This page is the place for announcements and resources for those choosing to avail themselves of the Holy Father's most generous offer in the Apostolic Constitution, Anglicanorum Coetibus. Find contact information for the liaisons in the Catholic Church, learn of parishes and other communities that have resolved to seek full communion with the Holy See, and learn of their progress toward Catholic Unity.
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- Announcement of Archbishop Wuerl as Pastoral Delegate for the USA
- Chapter Resolution of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Orlando, FL
- Petition of Holy Cross Church (Honolulu) for Admission into Ordinariate
- Request of Holy Nativity, Payson, AZ for Admission into Ordinariate
- Letter to Congregation, Mount Calvary Church, Baltimore
- Parish Resolution of St. George's Anglican Church (DMV/ACA/TAC)
- Vestry Resolution of St. John the Evangelist, Calgary, Alberta
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Shane Schaetzel of the St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Use Society in Springfield, Missouri has produced a Google map of the emerging USA personal ordinariate.
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Official Advice on Contacting the Catholic Authorities in the USA
The question has been asked about whether individual clergy and laity, who are not part of a larger group, should contact Archbishop Wuerl's office. I put the question to Fr. Hurd, and I just received his response:
Dear Father,
Yes, I'm already hearing from individuals, not connected with a wider group, who are interested in an Ordinariate; I just got off the 'phone with one such person moments ago. I am encouraging them to express their interest in writing to Archbishop Wuerl as well. Their communications will be an important component of this information gathering phase.
In Christ,
Fr. Scott Hurd
From Fr. Phillips' post here. Here is more from Fr. Hurd (who is assisting Archbishop Wuerl in his capacity as Pastoral Delegate for Anglicanorum Coetibus in the USA):
I would encourage you to please have representatives of the various Anglican groups with whom you've been working to contact Archbishop Wuerl in writing. We will respond to inquiries from groups by sending a "community profile"- a questionnaire which will help us determine who, at this point in time, is interested in joining an Ordinariate. Interested persons are welcome to contact me, but it's good to have a "paper trail" for record keeping purposes. Here is Archbishop Wuerl's address:
Most Rev. Donald W. Wuerl, S.T.D.
Archbishop of Washington
P.O. Box 29260
Washington, DC 20017
A Clarification on the Application of Individual Persons
There has been some confusion as to whether individual clerics and laypersons (who do not reside in a parish or mission) can apply to become members of the anticipated Ordinariate. The answer is 'yes'.
Dear Fr. Phillips,
Indeed, Anglicanorum Coetibus is intended for groups of Anglicans- hence the name. However, individuals expressing an interest are, in a sense, asking to be part of a group. They are welcome to write and express their interest. We'll let the Holy Spirit take it from there.
Peace,
Fr. Scott Hurd
Aloha in Christ. Below is the official petition from our little mission out here in Hawai`i. We have sent it to Abp. Wuerl today. Fr. Chip Wheeler
The Nineteenth Day of September,
The Year of Our Lord 2010
On the Occasion of the Beatification of
Cardinal John Henry Newman
by His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI,
in Birmingham, England.
Petition for Reception into the Ordinariate
Greetings in the Name of the Most Holy Trinity.
We, the officers of the bishop’s committee of Holy Cross Church, Honolulu, Hawai`i, a mission church of the Diocese of the West, of the Anglican Church in America, Traditional Anglican Communion, after much prayerful consideration, do sense the guidance of the Holy Spirit toward unification with the universal Catholic Church.
Therefore, in a spirit of humility and with grateful hearts, we do hereby make formal and official our petition to be received into the Ordinariate which is soon to be established for catholic-minded Anglicans in these United States, under the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, which was promulgated by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI in November of A. D. 2009.
We take this action in the prayerful hope that His Holiness and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith will look favorably upon our request, and at the earliest date possible, receive us into full communion with the Catholic Church. As we continue, for the time being, under the direction of our own bishop ordinary of the Diocese of the West, the Rt. Rev. Daren K. Williams, who supports our action, we seek further guidance from both the local and universal episcopal authorities of the Catholic Church.
Soliciting with joyful hearts the intercession of Blessed John Henry Newman, beatified this Lord’s Day, the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, A. D. 2010, we, the undersigned officers of Holy Cross Church, Honolulu, do humbly submit this petition for your gracious adjudication.
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Mrs. Marcie R. Monaco
Secretary & Synod Delegate
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Capt. Joseph E. Monaco, USAF
Treasurer & Warden
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Mrs. Mayumi S. Wheeler
Vice President & Accompanist
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The Rev. Fr. Lawrence B. Wheeler
President & Priest-in-Charge (Vicar)
Here is the cover letter to Abp. Wuerl that accompanied our petition.
Holy Cross Church, Honolulu
A Mission of the Diocese of the West
The Anglican Church in America
The Traditional Anglican Communion
44-732 Malulani Street
Kane`ohe, Hawai`i 96744
September 26, 2010
Trinity XVII, Ordinary XXVI
The Most Rev. Donald W. Wuerl
Archbishop of Washington
Post Office Box 29260
Washington, DC 20017
Your Excellency,
We are a small mission church of catholic-minded Anglicans residing in and near Honolulu, Hawai`i. We belong to the Diocese of the West, of the Anglican Church in America. The bishops of the ACA have, in hopeful response to the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, requested the establishment of an ordinariate in these United States.
It was with expectancy that we heard the glad tidings of last week that the Vatican had appointed your excellency the pastoral delegate for the establishment of the same, and that you will have Fr. Scott Hurd to assist you in this matter.
Please find enclosed our petition to be received as a mission into the ordinariate. We eagerly await instructions from your office as to the next steps that need to be taken as we seek inclusion into the Catholic Church.
