Believing in.. - + Catholic Faith + + Orthodox Worship + + Apostolic Order +

+ ACC + Welcome Guide Diocese of the United Kingdom

Find out about.. What we believe? Where to find us? How to get involved?

and much more.. Contents

Welcome 2

The Anglican Catholic Option 3

Why Apostolic Order? 5

The facts made easy 8

Diocese of the United Kingdom 11

Find your local ACC place of worship 14

The Northern Deanary 14 The Southern Deanary 15

Anglican Catholic Church Worldwide 26

How can I get involved? 27

Anglican Catholic Fellowship 29

Anglican Catholic Area House Groups 30

Canterbury Church Shop 30

1 Welcome

Lets walk the ancient path together...

Whether in grand church buildings, people’s homes, converted shops or hired halls, we seek to live out our vocation by proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ. The parishes and missions of our Diocese are open to all who seek the comfort of the Holy Sacraments, the guidance of Scripture and God’s companionship and love. We are sometimes accused of being stuck in the past. However, the greater danger for Christians today is an uncritical acceptance of new teachings and practices. Because “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8), the faith of the past is the hope of the future. As God said through the prophet Jeremiah “Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls” (Jeremiah 6:16) Why not join us as we walk that ancient path together...

2 The Anglican Catholic Option

Perhaps you are a ‘traditional‘ Anglican or indeed a traditionally inclined Christian of another tradition, disturbed by changes and developments in the modern Church. We welcome people of good will to worship with us and encourage you to consider joining in our work and witness.

The Anglican Catholic Church is part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We are not part of the Anglican Communion, nor are we in communion with the Church of Rome. We continue to pray for the unity of the Holy Catholic Church.

As a world-wide continuing Church, we uphold Anglican Catholic tradition and teaching in Australia, USA, South America, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, parts of Africa and the United Kingdom.

The Diocese of the United Kingdom was established in 1992 after the Church of England broke with catholic faith and tradition by admitting women to the priesthood. We have a validly consecrated Bishop [in apostolic succession via the Church of England], and a growing number of clergy and congregations throughout the land.

Yes, to follow our way does entail sacrifice and hard work. It is therefore not an easy option. But the existence of our already organised diocese in this country, plus the hundreds of enquiries we continue to receive, bears witness that it can be done.

Do you care enough about your faith to continue with us?

Do you want to remain Anglicans as you were baptised and confirmed, but in a restored Anglican Church?

3 Yes, restored, and indeed fulfilled, because the Anglican Catholic Church doesn’t just continue Anglicanism of yesterday. (To do so would mean that we have not learned the lessons of yesterday, and which have led to today’s turmoil.) By its OFFICIAL adherence to the Faith of the Undivided Church and the Faith as set forth in the Seven Ecumenical Councils (something which the Anglicanism we have known never did) the Anglican Catholic Church has returned to the fullness of the Catholic and Apostolic Faith; a fullness which many Anglicans claimed was theirs, but which they could never satisfactorily claim was the official Faith of their Church until now, in the Anglican Catholic Church.

Thus the Anglican Catholic Church offers a vision for the future, the ONLY vision for the future of Catholic Anglicanism in this country and elsewhere. It is Anglicanism fulfilled, CATHOLIC AND ORTHODOX, proclaiming positively the Faith of the Ages, to bring our country back to the feet of Our Lord.

PLEASE CONSIDER THE ANGLICAN CATHOLIC OPTION

4 Why Apostolic Order?

Bishops and the Church...

A “Church” may be simply defined as a body of Christians gathered around a bishop in the Apostolic Succession. Whatever the English Reformation got right or wrong, it never abandoned the office of bishop or the requirement that every deacon, priest, or bishop must be ordained by a bishop in the Apostolic Succession. “No man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon, in this Church, or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or that had Episcopal Consecration or Ordination”. (Preface to The Ordinal, BCP, p. 529). However the Church of England and her daughter Churches viewed themselves, they never allowed convert clergy from Protestant bodies without the Apostolic Succession to function as clergy without ordination by bishops, nor did they ever require or permit convert clergy from the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Churches, which do have the Apostolic Succession, to be re-ordained.

