Houston – The Chancery of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter was blessed and dedicated on Sunday, February 1, with all the majesty and magnificence of the best of our Anglican patrimony and Catholic heritage.
With the prayers and presence of two Cardinals, an archbishop, two dozen priests and deacons, a festive choir, musicians, a contingent from the Knights of Columbus and a crowd of several hundred, the Chancery was liturgically and officially prepared for use as the headquarters for our growing mission within the Catholic Church in the United States and Canada.
The dedication began with a beautiful service of Choral Evensong at Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church – the principal parish of the Ordinariate – followed by prayers at the Shrine of Our Lady and a procession around the east side of the new building into the front doors. The music throughout the dedication was presented by Chorus Angelorum, the semi-professional choir in-residence at Our Lady of Walsingham.