The Catholic priesthood is the heart of the Society of Saint Pius X. The training and supporting of holy priests is its primary mission.

"The Society’s purpose is the priesthood and all that pertains to it and nothing but what concerns it; i.e., the priesthood as Our Lord Jesus Christ willed it when He said: Do this for a commemoration of me.”

Statutes of the SSPX: -  "The object of the Society"  

The Society must therefore orient the priest towards—and have him concretize in his daily life what is essentially his raison d’etre—the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with all that it means, all that flows from it, and all that complements it.

The Apostle of the Gentiles thus perfectly sums up what may be said of the greatness, the dignity and the duty of the Christian priesthood: Sic nos existimet homo ut ministros Christi et dispensatores mysteriorum Dei—'"Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and the dispensers of the mysteries of God."

The priest is the minister of Christ, an instrument, that is to say, in the hands of the divine redeemer. He continues the work of the redemption in all its world-embracing universality and divine efficacy, that work that wrought so marvelous a transformation in the world.

"Thus the priest, as is said with good reason, is indeed 'another Christ'; for, in some way, he is himself a continuation of Christ. 'As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you,' is spoken to the priest, and hence the priest, like Christ, continues to give 'glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men of good will.'"

Pius XI, Ad Catholici Sacerdotii

MALE ORDERS AFFILIATED WITH THE SSPX IN USA

  1. Traditional Redemptorist Missioners in Mussey MI-USA

  2. Benedictines Monks from Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery-Silver Springs NM USA

The FSSP currently operates two international houses of formation: the original formation house in Wigratzbad, Germany, and the other in Denton, Nebraska, U.S.A.  The Fraternity has organized its seminary training in accordance with the Church’s norms on priestly formation, including a year of more intense spiritual preparation before entering the cycles of philosophy (2 years) and theology (4 years).  By fostering a balanced life of prayer, study, community life, and personal discipline, care is taken to cultivate human maturity and to acquire the spirit of the Gospel, in close union with Christ.  The spiritual life in the houses is centered on the sacrifice of the Mass.  Special attention is paid to the faithful observance of the “liturgical and disciplinary traditions” according to the dispositions of the Motu proprio Ecclesia Dei adflicta of July 2, 1988, which is at the origin of the Fraternity’s foundation (see Constitutions, Art. 8).  The Philosophical and theological studies are founded on the principles and the method of Saint Thomas Aquinas (see Constitutions, Art. 10).

Once seminary studies are finished, members of the Fraternity take care to continue their formation by sessions and personnal studies.

Pastoral Mission of Fraternity Priests

The members of the Fraternity are sent out to serve the faithful throughout the world in apostolates, which are entrusted to them by local bishop and are in conformity with its particular charism. Today the Fraternity serves in four continents (complete list of our houses and apostolates).  The priests live in small communities and work to spread the Gospel by caring for souls in parishes; through the education of youth (schools, camps and youth groups); and in organizing conferences, catechism courses, pilgrimages retreats, and other activities.