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Friends of the OrdinariateSupporting the Holy See’s Vision for Christian Unity

2017 Spring/Summer Edition – Issue 7

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London W1

© Steven Shone

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Friends of the Ordinariate

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short time in the history of the Catholic Church. We still need your help and support to put that idea of being ‘united not absorbed’ into the concrete reality which Pope Benedict XVI envisaged and to play our part in the evangelisation of our land.

Rt Revd Mgr Keith NewtonOrdinary of the Personal Ordinariate of OLWHonorary President of the Friends of the Ordinariate

Dear Friends of the Ordinariate,Next year 2017 marks the 90th anniversary of end of the Malines Conversations. These conversations, between Anglicans and Catholics, took place in Belgium from 1921 to1927 and the participants included Bishop Charles Gore, Bishop Walter Frere and Lord Halifax on the Anglican side and Cardinal Mercier, the Archbishop of Malines, and the Abbé Portal on

the Catholic side. Unfortunately, they did not produce any tangible results but they were significant in that they paved the way for the future Anglican/Catholic commission initiated by Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Michael Ramsey following their meeting in Rome in 1966. The Malines Conversations put forward the idea of an Anglican Church in communion with the See of Peter ‘united but not absorbed’. This became a founding principle of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission whose work still continues though sadly without the great hopes and expectations of the 60s and 70s.

Of course, the founding of the three Ordinariates in the United Kingdom, North America and Australia did not fulfil all the hopes and dreams of those who met and talked together in Malines in the early part of the twentieth century. They were talking about the whole Anglican Communion or at least the whole Church of England though one wonders how realistic that was. Nevertheless, the Ordinariates are at least a small part of the fulfilment of that dream which can point forward to greater possibilities in the future. In that sense they are prophetic. That is why it is very important that Ordinariate communities maintain a particular distinctiveness which includes liturgy but is not restricted to it. I am delighted that Divine Worship - the Missal, the Ordinariate’s distinctive order for Mass, is slowly being taken up by our congregations many of whom were more familiar with the Roman Missal in their Anglican days. Maintaining such distinctiveness, exemplifying what it can mean to be ‘united but not absorbed’, while at the same time collaborating with the wider Catholic Church is fundamental to the vison of Pope Benedict XVI in the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus. We are often told that unity does not mean uniformity and the Ordinariates should show to the Church how that is possible. We see that clearly in the Eastern Churches in communion with the Holy See but the Ordinariates are the first example of such legitimate diversity from an ecclesial community formed during the Reformation years in the West.

I believe that the significance of the Ordinariate is far more important that its size. I am extremely grateful, therefore, to those Catholics who have caught something of the vision and have tried to support the Ordinariate’s growth and development. It is six years since the Ordinariate of our Lady of Walsingham was erected in January 2011 which is a very

From the PresidentUnited not Absorbed

Have you Gift-Aided your Donation? If you are a UK taxpayer and donate to the Friends of the Ordinariate, we can claim 25p from HMRC for every £1 that you give us. For this reason, we urge all our donors to fill in and tear off the Gift Aid form on the back page of this Newsletter, returning it to us at:

Mrs Judi BroadhurstThe AdministratorFriends of the Ordinariate19 Spencelayh CloseWellingboroughNorthamptonshireNN8 4UU

Even if you have already filled in a Gift Aid form, we would appreciate it if you were to complete this form again for our records. We recently received a substantial Gift Aid payment from HMRC, which will go towards our work in supporting and highlighting the work of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

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Mgr Keith Newton

HE Cardinal Mercier (1851-1926)

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The cover pictures depicts the west front of the church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London W1. The original church on this site was the chapel of the Portuguese Embassy (located at 24 Golden Square). It subsequently became the chapel of the Bavarian Embassy. In 1780, during the so-called Gordon Riots, the interior of the church was ransacked by the London mob. The existing church

was constructed in 1790 and is more or less unchanged since then apart from the Sanctuary which was remodelled in the Byzantine style by Bentley in the 1880s. During the 19th Century the church was known as the Bavarian Chapel because of its origins as the chapel of the Bavarian Embassy and because of the generous support of the Bavarian Royal Family. The church was given into the care of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham by HE Cardinal Vincent Nichols at Easter 2013. It is now the Central Church of the Ordinariate in the UK. We are very grateful to Steven Shone for taking the cover picture of the church.

I remember a joke that was often told when I was an Anglican – ‘Question: What’s the biggest Roman Catholic Seminary in England? Answer: The Anglican Church.’ Though not, of course, ever true it contained at least the seeds of truth. It is estimated that perhaps 10% of active Catholic priests in England were former Anglican priests. Their presence has had a strong but subtle influence on the English Catholic Church, not just in practical terms – by keeping open parishes that might otherwise have been closed - but in shaping a certain approach to music and liturgy.

When Benedict XVI promulgated the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus in 2009, it was envisaged that Anglican pastors would lead groups of parishioners into full communion with the Catholic Church. While this has happened in many cases, the number of laity has been lower than expected – there are fewer than 2,000 registered lay members of the Ordinariate – while the number of clergy has been perhaps higher than expected.

At present there are some 90 Ordinariate priests, five permanent deacons and one transitional deacon active in a wide variety of roles – prison, hospital and school chaplains, parish priests, teachers and, of course, retired clergy who assist in parishes across the country. The good news is that in June 2017 the Ordinariate has plans to ordain up to ten transitional deacons. This means that, please God, there will eventually be ten additional priests to serve the Catholic faithful. When some dioceses are struggling to find even one seminarian this year, the Ordinariate is in the privileged position of planning for substantial growth.

