It is a spirit of vigilance with regard to anything that can corrupt the Faith. It is characterized by a spirit of attachment to the Roman Church, to the popes, to the bishops a spirit of obedience to the authorities of the Church according to their fidelity to the purpose of their office, which is none other than to spread the Catholic Faith and the reign of Our Lord. The spirit of the Third Order is the spirit that animates the Priestly Society, namely, the spirit of the Church, of its living Faith manifested by all of its Tradition, of its infallible magisterium, expressed and exposed in the Catechism of the Council of Trent, in the Vulgate, in the teaching of the Angelic Doctor, in the liturgy of all time. The members of the Third Ord er participate in the graces of the Society acquired by the prayers and merits of its members. The Third Order was founded by the Society, and therefore the chaplains of the Third Order are designated by the district superiors and approved by the Superior General. Adam Purdy is the priest responsible for the Third Order, which is animated by the same spirit and connected with the Society of St. This saintly pope is therefore held up as the model for souls that wish to be sanctified in our age. Pius X was beatified for having courageously denounced these modern errors and for having given an example of holiness by his steadfast doctrine, purity of morals and devotion to the Eucharistic Sacrifice.
Sanctification is attained today in a world that opposes it by subtle heresies that have been introduced in all Catholic circles under the name of modernism. Pius X as patron of the Third OrderĪrchbishop Lefebvre writes in the statutes: Its members must aspire to holiness and strive to work for the salvation of other souls, primarily those of the persons who are entrusted to them. The SSPX’s Third Order was founded on January 29, 1981, by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre for those who, animated by the desire for their personal sanctification, wish to be affiliated in a special way to the Society of St. The Third Order is in a way the family of the SSPX, with a rule of life, Catholic fellowship and mutual assistance. Pius X, an example of steadfastness in doctrine, purity in morals and Eucharistic devotion. It helps in personal sanctification by associating its members with the life of the Society, under the patronage of Pope St. It was founded for the purpose of giving all Catholics, whether priests or laymen, a share in the spirit of the Society of St.