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THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM

The first punt crossed the Tiber in 2011 when a personal ordinariate has been established for England.
As the West Australian reported on 11 March 2011, “Hundreds of disaffected Anglicans left the Church of England to become Catholics on Ash Wednesday, the Christian day of penance.”

The newspaper reported further, “Those joining the ordinariate will be allowed to keep some of their customs and liturgy, though they will not be able to receive communion until they are confirmed shortly before Easter.”

Our Lady of Walsingham

The customs and liturgy the Ordinariates are allowed to keep are those approved by the Holy See, and the reason those Anglicans who join an Ordinariate are unable to receive communion immediately is, of course, because the Roman Catholic Church does not recognize Anglican sacraments as having any validity.  Those joining the ordinariate therefore have to be “re-confirmed” before they can be Roman Catholics and receive their “First Communion”.

It is interesting to note that in 2012, 16.8% of those entering the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales are joining the personal ordinariate and that, according to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, “the Ordinariate is the second largest source for new Catholics this year”.


Fr Brian.