The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
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The Last Supper, Pierre Dancart, Seville Cathedral
Pierre Dancart's masterpiece, considered one of the finest altarpieces in the world.
2 2 THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross is a non-territorial diocese of the Australian Catholic Church. The Ordinary: Monsignor Harry Entwistle, PA. 40A Mary Street, High-Gate. 6003. Western Australia. Local Phone: 08-9422-7988 or Mobile Phone: 0417 180 145 E-mail: The Ordinary: [email protected]
Diocesan Office: M-Phone: 0409 377 338. E-mail: [email protected]
Vocations Director: [email protected] M. Ph: 0410699574 Episcopal Vicar for Clergy: Fr Ken Clark: Mobile Phone: 0403 383 873 E-Mail: [email protected] Ordinariate Web-Master: E-Mail: [email protected] OLSC Website: www.ordinariate.org.au OLSC Publications: The Ordinary: 40 A Mary Street, High-Gate. 6003. W.A. E-Mail: [email protected] The Editor: “Australia Wide” E-mail: [email protected]
Ordinariates rejoice as Bishop Steven Lopes is ordained in Houston as the shepherd of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter
By KATHLEEN NAAB 02/04/2016: NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER.
HOUSTON — In a majestic Mass at Houston’s Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart on Tuesday evening, history was made for the Anglican ordinariates established by Pope Benedict XVI: Their first bishop was ordained. “In a nutshell, it means we’re here to stay,” summarised Msgr Harry Entwistle, the Ordinary of Australia’s Ordinariate, which is under the patroness of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. The new bishop, Stephen Joseph Lopes, 40, a native of California, was in fact instrumental in the creation of the Ordinariate that he now leads — the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter.
The Ordinariates were established as the Vatican’s pastoral response to repeated and persistent inquiries made by Anglican individuals and groups who desired full communion with the Catholic Church, in a history that goes back to at least Pope Pius XII.
In November 2009, in response to these inquiries from Anglican groups worldwide, Pope Benedict XVI issued an apostolic constitution, Anglicanorum Coetibus. This document authorised the creation of “Ordinariates” — communities that would be fully Catholic yet retain elements of Anglican heritage and liturgical practice. So far, there are three Ordinariates globally: The first was established in the United Kingdom (the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham) in 2011. The following year, an Ordinariate was established here in the United States, with jurisdiction also including Canada, and another in Australia.
Bishop Lopes was working in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) as this process unfolded, having been named an official of that congregation in 2005. For seven of his 10-plus years at the Vatican, he served as Secretary to the Cardinal Prefect, and he was in effect the Coordinator for the three Ordinariates. Hence, he knows well his flock and their unique home in the Church. He explained at the end of his Ordination Mass that his episcopal motto — Magna Opera Domini (“Great are the works of the Lord”) — flows from this intimate knowledge of the ordinariate.
Addressing the priests gathered for his ordination — just for the US-Canada Ordinariate, there are 62 of them, along with six deacons, four candidates for the priesthood or diaconate and one seminarian, in service to 42 parishes and communities — he noted, “I have met each one of you.” [Continued next page]
Photo, Top: Bishop Steven Lopes is the first bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter Courtesy Facebook/Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter. 2
3 Ordinariates rejoice as Bishop Steven Lopes is ordained in Houston as the shepherd of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter” [Continued from previous page] ‘Stories of Faith and Courage’
Reminiscing about a clergy assembly held several years ago in Florida, he explained that the event was one of the first occasions that he had to put faces to the names and autobiographies that he had read and studied at the CDF.
“Yours were stories of faith and of courage, and of a passion and zeal for the truth and the search of the truth in sacred Scripture,” Bishop Lopes told the priests. “And they were also often enough stories of sacrifice, suffering and the anguish of leaving what was familiar and comfortable in order to embark on an unknown and sometimes lonely path toward the fullness of Catholic communion.”
