2017 Spring/Summer Edition – Issue 7 Friends of the Supporting the ’s Vision for Christian Unity

The of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London W1

© Steven Shone Friends of the Ordinariate From the President United not Absorbed

Dear Friends of the Ordinariate, short time in the history of the Church. We still need your help and support to put that idea of being ‘united not Next year 2017 marks the 90th absorbed’ into the concrete reality which Benedict XVI anniversary of end of the Malines envisaged and to play our part in the evangelisation of our land. Conversations. These conversations, between Anglicans and Catholics, took place in Belgium from 1921 to1927 and the participants included , Bishop Walter Frere and Lord Halifax on the Anglican side Rt Revd Mgr Mgr Keith Newton and Cardinal Mercier, the Archbishop Ordinary of the of OLW of Malines, and the Abbé Portal on Honorary President of the Friends of the Ordinariate the Catholic side. Unfortunately, they did not produce any tangible results but they were significant in that they paved the way for the future Anglican/Catholic commission initiated by Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Michael Ramsey following their meeting in Rome in 1966. The Malines Conversations put forward the idea of an Anglican Church in communion with the See of Peter ‘united but not absorbed’. This became a founding principle of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission whose work still continues though sadly without the great hopes and expectations of the 60s and 70s. Of course, the founding of the three in the , North America and Australia did not together in Malines in the early part of the twentieth century. fulfil all the hopes and dreams of those who met and talked at least the whole Church of though one wonders howThey realistic were talking that was. about Nevertheless, the whole Anglican the Ordinariates Communion are orat HE Cardinal Mercier (1851-1926) point forward to greater possibilities in the future. In that senseleast a they small are part prophetic. of the fulfilment That is why of that it is dream very important which can that Ordinariate communities maintain a particular Have you Gift-Aided your distinctiveness which includes but is not restricted ? to it. I am delighted that - the , the Ordinariate’s distinctive order for Mass, is slowly being If you are a UK taxpayer and donate to the Friends of the Ordinariate, we can claim 25p from HMRC for every £1 familiar with the Roman Missal in their Anglican days. that you give us. For this reason, we urge all our donors to Maintainingtaken up by oursuch congregations distinctiveness, many exemplifying of whom were what more it can mean to be ‘united but not absorbed’, while at the same time Newsletter, returning it to us at: fill in and tear off the Gift Aid form on the back page of this collaborating with the wider is fundamental Mrs Judi Broadhurst to the vison of Pope Benedict XVI in the Apostolic The Administrator Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus. We are often told that Friends of the Ordinariate unity does not mean uniformity and the Ordinariates should 19 Spencelayh Close show to the Church how that is possible. We see that clearly in Wellingborough the Eastern Churches in communion with the Holy See but the Northamptonshire NN8 4UU from an ecclesial community formed during the Ordinariates are the first example of such legitimate diversity years in the West. appreciate it if you were to complete this form again for Even if you have already filled in a Gift Aid form, we would important that its size. I am extremely grateful, therefore, to thoseI believe Catholics that the who significance have caught of thesomething Ordinariate of the is vision far more our records. We recently received a substantial Gift Aid and have tried to support the Ordinariate’s growth and Ordinariatepayment from of OurHMRC, Lady which of Walsingham. will go towards our work development. It is six years since the Ordinariate of our Lady in supporting and highlighting the work of the Personal Charity no. 1142667 Company no. 7680821 of Walsingham was erected in January 2011 which is a very

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I remember a joke that was often told when I was an From the President – United not Absorbed Anglican – ‘Question: What’s the biggest Roman Catholic By Mgr Keith Newton 2 Seminary in England? Answer: The Anglican Church.’ Though not, of course, ever true it contained at least the Chairman’s Message seeds of truth. It is estimated that perhaps 10% of active By Peter Sefton-Williams 3 Catholic priests in England were former Anglican priests. Their presence has had a strong but subtle influence on Gifts to be Shared – Divine Worship and the the English Catholic Church, not just in practical terms – by keeping open that might otherwise have been Extraordinary Form closed - but in shaping a certain approach to music and By The Revd Dr James Bradley 4 & 5 liturgy. The Tiber Flows into the Thames When Benedict XVI promulgated the Anglicanorum Coetibus in 2009, it was envisaged that Anglican By 6 & 7 pastors would lead groups of parishioners into Fr Alan Griffin with the Catholic Church. While this has happened in many Letter from Wales cases, the number of has been lower than expected – there By Fr Bernard Sixtus 8 are fewer than 2,000 registered lay members of the Ordinariate – while the number of has been perhaps higher than Dates for your Calendar 10 expected. The key role of the Ordinariate in the permanent deacons and one transitional deacon active in a of the Catholic Church in England wideAt variety present of there roles are – prison, some 90hospital Ordinariate and school priests, chaplains, five and Wales priests, teachers and, of course, retired clergy who assist By Michael Hodges 11 & 12 in parishes across the country. The good news is that in June 2017 the Ordinariate has plans to ordain up to ten transitional Epiphany Carols at Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory ten additional priests to serve the Catholic faithful. When some By Keith Brown 13 deacons. This means that, please God, there will eventually be the Ordinariate is in the privileged position of planning for Dylan Parry joins the Norbertines dioceses are struggling to find even one seminarian this year, substantial growth. By Nicolas Ollivant 14 Some of these new clergy will have pensions, others will have a job already. But as the Ordinariate How we help the Ordinariate 14 grows so, inevitably, do the costs. Especially the costs associated with accommodation. This is where the Friends Please support the Friends of the Ordinariate of the Ordinariate can play an active role. In the past we have How to Donate: 15 supported a young priest in Oxford until he was assigned to an Ordinariate group; we have contributed towards the purchase of a presbytery in Hemel Hempstead which has been vested in The cover pictures depicts the west the pension fund for retired clergy; in Torbay we have helped front of the church of Our Lady of the the Ordinariate group purchase a former Methodist Church and presbytery. In our next newsletter, we will be featuring the Street, London W1. The original church personal journeys of the ten men who, we hope, will be putting onAssumption this site was and the St Gregory,chapel of Warwick the themselves forward for ordination in 2017. Please consider Portuguese Embassy (located at 24 doing two things for the Ordinariate. First, please say this prayer regularly for us: the chapel of the Bavarian Embassy. In ‘ Lord, give us priests Golden Square). It subsequently became Lord, give us holy priests Lord, give us many holy priests’ © Steven Shone by1780, the duringLondon the mob. so-called The existing Gordon church Riots, the interior of the church was ransacked Secondly, could I appeal to you to set up a monthly standing was constructed in 1790 and is more or less unchanged order for the ‘Friends of the Ordinariate’? That way, we can since then apart from the Sanctuary which was remodelled ensure continued support for our holy priests. in the Byzantine by Bentley in the 1880s. During the

