The Dicastery against the Clergy appointed on July 4 two "apostolic assistants" for the Catholic Community of St Martin, reports FamilleChretienne.fr (July 18).
The flourishing Novus Ordo community was founded in 1976 by Abbé Jean-François Guérin (1929-2005). It celebrates a Novus Ordo variant close to the Novus Ordo Missal and uses Latin. Its priests wear cassocks.
In 2024, most of the priest ordained in France for the Novus Ordo belonged to St Martin. They work in 32 dioceses, mainly in France, but also in Germany, Cuba and Rome.
In 2022, Francis ordered an unjustified pastoral visit (July 2022 to January 2023). It resulted in a 1,300-page report and an additional financial report.
Now, more than a year later, two Apostolic Assistants were appointed to work with the community for the next three years. They are Father François-Marie Humann and Bishop Matthieu Dupont of Laval.
The current head ("moderator") of the Community of St. Martin, Pater Paul Préaux, will carry out the changes …More