St. James celebrating first anniversary

The Rev. Nick Marziani with Jimmy Faulkner and Kathleen Sloan taken at a service
of Sacred Evensong Feb. 22, on the occasion of the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter,
the Ordinariate patronal feast day. Contributed photo.

Special to The Record
June 14, 2013

ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA---St. James Church, a Catholic community of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, will observe its first year anniversary June 22 as a Eucharistic community.

The church, which meets at the St. Augustine House of Prayer, 34 Ocean Ave., near the Mission Nombre de Dios, offers a weekly vigil Mass at 4:30 p.m. Saturdays.

June 22, Mass will be followed by a reception and no-cost dinner at the St. Augustine Shores Golf Clubhouse.

St. James is a constituent mission church of the Personal Ordinariate in the United States, a Roman Catholic trans-territorial jurisdiction headquartered in Houston that encompasses the entire United States and parts of Canada.

St. James exists to preserve the Anglican Patrimony within the context of the Catholic Church.

Established in canon law by Pope Benedict XVI in November 2009 by the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus, and formally erected in the United States Jan. 2, 2012, churches of the Ordinariate offer a liturgical, spiritual and pastoral tradition deeply informed by the long history of the Church of England and its daughter churches throughout the English-speaking world. Two other global Ordinariates exist — one in England and the other in Australia, explains the pastor, the Rev. Nick Marziani.

While fully faithful to Roman Catholic sacramental and theological principles, a service of Holy Eucharist at St. James would be very familiar to anyone from an Episcopal or Anglican background.

In observing the first anniversary St. James invites members of the larger community to join with them in Divine Worship and Fellowship at this year’s event. There is no cost for the celebration dinner, but reservations are required. Inquiries are invited, and those wishing to attend should RVSP to Father Marziani at 904-460-0535 (home office) or 904-806-3037 (cell).

from St. Augustine.com, web home of the St. Augustine Record newspaper.

Hat tip to Mary Ann Mueller.

Archbishop of Canterbury visits Pope Francis in Rome

In a visit that has been widely covered in blogs and the media, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby traveled to Rome to visit with Pope Francis and to pray at the tomb of St. Peter. Rocco Palma has a very full story which you can read at his blog Whispers in the Loggia. Mr. Palma includes in his report the official Vatican translation of Pope Francis' address, which reads in part:

Your Grace, Dear Friends,

On the happy occasion of our first meeting, I make my own the words of Pope Paul VI, when he addressed Archbishop Michael Ramsey during his historic visit in 1966: "Your steps have not brought you to a foreign dwelling ... we are pleased to open the doors to you, and with the doors, our heart, pleased and honoured as we are ... to welcome you ‘not as a guest or a stranger, but as a fellow citizen of the Saints and the Family of God’" (cf. Eph 2:19-20).

I know that during Your Grace’s installation in Canterbury Cathedral you remembered in prayer the new Bishop of Rome. I am deeply grateful to you – and since we began our respective ministries within days of each other, I think we will always have a particular reason to support one another in prayer.

The history of relations between the Church of England and the Catholic Church is long and complex, and not without pain. Recent decades, however, have been marked by a journey of rapprochement and fraternity, and for this we give heartfelt thanks to God. This journey has been brought about both via theological dialogue, through the work of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, and via the growth of cordial relations at every level through shared daily lives in a spirit of profound mutual respect and sincere cooperation. In this regard, I am very pleased to welcome alongside you Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster. These firm bonds of friendship have enabled us to remain on course even when difficulties have arisen in our theological dialogue that were greater than we could have foreseen at the start of our journey.

I am grateful, too, for the sincere efforts the Church of England has made to understand the reasons that led my Predecessor, Benedict XVI, to provide a canonical structure able to respond to the wishes of those groups of Anglicans who have asked to be received collectively into the Catholic Church: I am sure this will enable the spiritual, liturgical and pastoral traditions that form the Anglican patrimony to be better known and appreciated in the Catholic world.

