Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 19 Sep 2024 04:54:40 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Carmelite nuns affiliate with Society of St Pius X after feud with bishop https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/09/19/carmelite-nuns-affiliate-with-society-of-st-pius-x-after-feud-with-bishop/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 04:50:52 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=175955 After a string of controversies and disagreements with their local Fort Worth bishop, a group of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, announced on Saturday that they are associating with the Society of St Pius X (SSPX). This traditionalist group is not in full communion with the Catholic Church and has a canonically irregular status. After Read more

Carmelite nuns affiliate with Society of St Pius X after feud with bishop... Read more]]> After a string of controversies and disagreements with their local Fort Worth bishop, a group of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, announced on Saturday that they are associating with the Society of St Pius X (SSPX).

This traditionalist group is not in full communion with the Catholic Church and has a canonically irregular status.

After making a "unanimous decision," the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, said they have "completed the final steps necessary for our monastery to be associated with the Society of St Pius X, who will henceforth assure our ongoing sacramental life and governance," according to a Sept 14 announcement on their website.

Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth had offered to reinstate sacramental life at the monastery if the sisters agreed to disassociate themselves from Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano.

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