One of the congregations that will make up the Ordinariate is up and running here in Kansas City. Here at St. Therese Little Flower our Anglican Use Mass congregation is made of Catholics who are former Anglicans, Episcopalians and other Catholics who resonate to the Anglican patrimony so valued by Pope Benedict XVI. We are committed to the Catholic Church and to the Ordinariate. But we will await the appointment of an Ordinary who can help us figure out how part of our St. Therese congregation can join the Ordinariate while the majority remain members of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. We trust that the structure of the Ordinariate will have enough flexibility to accommodate us.
We know that there are other Anglicans, Episcopalians and Catholics in the Kansas City area who are interested in helping to establish a congregation for the Ordinariate in Kansas City, and welcome all inquiries. Look for the addition of evening opportunities for Evensong and Benediction, Mass and just to get to know one another.
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Thanks Fr. Ernie for your post. My wife and I will be visiting Houston soon, and hope to attend services at Our Lady of Walsingham, an Anglican use parish. We live in the New Orleans area and hope that an ordinariate will eventually be established here.
Ronald: Are you in touch with any others in New Orleans? Anglican Use Evensong was sung several times in a New Orleans parish. Fr. Ernie
My wife and I were born and raised Roman Catholic, but until recently, were active in a local Episcopal Church. I was even considering the diaconate, and was taking classes toward that goal in the Episcopal diocese. We've since been reconciled with the Catholic Church and are trying to get involved in our parish, but I miss the Anglican liturgy, the music, the spirituality, and Evensong. I told my wife that if an ordinariate was ever established in New Orleans, I would consider looking into it. If you know of any parish or priest pursuing this (or having an Anglican use Evensong service), please let me know.
Contact Fr. Stanley Klores at St. Patrick's in New Orleans. In the past he has been interested, and he is sure to know of others with a similar interest
Thanks!
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