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

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

ORDINATIONS NEXT WEEK (IN CANADA!)

Lee Kenyon and John Wright will be ordained Deacon
on Thursday 28th June at 10.00 a.m.
at St John the Evangelist, Calgary

They will be ordained Priest
on Saturday 30th June at 11.00 a.m.
at St Mary’s Cathedral, Calgary

The Bishop of Calgary, The Most Revd Frederick Henry
will ordain Lee and John
for service in the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter

Fr Kenyon’s First Mass will be on Dominion Day
Sunday 1st July at 10.00 a.m.

Your presence and prayers are requested at all these Masses.

http://www.calgaryordinariate.com/


Hat tip to Br. Charles Gillman, OSB.
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