The special indulgence from the Vatican marks the Ordinariate’s jubilee year celebrating 10 years of its founding by Benedict XVI and extends to pilgrims to the Walsingham shrine in Houston.
There was more than a little nervous energy in the chancery conference room on a Wednesday morning in late June. Nine novice preachers were about to break into small groups to deliver a funeral homily for which they were given only one evening to prepare. These nine men are candidates for the permanent diaconate for the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter and were gathered in Houston for the annual diaconate formation intensive, a full week of classes, practica and fellowship in Christ.
Bishop Steven Lopes, bishop of the North American Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter, will be one of our speakers at the upcoming 2019 Conference on the Anglican Tradition in the Catholic Church, being held in Toronto on November 15th & 16th.
At the request of the Bishop of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, the Major Penitentiary of the Holy Roman Church, His Eminence Mauro Cardinal Piacenza, has confirmed the grant of a Plenary Indulgence on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the promulgation of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus.
Renewing Catholic discipleship and the Catholic understanding of fellowship flowing from the Eucharist are key to revitalizing Catholic belief in Jesus’ Real Presence.
Solemn Choral Evensong in honor of Canonization of Saint John Henry Newman at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas. 13 October 2019 (Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity). Please note, the video froze during the second lesson. The audio was left running so you could hear the entire lesson, before resetting the stream.