Cardinal DiNardo speaks with confirmands at Our Lady of Walsingham, Houston.
In the mainstream media, it was a quieter week for Ordinariate news, but plenty of things were happening.
The American Ordinariate Google Map pin count stands at 21, up two from last week.
The Tablet reported that Bishop Andrew Burnham has estimated that the Ordinariate in England will launch with around 24 groups. (Remember to keep the Bishops of Ebbsfleet and Richborough in your prayers.)
In The Telegraph, religion correspondent, Tim Ross, reported comments from a senior C of E official on the possibility that those who enter the Ordinariate may be allowed to continue worshipping in their current buildings.
Also from the UK, we have word of a new blog, Ordinariate Watch, dedicated particularly to developments in London.
From Australia, we got an important glimpse of the shape of things to come from Bishop Peter Elliott.
The November edition of the Diocesan Circular of the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada is online and contains several articles of Ordinariate interest as well as the regular features like From Maggie’s Kitchen. (Good food is definitely integral to the Patrimony.)
In the November newsletter of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, we read that Cardinal DiNardo confirmed eight young people during a Solemn High Mass and has written to Cardinal-designate Wuerl giving his blessing for the parish to enter the American Ordinariate.
The website of Mount Calvary, Baltimore, now displays Peter’s keys in its masthead and there is also a news page for developments in the parish’s journey to full communion.
Tomorrow, Fr. Phillips will be at a special meeting on the way forward at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Orlando, where our own moderator is senior warden.
In other news, though it is an insignificant gesture that is only intended for a few perpetually disgruntled souls, yet another notable figure in the Church of England felt that he had to pour cold water on Anglicanorum coetibus. This time it was N.T. Wright, the former Bishop of Durham. His comments on the Ordinariate got less coverage than they might have otherwise because in the same interview he also stated that he firmly believes in women bishops, except when he doesn’t.
In better news, we saw a positive view of the Ordinariates in the Jesuit magazine, America.
Next Tuesday, the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran, marks the first anniversary of the publication of Anglicanorum coetibus. Pray that the good news keeps coming and don’t forget to add your updates to our Moving Forward section.
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Thank you once again, Brother. You do us a great service by summarizing the weekly developments. I find your efforts very encouraging and helpful as I pray for the unity our Lord bids.
Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis.
I'm not sure who got the Maths wrong but I told the Tablet that there were about 24 groups but that grouos might only be 20 0r 30 people to start with. 24 x 20 or 30 grossed up to 200 people entering the Ordinariate initially. Either Sam (the reporter) or I needs to do some Maths revision!
Bishop Andrew,
Good as always to hear your voice. You'll notice that I only quoted the number of groups, since the number of people was clearly in error.
Bishop Andrew,
Are any TTAC groups included in your ordinariate speculation? Or are these just FiF groups going in a first wave?
Thanks
Deborah
The tenor of the stories, and the public remarks of some of the FIF bishops, imply no place for TTAC clergy and people. But of course the stories may be wrong, and there might still be an outbreak of charity. Pray that the Vatican keeps a tight control over the Ordinariate, and does not allow an Anglican patrimony of "envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness" to gain a footing.
Should I read anything into Bishop Andrew's silence? Or has he just not read this comments thread.
Deborah
I wonder why, after requests, The Church of the Resurrection Parish, ACA/TAC, in San Diego, CA. has not been added to the map or the list at Moving Forward.
Deborah
My comments have been strictly restricted to correcting misinformation 'out there'. Thus I have corrected my age and, answering the Tablet's questions, corrected the impression that there will be a initial flood of thousands into the Ordinariate (which would inevitablty lead to a 'failure' press story in no time) .
The objective is not to damage the Church of England (which conrtinues to play its part in the work of the Kingdom) but to enable people to respond faithfully to the particular call of discipleship in Anglicanorum coetibus. Hence it is important to understand that a couple of dozen groups, each with a very small nucleus – 20 or 30 – would be a wonderful start and not a failure.
As for the FiF, TTAC thing, I am very happy to answer you in private if you e-mail me but, since it is not a matter of misinformation, it is not a topic on which I am able to blog. The straightforward answer is that none of the groups of which I am aware is either FiF or TTAC but that, since bishops haven't been generating these groups, I don't know quite who is in them, only their lay leaders and their approximate size.
Some people here are losing their sense of proportion and entering into a fantasy world. Positive coverage of the ordinaries in "America" is a *GOOD* thing? That's not exactly the sort of endorsement I would want. It's like being praised in Pravda.
Fr. Gray, at least, is expressing sensible fears. My prayers are with him and with the T.T.A.C. After 'dealing with' the Latin bishops for so very many years now as a member of the Latin traditionalist movement, my rose-coloured glasses disappeared long ago. Let's just hope that former FiF prelates will not be unto the TAC what Latin bishops have been unto Latin traditionalists.
P.K.T.P.