Transalpine Redemptorists
The Transalpine Redemptorists ( Filii Sanctissimi Redemptoris ("Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer"), abbreviation FSSR) are a religious community that celebrates the liturgy in the extraordinary form of the Roman rite .
The community was founded in 1988 with the blessing of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre . By 2008, she remained closely with the Society of St. Pius X. connected. The Transalpine Redemptorists see their calling to live according to the original religious rule and way of life of the Redemptorists , although the modernization of the Redemptorist rule of 1969 is rejected.
In 1999 the Transalpine Redemptorists acquired Papa Stronsay , a small island near Stronsay on Orkney , renovated the dilapidated buildings (essentially the manor house and the surrounding buildings of the former fishing station from the time of the last herring boom in the 19th century ) and built the monastery in the entire complex Golgotha . In the following years, a small settlement of cell houses was built, which serve as accommodation for the approximately 20 monks of the community. To secure their economic livelihood, they run a sheep farm with their own cheese dairy, fishing and commercial horticulture. According to their own statements, the Transalpine Redemptorists are heavily involved in the cultural and social life of the island community and through their manual work they contribute to maintaining the Stronsay Fish Mart Interpretation Center with the affiliated Independent Hostel.
After the decree of the Motu Propio Summorum Pontificum by Pope Benedict XVI. the communion sought full communion with the Catholic Church from the Holy See . On June 18, 2008, on behalf of the community, their superior, Br. Michael Mary Sim , asked the Ecclesia Dei papal commission to have the church sentences imposed on them lifted and received an affirmative answer on June 26, 2008. On July 1, 2008, the Transalpine Redemptorists publicly announced the agreement with Rome. On August 15, 2012, they were recognized as an institute of diocesan law by the Bishop of Aberdeen , Hugh Gilbert , OSB.