Seeing the faces of these priests and knowing their stories, he said as he named some of them by name, “in that moment, beholding, if you will, before me, the great work of communion manifest in that chapel, my heart was moved to only one thought: We did not do this. God did this. This is the work of the Lord, and great are the works of the Lord!”
For his priests as well, Bishop Lopes’ long involvement with the Ordinariates is a source of consolation and hope. “We all know him very well. He knows each one of us priests very well,” explained Father John Vidal, Pastor of St. Anselm Catholic Community in Corpus Christi, Texas. “It’s like a brother priest is being ordained. He’s not coming from the Anglican Communion, but he knows it just as much as we do, if not better, which is really exciting.” Father Vidal remarked that Bishop Lopes is, in fact, “kind of the one who defined who we were.” “I’m just thrilled,” he said. “For him, but even more for us.”
Proper Catholics
The Ordinariates are still in their infant stage (what’s five years in the history of the Church?), so much of the work before Bishop Lopes is furthering their establishment. Many Catholics are still unaware that the Ordinariates even exist. Msgr Keith Newton, the Ordinary of the UK Ordinariate, in a presentation prior to the Ordination Mass, joked that he still gets Catholics asking him, “Why don’t you become a proper Catholic?” But the ordination of a Bishop will undoubtedly help to further awareness of the Ordinariates and their mission.
“With their own bishop,” said Msgr Entwistle, “we have become a particular Church. This is a statement of confidence from the Holy Father.” The Australian Ordinary added that the Ordinariates’ mission is for the entire Church. “We have a spirituality and a distinctiveness that will enrich the whole of the Catholic Church,” he said. “So we are not a ship passing in the night. The influence of that English spiritual, theological and pastoral tradition will in fact hopefully enrich the whole Church.”
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston and thus the host for Tuesday’s celebrations, echoed those thoughts, noting the distinctiveness of the Ordinariate now having a bishop. He said the ordination underlined “a sense of the unity of the Church” and “a true sense of unity with Peter, too.” Said Cardinal DiNardo, “I think it’s great.”
[Photo Top: from EWTN Per Ordinariate expats: Bishop Lopes seated in the Cathedra after his Ordination]
[Register correspondent Kathleen Naab writes from Houston, where she covers news of the Church]
Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/first-anglican-ordinariate-bishop-ordained-it-means-were-here- to-stay/#ixzz3zEWYReUx
4. 4 THE THREE ORDINARIES The three Ordinaries: Left to Right: Monsignor Keith Newton: the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham; Bishop Steven Lopes: the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter; Monsignor Harry Entwistle: the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, standing in the Cathedral Basilica of St Mary, Galveston, Texas. [Photo by Jean Entwistle]
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Francis and Russian patriarch to bridge 1,000-year split in Cuba CN CATHOLIC NEWS: Published: 08 February 2016
The Pope will make the visit on February 12 during a previously unannounced layover in Cuba just before continuing with his scheduled February visit to Mexico, Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi announced on Friday.
The Vatican and the Moscow Patriarchate said in a release that the meeting “will be the first in history and will mark an important stage in relations between the two Churches.”
Beyond an encounter between two Christian leaders, the meeting also signals a significant and historic move toward wider Christian unity between the long-separated Eastern and Western Churches. It will come only months before the expected opening in June of the first Synod meeting of the various Orthodox Churches in more than a thousand years, which has been threatened by differences of opinion between the Russian and other Orthodox leaders.
Fr Lombardi told reporters at the Vatican that Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill are expected to meet for about two hours on Friday, and that both leaders would make short public remarks during the encounter. They also plan to sign some sort of joint declaration, said Fr Lombardi.
The spokesman said the meeting has “extraordinary importance,” and that Vatican officials had been working to organise the event for about two years.