Hat tip to, among others, Charles Gilman for pointing out the stories.

Bishop Alan Hopes appointed bishop of East Anglia

from the Vatican News Service

Vatican City, 11 June 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Alan Stephen Hopes as bishop of East Anglia (area 12,570, population 2,855,000, Catholics 99,200, priests 118, permanent deacons 36, religious 131), England. Bishop Hopes, previously auxiliary of Westminster, England, and titular of Cuncacestre, serves as chairman of the Liturgy Committee on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.

Bishop Hopes is a former Anglican, and was instrumental in helping implement Anglicanorum coetibus in England. Our congratulations to him. Multos Annos!

Msgr. Steenson visits St. Edmund's in Hamilton

(L to R) Fr. Foote, Msgr. Steenson, Mr. Freeman, Bishop Crosby, Msgr. Kroetsch (chancellor).

MONSIGNOR JEFFREY STEENSON, ORDINARY of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, visited the parishioners of The Sodality of St. Edmund, King and Martyr earlier this week. During the celebration, the small Anglican Use community was welcomed into the Deanery of St. John the Baptist, which brings together the various Anglican Use parishes and communities in Canada. As part of his visitation, Monsignor Steenson joined Mr. Gary Freeman from St. Edmunds, for a courtesy visit to the Diocesan Chancery. Father Bill Foote, who has been providing Sunday Mass for the community at St. Patrick’s Parish in Cambridge on Sunday mornings, was also present. The community moves forward slowly but surely!

From the "Heart to Heart" page of the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario.
Hat tip to Gary Freeman

Update on St. Barnabas, Omaha, Nebraska

Legal Update -

As many of you know, in early December we had a meeting with representatives of the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska which was chaired by Msgr. Steenson. The meeting was held at the Archdiocesan Chancery and the Chancellor of the Archdiocese, Fr. Taphorn was in attendance.

From this cordial and productive meeting, we arrived at an agreement for Settlement in the litigation regarding the property, which was filed against us by the Diocese of Nebraska, subsequent to our disaffiliation from the Diocese in 2007.

We next began a process of fundraising for the necessary and mutually agreed upon amount. We completed that process a few weeks ago.

I have worked with our attorney on the final form of the agreement - with several drafts passing back and forth between us and the Diocesan attorney.

We had requested to meet with them to sign the agreement this past Thursday. While the Diocese indicates they are satisfied with the agreement, we have yet, as of this hour, to have the approval of the national TEC communicated to us.

I can tell you that during the last few days I have been in regular communication with Bishop Barker, and can assure you he is doing what he can to facilitate bringing this matter to a conclusion.

When that happens, we will move forward with the execution of the agreement, payment of funds, and the end of the litigation.

Please watch for further updates.

Sean W. Reed,
President, St. Barnabas Church Parish Council
Senior Warden, St. Barnabas Parish

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The June issue of The Portal Magazine has been published online

The June issue of The Portal Magazine, the official monthly journal of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the UK has been posted.

Always an interesting and enjoyable read, it contains a nice introduction to Miles Coverdale in its Anglican Luminaries column. Coverdale was a translator (from the Vulgate and the German Bible) of the Bible into English, and his version of the psalms continues to be the version used in the Book of Common Prayer (and The Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham) and in a slightly altered form, that of the Book of Divine Worship.

The final page has an interesting article on the likelihood of homosexual marriage being legislatively approved in the UK, noting that a first step to this was changing the definition of marriage from "the joining of one man with one woman, forsaking all others until death do us part”, by eliminiating the “till death do us part” (shelved with easy-to-get divorce). This legislation, like similar legislation passed by some U.S. states is now doing away with the “one man and one woman” bit as well. The article notes that "in order to facilitate this change, such concepts as adultery and consummation have, I believe, been abolished. This should give the game away, but no, the modernisers just carry on regardless."

News about Our Lady of Hope, the Anglican Use community at St. Therese the Little Flower, Kansas City, MO

Anglican Use Mass Is Moving to Saturday Afternoons

Solemn Mass at St. Theresa's on November 9, 2012 at the annual
Anglican Use Society Conference.