Some of these new clergy will have Church of England pensions, others will have a job already. But as the Ordinariate grows so, inevitably, do the costs. Especially the costs associated with accommodation. This is where the Friends of the Ordinariate can play an active role. In the past we have supported a young priest in Oxford until he was assigned to an Ordinariate group; we have contributed towards the purchase of a presbytery in Hemel Hempstead which has been vested in the pension fund for retired clergy; in Torbay we have helped the Ordinariate group purchase a former Methodist Church and presbytery. In our next newsletter, we will be featuring the personal journeys of the ten men who, we hope, will be putting themselves forward for ordination in 2017. Please consider doing two things for the Ordinariate. First, please say this prayer regularly for us:

‘ Lord, give us priests Lord, give us holy priests Lord, give us many holy priests’Secondly, could I appeal to you to set up a monthly standing

order for the ‘Friends of the Ordinariate’? That way, we can ensure continued support for our holy priests.

In conclusion I would like to thank Nicolas Ollivant who has chaired the Friends of the Ordinariate with such dedication and success over the past three years. I’m glad to report he remains one of our five trustees.Peter Sefton-WilliamsChairman Friends of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

Chairman’s Message ContentsFrom the President – United not AbsorbedBy Mgr Keith Newton 2

Chairman’s Message By Peter Sefton-Williams 3

Gifts to be Shared – Divine Worship and the Extraordinary FormBy The Revd Dr James Bradley 4 & 5

The Tiber Flows into the ThamesBy Fr Alan Griffin 6 & 7

Letter from WalesBy Fr Bernard Sixtus 8

Dates for your Calendar 10

The key role of the Ordinariate in the Dioceses of the Catholic Church in England and WalesBy Michael Hodges 11 & 12

Epiphany Carols at Our Lady of the Assumption and St GregoryBy Keith Brown 13

Dylan Parry joins the NorbertinesBy Nicolas Ollivant 14

How we help the Ordinariate 14

Please support the Friends of the OrdinariateHow to Donate: 15

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The promulgation of Divine Worship: The Missal for the personal ordinariates erected under the auspices of the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus represents a significant moment in the liturgical life of the Latin Church, particularly in the mainly English-speaking countries where these ordinariates are to be found.i We may say this, even though the principle and specific purpose of Divine Worship is “to maintain the liturgical, spiritual and pastoral traditions of the Anglican Communion within the Catholic Church, as a precious gift nourishing the faith of the members of the ordinariate” (AC III). A subsidiary purpose, we might say –though one no less important – is the role of Divine Worship as “a treasure to be shared” between these communities and the wider Latin Church. Without entering into a detailed discussion of the canonical development of these structures, it is sufficient to say that their placement within the Latin Church (as opposed to their erection as a Church sui iuris) facilitates this mutual enrichment within the Roman Rite, thereby avoiding the error of liturgical syncretism which (for example, between the Eastern Churches and the Latin Church) is excluded by the universal law.ii

Gifts to be SharedDivine Worship and the Extraordinary Form

The potential for such mutual enrichment between the liturgical praxis of Divine Worship and the Ordinary Form has been widely discussed and is, at least in some circles, highly anticipated. A recent article in L’Osservatore Romano by Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, spoke of the desire to incorporate certain traditional elements in an appendix to any future edition of the post-conciliar Missale Romanum.iii It is noteworthy that this same article was published barely a fortnight after the Cardinal had put his name to the decree promulgating Divine Worship: The Missal, which itself includes many of the texts he mentions in its own series of appendices.iv

What, though, of the relationship between Divine Worship and the Extraordinary Form? Many have rightly identified similarities between Divine Worship and the pre-conciliar missal. The key to interpreting this correlation, however, lies in the reason for the inclusion of these texts and rituals in Divine Worship. Their presence undoubtedly contributes to contemporary discussions concerning the role of the Extraordinary Form, as well as the ongoing implementation of Sacrosanctum Concilium as expounded

By The Revd Dr James BradleyThis article was first published in Mass of Ages (Spring 2016), the quarterly magazine of the Latin Mass Society.

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particularly in the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI, but it must be stressed that this is not the principal reason that they are found in Divine Worship, even if their presence might be timely. Rather, they exist in the liturgical books of the personal ordinariates because they formed part of that Anglican heritage which “maintained and nourished Catholic faith among Anglicans throughout the period of ecclesial separation and which in these days has given rise to aspirations for full communion with the Catholic Church.”v

This heritage includes in a very significant way, of course, the various iterations of the Book of Common Prayer, but also the Anglican missals that emerged from the late nineteenth century, and which draw much of their language from the Prayer Book tradition.vi Those tempted to raise an eyebrow at the appropriation of texts such as the Roman Canon by the communities of the personal ordinariates, as well as the ceremonial of the pre-conciliar missal, would do well to recall the near-exclusive use of the Roman Missal of their day (either in Latin or Anglican-produced translations) by the likes of Gregory Dix, Eric Mascall, and the thousands of Anglican clergy and lay faithful who actively sought reunion with Rome from the time of Newman’s conversion. Indeed, as early as 1916 Lord Halifax claimed that as many as 3,000 Church of England clergy used the Roman Canon on a regular basis.vii

The Order of Mass of Divine Worship honours this tradition, which promoted and prompted “aspirations for full communion,” by permitting the use of certain elements of what Anglo-Catholics called the Western Use (i.e., the pre-conciliar Roman Rite).viii These include the prayers at the foot of the altar, the Gallican offertory, certain gestures associated with the Roman Canon as it is found in the pre-conciliar Missale Romanum, the full text of the Libera nos, and the Last Gospel from the prologue of the Gospel according to Saint John (and also a proper Last Gospel for Christmas). Several genuflections, such as those before and after the consecration of the Host and Chalice respectively, are also retained, as are many of the osculations of the altar by the priest before greeting the faithful. Divine Worship also makes extensive use of the orations of the pre-conciliar missal, using translations from Anglican sources, and provides the complete propers for each Mass (Introit, Gradual, Alleluia or Tract, Offertory, and Communion). The proper calendars of each personal ordinariate also maintain the practices of Ember Days, Rogation Days, and certain octaves that are not kept in the 1969 General Roman Calendar.