[Photo: Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill reads a payer during the Christmas service on January 7 in Moscow. (CNS)]
FULL COVERAGE: In a first, Francis to meet Russian Orthodox Patriarch during Mexico trip (NCR)
Pope, Russian Orthodox Patriarch to meet in Cuba, Vatican announces (CNS)
Pope Francis to hold historic meeting with Russian Patriarch in Cuba (Catholic Herald)
Pope and Patriarch to bridge 1,000-year split in Cuba (AFP/Yahoo7
4 5 5. LENT: THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Confession is one of the least understood of the Sacraments of the Catholic Church. In reconciling us to God, it is a great source of grace, and Catholics are encouraged to take advantage of it often. But it is also the subject of many common misunderstandings, both among non- Catholics and among Catholics themselves.
Confession Is a Sacrament
The Sacrament of Penance, commonly called Confession, is one of the Seven Sacraments recognized by the Catholic Church. Catholics believe that all of the Sacraments were instituted by Jesus Christ himself. In the case of Confession, that institution occurred on Easter Sunday, when Christ first appeared to the apostles after his Resurrection. Breathing on them, he said: “Receive the Holy Spirit. For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those whose sins you retain, they are retained” (John 20:22-23).
The Marks of the Sacrament
Catholics also believe that the Sacraments are outward signs of an inward grace. In this case, the outward sign is the absolution, or forgiveness of sins, that the priest grants to the penitent (the person confessing his sins); the inward grace is the reconciliation of the penitent to God (which is why the Sacrament is also sometimes called the Sacrament of Reconciliation).
The Purpose of Confession
That reconciling of man to God is the purpose of Confession. When we sin, we deprive ourselves of God’s grace. And by doing so, we make it even easier to sin some more. The only way out of this downward cycle is to acknowledge our sins, to repent of them, and to ask God’s forgiveness. Then, in the Sacrament of Confession, grace can be restored to our souls, and we can once again resist sin.
Why Is Confession Necessary?
Non-Catholics, and even many Catholics, often ask whether they can confess their sins directly to God, and whether God can forgive them without going through a priest. On the most basic level, of course, the answer is yes, and Catholics should make frequent acts of contrition, which are prayers in which we tell God that we are sorry for our sins and ask for His forgiveness.
But the question misses the point of the Sacrament of Confession. The Sacrament, by its very nature, confers graces that help us to live a Christian life, which is why the Church requires us to receive it at least once per year.
(See The Precepts of the Church for more details) Moreover, it was instituted by Christ as the proper form for the forgiveness of our sins. Therefore, we should not only be willing to receive the Sacrament, but should embrace it as a gift from a loving God.
What Is Required?
Three things are required of a penitent in order to receive the sacrament worthily. A person must be contrite—or, in other words, sorry for their sins. A person must confess those sins fully, in kind and in number. A person must be willing to do penance and make amends for their sins. While these are the minimum requirements, here are Seven Steps to Making a Better Confession.
How Often Should You Go to Confession?
