This Sunday, August 28th, Fr. Prentice Dean will again celebrate Solemn Evensong & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 5:00 p.m. at Church of the Assumption in Nashville. The address is 1227 7th Avenue North.
From Saul Keeton, a follower of The Anglo-Catholic:
Fr. Prentice Dean has asked me to alert all of you that tomorrow (sorry for the late notice!) Our Lady of Martyrs Anglican Use Society is holding an hour of adoration and prayer before the Most Blessed Sacrament on Thursday, April 14th between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. at The Church of the Assumption at 1227 7th Avenue North, in Nashville.
This hour of prayer was proposed by Fr. Christopher Philips, pastor of Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church in San Antonio, Texas [Ed. Actually, if I am not mistaken, one of our most avid commentors, Sean Reed, orginated the idea.]. The general intentions are: 1) for the Holy Father; 2) for Anglican clergy and postulants, for the encouragement and strengthening of their faith, particularly when faced with uncertainty; and 3) for the laity, for their encouragement and strengthening of their faith. An Ordinariate already has been established for England and Wales; however, Anglicans and Catholics in other parts of the world are waiting (with varying degrees of patience) for the establishment of Ordinariates in our respective countries.
Fr. Dean encourages all those who are interested in growing the full, visible communion of the Catholic Church and supportive of the the Ordinariate to come by The Church of the Assumption during the lunch hour, for whatever time you can spare, to say a prayer for the timely establishment of Ordinariates in the United States, Canada and Australia.
In addition, this month our customary meeting time for Solemn Evensong & Benediction, the fourth Sunday of the month, falls on the April 24th, Easter Sunday. Because Easter will be a busy day for all of us and our families, we will not hold Solemn Evensong & Benediction that day. We will resume our monthly meetings on Sunday, May 22nd at 5:00 p.m.
The newly-formed Our Lady of Martyrs Anglican Use Society in Nashville, Tennessee, celebrated its first Solemn Evensong and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament this past Thursday evening. There were between sixty and seventy people in attendance, including current and former Anglicans, as well as a number of interested Roman Catholics. The presider was Fr. Prentice Dean, a recent Pastoral Provision ordinand, who serves as both the vice chancellor of the Diocese of Nashville and as assisting priest at the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Fr. Dean has posted both his reflections on OLM's initial celebration and his homily from that night on the Society’s fledgling web site. In addition, a very friendly review of the service has been posted in the forums at Musica Sacra.
Congratulations to the people of Our Lady of Martyrs! Let us all pray for the success of this new Anglican Use community.
I think it’s encouraging to hear of what’s going on with Ordinariate-oriented Anglicans and former Anglicans, so I like to pass those bits of news along. I just heard from Fr. Prentice Dean, who is a Catholic priest in Nashville, Tennessee. Fr. Dean had served as an Episcopal priest, but in 2005 he was received into the Catholic Church, along with his family. He then went through the Pastoral Provision process, and was ordained as a Catholic priest this past February 22nd.
Although he serves as Vice-Chancellor of the Diocese of Nashville and also assists at the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr. Dean has been given permission by his bishop to form an Anglican Use group, which he has done. Our Lady of Martyrs Anglican Use Society is hosting its first event – Solemn Evensong and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. This will take place on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at The Church of the Assumption, 1227 7th Avenue, North, Nashville, Tennessee.
If you live in the Nashville area, or know someone who does, here’s a great opportunity to get together for the worship of God and to make new acquaintances. I must say that this sounds like a very civilized group – they’re serving sherry afterwards.