Number XLVII November 2017 LET US ALSO GO, THAT WE MAY DIE WITH HIM John 11:16 APOSTLE ~ Newsletter of the Society of Saint Pius X in Asia ~ Indefatigable Street Preacher Father Thomas de Marie Onoda!  Editorial  St. Bernard Novitiate  Church of OL of Guadalupe by Rev. Fr. Karl Stehlin News from the Brothers' Novitiate News from the Gem Island  Fatima III  Japanese and Korean Missions  Trichy Book Review Processions, Pilgrimage, Retreat... A Marian Recollection  Fatima Pilgrimage  Asian Vocations  In the Middle East On the Footsteps of Our Lady ―O Lord, Grant us Many Holy Religious Missionary Trip Vocations!‖  Kuala Lumpur Apostolate  Priory of the Most Sacred  St. Pius X Priory Apologetics Conference Heart / Consoling Sisters Priory Chronicle News from Southern India  Mary’s Mission Tour 2000 Km Foot Pilgrimage Editorial from the District Superior THROUGH MARY TO JESUS do we find there? Nobody else than Our Lord Himself, who came into this world only through her and in her! In other words, the great mystery of Her Immaculate Heart is not an end in itself, but a highest and supreme means to enter the greatest mystery God wanted to reveal to this world: the Sacred Heart of Jesus! But let us be aware that this Heart, can only be meditat- ed and contemplated, can only be found in the very cen- ter of the Immaculate Heart: through Mary to Jesus; in Mary we find Jesus! “Almighty and everlasting God, who didst prepare in the Heart of the Virgin Mary a dwelling worthy of the Holy Ghost; mercifully grant that we, devoutly contemplating the feast of that Immaculate Heart, may be enabled to live according to Thine own heart.” (Collect of the Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) In my opinion, we cannot better conclude the jubilee 2017 -Fatima and M.I. Centennial- than to gather all the “glories of Mary” She deigned to reveal to us at Fatima Dear Friends and Benefactors! and which She wants us (her instruments, her Knights) to communicate to souls: this immense spiritual bouquet of heavenly light allows us to enter more profoundly into As you can easily realize upon reading our last issues of the “mystery of all mysteries” – the Sacred Heart of Je- the Apostle, our whole apostolate in Asia is focused on sus! Our Lady; and never will we grow tired of thanking her for the unceasing graces she has been pouring out in all Dear Faithful, the countries where divine Providence has sent us. This We need a vision! We need a great ideal to follow so as special condescension towards us, showed by our heav- to be filled with enthusiasm and a strong motivation: enly Mother, must certainly be answered with our filial 2017 – the Immaculate Heart of Mary; 2018 – the United love through which we want to fulfill all her requests, Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Or better: the Sacred Heart of particularly those expressed so simply and clearly at Fati- Jesus discovered anew and more deeply in HER HEART. ma. That way, the Knights of the Immaculata at her service However, let us go further and ask ourselves why God will spread the sweet kingdom of the Sacred Heart of allows her to be our last hope, that only with her we are Jesus into souls! The triumph of the Immaculate Heart of victorious, and through her the apostolate grows? Does Mary prepares the definite triumph of the Sacred Heart, Our Lady want us to focus only on Her privileges and to “whose kingdom will have no end”. admire her role in the latter times? Certainly not! Our ever most humble Mother and Queen attracts our full attention only to concentrate our hearts Fr. Karl Stehlin, towards her Immaculate Heart, that we may enter this District Superior “paradise of God”, this most holy tabernacle! And what - 2 - Book Review Fatima, A Spiritual Light For Our Times, volume III considers the Third Secret of Fatima, but it does not con- sider that Secret in the way of so many Fatima books, which focus almost exclusively on the controversy as to whether the real secret was actually released by the Vatican in 2000. Rather, Fr. Stehlin maintains the same focus that he pur- sued in the first two volumes: he wants the reader to draw spiritual fruit from Fatima, and specifically to practice a greater devotion to the Immaculate Heart. Fatima is, with its whole message and all the apparitions of Our Lady, a great Secret of God’s mercy, his mysterious plan reserved for the last times of the world, when He will reveal to the world the great majesty and grandeur of Our Lady as the last great gesture of his mercy and our ultimate