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The largest SSPX church ever built is unveiled, Archbishop Lefebvre speaks in English about his hopes for St. Mary’s, and rare historical footage of St. Mary’s is shown. Help build the Immaculata by donating at http://anewimmaculata.org/

Copyright © 2019 - Immaculata Church Project, SSPX of St. Marys Kansas, SSPX, Angelus Press

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Many people know St. Mary’s. This place, in the center of America, was a good place to continue the Church, Catholic Church. To maintain the true doctrine and the true faith and the sacrifice of the Mass.

My dear brethren, you come from, sometimes, very far to live here in St. Mary’s with the hope that your children receive a good and true Catholic formation.

Anybody who comes to St. Marys was just refreshed at what a spirit of Tradition that is held here.

It’s a place of profound spiritual significance.

The first I heard about the Immaculata burning down was in the late 80’s.

This is going to be the biggest church that the Society of St. Pius X has ever built.

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In 1978 when the Society of St. Pius X acquired St. Mary's there were no parishioners who lived here. As the years went on, the Society grew more and more; more and more people moved to St. Mary's putting their children in the Academy, and attending the parish. Such that 40 years later we have over 4,000 souls who attend Mass here.

My name is Fr. Patrick Rutledge, I’m the Rector here in St. Marys, KS.

Currently in St. Mary's Sunday's are very chaotic. There's limited seating in our small chapel which was an old refectory for the Jesuits. The faithful come to Mass – they’re in traffic on Mission Street, trying to get in to parking, they finally find a parking spot they walk into Mass, and lo and behold there's only standing room. The priests come out of the sacristy to try and go give Communions. They’re stepping over the faithful to try to get to the sanctuary. Lines of faithful are there just simply trying to have space to pray there Mass.

Just in the last year we've even had to move one of our six Sunday Masses into our Auditorium just simply so that we would have enough space for the faithful to attend their Sunday Mass.

St. Mary's has grown by Providence, by her desire, and now it's time to build her church.

So this current project effort actually began in conjunction with a Master Plan study of the Academic Campus, to look at long term needs of both the parish and the Academy. And it was quickly determined that the size of Church needed to serve the size of the parish community today, would really squeeze the campus and impact it in negative ways.

We decided to build the Immaculata our parish church up near our cemetery.

The site was also selected so that it could allow adequate room for proper layout and planning to provide not only for a very large church structure but all of the approximate parking.


So the new church has been sited on an east-west axis to follow the tradition of siting our churches that the altar faces east into the rising sun.


So the style the overall style that we would say the church is being designed in is the is a Romanesque Revival style - meaning that we're referencing those churches of medieval Europe in the the perhaps 9th to 14th centuries.

The church is laid out in a very traditional Latin-cross plan.

The building itself, its key exterior features would be the twin bell towers that flanked the front façade, as well as the cupola over the crossing of the Latin cross plan which would be crowned by a statue of Our Lady.

The church exterior will be of mostly masonry construction with a couple colors of brick as the main material with an ample amount of stone accent detailing.

In front of that front facade of the church we have a large plaza to help gather the faithful before and after Mass.

Once you would pass from the porch through the front doors will come into the narthex of the church.

You'll be able to see down the central aisle clear to the sanctuary. As you move down the nave to each of your side's there are side aisles that are divided and screened from the central nave by an arcade carried on a row of Corinthian columns.

For the design of the interior of the church we drew inspiration from several of the major station churches of Rome – such as St. Paul's Outside the Walls in Santa Maria Maggiore.

Going to Rome and going to these older and grander churches I found that it does stir the soul, it does inspire you further in a way that you don't get in a simpler church.

The sanctuary is surrounded by a colonnaded ambulatory and flanking each side of the sanctuary then will be two major side chapels – one dedicated to St. Pius X and the other to the Sacred Heart.

The new church as it's designed to date seats 1,550 people. In order to do that comfortably the church is very large – the main floor level of the church alone is 30,000 square feet, which to give one a sense of that if you're familiar with the current...
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Scott Jackson
Scott Jackson
9 months ago
Traditional Latin masses what people want over Novus Ordo.

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Orientalium Ecclesiarum
Orientalium Ecclesiarum
9 months ago
It's good, that in our atheistic and modernistic time, true catholic Church is arising.
Sorry for bad english (from Belarus).

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itsOculus
itsOculus
9 months ago
The Catholic Faith is the only hope for the survival of European people.
Saint Benedict, ora pro nobis!

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Jo Chan
Jo Chan
9 months ago
I love being Catholic.

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Shawn
Shawn
9 months ago
Looks like a place I will consider moving to in the future. Ave Maria

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Herald Jose Capiral
Herald Jose Capiral
10 months ago
Oh Lord grant us many Holy Religious professions priests and families

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nmfd72
nmfd72
9 months ago
When the church returns to it's rich Catholic Traditions the people come back!

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TheDon
TheDon
9 months ago (edited)
I love the fact that the SSPX outsmarted the Jesuits - who never would have sold them Saint Mary’s had they known the true identity of the buyers. I worked in the Vatican at the time (1974-1979), and I remember vividly the smiles on the faces of many Curial officials when they learned of the sale. Smiles of satisfaction. Anyone who can help build the new Immaculata really should do so. God will richly reward the sacrifice.

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Scott _____
Scott _____
9 months ago
God Bless Bishop Marcel Lefebvre

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Lux Sit
Lux Sit
10 months ago
Beautiful.  God is truly working to restore His Church!  We will be praying for this project.