because of its origins as the chapel of the Bavarian Embassy chaired the Friends of the Ordinariate with such dedication and and19th because Century of the the church generous was support known asof thethe BavarianBavarian ChapelRoyal successIn conclusion over the past I would three like years. to thank I’m glad Nicolas to report Ollivant he whoremains has Family. The church was given into the care of the Personal Ordinariate of by HE Cardinal Peter Sefton-Williams one of our five trustees. at Easter 2013. It is now the Central Church Chairman of the Ordinariate in the UK. We are very grateful to Steven Friends of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.uk Shone for taking the cover picture of the church. Page 3 Friends of the Ordinariate Gifts to be Shared Divine Worship and the Extraordinary Form

By The Revd Dr James Bradley Mass of Ages

This article was first published in (Spring 2016), the quarterly magazine of the Latin Mass Society.

The of Divine Worship: The Missal for The potential for such mutual enrichment between the the personal ordinariates erected under the auspices liturgical praxis of Divine Worship and the Ordinary Form of the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus has been widely discussed and is, at least in some circles, represents a significant moment in the liturgical life highly anticipated. A recent article in L’Osservatore Romano of the , particularly in the mainly English- by Cardinal , Prefect of the Congregation for speaking countries where these ordinariates are to be found.i We may say this, even though the principle of the desire to incorporate certain traditional elements and specific purpose of Divine Worship is “to maintain inDivine an appendix Worship to and any the future Discipline edition of of the the , post-conciliar spoke the liturgical, spiritual and pastoral of the Missale Romanum.iii It is noteworthy that this same article within the Catholic Church, as was published barely a fortnight after the Cardinal had put a precious gift nourishing the faith of the members his name to the promulgating Divine Worship: The of the ordinariate” (AC III). A subsidiary purpose, we Missal, which itself includes many of the texts he mentions might say –though one no less important – is the role in its own series of appendices.iv of Divine Worship as “a treasure to be shared” between these communities and the wider Latin Church. Without What, though, of the relationship between Divine entering into a detailed discussion of the canonical Worship and the Extraordinary Form? Many have rightly development of these structures, it is sufficient to Divine Worship and the say that their placement within the Latin Church (as opposed to their erection as a Church ) identifiedhowever, lies similarities in the reason between for the inclusion of these texts facilitates this mutual enrichment within the Roman andpre-conciliar rituals in missal.Divine WorshipThe key to. Their interpreting presence this undoubtedly correlation, Rite, thereby avoiding the error of liturgical syncretism contributes to contemporary discussions concerning the which (for example, between the Eastern Churches and role of the Extraordinary Form, as well as the ongoing the Latin Church) is excluded by the universal law.ii implementation of as expounded

