priests. This last June, Our Lord, through
the ministry of Bishop Tissier de Mallerais, raised three
sons of Poland to the priesthood. Fr. Hubert Kuszpa,
Fr. Szymon Bańka and Fr. Krzysztof Gołębiewski are now
“priests forever according the order of Melchisedech”.
All three of them entered the seminary in Zaitzkofen and
there completed their studies. Many of our faithful were
able to assist at the Mass of ordination with immense joy
and receive their first priestly blessing.
Fr. Hubert Kuszpa is now stationed in Warsaw from
whence he serves the chapel in Poznań and teaches cat-
echism in our secondary school in Józefów. Fr. Krzysztof
takes care of three of our chapels in the South of Poland
— Rzeszów, Lubatowa and Tuchów. Fr. Szymon is now
currently stationed in Vienna, Austria, but we hope, God
willing, that he will soon come to work in his native land.
It is especially thanks to the prayers and sacrifices of our
benefactors that the seminarians can fulfill their priestly
vocation. May God grant you many graces through the
ministry of these newly ordained priests!
Fr. Kuszpa leads a small pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine in the
village of Sabota in order to petition the Blessed Mother for
a Priory to be given to Poznań
Fr. Hubert Kuszpa enrolls the new members
of the Archconfraternity of St. Stephen
Fr. Szymon Bańka at his first Mass
5. Public Conferences
Educating the people in Eastern Europe about Traditional
Catholic Doctrine is an essential part of our Apostolate. In
order to facilitate this goal several conferences were given
by our priests to both students and faithful in Lithuania. In
the city of Kaunas, Fr. John Jenkins spoke about the dangers
of the New Mass precisely because of the many things that
it lacks. In the city of Vilnius Fr. Shane Pezzutti spoke about
the true Catholic conception of Liberty according to Pope
Leo XIII. Finally, in the city of Vilnius Fr. Edmundas Nau-
jokaitis spoke about the true idea of Catholic Culture and
the various contemporary threats to it.
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LITHUANIA
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Our Lithuanian Oblate Sister Sister Marija
Magdaliete designed this beautiful altar of
repose for Holy Thursday
Fr. Kuszpa’s first Mass in Kaunas
Seminarians from Zaitzkoffen Tomas Balsys
and Victor Pasichnik explain seminary life to
the faithful in Kaunas
Fr. Pezzutti (Prior of Kaunas), Tomas Balsys
(SSPX Seminarian), and Sr. Marija Magdalieté
(SSPX Oblate Sister)
LITHUANIA
SSPX Pilgrimage in Lithuania - 2014
Pivašiunai — Trakai
From August 1–3, 2014 a Traditional Catholic Pilgrimage
was organized in Lithuania for Eastern European Cath-
olics. It began from the city of Pivašiunai and ended in
the city of Trakai. Both of these Lithuanian cities have
Churches with beautiful and miraculous paintings of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. They are both traditional centers
of Marian devotion. The Pilgrimage was undertaken for
several intentions: (1.) for Catholic tradition to spread in
Eastern Europe; (2.) for the conversion of Russia and the
Baltic countries; (3.) and for the triumph of the Immacu-
late Heart of Mary. One of the other goals of the Pilgrim-
age was to bring together and to strengthen the unity of
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our apostolates in the Baltic Countries and in
Russia. It was attended by 4 priests and about
40 believers from Lithuania, Estonia and Russia.
Fr. Hubert Kuszpa is from Poland
and was ordained in the SSPX Seminary in Zaitzkoffen, Germany in 2014 First Communion in Kaunas
Blessing of Easter Candle Recent Baptism at our mission chapel in Šiauliai
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BELARUS
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Also in Lelchichi, Belarus
Holy Mass is offered by Fr. Weber in Minsk
BELARUS
The Superior Visits Belarus
Among Priests and Religious, the famous expression “visitation of the Superior” usually causes some dif-
ficult and sleepless nights. An official and canonical visit of the Superior to a mission chapel in the SSPX
suddenly reminds the already very busy Priest of many things still unfinished at the chapel, or things which
were left to finish at a better time. He tries therefore to organize everything well and to put the chapel and
property in good order. So it was this year in Minsk, Belarus.
