Istituto Mater Boni Consilii
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The Istituto Mater Boni Consilii or the Institute of the Mother of Good Counsel is a Traditionalist Catholic congretation of priests that follows the Sedeprivationist school of thought.
The founders of the Institute seceded 1985 from the Society of St. Pius X under the leadership of Fr. Francesco Ricossa, onetime faculty member of the SSPX's seminary at Econe; the three other founders were Frs. Franco Munari, Curzio Nitoglia and Giuseppi Murro.
The Institute is confined to Western Europe, and is strongest in Italy, Belgium and Germany. It operates a seminary at Verrua Savoia near Turin, Italy.
The needs of the Institute are met by Bishop Geert Jan Stuyver, who belongs to it. Previously, Bishop Franco Munari, who had been a member, ministered to its needs.
The Institute also uses the name Sodalitium Pianum as an alternative name; this was the name of a special body of priests established by Pope St. Pius X in order to spy on and ferret out Modernists from the Catholic Church, and which had been suppressed by Nazi Germany during World War II.
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- Istituto Mater Boni Consilii, Locality Carbignano 36, I - 10020 Verrua Savoia, Italy. Tel.: 0161-839335; Fax: 0161-839334.
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