Fribourg, May 9, 2025 “Pax Vobis” Deeply heartened by these first words of Leo XIV in echoing the Good Shepherd in these days after the Resurrection, we ardently join the Holy Father in his intentions for peace within the world and within the Church. We assure him of our fervent prayers by invoking in particular our own Patron, St. Peter, […]
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Fribourg, April 21, 2025 Having learned of the passing from this world of Pope Francis today, April 21, 2025, the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter is ardently praying for the repose of his soul. As the Servant of the Servants of God, he often humbly asked to be remembered in the prayers of those who met him. We are indebted […]
Fribourg, February 13, 2025 – fssp.org The General Council of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter and other members representing the Fraternity throughout the world gathered in Lourdes to renew the solemn consecration of the community to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In preparation for this act, they took part in the torchlight procession on the evening of Monday, February […]
Three years ago, at a moment of deep incertitude, the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter called out to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, mindful that never was it known that anyone who fled to her protection has been left unaided. Following a novena, the Fraternity consecrated itself to her Immaculate Heart on the very day that the Holy Father providentially […]
Statistics as of November 1st, 2024 Members today Total: 583 (incl. 373 incardinated) Priests: 386 o 359 incardinated o 16 incorporated ad annum o 6 postulants o 5 associated Deacons: 15 Non-deacons seminarians (including postulants): 182 Average age of members: 39 years Deceased members: 15 ♦ Priests ♦ Deacons ♦ Seminarians Nationalities All members Incardinated members Seminarians Increase and ordinations [...]
Communiqué of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter Fribourg, September 26, 2024 The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) has recently been informed by the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life of the opening of an apostolic visitation of the Fraternity. As the Prefect of this Dicastery himself made clear to the Superior General and […]
Communiqué of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter Thursday, July 18, 2024, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Denton, Nebraska, USA The closing Mass of the 7th Ordinary General Chapter of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter was celebrated this morning by three of its founders, Frs. Josef Bisig, Gabriel Baumann and Engelbert Recktenwald. In his homily, Fr. John Berg thanked […]
Communiqué of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter Friday, July 12, 2024, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Denton, Nebraska, USA The General Chapter of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), which is taking place from July 3 to July 18, 2024 at the International Seminary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Denton, Nebraska, elected in a plenary session the Assistants […]
Communiqué of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter Wednesday, July 10, 2024, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Denton, Nebraska, USA The General Chapter of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), which takes place from July 3 to July 18, 2024 at the International Seminary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Denton, Nebraska, in plenary session elected Fr. John Berg as […]
Official communiqué of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter – Fribourg, March 1st, 2024. Following a request from the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, Pope Francis invited Fr. Andrzej Komorowski, Superior General of the FSSP, to meet with him. He received him in private audience at the Vatican on Thursday, February 29, 2024, accompanied by Fr. Benoît Paul-Joseph, Superior of […]
Statistics as of November 1st, 2023 Members today Total: 569 (incl. 364 incardinated) Priests: 368 o 342 incardinated o 20 incorporated ad annum o 2 postulants o 4 associated Deacons: 22 Non-deacons seminarians (including postulants): 179 Average age of members: 39 years Deceased members: 12 ♦ Priests ♦ Deacons ♦ Seminarians Nationalities All members Incardinated members Seminarians Increase and [...]
Fribourg, December 31, 2022 It is with sorrow that the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter learned today, December 31, 2022, of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who was on several occasions a providential support for our community. As Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he was instrumental in the founding of the Fraternity […]
Statistics as of November 1st, 2022 Members today Total: 542 (incl. 348 incardinated) Priests: 356 o 331 incardinated o 16 incorporated ad annum o 5 postulants o 4 associated Deacons: 17 Non-deacons seminarians (including postulants): 169 Average age of members: 38 years Deceased members: 11 ♦ Priests ♦ Deacons ♦ Seminarians Nationalities All members Incardinated members Seminarians Increase and [...]