hope. Fr. Stehlin begins by recounting the incredible marvels that were worked by Our Lady of Fatima around the world in the decades after the apparitions of 1917. Particularly striking is the tale of the journeys of the Pilgrim Virgin Statue. The- se were a concrete sign of Our Lady’s universal role in the salvation of mankind and the special graces that God has willed to reserve for those who seek to heed the apparitions of Our Lady. How were these resounding supernatural fruits, pouring forth on the human race, slowed down to a trickle in the 1960s? By means of a plot against the Fatima message, which Fr. Stehlin details in chapter 2. It started with the to know the essential contents of the Third Secret. With machinations of Fr. Edouard Dhanis, a Belgian Jesuit who wonderful clarity and brevity, Fr. Stehlin exposes the mes- strove, with tendentious arguments, to prove that Sr. Lucy’s sage that Our Lady most certainly wanted to communicate Fatima memoirs could not be trusted. He reduced Fatima to to us in the Third Secret and the means by which we fol- a mere request for prayer and penance, instead of a call for low her directions. the whole of the militant Church, starting with the Pope, to The final chapter emphasizes the apostolic aspect of Our wage public battle, under the banner of Our Lady, against Lady’s Fatima requests. We are to be instruments for the the forces of Satan. The real message of Fatima is wholly triumph of her Immaculate Heart—certainly by our Com- incompatible with the Modernist vision of the Catholic reli- munions, prayers, and sacrifices—but also by our apostol- gion, and so Dhanis worked to censor Our Lady on behalf ic labors. It is wonderful that Our Lady seemed to raise up of a spirit that would ultimately triumph at Vatican II. St. Maximilian Kolbe, practically at the same time that she The triumph of the Modernist view of Fatima has produced was working her wonders in Fatima, in order to provide us the bitter fruits of which we are all aware and which Fr. an easy means (the Militia Immaculatae) to perform Fatima Stehlin covers in successive chapters of the book: the re- missionary work. fusal to consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart (chapter As an added bonus, the book includes an appendix written 3) and the refusal to reveal the Third Secret and the releas- by Fr. Timothy Pfeiffer which provides a analysis, in admi- ing instead of a bogus secret in 2000. These terrible facts rable detail, of the extraordinary Marian apostolate that are mysterious, but Fr. Stehlin indicates in detail that they has been taking place this past year in the Philippines have a spiritual significance for those who pay attention to through Mary’s Mission Tour. This Tour revived the travels them. of the Pilgrim Virgin Statue that were so fruitful from the For those who wish to listen to Our Lady, even when Mod- 1920s to the 1960s; it proved that SHE is just as powerful ernist prelates are trying to silence her, there are ready today to produce amazing spiritual blessings in a short means available. There are many clues by which we are able time as she was then. - 3 - Fatima Pilgrimage On the Footsteps of Our Lady On the occasion of the Society’s international pilgrimage to Fatima (19-20 August) the Asian District organized a pilgrim- age to Fatima and Rome. 125 pilgrims travelled to Europe from various Asian countries (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Korea and China). More than 55 Filipinos were present at the Official Ceremony of Pilgrimage to Fatima. Also 18 Japanese and 2 Korean pil- grims went to Fatima. Fr. Fallarcuna and some of the Filipino seminarians, religious sisters, as well as overseas Pinoys were also present. It was a very joyful family reunion! ma. Then we entered the old basilica to sacrifice to console God and for the visit the tombs of Saints Francisco and conversion of poor sinners. Jacintha. On Saturday, August 19th, we were giv- en free time in the morning. Some went to Valinhos, some to the Sanctu- ary, to pray and to meditate. On Friday, August 18th, under the direc- tion of Fr Stehlin, we visited Valinhos where the Angel of Portugal appeared to three shepherds to teach them the first prayer: "My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee! etc." Fatima Sunday 20th, His Excellency Bishop Fel- started with this prayer of faith, hope lay sang a Pontifical High Mass at 9:30 and charity: most important supernatu- AM. He gave us a very inspiring sermon ral and theological virtues! In the afternoon, Fr