Orlando, Fla., Mar 4, 2010 / 03:11 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday, leaders of the U.S. branch of the Traditional Anglican Communion formally requested to enter into communion with the Catholic Church.
In a statement released yesterday from a meeting of the House of Bishops in Orlando, the Church announced, “We, the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America of the Traditional Anglican Communion have met in Orlando, Florida, together with our Primate and the Reverend Christopher Phillips of the ‘Anglican Use’ Parish of Our Lady of the Atonement (San Antonio, Texas) and others.”
“At this meeting, the decision was made formally to request the implementation of the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus in the United States of America by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,” the statement said.
The decision follows Pope Benedict XVI’s publication of “Anglicanorum coetibus,” which was released last year and addressed measures planned by the Vatican to allow Anglican communities to enter into communion with the Catholic Church.
Rev. Fr. David McCready, associate rector at St. John’s Cathedral in the Diocese of the Missouri Valley, offered his opinion to CNA on what will ensue after yesterday’s decision.
The associate rector explained that a long process and several stages are ahead for the Anglican church community. According to Fr. McCready, each diocese will have to meet for an individual synod and eventually come together for a national one. The rector believes that although there could be initial resistance among some within the Anglican community, as “people are often worried of what they don’t know,” eventually, once things are clarified, unification on the move should not be an issue.
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Having been raised in a non-denominational church, then becoming Anglican, and finally “coming home” to the Roman Catholic Church, I want to welcome my Anglican brothers and sisters (especially those bishops, priests, deacons and friends who were involved in my teachings on becoming catholic.) “Coming home” to the Roman church gave me a freedom to worship with truth already established within the Dogma of the Church.
When I professed to belive all the teachings of the Roman Catholic church, I told the Lord that I will read and accept these teschings on faith, with the belief that He would make clear these teachings to me. I trusted Him to clear these teachings in my mind. I can say that today those teachings (on Mary-her Conception and Assumption,) are accepted and belived with all my heart and soul. I have drawn closer to her and thus closer to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Again, I say, “Welcome.”
Bonita Mensendike Huss
Bonita,
Greetings and I’m so happy that you have found your home in the Mother Church.
I agree that much of what we Christians believe is a matter of choice, and certainly not all can be limited to reason. “Faith and Reason” go hand in hand for the Catholic believer, as JPII observed. The most important step in our belief is to say Yes to God, and then we allow Him to lead us.
One of the blessings for which I find myself continually thankful is the magisterium teaching of the Church. With the Holy Spirit as the inspiration, with Jesus’ promise that the Church will withstand Satan’s assaults, and with St. Michael the Archangel defending her, I can rest assured that I need not rely on my own understanding to know, love and serve our Lord. It’s truly comforting, because a denser, more stubborn, more incalcitrant nor more prideful sinner, there never was before me. I cannot make my way on this path alone–I need lots of help!
Let me join you in also welcoming our formerly separated brethren as they make their way into full communion with Rome. You are all welcome and loved. My prayers are with you along your journey.
God is with us.
LuceMichael
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How would things woek in the case of an ordained Catholic priest who joins a branch of the Anglican Church, marries and then applies to join the Ordinariate?
there must be rules on this but off the top of my head I would say that such a person is clearly not intending to live a life of total selfless devotion and sacrifice. I doubt he’d get much farther than posting a letter to the local bishop. :-)
Faith is like a dark tunnel: God gives us the Light to take one step at a time. The Light is not given to see the end of the tunnel. –Fr. Walter Ciszek