Virtue Online has posted the text of a recent email message sent by Bishop Louis Campese (TAC/ACA Diocese of the Eastern United States) to his diocesan clergy. We will not reproduce the text of the message here as a matter of principle. The message was evidently shared with David Virtue by one of the original recipients and without the bishop's permission. As there is nothing especially secret about the contents of the bishop's message, we will confirm the following details here.
In the last week of February, the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, Archbishop John Hepworth, with Bishop Robert Mercer, Bishop Peter Wilkinson, and Archbishop Louis Falk, will be in Rome to meet with officials of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. After the public release of Anglicanorum Coetibus, the TAC bishops, after consultation with clergy and laity, compiled a short list of the most pressing practical questions regarding the implementation of the Apostolic Constitution. The purpose of the meeting(s) with the CDF is to get answers to these important questions and to discuss the logistics of the implementation process moving forward.
At the invitation of Bishop Campese, the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America, joined by Archbishop Hepworth, will meet in Orlando, Florida beginning March 1, 2010 to discuss the implementation of Anglicanorum Coetibus in the ACA. Bishop John Broadhurst, provincial episcopal visitor for the Church of England Dioceses of London, Southwark, and Rochester and Chairman of Forward in Faith, and representatives of the Anglican Use/Pastoral Provision, including Fr. Christopher Phillips, pastor of Our Lady of the Atonement, San Antonio, Texas, will present at the conference at the invitation of Archbishop Falk.
After these meetings, Bishop Campese will convene a special meeting of the DEUS Standing Committee and a convocation of the entire diocesan presbyterate to discuss any developments.
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- Rite of Mass Approved in the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia on August 15th, 2003
- Recent Posts from Archbishop Hepworth
- Traditionalist Anglicans Prepare Response to Holy See
- Anglicanorum Coetibus: The Duty of the Clergy of The Traditional Anglican Church (TTAC)
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church, Papal Infallibility, and the TAC
It is quite despicable to know that one entrusted by their bishop with sensitive information would disseminate it so carelessly. No wonder we have people who will not avail themselves of the sarament of Penance due to lack of trust.
I feel the members should be kept abreast of developments as much as possible. I hope that the Bishop will send detailed letters out once more complete answers to questions are obtained from Rome. The Bishop hopefully can require the letters to be read in church so there is full information for the parishes. I want to thank the Bishop and others for their leadership in this matter of spiritual and historic significance. God bless you all.
I agree with Doc that confidential information should not have not been disclosed without permission and but that we in the parishes should get the details after they are learned so there can be full understanding. I am for unity but those against it have already been spinning distrust.