Your servant in our one Lord Jesus Christ,
The Rev. Fr. Lawrence B. Wheeler
priest-in-charge (vicar)
Cc The Rt. Rev. Daren K. Williams, Bishop Ordinary, Diocese of the West
Cc The Rev. Canon William D. Bower, Canon to the Ordinary, Diocese of the West
Cc The Most Rev. Clarence Silva, Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
Cc The Very Rev. Marc R. Alexander, Vicar General, Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
I love the sound of "moving forward". Take courage and God bless you.
I appreciate your posting Archbishop Wuerl's contact information.
FYI- In a written saluatation, Roman Catholic bishops are typically addressed as "Your Excellency."
There's an article on the ZENIT website about Anglicans & Catholics, and with reference to Anglicanorum Coetibus.
http://www.zenit.org/article-30482?l=english
I am going to ask this here since I have so far been unsuccessful in getting any information through my parish or Diocese.
Is the ACA going to provide any guidance for those of us who desire to join the Ordinariate but are isolated in parishes who reject it? Or are we being thrown overboard to swim on our own?
Some timely guidance would be useful since RCIA starts next Monday.
Brad, why don't you give me a call to discuss? My number is 321-578-2527. I'll do what I can to help you out. There are "diocesan" plans, if you will, but the present moment is obviously exceedingly complicated. Do not despair. We're all going to try and stick together through this!
From the AU blog:
" St Columba Parish in Fernley Nevada seeks to enter Anglican Ordinariate
From the parish web site:
The parish as a body has voted to accept the offer of the Holy See and join an Ordinariate. If the reader is an Anglican Christian, living in northern Nevada, and wishes to join Saint Columba's in its transition, your attendance and assistance is welcome.
St. Columba's is a parish of the Episcopal Missionary Church. Visit the parish web site: http://netministries.org/churches.aspx%5C?ch=ch05703&frame=N
"
It is, alongside with the other anouncements of parish requesting the implementation of AC, a wonderfull new.
Pax et Bonum
You could, of course, include in the Moving Forward category, the Synods of the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada and the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia.
October 4, 2010
Francis of Assisi
The Rt. Rev. David L. Moyer
19 Montrose Avenue
Rosemont, PA 19010
Your Grace,
I address you in response to the 'Patrimony of the Primate' issued by ++Hepworth for those ACA congregations intent on availing themselves of the generous pastoral offer made by the Holy Father in his Apostolic Constitution ANGLICANORUM COETIBUS, given in Rome, at St. Peter’s, on November 4, 2009, the Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo.
We at The Church of the Resurrection, (Asian/American), ACA/TAC, have anticipated this moment. After a considerable period of prayer and discussion, the Parish Vestry, the congregation since then consenting unanimously, voted in the affirmative to avail ourselves of this historic moment in the life of the Church. We thus inform you of our intent of entering the Ordinariate once it is established and already pray for the servant, known to God, who shall be chosen to be our first Ordinary.
We faithfully await entry to the Ordinariate availing ourselves of the process put in place by our present ACA/TAC ecclesial authorities.
We pray for you as you go about the task of putting in place this Ordinariate, a structure which we believe comes from the Holy Spirit by means of the Holy Father. May the Lord bless you as you facilitate the establishment of the Ordinariate, a response to many years of faithful prayer.
In service to God and His people, the Church,
(the Rev'd) Father Joseph B. Mai, Rector
8851 Gold Coast Dr., San Diego, CA 92126 (619) 252-1851
(the Rev'd) Father George Ortiz-Guzman
Mr. John Vo, Senior Warden
Mr. John Nguyen, Secretary
Mr. Andrew Vu, Treasurer
CC: The Most Rev. John Hepworth, Primate TAC (electronic)
The Most Rev. Louis W. Falk, President, ACA House of Bishops
The Rt. Rev. Daren K. Williams, Bishop Diocese of the West, ACA
does any one have a complee list of parishes that are moving to Rome?
May I ask if there has been any clarification regarding the status of the All Saints Sisters of the Poor convent in Catonsville, MD in relation to the Anglican Use or the forthcoming Ordinariate? When last I inquired, the Sisters were provided with a (Novus Ordo) Mass celebrated by supply priests on every morning except Thursday and Sunday, and were compelled to drive to the local parish for Sunday Mass. I believe they are still using the Oxford UP edition of the Monastic Diurnal (with its Coverdale psalmody) for their daily office. May we expect a chaplain to be provided to the ASSP sisters via the Ordinariate structure, who could say a daily Mass in the Anglican Use, in the near future?
NEWMAN SHRINE
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Are there others out there interested in the Anglican Ordinariate in Chicago? I've been looking for any sign of it, but have been unable. Thanks.
Dear Sir, I advise you to set up a blog and a facebook group, providing an e-mail adress for contact. Then, you should try to advertise it on many ordinariate-related blogs such as this one. Gradually, people will contact you, and you will be (you surely will be, Chicago is so big there are necessarily people interested in the ordinariate there) able to form a group.
If you can find a current or former Episcopal or Anglican Priest ready to provide clerical leadership to your group, it would be optimal.
+ PAX et BONUM
For anyone interested in information regarding how to join the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, the information is posted on http://www.usordinariate.org/joining.html. Until we have a better means of communication, the best way to keep track of all of the developments of the OCP is to "like" us on Facebook. Then you will be sent a notification every time there is news. Also, all new pastoral letters, notifications, and other Ordinariate news is posted on the front page of the OCP website http://www.usordinariate.org.
I would like someone at the abbey to sent me and email or call me at 208-238-2625
and I would like that person to do that when their have the time in their day to do that very soon. So take care. Ed.
I was confirmed an Anglican in 2008. I want to convert to Catholicism — can someone please give me the contact inform for who I can speak with about how to go about becoming Anglo-Catholic?
Thank you.