Schmidberger cele- in four languages. Fatima tells us the Then, visit of the place of Our Lady on brated the Solemn High Mass with Fr reality of the consequences of sin: Pur- August 19th, 1917, where she asked to Stehlin as deacon. About 10,000 pil- pray and pray much. We visited also grims attended this mass. The proces- the house of Saint Francisco of Fatima, sion after the Mass was so long that his death bed. even though the end of the procession had not yet started moving, the head had already reached to destination! So, it took hours (literally!) for all of us to reach Valinhos. Thus, we had to walk amongst the olive trees. We had some challenges and difficult moments due gatory, Hell, war, famines, annihilation to strong sunshine, thirst, heat, fatigue, of nations, etc. Fatima gives us the holy etc. etc. But our pilgrims offered all of and salutary fear, in order to make us them with submission to Divine Will, as return to God. Fatima, however, is a In the afternoon, all of us went to the Sanctuary. Fr Stehlin gave us a talk on the core events and elements of Fati- - 4 - Fatima Pilgrimage message of hope, because God wants ies for the Philippines, for the Holy ters of faithful at the foot of the Mother to give us the most efficient means to Catholic Church, and for the Asian na- of God. save souls, to make us avoid the conse- tions. quences of sin: the Immaculate Heart of Late at night we reached our Hotel in Mary and the Holy Rosary. Rome, and the next day (23rd), we had a Mass at our SSPX chapel near Santa Maria Maggiore. Our Filipino delega- tion visited the Church of Saint Puden- tiana (Filipino Church and one of the first churches in Rome, where Saint Pe- ter stayed), and Saint Praxedes. We went also to St. John Lateran, Scala Portugal is a small country but Lisbon is Sancta (where some of the Pilgrims a great port. So many men sailed from climbed the steps on knees), and Holy After Mass, our three SSPX bishops Lisbon and crossed the oceans with tiny Cross of Jerusalem (that was under ren- made the consecration of Russia, as ships. 500 years ago, this meant chal- ovation). Archbishop had done in 1987. lenge, adventure, danger, suffering, courage and missionary spirit. On the second day in Rome, we visited the Basilica of Saint Peter and prayed Monday, 21st, by the grace of God, we On the morning of Tuesday, 22nd, we the entire rosary together for the Holy had the opportunity to visit Santarem had a Sung Mass in honor of the Im- Father and for the Philippines. where a Eucharistic miracle took place maculate Heart of Mary, at our Hotel, On the third day, we visited the Colos- in 1225. attended by about 120 pilgrims. After seum where many Christians shed their Then we went to Lisbon and visited two this, Fr. Thomas Onoda went to the blood for the faith, the Catacombs of churches: Saint Anthony and the Cathe- Cova da Iria (Sanctuary of Fatima) Saint Sebastian, and the Catacomb of dral. While travelling, we offered rosar- where Our Lady appeared to three Saint Pricilla (where our priests offered Shepherds, and placed the petition let- Mass). - 5 - Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia APOLOGETICS CONFERENCE On the 15th of July 2017 two faithful organized the first ever Traditional Catholic Apologetics Conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The topic explored was ―The Protestant Reformation & the Novus Ordo Missae — A de- fence of the Traditional Latin Mass‖. Citing Scripture and Tradition, the speakers faithfully pre- sented, to an eager Catholic audience, the reason the Novus Ordo Missae is a striking departure from the theology of the Mass formulated in Session XXII of the Council of Trent. The speakers were two Knights of the Immaculata: Norman Chia and Benjamin Loh, assisted by other members of the faithful in the SSPX chapel, Kuala Lumpur. The conference was attended by 72 people. It was a mixture of Protestants and Catholics in Malaysia, from all States. Since the talk a few families have been attending Masses at our SSPX chapel, with children receiving catechism from our Society priests. Rosary Crusade Tally Sheet - Asia On July 2, 2016, Bishop Bernard Fellay requested another Rosary Crusade as a spiritual preparation for the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. This crusade took place from August 15, 2016 to August 22, 2017. The grand total for Asia is 835,683 Rosaries and 579,498 Sacrifices. MANILA ILOILO / BACOLOD KOREA VASAI Rosaries: 343,757 Rosaries: 21,464 Rosaries: 11,250 Rosaries: 2,020 Sacrifices: 133,287 