Page 4 www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.uk Friends of the Ordinariate Worship resembles the 1965 Ordo Missæ. This insight must be stressed that this is not the principal reason that might serve as a starting point for discussion of pastoral and theyparticularly are found in thein Divine pontificate Worship of Pope, even Benedict if their presence XVI, but it liturgical practices in Divine Worship and the Extraordinary Form, particularly in places that wish to introduce the of the personal ordinariates because they formed part of Extraordinary Form to faithful principally formed by the thatmight Anglican be timely. heritage Rather, which they exist“maintained in the liturgical and nourished books Ordinary Form. Here, I would suggest, the provisions Catholic faith among Anglicans throughout the period of for the Missa ecclesial separation and which in these days has given rise Conventualis, as celebrated in those Benedictine houses to aspirations for full communion with the Catholic Church.”v underof the Pontificalthe competence Commission of the , and extended to parishes in 1997, might be of use.ix Divine Worship permits, the various iterations of the , and in some places presumes, the variations provided butThis also heritagethe Anglican includes in a that very emerged significant from way, the of late course, herein: might this be a contribution worth discussing? nineteenth century, and which draw much of their language Perhaps the most important point is this: those who vi Those tempted to raise an worship according to the Extraordinary Form often have a eyebrow at the appropriation of texts such as the Roman from the Prayer Book . by the communities of the personal ordinariates, as of a particular community. As Archbishop Augustine Di Noia well as the ceremonial of the pre-conciliar missal, would do haskeen said sense concerning of the centrality Divine Worship of the sacred, “The liturgy manner in inthe which life well to recall the near-exclusive use of the Roman Missal of inner life.”x Those attached to the more ancient forms of the Romanan ecclesial Rite communityhave an insight worships to offer uniquely the communities expresses ofits the oftheir Anglican day (either clergy in and Latin lay or faithful Anglican-produced who actively sought translations) personal ordinariates in this regard. reunionby the likes with of Rome Gregory from Dix, the Eric time Mascall, of Newman’s and the conversion. thousands Indeed, as early as 1916 Lord Halifax claimed that as many as 3,000 Church of England clergy used the Roman Canon on Dr James Bradley is a priest of the Personal Ordinariate of Our a regular basis.vii Lady of Walsingham. He studied at the School of The of Divine Worship honours this Canon Law of the Catholic University of America, Washington tradition, which promoted and prompted “aspirations for DC. He is now the parish priest at the Holy Family Parish in full communion,” by permitting the use of certain elements Southampton and chaplain at the University of Southampton. of what Anglo-Catholics called the Western Use (i.e., the viii These include the prayers at pre-conciliarassociated with Roman the ). Canon as it is found in the pre-conciliarthe foot of the Missale , the Romanum Gallican ,offertory, the full text certain of the gestures Libera i The three extant personal ordinariates cover the episcopal conferences of nos England and Wales, Scotland, the , Canada, and Australia. ii CCEO Canon 701. , and the Last Gospel from the prologue of iii Robert Sarah, “Silenziosa azione del cuore. Per leggere e applicare la afteraccording the to John of (and the Hostalso a and proper Last respectively, Gospel for costituzione del Vaticano II sulla sacra liturgia,” L’Osservatore Romano areChristmas). also retained, Several as genuflections, are many of the such osculations as those beforeof the altar and by the priest before greeting the faithful. Divine Worship iv (12Congregation June 2015). for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, missal, using translations from Anglican sources, and providesalso makes the extensive complete use propers of the fororations each Mass of the (Introit, pre-conciliar v DecreeSteven Lopes,Christi “Divine corporis Worship: exoptans Occasional (Prot. N. 160/15), Services. 28 A Presentation,”May 2015. The proper calendars of each personal ordinariate also vi These 74were (2014) various 81. translations of the Missale Romanum, including (to maintainGradual, Alleluia the practices or Tract, of Ember Offertory, Days, and Rogation Communion). Days, and

Anglican translations of the orations and lections of the Roman Rite. Calendar. a greater or lesser extent) certain Anglican prayers or, at the least, using certain octaves that are not kept in the 1969 General Roman Perhaps of particular interest to those attached to the Apostolic Constitution of 2009,” Pusey House Annual Report and Journal See John Hunwicke, “From the Convocation of 1559 to Pope Benedict’s Extraordinary Form, though, are those places where Divine Worship recovers texts omitted by even the 1962 Missale vii (2008-2009)Halifax, 9-15. Romanum. On Palm Sunday, for instance, the preface before the Canon. The Presidential Address delivered by Viscount Halifax at the The Doctrine of the Eucharistic Sacrifice and the Dislocation of Fifty-Seventh Anniversary of the English Church Union the Litanyblessing at of the palms Paschal (removed Vigil, divided in the Holyin the Week Pian reformsreforms, is (London: Office restoredof Pope Pius as a XII) single is found. integral Also text. in , the singing of of the English Church Union, 1916). I am indebted to the Reverend John locating the comments of Lord Halifax. Hunwicke and the Reverend Canon Dr Robin Ward for their assistance in Mutual Enrichment viii The Rubrical Directory of Divine Worship: The Missal Ecclesia Dei makes this explicit. between Divine Worship and the Extraordinary Form? ixx Pontifical J. Augustine Commission Di Noia, “ Divine Worship, Prot. and No. the 40/97 Liturgical (26 March Vitality 1997). of the Finally, what of the question of mutual enrichmentDivine Church,” Antiphon

This is harder to discern. It has been remarked that 19, vol. 2 (2015) 109-115. www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.uk Page 5 Friends of the Ordinariate The Tiber Flows into the Thames

View of St Paul’s from Southwark (part of W. Hollar’s Long View of London published 1647).