Things began like this: Originally, we had the idea that somehow we should solemnly celebrate the
20 years of official recognition by the State of Belarus of our “Community of Roman Catholics of Tradi-
tional Latin Rite, “The adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.” It was on the feast of the purification, Febru-
ary 2, 1995 when our Community was officially recognized. We decided to invite the new superior of the
SSPX Autonomous House of Eastern Europe, Father Lukas Weber, to celebrate this anniversary with us. He
cordially accepted the invitation, but insisted that his visit should be considered as an official “visitation of
the Superior”.
The Minsk chapel after the restoratationEaster 2015
Restoration of the chapel floor
Our current chapel in Minsk, which the SSPX has been using now since autumn 1999, was no longer in
the best of shape. The wall paper had been re-glued back on the wall and even repainted several times
by a very faithful soul who knew how to do things very economically. However, because the good woman
(and excellent cook) had to retire due to a stroke, the inside of the chapel slowly began to look worse than
many of the old run down Soviet apartments of our faithful. The wooden floor of the chapel had pretty
much been ruined by the Belarusian winters and the melting snow from the shoes of the faithful. It would
have been better to melt the cold hearts of sinners by the Sunday sermon! How many times this actually
happened we do not know, but unfortunately we do know how much snow melted into our floor! So,
therefore we prepared the “visitation of the Superior” by a full restoration of the chapel.
Minsk — faithful during Holy Mass
Fr. Weber in Lelchichi, Belarus with Fr. Boesiger and one of our Priest friends
Fr. Weber with some of the children from the Minsk chapel
Fr. Weber with one of the children who received help from our
Yes For Life organization
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The new Superior of the Autonomous House of
Eastern Europe, Fr. Lukas Weber, visited our SSPX
mission in Estonia for the first time in December,
2014. He came in order to meet the faithful, review
the status of the building project in Tallinn, and fi-
nally to offer the Holy Mass for the people. The
Estonians were very happy to meet him. In Janu-
ary, 2015 Fr. Alain-Marc Nély, the 2nd Assistant of
Bp. Fellay, also visited Tallinn together with Fr. We-
ber. He also met with the faithful, and visited the
building project.
ESTONIA
Our Tallinn building project
The SSPX has officially begun its building project
in Tallinn, Estonia. From the pictures you can eas-
ily see that the construction is coming along very
nicely. Divine Providence, the Immaculata, and
St. Joseph all have worked together so beautifully
on this project. Things have gone very well. This
building is the First Stage in our 2 stage Project.
Our ultimate goal is to construct both this residen-
tial house for SSPX priests, and then a beautiful
Church. Temporarily, we will use the first floor of
Fr. Weber’s first visit to Tallinn & The visit of Fr. Alain-Marc Nély
this building for a Chapel, the upstairs for the vis-
iting SSPX priest on the weekends, and the base-
ment for the Sacristy and storage. Our faithful are
very excited and thankful about their new home.
