News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland www.ordinariate.scot Epiphany 2018 Issue “Behold the Lamb of God” in this▸ issue... Pope Francis’ Epiphany Message ? 7th Anniversary S ON the Feast of the Epiphany Aand that of Jesus’ Baptism, the Gospel proposes the theme of the Lord’s manifestation (John 1:35-42). On the Baptism of the Lord it’s John the Baptist who points Him out to ? Ordinations his disciples as “the Lamb of God” (v. 36), thus inviting them to follow Him. And so it is for us: He whom we contemplated in the mystery of Christmas, we are now called to follow in daily life. The Gospel, therefore, introduces us perfectly in the Ordinary Liturgical Time, a time that serves to animate and verify our journey of faith in our ? Schoenstatt 2018 usual life, in a dynamic that moves between epiphany and following, between manifestation and vocation. Fundamental in this search is the The Gospel account indicates role of a true witness, of a person the essential characteristics of the who first of all has made the journey journey of faith. There is an itinerary and has encountered the Lord. In ? Bishop Moran of faith, and this is the itinerary the Gospel, John the Baptist is this of disciples of all times, also ours, witness. Therefore he can direct the beginning with the question Jesus disciples to Jesus, who involves them addresses to the two that, urged by in a new experience, saying: “Come the Baptist, start to follow Him: and see” (v. 39). And those two will “What do you seek?” (v. 38). never be able to forget the beauty of that encounter, to the point that the It’s the same question that, on Easter Evangelist even notes the hour: “it was ? Associate Member morning, the Risen One asks Mary about four o’clock in the afternoon”. Magdalene: “Woman, whom do you seek?” (John 20:15). Each one of us, in Only a personal encounter with as much as a human being, is seeking: Jesus generates a path of faith and seeking happiness, seeking love, a good of discipleship. We can have many and full life. God the Father has given experiences, do many things, establish us all this in His Son Jesus. relations with many persons, but News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 2 only the meeting with Jesus, in Master dwells, to be able to be and His grace. the hour that God knows, can with Him. give full meaning to our life To seek Jesus, to encounter and make our projects and our The life of faith consists in Jesus, to follow Jesus: this is initiatives fruitful. the desire to be with the Lord the way — to seek Jesus, to and, therefore, in a continuous encounter Jesus, to follow Jesus. It’s not enough to build for search of the place where He oneself an image of God based dwells. This means that we are May the Virgin Mary sustain on what one has heard said; called to overcome a habitual us in this resolution to follow it’s necessary to go to seek the religiosity taken for granted, Jesus, to go and stay where He divine Master and to go where reviving the encounter with dwells, to listen to his Word He dwells. The two disciples’ Jesus in prayer, in meditation of life, to adhere to Him who request to Jesus: “Where are you of the Word of God and in takes away the sin of the world, staying?” (v. 38), has an intense frequenting the Sacraments, to rediscover in Him hope and spiritual meaning: it expresses to be with Him and bear fruit spiritual enthusiasm. the desire to know where the thanks to Him, to His help Vatican City, 14th January 2018 The 7th Anniversary of the Ordinariate N MONDAY 15th here endeavouring to fulfil the OJanuary 2018 Monsignor prophetic vision of Benedict Keith Newton, Ordinary of the XVI. Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham wrote: “I want to thank you for all that you do to support the “Today is the 7th Ordinariate of Our Lady of Anniversary of the erection Walsingham and encourage of the Personal Ordinariate you to continue to pray that of Our Lady of Walsingham. it may flourish in these lands It hardly seems possible in Westminster Cathedral and that many more will be that 7 years have passed in 2011. We have had many brought into the true fold of since that momentous day challenges but we are still Our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ordinations and Celebrations ECEMBER 2017 was have laid down guidelines year, except in exceptional Dan important month in for former Anglican clergy circumstances. the life of the Ordinariate in accepted for ordination to the Scotland with the ordination of priesthood within the Catholic In June 2017 ten men, two men, Simon Beveridge and Church. They have declared including Simon and Cameron, Cameron