Witness to
The Rite
Mike Church Sees Apostolic Succession
adio host Mike Church braved sizzling temperatures, along with 1500 other
faithful Catholics, to attend the June ordination Mass of the Fraternity of St Peter in Denton, Nebraska. Here’s what he told REGINA about the experience.
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REGINA: Why were you at this ordination?
MIKE: I made a promise to my friend Mike Cunningham that if he invited me to his ordination, I would be there with the Bells of Saint Mary’s on. Well he made it to ordination and is now Father Michael Cunningham, so me and a publicity shot of Bing Crosby as Father O’Brien made the trip.
REGINA: Had you ever attended an ordination before?
MIKE: No, this was my first.
REGINA: What’s the FSSP seminary like?
MIKE: Inspiring and serene all at once. It was 101 ̊ that day so getting inside and out of the heat was a priority but I did get a walking tour of the exterior and it was like walking around a modern day version of the cloister set from the film ‘Saint Rita’, with its beautiful interior courtyard.
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