Fribourg, February 21, 2022 On Friday, February 4, 2022, two members of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, Fr. Benoît Paul-Joseph, Superior of the District of France, and Fr. Vincent Ribeton, Rector of St. Peter’s Seminary in Wigratzbad, were received in private audience by the Holy Father, Pope Francis, for nearly an hour. During the very cordial meeting, they recalled […]
[Original: Latin and Spanish] DECRETUM Sanctus Pater Franciscus, omnibus et singulis sodalibus Instituti vitae consecratae “Fraternitas Sancti Petri” nuncupati, die 18 iulii 1988 erecti et a Sancta Sede pontificii iuris declarati, facultatem concedit celebrandi sacrificium Missae, sacramentorum necnon alios sacros ritus, sicut et persolvendi Officium divinum, iuxta editiones typicas librorum liturgicorum, scilicet Missalis, Ritualis, Pontificalis et Breviarii, anno 1962 vigentium. […]
[Original: Latin and Spanish] The Holy Father Francis, grants to each and every member of the Society of Apostolic Life “Fraternity of Saint Peter”, founded on July 18, 1988 and declared of “Pontifical Right” by the Holy See, the faculty to celebrate the sacrifice of the Mass, and to carry out the sacraments and other sacred rites, as well as […]
Novena ad praeparandum consecrationis actum Haec Novena ab omnibus sodalibus Fraternitatis dicatur singulis diebus a die 2 usque ad diem 10 mensis Februarii, potius post Missam publicam, ita ut etiam christifideles laici in ea participare possint. Privatim quoque dicatur, sed pro opportunitate locis et temporis. Post decadem Rosarii dicitur: Memoráre, o piíssima Virgo María, non esse audítum a sǽculo, quemquam […]
[Texts of the Novena and the act of Consecration in French | German | Spanish | Latin] Novena of Preparation for Consecration This novena is to be recited every day from February 2 to 10, 2022 by all members of the Fraternity, preferably after public Mass to accommodate the faithful who wish to join in. Priests who celebrate privately must […]
Statistics as of November 1st, 2021 Members today Total: 526 (incl. 336 incardinated) Priests: 341 o 319 incardinated o 13 incorporated ad annum o 4 postulants o 5 associated Deacons: 17 Non-deacons seminarians (including postulants): 168 Average age of members: 38 years Deceased members: 11 ♦ Priests ♦ Deacons ♦ Seminarians Nationalities All members Incardinated members Seminarians Increase and ordinations [...]
Official communiqué of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter following the publication of the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes Fribourg, July 20, 2021 The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, whose goal is the sanctification of priests through the faithful observance of the liturgical traditions prior to the reform implemented after the Second Vatican Council (cf. Constitutions n. 8), has received Pope […]
source: fssp.org Three years after the last General Chapter in July 2018, Fr. Andrzej Komorowski, Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, has decided, with the agreement of his General Council: – to reappoint Fr. Arnaud Evrat, Assistant, as Secretary General for three years; – to reappoint Fr. Stefan Reiner, Assistant, as General Treasurer for three years; – […]
Statistics as of November 1st, 2020 Members today Total: 504 (incl. 321 incardinated) Priests: 330 o 309 incardinated o 12 incorporated ad annum o 4 postulants o 5 associated Deacons: 12 Non-deacons seminarians (including postulants): 162 Average age of members: 38 years Deceased members: 10 ♦ Priests ♦ Deacons ♦ Seminarians Nationalities All members Incardinated members Seminarians Increase and ordinations [...]
Statistics as of November 1st, 2019 Members today Total: 482 (incl. 317 incardinated) Priests: 320 o 300 incardinated o 8 incorporated ad annum o 5 postulants o 7 associated Deacons: 17 Non-deacons seminarians (including postulants): 145 Average age of members: 38 years Deceased members: 10 ♦ Priests ♦ Deacons ♦ Seminarians Nationalities All members Incardinated members Seminarians Increase and ordinations [...]
Statistics as of November 1st, 2018 Members today Total: 460 (incl. 304 incardinated) Priests: 304 o 290 incardinated o 7 incorporated ad annum o 1 postulants o 6 associated Deacons: 14 Non-deacons seminarians (including postulants): 142 Average age of members: 38 years Deceased members: 8 ♦ Priests ♦ Deacons ♦ Seminarians Nationalities All members Incardinated members Seminarians Increase and ordinations [...]
The Superior General has nominated the following with the approval of his General Council: – Fr. Benoît Paul-Joseph as District Superior of France for three years; – Fr. Bernhard Gerstle as Superior of the Germanophone District for three years; – Fr. Michael Stinson as Superior of the North American District for three years. On behalf of all of the members […]
Thursday, July 12, 2018, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Denton, Nebraska, USA The General Chapter of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), held from July 3 to July 18 2018 at the International Seminary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Denton, Nebraska, elected in a plenary session the Assistants and Counselors of the General Superior as follows: Assistants: Fr. Daniel […]
Monday, July 9, 2018, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Denton, Nebraska, USA The General Chapter of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), held from July 3 to July 18, 2018 at Our Lady of Guadalupe International Seminary, Denton, Nebraska, elected today in plenary session Fr. Andrzej Komorowski as Superior General for 6 years. The Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” was […]
Statistics as of November 1st, 2017 Members today Total: 437 (incl. 293 incardinated) Priests: 287 o 272 incardinated o 8 incorporated ad annum o 2 postulants o 5 associated Deacons: 21 Non-deacons seminarians (including postulants): 129 Average age of members: 38 years Deceased members: 8 ♦ Priests ♦ Deacons ♦ Seminarians Nationalities All members Incardinated members Seminarians Increase and ordinations [...]
