When Pope John Paul II gave permission for the establishment of the Fraternity, he most importantly allowed us to found seminaries. We began with two major international seminaries: St Peter's in Wigratzbad, Germany,; and Our Lady of Guadalupe in the USA.
In 2004 the Fraternity began our own local Ezechiel House Novitiate. Young men can now visit a house in Sydney, Australia, for vocation retreats.
Ezechiel House also provides the first year os seminary formation - "The Year of Spirituality" - so men no longer have to go overseas to begin seminary training as the first priests from Australia did.
We currently have three graduate of Ezechiel House at our major seminaries overseas.
EZECHIEL HOUSE BUILDING PROGRAM
The Southern Cross Region purchased a house - 44 West St, Petersham, an inner suburb of Sydney, NSW, for our Novitiate. The house required extensive renovations.
Fr Wong and our three seminarians for this year took up residence in 44 West St on August 15, 2007. The ground floor renovations have almost been completed, and we are preparing to begin work on the second floor. We need to make retreat rooms available for the men who are interested in joining in 2008.
Please write to Fr Wong if you would like to discern a vocation with the Fraternity:
Ezechiel House Novitiate
Director: Fr Duncan Wong, FSSP
44 West St, PO Box 917
Petersham, NSW 2049
Australia
Ph: 02 9572 9694
Email
HOW CAN I HELP?
Ezechiel House and our seminarians overseas are totally dependent upon your support. We receive no financial assistance from any diocese nor from the Fraternity overseas.
Please contact Our Lady of the Southern Cross Regional House if you wish to support us in our work, and receive our periodic newsletter Fraternitas. The most important work of the Region is our Formation programme. Regular benefactors also receive our monthly update Communitas, and have Mass offered for them on First Fridays.
Donations can be sent by cheque to:
"FSSP Australia",
PO Box 46
Pendle Hill
NSW 2145, Australia
For Direct Debit and Bequests details please contact Our Lady of the Southern Cross Regional House.
