Saturday, March 8, 2014

Why Fr.Nicholas Gruner cannot offer the TLM in public at Fischer More College

Father Nicholas Gruner 

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20. With respect to the question of the necessary requirements for a priest to be held idoneus (“qualified”) to celebrate in the forma extraordinaria, the following is hereby stated:

a.) Every Catholic priest who is not impeded by Canon Law 7 is to be considered idoneus (“qualified”) for the celebration of the Holy Mass in the forma extraordinaria.- Universae Ecclesiae, ECCLESIA DEI,
 
Instruction on the application of the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum of HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI given Motu Proprio 30 April, 2011, Cardinal William Levada, Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,Vatican.
 
At Fischer More College there was confusion over the presence of Fr.Nicholas Gruner, the Fatima Priest'. However the college has clarified on its website that he did not offer the TLM there in public. He only delivered a lecture. He is also incardinated in the Diocese of Hyderabad.
 
Why did Fr.Nicholas Gruner not have permission to offer the TLM at FMC ? Why would Bishop Michael Olson not permit him to offer the TLM there ?
Since Fr. Nicholas Gruner  supports the 'ideology' of extra ecclesiam nulla salus. This is rejected by Bishop Michael Olson who considers Lumen Gentium 16 etc to be known exceptions in 2014 to the traditional teaching on exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church.
-Lionel Andrades
 
December 2013 – Fr. Nicholas Gruner, founder and director of the International Fatima Rosary Crusade, lectured on the Message of Fatima and its relevance today.
Note: In the days prior to the arrival of Fr. Gruner for his lecture, the College was made aware of allegations that Fr. Gruner had been suspended a divinis. After investigating the public record of this matter and obtaining an explanation directly from Fr. Gruner himself, the College learned that no Bishop has ever issued a sentence suspending Father a divinis, and that Father has two separate letters from the Archbishop of Hyderabad confirming (1995) and reaffirming (1999) his incardination in that diocese. In any event, Father was coming to our campus to speak on the message of Fatima, and not to exercise any priestly ministries. Thus, the College proceeded with the event.
http://fishermore.edu/guest-speakers-fisher-college/

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