April 29, 2010

Saint Peter, Martyr

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Several days ago I sent you a quote in regard to Shantivanam in Easton, Kansas
run by Fr. Edward Hays. Shantivanam was founded in 1971 and Fr. Hays moved there to
run it in 1972. It is now directed by Sr. Eileen Haynes, SCL. (Sisters of Charity of
Leavenworth.) The reason this is important to me is that my Aunt is Sr. Ann Xavier
Barton SCL, who now lives in a house overlooking the Missouri River in Leavenworth
and secretary to the Mother Superior who also lives in the same house.
The Sisters of Charity began traveling to visit their parents in the mid 1960’s. At
the time my grandparents lived in Oklahoma City where I also lived with my parents. So
we would see Sr. Ann about once a year. I watched her go from wearing the full habit,
which was similar to that worn by dear Sisters in the Ukraine to wearing lay clothes in
less than a decade. The habit was first modified, then modified again. The first
modification was necessary to enable the Sisters to drive automobiles, which had become
necessary for them to do their work. However, the second modification was not
necessary and the abandonment of the habit is simply uncalled for.
During Sr. Ann’s visits we noticed her saying strange things, which were New
Age and this in the early 1970’s. She would talk about auras, when a religious should
talk about Divine Love. This was so obvious that my father, a recent convert at the time,
took Sr. Ann aside and warned her: “They are brainwashing you, Sister.” She did not
heed to warning and remained in the apostate Church that flowed from the perfidious
Spirit of Vatican II, which we had recently left because of the modification of the
Sacramental Rites in line with the principles of textual criticism. (You know this as
Historical Critical Theology HCT, which is nothing other than the heresy of Modernism.)
I recall well leaving the Novus Ordo Church and the Spirit of Vatican II in early
November of 1972. I thank God that He protected me from that perfidious spirit, for I
know if we had remained I would have lost my vocation and my Faith. I was thirteen
years old when we left and it was only two years later when I realized how close I had
come to losing my precious Catholic Faith.
It is difficult to describe what I grew up with and the utter destruction of the
Catholic Faith that flowed from Vatican II. I was enrolled in Catholic School from 1969
to 1973. At this time the Mass was being changed from the Tridentine Mass to the Novus
Ordo by a slow progression. Even when I received my First Communion the holy Canon
of the Mass was in Latin, although some parts were already in English. By the time I
entered this school, the Mass was entirely in English. The good Monsignor and his
assistant were still quite respectful and kept the Catholic practices, such as Benediction,
Stations of the Cross and the Angelus. The assistance still said a Latin Mass on Saturday
mornings. I recall Mom saying as we came home from a Saturday Mass I had served as
acolyte, that this is the way the Mass should be.
In my third year we had a new pastor and assistant. No longer was daily Mass
obligatory for students in the school. In fact with a few exceptions we could not assist at
Mass and attend school! Several times a year we would go for Mass in the church. Also
gone was monthly confession for the students. I recall a ‘coffee table mass’ celebrated by

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the assistant priest on the nuns coffee table in their convent. I was the only one who knelt
for the holy Canon as is the custom in the Western Rite.
There are many stories I could relate, but would like to close with this one. After
I graduated from Eighth Grade my mom received a call from the Catholic High School.
The priest was calling to ask why I was not enrolled. Mom told him that she had heard
that many went to the high school and lost their Faith. The priest replied that this had
been true, but they are doing better now. My parents had decided that it was better to
preserve my Faith to keep me out of a school, which was influenced by heretics.
Basically by 1970 heresy was a way of life in the Church that called itself Catholic, but
which followed the Spirit of Vatican II.
It has been a difficult journey to fight the heresies of Antichrist, which flowed
from the Spirit of Vatican II and produced the Spirit of Assisi. Very few are not infected
in some manner with these heresies. In fact, even priests and Bishops who reject the New
Mass of Vatican II, teach and preach heresy and cannot be trusted. Included in this
number are the bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X. I studied with one of these
bishops for a short time and know two others. In western Europe, Africa, North and
South America we are living in a world that woke and groaned to find itself apostates and
antichristian. A small handful of people have remained true to the Divine and Catholic
Faith in the west. Please contact me in order to work with me for the salvation of souls.

