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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.

Our Lady and Saint John, a new Ordinariate Community in Louisville, KY, will soon have its first transitional deacon.

Watch video of Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, April 6, 2017.

Read Bishop Lopes' March 28, 2017 lecture at the University of Vienna, where he presented on the work of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican.

Our Lady of the Atonement joins the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter.

Click to read Bishop Lopes’ opening comments and invocation for the 13th annual West Coast Walk for Life, a rally and peaceful march for life in San Francisco.

Read Catholic News Agency’s coverage of Bishop Lopes’ Pastoral Letter, "A Pledged Troth."

Click to read Bishop Lopes' reflections on the beauty of the Church's teaching on marriage.

Bishop Steven J. Lopes offers his deepest gratitude to all the faithful and clergy of the Ordinariate for their support of the inaugural collection for the Seminary Formation Fund.

Read The Catholic Key's coverage of Our Lady of Hope in Kansas City, Mo.

Read Catholicphilly.com's coverage of St. John the Baptist, the newest Parish in the Ordinariate.

Read the Nonahood News' coverage of St. John Fisher, a mission of Incarnation Catholic Church in Orlando, Fla.

BALTIMORE — This Advent marks the first anniversary of Divine Worship: The Missal, the third form of the Roman rite, approved by Pope Francis for the personal ordinariates set up by Pope Benedict XVI to give Anglicans and the full English Christian patrimony a permanent home in the Catholic Church for all to enjoy. CLICK HEADLINE TO READ MORE

During a visit to Canada earlier this year, Bishop Lopes was interviewed by Basilian Father Thomas Rosica of Salt and Light TV.

The Rev. Michael Birch, a priest of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter assigned to Blessed John Henry Newman in Victoria, British Columbia, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016. He was 76.

Click the headline to read Bishop Lopes' message to the faithful on this Thanksgiving Day.

Read Gary Puleo/The Times Herald's coverage of the establishment of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Pa.