Rooted and Rising – a New St. Joe’s in Armada – Sacred Restorations
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sacred Restorations, a limited series on the SSPX podcast that highlights the beautiful work being done across the U.S. District. |
| 0:16.0 | In this episode, we travel to Armada, Michigan, where St. Joseph's, one of the oldest and most historic SSPX communities |
| 0:23.0 | in the United States, is preparing for a new chapter. Father Stephen Seuss and Tyler |
| 0:27.7 | Gianitasio walk us through the remarkable history of this parish, from its beginnings with |
| 0:32.2 | concerned Catholic families in the Detroit area, to the First Society Foundations in Michigan, to the growth |
| 0:38.3 | of a vibrant community, centered on the mass, the school, and devotion to St. Joseph. |
| 0:43.3 | Now, after years of growth and tight limitations on its current property, the parish has purchased |
| 0:48.3 | 22 acres of debt-free land, and is planning a new campus with a larger church, a proper school, fields, |
| 0:56.4 | parish spaces, and room for future generations. With an ambitious campaign already underway, |
| 1:02.1 | St. Joseph's is looking to build not just for today, but for the next 50 to 100 years. |
| 1:08.8 | Very happy to be speaking today with two of the people in charge of the new project going on in Armada, Michigan. Father Seuss, very good to have you. How are you? I'm doing well, thank you. Nice to speak with you again, Andrew. Great to talk with you again. And Tyler Giannatasio, how are you? I'm doing well, Andrew. Nice to see you. I think we've |
| 1:28.6 | exchanged a couple of emails, but it's good for the name. Very good foot of face to a name. And I'm not |
| 1:34.2 | going to try to pronounce your name again. My Italian is rusty. You said off camera, I can call you |
| 1:39.0 | Tyler G. So I'll just call you Tyler during this interview. That's's okay. But both you today were kind enough to |
| 1:45.5 | sit down and talk about the project that's going on up in Armada, Michigan, St. Joseph's. I guess |
| 1:52.4 | Father, Father, Suisse, let me start with you. For those who may not know who you are, I know we, |
| 1:57.8 | have we done a podcast interview before? We talk a decent amount, but I don't recall having you on one of these before. Yes, I don't think I've done a podcast with you. We've talked, we exchanged emails. Yeah. I listen to some of the podcasts and the daily devotional. Happy to do that and hear the saints and the interesting news about the church in the world, but first time with the |
| 2:17.9 | podcast. |
| 2:18.6 | Very good. Well, very glad to have you on this side of it. And Father, I know you from your time way back when you were in St. Mary's. Before you were a priest, you were stationed in St. Mary's. You've been stationed in Ridgefield in New York. You've been kind of at all the big spots of the SSPS. Can you tell our listeners, our viewers, a little bit about you if they, if they |
| 2:36.8 | somehow don't know |
| 2:37.9 | who you are? |
| 2:38.8 | My name is Father Stephen Seuss. |
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