The first principle of the Ordinariate is then about Christian unity. St. Basil the Great, the Church’s greatest ecumenist, literally expended his life on the work of building bridges between orthodox brethren who shared a common faith, but who had become separated from one another in a Church badly fragmented by heresy and controversy. He taught that the work of Christian unity requires deliberate and ceaseless effort...St. Basil often talked with yearning about the archaia agape, the ancient love of the apostolic community, so rarely seen in the Church of his day. This love, he taught, is a visible sign that the Holy Spirit is indeed present and active, and it is absolutely essential for the health of the Church.

- Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson, Homily on the Occasion of his Formal Institution as Ordinary

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Oliver Vietor ordained to priesthood in Phoenix

On September 11, 2010 former Episcopal priest Oliver Vietor was ordained to the Catholic priesthood at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Phoenix. The parish has posted a slide show of the ordination Mass on its website.
Phoenix's Catholic Weekly, The Catholic Sun, has also published a story on the ordination.
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