Anglicanism within the Catholic Church

On January 1, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI established the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter for those groups of Anglicans in the United States who seek to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church.

This is the second Ordinariate created in light of the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, the first having been created for England and Wales on January 15, 2011.

The Pope’s gracious response represents an important and exciting new step along the difficult path toward Christian unity.

For more information:

• U.S. Ordinariate Website: About the Ordinariate gives a brief explanation of what the Ordinariate is, how it came into being, and its essential purpose as a generous instrument impelling towards Catholic unity.
• Anglicanorum Coetibus (November 2009) is the Apostolic Constitution of Pope Benedict XVI that establishes "Personal Ordinariates" for those of the Anglican heritage entering full communion with the Catholic Church while maintaining distinctive elements of their theological, spiritual, and liturgical patrimony.
• Decree of Erection of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (January 2012) is the official decree establishing the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (with canonical jurisdiction coterminous with all of the United States and Canada), one of three Personal Ordinariates erected for communities and individuals within the Anglican Communion, to come into full communion with the Catholic Church.
• Complementary Norms Amendment (May 2013) is the law passed by Pope Francis generously expanding the definition of membership in the Ordinariates even to some baptized Catholics, as explained by the Ordinary at that time, Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson.

This Week's Calendar

• Tuesday - September 26
  USA: Feria or Sts Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs
  Canada: St Sts Jean de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests and Companions, Martyrs
  Memorial
  8:00 am - Morning Prayer
  8:30 am - Spoken Mass
  9:30 am - Legion of Mary
  
• Wednesday - September 27
  St Vincent de Paul, Priest
  Memorial
  12:10 pm - Spoken Mass
  
• Thursday - September 28
  Feria or St Wenceslaus, Martyr or St Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs
  8:00 am - Morning Prayer
  8:30 am - Spoken Mass
  
• Friday - September 29
  Sts Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
  Feast
  6:00 pm - Michaelmas
  
• Saturday - September 30
  St Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
  Memorial
  No Public Mass
  
• Sunday - October 1
  Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
  9:00 am - Morning Prayer
  9:30 am - Confession
  10:00 am - Sung Mass
  11:30 am - Brunch
  
• Monday - October 2
  Holy Guardian Angels
  No Public Mass
  
• Tuesday - October 3
  Feria
  8:00 am - Morning Prayer
  8:30 am - Spoken Mass
  9:30 am - Legion of Mary