Please pray for this project and if the Immacu-
lata and St. Joseph inspire you to help us you can
send your donations for this project to our bank
account in Estonia:
EE4310102200300397016-Fidelitas SA
Estonians singing goodbye to Fr. Stehlin Frather John Jenkins in Tallin for Easter Vigil
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RUSSIA
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In the Catholic Eastern Rite in Ukraine and Russia, Easter
is observed according to the Julian Calendar — for them
Easter was one week later
St. Josephat priest Fr. Andrej Teutishkin reads the Gospel
during the Easter Vigil in Moscow
RUSSIA
News from St. Petersburg
The SSPX is trying to stabilize and nourish our
small but growing Community in St. Peters-
burg. Currently, the SSPX alone is offering
the Traditional Latin Mass in this great city of
the Russian Czars. There is no Moto Proprio
Mass, and no other priests or congregations
offering the Traditional Mass there, and so
Russian Translation
of the Latin Rite Daily Missal
The SSPX has translated and published the first ever Russian trans-
lation of a Latin Rite Daily Missal. This work was an arduous one,
and because of various difficulties, it took us about 10 years to
complete. But finally, under the direction of Fr. Werner Boesiger
(SSPX), the project was completed. We are currently selling the
Missal in our chapels and online through our website. We have
received orders for this Missal from all over Russia, the Baltics,
and Eastern Europe. It is truly a historical publication.
Moscow — After a baptism
Fr. Werner Boesiger in St. Petersburg
Conversions,
and building a Community
During the last year, a total of six people approached
the SSPX in Moscow in order to convert to the one
true Catholic Church. They each found the Traditional
Catholic Faith through their own studies, and through
discussions with friends who were already members of
our Community. We of course happily agreed to re-
ceive each of them into the true Faith. After their Cat-
echism classes and final examinations they were each
officially received into the Roman Catholic Church ac-
cording to the Roman Ritual’s rite of conversion. It was
a very joyful year for our small but growing Commu-
nity in Moscow. There are also others who are
currently studying for conversion or baptism. We
beg your prayers for them and for our work.
our work for Tradition in this city is very necessary. We are only
able to visit our Community once a month in St. Petersburg.
However on the other Sundays, this small group of young Tra-
ditionalist Catholics meet together in order to pray the Holy
Rosary. Recently, by Divine Providence and the intercession of
Our Lady we found an available room in St. Petersburg which
will serve as the first SSPX chapel in this city. We have begun
necessary renovations and decorating. It is in a very good loca-
tion for our future apostolic work. Please pray for us!
SSPX ‘Our Lady of Fatima Chapel’ in St. Pe-
tersburg, before the first renovations
SSPX ‘Our Lady of Fatima Chapel in St. Petersburg, after
the first renovation
St. Petersburg: The first Mass at ‘Our Lady of Fatima Chapel’
after the first restoration
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Spiritual Center of St. Berthold
As we already reported, in the beginning of 2014 H. E.
Bishop Bernard Fellay, the Superior General of the
Priestly Society of St. Pius X, solemnly blessed the Spiri-
tual Center of St. Berthold in Riga, Latvia. The develop-
ment and construction of this project has lasted from
2003 until 2014, and would have been impossible
without the generous financial support of Traditional
Catholic faithful from Western countries. At last, Tradi-
tional Catholic faithful in Latvia, belonging to both the
Latin and Byzantine rites, have a property and a home,
where, closely collaborating, they can celebrate their
Divine Liturgies. A large portion of the more basic work
was actually done by the faithful themselves: cleaning
and preparing the plot before construction, landscap-
This year the Catholic Church in Latvia and Estonia is celebrating the 800th an-
niversary of a remarkable event. During the Fourth Lateran Council, which was
convoked in 1215 by Pope Innocent III, the title of Terra Mariana (the Land of
Mary) was assigned to the newly converted land of Livonia. In honor of this an-
niversary Traditional Catholic faithful of the Latin and Byzantine rites launched
a Novena, which began last Advent. This Novena will be completed on the Au-
gust 15, 2015 on the Feast day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
During this same period of nine months the faithful and clergy gather together at
ing of the site, and internal decorations of the church.
The icons were painted by the traditional nuns from
the Monastery of the Holy Cross of the Studite Rule,
founded by Bishop Fellay in Riga.
the Spiritual Center for the Divine Lauds in honor of the
Holy Virgin – the Queen and Patroness of Terra Mariana.
These ceremonies are cele-brated in both the Latin and
Byzantine rites. Various conferences have been given by
theologians, historians and art critics in order to mark
this anniversary. One of the speakers was Fr. Alain-Marc
Nély, the 2nd Assistant of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X,
who visited Riga on January 17–18, 2015.
