Confraternitas Sancte Gregorius Magnus

Caesar · #1 Sep 11, '06, 5:24 pm

It has come to my attention that there are many members of CAF who support the celebration of the Tridentine Mass. So, CatholicNick and I have decided to start an organization of traditional-minded Catholics on these boards. So say hello to the Confraternity of Saint Gregory the Great- Confraternitas Sancte Gregorius Magnus!

We chose St. Gregory for his life of service to the Church, especially in his work on the Liturgy. St. Gregory was the last of the Latin Church Fathers and a great liturgical reformer, and a Doctor of the Church. His memory is immortalized in the sacred music of the Liturgy, the Gregorian Chant, which bears his name.

To join our organization please read the document below and PM me or CatholicNick. We welcome any Catholics into the Confraternity who have a passion and reverence for the Holy Mass.

Pax Tecum,

Caesar, Dean CSGM
CatholicNick, Vice Dean CSGM

CONFRATERNITAS SANCTE GREGORIUS MAGNUS
CONFRATERNITY OF SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT

Summation of function and purpose

A confraternity is defined as “a brotherhood; a guild; a sodality; in canon law, a voluntary association of the faithful, established and guided by competent ecclesiastical authority for the promotion of special works of Christian charity or piety”.

The CSGM is an organization of Catholic Christians of the Roman Rite who support and encourage the celebration of the Tradition Liturgy of the Roman Rite, also known as the Tridentine Rite. The CSGM also supports and encourages the incorporation of traditional practices, sacred art, sacred music, and the Latin language into the New Liturgy of the Roman Rite, also known as the Pauline Rite. The CSGM encourages attendance of the Tridentine Mass, and vocations as priests, brothers and sisters in Traditional Religious Orders. The CSGM is completely dedicated to the service of the Holy Catholic Church and is loyal to the Holy See and our most Holy Father, the Bishop of Rome.

Organization

The CSGM is administered by a Dean and a Vice Dean. Regular membership is divided into three classes: the Noviate Class; the Ordinarius Class; and the Officium Class.

Members are inducted by request into the Noviate Class by the Dean of the CSGM. New members are required to remain in the Noviate for three days time, upon completion of which they may petition the Dean for induction into the Ordinarius Class. Novices retain the right to place CSGM after their names and to refer to themselves, and to be referred to, as Novices of the CSGM.

Novices are inducted by the Dean into the Ordinarius Class upon completion of the three day Noviate. They may at this time refer to themselves, and to be referred to, as Ordinaries of the CSGM. Ordinaries are the normative members.

The Officium Class is made up of those who have been appointed from the Ordinarius Class to particular duties in the CSGM by the Dean. Members of this Class may refer to themselves, and be referred to as, Officers of the CSGM. At any point an Officer may choose to give up their duty, or be relieved of it, but they will still retain their status in the Officium Class.

Caesar
Dean CSGM

CatholicNick
Vice Dean CSGM

September 11, 2006
Commemoration of Saints Protus & Hyacinth, Martyrs

Caesar · #2 Sep 11, '06, 7:24 pm

On this day of September 11, 2006, I Caesar, Dean of the Confraternitas Sancte Gregorius Magnus, do hereby proclaim that the request of one Nekić to enter into the Noviate of the Confraternity has been accepted. On behalf of the Confraternity, we welcome you.

Cake and punch will be served shortly in celebration

Nekić · #3 Sep 11, '06, 7:53 pm

Due to my recent acceptance into the Confraternity, I thank the Deans of the CSGM for accepting my request for membership.
And, as a token of my appreciation, I supply the cake and punch for the celebrations.

Mmm... Chocolate....

NB. No under-18s to drink the punch. I spiked it liberally with brandy!!!

LuxAurumque · #4 Sep 11, '06, 8:01 pm

(on a sidenote: the traditionalist group at my university (Ave Maria) is called the sodality of st gregory the great "SSGM")

Caesar · #5 Sep 11, '06, 8:19 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuxAurumque

(on a sidenote: the traditionalist group at my university (Ave Maria) is called the sodality of st gregory the great "SSGM")

Long lost brothers?

Nekić · #6 Sep 11, '06, 8:24 pm

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Originally Posted by Caesar

Long lost brothers?