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Fr Alan Griffin, a priest of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham For those of us who were nourished by the 1662 Cranmerian nobility in the Divine Worship Mass, even if not Book of Common Prayer and are now members of the Cranmerian doctrine in the Canon of the Mass! Ordinariate, Pope Benedict’s vision of reconciliation Secondly, there is “Divine Worship - Occasional Services”. between members of the Church of England and the Holy I recently conducted a funeral Mass at my local diocesan See strikes home with particular force and clarity. Pope Benedict sees that many Church of England traditions reached the graveside the only liturgical form I had to hand are compatible with the Catholic faith and worthy of wasCatholic the Divineparish Worship(Roman Missal,Committal of course) and I found but when myself we saying being valued as such. They can be incorporated into the “Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, Catholic Church as “gifts” and “treasures” as Anglicanorum and is full of misery” and “Forasmuch as it hath pleased Coetibus puts it. This is genuine ecumenical outreach. For the first time since the Reformation the Catholic Church of our dear sister here departed”. That’s all Catholic now! almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul has integrated elements of the faith, liturgy and practice Thirdly, there is the liturgical calendar, the “Order for of a Reformed ecclesial body (the Church of England) into the Celebration of the Holy and the Liturgy of the the Catholic Church. Is Cranmer turning in his grave in Hours”. The calendar draws heavily on Anglican traditions horror? I, for one, hope not. including, for example, the designation “Sunday after ” If there is any possibility at all of reconciliation between and such features as “Septuagesima”, “Sexagesima” and the Holy See and the Church of England, Anglicanorum Coetibus shows how this can happen, not only theoretically, indication that the English Reformers did not embrace heresy, but actually in practice. It gives reality to the idea of “unity in schism“Quinquagesima”. and error atNot every world possible shattering point! features really, but an diversity” in the context of what this means in the case of the Fourthly, there is “The Customary of Our Lady of Church of England. But of course the same vision could also be applied to other Reformed ecclesial bodies if it turns out to be fruitful in the case of the Church of England. That is why Walsingham”. The Customary provides a Divine Office, Litany Pope Benedict’s initiative can truly be called “visionary” and wideand Psalter selection drawing of post-biblical heavily on and the post-reformationBook of Common readings.Prayer “ecumenical”. The(1662). post-reformation The section entitled readings “Times show and yet Seasons” again that includes Anglican a So what has been accepted so far by the Holy See as patrimony can be incorporated into the Catholic Church and Anglican patrimony which is in harmony with Catholic faith and practice and can also be an inspiration to Catholics Finally, there is the musical tradition of Anglican worship find a home there. worldwide? Quite a lot. First of all, there is “Divine Worship – a vast treasure trove available for the use of the Catholic - The Missal”. Of this Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith writes: “I was

involvementChurch. And thenwith therecivic and are statethings institutions like a sense (all of thatparish remains English.struck by If its the nobility. Church How is serious refreshing about to “celebrating hear a translation diversity”, locality (most people’s religious commitment is local), an of the Canon written by someone whose first language is to one” approach to pastoral care (possible perhaps because is a cradle Catholic. His point is well made. There is plenty of of “folk religion” in today’s secularized England), and a “one then it should allow priests like me to say it”. Fr Lucie-Smith Anglican pastors have fewer parishioners to look after than Page 6 www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.uk Friends of the Ordinariate

new religion, . pastoralCatholic priests).care and Sincesupport the for Ordinariate its lay members. has a high Ordinariate ratio of as the nobility always tend to be – disliked the change to a priests to lay folk it ought to be exemplary in its provision of clergy would be better employed in areas such as these still hearing complaints from the Roman aristocracy about than in transforming themselves into what Joanna Boggle A century later the Bishop of Rome, Leo the Great, was charmingly calls “lace ‘n Latin” priests. “Lace ‘n Latin” is to these complaints as follows: “If you once believed that you hardly Anglican patrimony! Helping Ordinariate members the desertion of the gods and shrines of antiquity. Leo replied to grow in their understanding of their faith and patrimony foundation is another pair, Peter and Paul. If the gods you would be a much better use of priests’ time and energy. oncewere trustedbuilt on stood Romulus around and the Remus, forum, now your you present know that patrons your Pope Benedict’s vision in Anglicanorum Coetibus is for and protectors now live in the churches of this City.” all Anglicans and not just for Anglo-Catholics. Archbishop New churches were being built all over Rome to Cranmer was certainly no Anglo-Catholic nor, in fact, were commemorate the heroes and heroines of the Christian faith, John Donne, Lancelot Andrewes, , Jeremy particularly those who had been martyred for their Christian Taylor and a host of other great Anglican divines during the beliefs. And so Peter and Paul were still to be found in the centuries of separation of the Church of England from the churches where their remains were buried and venerated. taught and wrote is compatible with, and an enrichment of, Lawrence and Agnes. The new Christian churches replaced Holy See. But much (not all, of course) of what they believed, the Catholic faith. Bringing Cranmer and post-reformation theThe shrines same applied and cults to other of the Roman Roman gods. like Clement, Anglican patrimony “on board” the Catholic Church is a genuinely ecumenical achievement. An ecumenical bridge The memory of these and later Roman Christian saints is built across the centuries to the middle of the sixteenth spread in time to our northern City of London. The Tiber, century. It is a generous and gracious reaching out to the Church of England by the Holy See. It will not be a good who watched over the City of Rome now watched also overas it were,London. began Peter to wasflow venerated into the Thames, to the west and ofthe the saints City at . Paul was venerated to the east in the In return there needs to be some reciprocation by England ecumenical omen if it does not flourish. cathedral erected on Ludgate Hill. Churches were dedicated to other saints who had cults or churches in Rome - Agnes, Anne, almost exclusively Anglo-Catholics who have responded to the Holyand the See, Church and Anglo-Catholics of England. This have may always take timebeen for, a minority as yet, it is group in the Church of England, and a modern one at that. ofAugustine, Padua, Pancras. Clement, The Denis Roman (wrongly custom identified of dedicating with Stchurches Paul’s It is idle to speculate why more Anglo-Catholics have not toDionysius Our Lady, the St Areopagite), Michael, St John Gregory, the Baptist Lawrence, and Helen,the Apostles Antony joined the Ordinariate - again it may just be a matter of time. was also followed in London. An Anglo-Catholic sub-group within the Catholic Church will the situation that Anglo-Catholics made for themselves in the and heroines, and London churches were dedicated to In time the British church acquired its own heroes Churchnot be a of mark England. of success Of this either. the Catholic That is bishopssimply to will re-create rightly be them - Alban, Alphege, Botolph, Bride, Dunstan, Edmund, wary. The old pagan cults and priesthoods failed and faded in England needs to be reminded of its Catholic past. In Edwin, Ethelburga, Giles, Margaret, Mildred, Olaf, and Swithin. fact, that past is all around us, and in some surprising ways. Rome and were dissolved by imperial edict in 382 A.D. They were replaced by the new Christian heroes and heroines. No

