I heard that two weeks ago or so, two more groups formerly of the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada (ACCC) were received into the Catholic Church — a group led by (Fr.) Michael Shier in Vancouver, and a group led by (Fr.) David Skelton in Edmonton.
I have not heard for sure whether this happened — anyone from Vancouver want to get in touch with us? And I hear Edmonton is still waiting. Here's a link to a story about the Edmonton group in Western Catholic Reporter:
EDMONTON – Six Anglicans from Edmonton want to join the Roman Catholic Church under special provisions handed down by the pope two years ago.
In 1976, about 700 Anglicans met in St. Louis, Mo., and decided to establish a new church that would uphold the traditional teachings of the Anglican Church, particularly in regards to apostolic succession. The new church adopted the name, "Anglican Catholic Church."
The Rev. David Skelton, a local Anglican priest, said those with "Catholic leanings" wanted to eventually seek full communion with the See of Peter. He referred to this long process as one of "prayerful waiting."
I believe there is still a group in formation to be received in Montreal.
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There was an article on the Vancouver reception in the BC Catholic of July 12.
A local Roman Catholic parishioner told me of this:
http://bccatholic.ca/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1810-archbishop-miller-celebrates-symphonic-result
For Edmonton, see this link:
http://wcr.ab.ca/WCRThisWeek/Stories/tabid/61/entryid/2726/Default.aspx
Thank you, Fr. Marriott. The article mentions Fr. David Skelton and his wife, and also Fr. Bryan Donnegan, and three others, but no date of reception has been set yet! I love this! How Roman. In Rome, it takes a day to sneeze and a week to tie your shoes. I remember the TAC petition for corporate reunion. A letter was sent to Rome. About two years later, a reply was received in Australia. The reply said, in essence: We have received your letter!
Does anyone out there know the expected date of arrival of these good people? Judging from the photograph in the article, not all of them will have another twenty years to wait to be received. I mention this figure because that is how long it has taken Rome to decertify a 'Catholic' university in Peru, announced just today. The curia told this University to stop preaching heresy or she would tell them to stop preaching heresy again, and again, and again. By the time of decertification as Catholic, nobody who attends there is Catholic anyway.
P.K.T.P.
An ACC clergyman is to be received at St John's Calgary (from its newsletter):
"THE RECEPTION INTO FULL COMMUNION & CONFIRMATION of Jonathan
and Peggy Gibson takes place this Wednesday 18th July at the 10.30 a.m. Low Mass. Jonathan was Rector of St Augustine’s, Ogden, in the Anglican Diocese of Calgary, for seventeen years. He latterly served as the Rector of Grace Anglican, Ogden. A reception will be held in the Cross Hall following Mass. Please make every effort to attend and support the Gibsons as they enter the Catholic Church, through the provision of the Ordinariate."
"All 40 TAC bishops met in Port Smith, England. " It is unfortunate that both articles were apparently written by journalists who were simply recording the spokesmen's account of events, without any research or personal knowledge to give them more meaningful context.
I thought that meeting took place in South Africa. I've never heard of a Port Smith in England.
The TAC CoB met in Portsmouth, England in October 2007
and next in Johannesburg, South Africa during February/March 2012.
What of Montreal? I've heard conflicting reports but mostly only the sound of the cricket. Fr. Oswald Slattery? Fr. Douglas Nicholson? Numbers? I've heard that some are in an Evangelium programme there but others are not. Comments?
P.K.T.P.