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Pope Francis' Easter Message Easter 2019 Issue News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland www.ordinariate.scot Easter 2019 Issue Pope Francis’ Easter message in this▸ issue... May we be renewed by Christ! N HIS ‘Urbi et Orbi’ (‘to the city [of IRome] and to the world’) message to pilgrims in St Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday emphasised to all young ? 10 years: Apostolic people that Christ is our hope, and Constitution in a wonderful way, brings youth to our world. Everything he touches becomes young, new, full of life. Christ shine in the darkness of conflicts in Yemen, Libya, Burkina ? Rome Symposium “This message,” he went on to say, “is Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, also addressed to every person in the Sudan, South Sudan, eastern Ukraine, world. The resurrection of Christ is Venezuela, and Nicaragua. the principle of new life for every man and every woman, for true renewal He concluded his message by asking ? Schoenstatt 2109 always begins from the heart, from that “before the many sufferings of the conscience. Yet Easter is also the our time, may the Lord of life not beginning of the new world, set free find us cold and indifferent. May he from the slavery of sin and death: the make us builders of bridges, not walls. world open at last to the Kingdom of May the One who gives us his peace God, a Kingdom of love, peace and end the roar of arms, both in areas of fraternity. conflict and in our cities, and inspire ? St Ninian’s Cave Pilgrimage the leaders of nations to work for an “Christ is alive and he remains with end to the arms race and the troubling us. Risen, he shows us the light of spread of weaponry, especially in the his face, and he does not abandon all economically more advanced countries. those experiencing hardship, pain and sorrow. May he, the Living One, be “May the Risen Christ, who hope for the beloved Syrian people, flung open the doors of the tomb, victims of an ongoing conflict to open our hearts to the needs of ? Blessed John which we risk becoming ever more the disadvantaged, the vulnerable, Henry Newman resigned and even indifferent. the poor, the unemployed, the marginalised, and all those who knock “Easter makes us keep our eyes at our door in search of bread, refuge, fixed on the Middle East, torn by and the recognition of their dignity. ? Scalan Restoration continuing divisions and tensions. May the Christians of the region “Dear brothers and sisters, Christ is patiently persevere in their witness alive! He is hope and youth for each to the Risen Lord and to the victory of us and for the entire world. May of life over death.” Pope Francis also we let ourselves be renewed by him! ? Notre Dame: Fr prayed that the light of the Risen “Happy Easter!” Stanley was there! News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 2 Deacon Michael Thompson F EVERYTHING had gone Newton and told him that I Ito plan we would be looking have been advised not to take ahead to the Ordination to the on any further work. I notified Sacred priesthood in June of him that I am withdrawing Deacon Michael Thompson. from the apostolate of the Sadly, however, this is not to be. Ordinariate in Scotland. I won’t be attending any of your On Saturday 9th March future meetings. I would be Deacon Michael wrote to Mgr obliged if you would cease all Keith Newton and then to Fr correspondence. I will be, as I Len Black saying: say, taking a rest.” not the news anyone was expecting and we assure him “I will not now be with you Every member of the of our prayers and best wishes on Sunday. My blood pressure Ordinariate in Scotland was for the future. He has told Mgr is high and I have been advised deeply saddened by Deacon Keith that he is considering to rest. I have written to Mgr Michael’s decision. This was returning to Ireland. The Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus EN YEARS ago, on changes have been made to T4th November 2009, the Complementary Norms the Memorial of St Charles as the Ordinariates grew Borromeo, at St Peter’s, and developed. It was not Rome, Pope Benedict XVI however until 8th March 2019 published the Apostolic that the new and updated Constitution Anglicanorum Complementary Norms were Coetibus, providing for Personal approved by Pope Francis and Ordinariates for Anglicans signed by Cardinal Luis Ladaria entering into Full Communion and Archbishop Giacomo with the Catholic Church. Morandi, Prefect and Secretary of the CDF, respectively, on The document began, 19th March 2019, the Feast of “In recent times the Holy St Joseph. Spirit has moved groups make available the means of Anglicans to petition necessary to bring this holy The updatedComplementary repeatedly and insistently to desire to realization.” Norms integrate the be received into full Catholic experience of the past 10 communion individually Along with this document, years and seek to make their as well as corporately. The the Congregation for the application more in tune with Apostolic See has responded Doctrine of the Faith published the spirit of the