Sotomayor and Jesuit information

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See the Masonic non-interference of the Jesuit Order's Oxford Movement
during the 19th century.

Lord Bless,

Brother Eric

Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:13 PM
Subject: Michel Riquet S.J. in a Masonic lodge


>
> Hello again brother Eric!
> I was perusing today a French book written about the Jesuits and there was
> actually a section (a few pages) dealing with the relationship between
> Masonry and the Jesuits. It mentioned that in 1961 a Jesuit priest, R.P.
> ("Reverend pere" = Reverend Father) Michel Rouquet S.J. (1898-1993), gave
> a speech at a Masonic Lodge (Volney Lodge of the Grand Orient) in Laval,
> France and this was reported in the press at the time. He was trying to
> create a PUBLIC dialogue between Masons and Catholics in France and it's
> an interesting "coincidence" that this event the year prior to the start
> of Vatican 2 (1962). I don't know if you were already aware of it.
>
> After looking on the Net for some more info on Michel Riquet, I found the
> following information in a Masonic website about a French Roman Catholic
> Mason:
>
> "On the Roman Catholic side, the main promotors of pacification - or cease
> fire, so to speak - have been the Jesuits, Father Grouber, Father
> Berteloot and my friend Father Riquet, who delivered a famous lecture,
> which I personally organized in a lodge at Lavel*. The lodge in question
> was not regular at the time, but has since joined the Grande Loge
> Nationale Francaise under another name."
>
> source:
> http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/roman_catholic_freemason.htm
>
> * typo on the website ; it should be "Laval" not "Lavel"
>
> The same article also mentions that Anderson's Constitutions were not put
> on the Index :
>
> "First of all because Anderson's Constitutions was never put on the Index
> (forbidden reading for Catholics)."
>
> Some other interesting excerpts:
>
> "We can go even further and say that during that period when Roman
> Catholics were considered as outlaws in England, the Roman Catholic Duke
> of Norfolk was not only admitted, but became Grand Master of the Craft. I
> have even traced the presence, among Masons of the period, of a Jesuit
> called Father Cotton, who was also Brother Cotton. This was lawful in
> those days because the Papal condemnation had not yet been promulgated."
>
> "The Craft took no steps in the intellectual sphere against the Oxford
> Movement, nor against the revival of Catholicism under Cardinal Newman.
> The Craft never, in the slightest way, opposed the gradual legal
> improvement of the status of the Roman Catholics and the ultimate
> attainment of their aims, yet nevertheless, the Papal condemnation of the
> Craft remained even though no reprisals were sought by the Freemasons."
>
> "I must very proudly mention brothers from the Grande Loge Nationale
> Francaise, like our M.W. Grand Master Ernest Van Heeke, who have been in
> touch with the leaders of the Church."
>
> "Then in 1966, an important event took place, and most surprisingly, in
> the Scandinavian countries. The Roman Catholic Scandinavian bishops
> decided that if Protestants wished to join the Roman Catholic Church and
> happened to be Masons, they could remain so."
>
> "However, brethren, someone had to begin; someone had to take, as our
> ritual says, the first regular step in Freemasonry. Well, I took that step
> on March 28, 1969. My sponsors were Father Riquet, a Roman Catholic Jesuit
> and Brother Harry Carr, one of the most eminent representatives not only
> of the Craft, but also of English Jewry. I was admitted to the Craft and
> did not consider it to be incompatible with my faith to adhere to "the
> religion to which all men agree."
>
> The website is Masonic so 1st Thessalonians 5:21 most certainly applies. I
> hope the information may be useful.
>
> In Christ,
> Marcel A.