Or maybe Arch-Rivals, similar to the rivalry between the People's Front of Judea and the Judean People's Front in Monty Python's "The Life of Brian"

LuxAurumque · #7 Sep 11, '06, 9:02 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nekić

Or maybe Arch-Rivals, similar to the rivalry between the People's Front of Judea and the Judean People's Front in Monty Python's "The Life of Brian"

As a side-side note to this: I have always wanted to see Mel Brooks' History of the World Part "II" because it has Hitler on Ice.... which for some sick and twisted reason I find to be absolutely hillarious...
but back to the side note...

the Sodality is not an arch-rival, it is a beacon of hope at Ave Maria. Ave Maria is the most faithful Catholic university in the US but we still lack a TLM at AMU. Pray that we may get one soon!

Nekić · #8 Sep 11, '06, 9:10 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuxAurumque

As a side-side note to this: I have always wanted to see Mel Brooks' History of the World Part "II" because it has Hitler on Ice.... which for some sick and twisted reason I find to be absolutely hillarious...

Why wouldn't you find it hilarious?
Hitler on ice...
Omg...

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuxAurumque

but back to the side note...

the Sodality is not an arch-rival, it is a beacon of hope at Ave Maria. Ave Maria is the most faithful Catholic university in the US but we still lack a TLM at AMU. Pray that we may get one soon!

I pray for you.
I pray also that I get one near my house.

LilyM · #9 Sep 11, '06, 9:52 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nekić

Or maybe Arch-Rivals, similar to the rivalry between the People's Front of Judea and the Judean People's Front in Monty Python's "The Life of Brian"

'SPLITTERS!!!!!!!!!'

Does the Confraternitas accept female members, or is there perhaps a Ladies Auxiliary or something?

LilyM · #10 Sep 11, '06, 9:53 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuxAurumque

As a side-side note to this: I have always wanted to see Mel Brooks' History of the World Part "II" because it has Hitler on Ice.... which for some sick and twisted reason I find to be absolutely hillarious...
but back to the side note...

the Sodality is not an arch-rival, it is a beacon of hope at Ave Maria. Ave Maria is the most faithful Catholic university in the US but we still lack a TLM at AMU. Pray that we may get one soon!

You have no idea how long I spent trawling the video shops for History of the World Part II after having seen Part I

Nekić · #11 Sep 11, '06, 9:54 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by LilyM

'SPLITTERS!!!!!!!!!'

Sorry to be really picky and idiotic, but the splitters you refer to were actually the Popular Front of Judea.
But, funny quote and funny movie, nonetheless.

LilyM · #12 Sep 11, '06, 10:05 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nekić

Sorry to be really picky and idiotic, but the splitters you refer to were actually the Popular Front of Judea.
But, funny quote and funny movie, nonetheless.

Read the script of the scene Reg's group referred to all of their opponents as 'Splitters'. The Popular Front, being only one man (as in 'he's over there'), was in fact 'SPLITTER!'

Here endeth the Monty Python Lesson

- I bow to no-one in my knowledge of useless Python tidbits

Nekić · #13 Sep 11, '06, 10:20 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by LilyM

Read the script of the scene Reg's group referred to all of their opponents as 'Splitters'. The Popular Front, being only one man (as in 'he's over there'), was in fact 'SPLITTER!'

Here endeth the Monty Python Lesson

- I bow to no-one in my knowledge of useless Python tidbits

Oh My God...
You are right...
I am supposed to be the reverend master of useless python tidbits...
Good God...
I have met my match...
O bow to thee, Reverend Mother Superior in the Order of Knowledge of Monty Python Stuff!

And, are people enjoying the cake and punch?

LilyM · #14 Sep 11, '06, 10:50 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nekić

Oh My God...
You are right...
I am supposed to be the reverend master of useless python tidbits...
Good God...
I have met my match...
O bow to thee, Reverend Mother Superior in the Order of Knowledge of Monty Python Stuff!

And, are people enjoying the cake and punch?

Aah yes, comes of a combination of a truly sad and obsessed youth and early adulthood and two brothers-in-law and a friend who are similarly sad and obsessed and have taught me well

And the cake and punch are quite lovely thanks

demerzel85 · #15 Sep 12, '06, 2:57 am

Very interesting indeed, if only a Priest is available to draw up the formation program