CMRI: A Traditional Catholic Religious Congregation
The Religious Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen (CMRI) is dedicated to the preservation and spread of the traditional Catholic Faith. CMRI is responsible for over 50 traditional Catholic churches and Mass centers both in the U.S. and abroad, a number of schools staffed by religious, several publications, and a comprehensive online Catholic store. Read more about how these traditional Catholic priests, Brothers and Sisters live and spread the authentic Catholic Faith and the Fatima Message...
Upcoming Events
| June 27 | Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help: Sisters’ vows ceremonies at Mount St. Michael. | |
| July 14-20 | 8th Annual Summer Boys’ Camp in northern Idaho sponsored by St. Joseph Minor Seminary. Early Bird deadline ($150) by June 15; $200 after June 15. For information, call Rosalinda Salgado at (208) 687-8443. | |
| July 16-23 | Camp St. Philomena for Girls at Mount St. Michael sponsored by the CMRI Sisters. See flyer or web site for details. $285 per person, but only $235 if postmarked for Early Bird deadline by May 25. Call Sr. Renee Marie at (509) 467-1077 or Sr. Bernardine Marie at (253) 537-6281. | |
| July 22-26 | Knights of the Altar Boys Camp. See flyer for details, and download registration form here. $180 per person if registering before June 25; $200 after June 25. Contact Fr. Christopher Gronenthal at (402) 990-1262. |
Recent Events
On Pentecost Sunday, May 19, Frater Michael Geckle, CMRI, received the minor orders of Exorcist and Acolyte; Brother Augustine Walz, Brother Philip Davis, Brother Jerome Williams and Brother Francis Crawford took their First Vows as CMRI religious. See photos in the May Adsum.
Mary Immaculate Queen Center’s newly designed website was launched on June 3. MIQCenter.com features a larger selection of traditional Catholic books and religious articles, better organization, larger pictures, more detailed descriptions, and many other features.
PHOTO GALLERIES: Fatima Conference 2012: “Men Must Cease Offending God; He is Already Too Much Offended” (Oct. 10-14, 2012)
Current Editions of CMRI’s Publications
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The Reign of Mary CMRI’s quarterly magazine: (Subscribe) The latest issue of The Reign of Mary includes a look at “Francis” and the Conciliar Church, an analysis of why sedevacantism is the only solution (and the “recognize but resist” stance is not Catholic), and an article showing how Pope Pius XII definitely did not condone the Ecumenical Movement. A complete outline of articles is posted below. |
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Adsum Mater Dei Seminary’s free monthly newsletter: (Subscribe) May 2013: On Pentecost Sunday, May 19, Frater Michael Geckle, CMRI, received the minor orders of Exorcist and Acolyte; Brother Augustine Walz, Brother Philip Davis, Brother Jerome Williams and Brother Francis Crawford took their First Vows as CMRI religious; Adam Lawrence was received as a postulant. Confirmations, property for a future seminary in Australia. Excerpts from the Fathers of the Church on the Holy Eucharist. Moral Theology: Mass without a chalice; use of the faculty of bination. |
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Anima Mariae (Soul of Mary) CMRI Sisters’ free quarterly newsletter: (Subscribe) The Spring 2013 issue of Anima Mariae opens with some reflections about St. Joseph and the Sisters’ devotion to this great saint. Also featured is an article explaining how teaching became a major apostolate of the CMRI Sisters, even though that was not the intention when the Congregation began. Our next issue: March. Novenas: Our Lady of Good Counsel (April 26) and the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin (May 31). |
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2013 Traditional Catholic Calendar Full color Catholic calendar with beautiful pictures of famous Catholic paintings of Jesus, Mary and the saints. Includes Traditional Church feasts (Pope Pius XII), Holy Days of Obligation, laws of fast and abstinence. Also available: St. Joseph traditional Catholic planner with spiral binding; week-at-a-glance and month-at-a-glance pages, quotes about St. Joseph for every week. |
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Traditional Catholic Books and Religious Goods: Browse through Mary Immaculate Queen Center, staffed by the CMRI Sisters, and see their comprehensive selection of traditional Catholic books, pamphlets and calendars, as well as Catholic music and DVD’s, rosaries, scapulars, crucifixes and much more. Be sure to sign up for MIQ’s free mailing list so the Sisters can let you know about specials, new items, etc. |
Of Special Interest
Reclaiming a Hijacked Priesthood:
Ordained in the modern Catholic Church in 2008, Michael Oswalt soon came to see that not only were his orders invalid, but that his Church was not truly the Catholic Church. He came to Mount St. Michael in January of 2010 to prepare for ordination in the traditional Catholic rite, and was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 2011.
