Monastery St Benoît: Dissolved Community Answers Bishop Rey
Father Alcuin Reid's Benedictines responded June 21 to reports that Fréjus-Toulon Bishop Dominique Rey had suppressed their community. The monks announced they will continue their lives waiting for …More
Father Alcuin Reid's Benedictines responded June 21 to reports that Fréjus-Toulon Bishop Dominique Rey had suppressed their community.
The monks announced they will continue their lives waiting for “better times” on their property which is controlled by a civil association. The statement declares that it is false that the monks refused to meet Rey.
According to the statement, Reid "repeatedly asked to meet" with Rey, explaining that they missed one summons because it did not arrive until the day after the scheduled meeting, and another because Reid was not in France on the day in question but apologised and asked to reschedule.
Reid promised Rey to "offer a solution" to identify the ordaining bishop and verify his ordination, but only at a face-to-face meeting.
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The monks announced they will continue their lives waiting for “better times” on their property which is controlled by a civil association. The statement declares that it is false that the monks refused to meet Rey.
According to the statement, Reid "repeatedly asked to meet" with Rey, explaining that they missed one summons because it did not arrive until the day after the scheduled meeting, and another because Reid was not in France on the day in question but apologised and asked to reschedule.
Reid promised Rey to "offer a solution" to identify the ordaining bishop and verify his ordination, but only at a face-to-face meeting.
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@CatMuse @Kenjiro M. Yoshimori What perhaps needs to be made more clear here is that Bishop Rey allowed this foundation to be juridically established in his Diocese in 2009 as an Association of the Faithful.
Thus, he is also responsible as the Bishop for assuring its continuance and viability. And yet, after Traditionis Custodes he was unwilling to make provision for the sustenance of the very …More
@CatMuse @Kenjiro M. Yoshimori What perhaps needs to be made more clear here is that Bishop Rey allowed this foundation to be juridically established in his Diocese in 2009 as an Association of the Faithful.
Thus, he is also responsible as the Bishop for assuring its continuance and viability. And yet, after Traditionis Custodes he was unwilling to make provision for the sustenance of the very heart and soul of this community's purpose and existence -- its Traditional Benedictine Liturgy -- by ordaining one of its members who was duly prepared for Ordination.
That's akin to a father adopting children then permitting them to starve -- and die off -- in his own household.
A Bishop is mandated to support the vocations and communities he permits to be erected in his diocese. He was refusing to fulfill his duty.
It's time we Catholics got a spine and stop letting Modernists trample on the Church's Patrimony while blaming the ones -- like Archbishop Lefebvre, SSPX and these good Benedictines -- who are doing what all Catholics ought and are mandated by God to do: preserve Tradition and the treasures we have received from the Church of the Ages.
P.S. It's a matter of the virtue of justice, which Bishops -- more than anyone -- are bound to exercise with those in their care.
Thus, he is also responsible as the Bishop for assuring its continuance and viability. And yet, after Traditionis Custodes he was unwilling to make provision for the sustenance of the very heart and soul of this community's purpose and existence -- its Traditional Benedictine Liturgy -- by ordaining one of its members who was duly prepared for Ordination.
That's akin to a father adopting children then permitting them to starve -- and die off -- in his own household.
A Bishop is mandated to support the vocations and communities he permits to be erected in his diocese. He was refusing to fulfill his duty.
It's time we Catholics got a spine and stop letting Modernists trample on the Church's Patrimony while blaming the ones -- like Archbishop Lefebvre, SSPX and these good Benedictines -- who are doing what all Catholics ought and are mandated by God to do: preserve Tradition and the treasures we have received from the Church of the Ages.
P.S. It's a matter of the virtue of justice, which Bishops -- more than anyone -- are bound to exercise with those in their care.
A little less media and a willingness to suffer a few hits might be helpful for everyone and mother Church. 
Kenjiro M. Yoshimori
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If this Benedictine priest founder refused to name the bishop who ordained him, or cooperate with Rey, who is the best French bishop, then there's something fishy about Reid and his monastery and maybe it was for the best. Maybe another traditional group could take it over.
Fr Reid makes it clear in his response that he has tried to meet Bishop Rey and is willing to do so. Rey may have been one of the better French bishops but he no longer seems to have a spine - he just crumbles before the Dictator Pope. Thankfully, the monastery is owned by a trust and not the diocese.