There has long been a debate in Anglican circles about just how necessary bishops are for the Church. Latin tags have marked the lines of debate. Some have argued that bishops are of the esse (the very being or essence) of the Church, so that without bishops there is no true Church at all. Others have argued that bishops were of the bene esse (the well-being) of the Church, so that without bishops the Church would not be healthy but might still exist. Still others held bishops to be of the plene esse (the fullness of being) so that without bishops the Church would exist but not as fully as it might with them.

5 In other words, some held bishops to be absolutely essential, others held them to be very important, others held them to be rather a good idea.

For many years the dominant view was that stated by Richard Hooker, the great Elizabethan theologian. Hooker said that if bishops were not instituted by God the Son (through his selection of the apostles) they were in any case instituted by God the Holy Ghost (through the early Church). He did not hold that Christian bodies without bishops were no Churches at all, but that they had lost something desirable and important. As time went on, however, Anglicans were more and more inclined to see bishops as essential.

Whatever private theological opinions have held, however, the practice of the church has been unvarying: non-episcopal ordinations were never accepted, while episcopal ordinations always were. The exact status of non-episcopal Churches does not have to be settled. God (the Son or Holy Spirit, to follow Hooker) tells us that we must keep to bishops and ordinations by bishops only. God does not require our help in judging others who disagree with this view, unless those others wish to join us or be recognized by us in some way. The Apostolic Succession has several components. The first is the “tactile” or physical succession. That is, our bishops are always consecrated by others who are bishops, who in turn were consecrated by bishops. This succession goes back to the apostles. This tactile succession distinguishes the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and historic Anglican Churches from almost all other Christian bodies. Methodist ordinations, for instance, ultimately go back to John Wesley, who was a Church of England priest, not a bishop, and to Thomas Coke, who was made a “Superintendent” or “bishop” by Wesley. However, the tactile or physical succession of consecrations is, while necessary, not sufficient by itself to ensure the preservation of the Apostolic Succession. The physical laying on of hands by a bishop is not magic. There are two other aspects of the Apostolic Succession in particular which must also be maintained.

One of these is the succession of office. In The Ordinal printed with the Prayer Book there is a requirement for the reading of “Testimonials” (p. 552). These testimonials include certification that the man has been

6 elected to a particular diocese or office as bishop. Bishops are not consecrated into a void but into a particular office, to be bishop of a particular church or body of Christians in a particular place. So when The Ordinal speaks of “the Office whereunto he is called” (p. 553), “this Office” (p. 553, emphasis added), it means not just the general order of bishops but the particular office in question. This particular diocese or office in turn has a succession. So Bishop Smith is consecrated by bishops in succession, but also is normally consecrated to be bishop of a diocese which also has a succession or list of former bishops.

The third aspect of succession in addition to the tactile succession and succession of office is the succession of faith. That is, bishops not only are consecrated by other bishops for an office held by former bishops, they also are to teach and defend and preserve the faith of those former bishops which in turn was built on the faith of the apostles “once delivered to the saints” (St. Jude 3). Of course it is desirable if the individual bishops are learned and understand clearly that faith and believe it firmly with a strong, individual belief. However, what primarily is in question here is the public teaching of the bishops. There have been many bishops throughout history who privately held erroneous or very inadequate ideas about matters of doctrine or morals. But of more importance is the creed and official teaching of the bishops, whatever their private errors. When a Church departs from the apostolic faith, or when it tolerates official, publicly stated error in important matters on the part of its bishops, then the Apostolic Succession is threatened, even if the line of consecrations (tactile succession) and office remain intact. Again, it is for God ultimately to judge in such cases. It is very hard to say where the Apostolic Succession has definitely ceased to be. But in the case of serious and official theological error the universal Church must say that it no longer is able to guarantee that the Apostolic Succession is intact, and then we no longer can be sure that the body in question is a true Church.

Written by His Grace the Most Reverend Mark Haverland Doctorate in religious studies from Duke University, USA

7 The facts made easy

The Anglican Catholic Church remains true to the following...

We are a Continuing Church

The ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate, and the doctrinally controversial American1979 Book of Common Prayer necessitated the birth of the Continuing Church.

The Anglican Catholic Church is a continuing church. This simply means that we continue in the Catholic Faith, Apostolic Order, Orthodox Worship and Evangelical Witness of the traditional Anglican Church.