Take the district or circle line eastwards on the London respectable city in the Roman Empire (London included) was ofunderground pre-reformation from StCatholic James’s England. Park. Every station – St James’s, Westminster, Charing Cross, Temple, Blackfriars – reminds us publiccomplete spaces without vacated its forum, with the temples, demise amphitheatre, of the old pagan markets, gods. Another interesting reminder of our Catholic past are the baths and business houses. The Christian saints filled the This process should not be seen as a capitulation to paganism or as a form of religious syncretism. Rather Whychurches so many? of the The City obvious of London, answer the square is that Londonmile. On was the evea London’s were claiming that they, no less than their populousof the Great city fire and of thatLondon its churches in 1666 therewere wereoften 109small churches. and fellow Roman Christians, were followers of Christ and that served small parishes, or guilds and livery companies. they now had Christian heroes and heroines in abundance. The churches of London were and still are outward and But there is another explanation of the proliferation of City churches in pre-Fire days which is less obvious and more interesting. This explanation is found, not in English history, visible signs that God dwells among his people in this great businessWorld City houses and that as well his church as in the belongs Christian in the temples. market As place, membersin the assembly of the halls,Ordinariate in the theatres,of Our Lady in the of Walsinghambanks and the we but in fourth and fifth century Rome. temples, and shrines dedicated to a vast array of gods and Thegoddesses. City of Rome,In the fourthin pagan century times, A.D. was the chock-a-block Roman populace with England and the Church of England, of our Catholic past, began to lose interest in the ancient cults which, for centuries, have the privileged task, charism if you like, of reminding had sustained the Empire. This was partly due to the adoption welcomepresent and from future. members The wordsof the Ordinariateinscribed above – “Ut St Christiani, Patrick’s ita Constantine. The Roman aristocracy of his day – conservative Romanichurch in estis”. Soho “As Square you are are Christians, striking and so should also are find you a Romans”.ready of Christianity as the state religion by the Emperor www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.uk Page 7 Friends of the Ordinariate Letter from Wales

By Fr Bernard Sixtus

Having lived in Wales for almost ten years now – and by commissioning a beautiful, hand-carved and expertly feeling very much at home here – it has become ever painted wooden statue of Our Lady of Walsingham, made clearer to me that things work in their own ways and for us by Messr Albl of Oberammergau in Bavaria. Ever move at their own pace in the ‘land of song’! This is true of the Ordinariate as well: while Fr Brian Gill’s group in in May 2014, our group currently meets once a month for Presteigne, which came into the Church from the TAC, since the Ordinariate FormSunday Mass Mass,was first usually celebrated followed here by a was among the first ‘wave’ of reception in the Cathedral’s Clergy those entering the Ordinariate, House. Around twenty people, further developments took their some members and some friends, time, until in November 2011 come together for our meetings an ‘Exploration and Study Day’ currently. for people in Wales was led by But things don’t stand still: in Mgr Newton at Belmont Abbey. September 2016, on the Solemnity From that sprang exploration of Our Lady of Walsingham, we groups centred on Cardiff and were delighted to receive into the Abergavenny, which eventually Church a small ‘family group’ of merged to form the Wales (South new members, centred around Dr East) Mission of the Ordinariate. John Plessis, a former colleague of This means that, in many ways, mine in Church in Wales days (in the Ordinariate in Wales and this the parish of Abergavenny, where group which I serve as pastor, we both served together on the remain a comparatively ‘young’ endeavour: our group, for example, the heart of a new group, which was only fully established really willministry meet team). in the TheyLlanelli now area form and thus be able to form a new Mission July 2014, with my ordination as further west. In this, they will be afrom Catholic these priest. ‘Exploration From around Groups’ a in ably supported by Fr Michael Hart, handful of people at the beginning, recently ordained as a Catholic the group has now grown to priest in the Ordinariate, who just under twenty members and serves as chaplain to the sisters includes two former Anglican St David’s Cathedral, Cardiff, Wales at Whitland Abbey in West Wales. John has already gathered a small ‘exploration group’ for ordination as Catholic priests this September. Alongside members,(Church in we Wales) continue priests to havewho beganwith and their among formation us a small course forward to things developping from here. Here in Cardiff number of people as yet preparing to be received into the meanwhile,of people currently we are nowdiscerning exploring their how, future, having and grown we look so well full Communion of the Catholic Church. With Presteigne continuing much unchanged, the South East Mission also continues to serve Ordinariate members in recent years (albeit on a small scale), we can move to a All these developments have been ably and generously in South East Wales. We currently do so from our ‘base’ fuller liturgical life, including weekly Ordinariate Mass. in Cardiff, where a chapel was specially provided for the supported by the Friends of the Ordinariate, with contributions made to us for buying our Ordinariate church of the Archdiocese, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Missals (both for the group in Cardiff and for the new one in StOrdinariate David, Cardiff. by Archbishop We have always George seen Stack in inthis the generous mother gesture of support a clear and visible sign of that warm and For all this help, we are truly grateful and delighted with heartfelt welcome into the heart of the life of the Catholic Llanelli) and indeed enabling us to commission our statue. Church in this that we also experience personally on this ‘pilgrimage of faith’, we claim with hope and trust in from the clergy and laity of the Church here. all the work done for us and with us. For what lies ahead

