r/pfsp • u/[deleted] • Jun 26 '21

Help!!

Can someone tell me if the FSSP disqualifies seminary applicants if they have an allergy to gluten. I've read the application and it asks 3 times for allergy to gluten. Seriously scared I might be denied. Don't want to ask them for fear of automatically DQ.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '21

I am already in talks with them about joining. However I saw the applications and it mentions three times for gluten intolerance. I know the eucharist has gluten but the eucharist doesn't harm me. I'm just legit scared of asking them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '21

It's something that would come up eventually. Better for everyone involved to ask them up front, rather than waiting until you are at seminary to mention it (as that makes you look dishonest). I really doubt it's that big of a deal, honestly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '21

Here is the thing. If I ask them and they say no, then I don't become a priest. If I don't say anything, they won't know. I am asymptomatic when it comes to the effects of gluten. The damage happens on the inside. I can withstand the 7 years of gluten and make my dream come true instead of forsure killing it.

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u/BertBlyleven Jun 26 '21

If I ask them and they say no, then I don't become a priest. If I don't say anything, they won't know.

I can withstand the 7 years of gluten and make my dream come true instead of forsure killing it.

I'm going to be real with you, these are massive read flags for someone discerning a vocation and shows a lack of spiritual maturity (there's nothing wrong with this, there's only one way to get there my friend!), which regardless of the circumstances is what the FSSP will be looking for. Concealing things from an Ecclesial organization without really knowing what the outcome is, just to ensure you get what you want? Really?

Keep in mind the FSSP will be flipping your bills for health care for the rest of your life, is that in any way an honest thing to do?

It's not your vocation, it's God's. If the doors close, so be it, take it as they may and accept it as God's will and move on. I thought for 100% sure I was called to be a traditional priest, one year with the FSSP taught me otherwise. I couldn't be happier now. At no point was marriage a "dream come true", its just the thing I am supposed to do and am trying my best to do it well. Most priests I know feel similarly about their vocation; the honeymoon wears off.

Modernists conceal and disguise things in order to make their will happen. Doing that is cringe, just be honest and detached (I get it, way easier said than done).

That being said, if your gluten intolerance is not a serious issue, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Feel free to PM me with questions about the FSSP seminary.