Pre-Vatican II spiritual fathers and their chapels

 First of all, I would like to talk about traditionalists who had experiences with priests ordained before 1968 who attended the Latin Mass before or after Vatican II. Here are some examples:


Ave Maria Chapel, New York, United States of America - Fr. Gommar DePauw, JCD.

This is the Ave Maria Chapel in Westbury, New York. It was founded in 1968 by Fr. Gommar DePauw, JCD, a Belgian-American priest and canonist. He is known for being the spiritual father of the anonymous traditionalist blogger, Introibo Ad Altare Dei. The chapel was consecrated by Bishop Blaise Kurz, OFM and Fr. DePauw celebrated the traditional mass there until his death in 2005. After Fr. DePauw's death, the chapel has been mostly empty, due to Fr. DePauw's final will that only pre-1968 priests should celebrate mass in his chapel


St. Louis Church, Moscow, Russia - Fr. Stanislaus Mazeika, MIC

The church was founded by French Catholics in Russia during the Tsarist era. The present building dates back to 1830. During the Soviet era, the communists preserved the church. A priest untainted with the errors of Vatican II, Fr. Stanislaus Mazeika, MIC served in the church from 1967 to 1990 until he was kicked out by the modernists who occupied the church in the 1990s. He served as the spiritual father of Fr. Alexander Kryssov. Fr. Mazeika continued to say mass in an apartment until he died in 1995.


Basilica del Santo Nino, Cebu, Philippines - Fr. Leandro Moran, OSA

Probably the oldest church on the list, it was founded by Augustinian priests in 1565 on the spot where the original image of Santo Nino was founded. The present building dates back to 1740 and during the 1950s, my grandma attended the Latin Mass there with a priest named Fr. Leandro Moran, OSA (1886-1979) who was the former parish priest of Bolhoon. When Vatican II struck, the church was immediately seized by the modernists. 

Conclusion
These spiritual fathers did a lot for you as well as the salvation of souls. Please remember them in your prayers.



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