Father Guillaume Loddé, FSSP
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Father Guillaume Loddé, FSSP
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See the official web site of the FSSP in Quebec City.
First, I like Father Guillaume Loddé. He's the only Priest who dared to come and pray at the 2007 Life Chain, even if the 5 Bishops and roughly 300 Priests of the Diocese were invited. Also, his sermons are inevitably good, contrary to the usual sirupy, toxic and bland sermons.
Secondly, I have nothing against the Catholic Mass, on the contrary! I love all valid Catholic Masses, whether they are celebrated according to the ordinary form ("the Vatican II Mass") or the extraordinary form ("the Latin Mass"). Everybody has a right to his tastes, and I have a personal preference (the ordinary form), but currently there are no Parishes in my Diocese where the ordinary form is correctly celebrated.
Thirdly, I hate of course all heresies, among them those of Extreme Traditionalism. But the FSSP officially rejects those heresies, therefore I have nothing against the FSSP. (Misinformed people have a tendency to confuse the FSSP with Monsignor Lefebvre's schism).
Sometimes, I have the impression that Cardinal Ouellet is placing his pawns on the chessboard in order look good in the eyes of Rome, while making sure the FSSP fails in Quebec City. To understand my impression, compare Cardinal Marc Ouellet, with Cardinal Cram Telleuo:
4.1) Speed of the invitation. Cardinal Telleuo would have begged the FSSP to come, two weeks after having arrived in Quebec City. Compare that with all the efforts (and even the threats of going up to Rome, by one parishioner frustrated by the backstage meddlings at the Diocese) that had to be deployed to make Cardinal Ouellet move.
4.2) Publicity. Cardinal Telleuo would have celebrated himself the first Mass in the FSSP Parish, back to the people, in Latin. Then, a few times a year, he would have done it again, to show all the faithful that not only is this Mass permitted, but it's recommendable. He would have dismissed critics by reasserting that the Liturgy has two absolutely valid forms (ordinary and extraordinary). But Cardinal Ouellet? Invisible.
4.3) The location. Cardinal Cram Telleuo would have put the FSSP in a decent location. For example, here in my neighborhood, there is Saint-Charler-Garnier's church. (Not a beauty, but not a post-Vatican II horror either.) It's well-maintained, with a huge parking lot, fairly close to Laval University (because we need to attract young persons to Christ and to priestly and religious vocations). Parishioners are relatively rich, so no financial problems. It's central, visible from Laurier Boulevard (the "main street" in Quebec City!), etc. On top of that, it's currently a Parish that is merged with another one (Saint-Michel-de-Sillery), so we're giving it back a Parish Priest, rather than removing anything.
What dit Cardinal Ouellet do? The contrary, once again. A decrepit and beat-up building, in a poor neighborhood, far from everything, with no parking lot, etc.
On the other hand, Cardinal Marc Ouellet could also have done much worse. He did eventually invite them, and he doesn't actively oppose them, and he has sold them the St-Zéphirin-de-Stadacona church for 1 dollar, as well as square the bureaucratic circle in order to give Fr. Loddé the powers of a "curé", without putting him under the "Loi des fabriques" which would put him at the mercy of a committee of laypersons.
Loddé Parish Priest, at Saint-Charler-Garnier? It would be a "massacre". No more heretical tracts distributed every Sunday to the parishioners. No more Baal. No more horrible hymns and electric guitars (yes, I've heard that with my own ears, in that church). No more sacrilegious communions and suspicious "marriages".
We could have only Latin Masses, whether those of before Vatican II, or those after. Indeed, as we speak (January 2008), there is no Rome-approved French translation of the Vatican II Mass (Editio typica tertia, 2002). Therefore, in theory, all Masses in the Diocese should be in Latin!
The wolves in the Diocese would howl in pain. Heretics would scurry into their bomb shelters, while air raid sirens warned of incoming bombers. The anti-Catholic media would spring into action, trying to slow down the inevitable mass stampede toward a real Catholic Parish. Only one thing could scare them more: Loddé Director of the Quebec City Seminary!
Ah! That would be so cool!
In the meantime, the current setup is much, much better than nothing, and allows me to go to Sunday Mass without fearing the usual abominations.
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