The chapel was created out of a recess to the right of God’s loving care and mercy – for you and for all of us – the Fr Bernard Sixtus, Wales (South East) Mission of the call of St David: ‘Be joyful, keep the Faith’! provided by the Cathedral. This we then further enhanced Ordinariate the Cathedral sanctuary, with a reredos and new oak altar

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Ordinariate Pilgrimage to Fatima 8th to 15th May 2017

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Ordination of Ordinariate Deacons by HE Cardinal Pell on Saturday 17th June 2017 Nine transitional deacons will be ordained by HE Cardinal Pell at the Church of St James, Spanish Place. These deacons are all former Anglican priests and they are all members of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. They The Corpus Christi procession in June 2016 will be joined at the ordination by Corpus Christi Procession on Sunday 18th June 2017 the two Ordinariate seminarians from Oscott College who will be The 2017 Corpus Christi Procession will be led by HE HE Cardinal Pell ordained deacons later in the year. Cardinal Pell. It will again start from the church of Our Lady W1. The planned start time is 5.30pm. The procession will and Adoration of the Blessed on of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London Saturday 17th June 2017 (date to be confirmed) with Benediction and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Following the ordination of the deacons in the morning, finish at the church of St James, Spanish Place, London W1 Evensong and Benediction will be celebrated at the church Ordinariate pilgrimage to Normandy 29th September to 6th October 2017 Street, London W1. HE Cardinal Pell has been invited to preachof Our Lady at Evensong. of the Assumption This service and is plannedSt Gregory, to startWarwick at 4pm. Mgr Keith Newton will be leading a pilgrimage to Lisieux, Bayeux and Mont St Michel. This includes the feast of St Thérèse of Lisieux. Flights London Stansted- Deauville. For more details contact The Portal Magazine, 56 Woodlands Farm Road, Pype Hayes, Birmingham

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The Bl John Henry Cardinal Newman, Patron of the Ordinariate, in announce the date in September. the gardens of Trinity College, Oxford arrange a Requiem Mass for benefactors. We will

Page 10 www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.uk Friends of the Ordinariate The key role of the Ordinariate in the Dioceses of the Catholic Church in England and Wales

By Michael Hodges

Introduction Since the publication of “Anglicanorum Coetibus” on priest in the Archdiocese.* 4th November 2009 and the foundation of the Personal • Fr John Pitchford, assisting during the sickness of a Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in January 2011, the latter has developed in a number of ways that were not Brentwood entirely anticipated at the time. One of these has been the very considerable assistance that Ordinariate priests have been able to offer to Catholic dioceses in England and Wales • Fr John Corbyn, Priest in Charge of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wickford since 2012. through the running of parishes and ministering to people in Sacrament, Chelmsford since 2016. religious communities, hospitals and prisons. The Ordinariate • Fr Paul Cracknell, Parish Priest of The Blessed priests are of course an additional resource to the dioceses • Fr Robert Page, Parochial Administrator of the Parish of St John Vianney, Clayhall since 2011. insurance, retirement accommodation, pensions etc. The time • Fr Jon Ravensdale, Priest in Charge of St John Payne, haswhich therefore do not havecome the to doliability a brief for review such costsof where as sick and pay, how Colchester since 2011. Ordinariate Priests are assisting the various Catholic dioceses. • Fr David Waller, Priest in Charge of St John the Baptist, the various groups of former Anglican laity. This work has occasionally been at the expense of nurturing Priest of Christ the King, Chingford since 2015. The list of 57 priests which follows is an important record Wanstead Park Road from 2013 until 2015, then Parish • Fr Jeff Woolnough, Priest in Charge of St Peter, of the assistance of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Eastwood since 2011. Walsingham provided to the Catholic Dioceses of England and • Fr Lee Bennett, Chaplain at New Hall School, concerned. From this analysis it will be seen that there are two Chelmsford.** dozenWales andCatholic of the parishes financial are sacrifice being run on theby Ordinariate part of the priests priests • Deacon Richard Cerson, Chaplain of St Benedict’s and that there are some thirty other Ordinariate priests College, Colchester.** and deacons assisting Catholic Dioceses in various ways. In Cardiff by the 350 former Anglican priests who since 1992 have been ordainedaddition, weas Catholic should not priests. forget the important work being done • Fr Bernard Sixtus, Priest in Charge of the Church of

He is also Diocesan Director of Education. * Also celebrate regular diocesan Masses. SS. David Lewis and Francis Xavier, Usk since 2014. ** Exercise ministry in Catholic dioceses outside the Clifton diocesan structure. • Stephen Lambert assisting in the Catholic Parish of Moreton-in-Marsh.* Arundel and Brighton • Fr Keith Robinson, assisting in the Catholic Parish of Salisbury.* St Mary, Eastbourne since 2011. • (sometime Bishop of • Fr Neil Chatfield, Assistant Priest in the Parish of Birmingham • Fr Simon Ellis, the Priest in Charge of St Margaret Mary, East AngliaRichborough) assisting in parishes in Salisbury.* Perry Common since September 2016. • Fr Matthew Pittam, Parochial Administrator of St King’s Lynn since 2014.* • Fr Gordon Adam, Assistant Parish Priest of St Mary, • Fr Timothy Bugby, Honorary Assistant Priest of Our School Chaplain. Lady and St Joseph, Sheringham.* Joseph, Monks Kirby since 2015. He is also a Catholic • Fr Paul Berret, assisting in the Archdiocese during the • Fr Ivan Weston, assisting in the Parish of Huntingdon since 2014.* • Fr John Lungley assisting in parishes around sickness of a priest.* Birmingham and Wolverhampton.* Lancaster • Fr Christopher Marshall assisting in parishes around Birmingham and Wolverhampton.* • Father Masaki Narusawa, Priest Administrator of the Parish of the Holy Family, Blackpool since 2011. www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.uk Page 11 Friends of the Ordinariate