[Original: French] On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, Pope Francis joins the thanksgiving of her members for the work accomplished in this quarter-century spent at the service of ecclesial communion cum Petro et sub Petro. It was in a moment of great trial for the Church that the Priestly […]
[Original: German] Trinità dei Pellegrini Catholic Church, Rome, October 18, 2008. “He sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither He Himself was to come.” (Gospel) Esteemed Superior General, Father John Berg, Esteemed Fellow Priests, Dear Seminarians, Dear Faithful! God, our Lord, has always wanted to save individual persons, to unlock for others the […]
Apostolic Letter of Pope Benedict XVI on the celebration of the Roman Rite according to the Missal of 1962 [Original : latin, unofficial Vatican Information Service translation] Up to our own times, it has been the constant concern of supreme pontiffs to ensure that the Church of Christ offers a worthy ritual to the Divine Majesty, ‘to the praise and glory […]
On June 29th 2003, the Holy See gave definitive approval to the Constitutions of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. Until that date the constitutions had been approved on an experimental basis. They were reviewed in detail by the Holy See in 1999 and by the Fraternity’s General Chapter (the supreme governing body of the institute) in 2000. [Original: French] […]
[Original: French] Ten years after the publication of the Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei how does the account stand? Above all, I think it is an opportunity to show our gratitude and give thanks. The different communities born from this pontifical document, have given the Church a great number of priestly and religious vocations, zealous, joyful and profoundly united to the […]
Dear confreres in the priestly service, Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord! “This is the day the Lord has made. Let us be glad and rejoice in it” (Psalm 117:24). These radiant words of Easter, with which the Church responds today to the message of the Resurrection, are taken from an Old Testament liturgy of thanks, which was celebrated […]
[Original: Latin] COMMISSION PONTIFICALE ECCLESIA DEI Prot. No.234/88 DECREE This Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei“, in virtue of the special faculties granted to it by the Sovereign Pontiff, and graciously accepting the petition of the Reverend Father Josef Bisig, by this selfsame Decree erects the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter as a clerical society of Apostolic Life with Pontifical Right, according […]
[Original: Latin] DECREE In virtue of the faculty granted to it by the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II, the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei concedes to that which is called the “Fraternity of St. Peter”, founded July 18, 1988 and declared of “Pontifical Right” by the Holy See, the faculty of celebrating Mass, and carrying out the rites of the sacraments […]
[Original: German] PONTIFICIA COMMISSIO ECCLESIA DEI Rome, 22 July 1988 Reverend Father Bisig, The Papal Commission, established by the Motu propri Ecclesia Dei of the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on July 2nd 1988, has been notified that 12 priests, former members of the Society of Saint Piux X, have resolved, on July 18th 1988 at the Abbey of […]
[Original: French] By this act the undersigned clerics found the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter as a clerical Society of Apostolic Life, in conformity with the dispositions of CIC (can. 731-46), taking into consideration the exemption foreseen in the Protocol of 5 May 1988 and the Motu proprio Ecclesia Dei adflicta of 2 July 1988. This society can associate lay brothers […]
Clarification [Original: German] For the honour and glory of the holy Catholic Church, for the consolation of the much troubled faithful, and for the peace of their conscience, the undersigned, members until now of the Fraternity of Saint Pius X, declare with profound regret over the illicit consecration of bishops on 30 June [1988] that they have remained within the […]
1. With great affliction the Church has learned of the unlawful episcopal ordination conferred on 30 June last by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, which has frustrated all the efforts made during the previous years to ensure the full communion with the Church of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X founded by the same Mons. Lefebvre. These efforts, especially intense during […]
Text of the agreement signed at Rome during the meeting between His Eminence Josef Cardinal Ratzinger and His Excellency Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. The Archbishop renounced the protocol before proceeding with episcopal consecrations on 30 June 1988 in the absence of a pontifical mandate and against the wishes of the Supreme Pontiff. [Original: French] I. Text of the Doctrinal Declaration I, […]