 

            The Anglican Use Mass will be shifting to Saturday afternoons at 4:00 p.m.  Many Anglican Use Mass communities that share space at Catholic parishes must be scheduled at odd times in order not to conflict with the regular parish Mass Schedules.  Kansas City ’s Anglican Use Mass continues to have the privilege of having a prominent place on the calendar at St. Therese Little Flower.  The shift to Saturday will allow the parish to have a regular Saturday celebration for the first time in decades.  The Anglican Use is a form of the Roman Rite and all Catholics are welcome to participate. Visitors are always welcome, also.
            Please check the summer schedule because Mass times will be shifting gradually.

Sunday June 2             11:15 a.m.

Sunday June 9             11:15 a.m.

Sunday June 16           11:15 a.m.

Saturday June 22      4:00 p.m.

Saturday June 29      4:00 p.m.  Fifth Anniversary Celebration

Sunday July 7             11:15 a.m. (Fr. Bob McElwee)

Sunday July 14           11:15 a.m. (Fr. Bob McElwee)

Saturday July 20       4:00 p.m.

The Anglican Use Mass will continue on Saturdays at 4:00 p.m.

 

Anglican Use Community Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

            Everyone is invited to join the Fifth Anniversary celebration with Mass on Saturday afternoon, June 29, at 4:00 and for a birthday supper afterwards.  St. Therese welcomed a small group of refugees from the Anglican Church in November, 2007, and on Pentecost Sunday, 2008, they were received into the full communion of the Catholic Church.  That small group has continued to grow to include members from various faith backgrounds.

 

Anglican Use Community to Study Relationship with the Ordinariate

            Two years ago Pope Benedict established an Ordinariate in the United States and Canada for the purpose of uniting the various Anglican Use communities in a common mission of unity and evangelization.  Most existing communities joined immediately, and since that time a number of former Anglican and Episcopalian parishes have joined the Catholic Church and new ones have been established.  Bishop Finn has recently given his blessing, and we are also seeking the support of Archbishop Naumann and the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas , to begin discussing how our Anglican Use community could become part of the Ordinariate for the entire Kansas City metro area while maintaining a mutually beneficial relationship with the parish and diocese.  We hope that once we receive Archbishop Naumann’s blessing that we can publicize these discussions widely and open them to other former Anglicans who have already entered the full communion of the Catholic Church.  Meetings should begin later this summer or early fall.

The Ordination of Jonathan Gibson

The Canadian Deanery of St. John the Baptist, having added 3 deacons to its clergy last weekend (see the story at Deborah Gyapong's Foolishness to the World blog),  will add another member of the faithful to the clergy, for the ministry of the Sacraments, the preaching of the pure Word of the Lord 

and the greater glory of God.

ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE
Saturday 18th May
at 10.30 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist
by Bishop Frederick Henry

ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD
Saturday 25th May
at 10.30 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist
by Bishop Frederick Henry
in the presence of Msgr. Jeffery Steenson, Ordinary
Hat tip to Michael Trolly

Novena to the Holy Ghost

Courtesy of Father Phillips at Our Lady of the Atonement, San Antonio, Texas. To be prayed daily starting today.

NOVENA TO THE HOLY GHOST

In the Name of the Father, + and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Each day, the Novena begins with this prayer:

O HOLY SPIRIT, our Lord and our God, we adore thee and humbly acknowledge here in thy sacred presence that we are nothing, and can do nothing, without thy operation within us. Come, great Paraclete, thou Father of the poor, thou Comforter of the blest, fulfill the promise of our Saviour, who would not leave us orphans, and enter our minds and hearts as thou didst descend on the day of Pentecost upon the Holy Mother of Jesus and upon His first disciples. Grant that we may have a part in those gifts which thou didst so graciously bestow upon them.

