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THE ORDINARIATE OBSERVER

Our Fall Assembly Schedule set for centers on growth Chancery

For five days at the end of October, and spouses dedication from the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter gathered at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, IL, to focus on the subject of growth. Our retreat leader, Fr. Paul Manning, Director of Evangelism for the Diocese of Patterson, NJ, and a parish priest for 30 years, led us in a challenging exploration of how we can only hope to encounter the fullness of our identity as we engage in our mission. Fr. Paul met with us for seven sessions during our week together, looking closely at a variety of Scriptural references and images about the centrality of evangelism in our life as Catholic Christians. We discover who we are through what we do as missionaries. (More stories, photos, can be found on Page 4).

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Winter 2014-15 VOLUME 1 Number 2 Doors and windows of opportunity and mission are opening all around us

Dear Ordinary People,

Fifty years ago, Unitatis redinegratio, one of the most significant texts of the Second Vatican Council, was published. It opened the door to the ecumenical dialogues known as ARCIC, and it would lead to the that created the ordinariates. We just celebrated the fifth anniversary of Anglicanorum coetibus, and there is so much for which to give thanks.

I had the privilege of addressing the Canadian Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue groups in Toronto on Nov. 10. We can sometimes seem like the proverbial elephant in the living room when it comes to ecumenism. But if we take care to nurture relationships, doors and windows can be opened. I received a warm and cordial welcome especially from the Anglican partners in these dialogues. And I was able to make the case, that the holy Father created us not only to bring the Anglican patrimony into the but also to be a gracious instrument of unity.

I am deeply grateful to the clergy and lay faithful of the Ordinariate for helping to make this witness. Of course there will be awkward moments when people embark on this particular journey to . But with patience and good manners, it is indeed possible to nurture our old ecclesial relationships. It is what the Lord has asked of us. They are our sisters and brothers in Christ. Blessed John Henry Newman’s first efforts at ecumenical dialogue after he became a Catholic were not well received. After a homily he offered at a service attended by the Anglicans in , it was suggested that he ought be thrown into the Tiber. Pius IX gave the distressed Newman some fatherly advice: Steenson leading our “On such occasions honey is more suitable than vinegar.” liturgy and our discussion at the Fall Assembly in Belleville, IL. Our second clergy conference, held at Our Lady of the Snows Retreat Center in Belleville, IL, Oct. 27-31, was a wonderful experience. This once-a-year opportunity for the clergy to come together and get to know each other – and this time with a good number of our wives – was filled with so much joy. Our conference leader, Fr. Paul Manning, the director of evangelization in the Diocese of Patterson, NJ, made the observation that this was the happiest group of clergy he had encountered.

– SEE MONSIGNOR’S COLUMN, cont’d on PAGE 5 --

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Winter 2014-15 VOLUME 1 Number 2 News from our Principal Parish: Our Lady of Walsingham

Dear Beloved in Christ: As we anticipate the coming of our Lord in a lowly manger, as well as in great power and glory in this blessed season of Advent, Our Lady of Walsingham is beginning the new year by thanking Almighty God for the call of a new Organist/Choirmaster.

On the first Sunday of Advent we welcome Mr. Edmund Murray and his family into our parish family. Edmund has spent the past ten years assisting his , Fr. Christopher Phillips in building a firm foundation for the music program of both the church and school of our sister parish in San Antonio, Our Lady of Atonement. At this same time Fr. Phillips is welcoming a new organist into their thriving congregation. We are so pleased these two Churches dedicated to Our Lady continue to move together, supporting one another in the great call of the New Evangelization.

This season we also look forward to our annual Advent Lessons and Carols service on Sunday, December 14 beginning at 4:00 p.m. Our 19 member treble choir will be joining our in residence choir, Chorus Angelorum to lift their voices to Almighty God “…in the beauty of holiness.” If you happen to be in the Houston area, please know you are very welcome to be with us.

