October 18th, The Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, the 19th Anniversary of the FSSP

On October 18, 2007 the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter celebrated the 19th anniversary of its canonical erection as a society of apostolic life of pontifical right by His Holiness of happy memory, Pope John Paul II. We began humbly with 11 priests and 1 deacon.

Who would have believed back in October of 1988 the importance of that day, or the effects this new fraternity would have on all the current priests of the fraternity, the original and the future ones, the seminarians, and the faithful in the 34 dioceses now served by the FSSP in the United States and Canada.

Who would have thought that this small group of traditional, Latin rite priests would so quickly grow to over 300 members working and studying on 5 continents in the 17 different countries serving over 85 dioceses ... and then become THE main force for the implementation of a papal decree expressly promoting the return of the traditional Latin Mass, now known as the "extraordinary form" of the Roman missal, as well as all the sacraments and devotions that go along with it?

God is certainly good! We thank Him for Pope Benedict XVI, the motu proprio "Summorum Pontificum,"  and those twelve brave clerics who were the origin of the FSSP 19 years ago.

- Rev. Fr. George Gabet, FSSP
District Superior of North American

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