BALA CYNWYD, PA: Breakaway Anglicans set to join Roman Catholic Church
BALA CYNWYD, PA: Breakaway Anglicans set to join Roman Catholic Church
Father David Ousley, pastor of St. Michael the Archangel in Bala Cynwyd, celebrates a traditional Anglican Mass. The Anglican ordinariate established by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 "is an extraordinary opportunity," says Father Ousley.
By Lou Baldwin
Special to The CS&T
May 4, 2011
Catholics of a certain age who might visit the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Bala Cynwyd should find the liturgy familiar. The vestments, position of the altar against the wall to the east with the celebrant facing it and the service are very much the same as a pre-Vatican II Mass. However, many of the hymns would be unfamiliar, and the language is strictly English.
St. Michael's, whose small congregation currently worships in the chapel of West Laurel Hill Cemetery, is one of the traditional Anglican congregations that hope in the near future to become a Roman Catholic parish.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Father David Ousley, pastor of St. Michael the Archangel in Bala Cynwyd, celebrates a traditional Anglican Mass. The Anglican ordinariate established by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 "is an extraordinary opportunity," says Father Ousley.By Lou Baldwin
Special to The CS&T
May 4, 2011
Catholics of a certain age who might visit the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Bala Cynwyd should find the liturgy familiar. The vestments, position of the altar against the wall to the east with the celebrant facing it and the service are very much the same as a pre-Vatican II Mass. However, many of the hymns would be unfamiliar, and the language is strictly English.
St. Michael's, whose small congregation currently worships in the chapel of West Laurel Hill Cemetery, is one of the traditional Anglican congregations that hope in the near future to become a Roman Catholic parish.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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