ISSUE No. 57

Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary

Stockton Hill

SPRING, 1995

Winona, Minnesota

55987 U.S.A.

ust as the seminarians hadcompleted their week of MajorExams at St. Thomas AquinasSeminary, they were startled

by a procession of cars swinging intothe Seminary drive. These cars werecarrying Society priests from acrossthe country, who were coming toWinona to attend the Society’s annualPriests’ Meeting.

This year’s Priests’ Meeting, heldfrom February 6 to 9, boasted arecord number of 48 Priests fromacross the United States and Canada.Why do so many priests leave theirpriories and parishes for this weekand take the pains, for many of them,of trekking maybe halfway across thecountry in order to meet in theMinnesota cold? They do this inorder to attend various conferenceswhich augment their knowledge ofphilosophy and theology, as theirstudies do not end at their priestlyordination. Also they profit from thecomradeship of the gathering of somany priests in one place.

For one week the Seminary was apacked house and a quite busy one atthat. With all the responsibilities dueto the number of priests saying Massthroughout the day, the Sacristansspent months preparing for the largeamount of Masses that were said.During that week, nearly fifty Masseswere said each day, thus multiplyingthe abundant graces which flowedinto the Seminary.

Yet due to a sudden but short-lived ’flu, the halls of the Seminarywere also filled and busy withinfirmarians during this week.Unofficially all but two priests andseminarians became ill. One late-night trip to the emergency room ofthe local hospital revealed that all ofWinona was sick with it. This alsooverloaded the laundry crew, for theyhad to wash and sanitize the sheetsand blankets from all the rooms. Astack of infected sheets and blanketsliterally reached the ceiling in thelaundry room.

Although the numbers of

More Priests Than Ever!SSPX Districts Gather in Winona

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PRIESTS’ MEETING 1995: The priests pose in the February cold. From left to right are Front Row: Fr. Hewko,Fr. Hunter, Fr. Göttler, Fr. Peter Scott, His Excellency Bishop Williamson, Fr. Rulleau, Fr. Nichols, and Fr.Brandler. Second Row: Fr. Belland, Fr. Ward, Fr. Timothy Pfeiffer, Fr. Rusak, Fr. Vachon, Fr. Pulvermacher, Fr.Leith, Fr. Belisle, and Fr. Tague. Third Row: Fr. Boulet, Fr. Castel, Fr. Kimball, Fr. DeLallo, Fr. Young, Fr. Cooper,and Fr. Dean. Fourth row: Fr. Gallagher, Fr. Kenneth Novak, Fr. VanderPutten, Fr. Harber, Fr. Arzuaga, Fr.Ringrose, Fr. Gonzales, Fr. Lawrence Novak, and Fr. Alessio. Back Row: Fr. Hawker, Fr. Clarke Moore, Fr.Buckley, Fr. Thomas Haynos (mostly hidden), Fr. Urrutigoity (partially hidden), Rev. Mr. Katzaroff, Fr. Libietis(mostly hidden), Fr. Post, and Fr. Soos. Another eight priests present missed being in the picture.

participantswere reducedin the annualPriests vs.Seminarianshockey game,it did notdampen the funof the “WinonaCup”. TheSeminary tookhome thetrophy againthis year, eventhough theSeminaryprofessorsplayed on the same team as theseminarians.

The conferences concerned therebuilding of the once gloriousChristendom. For example, Seminaryprofessor Fr. Iscara tackled theDissolution of the Medieval Order,i.e., the historical significance of thedeath of the Christian world, and justhow that breakdown has formed the

mind of the modern world.In the realm of new ideas

creeping into the Church, HisExcellency Bishop Williamsoncovered the thinking of the Pope, asdescribed by Fr. Johannes Dörmannin his book THEOLOGICALJOURNEY OF POPE JOHN PAULII to the PRAYER MEETING INASSISI.The priests were also given alecture by Fr. Rusak on the spiritualprinciples of St. John of the Cross.Fr. Christopher Brandler summed upthe conflicting doctrines of thenatural and supernatural order inVatican I’s DEI FILIUS as againstVatican II’s DEI VERBUM.Undoubtedly of great interest tomany American readers of VERBUMwas the conference given by Fr.Benedict Vanderputten on the historyof that once great but now defunctAmerican magazine—Integrity,whose highlights have been re-printed by the Angelus Press—MyLife with Thomas Aquinas.