Perhaps of particular interest to those attached to the Extraordinary Form, though, are those places where Divine Worship recovers texts omitted by even the 1962 Missale Romanum. On Palm Sunday, for instance, the preface before the blessing of palms (removed in the Holy Week reforms of Pope Pius XII) is found. Also in Holy Week, the singing of the Litany at the Paschal Vigil, divided in the Pian reforms, is restored as a single integral text.

Mutual Enrichment

Finally, what of the question of mutual enrichment between Divine Worship and the Extraordinary Form? This is harder to discern. It has been remarked that Divine

Worship resembles the 1965 Ordo Missæ. This insight might serve as a starting point for discussion of pastoral and liturgical practices in Divine Worship and the Extraordinary Form, particularly in places that wish to introduce the Extraordinary Form to faithful principally formed by the Ordinary Form. Here, I would suggest, the provisions of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei for the Missa Conventualis, as celebrated in those Benedictine houses under the competence of the dicastery, and extended to parishes in 1997, might be of use.ix Divine Worship permits, and in some places presumes, the variations provided herein: might this be a contribution worth discussing?

Perhaps the most important point is this: those who worship according to the Extraordinary Form often have a keen sense of the centrality of the sacred liturgy in the life of a particular community. As Archbishop Augustine Di Noia has said concerning Divine Worship, “The manner in which an ecclesial community worships uniquely expresses its inner life.”x Those attached to the more ancient forms of the Roman Rite have an insight to offer the communities of the personal ordinariates in this regard.

Dr James Bradley is a priest of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. He studied Canon Law at the School of Canon Law of the Catholic University of America, Washington DC. He is now the parish priest at the Holy Family Parish in Southampton and chaplain at the University of Southampton.

i The three extant personal ordinariates cover the episcopal conferences of England and Wales, Scotland, the United States, Canada, and Australia.

ii CCEO Canon 701.

iii Robert Sarah, “Silenziosa azione del cuore. Per leggere e applicare la costituzione del Vaticano II sulla sacra liturgia,” L’Osservatore Romano (12 June 2015).

iv Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Decree Christi corporis exoptans (Prot. N. 160/15), 28 May 2015.

v Steven Lopes, “Divine Worship: Occasional Services. A Presentation,” The Jurist 74 (2014) 81.

vi These were various translations of the Missale Romanum, including (to a greater or lesser extent) certain Anglican prayers or, at the least, using Anglican translations of the orations and lections of the Roman Rite. See John Hunwicke, “From the Convocation of 1559 to Pope Benedict’s Apostolic Constitution of 2009,” Pusey House Annual Report and Journal (2008-2009) 9-15.

vii Halifax, The Doctrine of the Eucharistic Sacrifice and the Dislocation of the Canon. The Presidential Address delivered by Viscount Halifax at the Fifty-Seventh Anniversary of the English Church Union (London: Office of the English Church Union, 1916). I am indebted to the Reverend John Hunwicke and the Reverend Canon Dr Robin Ward for their assistance in locating the comments of Lord Halifax.

viii The Rubrical Directory of Divine Worship: The Missal makes this explicit.

ix Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, Prot. No. 40/97 (26 March 1997).

x J. Augustine Di Noia, “Divine Worship and the Liturgical Vitality of the Church,” Antiphon 19, vol. 2 (2015) 109-115.

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For those of us who were nourished by the 1662 Book of Common Prayer and are now members of the Ordinariate, Pope Benedict’s vision of reconciliation between members of the Church of England and the Holy See strikes home with particular force and clarity. Pope Benedict sees that many Church of England traditions are compatible with the Catholic faith and worthy of being valued as such. They can be incorporated into the Catholic Church as “gifts” and “treasures” as Anglicanorum Coetibus puts it. This is genuine ecumenical outreach. For the first time since the Reformation the Catholic Church has integrated elements of the faith, liturgy and practice of a Reformed ecclesial body (the Church of England) into the Catholic Church. Is Cranmer turning in his grave in horror? I, for one, hope not.

If there is any possibility at all of reconciliation between the Holy See and the Church of England, Anglicanorum Coetibus shows how this can happen, not only theoretically, but actually in practice. It gives reality to the idea of “unity in diversity” in the context of what this means in the case of the Church of England. But of course the same vision could also be applied to other Reformed ecclesial bodies if it turns out to be fruitful in the case of the Church of England. That is why Pope Benedict’s initiative can truly be called “visionary” and “ecumenical”.

So what has been accepted so far by the Holy See as Anglican patrimony which is in harmony with Catholic faith and practice and can also be an inspiration to Catholics worldwide? Quite a lot. First of all, there is “Divine Worship - The Missal”. Of this Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith writes: “I was struck by its nobility. How refreshing to hear a translation of the Canon written by someone whose first language is English. If the Church is serious about “celebrating diversity”, then it should allow priests like me to say it”. Fr Lucie-Smith is a cradle Catholic. His point is well made. There is plenty of

Cranmerian nobility in the Divine Worship Mass, even if not Cranmerian doctrine in the Canon of the Mass!

Secondly, there is “Divine Worship - Occasional Services”. I recently conducted a funeral Mass at my local diocesan Catholic parish (Roman Missal, of course) but when we reached the graveside the only liturgical form I had to hand was the Divine Worship Committal and I found myself saying “Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery” and “Forasmuch as it hath pleased almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear sister here departed”. That’s all Catholic now!

Thirdly, there is the liturgical calendar, the “Order for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours”. The calendar draws heavily on Anglican traditions including, for example, the designation “Sunday after Trinity” and such features as “Septuagesima”, “Sexagesima” and “Quinquagesima”. Not world shattering features really, but an indication that the English Reformers did not embrace heresy, schism and error at every possible point!