On April 22–23, 2015 H. E. Bishop Bernard Fellay again visited
Riga. During the first day of his visit he administered the Sacrament
of Confirmation to 2 faithful from Lithuania, 1 from Russia, 1 from
Estonia and 1 from Latvia. Afterwards, the Bishop celebrated a Sole-
mn High Mass. A festive dinner followed, which was attended by
Visit of the Superior General and Confirmation
the recipients of Confirmation, the
participating clergy, religious sisters,
and faithful from a total of 7 coun-
tries. On the next day, a meeting of
the clergy took place. It was atten-
ded by Fr. Lukas Weber, Superior of
the Autonomous House of Eastern
Europe, priests of the Priestly Socie-
ty of St. Pius X serving Lithuania, Lat-
via, Estonia and Russia, fathers of
the Society of St. John the Precursor
of the Lord (FSIPD) of the Byzan-
tine rite, and priests of the Society
of Transfiguration of Our Lord from
Merigny (France) led by Superior
Fr. Jean-Marie. His Excellency lec-
tured on the current situation in the
Church, in Rome and in the FSSPX.
800 years of Terra Mariana
After the Holy Mass celebrated by the newly ordained priest Szymon Bańka FSSPX from Poland
A Rorate Mass is offered in honor of our Lady
on the first day of the Novena
Father Alain-Marc Nély, II Assistant of the SSPX, in Riga Fr. Valerjis Svilsts gives a lecture to the faithful in Riga
Sacrament of Baptism in the Byzantine rite
Exposition of the Holy Shroud in the Byzantine rite on Good Friday
H.E. Bishop Fellay, clergy, and faithful after the Riga confirmation ceremony in April, 2015
Byzantine Easter Vigil in Riga
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In the second half of the year 1917 four great events took place: the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, the
200th anniversary celebrations of the founding of Freemasonry (especially in Rome), the appearances of
Mary in Fatima and, again in Rome, the founding of the M.I. The first two events are in striking contrast
to the latter two. The connection between Bolshevism and Freemasonry is immediately evident, once
you know their principles, methods and real goals. The two forces complement each other so well, that
one can regard them as a totality: a logical system of thought and action that comes form one source,
from the hand of one author.
One can say the same thing about the latter two events. Here the author is the Mother of God who ap-
peared in Fatima in order to come to the aid of a world confronted with the great apostasy of our times.
She it was, again, who inspired a faithful instrument in the person of Maximilian Kolbe, whose task it
would be to fulfill her will in a simple, profound and effective way. Since the same person was revealed
in Fatima and was also the chief cause of the founding of the M.I., the tow events therefore illuminate
each other: one sheds its light on the other, so that the true devotee of Mary is able to discern ever more
easily and clearly the profound intentions and the unfathomable riches of the Heart of the Immaculata.
From what we have said thus far it is clearly evident how similar Fatima and the Militia Im-
maculata are: the importance of prayer and sacrifice, of unconditional obedience to the
Mother of God; the Immaculate Heart of Mary in its capacity as Mediatrix of all Graces
(the very essence of the M.I.) the children who saw the visions – examples of true Knights
of the Immaculata; the glory of God and the battle for the salvation of souls through Mary.
- From The Immaculata, Our Ideal by Fr. Karl Stehlin, SSPX
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FATIMA — 1917
Recently, we all painfully received the sad
news about the sudden death of the “Fati-
ma Priest”, Fr. Nicholas Gruner. Fr. Gruner’s
tireless efforts regarding the Fatima message
will never be forgotten. His work and sac-
rifices, as our Lady’s instrument, have both
spread Her message around the globe and
protected it from the cold indifference and
neglect of sinful man. His death presents
us with an occasion for making a serious
examination of conscious regarding our
own devotion to Our Lady of Fatima
and Her Message.
