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

Monday, November 15, 2010

Details on the 2011 Anglican Use Conference

The 2011 Anglican Use Conference
Our Patrimony
Hosted by the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Arlington, Texas
July 7-9, 2011


An annual gathering of Catholic and Anglican clergy and laity who are interested in Anglicanorum Coetibus and the Ordinariates, congregations, groups and individuals who are concerned to fulfill the Lord’s will that His Church may be one so that the world may believe.

Speakers:
Fr David Jaeger, OFM
, of the Antonianum Pontifical University in Rome
Rt. Rev. Keith Newton, formerly “Flying Bishop” of Richborough in the Church of England, now Ordinary of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in England & Wales
Rev. John Hunwicke, erstwhile parish priest of St Thomas the Martyr in Oxford
Brother Stephen Treat, O.Cist., of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank,
Sparta, Wisconsin
Dr. William Tighe, Associate Professor of History at Muhlenberg College


The Most Reverend Kevin W. Vann, Bishop of Fort Worth (and adviser to Cardinal Wuerl on the erection of the Ordinariate in the U.S.) will be the principal celebrant and preacher at the conference Solemn Mass on July 8.


The Conference hotels will be

A) COMFORT SUITES, 411 West Road to Six Flags, Arlington, Texas 76011 — which is just three minutes from St Mary the Virgin Church. The availability of a shuttle, and full hot breakfast, is included in the special conference price. Call 817-460-8700 for details, quoting “St Mary the Virgin Catholic Church”. Two Room Types:
King Size Bed - $84.99/Night +Tax
Two Queen Size Beds - $87.99 + Tax

Hotel reservations can only be made via telephone


B) Econo Lodge - Arlington, Texas, 1075 Wet N Wild Way, Arlington, TX, US, 76011
Phone: (817) 261-8900; Fax: (817) 274-0343

Two Room Types::
2 Double-Beds - $65.00/Night +Tax
Two Bedroom (1 King, 1 Queen & 2 Bath) - $85.00 + Tax

Visit the web site to register for the conference.

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