Apostolic favourably to such petitions. the Complementary Norms Constitution, introducing Indeed, the successor of for the Apostolic Constitution several modifications to those Peter, mandated by the Lord Anglicanorum coetibus outlining promulgated in November 2009. Jesus to guarantee the unity how these Ordinariates would of the episcopate and to be governed and the scope of Liturgical celebrations preside over and safeguard the their mission. The most substantial change universal communion of all regards the use of the Missal, the Churches, could not fail to Over the ensuing years small known as Divine Worship, News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 3 in liturgical celebrations. An the pastor of the church gives ministry in the United States. entire article, number 15, was his permission. Third, if a added to regulate the liturgical pastoral necessity exists or no Baptism of lay faithful form approved by the Holy See Ordinariate priest is available, A new paragraph is inserted for use in the Ordinariates. any diocesan or religious priest into Article 5. It says any may celebrate Mass according validly baptized Christian Divine Worship “gives to Divine Worship for members who was evangelized by the expression to and preserves for of the Ordinariate. Non- Ordinariate may join it by Catholic worship the worthy Ordinariate priests may also receiving the Sacraments Anglican liturgical patrimony, concelebrate Mass under the of Confirmation and the understood as that which liturgical form. Eucharist. A person who has nourished the Catholic has not been validly baptized faith throughout the history Pastoral Provision may also join through the of the Anglican tradition and Two changes are made to Sacraments of Initiation. prompted aspirations towards Article 4. The updated Norms ecclesial unity.” extend the Ordinariate to allow Clergy formation former Anglican ministers Article 10 regards the First, use of the liturgical already incardinated in a formation of clergy, and form is restricted to the Catholic Diocese by virtue of was adapted to the current Personal Ordinariates. Second, the Pastoral Provision to be situation. The new Norms the Norms allow any priest incardinated into a Personal change “candidates for priestly incardinated in an Ordinariate Ordinariate. They also say that ordination” to “Ordinariate to celebrate Mass according clerics joining an Ordinariate Seminarians”, who study at to Divine Worship when not must excardinate from their institutions with Latin-rite in a parish belonging to the former Diocese. The Pastoral seminarians. It also allows the Ordinariate, if done privately. Provision was issued in 1980 to Ordinariate to organize its own The celebration of Mass with receive married former Anglican programmes for the ongoing a congregation is possible, if clergy into ordained Catholic formation of clergy. SYMPOSIUM: 10 Years after Anglicanorum coetibus HE CONGREGatioN for the TDoctrine of the Faith (CDF) is Rome Symposium hosting an academic symposium at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome on 15th October with papers presented on the historical, ecumenical, canonical and liturgical implications of Anglicanorum coetibus, Pope Benedict 10 years after XVI’s Apostolic Constitution that provided for the establishment of Anglicanorum coetibus Personal Ordinariates. perspective; Mgr Mark Langham of Cambridge While primarily aimed at academics and University on the ecumenical perspective; and those involved in the administration of the Professor Hans-Jurgen Feulner of the University Ordinariates the symposium is open to of Vienna who on the liturgical perspective. all. The speakers are Archbishop DiNoia, Adjunct Secretary of CDF, on the historical Mgr Keith and a number of priests from the perspective; Fr Gianfranco Ghirlanda, of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham Pontifical Gregorian University on the canonical hope to be present. including Fr Len. News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 4 Schoenstatt Pilgrimage and Conference laNS ARE well in hand for our annual visit Pto the Schoenstatt Shrine that peaceful oasis nestled in seventeen secluded acres at the foot of the Campsie Fells, north of Glasgow, from Friday 7th to Monday 10th June. Bookings are looking good this year with only 4 rooms still available ... so it’s not too late to book. Our Pilgrimage will be led by the distinguished scholar, Ordinariate priest and popular blogger, Father John Hunwicke who will give three devotional addresses and the Sunday homily. ... including the Canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman and how we will celebrate Our guest speaker is journalist and broadcaster the event, 10 years afterAnglicanorum coetibus, Joanna Bogle, a great supporter of the Pilgrimage to St Ninian’s Cave, Pilgrimage in Ordinariate, who will give two talks: John Paul, honour of St Margaret of Scotland and the Benedict, and the Background Story and Stories to Ordinariate Pilgrimage to Rome, to mention just Encourage: Tales from the Ordinariate in Britain.
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