ELMHURST, Pennsylvania – 5 June 2008 – On Wednesday, June 11th, 2008, Father John Berg, the Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, will be a guest on the radio show “Seize the Day” hosted by Gus Lloyd. The 15 minute interview will be broadcast live at 9:30AM (EST), on Channel 159, “The Catholic Channel.”
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About Father John Berg, FSSP
Fr. John Marcus Berg is the third Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter .
Fr. Berg was born and raised in a Catholic family in Minnesota. He entered the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter immediately after graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from Thomas Aquinas College, in Southern California. In 1993, he entered Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary’s first class in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He received the Tonsure from Bishop Zieglebauer in Wigratzbad, Germany. He began his theological studies at the Seminary of St. Peter there.
Fr. Berg finished his studies at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome where he took a Licentiate Degree in Dogmatic Theology. He was ordained a priest by Bishop James C. Timlin of Scranton, Pennsylvania on September 6, 1997. He then returned to Rome where he worked at the FSSP chapel there, San Gregorio dei Muratori. He has taught Dogmatic Theology on the seminary staff at Our Lady of Guadalupe. He served as Pastor of St. Stephen the First Martyr Parish in Sacramento, California.
During the General Chapter in the summer of 2006, Fr. Berg was elected as the Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. He currently lives at the Priestly Fraternity’s General House in Fribourg, Switzerland. Placed in charge of the Catholic Church’s largest religious community attached to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, Fr. Berg oversees and coordinates the Priestly Fraternity’s apostolates worldwide. In light of this, Fr. Berg often meets with diocesan bishops throughout the world.
About the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
Established in 1988 by Pope John Paul II, the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter is a Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right. The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter strives to serve the Catholic Church by means of its own particular and specific role or objective, i.e. the sanctification of priests through the faithful celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Through the spiritual riches of the Church’s ancient Roman liturgy, the priests of the Fraternity seek to sanctify those entrusted to their care. The Priestly Fraternity instructs and trains its priests to preserve, promote, and protect the Catholic Church's authentic liturgical and spiritual traditions. The Fraternity has over 200 priests and over 100 seminarians studying in its two international seminaries in Bavaria, Germany and Denton, Nebraska.
About Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 159, “The Catholic Channel”
Combining a modern talk format and open dialogue, The Catholic Channel focuses on Catholicism in the 21st Century, especially as it is lived in today’s world. The Catholic Channel addresses issues in the news and on the mind of the listeners – everything from what’s happening in the Church today, to the headline stories of current events and politics, to the latest in the world of entertainment, the arts and sports. Bringing a Catholic perspective to the world around us – that’s The Catholic Channel.
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Media Contact
Father Joseph Lee, FSSP
Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary
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