NLM: Blessing of A Cornerstone for the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer

From Gregory Dipippo at the New Liturgical Movement comes this exciting development in the French realm of things!

It has been too long since we had occasion to post about the Fraternity of St Vincent Ferrer, a group of traditional-rite priests base in France who follow the Dominican liturgical and spiritual tradition. They are currently at the beginning of a project to build a new church for their community, a project which they are documenting at a separate website, www.despierresquiprechent.org. (“Stones That Preach”) The following video was just posted a couple of days ago on the site, showing the Bishop of Laval, France, H.E. Thierry Scherrer, blessing the first stone of the church.

For the video, please see either NLM or the Fraternity's website.

Fraternity of St Vincent Ferrier video

by Fr Tim Finigan

Many thanks to Vocation Station for this video from Gloria TV, introducing the Fraternité St Vincent Ferrier, at the Priory of St Thomas-Aquinas, Chémeré-le-Roi, in Mayenne, France. The community follows the traditional Dominican liturgy and their doctrinal formation is "resolutely Thomist" according to the Una Voce summary. Although separate and distinct from the Order of Preachers, it has presented a request for affiliation with the Dominican family.

(reposted with permission from The Hermeneutic of Continuity)