Apostolic Order

In order to preserve the full and living gospel. Jesus left authority with his Apostles, who inturn, ordained men to succeed them. Thus Apostolic authority is preserved in a continuous line of succession until the end of time.

The Anglican Catholic Church believes in the importance of apostolic order and validity of male priestly orders and consecration as found in scripture and defined by the Seven Holy Ecumenical Councils of the undivided primitive Catholic Church.

8 The Ecumenical Council’s

This is an assembly of bishops and other ecclesiastics representative of the Christian Church throughout the world. At a true Ecumenical Council the bishops recognise what the truth is and proclaim it; this proclamation is then verified by the assent of the whole Christian people. No Ecumenical council of this sort has met since 1054AD when the eastern and western churches divided in the schism. The Seven Holy Ecumenical Councils of the early church:

1. First Council of Nicaea A.D. 325 2. First Council of Constantinople A.D. 381 3. Council of Ephesus A.D. 431 4. Council of Chalcedon A.D. 451 5. Second Council of Constantinople A.D. 553 6. Third Council of Constantinople A.D. 680 7. Second Council of Nicaea A.D. 787

Our definition of Anglican

Anglican (Anglicanuum) simply means English; we are therefore English Catholics, although not part of the Church of England nor the Roman Catholic Church. The Anglican Catholic Church offers a liturgy and mission, which stands firmly in the catholic faith of the undivided church.

Our definition of Catholic

From Greek katholikos, meaning “universal”... The ACC affirms the Canon or St. Vincent of Lerins, who defined the Catholic Faith as, “That which has been believed everywhere, always and by all.” (i.e. universally) within the undivided christian church. “This church submits itself to the Seven Holy Ecumenical Councils of the undivided primitive Catholic Church and their Doctrines, Definitions, Letters, Epistles and Decrees both doctrinal and synodal...” Canon 2.1 of the Anglican Catholic Church

9 Anglican Doctrine made clear within the English Church

“They shall in the first place be careful never to teach any thing from the pulpit, to be religiously held and believed by the people, but what is agreeable to the doctrine of the Old or New Testament, and collected out of that very doctrine by the Catholic Fathers, and ancient Bishops.” Canon about Preachers. THE QUEEN’S COUNCIL. A.D. 1582

“We have no faith of our own, but only the Catholic faith of the Catholic church enchrined in the Catholic creeds” The Most Rev. Geoffrey Fisher (Archbishop of Canterbury 1945-1961 in the days of the Church of England’s orthodoxy).

Believing in the Sanctity of Human Life

The Anglican Catholic Church believes firmly that every human being, from the time of conception, is a creature and child of God, made in His image and likeness, an infinitely precious soul; and that the unjustifiable or inexcusable taking of life is always sinful.

Remaining Faithful to Family Life

The Anglican Catholic Church accepts the God-given sacramental bond in marriage between one man and one woman is God’s loving provision for procreation and family life, and sexual activity is to be practiced only within the bonds of Holy Matrimony.

10 Diocese of the United Kingdom

What is the structure of the ACC in the UK?

The ACC is a worldwide continuing church with a Diocese in the United Kingdom, which is constructed as follows:

Most Rev. Mark Haverland Archbishop Metropolitan

Right Rev. Damien Mead Bishop Ordinary of the UK

Ven. Raymond Thompson Bishop’s Council of Advice Board of Ministry Archdeacon

Dr. Roy Fidge Canon Don Walker Diocesan Secretary Chairman

Rev. Dr. Jonathan Munn Very Rev. Charles Johnson Ven. Raymond Thompson Diocesan Treasurer Dean of the North Dean of the South

Northern England Southern England

Scotland Wales

Canon Don Walker Northern Ireland Chaplain Anglican Catholic Fellowship

Rev. Howard Marsh Chaplain Anglican Catholic Fellowship

11 Archbishop Metropolitan

The Archbishop Metropolitan of the Original Province is also acting primate of the Anglican Catholic Church and oversees the management of the ACC worldwide.

Bishop Ordinary of the United Kingdom

The Bishop Ordinary of the United Kingdom has overall episcopal and pastoral responsibility for the Diocese here in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

Archdeacon

The Archdeacon is the senior priest appointed for a three year term to assist the Bishop Ordinary in the management of the Diocese.