Fourthly, there is “The Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham”. The Customary provides a Divine Office, Litany and Psalter drawing heavily on the Book of Common Prayer (1662). The section entitled “Times and Seasons” includes a wide selection of post-biblical and post-reformation readings. The post-reformation readings show yet again that Anglican patrimony can be incorporated into the Catholic Church and find a home there.

Finally, there is the musical tradition of Anglican worship – a vast treasure trove available for the use of the Catholic Church. And then there are things like a sense of parish locality (most people’s religious commitment is local), an involvement with civic and state institutions (all that remains of “folk religion” in today’s secularized England), and a “one to one” approach to pastoral care (possible perhaps because Anglican pastors have fewer parishioners to look after than

The Tiber Flows into the Thames

By Fr Alan Griffin, a priest of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

View of St Paul’s Cathedral from Southwark (part of W. Hollar’s Long View of London published 1647).

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Catholic priests). Since the Ordinariate has a high ratio of priests to lay folk it ought to be exemplary in its provision of pastoral care and support for its lay members. Ordinariate clergy would be better employed in areas such as these than in transforming themselves into what Joanna Boggle charmingly calls “lace ‘n Latin” priests. “Lace ‘n Latin” is hardly Anglican patrimony! Helping Ordinariate members to grow in their understanding of their faith and patrimony would be a much better use of priests’ time and energy.

Pope Benedict’s vision in Anglicanorum Coetibus is for all Anglicans and not just for Anglo-Catholics. Archbishop Cranmer was certainly no Anglo-Catholic nor, in fact, were John Donne, Lancelot Andrewes, William Laud, Jeremy Taylor and a host of other great Anglican divines during the centuries of separation of the Church of England from the Holy See. But much (not all, of course) of what they believed, taught and wrote is compatible with, and an enrichment of, the Catholic faith. Bringing Cranmer and post-reformation Anglican patrimony “on board” the Catholic Church is a genuinely ecumenical achievement. An ecumenical bridge is built across the centuries to the middle of the sixteenth century. It is a generous and gracious reaching out to the Church of England by the Holy See. It will not be a good ecumenical omen if it does not flourish.

In return there needs to be some reciprocation by England and the Church of England. This may take time for, as yet, it is almost exclusively Anglo-Catholics who have responded to the Holy See, and Anglo-Catholics have always been a minority group in the Church of England, and a modern one at that. It is idle to speculate why more Anglo-Catholics have not joined the Ordinariate - again it may just be a matter of time. An Anglo-Catholic sub-group within the Catholic Church will not be a mark of success either. That is simply to re-create the situation that Anglo-Catholics made for themselves in the Church of England. Of this the Catholic bishops will rightly be wary.

England needs to be reminded of its Catholic past. In fact, that past is all around us, and in some surprising ways. Take the district or circle line eastwards on the London underground from St James’s Park. Every station – St James’s, Westminster, Charing Cross, Temple, Blackfriars – reminds us of pre-reformation Catholic England.

Another interesting reminder of our Catholic past are the churches of the City of London, the square mile. On the eve of the Great fire of London in 1666 there were 109 churches. Why so many? The obvious answer is that London was a populous city and that its churches were often small and served small parishes, or guilds and livery companies.

But there is another explanation of the proliferation of City churches in pre-Fire days which is less obvious and more interesting. This explanation is found, not in English history, but in fourth and fifth century Rome.

The City of Rome, in pagan times, was chock-a-block with temples, altars and shrines dedicated to a vast array of gods and goddesses. In the fourth century A.D. the Roman populace began to lose interest in the ancient cults which, for centuries, had sustained the Empire. This was partly due to the adoption of Christianity as the official state religion by the Emperor Constantine. The Roman aristocracy of his day – conservative

as the nobility always tend to be – disliked the change to a new religion, Christianity.

A century later the Bishop of Rome, Leo the Great, was still hearing complaints from the Roman aristocracy about the desertion of the gods and shrines of antiquity. Leo replied to these complaints as follows: “If you once believed that you were built on Romulus and Remus, now you know that your foundation is another pair, Peter and Paul. If the gods you once trusted stood around the forum, your present patrons and protectors now live in the churches of this City.”

New churches were being built all over Rome to commemorate the heroes and heroines of the Christian faith, particularly those who had been martyred for their Christian beliefs. And so Peter and Paul were still to be found in the churches where their remains were buried and venerated. The same applied to other Roman saints like Clement, Lawrence and Agnes. The new Christian churches replaced the shrines and cults of the Roman gods.

The memory of these and later Roman Christian saints spread in time to our northern City of London. The Tiber, as it were, began to flow into the Thames, and the saints who watched over the City of Rome now watched also over London. Peter was venerated to the west of the City at Westminster Abbey. Paul was venerated to the east in the cathedral erected on Ludgate Hill. Churches were dedicated to other saints who had cults or churches in Rome - Agnes, Anne, Augustine, Clement, Denis (wrongly identified with St Paul’s Dionysius the Areopagite), Gregory, Lawrence, Helen, Antony of Padua, Pancras. The Roman custom of dedicating churches to Our Lady, St Michael, St John the Baptist and the Apostles was also followed in London.

In time the British church acquired its own heroes and heroines, and London churches were dedicated to them - Alban, Alphege, Botolph, Bride, Dunstan, Edmund, Edwin, Ethelburga, Giles, Margaret, Mildred, Olaf, and Swithin.

The old pagan cults and priesthoods failed and faded in Rome and were dissolved by imperial edict in 382 A.D. They were replaced by the new Christian heroes and heroines. No respectable city in the Roman Empire (London included) was complete without its forum, temples, amphitheatre, markets, baths and business houses. The Christian saints filled the public spaces vacated with the demise of the old pagan gods.