We can never forget, or become apa-
thetic to, our Lady of Fatima’s request
to pray the Rosary every day. As Sister
Lucy told us, the Blessed Virgin Mary
has given a very special power to the
holy Rosary in these last times. She
also told us that together with devo-
tion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary the Rosary is
one of the last refuges for mankind. We must pray
the Holy Rosary in these times with great confi-
dence because we know that it is the mighty sword
that our Lady gives us to defend ourselves against
the constant onslaught of evil in this modern world.
We can also never forget Our Lady of Fatima’s re-
quest for devotion to Her Immaculate Heart. This
was clearly expressed by Her several times. We
fulfill this devotion to the Immaculate Heart firstly
by fulfilling the first 5 Saturdays of reparation. This
is the exterior devotion to the Immaculate Heart
and it is essential, but we must also cultivate an
“inner“ devotion to the Immaculate Heart of our
heavenly Mother and Queen. Do we really turn to
Her Immaculate Heart when we are in need?
Do we trust in the love and goodness of the
Immaculate Heart? Do we really honor her
Immaculate Heart? Devotion to the Immac-
ulate Heart must not only be external with
pictures and vocal prayers, but must also be
internal by a sincere, but simple, dedica-
tion, love and trust.
Finally, we must persevere in our prayers
and penances in order to make repara-
tion for the continued negligence and
disobedience to the 2 great requests
of Our Lady of Fatima: 1.) The Con-
secration of Russia to the Immacualte
Heart of Mary by the Pope and all
of the Bishops of the world, and 2.)
The release of the 3rd Secret of Fati-
ma. These 2 requests of Our Lady of
Fatima are still unfulfilled, and this is
a very serious plague on the Church
today. The Pope must finally make the Consecra-
tion of Russia correctly, and reveal the 3rd Secret
to the world. The Mother of God and Queen of
Heaven still patiently awaits her requests to be ful-
filled. She can not wait forever. Therefore, we all
have the great duty to pray and make sacrifices for
these 2 very serious intentions.
Let us pray together for the soul of Fr. Gruner, and
let us each continue his or her own work of spread-
ing Our Lady of Fatima’s message to the extent pos-
sible in our state of life.
Our Lady Queen of the Holy Rosary, pray for us
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.
Fr. Shane Pezzutti, SSPX
11. Legal notice
The Society of St. Pius X Foreign Missions Trust is a U.S. nonprofit, charitable trust, which has received a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status determination from the Internal Revenue Service.
As such, donations made to this trust are tax-deductible.
Donations intended for specific foreign missions are only considered recommendations.
Trustees retain discretion and control over all disbursements to the SSPX’s foreign missions.
Your Help is Still Needed in Eastern Europe
By Mail
Kaunas Priory:
Šv. Kazimiero Prioratas,
Birutes 1 gatve,
Kaunas, Lietuva 45320
prioratas@fsspx.lt
By Mail
Warsaw Priory:
Przeorat p.w. Św. Piusa X,
ul. Garncarska 32,
Warszawa, Polska 04-886
info@piusx.org.pl
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Prayer
Please continue to remember our priests, faithful and our apostolate in your prayers. Don’t forget that
you could dedicate one Rosary per month for us here in Eastern Europe.
Thank you for remembering us!
Donate
Remember that there are three ways to help the SSPX Foreign Missions in Eastern Europe financially:
1.) ONLINE — go to www.sspx.org. Then, on the bottom left of the home page click on
“make a donation”. Next, on the bottom right under the category “Foreign Missions Trust” click
“more info”. Toward the bottom it says, “If you have a special purpose for your donation,
please let us know.” Click the menu, and choose Eastern Europe. — You can also use this link:
https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/missions
2.) BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER — In North America you can send your check or money order
in US Dollars to:
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* Please make all checks out to THE FOREIGN MISSION TRUST
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3.) IN EUROPE — By Bank Transfer
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