Question about Anglican Use

  • Thread starter Thread starter MusicFan221
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
I also desire a return for sung Vespers. As much as I love Gregorian Chant, I desire a return of good polyphony in our choirs, not just choral hymns we hear now. I attend a local Anglican Ordinariate and their choir sings beutiful polyphony. I feel with a growth in the ordinariate, there is hope for a rise in sacred music
Click to expand...
I agree wholeheartedly! One can only hope that Catholic churches in the US begin to adopt the English Hymnal or the 1940 Episcopal Hymnal as a result! :cool:
 
I hate to bump threads, but I feel as if this is a worthy discussion!
 
MusicFan221 said:
I agree wholeheartedly! One can only hope that Catholic churches in the US begin to adopt the English Hymnal or the 1940 Episcopal Hymnal as a result! :cool:
Click to expand...
YES! The Ordinariate Parish uses the hymnal. Very rich and sacred!
 
1ke said:
Yes, I answered no because the answer is no.

A Catholic parish cannot become an Anglican Use parish. .
Click to expand...
Technically, there would be nothing that would prevent a local territorial Ordinary from ceding a parish to the Anglican Ordinature. I don’t see that happening much, if at all.

But you are correct, there is nothing a parish could do on it’s own authority.

And I’m not sure at all about a parish being a dual Use parish, but I imagine that something could be worked out between the Anglican Ordinature and the local Ordinary. It might involve seeking Vatican approval, but that would probably be a ‘rubber stamp’ if both Ordinaries sought it. Getting that would also be a rare occurrence.
 
I am from the US but am often in England, and I try to attend Evensong as much as possible. It is extraordinarily beautiful. I have heard that upon occasion, there will be joint choirs singing. Would it not be possible for local Catholic churches to join with Anglican choirs? It is, as others said, a variation on the monastic Vesper service. I recall when Pope Benedict XVI visited England in 2010, he participated in Evensong at Westminster Abbey. One of my greatest delights was in seeing Archbishop Rowan Williams process side by side with the Pope.
 
anruari said:
I was going to point out that the OP made no reference to Anglican services which include Holy Communion - but I see you’ve re-posted to take this into account.

The O.P. was however (so far as I know) referring to the newly permitted use of a modified version of the Book of Common Prayer, with specific heretical concepts removed, for converts to Catholicism from Episcopalian communities.
These form a new Rite within the Catholic Church which was formed just a few years ago.
Within the UK they are structured around a “Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham”. I believe similar structures are being planned for other jurisdictions.
Click to expand...
Now there are three!
  • Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, est Jan 15, 2011 (Ordinary: Msgr. Keith Newton)
  • Personal Ordinariate of The Chair of Saint Peter, est. Jan 1, 2012 (Ordinary: Msgr. Jeffrey Neil Steenson)
  • Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of The Southern Cross, est. Jun 15, 2012 (Ordinary: Fr. Harry Entwistle)
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top