In this time of penance and anticipation we also draw closer to the completion of the new Chancery building on the south side of our campus. The construction alone has been a site to see with more than 40 masons at one time completing the stone exterior. Preparations are fully underway for the dedication on Sunday, February 1, and we look forward to welcoming Cardinal William Joseph Levada, emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who will be joining us for this monumental day in the life of the Ordinariate.

It with these glad tidings that we thank Almighty God for the gift of a continent wide community proclaiming our Lord’s call, “Ut unum sint.”

I remain,

Faithfully in Christ through Mary,

The Rev. Charles A. Hough IV

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Winter 2014-15 VOLUME 1 Number 2 Scenes from the Fall Assembly in Belleville, IL

Our Fall Assembly in Belleville, IL, included a bit of everything: Plenary sessions with our retreat leader, Fr. Paul Manning, informal meetings and fellowship, time for prayer and reflection, celebrations of Holy Mass, and daily time for confession, silence and recollection.

The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows was beautifully situated on a hilltop overlooking from a distance of 10 miles the city of St. Louis. It included a magnificent outdoor worship pavilion, hotel, conference center, and apartment complexes and medical facilities for the retired.

One of the unusual features was the large mural at the end of the hallway outside the meeting rooms, made completely of Legos (shown at left). A stunning, six-foot bronze statue entitled “Suffering Humanity” greeted us at the entrance to the conference center, depicting an emaciated woman with child, illustrating the horrors and insanity of war. The walkway between the hotel and the conference center included artwork and monuments dedicated to peace.

Perhaps the most moving part of the conference came at the end of Fr. Paul’s seventh and final presentation, as he referred to the image he used at the beginning of the conference: St. Peter encountering the Risen Christ along the Appian Way, outside Rome, as Peter was fleeing the persecutions of Nero. Only at the end, Fr. Paul changes the image – saying that the Risen Lord meets all of us, in the Ordinariate, on the road to Rome. He asks us where we are going. And Jesus hears us say to him: “I’m going to Rome to lay down my life for you. I’m going to feed your sheep.”

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MONSIGNOR STEENSON’s COLUMN (Continued from Page 2)

--- Fr. Paul challenged us to engage in the Church’s mission of evangelization in a radical way, going to the root, placing everything that we do in the service of the Gospel. His talks were quite extraordinary in the way that they moved us from theory to practice. One simple phrase stayed with me throughout: “Identity follows Mission.” We will develop the richness of our identity and be faithful to our call to bring the Anglican patrimony within the fullness of the Catholic Church most effectively, not in a “think tank,” but in the daily exercise of our ministry.

We all know how critical this is for the Ordinariate. We must now put our energies into the building up of communities. In this context it was so good to bring to parish status five of our communities – St. John the Evangelist, Calgary; Incarnation, Orlando; St. Thomas More, Scranton; Christ the King, Towson; and St. Luke’s, Washington. Nine other of our communities were established as quasi-parishes. This is a good sign that our congregations are growing and finding the stability necessary for mission.

I’ve put together a team that includes Fr. Rick Kramer as convener, Fr. Patrick Allen, Fr. Jon Chalmers, Fr. Jonathan Gibson, Fr. John Hodgins, Fr. Jurgen Liias, and Fr. Steve Sellers. It’s task is to help develop the “The Gift of Authority: A Procatechesis for Reunion,” a study course to assist those groups of Anglicans whose consciences are leading them to explore the process for seeking full Communion with the Catholic Church. We hope to have that available in the spring.

The so-called “synod of the media,” the reporting of the first (extraordinary) session of the Synod on the Family in Rome, has induced some vertigo in us who have come from places where councils and conventions routinely thought they had the power to re-interpret the faith-once-given. I could not help but think of St. Gregory of Nazianzus’ famous observation, that seldom did any good come from a church council.

Synods and councils are, by their nature, messy things. Is truth discerned through the political process of a synod? The evidence is clear – seldom. We endure these gatherings to help us understand how the faith is being received in the Church and what is needed in order to be more faithful to Christ’s teaching. Truth is not discerned by a majority vote.