Sacrifices: 5,290 Sacrifices: 750 Sacrifices: 1,444 DAVAO CEBU CHINA MALAD Rosaries: 14,810 Rosaries: 10,033 Rosaries: 20,389 Rosaries: 13,338 Sacrifices: 10,433 Sacrifices: 15,114 Sacrifices: 2,056 Sacrifices: 2,652 BUTUAN BOHOL SRI LANKA GOA Rosaries: 7,137 Rosaries: 3,383 Rosaries: 3,647 Rosaries: 9,431 Sacrifices: 1,565 Sacrifices: 1,221 Sacrifices: 125 Sacrifices: 3,423 CAGAYAN DE ORO JAPAN TAMIL NADU SINGAPORE (and KL) Rosaries: 5,951 Rosaries: 25,621 Rosaries: 304,617 Rosaries: 38,835 Sacrifices: 964 Sacrifices: 67,820 Sacrifices: 318,523 Sacrifices: 14,831 - 6 - From South to North  Philippines MARY’S MISSION TOUR ACROSS THE PHILIPPINES From end October 2016 till mid August 2017 the Society of Saint Pius X organized a pilgrimage throughout the Philippines, called "MARY'S MISSION TOUR" — a more than 2000 km (1,200 mile) walk with the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima — to spread devo- tion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Pilgrimage went from south of the Philippines (city of Marbel, in Mindanao Island) to north of the Philippines (city of La Trinidad, in Luzon Island). MINDANAO along the Mission trail, and 198 of these M.I.s have made a renewal ceremony at Mary’s Mission No. 2, The great Mary’s Mission Tour evangelized Mindanao while 500 new M.I.s were enrolled in Mary’s army. from South to North from October 28, 2016 through Meanwhile, about 1000 M.I.s in 5 Schools were visited Feb. 6, 2017, during which 16,165 souls were aggre- and reminded of their M.I. obligations. This on-going gated to the Militia Immaculatae, and of these 10,308 work will no doubt yield many more fruits, especially were from Schools. since the follow-up work is only beginning in the During follow-up work and subsequent Mary’s Mis- Northern parts of Mary’s Mission Trail under the juris- sions in Mindanao from February to September 2017, diction of the other two Philippine Priories. 974 M.I.s from Mary’s Mission Tour have been visited If 2000 or 12% of the 16,000 M.I.s enrolled during Mary’s Mission tour in Mindanao have been visited in the 7 Months since Mary’s Mission concluded then it will take 4 more years to visit and consolidate the 3 months of work and 940 km of Mary’s Mission tour in Mindanao. Only Our Lady can foresee the fruits that this work may bring. More laborers in the harvest are certainly necessary! PANAY The statue of the Pilgrim Virgin reached Iloilo a few days prior to the consecration of the church of the brothers’ novitiate (May 13). On May 16, the Mary's - 7 - From South to North  Philippines Mission Tour left St. Bernard’s to start her mission Finally, the MMT arrived in Manila and successfully through the island of Panay, to the northern port of fished by the net in schools. In one day, they were able Caticlan, 170km. Escorted by the Brothers, She arrived to enroll 4,000 new M.I.s in the same school. on the 31st of May and crossed to the island of Luzon. Manila City itself was consecrated by the Mayor, for- LUZON mer President Estrada. A few of our faithful from Manila came to welcome the The pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima eventually Statue that reached the port of Batangas, on May 31 at reached Our Lady of Victories Church on 23 June 7pm. The port officers welcomed the Mary’s Mission 2017. For our parish itself, as a preparation for its con- Tour (MMT) and Mass was celebrated in their office. secration, Fr. Stehlin preached a Marian Retreat here The pilgrims slept in the customs facility and the news from 3 – 8 July. spread around and the General Manager came over and consecrated all the port facilities to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In Batangas, the governor wanted to do the consecra- tion but he happened to be absent and the head of the Human Resources, an ex-priest, objected to it. A 6+ magnitude earthquake hit Batangas within days… The Province of Laguna and of Rizal were consecrated. Our Lady was welcomed with a band. But in some oth- er places, due to the pressure of the local clergy, the MMT was rejected. Then, following the example of St. John Mary Vianney, the names of our parishioners were written and placed in a golden heart and Our Lady of Victories Parish was consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on 9 July 2017. The following Tuesday, 11 July, when all the priests were back from their missions, the Priory and all its mission centers were also consecrated to the Im- maculate Heart. - 8 - From South to North  Philippines TOWARDS BAGUIO of Baguio would not have