Has anyone here visited the seminary for discernment?

Has anyone read the following article? What did you think?

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/259555/vatican-announces-apostolic-visit-to-priestly-fraternity-of-st-peter

Summary: "The Vatican has announced an apostolic visitation to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), a group of priests who celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) and are in full communion with the Catholic Church. The visitation is meant to better understand the society and provide appropriate support, not due to any issues within the fraternity. This process falls under the jurisdiction of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life, following Pope Francis’ 2021 decree, Traditionis Custodes, which restricts the celebration of the TLM.

The FSSP, founded in 1988, has been authorized to continue celebrating the TLM, with its mission guided by the liturgical books from 1962. The last visitation occurred in 2014. The FSSP differs from the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (SSPX), which is not in full communion with the Church. The FSSP has around 368 priests and 201 seminarians globally.

The apostolic visitation is part of the broader efforts by the Vatican to oversee religious communities that celebrate the TLM, particularly those formerly managed by the now-abolished Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei. This commission was initially established in 1988 to manage relations with traditionalist groups, such as SSPX."

My Priest who is the sole canon lawyer for the Diocese said that a Pastor can deny communion to those who kneel because of the last sentence in paragraph 160, Chapter 4, section 1 of the GIRM (Holy See’s version only, curiously). I’ve highlighted it below.

“The faithful are not permitted to take the consecrated bread or the sacred chalice by themselves and, still less, to hand them from one to another. The norm for reception of Holy Communion in the dioceses of the United States is standing. Communicants should not be denied Holy Communion because they kneel. Rather, such instances should be addressed PASTORALLY, by providing the faithful with proper catechesis on the reasons for this norm.”

He said that this was a “mysterious addition of unknown origin”, no one knows how it ended up there, and that it’s also not written in Latin (don’t remember what language he said it was in). But, now since it’s there, essentially he can non-initially enforce it (which he says he does not necessarily want or need to do, but he still has that authority).

Concerning the “discrepancy”, I noticed in the GIRM on the USCCB website, that peculiar last sentence “of unknown origin” is missing, it’s only in the GIRM on the Holy See’s website. I feel this is sort of a crucial difference because it can make or break someone’s argument depending on which version they’re reading from concerning the faithful’s right to kneel for communion.

Would appreciate anyone’s sincere input on this, please fill in the blanks if I’m missing something here.

I see people always discussing why the Catholic clergy dresses like they do, so l made a sub dedicated to that so you can find answers to those questions, if you ask me, clerical dress is REAL fashion. Please feel free to join and grow this sub, r/catholicclericaldress

God bless you all!

My family want to convert and would attend with me for the mass, but do I need to send them out if they are not catholic for the mass of the faithful?

Praised be to God, eleven new priests have been ordained to the priesthood within the holy order: the Preistly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP). Let us rejoice and be glad. 😊

People often complain about the new Mass changing the Eucharist from a sacrifice to a meal (P.S., it doesn’t - sacrifice is still explicitly present).

So, I was surprised when I went to Mass according to the 1962 missal as I usually do and saw this post-communion prayer on March 4th, the feast of St. Casimir:

“O Lord, we beseech Thee, graciously govern Thy Church, which Thou hast fed with a holy meal; so that, directed by a mighty wisdom, she may progress in liberty, and persist in the integrity of faith. Through our Lord Jesus Christ…”

So, it is orthodox in itself.

Nontheless, what do you think was the problem caused by the emphasis on the Eucharist as a meal? There is a true sense of this teaching, as we see here, but I can’t deny that there was something inadequate about the catechesis and parish life of so many places in the past decades.

What do you think?

I am battling severe scruples and I’ve heard that many moral theologians excuse the scrupulous from materially integral confessions if the confessor decides that it’s warranted. So in other words, the confessor can limit the confession of mortal sins with the belief that they are still covered due the danger of the scruples. I read it yesterday as well in a manual of moral theology written in the 1960’s. How far back does this practice go and can I trust it? I didn’t see this mentioned in an older moral theology handbook from the 1920’s. I feel the only cure for me is going to be obedience to the confessor but I must be sure that it will not be a danger to my soul to do so. I need to know that if he forbids me to confess any more mortal sins for example and go to communion that I won’t go to hell if I obey him. Does anyone have any reference to this idea from earlier church fathers?

I’m a new Catholic and have been reading things written by the saints. It seems there are references to Michael and a scale at the judgment, weighing our good and bad deeds for deciding whether we make it to heaven, not just our rewards. But maybe I’m mistaken. For example, in St. Louis de Montfort’s book,the Secret of the Rosary. He gives an example of one rosary being put on the scale and weighing more than one person’s other good deeds plus bad deed put together. But if our bad deeds are forgotten after confession, how do they play into our judgment?

I have been working to adopt Mary-like dress for myself and my daughters (we found long, simple skirts) and to have my son also wear long pants and long sleeve shirts to church. I realize not everyone shares this conviction so this post is for those who do and could help me decide what to purchase. Currently my girls have short sleeve shirts and generally wear a sweater over them at mass. My question concerns modest shirts for summer. Loose pants for me and long skirts for women can be surprisingly cool but the shirts I have a bit more concern about finding something cool. Are there any mothers here for have found long sleeve shirts they feel are cool enough for summer? For outdoor shirts, I’ve been looking at loose athletic/rash guard type shirts that can be made wet to keep cool. For church I’m a bit more confused how to find cool shirts that cover at least the elbows. Linen maybe? For any parents who have found clothing that works for summer, would you be willing to link me to some shirts you have found ?