Washington-Area Episcopal Parish Opts For Rome As U.S. Ordinariate Takes Shape
Washington-Area Episcopal Parish Opts For Rome As U.S. Ordinariate Takes Shape
Bishop Chane Hailed For Unusual Property Agreement With Departing Congregation
The Foundation for Christian Theology
June 6, 2011
One of the few remaining conservative parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington will today announce it will seek admission to an ordinariate, a new structure approved by Pope Benedict XVI that allows Anglican groups worldwide to move together into full communion with the Holy See but retain some aspects of their Anglican heritage and liturgy.
The decision by St. Luke's, Bladensburg, Maryland, a multi-cultural, Anglo-Catholic congregation of some 100 members just outside the District of Columbia, as well as its rector, the Rev. Mark Lewis, to leave the U.S. Episcopal Church (TEC) for the special structure comes after a long period of prayer and discernment by the congregation, and quiet, sensitive conversations with concerned parties.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Bishop Chane Hailed For Unusual Property Agreement With Departing Congregation
The Foundation for Christian Theology
June 6, 2011
One of the few remaining conservative parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington will today announce it will seek admission to an ordinariate, a new structure approved by Pope Benedict XVI that allows Anglican groups worldwide to move together into full communion with the Holy See but retain some aspects of their Anglican heritage and liturgy.The decision by St. Luke's, Bladensburg, Maryland, a multi-cultural, Anglo-Catholic congregation of some 100 members just outside the District of Columbia, as well as its rector, the Rev. Mark Lewis, to leave the U.S. Episcopal Church (TEC) for the special structure comes after a long period of prayer and discernment by the congregation, and quiet, sensitive conversations with concerned parties.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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