There are items on the agenda of this synod that are important for us. To give an example – a couple only discovers in their catechetical preparation that they have been living for many years in an irregular marriage, and now they find that the path to full communion is blocked. The local tribunal process seems overwhelming to them, and they simply give up. Here is a situation where a generous pastoral response seems most appropriate. What form this might take is for the council fathers to study and the Holy Father to determine. But it would help us. And as these people come into the Catholic Church, it would confirm them in their resolve to order their lives according to Catholic teaching.

We who have endured the tumult of Anglican synods and conventions have come to the Catholic Church because of the Petrine ministry. Catholics have confidence that the Holy Spirit is guiding the hand of the one whose hand is on the tiller of the ship. Keep calm and sail on! ----Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson

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News and updates from our parishes, priests, and mission outposts:

Would you like Dedication services for our new Chancery set one of THESE? for February 1-2

We are pleased to share with you the dates and times for the Chancery dedication for the Ordinariate. Please mark your calendars for February 1-2, 2015.The formalities officially begin with Evensong at 4:00pm on Sunday; however, Mass will be celebrated that morning at 11:15 in the presence of His Eminence William Cardinal Levada, who will be the homilist. Please let us know if you plan to be at the Mass and (for clergy) if you plan to concelebrate. We will send out more information in early January with the particulars for Mass and for Evensong.

We hope many of you can attend. Please do not hesitate to let us now in the Ordinariate office me know if you have questions.

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News and updates from our priests, parishes, and mission outposts:

Scenes from the first Mass of St. Luke’s Catholic Church, Bladensburg, MD, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Washington, DC, in September of 2014. St. Luke’s moved from its former Episcopal Church to the new home at Immaculate Solemnity of Christ the King: Conception in DC. Monsignor Steenson Pictured above: Photos from the Solemnity of Christ celebrated the festive occasion with Fr. Mark The King – Sunday, November 23, 2014 -- at Our Lewis and his parish family. Photos by Jaclyn Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church in Houston, the Lippelmann for The Catholic Standard. Principal Parish of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter.

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So … You REALLY Want To Help People! By Father Michael Birch Parochial Vicar, St. Columba’s Ordinariate Parish, Victoria, B.C.

There was a time when, if a person were asked why he wanted to be a priest, he would probably answer that he wanted to serve God. Then there was a period when such a person would probably have said, “I want to help people.” Yet surely the two go hand in hand. If we think it is either/or, we may become very discouraged very quickly, and think ourselves useless at either thing.

When I felt a call to Priesthood, it was a remarkable thing. It wasn’t just some sort of feeling that I should think about it; I simply knew at a certain moment that I was going to be a priest, simply because it was God’s will that I should be a priest. I was fourteen at the time! I did try to get out of it a few times, taking jobs that I really loved and felt I could have worked at all my life, something always came up that focused me back on that calling to the Priesthood, which I could not deny nor avoid. That was me; it will be different for others. And I thought that I would cut a remarkably romantic figure, swishing about in a (priests often wore them back then!), and providing for people such wonderful liturgy, such wonderful sermons! I would be looked up to, respected, loved because of who I was, a priest. Then I began to hear and read stories of what priests actually did, and I was blown away by what I read, by what I heard. I thought I might just share one of them with you readers of this column.

