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The Challenges of the Apostolate in Asia – SSPX Interview Series – Episode 13

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SSPX / Angelus Press

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 730 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today, a re-release of an interview we did back in late 2019 with Fr. Patrick Summers, the District Superior of Asia.  We discussed the apostolate in Asia and the work the Society is doing to bring not just Tradition, but Catholicism as a whole, as well as food, medicine, education, and some of the most basic human necessities to more remote areas.  You’ll hear how the District of Asia is not only vast, but filled with challenges that most of us in the Americas or Europe wouldn’t begin to comprehend.  

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0:00.0

Today on the SSPX podcast and next week also, we're going to be re-releasing an interview we did back in late 2019 with Father Patrick Summers, the District Superior of Asia.

0:14.4

Back then, we discussed the Apostolate in Asia and the work that the society is doing not just to bring tradition, but to bring Catholicism,

0:22.6

as well as food and medicine and education and some of the most basic human necessities to

0:27.6

more remote areas of Asia. You'll also hear how the District of Asia is not only vast,

0:33.6

but filled with challenges that most of us in the Americas or Europe wouldn't begin to be able to comprehend.

0:40.0

Yes, this interview is about five years old, but it's one of the favorite ones that we have in our archives,

0:45.4

and we wanted to re-release this one and the second part next week to highlight the work that maybe some of us in the Western Hemisphere just don't think about that often.

0:53.3

So now let's join Father Patrick Summers with the challenges of the Apostolate in Asia,

0:58.7

here on the SSPX podcast interview series.

1:08.3

Well, thanks for agreeing to chat with us again today, Father. I really appreciate it.

1:11.8

Oh, my pleasure. My pleasure. So it's been a little while since we've talked. And when we first

1:16.2

chatted, we talked a little bit about the work of the Asian district as a whole. We kind of went

1:21.8

all over the map. But I wanted to go into a little bit more detail on the work that you're doing,

1:26.8

maybe hone in on a place or two,

1:29.3

but really kind of dive into what are the positives and the negatives. So let's start out on

1:33.6

that optimistic note. Could we talk a little bit about the encouraging signs, the good things

1:39.3

that are happening and that you're seeing throughout the Apostolate of the SSPX in the various countries of Asia.

1:46.0

Okay.

1:47.1

Well, it's a, I did think about this, this podcast just like, like we had said.

1:53.2

And I thought, yeah, we could talk a little bit in general about some of the encouraging and good things that are happening over here as well as kind of some of the

2:02.7

major differences between, let's say, America and working in Asia. And also, I thought I would

2:11.0

maybe a bit more, I should say, detailed go into a little bit of our work in one or two of the countries on this podcast in

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