To priest and seminarian alike,the high point of this year’s Priests’Meeting was the contribution of ourtrans-Atlantic guest, Ecône Seminaryprofessor Fr. Rulleau, who gave fourlectures on Thomistic principles ofpolitics.

Thus, most of the conferencesfocused on the metaphysicalfoundation underlying the real worldin which we live. They stated that allmodern problems are based onmetaphysics and theology, and canbe historically discovered. So whatmust be done? A quote from St. JohnChrysostom with which Fr Iscaraconcluded his final history lecturebest summarizes our objective: “Wemust plan for the future by stayingfaithful to the past.”ΩΩ

Seminary Professor Fr. Iscara lectures to the priests aboutthe history which formed today’s society.

ne of the key speakers at the1995 Priests’ Meeting wasFr. Rulleau from theSeminary at Ecône where he

is the Professor of Dogma. Theseminarians from the upper yearswere privileged to hear him give fourtalks on a Catholic understanding ofthe nature of politics. Fr. Rulleau wasclearly happy to be visiting theSeminary and seemed impressed withthe atmosphere. As well as giving hisconferences, he found time to attendthe annual ice hockey match between

the seminarians and the priests wherehe agreed to officially start the match.

During his week with us at theSeminary, we all came to recognizehis distinctive appearance marked bythe Russian hat that he wore. Oneevening he was persuaded to give animpromptu lecture to the Seminary onSymbolism and the Liturgy. In thistalk, he pointed out how important theLiturgy was to us as Catholics, for itcontains a wealth of symbolismthrough which we come to a closerunderstanding of the Mass.

While he was at the Seminary,VERBUMtook the opportunity toquestion him on his experiences inRussia because Fr. Rulleau has beenthe Society’s main apostle to Russiasince its frontiers were opened.Following is a summary of theinterview.

Fr. Rulleau first went to theFrench Church of St. Louis inMoscow on the impulse of a group oflay people that needed the traditionalMass and teaching of the Faith. Theypersevered in their search despite theobstacles, and finally in the summerof 1991 Fr. Rulleau arrived, leavingjust before the coup d’etat. Whenasked his impressions of the Russianculture and language, he respondedby saying that he found the languageenriching (as he had studied it whilean engineering student) and theculture too complex to theorize uponbut rather appreciate. The complexityof the Russian lies in the fact that hehas a Byzantine inheritance, a Slavictemperament and a dash ofMongolian savagery. Fr. Rulleau alsowarned of the meaning of the word“Russian”, because it can denote theancient empire and at the same timethe Moscow machinations.

The overall state of affairs in theChurch in Russia Father found to besomewhat anarchical. The OrthodoxChurch, besides the fact of schism, hecalled a catastrophe. Theirhierarchical heads are practically

KGB agents! And the clergy arehardly setting examples either, beingat the bottom rung spiritually andmorally. Father much regrets thisdecadence of the clergy because theRussian Church has such a beautifulheritage and there is still piety in thepeople. Also encouraging in theirmorals is that one finds nopornography on the streets, but on the other hand abortion is highlyacceptable.

As for the politics, Father saysthat liberalism may have finished offthe outward appearances ofCommunism, but the inner powerstructure has not changed since 1990.Also, liberalism has done nothing todiminish the materialism, which isworse than in the United States, infact the liberalism is helping it to putdown new roots. In Father’s opinionthe political future is anyone’s guess.

To better serve the pastoral needsof the Russian apostolate, which atpresent only has two visits a yearfrom SSPX priests. Fr. Rulleau haslearned to say the Liturgy of St. JohnChrysostom and has found that thepiety surrounding it is quite liturgical.Many of the faithful sing the liturgyevery day, and he reminds us that wein the Latin Rite should learn fromthem. He concluded his interviewwith a simple prayer that an Orientalsoul often repeats, “O Lord JesusChrist, Son of God, have mercy onme a sinner.” ΩΩ

Father Rulleau, a Widely Travelled Man

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Fr. Rulleau speaks with Rev. Mr. John Peek, Rev. Mr. Peter Katzaroff and Fr. Hewko.

to traditional Catholics: reminiscentof the promise of MacArthur...TheMass has returned!