Macdonald, to the that, having undergone all were ordained Deacon in St Sacred Priesthood. the formalities, and with the James’, Spanish Place, London, agreement of the CDF, be on behalf of Mgr Keith Newton, The Congregation for the ordained Deacon at the end of by Bishop Robert Byrne who Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) the first of their Formation for stepped in at the last moment in the Vatican, who have Priesthood study programme, to celebrate the Mass in place of the overall care of the three and to the Sacred Priesthood Cardinal Pell. It was the largest Ordinariates around the world, at the end of their second Ordination since the very early News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 3 and Wales and the Bishops Mgr Keith, as Ordinary, was Conference of Scotland, that given permission to seek a there should be one Ordinariate bishop to ordain these two men to cover the whole of the UK. to the Sacred Priesthood. It is interesting to note that The initial intention as that a few years later when the the two ordinations should Personal Ordinariate of the happen on the same day in Chair of St Peter was erected one central location, probably it also covered more than Edinburgh, allowing people one Bishops Conference, from all parts of Scotland to be incorporating both the USA present. However Simon lives and Canada. near Whithorn in Galloway, Ordination of Deacons, June 2017 days of the Ordinariate, and the first to use the Ordinariate’s distinctive liturgy - Divine Worship: the Missal. The phrase“in exceptional circumstances” used by the CDF was too much for Fr Len Black, the Ordinariate Pastor for Scotland, to ignore. From the very beginning he had Whithorn argued that the Ordinariate in Scotland should be part of a UK-wide Ordinariate, despite the CDFs original ruling that an Ordinariate should be under one Bishops Conference. In the UK, the intention was Not long after Simon and a four hour drive from that the Ordinariate should Cameron began their formation Edinburgh. Ever since he and be established within the studies, Fr Len began to pursue Sarah, his wife, were received Bishops Conference of England the “in exceptional circumstances” into the Catholic Church, they and Wales. ‘But what about case. His argument, which Mgr have received great support Scotland?’ Fr Len argued. We Keith Newton immediately and encouragement from Fr were under the jurisdiction of accepted and supported, was William McFadden and his a separate Bishops Conference, that if the Ordinariate was to parishioners. that of Scotland, and would grow in Scotland it needed more never be a large enough priests and it needed them now. The parish stretches across group to warrant a separate At first the appeal was rejected a vast area of Galloway and Ordinariate. In the end the by the CDF but Fr Len is not includes the Parishes of St argument was accepted by the one to give up, and with Mgr Andrew’s and St Cuthbert’s, CDF with the agreement of the Keith’s support, a second appeal Kirkcudbright, St Peter’s, Bishops Conference of England was made ... and it succeeded. Dalbeattie, St Martin and St News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 4 much earlier direction and the Isle of Man in than that”. the other. The next morning saw the rehearsal for the ordination On Wed 13th and then from 1pm onwards December Fr the Church of St Martin and St Len collected Ninian began to fill up for the Mgr Keith ordination at 2pm, including from the members of the Ordinariate railway station from Edinburgh, Inverness and in Dumfries from Walsingham. and drove him Mgr Keith lays hands on Fr Simon as Bishop William looks on the 70 miles The Ordination to the Ninian’s, Whithorn, Sacred to Whithorn stopping off at Sacred Priesthood of Fr Simon Heart, Wigtown, and Our Wigtown and the beautiful little Alexander Ronald Beveridge by Lady and St Ninian’s, Newton Bishop William Nolan, Bishop Stewart, with the Church of of Galloway, in the presence the Resurrection, Gatehouse of Mgr Keith Newton, was a of Fleet, and St John’s, Castle splendid occasion. The church Douglas. was full, including Fr Simon’s wife, Sarah, and their family, It was Bishop William his mother, brother as well as Nolan, Bishop of Galloway, parishioners and a number of who first suggested that if Mgr concelebrating priests from the Keith Newton was willing, surrounding area, including Simon should be Ordained Fr Len vests Fr Simon in his Ordinariate Fr William McFadden, and chasuble as Fr Stephen looks on to the Sacred Priesthood Fr Len Black, the Ordinariate in the Church of St Martin Church of the Sacred Heart in Pastor for Scotland.