SSPX Podcast

On this special episode of the SSPX Interview Series, we're joined by Fr. Patrick Summers, the District Superior of Asia for the Society of St. Pius X. Father Summers shares some of the unique challenges and stories of the life of Tradition in the missions and encourages us to pray that the Lord send more laborers into the vineyard.

We’ll look broadly at the morality of drug use, then, we will look specifically at marijuana to consider its effects, compare its effects to those of alcohol and tobacco, and finally make a judgment on the morality of its use.

In short, why does the SSPX do what it does – and how does it have the authority to do what it does? We’ll take a deep dive into all these questions over the next two and half hours with the District Superior of Canada, Fr. David Sherry.

Fr. Paul Robinson is the new Publisher of Angelus Press. What are his plans for Angelus Press and all the other apostolates that are under its umbrella? And you may be surprised at all it does...!

The SSPX Podcast "Vocations Series" continues its look at religious life with Sister Mary Gemma, SSPX sister of 33 years. Sister explains the history of the congregation, its spirit, and rule, and what the path to becoming an SSPX sister looks like - and more!

As mentioned in previous podcast on marriage, there are serious - even dangerous - misunderstandings about the single life in the world.

The idea about religious vocations or vocations to the Priesthood has suffered from misconceptions, strange ideas, and just plain bad advice. Fr. McFarland reviews some of the most common mistakes people make when thinking about the consecrated life.

Is it correct that the Married State is a vocation? Are some people called to it, and others aren't? Is it better than consecrated life?

How does the vocation to the Religious Life differ from the Priesthood? What kind of people are needed? Fr. McFarland explains.

In our first episode, we'll look at the priesthood itself briefly, then look at what a vocation to the priesthood entails - who are we looking for?

Introduction to our new series on Vocations - we'll have 8 episodes exploring the topic, its misconceptions, how to foster vocations, and much more!

An interview with Fr. Wiseman about the new book from Angelus Press that he translated - "The Courage to be Afraid" - and why he thought it was so important to do

The main focus of this mini-series has been the chapter of "The Everlasting Man" by G.K. Chesterton, called the "Five Deaths of the Faith." Today we'll dive a little deeper into that meaning and also look at what Fr. Sherry calls the "Sixth Death" of the Faith.

"You will find here an uncommon life of a Redemptorist in the middle of the torment of Vatican II, the catastrophe of the 20th century...."

Does this new rite of Holy Orders give the same emphasis, theology, and understanding of the sacrament as the Traditional Rite? If not, can we see what the effects are from these changes – both in the lives of the new priests and the lives of the faithful?

We’re going to see the history, what is necessary – that is, what is the form and matter of Holy Orders – and then we’ll go through the entire ceremony. The ceremony of Ordinations to the priesthood is full of rich symbolism, teaching, opportunities for grace, and a beauty that is unparalleled.

How is it that efforts in the 1960’s to be more open to other Christian denominations has led to an openness to cohabitation, Communion for divorced and remarried couples, and a virtual blank permission for mixed marriages? Father will take us through the history, and through the intended – and unintended consequences of these seismic shifts.

What happens when you switch the order of two of the purposes of marriage? We’ll see why this shift happened, and what the reaction was. But first we’ll start with the consequences. Can this simple change explain the degradation of the modern family?

Today we’ll be looking at the basis of marriage. We’ll look at its institution, and we’ll also look a the purposes of marriage – are there some that are more important than others? We’ll also look at what marriage is, in its essence. Is it a natural union, a supernatural union, or both? And what about the sacramental grace of this sacrament – is it different than the other sacraments in any particular way?

We’ll take last week's concepts and look at the new rite of this sacrament. Is it really preparing our loved ones for this most critical moments before eternity? Is it focusing the prayers of priest on the soul’s eternal salvation, instead of just on physical well-being?

While it can often seem that this sacrament is sad - and indeed, it is often given when a loved one is close to death - we'll look at what this sacrament can give a soul as it is about to enter eternity. And we'll see that instead of bringing sadness, it brings peace, and even joy to these final moments.

We’re going to approach this episode in two different ways – we’ll look at the teaching and the prayers surrounding the sacrament, then we’ll look at the specific characteristics of this sacrament, especially the matter and the form. Of all the New Sacraments, Confirmation is the one where there is most serious cause for concern.

In this first of two episodes on Confirmation, we’ll first take a step back and look at the Institution of the Sacrament, its history, and why its practiced differently in the Eastern Churches versus the Latin Church. We’ll also look briefly at the Gifts of the Holy Ghost, the Matter and Form of Confirmation, and why the Church talks about the Perfection of Catholic Virtues in this Sacrament more than the others.

