Institute of the Good Shepherd

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The Institute of the Good Shepherd is a Roman Catholic society of apostolic life of traditionalist Catholic priests in full communion with the Holy See.

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[edit] Background

Father Paul Aulagnier, who had been provincial superior of the Society of Saint Pius X in France from 1976 to 1994 was expelled in 2003 for having spoken in favour of the 2002 agreement between the Holy See and the priests of Campos, Brazil who form the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney[1]. These priests were authorized to use the Tridentine form of the Roman Rite on the condition of recognizing the Second Vatican Council "in the light of Tradition" and the validity of the revised Roman Missal promulgated by Pope Paul VI.

In August 2004 Father Philippe Laguérie, a favourite figure with the media, was expelled for having complained that the Society of Saint Pius X had serious problems of discouragement of priestly vocations in its seminaries. As a disciplinary measure he had been transferred to Mexico, but refused the assignment.[2] Father Laguérie had for many years been in charge of the church of Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet in Paris, occupied by traditionalist Catholics since 1977. In 1993, he failed in an attempt to take over another Paris church, that of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois.[3] He was more successful at Bordeaux in January 2002, obtaining the approval of the city council, but not of the archbishop, to take over the church of Saint-Eloi.[4]

Father Christophe Héry was expelled for supporting Laguérie, as was Father Guillaume de Tanoüarn. The latter was the founder of the religious association of Saint-Marcel and the Saint-Paul Centre in Paris.[5]

On 15 June 2006, a French court in Nanterre (chambre du Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre) ordered the reinstatement of Fathers Laguérie and Héry.[6]

[edit] Foundation of the Institute

They had already decided to embark on a new path (while, according to at least one of them, remaining members of the Society of St Pius X).[7] On 8 September 2006, the liturgical feast of Our Lady's Birthday, they, together with Father Henri Forestier, who also was stationed in Bordeaux, formed the Institute of the Good Shepherd,[8] a society of apostolic life in full communion with the Holy See. Several seminarians joined the new fraternity, some of them close to ordination, and Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos, who signed the decree approving their constitutions for a preliminary experimental period of five years,[9] promised to confer the sacrament of orders on them.

Father Laguérie had declared in March 2006 that agreement with the Holy See of Rome was required by the very constitution of the Catholic Church, and he asked his parishioners to take note of the signs of good will on the part of Rome and of its intention to put an end to the doctrinal craziness and the scandals of 1960-2000. He pointed to an address of Pope Benedict[10] as a condemnation of using "the spirit of the Council" as a pretext for excesses.

[edit] Agreement with the Holy See

The Holy See granted the members of the new institute exclusive use, as the institute's own rite, of the "Tridentine" form of the Roman Rite, employing the 1962 Roman Missal. For their part, each of the founding members personally undertook to respect the authentic Magisterium of the Apostolic See of Rome with "complete fidelity to the infallible Magisterium of the Church."[11] The members of the institute may engage in a criticism of the Second Vatican Council that is serious and constructive and in accord with Pope Benedict XVI's address of 22 December 2005 to the Roman Curia,[12] while recognizing that it is for the Apostolic See to give the authentic interpretation.[13]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Les accords avec Rome Mgr Lefebvre-Mgr Fellay
  2. ^ The case of Fr. Philippe Laguérie in Bordeaux - SSPX USA
  3. ^ "En 1993, il avait tenté d’occuper une autre église parisienne, Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois." Transl "In 1993 he tried to occupy another Parisuan chrurh, Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois.", Commission Pontificale "Ecclesia Dei" Décret N° 118/2006
  4. ^ "L’archevêque lui-même, convaincu de la grande utilité de tels coopérateurs, reçoit dans son diocèse cette communauté, en lui confiant l’église Saint-Éloi située dans sa ville épiscopale, avec la charge pastorale de ses fidèles." Transl. "Their Archbishop, persuaded of the usefulnes of close co-operation, reveived in the community in their diocese geve them the church of Saint-Éloi situated in the episcopal seat, instructed to a pastoral care faithful to the church." , Commission Pontificale "Ecclesia Dei" Décret N° 118/2006
  5. ^ "M l’abbé de Tanouarn installe son brillant « Centre saint Paul » à Paris."Interview by Father Aulagnier, 21 September 2006
  6. ^ La Justice déclare illégales et annule les exclusions des abbés Laguérie et Héry
  7. ^ "Je reste toujours membre de la FSSPX, jusqu’à ma mort. Je ne peux me résoudre à quitter ce que j’ai aimé. Follement. L’Eglise a besoin d’elle. Elle a besoin de tous ses prêtres." (Translation: "I still remain a member of the SSPX. Until death. I cannot get myself to abandon what I have loved, madly loved. The Church needs the Society. She needs all her priests.")L’Institut du Bon Pasteur - par l’abbé Paul Aulagnier
  8. ^ Decree of erection and Press communiques
  9. ^ Decree of Approval
  10. ^ Pope Benedict XVI's address to the Roman Curia, 22 December 2005
  11. ^ Statutes II §2
  12. ^ English translation of the address
  13. ^ Communiqué des prêtres de l'Institut du Bon Pasteur
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