September
2006
Dear
faithful,
As
you have probably already learnt, his Excellency Bishop
Bernard Fellay, the General Superior of the Society
of Saint-Pius X, has assigned me in Canada as the
new District Superior, in substitution to Father Jean
Violette who has been assign to the United States.
I am pleased to join myself to the thankfulness that
you manifested and that you keep towards him for the
work he has done in Canada during the past six years.
Father Violette left for his new occupation in Kansas
City a few weeks ago but he gifted us with a visit
in Toronto and we exchanged all the necessary information
which I need to undertake on my new responsibility
in the district. We wish him many blessings and success
in his new apostolate.
My
first concern will be to discover this beautiful and
gigantic country, the work that has been done, for
so many years now, by the priests of the Society of
Saint Pius X and with the help of many of you. After
spending some time in Toronto, I intend to go and
visit different places. It won’t be possible
to see every location during these first months, the
distances are so huge, but I want to see in priority
the places where the Priests live, the different priories
and main chapels, keeping the other places for later
on.
You
might also have learnt that Bishop Tissier de Mallerais
will visit us, for a Confirmation tour, at the end
of November and the beginning of December. I will
accompany him and hopefully, will be able to meet
many of you at this occasion.
The
main concern of our work is “to restore all
things in Christ” as wanted Saint Pius X. It
is our most essential and crucial work. Our central
mission is to arrange things so that Our Lord Jesus
Christ may reign in our souls, in other words that
Our Saviour may be first served. Then, reigning in
our souls, Christ must also be at the first place
in our families, parishes, and even in all our cities
and provinces… This is quite an endeavor, but
it is what we are bound to work for and let us remember
to God nothing is impossible. So let us not be men
of “little faith” but on the contrary
“missionary men”.
To
end this first letter, I would like to invite you,
dear faithful, to be very generous in praying the
rosary, joining the spiritual bouquet, which will
be offered to the Pope. Please, remember the intentions
which are those of the Crusade Rosary that you have
been holding already for a long time in Canada, that
is to say the reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and
the Triumph of the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart
of Mary, the ministry of the Society of St. Pius X
in Canada, the sanctification of the members of the
Society and the awakening of many priestly and religious
vocations in the district, the sanctification and
the salvation of the members of our families. To these
intentions, which remain always in your hearts as
in mine, we must add a more worldwide intention that
is the restoration of the Mass of all time. Let us
be extremely generous in offering prayers at such
a significant intention.
May
our prayers be heard from heaven and our demand granted,
so that all things may be restored in Our Lord Jesus
Christ, His Social Kingship returned and that the
Immaculate Heart of Mary triumphs.
With
my prayers and blessing,
Father Arnaud Rostand
