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Inprincipio Fall 2017
Inprincipio Fall 2017
Inprincipio Fall 2017
Superiors Letter
Court Devenish House
Approach to Atheism
Abortion in Ireland
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Fr. Vicente A. Griego
Saint Pius X House
12 Tivoli Terrace South
Dn Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Editor
Fr. Patrick Kimball
Saint Josephs House
Court Devenish Lane
Athlone, Co. Westmeath
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Letter from the Superior 6
An Approach to Atheism 12
Court Devenish 15
Abortion & De Valera 20
Revival of the Crusaders 26
In Principio
Editorial
Letter from
the Superior
Rev. Fr. Vicente A. Griego, Superior of Ireland
6 Autumn 2017
less principles of objective truth essary to follow Christ in the
and sound morals, which will various circumstances of life,
instil great confidence in the which will be for each of us our
soldier of Christ, facing the participation in the Way of the
storms that buffet the Church, Cross.
today.
Fear not, dear friends, the
Setting out confidently Way of the Cross is not miser-
with objective truth, we can able, but glorious. But only if
make our way with Christ and we live it with supernatural
we will rejoice in sharing His faith and great love of God. Of-
triumph over sin and death. ten, we lower our sights to a
This means that we, like Our natural hope for supernatural
Lord and Master, will in some achievements. This we do when
measure share in paying the we act merely upon our own
price for victory. Christ is tri- natural strengths and talents,
umphant: we can triumph or in the note-worthy but natu-
but only by His grace. Victory ral talents of other men. But
for the Church Militant will be success cannot be achieved in
difficult, but it is not impossi- this way. As soon as difficul-
ble. ties, contradictions, or even
failings arise, we are discour-
Victory is not cheaply aged. Hope lost in one, we anx-
won by Our Lord, Who shed iously turn to another solution
His most Precious Blood upon or theory. In this frenzied and
the Cross as the price of our natural activity, we will be-
Redemption, whereby sinners come more discouraged. Were
are offered sanctification and we more firmly anchored in su-
eternal life. What great love pernatural virtue faith, hope,
God has for us in sending the and charity we would more
eternal Word to rescue us from peacefully withstand the anxie-
the slavery of sin and eternal ties of evil times and wicked
death. We must have great con- men, because our hopes are cer-
fidence in Gods supreme good- tain in God.
ness, paternal love, and invinci-
ble omnipotence, to obtain vic- Therefore, dear friends,
tory. Humility and zeal are nec- do not fear the chaos of evil
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Editorial
8 Autumn 2017
Supernatural Faith identifies in some measure, suffered the
the Cross as the beautiful scandal of the Cross with dis-
means of our perfection; super- mal results. However, he over-
natural Hope gives confidence came the scandal and became
to undertake the arduous way the saint who preached for two
of the Cross; and supernatural days from his cross, confirming
Charity urges us to embrace those words solemnly pro-
the Cross. We do well to adopt nounced as he approached his
that holy disposition of Saint cross. With confidence in God,
Andrew, who greeted the cross he persevered. In the terrible
he was to give his life upon: days of darkness, we face to-
Salve crux pretisa, sscipe day, great scandals and evils
discpulum eius qui pepndit in are before us. Bear in mind,
te, which is Hail precious trust with courage, and keep in
Cross, receive the disciple of your heart: Christ is God, Who
Him Who hung upon never dies and always tri-
thee (Feast of Saint Andrew). umphs.
Of course, Saint Andrew was
not always so resolute, he did Confidence in God allows
not always have this strength of no discouragement; albeit,
of character or grace. He, like the temptation may arise. To
the other Apostles, like all men waiver is to give in to natural
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Editorial
10 Autumn 2017
ions enemies, are at a certain Dear friends, be assured
risk to fail in supernatural of my prayers as I send my
hope. It is difficult for us to un- priestly blessing to you all.
derstand why the Almighty May God be glorified by the
God permits evil, but if He, honest efforts of all to live
Who is infinitely good, does Christ Crucified and Trium-
permit evil to exist, it is with- phant; and may His Immacu-
out a doubt because Divine late Mother, Our Queen, rule
Wisdom has plans to draw over our lives for the glory of
forth a much greater good. We God, now and forever!
must be patient and trust God.
This should bring joy to us, to
know that God will be more In Christ the King,
greatly glorified by the events
that take place, even when we
cannot presently understand.
Like Christ, we must lay down
our lives in His hands, to pos-
sess perfect, joy now and ever- Rev. Vicente A. Griego
lasting life hereafter. Superior
Autonomous House of Ireland
Finally, our gratitude
goes out to the contributors for
this bulletin, who in zeal hope
for the edification of our
neighbour. Thank you to all our
benefactors and friends whose
prayers and sacrifices have en-
abled the Society to continue
its apostolate in Ireland. In-
deed, we need your material
support, but much more impor-
tantly, we need your spiritual
support thank you for giving
yourselves to God in the gener-
ous support of integral Tradi-
tion.