This past winter, we spoke with Father Marko Tilosanec, a Croatian priest who has a fascinating story. He was ordained a priest in the standard diocesan structure in Croatia – even before his ordination, he began to seek out more information about tradition. After his ordination, he experienced difficulties while attempting to follow his conscience...

Father Paul Robinson will join us to look at each aspect of the New Mass, and how it constitutes a gravely insufficient way of adoring the Holy Trinity. We’ll be using clips from a couple Novus Ordo Masses to illustrate each section that Father is discussing – and to be as fair as possible, we will mainly be looking at a fairly reverent, common Novus Ordo Mass. It would be easy to find a New Mass with dancers, bands and light shows – but we’re trying to illustrate that at its core, the prayers and rubrics of the priest are a striking departure from Catholic theology.

Father Paul Robinson will join us to explain in detail the Traditional Latin Mass. We’ll look at the themes of the Mass – what the Traditional Mass is emphasizing over and over, then go, step by step, through the Mass, with visuals and explanations of the prayers, the symbolism, and the ceremonies performed by the priests each day, in nearly every country of the world.

Father Paul Robinson will join us to discuss Holy Eucharist. In this first of three episodes on the Blessed Sacrament, Father will explain to us the relationship between the Sacrifice of the Mass and the Holy Eucharist, then how the Eucharist is distinct from all the other sacraments, yet still intimately related to it. Next...

Today we’ll look at the new understanding of the Sacrament of Penance. To do that, we’re going to take a step back, and see how much of the hierarchy in the Church today sees sin differently, or at least there’s a different emphasis. Then we’ll see how that impacts the Sacrament of Penance. We’ll also take a moment to see how the rite has changed.

We’ll take a magnifying glass to Penance today. To do that, we’ll start by looking at the concept of sin itself. Then we’ll look at the penitent, and the priest. What is Father looking for when he asks us those questions in the Confessional? And why do we have to do a penance afterwards? Fr. Sherry will walk us through the traditional form of the Sacrament of Penance

Father Wiseman will join us again, this time to look at the New Rite of Baptism. While the sacrament in both the old and the new rites are valid, nearly every other aspect of the new Rite – all the sacramentals, blessings, prayers, and exorcisms, have either been removed or drastically changed. Why? And if these things have been removed or changed, what has replaced them?

Father Alexander Wiseman, professor at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary is joining us for the next two episodes, first to look at the Traditional Rite of Baptism. As you’ll see, it is so much more than simply pouring water, and saying a few words of the formula. The Church has filled the ritual with exorcisms, symbolism, and graces for the benefit of the new Christian being Baptized.

Today we’ll have Fr. Paul Robinson back to look at some of the common errors – some of the heresies that have arisen over the centuries about the Sacraments. We’ll also take a look at the way two distinct groups understand the sacraments – namely, Protestants and Modernists. As you’ll start to see in this episode – and as it will be come clearer throughout this series, both groups have an outsized role in how the understanding of the Sacraments shifted in the Church in the last fifty years.

This series comes at time when the traditional rite of the Sacraments of the Catholic Church are being suppressed. The series comes at time when it is more important than ever to understand what the sacraments are, why they’re necessary, and what we can do to preserve them.

Welcome to the SSPX Podcast – over the next 5 days, we’ll be revisiting 5 lectures given by Fr. Daniel Themann, the rector of Holy Cross Seminary in Australia, about the history of the Society of Saint Pius X. These were given on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the SSPX, in November, 2020....

Selections from the talk delivered at the Angelus Press Conference for Catholic Tradition, December 11, 2021. The title of the Superior General's conference: "The Mission of the Society of Saint Pius X"

Fr. Franks reviews the year long project that was the Crisis in the Church Series, and looks ahead at the next series that is under development.All episodes: sspxpodcast.comTake the Survey: sspxpodcast.com/surveyHelp with Equipment: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2HEF8AAZGULL0?ref_=wl_share Time with Father: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmHcekGwTmpB21X1uO3sxA1ynOPBe3VpxSubscribe to the SSPX YouTube channel here:https://www.youtube.com/c/SSPXNewsEnglish?sub_confirmation=1Stay Connected on Social Media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SSPXENFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SSPXEN/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sspx_en/SSPX News Website:https://fsspx.news/enVisit our website: https://sspx.org/en

We thought there would be no one better to give the final word in this series than the Superior General of the SSPX, Don Davide Pagliarani. He graciously agreed to take some time from his duties to give us his thoughts on what the traditional restoration of the Church might look like after this major upheaval, and finally, what the answer – what is the solution to the Crisis in the Church. We’d like to say thank you to all the priests who have joined us during this series, and to you for listening and watching – now let’s join Father Pagliarani.See all the episodes at http://sspxpodcast.com Subscribe to the SSPX YouTube channel here:https://www.youtube.com/c/SSPXNewsEnglish?sub_confirmation=1Stay Connected on Social Media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SSPXENFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SSPXEN/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sspx_en/SSPX News Website:https://fsspx.news/enVisit our website: https://sspx.org/en

Today we'll ask, "Father, what can I do about the Crisis in the Church?" Is there anything I can do about the Crisis? Do I just hunker down in my home and say the rosary? Do I move my family to a traditional Catholic compound and ignore everything that’s happening? Or should I take a more active role, speaking out, and fighting for the rights of the Church? We invited Fr. David Sherry, the Canadian District Superior for the SSPX to join us and give us what we all need right now – some simple, practical advice for what a lay person should be doing right now.The magazine recommended by Father: http://TheCatholicHome.ca See all our episodes, subscribe to the podcast, get questions answered, and help support this apostolate: http://sspxpodcast.com Subscribe to the SSPX YouTube channel here:https://www.youtube.com/c/SSPXNewsEnglish?sub_confirmation=1Stay Connected on Social Media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SSPXENFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SSPXEN/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sspx_en/SSPX News Website:https://fsspx.news/enVisit our website: https://sspx.org/en00:00 - Opening0:01:00 - Introduction0:03:55 - Stay Calm0:12:29 - Get My House in Order0:15:27 - Follow What You Know Is True0:21:29 - Don't Jump to Conclusions0:36:00 - Be Part of a Catholic Community

Whether you have seen every episode of this series so far, or have just seen a couple, or maybe none – this is likely the most important episode we’ve done so far.  In the next hour and twenty minutes, Father Wiseman will break down the entire Crisis into 4 simple questions.  If you answer yes to the first, we’ll move on to the second question, and so on.  By the end, if you’ve said yes to all of them, well, congratulations – you hold the same positions that the Society of Saint Pius X does. Think of this as a choose your own adventure book, except it’s about your Faith, and the stakes are infinite.See all our episodes, subscribe to the podcast, get questions answered, and help support this apostolate: http://sspxpodcast.com Episodes for Further Review:#1: Is there a Crisis? https://youtu.be/SEiFVTuA9RY Modernism: #11 - How Pius X Combatted Modernism https://youtu.be/arSrVYNGzpYModernism: #12 - Modernist Catholics Aren't Catholic https://youtu.be/5kIdQSogXewModernism: #13 - Modernist Popes in Their Own Words https://youtu.be/fHSb-DWWeS0Vatican II: #17 - The Excellent Preparations for V. II https://youtu.be/GgIZYWsVtKwVatican II: #18 - The Secret Work that Would Take Over the Council https://youtu.be/yjOUvltlV1QVatican II: #19 - The Disastrous Start to Vatican II https://youtu.be/tFttpjVMwnQVatican II: #20 - Time Bombs of Vatican II https://youtu.be/XHyTQRrVYRkVatican II: #21 - The Radical Transformations of 1965 https://youtu.be/QHUvViXOs2EVatican II: #22 - Everything Must Change! https://youtu.be/ZPOaks1xZCANew Mass: #23 - How the New Mass was Made for Protestants https://youtu.be/ftzfRi5TZrYNew Mass: #24 - Proclaiming a New Theology https://youtu.be/xl7xlb1vKEoNew Mass: #25 - Should Catholics Attend the New Mass? https://youtu.be/sZpbnoyd1zgSSPX / Tradition: #33 - Limits of Obedience https://youtu.be/FVJcGhmxmuwSSPX / Tradition: #41 - The History of the SSPX https://youtu.be/PwIaGN9ySVYSSPX / Tradition: #42 - Were the '88 Consecrations Justified? https://youtu.be/bmcIGIPrFd4SSPX / Tradition: #43 - Schismatic, Excommunicated, Irregular? https://youtu.be/yxMSopZpMbMSSPX / Tradition: #46- The Other Traditional Mass Communities https://youtu.be/u-OvhNwZE3wSSPX / Tradition: #47 - Am I Allowed to Attend an SSPX Mass? https://youtu.be/-5TqSg6Xq5ASubscribe to the SSPX YouTube channel here:https://www.youtube.com/c/SSPXNewsEnglish?sub_confirmation=1Stay Connected on Social Media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SSPXENFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SSPXEN/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sspx_en/SSPX News Website:https://fsspx.news/enVisit our website: https://sspx.org/en00:00 - Introduction0:01:00 - Why We're Talking About This0:12:06 - Question 10:26:49 - Question 20:56:07 - Question 31:01:45 - Question 4

We spoke with Fr. Thomas Onoda earlier in the Spring, just after the Society of Saint Pius X officially opened its first priory in Japan. We spoke with Father for just over 30 minutes or so about his story, the sometimes violent history of Catholicism in Japan, and what he sees for the future of his country. He asked me just before interview if he could say a few words about the special history of Nagasaki in Japan – as an American, I was not going to bring up the horrific bombing of Japan during World War II during this interview – I didn’t know what the proper boundaries are in this case, but I’m so glad he wanted to bring it up. When you hear it, I think you’ll agree it led to one of the most inspiring moments throughout all our episodes on this podcast.