anything to do with us. Nev- ertheless, when the churches were closed, it is then On the very day (24 July) chosen to leave OLVC, a big that the local government offices were open to receive typhoon hit the capital. Some wondered whether we Our Lady’s statue and our pilgrims! It is quite a para- should go. The water level had risen on the roads, our dox that the majority of local bishops and priests re- faithful went though. But that did not prevent our 40 fused to receive Our Lady while the local government brave pilgrims to walk through the wind and rain for officials; some of them who were active Freemasons, the final stage of Mary’s Mission Tour – from Metro were the ones who received Our Lady and consecrated Manila to La Trinidad, Benguet. In fact, when they their local government to her Immaculate Heart. were in Bulacan that afternoon, the flood water was already above their knee! Yet, they continued amidst all To get to Baguio took a lot of efforts as it was an uphill odds. The place set to say Mass was flooded almost up journey. But our pilgrims were keeping their eyes on to the sanctuary. Rats and snakes went in as well to find the finish line. And they finally reached Baguio, the fin- refuge! ish line: it’s Victory! 3 priests were able to join at that stage. Scapulars, miraculous medals were distributed in the city for the two days spent in Baguio and Trinidad. And so, after almost 9 months of pilgrimage, walking around 2500kms, the pilgrim statue finally came back to Quezon City. Around 10AM on 12 August, 300 faithful of Our Lady of Victories parish met the pilgrim statue at Quezon Memorial Circle. A rosary-balloon was released and parishioners and pilgrims walked the last 6kms back to our church. In the evening of that day, a Musical Production entitled ―A Mother’s Heart‖ performed by our parishioners was presented at Teatri- no Theater. 450 persons watched and most of them were not even our parishioners. And just like in the south, the local clergy had a mixed reaction towards us. The dioceses of Pampanga, Da- The following day, 13 August, a Thanksgiving Mass was gupan and Urdaneta received us. In fact, Fr. Ghela, Fr. offered by Fr. Ghela for the successful culmination of Saa and Fr. Fortin were allowed to celebrate our Mass Mary’s Mission Tour, followed by a Parish Potluck in some of their local Parish churches. But, the diocese lunch. - 9 - Saint Bernard Novitiate  Iloilo  Philippines NEWS FROM TH E B ROTH E R S’ NOV ITIATE Since the consecration of our church (13 May), we are still, as always, continuing with the Church, albeit, much much slower than before. We have had to reduce our work force to the minimum because of the lack of funds. The Brothers however continue as before, on the artwork of the Church. The tiling on the main floor as well as the entrance is now com- plete. After some weeks of vacation, the pre-postulants and pre-seminarians returned to start the new year with a retreat. From the 20th to the 28th of September, Fr. Wailliez came to give them a beautiful retreat on the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our two Ilonggo novices, after the required period one year plus one day, pronounced their first vows on the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, the patron of the brothers of the Society. One more renewed his vows. The vows taken make them true religious in the full sense of the word. Their life is now dedicated to the love and service of God alone. By the vow of poverty, they bind them- selves to have nothing and to be the adminis- trators of no worldly affaires. Like Our Lord Jesus Christ, they wish to have no part of the riches of this world, but only the riches of the love of God. By the vow of chas- tity, they renounce marriage. Henceforth they wish to be united to Our Lord only. Hence, like Him, they vow to keep their vessels pure and holy. By the vow of obedience, they indeed sacrifice that what is most dear to anyone …. their own will. Like Samuel of old, they will say: “Speak Lord, thy servant listeneth.” Yet they will recognize the voice of God through the Church, through the minis- ters of the Church, through their superiors. A more dedicated life we cannot imagine. Henceforth they will be able, and will strive always to say with St. Paul: “mihi vivere Christus” … for me to live is Christ. This requires a great soul, a sincere soul, a generous soul to make such an offering. Alas how few there are who are willing to do so for the love of Our Lord and His Holy Mother! How few magnanimous souls! … - 10 -