View Fr. Oswalt’s online interview (2009) His letter to the clergy of the diocese of Rockford, a superb explanation of why the modern Church is not truly the Catholic Church, was published in Issue No. 138 of The Reign of Mary and may also be read at this link.
Also available: Feb. 2010 Talk at Mount St. Michael (CD)
“Reclaiming a Hijacked Priesthood: One Man’s Story” (CD)
CMRI’s Quarterly Magazine: The Reign of Mary
• The Reign of Mary Issue No. 150 is the most recent issue and includes the following articles (click this link for longer article descriptions:)
° Habemus Bergoglio
Antipope Francis and the Conciliar Church
by Mario Derksen
° Sedevacantism: The Only Logical Conclusion
The Contradiction of “Recognize but Resist”
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
° The Ecumenical Movement: Did Pope Pius XII Condone Ecumenism?
by Rev. Fr. Johannes Heyne
° Adoremus in Aeternum
The Sacred Liturgy (Part 4: Liturgical Colors)
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
° Pages from the Past
Prince Henry the Navigator (Part IV: To Trade or to Conquer)
by Rev. Fr. Brendan Hughes, CMRI
° In Season — Out of Season
Mary Mediatrix of All Graces
by Rev. Fr. Casimir Puskorius, CMRI
° Respice Stellam
Consultation with Mary
by Rev. Fr. Gabriel Lavery, CMRI
° Catholic Family Life
Making the Home a Temple of God
by Rev. Fr. Gabriel Lavery, CMRI
° Servus Mariae
Unmasking the Danger of Worldliness
by Rev. Fr. Dominic Radecki, CMRI
° World Watch (short news stories compiled by The Reign of Mary staff):
New Ireland Law to Allow Abortion Through All Nine Months
US Soldiers May Be Court Martialed for Sharing Christian Faith
The Fall of Kermit Gosnell’s House of Horrors
First “Gay Marriage” — Then “Group Marriage”
Planned Parenthood Sex Ed Ad #&8220;Too Graphic” for Major Newspapers
Walmart Worker Returns $20,000 to Shopper
83-Year-Old Nun Convicted of Uranium Plant Break-in
Islam Overtaking UK
Dog Attends Church Daily After Owner’s Death
Judge Orders Plan B Pill to be Made Available Over the Counter to All Ages
Atheist Defends Catholic Doctrine Against “Catholic”
“Father” and “Mother” to be Eliminated from Education Department Forms
Astronaut Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day in Space
Irish Bishops Will Not Bar Pro-Abortion Politicians from Communion
Court Denies Asylum to Family that Fled Germany’s Persecution of Homeschoolers
Man Charged with Murder for Tricking Girlfriend into Taking Abortion Pills
School Bans the Word “Easter”; Government Set to Control School Curricula
Typewriters Coming Back


of famous Catholic paintings of Jesus, Mary and the saints. Includes Traditional Church feasts (Pope Pius XII), Holy Days of Obligation, laws of fast and abstinence. Also available: St. Joseph traditional Catholic planner with spiral binding; week-at-a-glance and month-at-a-glance pages, quotes about St. Joseph for every week.