It was written by a young priest who had been asked to visit a young man from his parish in the hospital. This young man was very ill, and was in a coma, could not communicate with anyone, and was thought to be very close to dying. When the priest arrived, a doctor was just about to leave the young man’s room, and he said, “Oh, good, a Padre. Well, I’ve done all I can for this young man, and I’m afraid it’s up to you now. I don’t hold out much hope for him.” The priest sat by the bedside, but communication wasn’t very possible, as he could discern no response at all. Finally, he said to the young man, “I want to come tomorrow morning and say Mass for you here in your room, and give you the Blessed Sacrament. If you agree, please squeeze my hand.” (In those days except for extremis conditions, Holy Communion was the first food of the day, so clergy arrived early to give it to patients.) He arrived the next day, celebrated the Mass very early, and gave the young man the Holy Communion. Then he left. Upon returning the next day, he found the young man sitting up, almost completely recovered. The priest was pleased but a bit startled at how complete this healing was, and asked about it. “Well,” said the young fellow, “I felt my life ebbing away, and I could hear the doctors and nurses talking as if I weren’t there, and I couldn’t speak or indicate to them that I could hear them. I was praying, and I kept hearing a voice saying to me, “Touch the hem of my garment; touch the hem of my garment” over and over again. And I didn’t know how to do that. But when you offered me the Sacrament, I knew! I was desperately hoping that you would know I wanted that, although I felt powerless to tell you. And then there you were, and as I received the Body and Blood, I felt my life force reverse, and begin to flow back into me. And here I am, one day later, healed and strong.” When I read that story, I thought to myself, “This is bigger than I thought. Herein is the secret of the priesthood – to make Christ present, to refresh all who turn to him. I can’t do this as a bank clerk! And it is this that Christ has called me to do!”

I love being a priest, for it is what God wants me to do. I do know that Word and Sacrament are what my life is about, even if my worldly loves keep me from shining as the . May God forgive me, and use me, that someone who otherwise might not be saved unto eternal life can be saved.

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FATHER WILLIAM WAUN ORDAINED TO THE PRIESTHOOD

Father William Waun was ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, November 22, 2014, at the Infant of Prague Catholic Church in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The Bishop Ordinary of Raleigh, the Most Rev’d Michael F. Burbidge, was the ordaining bishop at the request of the Rev’d Msgr Jeffrey Steenson. Msgr Steenson was present at the ordination Mass and addressed the people regarding the Ordinariate.

Father Waun has been in the ministry for the past 35 years, 26 of which have been on active duty with the U.S. Navy as a chaplain, seeing action in Grenada and Beirut. He retired from the Navy in 2008 and formed an Anglican congregation in Jacksonville, NC. He and his congregation were received into the Catholic Church in November 2012. He was in the first Ordinariate class at St. Mary’s Seminary. He is serving as the Parochial Administrator of Our Lady of Good Counsel community in Jacksonville, the first Ordinariate community in North Carolina. Fr. Waun is married to Cynthia, celebrating their 38th anniversary in August 2014. Cynthia is a psychologist and the head of behavioral health at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. They have three children (Nicholas, 34 – married to Victoria; Jillian, 31; and Emily 16) and two grandchildren (Reese & Liam). Fr. Laurence Gipson receives Papal honor as “Monsignor” recently bestowed the honorary of Chaplain of upon the Rev. Laurence A. Gipson of the Ordinariate. The papal honor carries with it the privilege of being addressed as “Monsignor.” Msgr. Gipson is the of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, and is a Priest-in-Residence at Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston. He and his wife, Mary Frances, have been married for fifty years, have two children, Elizabeth and Phillip, and three grandchildren. to his ordination in the Catholic Church, Msgr. Gipson served forty-three years in the Episcopal Church. In his letter nominating Fr. Gipson for the honor, Monsignor Steenson wrote: “After his significant and distinguished career in the Episcopal Church, Fr. and Mrs. Gipson were received into the Catholic Church last year, and their humility and sensitivity to the ecumenical consequences were laudable. His resignation from the Episcopal Church was an exemplary act of courtesy and respect. He now serves as a much beloved priest at our principal church, Our Lady of Walsingham, Houston, and his ministry has been especially fruitful in encouraging others to come into full communion.”

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New Book from our will support St. John Vianney

That They All May Be One is based on a series of pastoral “THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE” lectures on the Second Vatican Council and Catholic Doctrine, presented by Father Charles Hough III to members of St. John Book Order Vianney Ordinariate community in Cleburne, Texas and members of St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Granbury, Texas. These pastoral Mail completed order form along with your lectures, transcribed and edited for reading, are based on the check to; book, The Constitutions: Vatican II in Plain English, a translation of the council’s 16 constitutions, by Bill Huebsch with Paul St. John Vianney Catholic Church 501 North Nolan River Road Thurmes and on the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults Cleburne, Texas 76033 issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. ATTN: Dale Williams

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Fellowship of Blessed John Henry Newman enters into full communion with the Catholic Church

On Sunday, November 2, the Fellowship of Blessed John Henry Newman entered into the full communion of the Catholic Church in the Ordinariate. Acting on behalf of Monsignor Steenson, Fr. David Ousley confirmed nineteen members of the Fellowship at a beautiful evening Mass at the Our Lady of Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Wayne, a suburb of Philadelphia.

