FSSP 2005 Stats

[proud2bcatholic]

I found these stats interesting and promising:

fssp.org/en/chiffres.htm

Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP)
Update as of January 20, 2006

http://www.fssp.org/objet/puce.gifBrief history:

· 18 July 1988: Founded as a clerical society of apostolic life
· Liturgical books used: Roman Missal, Ritual, Pontifical and Breviary in force in 1962
· July 1988: Private audiences with Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzinger
· 18 October 1988 : Erected as of pontifical right by the Holy See
· Easter 1990: Cardinal Ratzinger visits the motherhouse (in Wigratzbad, Bavaria) and offers Mass in the Traditional rite
· 1995: first personal parish entrusted to the FSSP
· 12 September 1999: Pope John Paul II blesses a first stone and a crucifix for the two new FSSP seminaries in Europe and in America
· 8 October 1999; 20 October 2001: the Superior General delivers an address at the Synods of Bishops in Rome
· December 2000; June 2002; June 2005: Cardinal Castrillon-Hoyos, President of the Ecclesia Dei Commission and Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, comes to bless the new Saint-Peter Seminary and to ordain FSSP priests
· 29 June 2003: Definitive approval of the Constitutions by the Holy See

http://www.fssp.org/objet/puce.gifMembers:

· Total: 300
· Priests: 180
· Deacons: 13
· Seminarians: 107
· Members’ average age: 33 years
· Deceased members: 4
· Nationalities: 25

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http://www.fssp.org/objet/puce.gifVocations:

· International seminaries: 2
· Houses of propedeutic: 2
· Bishops having conferred the Holy Orders: 33; including Cardinals: 7
· Number of ceremonies of ordinations: 94; including 48 performed by bishops in their own dioceses
· Year 2005:

• Applications received: 73
• New seminarians admitted: 34
• Seminarians sent by and for their dioceses: 3

http://www.fssp.org/objet/puce.gifIncrease:

· Initial numbers in July 1988:

• 12 members
• 12 places of apostolate in 4 European countries
  · Years of existence: 17
  · Average increase per year:
• New members (global) per year: 16,94
• New clerics (priests and deacons only)
  per year: 10,64
• Foundations (new houses of apostolate)
  per year: 5,82

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http://www.fssp.org/objet/puce.gifLocations:

· Places of residence: 77
· Located in: 4 continents; 17 countries
· Dioceses served: 85

• Europe: 49
• America: 30
• Oceania: 4
• Africa: 2
  · Canonically erected houses: 22
  · Personal parishes: 6
  · Sunday Mass centres: 111

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**http://www.fssp.org/objet/puce.gifSpecific ministries: **

· School chaplaincies: 21
· Youth apostolate:

• FSSP members presents in Germany at the latest WYD: 51
• Number of annual camps, retreats and pilgrimages for youth: 17
  · Preachers of spiritual exercises: 10
  · Priests forming seminarians: 26

[Source: General House FSSP; http://www.fssp.org/”]www.fssp.org]

 

[proud2bcatholic]

A specific stat I found interesting was that there were 73 applications to enter seminary but only 34 were accepted. Is this only due to lack of qualifications on part of the applicants or is any of it due to lack of resources/space of the FSSP seminaries?

 

[jimmy]

proud2bcatholic:

A specific stat I found interesting was that there were 73 applications to enter seminary but only 34 were accepted. Is this only due to lack of qualifications on part of the applicants or is any of it due to lack of resources/space of the FSSP seminaries?

I think they are selective with who they accept. If you look at the description of the schedule at the seminary in the US you will see that they are quite serious about it. They are very serious about having devoted priests that have some spiritual depth. I believe the site is fssp.com

 

[WanderAimlessly]

Since they have only 2 seminares, the have to limit the number they accept. If they do increase the number of seminaries (which will probably not happen for awhile if at all), the number may increase.

PF

 

[ASimpleSinner]

Three years later…

What are we? A few figures…
Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP)
Statistics as of September 8, 2008

Brief history
• 18 July 1988: Founded as a clerical society of apostolic life
• Liturgical books used: Roman Missal, Ritual, Pontifical, Martyrology and Breviary in force in 1962
• July 1988: Private audiences with Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzinger
• 18 October 1988: Erected as an institute of pontifical right by the Holy See
• Easter 1990: Cardinal Ratzinger visits the motherhouse (in Wigratzbad, Bavaria) and offers Mass in the Traditional rite
• 1995: first personal parish entrusted to the FSSP
• 12 September 1999: Pope John Paul II blesses the corner stones and crucifixes for the two new FSSP seminaries in Europe and in America
• 8 October 1999; 20 October 2001: the Superior General delivers an address at the Synods of Bishops in Rome
• December 2000; June 2002; June 2005; May 2008: Cardinal Castrillon-Hoyos, President of the Ecclesia Dei Commission and Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, comes to bless the new Saint Peter Seminary and to ordain FSSP priests
• 29 June 2003: Definitive approval of the Constitutions by the Holy See
• 22 February 2007: Foundation of the Confraternity of Saint Peter, a society which gathers those who are attached to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter and who wish to support its charism through prayers and sacrifices
• March 2008: The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter is granted a personal parish in Rome

Members

• Total: 347
• Priests (including associated
and postulating priests): 208
• Deacons: 11
• Non-deacons seminarians
(including postulants): 128

• Average age of members: 37 years
• Deceased members: 4
• Nationalities: 26

Increase

• Initial numbers in July 1988:
o 12 members
o and 12 places of apostolate in 4 European countries

• Years of existence: 20