As the first American to beassigned here, I am very happy tosend to VERBUMreaders a littlenews of the work being done here inthe Philippines. In this tropical(whew!) country, an island nation(over 7,100 islands “at low tide”),the challenges facing the Societypriest are very different than in theU.S. The Philippines are Catholic,now for several hundred years,converted by zealous Spanishmissionaries with immense labor andpersonal sacrifice. The country isrelatively poor, only partiallyindustrialized, and it has a “spirit” allits own: a unique fusion of the FarEast with Catholic Spain, and a gooddose of American liberalism to boot.

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All of these elements influence howthe work we do is done, how it isreceived, and ultimately they willdetermine to what extent the “new

leaven” of the old Faith will spread.There is good reason to hope forimmense fruits, for the harvest isrich ... but equally good reason toknow that it will not be harvestedwithout A LOT OF WORK.

The fact that it is a ratherrecently-converted country makesthe apostolate here very interesting:the vast majority of people have astrong religious sense, and a love forthe old-fashioned customs. The“fatigue” and scepticism andreligious indifferentism whichplague Europe and the U.S. are notto be found here. Christianity stillhas some of the freshness and vigorof a young people. The priest is heldin very high esteem, and the faithfulstill respect the office, despite theunworthy behavior of those whosometimes occupy it. When thefaithful greet the priest (or any oftheir elders, although the custom isfading away) they will take his handto their forehead as a blessing.

During the week of the Priests’ Meeting, four Benedictine monks under thedirection of Fr. Cyprian, OSB, visited the Seminary to attend theconferences. Fr. Cyprian and his monks belong to Our Lady of GuadalupeMonastery in Silver City, New Mexico. This monastery was founded at thesuggestion of Archbishop Lefebvre after Fr. Cyprian left Le Barroux in1988 because of Le Barroux’s compromise with Rome and their opening upto the new ideas of Vatican II.

Winonan in the Philippines

Many VERBUMreaders may rememberFr. Blute, who wasordained here inWinona last June. Hisfirst assignment hasbeen in Quezon City,Philippines.Following is a letterthat he gave BishopWilliamson on theBishop’s recent visit tothe Pacific area.

CONFIDENTIAL0400 HOURS...SSPX PRIESTSESTABLISH BEACHHEAD .... STOP.WELL ENTRENCHEDNOW BUT UNDERGOINGHEAVY BOMBARDMENTBY NOVUS ORDO.NATIVES HIGHLYFAVORABLE .... SOLIDSUPPORT.....STOP.SEND REINFORCEMENTSIMMEDIATELY .... STOP.

MABUHAY!

Pax Christiand greetings from thePhilippines!

A few months ago, there wasgreat excitement in the Philippinesfor the celebration of the liberationof the Philippines from the Japaneseby the American forces led byGeneral MacArthur. Fifty years ago,the Marines landed at Leyte Gulf,and began the “cleansing” of thePhilippines from the Japaneseinvaders. The Filipinos have neverforgotten this event. GeneralMacArthur, four years before, hadbeen compelled to abandon thePhilippines in the face of anoverwhelming Japanese invasion. Ashe retreated from the fortress islandof Corregidor, in Manila Bay, hemade a solemn promise which hasbecome legendary: “I shall return!”he said...and this promise was thestuff of hope for the Filipinos duringthe years under Japanese occupation.

Two and one-half years ago,responding to pleas for the spiritualsuccor of the True Mass, the Societyestablished a beachhead in Manila:and like a spark amongst the reeds,the presence of the True Mass has lita signal-fire which gives a great hope

political domain, working hand inhand with those of other religions oreven no religion to accomplish theirgoal. Their Catholicism had to beconfined to their personal life,

excluding itsinfluence on theother members ofthe various politicalmovements orgroups they wereforming. Thesepeople tended tosee the Church’sauthority, andconsequently thepriest’s authority,as something thatapplied only toChurch matters andnot to socialconcerns. Theyseemed to feel thatthey did not need

the direction of the Church in thework of social action, especiallywhen the teaching and directives ofthe Church conflicted with theiropinions or mode of action. Manyactually believed in separation ofChurch and State and had a veryliberal understanding of liberty. Many

did not realize that the opinions theyheld coincided with those ofFreemasonry.

“Thus I clearly saw the need tomake available to the faithful a little“handbook” of the Church’s socialdoctrine and the exposition of themain errors which are leading somany good people astray. It wouldnot be good to allow the faithful tofall into error because of the cleverarguments of liberals, socialists andFreemasons. I felt that we needed toprotect our people from these errorsand provide them with the true andclear doctrines of the Church so theycould effectively combat the modernsocial errors. In order to make all thisinformation available to the faithful, Idecided to bundle my originalpamphlets together into one book,The Sword of Christendom.”

