Note : This newsletter was first published on the Canada Fidèle website on 6 January 2017.

Here are some news from Eastern Canada:

• Maritime Missions

The centre of the apostolate in the Maritime Provinces is in Lakeville, near the city of Moncton, New Brunswick, where Father Pierre Roy has settled. Moncton is the centre of what we call the "Maritime Provinces", comprising New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island (called Ile-Saint-Jean before the deportation of the Acadians). The island of Newfoundland is included this apostolate.

The Lakeville mission has existed since September 2013 and is named “Our Lady of Joy Mission”. We have been renting since August 2015 an old un-used Protestant chapel (United Church) which was bought by a man who lives in the neighborhood. We hope to be able to buy this small church (which can hold a hundred faithful) as well as a lot of land sufficient to be able to one day install a priory if the Lord wills it. At Sunday Mass, there are generally around forty faithful, almost all of whom have been in contact with Tradition only since the existence of Our Lady of Joy Mission.

From Moncton (Lakeville), the following missions are served:

• Our Lady of the Assumption Mission in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, near Halifax (two and a half hours by car from Moncton). We meet once a month in the chapel of a funeral home for Sunday Mass. About sixty faithful are present, including more than twenty children.

• Our Lady Star of the Sea in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, which brings together about fifteen faithful. Charlottetown is a 1 hour 45 minute drive from Moncton. Mass is held in a hotel restaurant or in the private house of one of the faithful, depending on availability. Each trip means crossing the Confederation Bridge, which connects the island to the mainland, and is 13 km in length.

• Marie-Reine-des-Anges Mission in Tracadie-Sheila, in northern New Brunswick. About thirty of the faithful gather in a room rented for the occasion and rediscover the traditional Mass once a month. This mission is a 2.5 hour drive from Moncton.

• Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Mission in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, is served every three months. Antigonish is a 2 hour 45 minute drive from Moncton. Mass is held in the private house of one of the faithful and so far brings together only a few Catholics determined to keep the true Faith.

• The North Sydney Mission, Nova Scotia, is serviced twice a year since December 2013. This mission is a 4:45 hour drive from Moncton.

• The Island of Newfoundland Mission is serviced every two to three months. We meet in the beautiful chapel of a funeral home. A good dozen of the faithful are present at Masses. To get to the island of Newfoundland, you have to take a plane from Halifax.

Thus, the Maritime Provinces of Canada are served on a regular basis. These Masses are almost the only traditional Masses to be  said in these provinces.

• Quebec missions:

The missions of Quebec have been served twice a year for several years by Father Nicolas Pinaud. Since June 2016, Father Pierre Roy has visited the faithful of Quebec on a monthly basis when he is not being replaced by Father Pinaud. The faithful of Quebec are numerous in their opposition to the rallying of the SSPX to modernist Rome, despite the incessant work of several priests of the Society in this province to convince the faithful that what Menzingen is doing is acceptable and even desirable.

These many faithful would like to have a priest to take care of them at all times. In the meantime, they meet once a month in Drummondville, in central Quebec, to attend Mass. Some of them travel nearly two hours to come and meet the priests who visit them. The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Mission in Drummondville easily has seventy or eighty faithful. But many are the faithful who cannot move and who would join this group if a priest could visit them on a more regular basis.

Other Masses are held in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse near Lévis in a garage suitably furnished to host the Holy Sacrifice. The Crisis of the Church obliges ...

In Montreal and Ottawa, too, the faithful await help from a priest who lives near their homes. In the meantime, Masses are also organised where possible.

Quebec's missions are therefore still in the stage of development. Menzingen's very ambiguous and patient attitude to wear on the strength of those who oppose the illegitimate deal with a Rome more corrupt than ever will never get the better of these determined Catholics. Deo gratias!

Finally, here is a sketch showing the places in Eastern Canada where masses are said on a regular basis: