Anglican Nuns Join Ordinariate

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Anglican Nuns Join Ordinariate

01 January 2013

Eleven former members of the Community of Saint Mary the Virgin, Wantage, have been received into the full communion of the Catholic Church by Monsignor Keith Newton, the Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

The sisters, who will form a new community within the Personal Ordinariate, were received into the Catholic Church at a special Mass at the Oxford Oratory on New Years’ day.
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Together with two other sisters, who were already Catholics, they form a new religious community to be called the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Monsignor Newton erected the community as a Public Association of the Faithful with the view to it being eventually granted the status of an Institute of Consecrated life.
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ordinariate.org.uk/news?ncs2704=0
 
Ive always wondered how this happens. Do the sisters just kind of get together quietly and plan their escape to the Catholic Church without their superiors knowing? Im serious, how does this go down?
 
PrayRosary said:
Ive always wondered how this happens. Do the sisters just kind of get together quietly and plan their escape to the Catholic Church without their superiors knowing? Im serious, how does this go down?
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It helps when the Mother Superior is leading the way
Speaking of the decision of the sisters to enter the Personal Ordinariate, Mgr Newton continued, “Those formed in the tradition of the Oxford Movement cannot help but be moved to respond to Pope Benedict’s generous invitation to Anglicans. The sisters have always prayed for the unity of Christians with the See of Peter, now this is to become a reality for them by means of the Ordinariate. We are truly grateful for their faith, courage, and resolve”.
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The community has been in discernment about the way forward since the publication of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus in 2009. Mother Winsome CSMV, the Superior of the Community, said, “We believe that the Holy Father’s offer is a prophetic gesture which brings to a happy conclusion the prayers of generations of Anglicans and Catholics who have sought a way forward for Christian unity. The future of our community is a fulfilment of its origins, and as part of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham we will continue with many of our customs and traditions, whilst also seeking to grow in Christ through our relationship with the wider Church”.
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One sister, who was ordained in the Church of England and is now to be received as a Catholic, said, “The call to Christian unity must always be the primary motivating factor in the decision of Anglicans to enter the Catholic Church. Anything which impedes that process cannot be of God, and so must be set aside to achieve this aim, which is the will of Christ”.
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newliturgicalmovement.org/2012/12/ordinariate-in-england-historic.html
 
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