This process should not be seen as a capitulation to paganism or as a form of religious syncretism. Rather London’s Christians were claiming that they, no less than their fellow Roman Christians, were followers of Christ and that they now had Christian heroes and heroines in abundance. The churches of London were and still are outward and visible signs that God dwells among his people in this great World City and that his church belongs in the market place, in the assembly halls, in the theatres, in the banks and the business houses as well as in the Christian temples. As members of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham we have the privileged task, charism if you like, of reminding England and the Church of England, of our Catholic past, present and future. The words inscribed above St Patrick’s church in Soho Square are striking and should find a ready welcome from members of the Ordinariate – “Ut Christiani, ita Romani estis”. “As you are Christians, so also are you Romans”.

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Letter from Wales

Having lived in Wales for almost ten years now – and feeling very much at home here – it has become ever clearer to me that things work in their own ways and move at their own pace in the ‘land of song’! This is true of the Ordinariate as well: while Fr Brian Gill’s group in Presteigne, which came into the Church from the TAC, was among the first ‘wave’ of those entering the Ordinariate, further developments took their time, until in November 2011 an ‘Exploration and Study Day’ for people in Wales was led by Mgr Newton at Belmont Abbey. From that sprang exploration groups centred on Cardiff and Abergavenny, which eventually merged to form the Wales (South East) Mission of the Ordinariate.

This means that, in many ways, the Ordinariate in Wales and this group which I serve as pastor, remain a comparatively ‘young’ endeavour: our group, for example, was only fully established really from these ‘Exploration Groups’ in July 2014, with my ordination as a Catholic priest. From around a handful of people at the beginning, the group has now grown to just under twenty members and includes two former Anglican (Church in Wales) priests who began their formation course for ordination as Catholic priests this September. Alongside members, we continue to have with and among us a small number of people as yet preparing to be received into the full Communion of the Catholic Church.

With Presteigne continuing much unchanged, the South East Mission also continues to serve Ordinariate members in South East Wales. We currently do so from our ‘base’ in Cardiff, where a chapel was specially provided for the Ordinariate by Archbishop George Stack in the mother church of the Archdiocese, the Metropolitan Cathedral of St David, Cardiff. We have always seen in this generous gesture of support a clear and visible sign of that warm and heartfelt welcome into the heart of the life of the Catholic Church in this Diocese that we also experience personally from the clergy and laity of the Church here.

The chapel was created out of a recess to the right of the Cathedral sanctuary, with a reredos and new oak altar provided by the Cathedral. This we then further enhanced

by commissioning a beautiful, hand-carved and expertly painted wooden statue of Our Lady of Walsingham, made for us by Messr Albl of Oberammergau in Bavaria. Ever since the Ordinariate Form Mass was first celebrated here in May 2014, our group currently meets once a month for

Sunday Mass, usually followed by a reception in the Cathedral’s Clergy House. Around twenty people, some members and some friends, come together for our meetings currently.

But things don’t stand still: in September 2016, on the Solemnity of Our Lady of Walsingham, we were delighted to receive into the Church a small ‘family group’ of new members, centred around Dr John Plessis, a former colleague of mine in Church in Wales days (in the parish of Abergavenny, where we both served together on the ministry team). They now form the heart of a new group, which will meet in the Llanelli area and thus be able to form a new Mission further west. In this, they will be ably supported by Fr Michael Hart, recently ordained as a Catholic priest in the Ordinariate, who serves as chaplain to the sisters at Whitland Abbey in West Wales.

John has already gathered a small ‘exploration group’ of people currently discerning their future, and we look forward to things developping from here. Here in Cardiff meanwhile, we are now exploring how, having grown so well in recent years (albeit on a small scale), we can move to a fuller liturgical life, including weekly Ordinariate Mass.

All these developments have been ably and generously supported by the Friends of the Ordinariate, with contributions made to us for buying our Ordinariate Missals (both for the group in Cardiff and for the new one in Llanelli) and indeed enabling us to commission our statue. For all this help, we are truly grateful and delighted with all the work done for us and with us. For what lies ahead on this ‘pilgrimage of faith’, we claim with hope and trust in God’s loving care and mercy – for you and for all of us – the call of St David: ‘Be joyful, keep the Faith’!

Fr Bernard Sixtus, Wales (South East) Mission of the Ordinariate

By Fr Bernard Sixtus

St David’s Cathedral, Cardiff, Wales

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The Friends of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham need help managing their social media accounts. This is a part-time activity requiring on average four hours work per week. The responsibilities include:

• Managing the FOTO website

• Adding pictures and links to the FOTO Facebook page

• Managing the FOTO Flickr account

• Managing the FOTO Twitter account

Editorial work is not required as text and pictures will be provided by FOTO. This is primarily technical work. Familiarity with the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham and with Catholic liturgical practice will be an advantage. The job description could be expanded to include photography at FOTO events. The position will be appropriately remunerated.

Please apply to: The Chairman, The Friends of the Ordinariate, The Presbytery, 24 Golden Square, London W1F 9JR and include a CV.

Please join us every Tuesday at 6:15pm for the

Holy Rosary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Warwick Street.

Intentions are for the Conversion of England and for the poor and homeless of London.

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and

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Every Tuesday evening at 6:15pm

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Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in the Rue du Bac, Paris.

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Dates for your Calendar

Ordinariate Pilgrimage to Fatima 8th to 15th May 2017The Parish of Our Lady of Warwick Street together with the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham (Central London Group) will be making a pilgrimage to Lisbon, Fatima and Porto 8th to 15th May 2017. Further information will be found on page 13 of this Newsletter.

Ordination of Ordinariate Deacons by HE Cardinal Pell on Saturday 17th June 2017Nine transitional deacons will be ordained by HE Cardinal Pell at the Church of St James, Spanish Place. These deacons are all former Anglican priests and they are all members of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. They will be joined at the ordination by the two Ordinariate seminarians from Oscott College who will be ordained deacons later in the year.

Evensong and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Saturday 17th June 2017 (date to be confirmed)Following the ordination of the deacons in the morning, Evensong and Benediction will be celebrated at the church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London W1. HE Cardinal Pell has been invited to preach at Evensong. This service is planned to start at 4pm.

