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

Sunday, June 3, 2012

5 New Ordinariate Clergy for Washington, D.C. Area


On Saturday, June 2, 2012 five deacons were ordained for the Ordinariate by Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington. The ordination was celebrated in the Crypt Chapel of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Pictured from left to right are: Deacons Richard Kramer, David Reamsnyder, Mark Lewis, Anthony Vidal, and Randolph Sly.

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