Sword of the SocietyFr. DeLallo was too modest to be

promoting his recently published TheSword of Christendom at the Priests’Meeting in February, but hereasonably hopes that his book willbe of service to the Society of St.Pius X throughout the United States.After all, the ideas it contains areessentially Archbishop Lefebvre’sideas. The Sword of Christendomis available from the Angelus Press,2918 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, MO,64109, for $12.95 postage-paid. ΩΩ

nother priest present at thePriests’ Meeting in Winonain February was the writer ofa book which appeared

recently: Fr. Stephen DeLallo, priorof St. Joseph’s inRichmond (formerlyArmada), Michigan,who has been aSociety priest for overten years, and whommany may know fromSt. Mary’s, Kansas,where he served as anassistant from 1983 to1989.

His book is TheSword of Christ-endom, begun in thesummer of 1991 as aseries of pamphlets toaddress zealousCatholics desiring towork for the reign ofOur Lord Jesus Christ in America.Father reflects, “I realized that manyof our parishioners were confusedabout the social doctrine of theChurch and the role of the priest andlaity with regard to Catholic Actionand the work for the reform of societyand the correction of the presentsocial, political, and economicproblems in our country.”

What The Church SaysFather then welded these

pamphlets with other writings intoTheSword of Christendom. In it, hetakes a two-fold approach: firstly, toexplain the Church’sdoctrine ofsocial reform, and secondly, toexpose the main errors which are thecauses of the present crisis, whichoften appear in the various solutionswell-meaning people propose.

Separation of Church and StateHere is how Fr. DeLallo

describes his book: “Many Armadaparishioners were attempting tofind the solutions solely in the

Fr. Stephen DeLallo

An SSPXAuthor

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hursday, February 23, saw acar loaded down with fourseminarians, namely fifth-year seminarian Rev. Mr.

Marshall Roberts, fourth-yearseminarians Timothy Lay, BaselSarweh, and Phillip Kimbu, assortedbaggage, a violin and a cellospeeding on its way from wintryWinona to the more temperateclimate of the Holy Land ofKentucky. It is, of course, understoodthat this word “speeding” should notbe taken in any sense which mightimply an infringement of thevenerable traffic laws of thiscountry—that goes without saying—it only implies the diligence withwhich the seminarians were headingsouthwards to pay their respects to apriest who for the last fifty years hasremained faithful to the Holy Faithand Rite of his ordination.

Fifty Years for Fr. HannifinThis man is Father Francis M.

Hannifin, a priest born of Irishparents and raised in Hartford,Connecticut, who has spent the lastfifty years as a priest in the

Priest’s Golden JubileeArchdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky.After studying at St. Mary’sSeminary in Kentucky and St.Meinrad’s Seminary in Indiana, Fr.Hannifin was ordained a priest onFebruary 24, 1945 in Owensboro,Kentucky, by Bishop Cotton; theArchbishop of Louisville was ill atthe time. From that time onwards,Father has remained in thearchdiocese. With the liberalizationof the diocese, he retired from hisposition as pastor of St. Michael’sChurch in Fairfield, and on June 16,1973, installed himself in therelatively quiet countryside of NelsonCounty. However, one must realizethat life cannot be too quiet in an areawhere the word “still” is used as anoun as often as it is used as anadverb!

America’s Holy LandBesides being known for its high

spirits, Nelson County can rightly becalled the Holy Land, for within itsboundaries can be found themotherhouses of three Orders ofsisters and the first cathedral west ofthe Appalachian Mountains. In anycase, for the past twenty-two years Fr.Hannifin has gathered together thefaithful Catholics of his area andgiven them the traditional Mass andsacraments. His efforts have not beenwithout fruit, for from his ruralchapel have come two priests for theSociety: Fathers Timothy and JosephPfeiffer, and he has been aninspiration for many more—certainlyfor other seminarians from theCommonwealth.