Corpus Christi Procession on Sunday 18th June 2017 The 2017 Corpus Christi Procession will be led by HE Cardinal Pell. It will again start from the church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London W1. The planned start time is 5.30pm. The procession will finish at the church of St James, Spanish Place, London W1 with Benediction and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

Ordinariate pilgrimage to Normandy 29th September to 6th October 2017 Mgr Keith Newton will be leading a pilgrimage to Lisieux, Bayeux and Mont St Michel.This includes the feast of St Thérèse of Lisieux. Flights London Stansted-Deauville.For more details contact The Portal Magazine, 56 Woodlands Farm Road, Pype Hayes, Birmingham B24 0PG or editors @portalmag.co.uk

HE Cardinal Pell

Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Sées, Normandy

The Corpus Christi procession in June 2016

The Bl John Henry Cardinal Newman, Patron of the Ordinariate, in the gardens of Trinity College, Oxford

Later in the year the Friends of the Ordinariate will arrange a Requiem Mass for benefactors. We will announce the date in September.

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The key role of the Ordinariate in the Dioceses of the Catholic Church in England and Wales

IntroductionSince the publication of “Anglicanorum Coetibus” on 4th November 2009 and the foundation of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in January 2011, the latter has developed in a number of ways that were not entirely anticipated at the time. One of these has been the very considerable assistance that Ordinariate priests have been able to offer to Catholic dioceses in England and Wales through the running of parishes and ministering to people in religious communities, hospitals and prisons. The Ordinariate priests are of course an additional resource to the dioceses which do not have the liability for such costs as sick pay, insurance, retirement accommodation, pensions etc. The time has therefore come to do a brief review of where and how Ordinariate Priests are assisting the various Catholic dioceses. This work has occasionally been at the expense of nurturing the various groups of former Anglican laity.The list of 57 priests which follows is an important record of the assistance of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham provided to the Catholic Dioceses of England and Wales and of the financial sacrifice on the part of the priests concerned. From this analysis it will be seen that there are two dozen Catholic parishes are being run by Ordinariate priests and that there are some thirty other Ordinariate priests and deacons assisting Catholic Dioceses in various ways. In addition, we should not forget the important work being done by the 350 former Anglican priests who since 1992 have been ordained as Catholic priests.

* Also celebrate regular diocesan Masses.** Exercise ministry in Catholic dioceses outside the

diocesan structure.

Arundel and Brighton• Fr Neil Chatfield, Assistant Priest in the Parish of St Mary, Eastbourne since 2011.

Birmingham• Fr Simon Ellis, the Priest in Charge of St Margaret Mary,

Perry Common since September 2016.• Fr Matthew Pittam, Parochial Administrator of St

Joseph, Monks Kirby since 2015. He is also a Catholic School Chaplain.

• Fr Paul Berret, assisting in the Archdiocese during the sickness of a priest.*

• Fr John Lungley assisting in parishes around Birmingham and Wolverhampton.*

• Fr Christopher Marshall assisting in parishes around Birmingham and Wolverhampton.*

By Michael Hodges

• Fr John Pitchford, assisting during the sickness of a priest in the Archdiocese.*

Brentwood• Fr John Corbyn, Priest in Charge of Our Lady of Good

Counsel, Wickford since 2012.• Fr Paul Cracknell, Parish Priest of The Blessed

Sacrament, Chelmsford since 2016.• Fr Robert Page, Parochial Administrator of the Parish

of St John Vianney, Clayhall since 2011.• Fr Jon Ravensdale, Priest in Charge of St John Payne,

Colchester since 2011.• Fr David Waller, Priest in Charge of St John the Baptist,

Wanstead Park Road from 2013 until 2015, then Parish Priest of Christ the King, Chingford since 2015.

• Fr Jeff Woolnough, Priest in Charge of St Peter, Eastwood since 2011.

• Fr Lee Bennett, Chaplain at New Hall School, Chelmsford.**

• Deacon Richard Cerson, Chaplain of St Benedict’s College, Colchester.**

Cardiff• Fr Bernard Sixtus, Priest in Charge of the Church of SS. David Lewis and Francis Xavier, Usk since 2014. He is also Diocesan Director of Education.

Clifton• Stephen Lambert assisting in the Catholic Parish of

Moreton-in-Marsh.*• Fr Keith Robinson, assisting in the Catholic Parish of

Salisbury.*• Monsignor Edwin Barnes (sometime Bishop of

Richborough) assisting in parishes in Salisbury.*

East Anglia• Fr Gordon Adam, Assistant Parish Priest of St Mary,

King’s Lynn since 2014.*• Fr Timothy Bugby, Honorary Assistant Priest of Our

Lady and St Joseph, Sheringham.*• Fr Ivan Weston, assisting in the Parish of Huntingdon

since 2014.*

Lancaster• Father Masaki Narusawa, Priest Administrator of the

Parish of the Holy Family, Blackpool since 2011.

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Menevia• Fr Michael Hart, Chaplain to the Cistercian Sisters at Whitland.**

Northampton• Monsignor John Broadhurst (sometime Bishop of

Fulham), Wellingborough area.*• Fr Anthony Reader-Moore, Wellingborough area.*• Fr Nicolas Alldritt, Wellingborough area.*

Nottingham • Fr Andrew Harding, Assistant Priest in the Parish of

Our Lady of Victories, Southwell since 2013.• Fr David Palmer, Parochial Administrator of St Paul

with St Mary, Nottingham since 2011.• Fr Peter Peterken, assisting in the Parish of St George,

Derby.*

Plymouth• Fr Ian Hellyer, Priest in Charge of Christ the King

Efford, Plymouth since 2015.• Fr John Greatbatch, Priest in Charge of Our Lady,

Tavistock since 2011.• Fr Robin Ellis, assisting in parishes around Exmouth.*• Monsignor David Silk (sometime Archdeacon of

Leicester and Bishop of Ballarat), assisting in parishes around Torquay.*

• Fr David Lashbrooke, Prison Chaplain in Devon since 2011.**

Portsmouth• Monsignor Andrew Burnham (sometime Bishop of

Ebbsfleet), Parish Priest of St Mary, East Hendred since 2011.

