Fribourg, February 13, 2025 – fssp.org
The General Council of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter and other members representing the Fraternity throughout the world gathered in Lourdes to renew the solemn consecration of the community to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In preparation for this act, they took part in the torchlight procession on the evening of Monday, February 10, and spent the night in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament in the chapel of the Hospitalet. On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, February 11, following a day of pilgrimage and prayer at the holy sites, a solemn Mass of thanksgiving was celebrated that evening by Father John Berg in the upper basilica. In his sermon, Father Vincent Ribeton evoked “the memory of the graces received on February 11, 2022, which are forever engraved in our souls.” The priests and local faithful then processed to the grotto, to renew the act of Consecration.
The Fraternity priests from Europe, North America and Oceania recited with the faithful present this act by which they entrusted themselves to the Virgin Mary. In doing so they renewed the consecration first made three years ago, which concludes by asking for the continual intercession of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart: “O Virgin Most Pure, do thou, together with Saint Peter, and all the angels and saints, pray for us all in these times of trial. May thy love and protection be ever upon our Fraternity, so that we may faithfully proclaim the Holy Gospel and bring the Sacraments to ever more souls. Obtain for us by thy prayers that we may persevere in grace until death, when we may be united with thee, our loving Mother, in the house of the Father. Amen.”