Bishop’s Council of Advice

The Bishop’s Council of Advice exists to advise the Bishop Ordinary in the administration of the Diocese. Council members are appointed annually at the Diocesan Synod.

12 Board of Ministry

A panel of clergy and laity appointed by the bishop from within the diocese. Their purpose is to interview and recommend candidates for ordination.

North and South Deanaries

The Diocese of the United Kingdom is divided into two deaneries; North and South and each has a Dean appointed by the Bishop for a three year term.

Anglican Catholic Fellowship

Each Deanery has its own Chaplain appointed by the Bishop annually. Their principal duty is to bring an effective ministry to members of the Church living too far away from existing parishes and missions. This extended ministry is known as the Anglican Catholic Fellowship, within which we also seek to establish Area House Groups in convenient locations of like minded individuals for prayer, study and fellowship, please see pg. 30 for further information.

13 Find your local ACC Place of Worship

The UK’s Northern Deanery consists of two active congregations...

Church Parish Saint Alban the Martyr

320 Great Cheetham Street East, Salford, Greater Manchester M7 4UJ

Service information Sunday 9.30 am Confession 10.00 am Matins 10.45 am Solemn Mass 11.45 am Healing Service (Last Sunday in the month)

Saturdays Regular Devotions and Mass - Phone for details.

By appointment

Confession Home & hospital communion

Anointing of the sick Nursing home chaplaincy

14 Their story..

St Alban the Martyr Anglican Catholic Church is the continuation of the former Church of England Church of St Alban (now demolished) which was located on Waterloo Road, Manchester. On 13th February 1994 the congregation voted to leave the Church of England and be received into the ACC.

After worshipping in various places, a former butchers shop was bought and converted into a church. This was duly consecrated by the, then Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the United kingdom, Bishop Leslie Hamlett on 10th October 1998. Based in Salford, this central location enables St. Alban’s the Martyr to serve the inner city communities of Greater Manchester, as well as providing much needed chaplaincy support to residential care homes in the local area.

St. Albans the Martyr is proud to use the King James Version of the Holy Bible and the Anglican/English missals, alongside authorised books of common prayer. The church also has icons and statues, all with their own history, of which information is available on request from the Parish Priest.

In October 2008 the Bishop appointed Fr Charles Johnson, the Parish Priest, to the position of Dean of the Northern Deanery for a three year term. In November 2011 he was reappointed for a further three years.

Get in touch!

Parish Priest: The Very Rev. Charles Johnson (Dean of the North) Tel: 0161 798 6251 Email: [email protected]

Honorary Asst: Rev. Jim Petty Tel: 0128 270 3071 Email: [email protected]

15 Mission Parish Our Lady & Saint Edward At the Iron Church, Blackburn Rd, Bolton, Lancashire BL1 8DR (Non postal)

Service information

First Wednesday of the Month 12.00 pm Requiem Mass

Second Wednesday of the Month 12.00 pm Mass followed by Healing Service & Anointing

Last Saturday of the Month 11.00 am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11.55 am Angelus 12.00 pm Solemn Mass (Vigil)

Last Friday of the Month Home Communions or by appointment

By appointment

Confession Home & hospital communion

Anointing of the sick

Keep in touch! /IronChurchBolton @IronChurchACC 16 Their story..

The Mission of Our Lady & St Edward in Bolton, Lancashire, was originally established at the Victory Community Centre, Chorley Old Road, Bolton on 28th November 2009. It was officially recognised as a Mission parish at the Diocesan Synod which met in London in April 2010.

The mission has been very fortunate indeed to be allowed to use the former Vestry inside the Iron Church on Blackburn Road, Bolton, by kind permission of Mr Jazz Singh. The Chapel is now permanently set up inside the Church, and by having all services beginning at noon, this enables people who travel quite far distances the opportunity to stay for the entire service.

Built in 1897 the Iron Church is a well known Bolton landmark and replaced an original corrugated iron church founded in 1872. Viscount Leverhulme had the beautiful sandstone church built to replace the old iron structure, but the name Iron Church still remains. Lord Leverhulme was born in Bolton on 19th September 1851 in Wood Street. William Hesketh Lever was Mayor of Bolton 1918-19 and during his life made many contributions to enhance the status and dignity of the town. The Iron Church is one such legacy and many people today are thrilled to know that it is once again a centre for Christian worship, having closed in 1992. The mission plans to increase the number of services held as numbers increase, whilst praying for the continued growth in the size and commitment of the congregation.

