On Saturday, July 10, 2010, at 2:00 PM, The Federation of Catholic Priests, a Catholic Society in the Church of England, will host The Proposed Ordinariate: An Address and Discussion. The speaker will be The Rt. Rev. Malcolm McMahon, OP, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham.
The event is to be held at Holy Cross Hall in Leicester by the kind permission of the Prior, Fr. Leon Pereira, OP.
The venue address is:
Holy Cross Hall
45 Wellington Street
Leicester LE1 6HW
Parking is available in the East Street Car Park and elsewhere in the city. Trains are available from St. Pancras, Sheffield, and Birmingham. For more information, contact:
Fr. Stephen Bould SSC, St. Peter’s Vicarage, Folkestone CT19 6AL (01303 244472) boldini@btopenworld.com
Fr. Brian Tubbs, 58 Dorset Avenue, Exeter EX4 1ND (01392 200506) fathertubbs@aol.com
Click here for the event flyer in PDF format.
4-20 The Future of Ecumenism
In this session, Bishop Malcolm McMahon will present a reflection of how far the churches and ecclesial communities have traveled on the path of ecumenism. What are the hopes and challenges as they continue to journey, and how they will fulfill Christ’s prayer that "they may be one" in the future.
Rt. Rev. Malcolm McMahon, OP
Rev. Malcolm McMahon has served as Bishop for the Diocese of Nottingham, England, since 2000. The London-born former provincial for the English Dominican Province has served in a variety of pastoral and academic posts. Bishop McMahon is Chair of the Department for Catholic Education and Formation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales; he is also a member of Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission and contributed to its recent Agreed Statement. — March 2010 at the LA Religious Education Congress.
I wish I had made it to the bishop's talk at the Religious Education Congress (much maligned by traditionalists, but a highlight of my year). Maybe his talk in LA is still available on cd.
Ooh! I'm from Leicester, although I don't live there anymore. There's a new, younger crowd of Dominicans at Holy Cross and what they are doing there in terms of the Benedictine 'reform of the reform', in the teeth of strong opposition from 'spirit of Vatican II types' is miraculous. If anyone goes, be sure to give them your support! They are very good people and they need it.
An article in The Guardian on tomorrow's meeting:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/09/anglican-clergy-meet-catholic-bishop