May 2018 - SSPX Ordo Notices
Society of Saint Pius X    Regina Coeli House
11485 N. Farley Rd.    Platte City, MO  64079
(816) 733-2500

Note: This document is for the purpose of apostolate planning and offers a collection of practical advice and announcements. Items may be included in priory and church bulletins if desired; simply copy and paste these announcements into your weekly/monthly bulletin.  We tried to make this list as complete as possible. Please let us know if we are missing something. Going forward it will be updated every 20th of the month and uploaded to the online ordo.

Festum S. Ioseph Opificis: The feast of the Patronage of St. Joseph was formerly celebrated on the Wednesday after the II Sunday after Easter. In 1955, Pope Pius XII transferred it to May 1, incorporating an artisan theme, calling it in Italian San Giuseppe Artigiano (=artisan, craftsman). In the USA, it may be celebrated ad libitum on the Labor Day holiday instead of on May Day. 

The Feast of the Ascension is always celebrated in Tradition on Thursday, but the obligation to attend Mass is binding on Thursday only in ten states (NY, NJ, PA, CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME, and NE). After the Gospel at the principal Mass, the Paschal Candle is extinguished. It is not displayed or used anywhere in the church outside of Paschal time, and is not placed in the baptistery. Its only role in the liturgy after being blessed, lauded with the Exultet, and immersed in the baptismal font at the Easter Vigil is to stand (representing the Risen Christ) on the Gospel side of the sanctuary during the 40 days between Easter and the Ascension. The candle may be seen throughout the year in the baptistery of many notable churches (cathedrals, basilicas, etc.), but that is due to a novus ordo rubric — as also using it during baptisms, weddings, and funerals — and is not a practice used in the Roman Rite.

The Vigil of Pentecost is traditionally a day of Fast and Partial Abstinence (USA), or in other places fast and complete abstinence.

The Ember days of Pentecost are within its octave. (This is a remnant of fasting beginning soon after the close of Eastertide, before Pentecost was given its octave.) The color of the Ember days of Pentecost is red instead of violet. Flectamus genua is not said. Friday is observed as a day of fast and abstinence, with Wednesday and Saturday observed as days of fast and partial abstinence (USA) or fast and complete abstinence elsewhere.

Funerals are not permitted this month on the Feast of the Ascension, Pentecost Sunday, and Trinity Sunday.

Prayers for the General Chapter: From July 11 to 21, 2018, the fourth General Chapter of the Society will take place in Ecône. The Superior General has prescribed prayers that are to be recited daily in all the houses of the SSPX for six months before the beginning of the Chapter: the recitation of the Veni Sancte Spiritus to ask the Holy Ghost for enlightenment, and the invocation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and St. Pius X to obtain their protection and intercession. The faithful and all men of good will are cordially invited to join in these prayers.

Veni, Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. 
V. Emitte Spiritum tuum et creabuntur;
R. Et renovabis faciem terrae.
Oremus. Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratione docuisti: da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, et de eius semper consolatione gaudere. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
-Cor Immaculatum Mariae, ora pro nobis qui ad Te recurrimus.
-Sancte Pie decime, ora pro nobis.

Come Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy love. 
V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created;
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. 
Let Us Pray: O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Ghost, grant that by the same Spirit we may be truly wise, and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 
-Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us who have recourse to thee. 
-St. Pius X, pray for us.

Local observances
These apply to priests assigned to these priories.
Winona: (1) Sunday, May 6 is the Feast of the Dedication of the Cathedral (of Winona-Rochester), I class. May 5: First Vespers of the Dedication. May 6: Festal Office and Mass of the Dedication, with no commemoration of the Sunday because it is of the same Divine Person; (2) Note: In March, the Diocese of Winona was renamed by the Holy See as the Diocese of Winona-Rochester. 
Platte City, Kansas City, and Franciscan Convent: May 28 is the Feast of the Dedication of the Cathedral (of Kansas City-St. Joseph), transferred from May 20 due to Pentecost. May 27: Vespers of Trinity Sunday, with commemoration of the Dedication. May 28: Festal Office and Mass of the Dedication with no commemoration of St. Augustine of Canterbury.
Platte City: June 1 is the Titular Feast of the District House chapel (BVM Regina), I class, transferred from May 31 due to Corpus Christi. May 31: Vespers of Corpus Christi, with commemoration of BVM Regina. June 1: Festal Office and Mass of BVM Regina with no commemoration of St. Angela Merici.

SSPX Necrology
May 2: Sr. Marie Agnès Robert (2008), French
May 12: Abbé Dominique Lagneau (2013), French
May 21: Abbé Henri La Praz (1993), Swiss
May 30: Sr. Maria Vergères (1998), Swiss