THE P RTAL
February 2011 Page 11
But that is because they do not grasp the logic of those who worked to achieve it . What would be very sad is if the Ordinariate were to become , for this reason , a constant thorn in the side of Anglican-Catholic relations . Sad , and also unnecessary .
It should be possible to recognize how the Oxford Movement can continue to give inspiration to those in communion with Canterbury in a more diffuse way , while at the same time giving inspiration to Anglicans in union with Rome in a more focussed way . Seeing it in those terms makes Anglo-Catholicism , as the outgoing Bishop of Ebbsfleet liked to say , ‘ a common
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treasure ’. One obvious fashion in which the Church of England can acknowledge that sharing of spiritual riches is by generosity in allowing the members of the Ordinariate , where feasible , the use of churches and chapels that were brought into existence to serve the Tractarian cause .
The Ordinariate can help the Catholic Church in England to be more obviously English . But it can also help English Roman Catholics to appreciate what is beautiful about the ethos of the Church of England , unless through an evangelistically pointless anger the opportunity is thrown away .
January 1st 2011 : Keith Newton , Sister Jane Louise , Sister Carolyne Joseph and Sister Wendy Renate on their day of Reception into the Catholic Church
January 1st 2011 : Reception into the Catholic Church
January 13th 2011 :
Ordinations to the Diaconate
Jan 15th : Pope Benedict XVI nominates Fr Keith Newton as the first Ordinary
The Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is announced
January 15th 2011 : Ordinations to the Priesthood