• Fr Darryl Jordan, Parish Priest of St Thomas More, Iford since 2014.

• Fr Daniel Lloyd, Priest in Charge of the Parish of North Hinksey since 2014.

• Fr Jonathan Redvers Harris, Parish Priest of West Cowes since 2014 and Parish Priest of East Cowes since 2015.

• Fr Brian Copus assisting in parishes around Bournemouth.*

• Fr James Bradley, Parish Priest of Holy Family Parish, Southampton and Southampton University chaplain.

Salford• Fr Andrew Starkie, Hospital Chaplain.**

Sheffield• Fr Richard Gomersall assisting in parishes around

Rotherham.*• Fr David Stafford assisting at Sheffield Catholic

Cathedral.*

Shrewsbury• Fr David Mawson assisting in Shrewsbury Cathedral

Parish.*• Deacon Mel Hardwood, Prison Chaplain in

Shrewsbury.**

Southwark• Fr Stephen Bould, Priest in Charge of Our Lady Help

of Christians, Folkestone since 2012 and St Joseph, Folkestone since October 2016.

• Fr Christopher Lindlar, Priest in Charge of St Andrew, Mongeham and St Andrew, Sandwich since 2011.

• Fr Christopher Pearson, Priest in Charge of the Most Precious Blood, Borough, London, SE1 since 2012.

• Fr Ed Tomlinson, Priest in Charge of the Parish of St Anselm, Pembury since 2012.

• Fr Peter Andrews assisting in the Catholic Parish of Ham.*• Fr Paul Gibbons, assisting in parishes around

Maidstone.*• Fr James Houghton, assisting in the Parish of Our Lady

Help of Christians, Folkestone.*• Father Simon Heans, Prison Chaplain in South London

since 2012.**

Westminster• Fr Mark Elliott Smith, Priest in Charge of Our Lady

of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London, W1, since 2013.

• Fr Anthony Homer, Chaplain at St Thomas More School, Chelsea since 2011.**

Michael Hodges Trustee of the Friends of the Ordinariate

The Parish Churches of Greater London: A GuideThe Parish Churches of Greater London includes details on church architects, architecture, furnishings, monuments, stained glass, and many other interesting facts for over

420 churches. The book is illustrated by over 1,340 colour photographs.It is written from a broadly catholic point of view. Order forms can be found online. The book can also be obtained from Michael Hodges ([email protected] / 0207-937-1601) at a cost of £25 plus £4.50 for postage and packing.

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The Parish of Our Lady of The Assumption (Warwick St)

with The Ordinariate of Our Lady of

Walsingham, Central London GroupPilgrimage to

LISBON, FATIMA and PORTO8th May - 16th May 2017

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Epiphany Carols at Our Lady of the Assumption and St GregoryBy Keith Brown

It is fair to say that when we are invited to a Carol Service, we expect music of a quality to match the readings. We may hope for some old-fashioned favourites, anthems, motets and carols, combined with something a little different. Here in the Ordinariate, where we bring our Anglican patrimony and marry it with other great traditions and styles such as polyphony, plainsong and the French romantic tradition, life becomes so much more challenging. These traditions informed the make-up for this year’s Festival of Carols to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany at the church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London W1.

David Hill’s arrangement of Warlock’s Bethlehem Down set the scene with its quiet solemnity under hushed yet mysterious chords in the French style from the organ. Of course, a moderate and well-known carol was required for the procession and we processed in with As with Gladness Men of Old. Part of the challenge for me has always been to provide

a rich variety of music that complements the spoken texts but that can run in some sort of chronological fashion. Here is the Little Door, Lift up the Latch by Herbert Howells was our way into the stable before that powerful Catholic hymn O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness which began the journey to Bethlehem. The story was then told through the famous (and my favourite) carol The Three Kings by Peter Cornelius.

After listening to the message from a sermon by the Blessed John Henry Newman, the delicate anthem Small Wonder the Star by Paul Edwards, that concludes each verse with the words no small wonder, seemed appropriate before we all launched into The First Nowell – a rousing yet bold reminder of the set of events ... and long enough for an Offertory hymn!

The Carol Service was gathered up with one of my own favourites O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen. The powerful text reminds us that even the animals rejoiced to see the new born King lying in a manger. It was sung by our choir of eight voices before Monsignor Newton read the Gospel. A short piece of polyphony Omnes de Saba Venient by Jacob Handl (text from the Roman Gradual for Epiphany) seemed perfect to complement the Gospel and to conclude the service before Songs of Thankfulness and Praise preceded Solemn Benediction.

In addition, two of the congregational carols included double descants written by the late Richard Marlow (Trinity College Cambridge) in order to provide further grandeur to the congregational singing. However, we did not have time for Eastern Monarchs, Sages Three. Oh well, perhaps next year!Keith Brown is Director of Music at Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory Warwick Street, London W1

Epiphany Carol Service on Friday 6th January 2017The annual FOTO Epiphany Carol Service took place at the church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London W1 on 6th January. The service was followed by Benediction and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The choir of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory sang the anthems and the conductor was Keith Brown, the Director of Music at Warwick Street. The Apostolic Nuncio, HE Archbishop Antonio Mennini was our guest of honour. After the Carol Service and Benediction, there was a reception in the newly redecorated parish room beneath the house of Msgr Keith Newton. This room was blessed and officially opened by HE Archbishop Mennini. He named it the Bishop Challoner Room. Before the blessing the choir sang Bruckner’s Locus Iste.