More than 100 people witnessed the joyous, long- awaited event, with many attendees from Our Lady of the Assumption and from St. Michael the Archangel, a congregation that entered the Ordinariate in 2010. Two Catholic priests, including the pastor of OLA, Fr. Dennis Carbonaro, were in attendance. The Mass was followed by a reception hosted my St. Michael the Archangel. The newest community in the Ordinariate – the Fellowship of the Blessed John Henry Newman. The Newman Fellowship was originally the Once the Church of the Good Shepherd in Church of the Good Shepherd in Rosemont, and Rosemont, this vibrant community began its began their catechesis in June of this year. Their catechesis in June. We are thrilled to welcome them Sunday Mass moved to OLA in October. Fr. into the Ordinariate! Pastoral care during their early Ousley commented, “We have received a months will continue under Fr. David Ousley of St. wonderfully warm welcome at Our Lady of the Michael the Archangel, a community that entered Assumption. Their support has made the the Ordinariate in 2010. transition vastly easier, and we are grateful that so many of them could join us for this service.

Selfie with the Missionary Sisters: As many of our clergy in the Ordinariate, Fr. Steve Sellers spends most of his time working outside the Ordinariate, as we continue to build our work and Communities within the Ordinariate. Fr. Steve Serves as assistant principal and religion teacher at A Catholic School in Houston; and he says Mass Every Thursday for the Missionary Sisters of Charity.

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The PERSONAL ORDINARIATE

of the CHAIR OF SAINT PETER

The Personal Ordinariate

of the Chair of Saint Peter 9845 Memorial Drive, Houston TX 77024-3498 713 609-9292 (office) www.usordinariate.org Facebook: CSPOrdinariate A Meditation for Advent and Christmas

Ordinary: Monsignor Jeffrey Steenson We have now entered the season of Advent, a time of anticipation, reflection, introspection. A time when we look

Vicar General and Vicar for Clergy: forward to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, not only the Holy Father Charles Hough III Nativity we celebrate at Christmas, but also in his coming again

as Judge at the end of time and in his coming to us every day in Vicar General (through 2014): the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. We have a longing in our hearts Father Scott Hurd

that finds satisfaction only in union with our Lord. St. Augustine speaks for each of us, for all of us: “Thou hast made us for Vicar for Finance, Moderator of the Curia: thyself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in thee, O Monsignor Laurence Gipson Lord.” Advent brings that longing into focus, and draws us to reflect on our relationship with the Lord. Advent also invites us Executive Assistant to the Ordinary: to look deep within ourselves to examine those things we have Barbara Jonte done and those things we have failed to do, each of which has served to keep us at a distance from our Lord. As we move into

Business Manager: Mark Stockstill our Christmas celebration, we hope that we do not find

ourselves so tangled up in the social obligations of the season Director of Communication: Father Steve Sellers that we fail to hear the angelic chorus singing their Gloria in excelsis Deo. May we hear the angelic choir each day during this Media inquiries: holy time of year. And into the New Year.

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The Ordinariate Observer is published Our CHANCERY BUILDING nearing completion for February 1-2 dedication service at Our Lady of Walsingham, Houston. Details quarterly by the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, Houston, TX. are on Page 6. ______The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter was erected in the U.S. and Canada by Pope Benedict XVI on January 1, 2012. Ordinariates were also established by the Holy Father in the United Kingdom (2011) and Australia (2012), in response to repeated and persistent inquiries from Anglican groups seeking to come into full communion with the Catholic Church.

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