Does the Ordinariate ever use the OF?

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Do parishes of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter (former Anglicans) ever offer the OF (Novus Ordo) Mass? Or are they exclusively dedicated to the Book of Divine Worship?

I knew of one parish in the Pastoral Provision (the vehicle for former Anglicans that preceded the Ordinariate) that entirely jettisoned the BDW for the OF/Novus Ordo, but it is my understanding that this was a departure from the norm for Anglican Use parishes.
 
We have a parish in the Archdiocese here that’s a regular diocesan parish (OF Mass must be offered) that is also our “primary” parish for the EF and the only parish I’m aware of that offers the Anglican Use.

This is not exclusive to our diocese, I don’t believe, but I also don’t think it’s the norm for Ordinariate parishes.
 
HomeschoolDad said:
Do parishes of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter (former Anglicans) ever offer the OF (Novus Ordo) Mass? Or are they exclusively dedicated to the Book of Divine Worship?

I knew of one parish in the Pastoral Provision (the vehicle for former Anglicans that preceded the Ordinariate) that entirely jettisoned the BDW for the OF/Novus Ordo, but it is my understanding that this was a departure from the norm for Anglican Use parishes.
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I am not aware of any Ordinariate parishes that offer the OF Roman Mass.

However, I am aware of at least one Ordinariate parish that offers the Latin Mass (EF)

 
Cor_ad_Cor said:
We have a parish in the Archdiocese here that’s a regular diocesan parish (OF Mass must be offered) that is also our “primary” parish for the EF and the only parish I’m aware of that offers the Anglican Use.

This is not exclusive to our diocese, I don’t believe, but I also don’t think it’s the norm for Ordinariate parishes.
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Yeah, that’s a very unique parish. It’s a personal parish that was originally founded to server as the “Italian National” parish in Indy.

It then later merged with the FSSP community in Indy and then later merged with the Ordinariate community in Indy.

So today, it’s a Personal Parish dedicated to the Italians (using the Ordinary Form - because the Italians want English and not Latin or Italian), the Latin Mass, and the Anglican Use.

Very unique, but sounds like it’s successful and perhaps a good case study.

God bless
 
You’re correct; it is a personal parish and not a regular diocesan territorial, so I guess technically the OF isn’t required, but the demands of the congregation keep it there. I had my details mixed up, since the whole diocese (including that parish) has undergone changes, mergers, etc. in the last ~10 years.
 
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Why would they?
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Because the OF/Novus Ordo is presented by the Church as the normative, ordinary Mass of the Roman Rite, which if I’m not mistaken, the Anglican Use and the Ordinariate are part of. Couldn’t Ordinariate priests be called upon to celebrate the OF as needed, for instance, if they are substituting for a priest who is absent from his parish?
 
phil19034 said:
Yeah, that’s a very unique parish. It’s a personal parish that was originally founded to server as the “Italian National” parish in Indy.

It then later merged with the FSSP community in Indy and then later merged with the Ordinariate community in Indy.

So today, it’s a Personal Parish dedicated to the Italians (using the Ordinary Form - because the Italians want English and not Latin or Italian), the Latin Mass, and the Anglican Use.

Very unique, but sounds like it’s successful and perhaps a good case study.
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There are at least two parishes in the Archdiocese of Washington that serve double or even triple duty as host to distinct groups of the faithful. One of these is Old St Mary’s in Chinatown, which serves not only OF and EF worshippers, but also a Chinese congregation:


The other is St John the Evangelist in Silver Spring, which serves as both a Polish and a Traditional Latin Mass parish. Their website is in Polish. We used to attend both Polish and Latin Masses there.
 
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I’m not sure.
It depends if the priest is even trained in it.( though I don’t see what training one really needs for it), unlike the EF which obviously you need to learn a lot more.
A lot of their priests are former Anglican converts. Their traditions are more in line with High Church Anglicanism. I’m not sure if that would be like asking an eastern rite Catholic to do it, when their traditions mirror more closely to the Eastern Orthodox.
Interesting question though
 
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