Fr. Howard Marsh, the Priest in Charge, is also chaplain for the Anglican Catholic Felllowship in the Northern Deanery, providing pastoral support to communicants who live too far away from an ACC place of worship.

Get in touch!

Priest in Charge: Rev. Howard Marsh Tel: 07800 744 975 Email: [email protected]

17 The UK’s Southern Deanery consists of five active congregations...

Pro-Cathedral Church Saint Augustine of Canterbury

5b Best Lane, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2JB

Service information

Sunday Sung Mass 11.00 am 1st Sunday Healing Service 12.30 pm 3rd Sunday Study Group 1.30 pm Wednesday Low Mass 12.00 pm Major Holy Days & Holy Days of Obligation 12.00 pm + Other services as announced.

By appointment

Confession Home & hospital communion

Anointing of the sick Baptism / Confirmation / Marriage

Keep in touch! /StAugustineACC @StAugustineACC 18 Their story..

The Anglican Catholic Church of St Augustine was formed in May 2005 and originally meeting at Canterbury City Cemetery Chapel. On Low Sunday, 15th April 2007, Bishop Rommie Starks, Episcopal Visitor to the Diocese of the United Kingdom, formally blessed and dedicated the new Church in the City Centre (within sight of Canterbury Cathedral) and just off the High Street. A former non conformist place of worship reclaimed by us from secular use and dedicated to our patron, St Augustine - the first Archbishop of Canterbury. In 2008 our Priest in Charge was elected and on 20th September 2008 duly consecrated as the Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the United Kingdom. The Right Revd Damien Mead remains Rector of our small Church as well as fulfilling his Diocesan duties. The Church, although extremely tiny compared to our illustrious near neighbour, is also the Pro-Cathedral of the Diocese because it houses Bishop Mead’s ‘Cathedra’ or ‘Throne’. Also in 2008 Bishop Mead commissioned an Icon of a local Saint, Blessed Elizabeth Barton, known as the ‘Maid of Kent’ or “Nun of Kent” who was a benedictine nun at St. Sepulchre’s Convent in Canterbury (the area is now known as Nunnery Fields) Blessed Elizabeth had visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary and was martyred on the orders of Henry VIII on 21st of April, 1534. The Icon and its story has been featured in Local Newspapers and on BBC Radio Kent. We believe it to be the only such depiction of Blessed Elizabeth Barton in the world. Bishop Starks (mentioned above) blessed the Icon on Easter Day 2008. A recent development for our Parish is the opening of the “Canterbury Church Shop” www.canterburychurchshop.co.uk just round the corner from St Augustines. Why not visit on a Wednesday when you could combine a visit to Church for Mass at 12 noon with an afternoon visit to the shop!!!

Get in touch!

Rector: Bishop Damien Mead Tel: 01797 321704 Email: [email protected]

19 Church Parish Our Lady of Walsingham & Saint Francis Within the grounds of Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, City Way, Rochester, Kent

Service information

Sunday 10.00 am Sung Mass

Tuesday & Friday 9.30 am Low Mass

+ Holy Days of Obligation

By appointment

Confession Home & hospital communion

Anointing of the sick

20 Their story..

The Mission was established in Strood in the Medway Towns in 1993 and originally dedicated simply to Saint Francis. Confusion sometimes arose because there was another church in that area with the same dedication, so the decision was made to add an additional Patron. This is how Our Lady of Walsingham was added to the dedication of our Mission. In City Way, Rochester, there is a Military Cemetery close to the Napoleonic Fort Pitt. The cemetery was founded in the 1850s and the earliest graves are of soldiers killed in the Crimea. Its Chapel is owned by the Army and in 2001 the Father (now Bishop) Damien Mead, who was parish priest at that time, obtained permission for us to use the chapel. We have transformed the inside of the chapel into a fitting place in which to offer traditional Catholic worship, and our congregation has seen slow but steady growth over the last few years. Annual occasions, such as the blessing and rededication of individual graves for those who request it are popular events and further the good relationship we have with those who come to visit the last resting places of their loved ones. Our Patronal Festival each October is always very well attended and we are fortunate in having lovely grounds in which to have (weather permitting) an outdoor procession and picnic. Fr. Raymond Thompson became Parish Priest in June 2003, and in October 2008 Bishop Mead appointed him Dean of the Southern Deanery of the Diocese of the UK. In November 2011 the Bishop reappointed him as Dean of the South and also appointed him as Archdeacon of the Diocese.

