Exploring an Irish Ordinariate: Anglican Use Society 2011 conference

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Live streaming of the Anglican Use Society 2011 conference, 7th-9th July, can be viewed here. The sessions will also be archived for later viewing.

The conference is being held at St Mary the Virgin Anglican Use parish, Arlington, Texas. The picture is of Mass being celebrated in the parish.

An Ordinariate for Ireland?

The recognition of the riches of the Anglican tradition by Pope Benedict XVI in the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus has offered the hope of the reconciliation of the Anglican tradition to the See of Peter after centuries of separation.

The creation of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in England and preparations for Ordinariates in the United States, Canada and Australia demonstrate how many Anglicans across the globe are responding to the promise of Anglicanorum Coetibus.

The burden of a painful and divisive past has meant that there is little, if any, expectation of an Ordinariate in Ireland. This, however, does not have to be case. The ARCIC process, initiated by Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Michael Ramsey in 1967, achieved significant agreement between Anglicans and Roman Catholics with regard to the Eucharist, Ministry, Authority, the Church, Justification and the Blessed Virgin Mary, offering the hope of healing the rupture of the 16th century. Anglicanorum Coetibus builds on this hope.

For those Anglicans in Ireland who believe that Anglicanorum Coetibus should be prayerfully explored, this blog is offered as an arena for discussion.

The blog is run by an Irish Anglican and is a personal endeavour.

Exploring an Irish Ordinariate

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Anglican Use Society 2011 conference

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