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wazzed Td
wazzed Td
9 months ago
thanks SSPX for bringing back our Catholic  Faith may Our Lady and Sn Joseph bless you and our countries

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cathy levitt
cathy levitt
10 months ago
Why can't all Catholic schools be like this one. My daughter goes to a "Catholic"school and she learns more about other faiths than her own! It's truly heartbreaking

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i rove rice
i rove rice
9 months ago
Who else will fly from out of state to visit?

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Schmoopie
Schmoopie
9 months ago (edited)
Wow!  I just went to that church 3 weeks ago!  Standing room only!  The place was packed!  It was an absolutely beautiful experience for myself and my family.  I wish that there was a church like this on the central coast of CA.

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andrew beattie
andrew beattie
10 months ago
EXCELLENT VIDEO

BEAUTIFUL CHURCH

I am so happy for the Society. It converted me to a Traditional Roman Catholic.

Jesuits to SSPX - HOW PROPHETIC

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Der Bannerträger
Der Bannerträger
9 months ago
Please continue the church in the true catholic doctrine and holy mass. Thank you for your service!

DEUS VULT! AVE MARIA!

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Elija Jelly
Elija Jelly
9 months ago
As a follower of Jesus Christ I prefer latin mass nt Vaticanll

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Lourdhu Robin
Lourdhu Robin
9 months ago
Beautiful Church
Prayers for the construction of the Church..

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Kätzchen Kaktus
Kätzchen Kaktus
9 months ago
Thanks! May God rebuild His true Catholic Church of the last 20 centuries.

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Jesus and Mary, Inseparable - Flat Earth Catholic
Jesus and Mary, Inseparable - Flat Earth Catholic
9 months ago
Awesome. Great job chaps. Wish i could be there with you. Not much faith here in England. Praise you Mother Mary!

P.S.  the side chapels would be better if they were dedicated to Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary. Give a thumbs up if you agree :))

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Eva Marie Betts
Eva Marie Betts
9 months ago
How long is it going to take to build this church?  I want to move close to St. Mary's.  After  Pope Francis said Catholics shouldn't reproduce like rabbits,  I am done with modernism, having come from a large Catholic family with saintly parents.  I'm starving for authentic Catholicism. This video has uplifted my heart.

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Apostolado Petrino
Apostolado Petrino
10 months ago
God bless the Society.

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Anthony 乘睦 Tan
Anthony 乘睦 Tan
9 months ago
Thank you SSPX! else we wouldnt have the summorum pontificum.

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La Mariscal
La Mariscal
9 months ago
Let us all promote the Traditional Mass to our non Traditional friends and relatives. Dont loose the oportunity to invite any of your  Catholic friends, or nominal Protestantes, to presence the Sacrifice of the Cross.

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Classical Music Fan
Classical Music Fan
9 months ago
This brought tears to my eyes , The lord has looked down upon us again!! Will pray for this , from Australia

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Coco Dalisay
Coco Dalisay
9 months ago
God bless SSPX from philippines.

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Stelios Voskos
Stelios Voskos
9 months ago
That reminds me of an Orthodox Church, without the Iconostasis (icon screen). But good to see my Roman Catholic brethren build churches with architecture that goes back to our roots.

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antonio gurrola
antonio gurrola
9 months ago
This looks so beautiful ! Unfortunately , I live in Los Angeles and have to see the UGLY MONSTROSITY that Mahoney built !

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Christi Dea
Christi Dea
9 months ago
This is amazing,  but please don't forget the rest of us who long for the Latin Mass, but don't have access to it.  It would be wonderful if some of your efforts were put into missions - to the rest of the U.S. that still languishes

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Redhorse Tolentino
Redhorse Tolentino
9 months ago (edited)
Wow!☺🙏🙏🙏  God bless sir  greetings here in the Philippines I'm proud catholic ⛪

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Alejandro V
Alejandro V
9 months ago
God bless these priests!.

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Kralperri
Kralperri
9 months ago
Wow this is truly inspiring! I have nothing else to say than that this truly is a blessed work that will and already bears so much fruits of holiness and authentic Faith! God bless and grant everyone involved in this much fortitude and grace!

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ArcaKahn
ArcaKahn
9 months ago
I’m so excited to hear about this wonderful church! Please God let it be completed!

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Gaelle MAZ
Gaelle MAZ
9 months ago
In your last will and testament, please consider leaving money to the Society of Saint Pius X so they will continue to rebuild the Church of Christ.

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HalcyonTide
HalcyonTide
9 months ago
This is so, so beautiful. This suggests that our cultural and architectural heritage is finally being acknowledged and revived - and not a moment too soon. I always (and still) fear that we are in grave danger of losing it all.

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Valentin Olguin
Valentin Olguin
9 months ago
Where can I send money for the church this is truly beautiful!

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Maureen Rebello
Maureen Rebello
9 months ago
I’m happy Mother Mary will restore the Catholic Faith in America God Bless  Regards from India

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RScott Logan
RScott Logan
10 months ago
This truly brings tears to my eyes.When you think of the catastrophic damage caused by Paul VI and Vatican 2.The abandoned vocations,the apostasy of Hundreds of millions of Catholics.The beautiful churches sold off and demolished.The decline of the Catholic school system.What hope this project brings!Not only this project but the new SSPX churches in places like Phoenix.The new convent built for the Benedictine nuns in NM.The Dominicans nuns expanding the teaching apostolate with new schools.I hope all Catholics will donate generously to this amazing project.May it inspire legions of holy monks,sisters,priests and brothers!Intercede for St Mary’s O holy mother of God!

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2b Saint
2b Saint
9 months ago
This made me cry... The thought  to move my family there is overwhelming. My only pause is the standing of SSPX. Have questions....  but how i soooo want it to be a true place of refuge..

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Kristijan Ahčin
Kristijan Ahčin
9 months ago (edited)
Lovely. I will try to donate. Hopefully I can help by prayer as well.

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