The Church urges the faithful to take advantage of the Sacrament often. The Church especially urges the faithful to receive the Sacrament of Confession frequently during Lent, to help them in their spiritual preparation for Easter. [From: The Sacrament of Confession - Confession in the Catholic Church: catholicism.about.com]
5 6. 6 ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD
My Ordination came about as the consequence of seeking a way forward as an unhappy Anglican. The disappearance of Anglican worship and sound teaching as I had known it from childhood led to much heart-searching concerning the way in which I could live as a faithful Christian. As one who belonged to the Catholic tradition in Anglicanism I had hoped for the reunion of Anglicans with the rest of the Catholic Church. So when Pope Benedict XVI set up the Anglican Ordinariates to provide a way for that reunion, it seemed logical for me to do what I had prayed and hoped for and joined the Ordinariate. Many steps later, I was Ordained last November 2015. My primary task is to gather a congregation on the Central Coast of NSW, which is in the northern part of the Diocese of Broken Bay. I combine this with being an Associate Priest in the parish of St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop at Warnervale which provides me with a base and some supportive priests and people. A small group gathers each Wednesday evening for Mass at Warnervale and it is hoped that it can expand into a Sunday Mass congregation in a convenient location. One of our challenges is to let others, who may find the English style of worship appealing to their spiritual development, know of our existence. [Article by Fr Ken Hagan]
[Photos by Tom Croll, Central Coast, NSW. Top: Laying on of the Bishop’s hands; Bottom left: A few Words of Thanksgiving; Bottom right: Holding the new missal: Divine Worship: Left: Fr Stephen Hill, Centre: The Ordinary, Monsignor Harry Entwistle , Right: the newly Ordained to the Priesthood: Fr Ken Hagan]
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The following are a selection of Websites and Blogs: Most should open with Hyperlink. WEBSITES: Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia) – Ordinariate website and contact for the e-magazine: “Australia Wide” www.ordinariate.org.au [Website being re-built] Ordinariate of OLSC Australia: Face Book address: https://www.facebook.com/ordinariateolsc/
OLSC: Ordinariate: Japan: website: www.ordinariatejapan.org/
Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham – website. www.ordinariate.org.uk The Portal Magazine: –
Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter (USA & CANADA) – [email protected] website: www.ordinariateus.net
St. John the Evangelist (Calgary, Alberta) www.calgaryordinariate.com/
St. Thomas More Catholic Church (Personal Ordinariate CSP) www.thomasmorechurch.ca/ [Toronto]
Fellowship of Blessed John Henry Newman: www.blessedjohnhenrynewmanfellowship.ca/
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: annunciationofthebvm.org/ [Ottawa]
St Edmunds stedmund.ca/ [Ontario]
The Church of the Good Shepherd: A Sodality of the goodshepherdoshawa.blogspot.com/ [Oshawa, Ontario]
St Gregory the Great Church, Boston, USA: Ordinariate: Chair of St Peter: www.saintgregoryordinariate.org
The Fellowship of Saint Alban: www.stalbanfellowship.org/ [New York, USA]
Anglicanorum Coetibus Society: www.anglicanuse.org
Marylebone Ordinariate Group at St James's Spanish Place: https://www.facebook.com/MaryleboneOrdinariateGroup
The Chant Café: www.chantcafe.com
St Luke’s Ordinariate Parish, Washington, D C. www.stlukesordinariate.com
Into the Deep: Newsletter of orthodox Catholics of Gippsland, Australia. www.stoneswillshout.com/wp
Vocations to the sacred ministry: Melbourne: [email protected]
The Vatican – official website
BLOGS: Ordinariate News (from Ordinariate Expats) - http://ordinariateexpats.wordpress.com
The Anglican Use of the Roman Rite – one-stop blog for the Anglican Use (Personal Ordinariates and Pastoral Provision) by Steve Cavanaugh, Boston, MA.
Fr. Stephen Smuts’ blog – with lots of Ordinariate news.