Get in touch!

Parish Priest: The Venerable Raymond Thompson Tel: 01634 612656 Mobile: 07988 547872 Email: [email protected]

Curate: Rev. Dr Jonathan Munn Oblate/OSB Tel: 07804 301122 Email: [email protected]

21 Mission Parish Saint Benedict The Cemetery Chapel, Mill Street, South Molton, Devon (Non postal)

Service information

Sunday 10.00 am Low Mass

Wednesday 10.30 am Holy Communion (1549 Book of Common Prayer)

+ Holy Days of Obligation

By appointment

Confession Home & hospital communion

Anointing of the sick Nursing home chaplaincy

22 Their story..

The Mission of Saint Benedict was formed on 24th January 2010 when. The Right Revd. Damien Mead, blessed the Cemetery Chapel and celebrated Mass in the grade one listed building.

The Mission is dedicated to Saint Benedict, the Father of Western Monasticism, who in the first part of the sixth century founded the great monastery at Monte Cassino in Italy, and who also wrote a rule for monks to live by, a rule that monks and nuns still use today. Father Michael OSB oblate who is in charge of the mission has been associated with the Benedictine way of life for over forty years.

South Molton is a market town in North Devon approximately twenty miles north of Dartmoor National Park and on the southern edge of Exmoor National Park just south of the North Devon Link Road the main road between Tiverton and Barnstaple (A361).

The Chapel which has car parking in the cemetery grounds as well as close by, can be found in Mill Street, South Molton and is being used with the kind permission of the South Molton Town Council.

Fr. Michael Clothier, the Priest in Charge, also has a flourishing ministry in local nursing homes.

Get in touch!

Priest in Charge: Rev. Michael Clothier Oblate/OSB Tel: 07891 767744 or Email: [email protected] for details

23 Mission Saint Bede Vera Fletcher Hall, 4 Embercourt Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey (Non postal)

Service information Sunday 11.15 am Mass in the chapel situated upstairs

Daily Mass & Offices These take place within a private oratory in Thames Ditton.

Please contact the priest in charge prior to attending these services.

Their story.. The First ACC Mass said in Thames Ditton was celebrated in a private Theirhouse story.. by Bishop Leslie Hamlett on 23rd August 1994, and worship has continued in this small Mission in an upper room of the Vera Fletcher TheHall First since ACC the Mass end saidof December in Thames of Ditton that year. was celebratedThe Hall is in not a privatedifficult to housefind bybeing Bishop situated Leslie almostHamlett opposite on 23rd to August Thames 1994, Ditton and worshipRailway hasStation continuedand less in than this twosmall minutes Mission walk in an from upper it. roomTowards of the the Vera end Fletcher of 1997 Hall the sincecongregation the end of optedDecember to leave of that the year. Anglican The HallCatholic is not Church difficult returning to find tobeing situatedit in the almost middle opposite of the year to Thames 2000. Ditton Railway Station andless than two minutes walk from it. Towards the end of 1997 the congregation opted to Fatherleave the Walker Anglican was Catholicappointed Church an Honorary returning Canon to it in of the the middle Diocese of ofthe the yearUnited 2000. Kingdom by the Bishop in April 2009.

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Priest in Charge: Canon Don Walker Oblate/OSB Tel: 0208 398 4304 Email: [email protected]

24 Mission Saint Mary & Saint Eanswythe c/o 31 Highfield Road, Dartford, Kent

Service information

Sunday (As announced) 9.00 am Mattins & Holy Communion

Saturday (Monthly) 12.00 pm Mass Please contact the priest in charge prior to attending these services.

Their story..

The Mission of St Mary & St Eanswythe serves the Dartford area. The Warden of the Mission Dr Roy Fidge is also Diocesan Secretary. Canon Don Walker (St Bede’s Thames Ditton) is also Priest in Charge of this Mission.

