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On 15 January 2011, the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith published a Decree which formally established a
‘Personal Ordinariate’ in England and Wales for groups of Anglican faithful
and their clergy who wish to enter into full communion with the Catholic
Church.
The
establishment of this Ordinariate was the first fruit of the Apostolic
Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, issued by Pope Benedict XVI on 4
November 2009. The Constitution and the Complementary Norms published by
the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith provide the essential norms
which will enable members of the Ordinariate to preserve within the Catholic
Church those elements of Anglican ecclesial prayer, liturgy and pastoral
practice (patrimony) that are concordant with Catholic teaching and which
have nurtured and nourished their Christian faith and life.
In
time, it is expected that further Ordinariates will be established in other
parts of the world to meet the desire of those Anglican communities who in
a similar way seek to be united in communion with the Successor of St
Peter.
Local
Contact:
Stephen
Bould
E: folkestone@ordinariate.org.uk
T: 01303 254 472
Other
useful web sites:
http://www.ordinariate.org.uk/folkestone.htm
http://www.catholicchurch.org.uk/Catholic-Church/Ordinariate
And
for the local connection:
http://directory.rcsouthwark.co.uk/folkestone_olhelpxtans_and_staloy.html
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