Take from our hearts all that is not pleasing to thee and make of them a worthy dwelling-place for Jesus. Illumine our minds, that we may see and understand the things that are for our eternal welfare. Inflame our hearts with the pure love of the Father, that, cleansed from attachments to all unworthy objects, our lives may be hidden with Jesus in God. Strengthen our wills, that they may be conformed to the will of our Creator and guided by thy holy inspirations. Aid us to practice the heavenly virtues of humility, poverty, and obedience which are taught to us in the earthly life of Jesus.

Descend upon us, O mighty Spirit, that, inspired and encouraged by thee, we may faithfully fulfill the duties of our various states in life, carry our particular crosses with patience and courage, and accomplish the Father's will for us more perfectly. Make us, day by day, more holy and give to us that heavenly peace which the world cannot give.

O Holy Spirit, thou Giver of every good and perfect gift, grant to us our special intentions of this novena of prayer. May the Father's will be done in us and through us; and mayest thou, O mighty Spirit of the living God, be praised and glorified for ever and ever. Amen.

Here is said or sung the Veni Creator Spiritus:

Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
and lighten with celestial fire,
thou the anointing Spirit art,
who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart.

Thy blesséd unction from above,
is comfort, life, and fire of love,
enable with perpetual light
the dullness of our blinded sight.

Anoint and cheer our soiled face
with the abundance of thy grace.
Keep far our foes, give peace at home;
where thou art Guide, no ill can come.

Teach us to know the Father, Son,
and thee, of both, to be but One;
that through the ages all along,
this may be our endless song:

Praise to thy eternal merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

OUR FATHER, who art in heaven; hallowed be thy Name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Here is said the Proper Prayer for the Day:

FIRST DAY
Come, O Holy Ghost, the Lord and Lifegiver; take up thy dwelling within our souls, and make of them thy sacred home. Make us live by grace as adopted children of God. Pervade all the energies of our souls, and create in us fountains of living water, springing up unto eternal life.

SECOND DAY
Come, O Spirit of Wisdom, and reveal to our souls the mysteries of heavenly things, their exceeding greatness, and power, and beauty. Teach us to love them above and beyond all the passing joys and satisfactions of earth. Show us the way by which we may be able to attain to them, and possess them, and hold them hereafter, our own forever.

THIRD DAY
Come, O Spirit of Understanding, and enlighten our minds, that we may know and believe all the mysteries of salvation, and may merit at last to see the eternal light in thy light; and in the light of glory to have the clear vision of thee and the Father and the Son.

FOURTH DAY
Come, O Spirit of Counsel, help and guide us in all our ways, that we may always do thy holy will. Incline our hearts to that which is good, turn them away from all that is evil, and direct us by the path of thy commandments to the goal of eternal life.

FIFTH DAY
Come, O Spirit of Fortitude, and give courage to our souls. Make our hearts strong in all trials and in all distress, pouring forth abundantly into them the gifts of strength, that we may be able to resist the attacks of the devil.

SIXTH DAY
Come, O Spirit of Knowledge, and make us to understand and despise the emptiness and nothingness of the world. Give us grace to use the world only for thy glory and the salvation of thy creatures. May we always be faithful in putting thy rewards before every earthly gift.

SEVENTH DAY
Come, O Spirit of Piety, possess our hearts, and incline them to a true faith in thee, to a holy love of thee, our God. Give us thy grace, that we may seek thee and find thee, our best and our truest joy.

EIGHTH DAY
Come, O Spirit of holy Fear, penetrate our inmost hearts, that we may set thee, our Lord and God, before our faces forever; and shun all things that can offend thee, so that we may be made worthy to appear before the pure eyes of thy divine Majesty in the heaven of heavens.

NINTH DAY
Come, O Holy Comforter, and grant us a desire for holy things. Produce in our souls the fruits of virtue, so that, being filled with all sweetness and joy in the pursuit of good, we may attain unto eternal blessedness.

The following prayer concludes the Novena each day:

O GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in His holy comfort; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth with thee in the unity of the same Holy Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

Springtime Feast Days at Mount Calvary Church, Baltimore, Maryland