Menevia • Fr Michael Hart, Chaplain to the Cistercian Sisters • Fr David Mawson assisting in Shrewsbury Cathedral at Whitland.** Parish.* • Deacon Mel Hardwood, Prison Chaplain in Northampton Shrewsbury.** • Monsignor (sometime Bishop of Southwark • Fr Anthony -Moore, Wellingborough area.* • Fr Stephen Bould, Priest in Charge of Our Lady Help ), Wellingborough area.* • Fr Nicolas Alldritt, Wellingborough area.* of Christians, Folkestone since 2012 and St Joseph, • Fr Christopher Lindlar, Priest in Charge of St Andrew, Nottingham Folkestone since October 2016. • Fr Andrew Harding, Assistant Priest in the Parish of Mongeham and St Andrew, Sandwich since 2011. Our Lady of Victories, Southwell since 2013. • Fr Christopher Pearson, Priest in Charge of the Most • Fr David Palmer, Parochial Administrator of St Paul Precious Blood, Borough, London, SE1 since 2012. with St Mary, Nottingham since 2011. • Fr Ed Tomlinson, Priest in Charge of the Parish of St Anselm, Pembury since 2012. Derby.* • Fr Peter Andrews assisting in the Catholic Parish • Fr Peter Peterken, assisting in the Parish of St George, of Ham.* Plymouth • Fr Ian Hellyer, Priest in Charge of Christ the King Maidstone.* Efford, Plymouth since 2015. • Fr Paul Gibbons, assisting in parishes around • Fr James Houghton, assisting in the Parish of Our Lady

• Fr John Greatbatch, Priest in Charge of Our Lady, • Father Simon Heans, Prison Chaplain in South London • Fr Robin Ellis, assisting in parishes around Exmouth.* Help of Christians, Folkestone.* Tavistock since 2011. since 2012.**

Westminster • Monsignor (sometime Archdeacon of Leicester and Bishop of Ballarat), assisting in parishes

around Torquay.* • Fr Mark Elliott Smith, Priest in Charge of Our Lady since 2011.** London, W1, since 2013. of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, • Fr David Lashbrooke, Prison Chaplain in Devon • Fr Anthony Homer, Chaplain at St Thomas More School, Portsmouth Chelsea since 2011.** • Monsignor (sometime Bishop of

Michael Hodges since 2011. Ebbsfleet), Parish Priest of St Mary, East Hendred Trustee of the Friends of the Ordinariate • Fr Darryl Jordan, Parish Priest of St Thomas More, Iford since 2014. • Fr Daniel Lloyd, Priest in Charge of the Parish of North The Parish Churches of

• Fr Jonathan Redvers Harris, Parish Priest of West Greater London: A Guide Hinksey since 2014. Cowes since 2014 and Parish Priest of East Cowes The Parish Churches of Greater London includes details on since 2015. church architects, architecture, furnishings, monuments, stained glass, and many other interesting facts for over • Fr Brian Copus assisting in parishes around Bournemouth.* illustrated by over 1,340 • Fr James Bradley, Parish Priest of Holy Family Parish, colour420 churches. photographs. The book is Southampton and Southampton University chaplain. It is written from a broadly catholic point of view. Salford Order forms can be found

also be obtained from Sheffield• Fr Andrew Starkie, Hospital Chaplain.** Michaelonline. The Hodges book (michael. can [email protected] / Rotherham.* • Fr Richard Gomersall assisting in parishes around £25 plus £4.50 for postage 0207-937-1601) at a cost of Cathedral.* • Fr David Stafford assisting at Sheffield Catholic and packing.