A Fitting T ributeAll this has been by way ofexplanation for the event whichwas to be commemorated onFebruary 24, that is, his GoldenJubilee. A contingent ofKentuckians and the fourseminarians joined with thefaithful of St. Pius X Chapel inCincinnati, Ohio, to celebratethis event with a Solemn HighMass after which was a banquetin Father’s honor. A number ofpriests came to pay their respectsto Fr. Hannifin as well. Theseincluded Fr. Peter Scott, DistrictSuperior, Frs. Timothy andJoseph Pfeiffer from the Society

and Frs. John Quinn, JohnO’Connor, Ronald Ringrose, andTerry Marks. Several hundred of thefaithful were in attendance to takepart in the celebration which includeda banquet, bagpipe music, Irish

dancing, and the strains of Vivaldiand Beethoven. Then came severalsmall speeches in Father’s honor byFr. Scott and Fathers Pfeiffer beforedessert was served. Thus ended amemorable night for the priests,seminarians, and faithful. But thecelebrations were not over yet.

Return to “Pfeif ferville ”Two days later, in the chapel of

Our Lady of Mount Carmel inBoston, Kentucky, better known as“Pfeifferville”, where Fr. Hannifinhas said Mass for the last twodecades, there was another SolemnHigh Mass and banquet. Fr. JosephPfeiffer, who was deacon for theMass, preached the sermon in whichfollowing St. Augustine he gave themystical significance to the numberfifty and applied it to the jubilee ofFr. Hannifin. After all, no one wasbetter at mystical numbers than St.Augustine, and this was certainly theoccasion to draw from hisknowledge. After the banquet, thefour seminarians packed their thingsand said farewell to Fr. Hannifin andto a very temperate Kentucky Sunday(it was 70 degrees), to return to theirbooks and classes at Winona. Onceagain, Congratulations, Father! ΩΩFr. Hannifin after 50 years in the priesthood,

as sketched by Br. Marcel, Seminary cartoonist.

The Priests and Seminarians who helped Fr. Hannifin celebrate his GoldenJubilee at St. Pius X Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, are, from left to right: Rev. Mr.Marshall Roberts, Fr. Ronald Ringrose, Fr. John Quinn, Fr. John O’Connor,Fr. Joseph Pfeiffer, Mr. Phillip Kimbu, Fr. Francis Hannifin, Fr. Peter Scott, Fr.Timothy Pfeiffer, Fr. Terry Marks, Mr. Timothy Lay, and Mr. Basel Sarweh.

Fr. DeLallo’s most recentaccomplishment.T

Amongst the children it is almostuniversal. Kids are urged(“Mag-Bless kay-Father”) to “bless”this way, and in their naturalaffection, they will surround thepriest, and cling to him on all sides.If they see a familiar priest on thestreet, they will sometimes drop theirgames and run to the priest. In therural areas and amongst people ofthe unlettered classes, they willtouch the priest’s cassock and thenthemselves, to “rub-off” good luck.And the consequence of all thisreverence ...? When the priestspeaks, people listen, and follow.Now what happens when the priestturns Modernist? You can imaginethe anguish and betrayal these goodpeople feel when they have tochoose to follow God or their priest.

The clergy, sad to say, arecompeting with each other to bemodern and up-to-date. None ofthem wear the cassock, except theCardinal-Archbishop of Manila,Cardinal Sin (no pun intended). Infact, the cassock has become so rare,

that when I walked through the“squatter’s” district, they thought Iwas a Born-Again minister, becauseonly the sectaries bring religion tothe poor.

The privileges of the clergy (andin a former Spanish colony there aremany) are for the most part abused,so the reputation of priests, so I amtold, is falling rapidly. Theencouraging thing is that thecommon folk are so attached to theold ways that they do not give themup so easily. The situation here islike this: the people love the CatholicFaith—and the clergy areassassinating the Faith by notteaching it or teaching it wrongly.

To expect the Faith to persist inconditions like this is like putting aripe mango in the sun and expectingit not to rot. The Protestant parasitesare having a hey-day, leading greatnumbers of people astray with theirfalse doctrines. They are well-funded,zealous, and at the moment, theyhave great momentum and self-assurance, because they areexperiencing such success. Theycome here, finding poor, God-lovingpeople who are keen to hear aboutGod, repentance, sin, andredemption. The people alreadyknow that the Bible is the word ofGod and they are easily swayed intoabandoning their Faith. After all,their pastor never sought them outand gave instruction. But if a priestDID come and give instruction...the

response would be immediate. Theexperience of our catechism programhas shown that in any densely-populated block of the city, you couldeasily cull hundreds of children,several score of whom will come andstay for religious instruction. On oneafternoon stroll, Father Onodaencountered some children, andspoke to them for a while. When hewent home, they followed him the 2kilometers to the church, resulting ina new “cell” for the catechismprogram.

