First Ordinariate Community in North Carolina

Our Lady of Good Counsel Anglican Church was received into the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter on November 18, 2012. Located in Jacksonville, NC, it is the first congregation to enter the Ordinariate in North Carolina. Most Rev. Michael Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, gave permission for the congregation to be located within the Diocese of Raleigh. Dr. William Waun, Vicar of OLGC, has completed the Formation Class that started in last year, and he is awaiting word regarding his application for ordination to the Catholic priesthood.

Pictured left to right are: Mrs. Shannon Porterfield, Miss Violet Porterfield, Mr. Paul Read, Mrs. Madeline Read, Rev. Msgr. David Brockman (Vicar General of the Diocese of Raleigh), Mr. Jeff Gillen, Fr. Scott Hurd (Vicar General of the Ordinariate), Fr. Ernest Ruede (Pastor of Infant of Prague, Jacksonville), Mrs. Noreen Buhl (OLGC Secretary/Treasurer), Mr. Joseph Buhl (OLGC Senior Warden), Dr. William Waun (OLGC Vicar), Dr. Cynthia Waun, Mr. Nicholas Waun, Miss Emily Waun, Mrs. Victoria Waun, and (in the front) Master Liam Waun & Miss Reese Waun. Not pictured is Mr. Kevin Porterfield.