Read about who resides there and the administrative functions that are accomplished Open submenu of District District Learn about the District House of the SSPX located in the heart of America.About Learn more about the SSPX! The Society of Saint Pius X is an international priestly society that promotes the traditional Catholic priesthood and the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass and sacraments.Main Concerns The SSPX: its view on the current situation of the Church and its unique answer on how to 'Restore all things in Christ' Open submenu of Main Concerns.Founder Who was Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre? - A man of the Church, missionary, founder of the SSPX - a man who helped preserve the tradition of the Church after Vatican II.Almost 50 years of tremendous growth despite weaknesses, failures, opposition and set backs History The history of the SSPX: a work of God's Providence.Organization The structure of authority of the SSPX, the practical organization of the members into various divisions and its essential works.Mission What does the SSPX want to achieve? A unique religious community within the Church, integrally promoting and preserving the treasures of Catholic tradition around the world.Upgraded technology is also required, including installation of a new house bell system and phone system. Interiorly, the chapel requires ceiling and air conditioning replacement, while the house requires bathroom renovations and painting throughout. The cupola housing the priory bell (a blessed sacramental) is also in need of repairs.

Major structural and exterior work includes window and gutter replacement, repair to the stucco facade, masonry and chimney repairs, roofing, and replacement of the walkway on the south side. Ignatius is well acquainted with the 59 drafty windows and their increasingly dilapidated inadequacy.

Catherine’s in Boston, MA and Immaculate Conception in Gilford, NH.Īnyone who has made a recent retreat at St. Anthony of Padua in North Caldwell, NJ St. Christopher’s Mission in Manhattan, NY St. Michael in Farmingville, Long Island, NY St. Lawrence in South Windsor, CT (Hartford) St. In addition to Christ the King, priests from Ridgefield travel each week to St. The priests who reside here minister to eight chapels in the Northeast offering Mass, preaching recollections and parish missions, visiting the sick, teaching catechism and tending to the faithful and school children. The Retreat House is home to 7 priests and 3 brothers. Many are those, especially in these times of turmoil, who have richly benefited from the silence and recollection afforded by this beautiful property to rediscover the beauties of the Catholic faith and to reestablish a strong spiritual life.

Ignatius Retreat House has served retreatants not only from the Northeast but from nearly every state in the U.S. Thousands of priests, seminarians, laity and students have attended retreats and passed through our halls. Our waterfront location is ideal for a secluded, peaceful and profitable retreat. Retreats are offered separately for men and women throughout the year and offer periods of quiet peace, prayer and reflection which are vital for a profound Catholic life. The Exercises were considered a very important apostolate of the SSPX by founder Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Ignatius of Loyola, a method dictated to him directly by the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Retreat House specializes in one-week Spiritual Exercises according to the method of St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary moved to Minnesota in 1988. Ignatius Retreat House became the principal Retreat House for the District of the United States when St.

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