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By Keith Brown

It is fair to say that when we are invited to a Carol Service, we expect music of a quality to match the Epiphany Carol Service on Friday 6th January 2017 readings. We may hope for some old-fashioned The annual FOTO Epiphany Carol Service took place at favourites, anthems, motets and carols, combined with the church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, something a little different. Here in the Ordinariate, Warwick Street, London W1 on 6th January. The service where we bring our Anglican patrimony and marry it was followed by Benediction and Adoration of the Blessed with other great traditions and styles such as polyphony, Sacrament. The choir of Our Lady of the Assumption and plainsong and the French romantic tradition, life St Gregory sang the anthems and the conductor was Keith becomes so much more challenging. These traditions Brown, the Director of Music at Warwick Street. The informed the make-up for this year’s Festival of Carols Apostolic Nuncio, HE Archbishop was our to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany at the church of guest of honour. After the Carol Service and Benediction, Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick there was a reception in the newly redecorated parish room Street, London W1. beneath the house of Msgr Keith Newton. This room was Bethlehem Down blessed and officially opened by HE Archbishop Mennini. He named it the Bishop Challoner Room. Before the blessing mysteriousDavid Hill’s chords arrangement in the French of Warlock’s style from the organ. Of the choir sang Bruckner’s Locus Iste. set the scene with its quiet solemnity under hushed yet the procession and we processed in with As with Gladness Part of the challenge for me has always been to provide Mencourse, of Old. a moderate and well-known carol was required for but that can run in some sort of chronological fashion. Here isa richthe Littlevariety Door, of music Lift up that the complementsLatch by Herbert the Howellsspoken texts was The Parish of Our Lady of The our way into the stable before that powerful Catholic hymn O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness which began the journey to Bethlehem. The story was then told through the with The Three Kings by Peter Cornelius. TheAssumption Ordinariate (Warwick of Our Lady St) of famous (and my favourite) carol After listening to the message from a sermon by the Blessed John Henry Newman, the delicate anthem Small Wonder the Star by Paul Edwards, that concludes each Pilgrimage to verse with the words no small wonder, seemed appropriate Walsingham, Central London Group before we all launched into The First Nowell – a rousing yet LISBON, FATIMA and PORTO bold reminder of the set of events ... and long enough for an 8th May - 16th May 2017 Offertory hymn! The Carol Service was gathered up with one of my own On the occasion of the centenary of the Apparitions in favourites O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen. The Fatima by Our Lady in 1917 powerful text reminds us that even the animals rejoiced to see the new born King lying in a manger. It was sung by our choir of eight voices before Monsignor Newton read the Omnes de Saba Venient

Gospel. A short piece of polyphony theby Jacob service Handl before (text Songs from of the Thankfulness Roman Gradual and Praise for Epiphany) preceded Solemnseemed Benediction.perfect to complement the Gospel and to conclude In addition, two of the congregational carols included double descants written by the late Richard Marlow (Trinity

the congregational singing. However, we did not have time forCollege Eastern ) Monarchs, in Sages order Three to provide. Oh well, further perhaps grandeur next to Organised by Pax Travel Ltd., 2nd Floor, 102 Blundell Street, London N7 9BL year! Tel: 020 7485 3003 Fax: 020 7485 3006 Email: [email protected] Keith Brown is Director of Music at Our Lady of the Web: www.paxtravel.co.uk Assumption and St Gregory Warwick Street, London W1

www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.uk Page 13 Friends of the Ordinariate Dylan Parry joins the How we help the Norbertines Ordinariate By Nicolas Ollivant During 2014 and 2015 the Friends of the Ordinariate I am sure many readers will remember that Dylan made the following grants to help fund and support Parry used to work part-time for the Friends of Ordinariate projects. The Friends also organised the Ordinariate. This was while he was working serveal events, to raise awareness of and funds for the for . The last edition of this personal ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. To Newsletter was edited by Dylan. Some readers may find out more about our work, please visit our website: also know that he left www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.ukHere are some of the projects we have recently the Cathedral in the supported: summer as he was • about to enter the monastic life. Building work to the presbytery in Hemel Hempsted • Seven Ordinariate Form Altar Missals for Ordinariate On Saturday 27th (owned by the Ordinariate Pension Fund). October 2016, Dylan supporters. was clothed as a • Subsidy made to Ordinariate groups to buy Missals. novice member of • the Order of of Prémontré, • HymnalsLiving expenses for the forChichester an Ordinariate Group. priest. • 20% of the cost of renovations to the parish room at the Norbertines, Premonstratensiansalso known as • WarwickFinancing Street. part of the cost of Pembury parish hall. Br Gildas of the Nobertines White Canons. During • Part of the costs of an exhibition of vestments at or (in England) the the clothing ceremony, St Agatha’s church, Portsmouth. • 50% of the cost of a statue of Our Lady of he was given his new name in religion, Brother Gildas. The Walsingham for the Ordinariate chapel in St David’s novitiate lasts 12 months, during which period Br Gildas Cathedral, Cardiff. will discern God’s will for him and he will grow in his The Norbertines were founded by St Norbert of Xanten • Money towards the cost of buying the former knowledge of both the Order and the religious life. in 1120, and they will therefore soon be celebrating Methodist church in Torbay. their 900th anniversary. After spending his youth as a sub-deacon and secular canon, St Norbert experienced a • conversion whilst out riding during a thunder storm. As a Cathedral in September. Booklets for the Ordinariate Festival at Westminster result of his change of life, he sought to refound and reform • A set of white / gold precious vestments for the the ancient form of life of the canons regular – priests who Ordinariate. live in a community following the Rule of St Augustine. The Norbertines therefore credit their founding both to St Augustine of Hippo, in the 6th century, and to St Norbert in the 12th. The Friends Norbertines live a monastic life but are also clerics who usually serve parishes and have an apostolic ministry. on Social Media The Friends of the Ordinariate are active on social media, and celebrating a conventual Mass each day, whilst also They live a balanced life of chanting the Divine Office running parishes and chaplaincies. They wear white “Friends of the Ordinariate”! habits, which is why they were often called the “White especially on Facebook. Please like our Facebook page: Our website is in the process of being updated. We hope to get this completed during the next three months. community of based at St Philip’s The website is: Priory,Canons” Chelmsford. in medieval Their England. Prior, Br Fr Gildas Hugh belongs Allan, was to the www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.uk recently elevated and created Titular of Beeleigh, a www.flickr.com/ pre-Reformation Norbertine house in Essex. He was also photos/friendsoftheordinariate We post pictures of events on Flickr: If your address has changed recently please notify us at and Superior of the to St Helena, Tristan [email protected] daappointed Cunha and Apostolic Ascension. Administrator to the Falkland Islands

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