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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]