Early SSPX history help

[1seeker]

Hey everyone,

I am looking for early SSPX histories. I mean like book-length treatments of things like, the taking over of St. Nicholas Chardonnet, and Econe's founding, curriculum, and internal ethos. Really anything that goes from the 1970s to 1990s.

I am also interested in finding out why they didn't take over any other churches, after the phenomenal success with St. Nicholas in 1977.


Thanks!

[RedCaves]

They tried doing it again. It didn't work.

Check the SSPX on Wikipedia and look through the References section.

SSPX Asia has some links to their historical books all written down on their webpages.

Try to find Michael Davies's "Lefebvre Pro Apologia".

Check Google's Newspaper Archives.

It's a start.

[VeraeFidei]

Also, the writer of the blog The Rad Trad (www.theradtrad.blogspot.com) has been doing a series of posts about figures of the early Traditionalist movement - I recommend contacting him. Also, the man who runs St. Lawrence Press and writes www.ordorecitandi.blogspot.com knew a lot of SSPX folks in the 70's in the U.K. His internet name is Rubricarius.