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How we help the OrdinariateDuring 2014 and 2015 the Friends of the Ordinariate made the following grants to help fund and support Ordinariate projects. The Friends also organised serveal events, to raise awareness of and funds for the personal ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. To find out more about our work, please visit our website: www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.uk

Here are some of the projects we have recently supported:

• Building work to the presbytery in Hemel Hempsted (owned by the Ordinariate Pension Fund).

• Seven Ordinariate Form Altar Missals for Ordinariate supporters.

• Subsidy made to Ordinariate groups to buy Missals.

• Hymnals for the Chichester Group.

• Living expenses for an Ordinariate priest.

• 20% of the cost of renovations to the parish room at Warwick Street.

• Financing part of the cost of Pembury parish hall.

• Part of the costs of an exhibition of vestments at St Agatha’s church, Portsmouth.

• 50% of the cost of a statue of Our Lady of Walsingham for the Ordinariate chapel in St David’s Cathedral, Cardiff.

• Money towards the cost of buying the former Methodist church in Torbay.

• Booklets for the Ordinariate Festival at Westminster Cathedral in September.

• A set of white / gold precious vestments for the Ordinariate.

The Friends on Social MediaThe Friends of the Ordinariate are active on social media, especially on Facebook. Please like our Facebook page: “Friends of the Ordinariate”!Our website is in the process of being updated. We hope to get this completed during the next three months. The website is: www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.ukWe post pictures of events on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/friendsoftheordinariateIf your address has changed recently please notify us at [email protected]

I am sure many readers will remember that Dylan Parry used to work part-time for the Friends of the Ordinariate. This was while he was working for Westminster Cathedral. The last edition of this

Newsletter was edited by Dylan. Some readers may also know that he left the Cathedral in the summer as he was about to enter the monastic life.

On Saturday 27th October 2016, Dylan was clothed as a novice member of the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Norbertines, Premonstratensians or (in England) the White Canons. During the clothing ceremony,

he was given his new name in religion, Brother Gildas. The novitiate lasts 12 months, during which period Br Gildas will discern God’s will for him and he will grow in his knowledge of both the Order and the religious life.

The Norbertines were founded by St Norbert of Xanten in 1120, and they will therefore soon be celebrating their 900th anniversary. After spending his youth as a sub-deacon and secular canon, St Norbert experienced a conversion whilst out riding during a thunder storm. As a result of his change of life, he sought to refound and reform the ancient form of life of the canons regular – priests who live in a community following the Rule of St Augustine. The Norbertines therefore credit their founding both to St Augustine of Hippo, in the 6th century, and to St Norbert in the 12th.

Norbertines live a monastic life but are also clerics who usually serve parishes and have an apostolic ministry. They live a balanced life of chanting the Divine Office and celebrating a conventual Mass each day, whilst also running parishes and chaplaincies. They wear white habits, which is why they were often called the “White Canons” in medieval England. Br Gildas belongs to the community of Premonstratensians based at St Philip’s Priory, Chelmsford. Their Prior, Fr Hugh Allan, was recently elevated and created Titular Abbot of Beeleigh, a pre-Reformation Norbertine house in Essex. He was also appointed Apostolic Administrator to the Falkland Islands and Superior of the Mission sui iuris to St Helena, Tristan da Cunha and Ascension.

By Nicolas Ollivant

Dylan Parry joins the Norbertines

Br Gildas of the Nobertines

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The Friends of the Ordinariate support the work and mission of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham by providing financial and practical assistance. We warmly invite all those who share in the Holy See’s vision of Christian Unity and who wish to see the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham succeed to support us by making a financial donation. All are welcome to support the Friends of the Ordinariate, be they cradle Catholics, former members of the Church of England, or those who remain within the Anglican tradition but want the Ordinariate initiative to flourish.

Standing OrdersThe Friends encourage supporters to set up regular Standing Orders so that we can plan for the future on the basis of a regular, predictable, income. That does not exclude, of course, the possibility of providing one-off donations, which are most welcome.All those who agree to set up an annual Standing Order of £50.00 or more will receive two newsletters a year and will also be invited to Friends events. They will also be sent regular updates via email. Those who donate over £500.00 will be invited to events with Mgr Newton and the Trustees.To support the Ordinariate by Standing Order, please visit our website and fill in the Standing Order form on the ‘Donate’ page and, if you are a UK tax payer, the Gift Aid certificate, too. www.friendsoftheordinariate.org.uk/donate/

LegaciesIt is hoped that the work of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham will continue for many years to come and so we would ask that you remember the Friends of the Ordinariate when you come to write or update your Will. Legacies often form the backbone of any charity and we are grateful to all those who have remembered us in their Wills.

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The Friends of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was established in 2011 to assist with the work of the newly erected Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham through practical and financial support. It was also established in order to raise awareness of the Personal Ordinariate’s life and mission within the wider Catholic community.

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was established by Benedict XVI on 15 January 2011 and is a special structure within the Catholic Church which allows former Anglicans to enter into full communion with the Pope while also retaining many of the treasures and gifts of their Anglican heritage. The Ordinariate groups and religious communities which have so far been set up in England and Wales represent an important development in the work of promoting Christian unity and a fundamental part of the New Evangelisation in England and Wales.

The Friends is a separate charity from the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, with its own trustees, but we work closely with the Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate, Monsignor Keith Newton, to identify areas where the Friends can be of assistance. Mgr Newton is also the President of the Friends.

The Friends of the Ordinariate charity gratefully receives donations from individuals and organisations who share in the Holy See’s vision of Christian unity, which has been made manifest in the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

If you would like to help the Friends of the Ordinariate in our work of supporting the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, or would like to know more about our work or about the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, please complete the contact details on the form overleaf and send it either to: Friends of the Ordinariate, c/o 24 Golden Square, London W1F 9JR or The Administrator, Friends of the Ordinariate of OLW, 19 Spencelayh Close, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4UU or email: [email protected]

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