There will be a Mid-Atlantic Gathering of Ordinariate-bound Anglicans and Catholics
on January 23rd and 24th.
It will begin with an Anglican Use Mass on Sunday, January 23rd at 4:00 p.m. in St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 114 West Saratoga St., Baltimore, Maryland. The celebrant and preacher will be Fr. Eric Bergman, Chaplain of the St. Thomas More Society (Scranton, PA). Immediately after Mass everyone is invited to assemble at Mount Calvary Church, 816 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore, for a time of fellowship and discussion, including brief presentations by appointed speakers for the various Anglican Use communities present, describing their current activities and hopes for the Ordinariate.
On Monday, January 24th at 1:00 p.m., participants in the Gathering are invited to take part in the March for Life in Washington, D.C., by meeting at 7th St. and Independence Ave. SW. They will march under a banner which proclaims, “Thank you, Holy Father, for Anglicanorum Coetibus!” This is a great opportunity to help build up the corporate life of the future Ordinariate by giving a public witness to the sanctity of human life.
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What great news! Thanks. Makes me want to be there.
Deborah
I thought Mid-Atlantic was halfway between England and the USA. How can you hold a Mid-Atlantic meeting in Baltimore? (unless it has moved?)
Saint Alphonsus is one of the great shrine churches of the United States. One of its early pastors, John Neumann, is a canonized saint and another, Francis Seelos, is a 'blessed'. It hosts the only regular Extraordinary Form (Traditional Latin) Mass in the archdiocese and is also the Lithuanian national parish (having previously been a German parish under the Redemptorists).
Immediately around the corner is the so-called Baltimore Basilica, officially the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The first cathedral in the United States (1821), it was designed by the same architect as the original capital in Washington and was reopenned 3 years ago after a stunning restoration. All the major provincial and plenary councils of the Catholic Church in the US were held here, as were the consecrations of many bishops. Archbishop John Carroll and 7 of his successors are entombed there.
On-street parking around Saint Alphonsus is fairly easy to find and free on Sundays.
The best route to Mount Calvary Church's parking lot is found by Googling/GPSing the address 825 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, MD.
Saint Alphonsus: http://www.StAlphonsusBalt.org/
Mount Calvary: http://www.MountCalvary.com
Basilica: http://www.BaltimoreBasilica.org