The Spanish influence upon thePhilippines is profound, and mostvisible in their effusive piety andattachment to the Church. Probablyhalf of all businesses are named afterSaints: Santo Niño Bakery; HolyFamily Furniture; St. Gertrude AutoRepair. The Jeepnies (gaudy public-transport vehicles, modeled on WWII Jeeps) which pack the roads areoften decorated like Christmas treeswith little statues, rosaries, andbanners (“GOD BLESS OURTRIP”; “SAINTS PRESERVE US”etc.). Considering the way theycareen through traffic, belching greatclouds of black smoke, it is clear that

only heavenly protection can explaintheir survival. But it is not allsuperficial: the people pray theRosary—and if anything will savethe Faith in the Philippines, it will bethis tenacious Rosary devotion.During Christmas, even the bankbuildings and towering sky-scrapersof Makati are decorated with a largeelectric-light Rosary and the HolyFamily. In many, many homes, theRosary is still recited together, everyday. Rare is the person who does notknow how to pray the Rosary.

After Fr. Blute’s first Midnight Mass, at the mission in Ilo Ilo, where weekly attendance is 110-180.The Society plans to build a Church there, and any contributions are very welcome.

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All of these publicdisplays of the CatholicFaith come as a welcomeshock to an AmericanCatholic priest. However,they indicate more theintense vitality of what hasbeen lost, rather than ahealthy, vigorous,expanding Catholicism.Every year, there is less ofthe Miraculous Medal, andmore of the Heavy Metal.The corrosive magic ofAmerican pop-culture isevident everywhere: Rock-and-roll and Americanfashions set the trends inmuch of the daily life. Inthe newspapers, theemphasis is always onmaterialism, economicindicators, and“Philippines 2000”. Thetelevision programsprovide role-models forthe youngsters: fast-talking, know-it-all teens whoalways outsmart their slow-wittedparents. The secret desire of many isto be considered worthy to enter

“The PromisedLand”, that is, to geta Visa to the U.S.,where one can washdishes for five yearsand get rich quick.Lines outside theU.S. Embassy format four o’clock inthe morning. If onlythere was such adesire to enterHeaven, whereneither thief cansteal, nor rustconsume thetreasure of treasures!

The Americanpolitical system setsthe model for thegovernment, as well.

It takes a few years,though, for the

consequences of false principles to“work out” to their logicalconclusions. Officially, for example,there is “separation of Church andState”. Imagine my surprise to entera Government office and find a large,recently-made sign saying “JesusChrist is the Head of this Office”,and pictures of the ImmaculateVirgin placed affectionately underthe glass desktop of a leadinggovernment official!!! TheUndersecretary of Higher Educationfrankly admitted to me that “Any

Invited to give a catechism class in a private neighborhood, Fr. Blute entertains for an hour thenumerous children who fill the streets in this sea-side village on the isle of Panay.

education without religion isnonsense!” Yet in Iloilo, where wehave a thriving mission, a numerousgroup of Protestant ministers, true totheir name, protested that the citygovernment would spend tax moneyto support the “AtiAtihan”, a nativefestival where they act out in nativedance the story of the Santo Niño.The Protestants were offended bythis government support of idolatry,and sought to eliminate the use ofsacred images in the festival. Logicis on their side.

In closing, please allow me toreturn to the comparison with whichI began this report: this charmingand holy land, certainly much lovedby the Immaculate Heart of Mary, issuffering under the crushingoppression of Satan. Error andcorruption have for a long time nowbrought sorrow and suffering uponthe people, who are our Catholicfamily. The Supreme HighCommander, Our Lord Himself, haslanded: the True Mass ensures thatHis grace will not abandon thePhilippines. He sends out Hissoldiers, to re-conquer what waslost—to bring light into thedarkness, to drive back the forces ofevil, and to work for souls’salvation. The plea He sends out atthis time, to all the generous youngmen of the world, and especially ofthe U.S., is the same requestbroadcast by General MacArthurfifty years ago: SENDREINFORCEMENTS. ΩΩ

Fr. Thomas Haynos had the distinction ofbeing the only representative from theDistrict of Mexico at the Priests’ Meeting thisspring. Fr. Haynos was ordained at Winonain June, 1993, and is stationed in Saltillo.