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Dear friends in Christ,   With sadness that is lightened by our hope in the resurrection, I write to inform you that Rev. Lowell Andrews, a priest of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter died on October 3, 2018.  He was 83 years old.

The Ordination of Deacon Jonathan Mitchican to the Priesthood of Jesus Christ and Mr Justin Fletcher and Mr Philip Mayer to the Sacred Order of Deacon. Through the Imposition of Hands and the Invocation of the Holy Spirit by Most Reverend Steven J Lopes. Wednesday, August 22, 2018.

Watch the Mass of Ordination of Father Robert-Charles Bengry, Father Sean-Patrick Beahen, and Father Jason McCrimmon at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham on June 29, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Ad multos annos!

Photos from the June 29, 2018 Mass of Ordination of Fathers Robert-Charles Bengry, Sean-Patrick Beahen and Jason McCrimmon at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas. The liturgy was celebrated on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Ad multos annos!

Photos from the Mass of Ordination of Fathers Aaron Bayles, Joseph Reffner, Matthew Whitehead, and Ed Wills at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas. The liturgy was celebrated on May 31, 2018, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ad multos annos!

Watch the Mass of Ordination of Father Aaron Bayles, Father Joseph Reffner, Father Matthew Whitehead and Father Ed Wills at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, May 31, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ad multos annos!

Will you help educate the young men who have responded to God's call to the priesthood?

"We would do well, at this year’s Chrism Mass, to reflect more deeply on the great Sacrament of the Sick and the anointing which flows from the oil blessed tonight."

The March 22 Chrism Mass has been canceled, due to travel conditions caused by Winter Storm Toby. The Chrism Mass is rescheduled to March 27.

Read Bishop Steven J. Lopes' letter to Ordinariate clergy regarding Rev. Lucien D. Lindsey, a priest of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, who died March 14, 2018. Father Lucien was 80 years old.

St. Barnabas Church has had several new beginnings over the past few years.

Read the Fall 2017 edition of The Ordinariate Observer.

"In the long history of God’s revelation to His people, the whole history of Judaism and Christianity, God always chooses the most unlikely of witnesses to proclaim to the world the most profound truths."

Bishop Steven J. Lopes recommends reading Prof. Tracey Rowland’s lecture, "Ecumenism – What Future?," delivered at the fifth anniversary celebration of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross.

Ordinariate communities work to support storm victims in Houston.

An update on Chancery employees, campus during the catastrophic flooding in Houston.

Watch the Mass of Ordination of Father Jonathan Erdman, Father Adrian Martens, and Father Evan Simington at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, June 29, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Ad multos annos!

Read Bishop Lopes' June 21, 2017 Hillenbrand Lecture at the Liturgical Institute of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, where he offered a presentation on Divine Worship.

Join Bishop Steven J. Lopes on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in October 2018.

The Record, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Louisville, covered the April 30 Ordination of Jonathan Erdman, who was ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons at Our Lady and Saint John in Kentucky. Deacon Erdman will be ordained to the priesthood next month.