Further to recent posts dealing with the dispute in Christchurch, New Zealand, between the Redemptorist Congregation 'The Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer' (FssR) and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, readers may already be aware that the Redemptorists lodged an appeal with the Vatican against the Bishop's decision to expel them, and have since learnt that they have lost their appeal.
Following a recent meeting of the Chapter, at Golgotha Monastery, Papa Stronsay, Orkney, Fr Michael Mary FssR , Major Rector, has just issued the following official response to latest events, which I post below.
“Every one therefore that shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father Who is in Heaven. But he that shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father Who is in Heaven.”(Matt. 10:32)
CONGREGATION OF THE SONS OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER
TRANSALPINE REDEMPTORISTS
Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops, Priests, Religious and Faithful
from the General Chapter
of the
Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer
Being held in Papa Stronsay, Scotland
St Therese of the Child Jesus, 3rd October – St Gerard Majella 16th October, 2025
Dear Faithful,
Live Jesus our love and Mary our hope!
It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that we write to you. What unites us is our great love for our Holy Mother, the Catholic Church and Bride of Jesus Christ, for whom the martyrs shed their blood and the saints gave their lives. It is this love that forces us to express a truth that is difficult, however essential. (Lk. 12: 4-9)
Just like you, we too have cherished great hope for many years. We believed it was possible to live as faithful children of the Tradition within the structures of the modern Church. We believed that the old and beautiful traditions of our Faith, in particular the Latin Mass of all times, would be rightfully returned to us. This gave us hope, especially during the time of Benedict XVI. We confidently expected that we would be able to freely practise the Faith of our Fathers in the Church. We didn’t know how wrong we were!
Through years of trials and experience we have come to the unfortunate conclusion that the Traditional Catholic Faith, the Faith of all times and of the saints, is incompatible with the new, modern Church, the fruit of the Second Vatican Council. They simply cannot coexist in one body.
Since we deeply cherish and honour the Traditional Latin Mass and cannot give up the Holy Mass of the centuries and of the saints, this new Church does not want us. Because of our fidelity, we have been considered stubborn, difficult and rebellious; stitched up and lied about in never-ending acrimony.
This letter appeals to all who sense that something is tremendously wrong in the Church or who think that the new Church and the unchanging Faith can peacefully coexist. Alas! Allow us to state the sad truth that our experience clearly shows this to be impossible. Surely this new Church would shock all the holy Popes who declared time and again that Religious Indifferentism is a very great evil, absolutely incompatible with the Catholic Faith.
We tell you, we will not be complicit by silence in this ongoing destruction of the Church. We must speak up at some time and what better time than now? After 17 years as a community within the structures of the Church, we have been continually isolated and harassed. More especially these last years the Bishop of Christchurch has made us to be as the offscouring or scum of the earth. By his numerous Decrees and recourse to Rome he has sought to expel our monks from the diocese. He wants to have fifteen local vocations perpetually exiled from their families and homeland. We tell you now, higher duty forbids it. So long as there is but one soul that asks us for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Sacraments or spiritual help, with God’s grace we will not desert it. The Good Shepherd urges us to lay down our lives for His sheep and keep the hungry wolf at bay. It is our duty in charity, in theology and by Canon Law.
Why? Because the chain of command has been broken. Authority in the Church is ministerial (serving Our Lord), not absolute (doing whatever it likes): it binds us because it is itself bound to Christ, to the deposit of the Faith, to the constant Magisterium. When a superior departs from his own obedience to Christ the King, his command is no longer the arm of Christ but the gesture of a man. (S.T., IIa IIæ, q. 104, a. 5) These churchmen disobey God. And then, having shattered the chain of God’s command they attempt to invoke religious obedience for matters that deplete the Church, and take away the Holy Mass. Tolle Missam, Tolle Ecclesiam – Take away the Mass, you destroy the Church (Luther). No! We must obey God before Man.
And therefore, cleaving with might and main to our deep communion with our Holy Mother the Church, our duty before our Lord Jesus Christ and towards souls demands that:
We repudiate 'Amoris Laetitia' permitting Holy Communion to couples living in sin.
We repudiate 'Traditionis Custodes’ persecution of the Mass and Catholics.
We repudiate 'Fiducia Supplicans' permitting the blessing of same-sex couples.
We repudiate “The Document on Human Fraternity” stating that God wills all religions.
We repudiate the false theology of “sister churches” and “partial communion”.
We repudiate the false shepherds who triumphantly processed the Pachamama idol in St Peter’s.
We repudiate Francis apologising for the heroic Catholic who threw that idol into the Tiber.
We repudiate the scourge of religious indifference in New Zealand and throughout the Church.
We repudiate the New Zealand Bishops’ acts of closing churches, and denying the sacraments in cowardly submission to the Covid-19 oppression.
We repudiate the Bishop of Christchurch receiving his ashes on Ash Wednesday from the Anglican bishop of Christchurch.
We repudiate the corruption of children, and scandal given to the innocent through evil catechetical programs.
We repudiate Francis teaching that all religions are as different languages, and asking “Is my God more important than yours?”
We repudiate the silence of those bishops who failed to speak out against that betrayal of the Faith.
We repudiate the Synodal Church as distinct from the Divinely constituted Catholic Church.
We repudiate the ongoing destruction and humiliation of our Holy Mother the Church.
We repudiate those who attack or undermine the Church in her dogma, morals, sacraments, or discipline with a new cult of man.
To all who read this: How long will all this nonsense go on?
Whatever may be the cost to us, with the Apostle we must say: Anathema!
“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema. As we said before, so now I say again: If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be anathema.” (Gal. 1:8-9)
Do not remain silent! Defend the Faith of our Fathers!
“Although all nations obey King Antiochus, so as to depart every man from the law of his father and consent to his commandments: I and my sons and my brethren will obey the law of our fathers.” (1 Maccabees 2:19-20)
“On the contrary, it is written (Acts 5:29): We ought to obey God rather than men. Now sometimes the things commanded by a superior are against God. Therefore, superiors are not to be obeyed in all things.” — St. Thomas Aquinas (S.T., IIa IIæ, q. 104, a. 5)
Expecta Dominum, Viriliter Age et Confortetur cor tuum.
Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage. (Ps 26:14)
Gaude, Maria Virgo… Rejoice, O Virgin Mary; thou alone hast crushed all heresies in the whole world.
Signatures:
Fr Michael Mary. F.SS.R.
Fr Anthony Mary, F.SS.R.
Br Nicodemus Mary, F.SS.R.
Br Paul Mary, F.SS.R.
Br Dominic Mary, F.SS.R.
Fr Magdala Maria, F.SS.R.
Fr Martin Mary, F.SS.R.
Br Xavier Maria, F.SS.R.
Br Alfonso Maria, F.SS.R.
Fr Seelos Maria, F.SS.R.
Fr Celestine Maria, F.SS.R.
Br Raphael Maria, F.SS.R.
Br Maksymilian Maria, F.SS.R.
Br Charles-Marie, F.SS.R.
Br Damasus Maria, F.SS.R.
Br Bogumił Maria, F.SS.R.
Br Francisco Maria, F.SS.R.
Br Ernest Maria, F.SS.R.
Br Hyacinth Maria, F.SS.R.
Br Gabriel Maria, F.SS.R.
Br Dysmas
Br George Marie
Br Ignatius Maria
Br Aloysius Maria
Br Zacchaeus Maria
Br Gerardo
Br William
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