Get in touch!

Priest in Charge: Canon Don Walker Oblate/OSB Tel: 0208 398 4304 Email: [email protected]

25 26 How can I get involved?

Growing with so much to offer...

Although there are only a small number of ACC churches and missions here in the UK, everyone is a valued member within our worldwide reaching Anglican Catholic Church. Where as part of the worshiping community at your nearest ACC church or mission, there is a great opportunity to make a positive impact to the continued growth of our Church within the United Kingdom.

Where there is a home for everyone...

Have you ever heard anyone tell you “The buildings don’t make the church; it’s the people inside them?” Well this is true of the ACC, where there is a place and a role for everyone within the community of your local place of worship - whether that be within a Church with a permanent home or the flexibility of a Mission, which may not necessarily reside in a permanent location.

Can I officially join the ACC?

After continued visits to your local place of worship, there may come a time when you decide that you wish to be fully received into the Anglican Catholic Church and be presented with written acknowledgement from our Bishop Ordinary of the United Kingdom, upon your official reception. However, although we encourage people to join, there is no requirement to become a full member. We welcome anyone of good will to worship with us.

27 How can I get further involved with my local Church or Mission?

As you undertake your spiritual journey, you may sense a genuine need to provide further support to your local place of worship. Our churches and missions will appreciate your enthusiasm and contribution, particularly within the following areas and roles:

Organist Church Warden Lay Reader / Deaconess* Altar Server Choir / Choirmaster Caterer Sides-people / Greeters Cleaner / Caretaker

Church Committee Members Floristry Building Maintenance

* The ACC maintains the ancient ministry of Deaconess, which is a lay ministry and not an ordained ministry.

If you feel you can make a relevant contribution, make the first step by contacting your local parish priest.

ACC Altar Servers

Do I have a spiritual vocation to the Priesthood or the Religious Life? Vocation simply means a “call” and therefore vocation is what God is calling you to do with your life. Everybody is called by God to know, love and serve him, although it is down to the individual how they may choose to do this. God always calls us higher...

28 You may feel that in the one life God gave you to live, you have one overriding purpose, to fulfil the will of God and serve his people in a unique and special way.. Do you feel you have a calling to the religious life as a monk, nun or a religious oblate? Or to ordination as a Deacon or Priest.. If you do? Please feel free at anytime to speak to your local parish priest; alternatively you may contact the UK Diocesan Office to find out more information and to check out the training schemes available.

UK Diocesan Office St Nicholas House, 42-48 High Street, Lydd, Kent TN29 9AN

Phone 01797 321704 Email [email protected]

Anglican Catholic Church - Diocese of the United Kingdom

Anglican Catholic Fellowship “Where two or three are gathered”

The Bishop has to co-ordinate a response to the needs of those who are not able to attend one of our existing Missions or Churches and has appointed Deanery Chaplains to bring the Sacraments to isolated members. There is no charge for this service, however, the reimbursement of travel expenses is necessary and appreciated.

Northern Deanery: Fr Howard Marsh 07800 744975 Southern Deanery: Canon Don Walker 0208 398 4304

29 Anglican Catholic Area House Groups

We encourage the establishment of Area House Groups in convenient locations of like minded individuals for prayer, study and fellowship. The House Group model requires less commitment, knowledge and skills than the formation of Missions, and are supported by a House Group Warden and visited by an Anglican Catholic Fellowship Chaplain.

Find your nearest Area House Group visit: www.anglicancatholic.org.uk/parishes-missions-house-groups/ or contact the UK Diocesan Office on 01797 321704

Canterbury Church Shop + THE PILGRIMS REFECTORY + Conquest House, 17 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CTI 2DZ Tel. 01227 379 777 www.canterburychurchshop.co.uk

The Canterbury Church Shop has been established to the Glory of God and to fulfil 3 main aims: 1. To celebrate Canterbury’s Christian heritage in an increasingly secular and liberal age.

2. To serve the wider Christian Community. 3. To promote the Anglican Catholic Church.

The founders and directors of the company are the Bishop Ordinary, Mr Roy Hipkiss and Mr Gregory Nicholls. For further information including products, opening times and contact details please visit: www.canterburychurchshop.co.uk

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