+Michael pp

This small handful of Catholics realizing the utter devastation of the clergy, which
spared no bishop or priest in the world, elected me as Pope on July 16, 1990. Yes it
sounds unreal to believe that all of the bishops and priests could lose the Faith and that a
heretic could usurp the Papacy, but it is true.

http://www.vaticaninexile.com/downloads/TruthIsOne.html

http://www.shantivanam.com/about_us_history.html

From Unicorn in the Sanctuary

We should not think, however, of this phenomenon of priests becoming gurus as

only happening halfway around the world. We have our own priest-gurus here in the
United States. One is Fr. Edward Hays, who is widely recognized as an expert on prayer.
Formerly a parish priest, he was sent on a year-long pilgrimage by his archbishop. Fr.
Hays had requested a few months off for prayer in a Christian monastery, but his bishop,
now Archbishop Ignatius Strecker of Kansas City, Kansas, had other ideas. He suggested
that Fr. Hays take a year off to travel in search of new ideas. Fr. Hays was advised to go
also to the non-Christian religions in his quest for freshness in spirituality. The
Archbishop hoped that Fr. Hays would found a "house of prayer" upon his return. He
traveled to the Middle East and the Orient as a prayer pilgrim seeking wisdom.
For more than sixteen years, Fr. Hays has run his Catholic-Hindu "house of prayer,"
which is financially supported by the Catholics of Archbishop Strecker's archdiocese.

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The name of his retreat house is "Shantivanam," the same as the name of Bede Griffiths'
ashram in India.
The chapel at Shantivanam is a tiered, octagonal room with a decidedly Eastern
flavor. We interrupt a young man's Yoga meditation as we enter the chapel. The altar (an
old wooden horse manger) stands on bare earth facing neat rows of oriental prayer rugs.
Lit by candles and sunlight, and scented with incense, the room is a museum of religious
evolution.
Fr. Hays' system is pure syncretism. He blends Christianity with the other
religions and puts Jesus in the same class as "Buddha and the other holy saviors. .." In a
layout reminiscent of the Stations of the Cross, one side of the chapel holds a shrine to
Shiva, Hindu god of destruction. Next on this wall is a Buddha, followed by a copy of the
Scriptures, the Tabernacle of the Blessed Sacrament, a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
and finally, a crucifix. The purpose is to give due honor to each progressive revelation.
The large windows wrap around one end of the chapel to give a beautiful panorama of the
forest and fields.
With the wide assortment of gods available here, a worship-per could get
confused. Nevertheless, the goddess of Shantivanam receives her due, because the
goddess of Shantivanam is Creation. Nature is the theme that claims the field of vision
here: the expanse of windows and the altar dug into the dirt. This is creation-centered
spirituality.
Hays is typically Eastern in his teachings. He recommends the use of a mantra, proper
breathing and special sacred places for meditation'' Speaking of our "new spirit of
sexuality," he says: "We must trust our inner voices even when they assert that there is
g o o d n e s s a n d b e a u t y i n w h a t p a s t a g e s h a v e c a l l e d e v il and dirty."
See how this inverts the words of Isaias (5:20):
Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light
for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
In his newspaper columns he has done the same thing: Turn the Scriptures (the Christian
Bible) upside down. Most often it is the Oriental scriptures which he quotes, and then
with earnest reverence. In one story, Fr. Hays portrays a king who refuses Heaven unless
God lets both his dog and his unbelieving family into Heaven with him. The stubborn
king wins out, and God praises the king's faithfulness as He allows them all in. Once
again the truth is the exact opposite, for Our Lord said: He that loveth father or mother
more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is
not worthy of me. And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or
mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold,
and shall possess life everlasting. (Matt. 10:37, 19:29).
While the flavor of the East dominates Shantivanam, the Western pagan traditions
are not ignored. A former staff member has related that, "On occasion, ancient festivals
of the Celts or Saxons are remembered and members dance round a may pole or a fire pit
in the fields or forest. " Even a druid or a witch could feel at home in a place like this!
But pagan idols and Celtic festivals aside, business at this archdiocesan "house of prayer"
is quite good. Shantivanam can barely accommodate visitors from outside the
Archdiocese.