To: livius
but I meant that the important thing was keeping the Tridentine Rite, regardless of who owns the property, and certainly the SSPX would guarantee that... No, there is no guarantee, that in 2.5 years time, after everything had been ceded, they could theoretically close the Parish, and take their booty. That was the problem.(not to mention running an established Parish as a mission church from Connecticut...rme)
The Archdiocese has a priest, technically "on loan" and no control over anything else.
So, you tell me, who comes away looking like the better bet, if your only concern is the health of the Parish?
32 posted on
12/29/2004 9:07:18 AM PST by
hobbes1
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To: hobbes1
Yes, that's the essence of it...
33 posted on
12/29/2004 9:11:01 AM PST by
livius
To: hobbes1
No, there is no guarantee, that in 2.5 years time, after everything had been ceded, they could theoretically close the Parish, and take their booty. That was the problem
Fr. Fullerton addressed your concern. Yes, the SSPX has sold off buildings and properties - to purchase/build larger chapel(s) in the same areas after the original chapel(s) could no longer amply hold the increasing number of Mass-goers. Big difference between taking cash and abandoning the flock (which is what you're concerned about), and making their chapels bigger and better for the existing and growing flock (which is what they've done in the past.)
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