THE
P RTAL
November 2018
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News from the Ordinariate
Wateringbury hall blessing
O n Saturday
27th October Mgr Keith Newton visited the
Maidstone Ordinariate Group, based in the village of Wateringbury,
to bless their new hall. The group had their own pastor, the wonderful Fr
Paul Gibbons, but old age and ill health mean he is no longer able to
serve in active ministry. Since his retirement the group has come under
the pastoral care of St Anselm’s, where our
clergy have been celebrating Mass as they await the appointment of a new pastor.
The
chapel
of Our Lady at
Wateringbury is
not owned by the local diocese but was built
by group members Robin and Christine in the
grounds of their house a couple of years before
the Ordinariate was launched simply because
they felt God calling them to do so. That calling
has born fruit and the Sunday 11am Mass is
now supported by a small but faithful congregation which numbers around 30 most weeks.
Well over 60 gathered for a Divine Worship Mass of Our Lady on Saturday celebrated by Mgr Newton who
also preached. After Mass the congregation moved into the newly constructed hall for the blessing followed by
a magnificent luncheon. A very happy and holy day then for the good people of Maidstone. And it was also a
good day for the well wishers from Pembury who were present.
CDF Secretary visits Mgr Keith
A
djunct Secretary to the Congregation of the Doctrine of the
Faith, Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, recently spent a week in England with
Mgr Newton. Accompanied by Fr Tad Oxley (the CDF offical who leads on the
Ordinariates) the Ordinary and the Archbishop held meetings with a number of
English Bishops to discuss how they could help further the Ordinariate’s mission
and firmly embed it into the Catholic life of Great Britain. There were many positive
responses and concrete results of the meetings will be seen in the near future.
News from South Wales
O rdinariate Mass
will now be offered
weekly in Cardiff in accordance with the Divine
Worship Missal. This will take place at the Little Oratory
of Newman Hall, the Catholic University Chaplaincy
(Nazareth House on Colum Road), at 6:30pm each
Wednesday, by kind invitation of Fr Sebastian Jones and
the Fathers of the Cardiff Oratory in Formation. Fr David
Prichard celebrated the inaugural Mass on Sept 26th (St
Cosmas and St Damien).
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