Father Ed's Blog | A Catholic priest reflects… www.tunbridgewells-ordinariate.com/blog/
Antique Richborough Blogger mgredwins.blogspot.com/ South West Ordinariate: www.swordinariate.com Father Scott Anderson’s blog
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7 8 NEW SOUTH WALES THE BACK PAGE NORTH SYDNEY/CENTRAL COAST: DIOCESE OF AUSTRALIA WIDE BROKEN BAY St Mary MacKillop Church, Sparkes Road, Warnervale. Wednesdays at 7.30 pm Mass. OLSC: MASS TIMES Contact: Fr Ken Hagan. Local Phone: 02-4399-3523. E-mail: [email protected] WESTERN AUSTRALIA VICTORIA PERTH: Parish of St Ninian and St Chad: Perth: 11 Susan Street, Maylands. Perth. WA. Sundays: 9-30am MELBOURNE: St Benedict’s Parish, meet at Holy Sung Mass. 4th Sunday of the Month only: 4pm Evensong. Cross Church, 707 Glen huntly Road, South Ca ulfield. Wednesdays: 9-15 am Mass. Sundays: 11am Mass (Ordinariate Rite) 7pm Evensong Contact Clergy: E-Mail: [email protected] and Benediction. Weekday Mass: 7pm Mondays. Contact Parish Priest: Ph 98228489 Fr Ted Wilson: Ph: 08-93495798 E-mail: [email protected]
QUEENSLAND MELBOURNE: Bayside/Peninsula Parish of: St Edmund Campion, located at St Patrick’s Catholic Cairns Parish of St Clare: meet: St Francis Xavier Church, Childers Street Mentone. Sundays: 9-30 am Catholic Church, Corner of Atkinson & Mayer Streets, Mass (Ordinariate rite) Thursday: 10-30 am Mass Manunda 4870. Sundays:10am Mass. (Ordinariate rite) Weekdays: 7-30am Wed & Thur. Contact: Ph: 03-95801032; 03-97706700. Contact Priest: Phone: 07-40 330706 E-mail: [email protected] Mobile: 0429400176. E-mail: [email protected]
North East Victoria: Parish of St Patrick: Brisbane: Parish of St Thomas a’Becket, Contact: The Ordinary: Mobile Phone 0417 180 145 meets: St Benedict’s Church, Mowbray Trce, East Brisbane. Sundays: 9-30 am Mass. 6-30 pm Evensong and Benedic- tion. GIPPSLAND, VICTORIA. Parish: The Most Holy fami- Contact: Fr Tony Iball: Ph:07-38412352 ly, Maffra. Meet at the Catholic Church in the following E-mail: < [email protected] > towns: HEYFIELD Sundays: Mass 10am. 4pm Evensong and Benediction 4th Sunday. COWWARR: Wednesday 10am Mass & Holy Hour. nd GOLD COAST: UPPER COOMERA MIRBOO NORTH: Mass 11am 2 Saturday. CONTACT: E-Mail < [email protected] > meets at St Stephen’s College Chapel, Reserve Road, Up- per Coomera. 4209. Q’ld. Sunday’s:9am Mass. Other Times as announced. SOUTH AUSTRALIA Contact: Fr A. Kinmont Ph: 07-55560361 Mobile: 0417 711 699. E-Mail: [email protected] ADELAIDE and SOUTH AUSTRALIA: The Ordinariate community of Blessed John Henry Newman Rockhampton Parish: Our Lady of Walsingham: Contact: Rev Ian Wilson: Moderator of the Ordinariate in Meets at St Vincent’s Church, 4 Herbert St Wandal, Rock- South Australia. Mobile Ph: 0427 851 030 hampton. 4700. Sunday Mass Times and weekday Mass E-Mail: [email protected] Times and other parish activities Contact the clergy. Parish Clergy: Ph 07-49284193 E-mail: < [email protected] > JAPAN
NEW SOUTH WALES ORDINARIATE CONGREGATIONS: JAPAN :
Diocese of Lismore: St John’s Mullumbimby: OLSC Community of Saint Augustine of Canterbury Contact: Fr Lyall Cowell. (Japanese speaking) E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: 0423 086 984. Local Ph: 02-66842106. For information about activities of this community please contact:: Father R Kajiwara, | Tel +8142 439 4634 | [email protected] Sydney: Holy Cross Parish.. Contact: Website: www.ordinariatejapan.org/ The Ordinary: Mobile Ph: 0417180145. E-Mail: The Ordinary: [email protected] SODALITY OF OUR LADY OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS: Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle: St Columban’s Meetings held at St Francis Xavier Church Frankston and Catholic Church : 58 Church Street, Mayfield. 2304. St Joseph’s Church, Chelsea. [Melbourne Southern Suburbs] Contact: Fr Stephen Hill: Phone: 02-4968-2428. Contact: Parish Office: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Parish Office: [email protected]
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