Cardinal Burke and Bishop Schneider do not defend the traditionalists at the St. Benedict Center to protect their own ecclesiastical position

 

 

From the website of the Diocese of Manchester, USA

 What is the status of the Saint Benedict Center and the “Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary”?

The individuals who work and reside at Saint Benedict Center in Richmond, NH, are men and women who have chosen to live in community having adopted and following their own set of rules. Neither Saint Benedict Center, the Immaculate Heart of Mary School, nor the self-referenced “Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” enjoy any recognition, canonical or otherwise, in the Universal Roman Catholic Church or in the Diocese of Manchester. They are not a Catholic organization (de facto or otherwise,) nor can they, or should they, present themselves in such a way. The Immaculate Heart of Mary School is not a Catholic School, nor can it, or should it, present itself as such, or imply that it offers an education rooted in Catholic Tradition.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome, in April 2016 and again in October 2016, declared “unacceptable,” therefore erroneous and contrary to Church teachings, the manner with which the Saint Benedict Center and the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary interpret the principle “extra ecclesiam nulla salus,” (outside the Church there is no salvation.) Rome pronounced the matter closed, thus no longer open to dialogue or debate.

In the past, the Bishop of Manchester has granted permission for a priest in good standing to offer ministry at the Saint Benedict Center. This fact was manipulated by the Slaves and the Center to imply support or recognition by the Church. To avoid any further misrepresentation of the status of the Saint Benedict Center and the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, beginning 7 January 2019, Catholic priests are now forbidden to celebrate the Sacraments of the Church at the Center.

Consequently, the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, The Saint Benedict Center, The Saint Benedict Center, Inc., and the Immaculate Heart of Mary School, are placed under strict canonical prohibitions and obligations. It is the most sincere hope of the Bishop of Manchester that all those associated with the Saint Benedict Center and its various entities will rediscover full communion with the See of Peter.

Catholics are not permitted, under any circumstances, to receive the sacraments of the Church at the Saint Benedict Center, Richmond, New Hampshire, and its associated locations, nor should they participate in any activity provided by this group, their school and summer camp.

In his pastoral care for the souls of those who work, live at, or reside near the Saint Benedict Center, the Bishop of Manchester has arranged for the celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (Latin Mass) at Saint Stanislaus, 80 Richmond St., Winchester, NH 03470, on Sundays at 7:45am.

The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Saint Benedict Center in Still River, MA, is not associated or affiliated with the St. Benedict Center in Richmond, New Hampshire or catholicism.org.  They are recognized as a Private Association of the Faithful by the Diocese of Worcester, MA.

Letter from Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to Bishop Libasci

Letter from Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to Brother Andre Marie, Saint Benedict Center

Precepts of Prohibition

https://www.catholicnh.org/about/stay-informed/frequently-asked-questions/#stbenedict

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The Slaves( of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ) appealed the discipline laid out in a Decree of Precepts of Prohibition written by de Laire, but the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome rejected that appeal last year because it was filed after the statute of limitations had run out. The Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, or CDF, is the Vatican governing body that defends Catholic teaching from heresy and has previously dealt with the Slaves( of the Immaculate Heart of Mary).- Damien Fischer,Priest sues Michael Voris https://www.nhreporter.com/post/priest-sues-michael-voris

The Slaves of the immaculate Heart of Mary at the St. Benedict Center, New Hampshire, in the Diocese of Manchester, USA are interpreting Vatican Council II without the false premise and extra ecclesiam nulla salus without the false premise and they are being accused of heresy. Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke and Bishop Athanasius Schneider have accepted this. They have not contested the CDF or the Diocese of Manchester's Decree of Prohibitions.

The cardinal and bishop know that if they affirm Vatican Council II without confusing LG 8, LG 16, UR 3, GS 22 etc as being visible instead of invisible , they may lose their ecclesiastical position. They will be told by Pope Francis that to be a cardinal or bishop they have to accept Vatican Council II by wrongly assuming that unknown cases of the LG 8,LG 14, LG 16 are known examples of salvation outside the Catholic Church and practical exceptions to the Athanasius Creed and the Syllabus of Errors.

So they remain silent and do not defend the traditionalists at the St. Benedict Center who refuse to interpret EENS and Vatican Council II and other Magisterial documents with an irrationality which is the official deception accepted by Cardinal Burke and Bishop Schneider and the Lefebvrists. Cardinal Burke and Bishop Schneider interpret Vatican Council II with LG 8, LG 16 etc being practical exceptions to EENS.

They also interpret extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS) with the baptism of desire, baptism of blood and invincible ignorance being practical exceptions to EENS. This is approved by the two popes and the Left.

It is the official error that all Catholics are expected to follow.

-Lionel Andrades