“Is it ok for me to attend a Mass of the Society of Saint Pius X?” There are many “experts” who claim one – or several – of the following: 1. You can’t fulfill your Sunday obligation at an SSPX chapel. 2 - You could fulfill your obligation, but it would be sinful to go. 3 - it’s not a sin to attend, but be careful, it promotes a schismatic mentality. So in the conclusion of the Crisis in the Church Series’ study of the SSPX itself, we’ll answer those questions, and let you know why it’s actually…. Good to attend.

This flows directly from the last episode on obedience, and its limits – but takes it to next step entirely. There are several different categories or theories within the sedevacantist structure. We’ll discuss a couple of the most widespread ideas, but broadly, they all share a single disturbing commonality – that those who hold these ideas will necessarily open the door to the wholesale destruction of the hierarchal Catholic Church.

This episode is the linchpin of the Crisis Series - pulling in all the concepts we've already learned, and setting the stage for the rest of the episodes. In short, are there limits to obeying a higher authority? Are traditional Catholics just being disobedient and spiteful? What can we learn from this episode about Traditiones Custodes?

We’ll finish where we left off last episode, when we discussed the errors of Father Leonard Feeney, and today we’ll look at the doctrine of “No Salvation Outside the Church.” What does this mean? In order to attain heaven, is it a strict necessity to be baptized with water, and be a practicing Catholic? Are there three baptisms, or just one? What does the Ordinary Magisterium of the Church say on these matters? What about St. Thomas Aquinas, and what about Archbishop Lefebvre – if anyone in the twentieth century was fighting against the impulses of ecumenism that was sweeping the Church, and this doctrine, it would be him – so did he agree with Fr. Feeney?

Today we’ll start the first of two episodes with Fr. Paul Robinson about the doctrine “Outside the Church there is No Salvation.” And today, we’ll be speaking about Fr. Leonard Feeney, and the organizations that he was a part of: the Saint Benedict Center, and the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart. Why discuss this doctrine, and this movement, commonly known as "Feeneyism" during this point in the Crisis in the Church Series? Because this movement, which started before the 2nd Vatican Council, contains stark warnings about the current traditional movement in the 21st century.

Today’s episode takes us into the disconnect between two periods of the Catholic Church: the time before 1965, and the Post-Conciliar - or after Vatican II - Catholic Church. Everyone in the Catholic Church, from Archbishop Lefebvre to Pope Francis, agrees that something changed between these two periods. But there are vast differences between the two in how to explain the transition. Father Steven Reuter will join us to explain a theory that gained a lot of traction under Pope Benedict – the Hermeneutic of Continuity. In short, the central question is, “can both periods of the Catholic Church live in agreement?”

We’re pleased to welcome Don Mauro Tranquillo to discuss one of the least well known, but arguably, most vital of the errors to come from the Second Vatican Council, Collegiality. Collegiality, as Father will discuss, is not just about democratizing the Church, but would completely upend the doctrine of the Church regarding Bishops, and by it, do great danger to both the Episcopacy and the Papacy.

In this interview, originally published last Summer, we speak with Fr. John McFarland, who is the Vocations Director for the US District of the Society of Saint Pius X. He discusses the types of vocations, who should think about entering the seminary, what kind of person it takes and much more!

Today we’re speaking with Fr. Jonathan Loop about Religious Liberty. This, like Ecumenism, is one of the major exports of the Second Vatican Council. By it, we’re led to believe that someone’s religion is their conscience, and no one else should tell them how to believe. But Father Loop will explain to us how, while this sounds very nice, is completely missing the mark on what Liberty is – and how the Church has changed from its previous practice, of Religious Toleration.

This week, we’re speaking with Fr. Patrick Summers, the District Superior of the Society of Saint Pius X in Asia about Ecumenism. Ecumenism, as we have seen in Episode 23, was one of the driving factors behind the Novus Ordo Mass – but today we’ll explore the other effects of Ecumenism on the Catholic Church, and how, instead of being the new way to evangelize, as was blindly promised, threatens to turn Catholicism into a schizophrenic religion.