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Atheism
An Approach
to Atheism
By Martin Molloy
12 Autumn 2017
Three of the four atheists previ- perfect God make anything?
ously mentioned have a scien- Different religions contradict
tific background, but when de- each other. Why does God allow
bating the existence of God, all evil? Yet all these arguments
four resort to unscientific tac- do not touch on the question of
tics. God's existence. These are
By way of explanation, questions to be examined after
one could compare this scien- we have established the exis-
tific approach to building a tence of God. They argue about
structure. The foundations are the roof before it's built. Why?
layed step by step, layer by There are two main rea-
layer in order to construct the sons. Firstly, they are not so
building. It's in this fashion concerned about God's exis-
that an argument from first tence, but rather the conse-
principles of reason is con- quences of His existence. Chris-
structed. One can't tell a topher Hitchens used to put it
builder that the roof is leaking very honestly when he said
when he has only put in the that he found the idea of a su-
foundations. Every reasonable pervising Father horrifying and
person would laugh at such a that he refused to be a slave.
complaint. Yet this is the athe- Denying God's existence is a
ists approach to God and relig- way to deny responsibility, and
ion. a licence to live life accordingly.
St. Thomas presents his Secondly, this logic is a
arguments by laying down the consequence of Modernism.
foundations and building layer Modernism is a system of
by layer. Atheists will use ar- thought exposed and con-
guments such as: Why would a demned by Saint Pius X. It
14 Autumn 2017
Court Devenish House
A Brief History
By Gavin Sherry
15
Atheism
17
Atheism
18 Autumn 2017
Captain Devenish, who is ties in order to further the ideal
thought to have been the last of its Patron, Pope Saint Pius X
of the family, was killed in To Restore All Things in
1851 in the Cape Province in Christ!
the Frontier Wars.
The very history of Court
Devenish House seems to re-
The property was ac- flect the heroic challenge in-
quired in 2011 and re- volved in the upholding of tra-
developed from 2014 to 2016 by ditional Irish and Catholic val-
the Priestly Society of Saint ues in opposition to the de-
Pius X. Father Vicente Griego structive influences of indiffer-
states that: the Society hopes ence and the absence of Christ
to use these refurbished facili- in society.
20 Autumn 2017
President Eamon de Valera with Archbishop
Lefebvre at Rockwell College in 1964.
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Abortion
22 Autumn 2017
laws to respect, and, as far as authority and to Whom, as our
practicable, by its laws to defend final end, all actions both of men
and vindicate that right. and States must be referred, We,
Abortion for suicidality was the people of ire, humbly ac-
finally approved by the Dil in knowledging all our obligations to
2013, however, the constitutional our Divine Lord, Jesus Christ,
prohibitions have made the sui- Who sustained our fathers through
cidality clause nearly unworkable, centuries of trial,
and that is why the pro- Gratefully remembering
abortionists are advocating for a their heroic and unremitting strug-
full repeal of the Eighth Amend- gle to regain the rightful independ-
ment as the only option. ence of our Nation, and seeking to
But we have great cause for promote the common good, with
hope in Ireland yet. Whereas in due observance of Prudence, Jus-
other parts of the world the abor- tice and Charity, so that the dig-
tion rate has been steadily in- nity and freedom of the individual
creasing, in Ireland it has been may be assured, true social order
actually decreasing for the last attained, the unity of our country
fifteen years. In 2015, moving restored, and concord established
against this global trend, the Irish with other nations, do hereby
abortion rate has in fact been the adopt, enact, and give to ourselves
lowest on record since 1980. This this Constitution.
is surely something to celebrate!
Though the Constitution of
Eamon de Valera had its flaws, it
has managed to be a powerful tool
in holding back abortion, perhaps 1 Rachael Harker, "Statistics on Abortion" 57
2 Jessica Phelan, "France Makes Abortion Free"
due more to the preface than any- 3 Seamus Tuama "Revisiting the Irish Consti-
thing else. It begins thus: tution and De Valeras Grand Vision" 57.
In the Name of the Most 4 Tuama, 60.
5 Alice Glenn, "Parliamentary Debates
Holy Trinity, from Whom is all
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Abortion
Revival of
the Crusaders
By Fr. Marcel Ockerse
28 Autumn 2017
House, where Fathers Leo Boyle and Patrick Kimball now reside.
Although the furnishings are few and there yet remains several
smaller works to be carried out, the house is a very suitable place
for prayer, study, and the administrative works for the parishes in
Athlone and Cork. There is still a need to raise funds for the stabi-
lisation of the ruins on site.
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Comings & Goings
At the end of last year, we bid farewell to Father Regis Babi-
net on 10 November and then Fr. Ramon Angls on 15 December.
Father Babinet has retired to France at the Maison Saint-Ignace
in Lourdes, which is attended to by the Little Sisters of St. John
the Baptist. Father Angls has taken a new post in Italy, at Castel
Gabbiano, near the Shrine of Our Lady of Caravaggio, where he
attends to numerous administrative and personnel duties for the
General House. We must heartily thank these two men who collec-
tively gave over two decades of service to our apostolate in Ireland.
We remain united in the bond of charity and prayer.
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