New Liturgical Book for the Personal Ordinariates

The first official liturgical book for the Personal Ordinariates to be provided under the auspices of the Apostolic Constitution, Anglicanorum Coetibus, will be published in the UK next week. Divine Worship Occasional Services will be available from 25 March from the Catholic Truth Society, priced at £40. The book contains the Order for the Celebration of Holy Matrimony, the Order of Funerals, the Rite of Infant Baptism, as well as Holy Baptism and Confirmation for Adults and Older children. It will be leather-bound and gilt-edged. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for Divine Worship have decided on the generic title, Divine Worship for the entire liturgical provision for the Personal Ordinariates, though the term "Ordinariate Use" may still be used as shorthand. The Order of Mass is likely to be published within the year.

The CTS website, where the book will be available from 25 March can be accessed by clicking here.

from the web site of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

RIP: Deacon John Denson

An email from the rector of the US Ordinariate's principal Church:

Dear Faithful of Our Lady of Walsingham,   

Our beloved Deacon John Denson passed from this life on Sunday afternoon at 12:45 p.m.   This Friday, November 22, 2013 there will be Evening Prayer and Rosary beginning at 6:00 p.m.   The next morning, Saturday, November 23 at 10:00 a.m. will be the Requiem Mass with lunch reception to follow. 

  
Both liturgies will be held at Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church.  May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.  Let light perpetual shine upon him. 

Faithfully in Christ through Mary, 

Fr. Hough 

Anglican Use Liturgy in the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

The Personal Ordinariate in the United Kingdom has posted updated information and regulations about the use of the Anglican Use Liturgies for use in the Personal Ordinariate. As it relates to the use of the Book of Divine Worship, the following is found:

The Book of Divine Worship
The Book of Divine Worship (PDF) adapts the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It was approved for the use of clergy and faithful of the Pastoral Provision in 1983, by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Committee for the Liturgy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Elements of The Book of Divine Worship are permitted for use in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham under the provision of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus (cf. AC III), subject to the following alterations:

The Daily Office: The provision for the Daily Office as found in the Book of Divine Worship is replaced by the Liturgy of the Hours as found in the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham within the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. This applies to all public and private celebrations of the Liturgy of the Hours. Furthermore, the contemporary language psalter of the Book of Divine Worship is not permitted for use in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

The Litany: Within the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, the Litany as found in the Book of Divine Worship is replaced by the version found in the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham. This applies to all public and private celebrations.

The Holy Eucharist: Rite One for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist is permitted for celebration in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Following the publication of the English translation of Missale Romanum 2002, the text for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist according to the Book of Divine Worship is to be updated. Rite Two (in contemporary language) is not permitted for use in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

Holy Baptism: Rite One for the celebration of Holy Baptism as found in the Book of Divine Worship is permitted for celebration in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Rite Two (in contemporary language) is not permitted for use in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

Holy Matrimony: The provision for the celebration of Holy Matrimony as found in the Book of Divine Worship is not permitted for use in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. See details of The Order for the Celebration of Holy Matrimony, below.

The Burial of the Dead: The provision for The Burial of the Dead as found in the Book of Divine Worship is not permitted for use in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. It is replaced by The Order for Funerals (see below).

The Order for the Celebration of Holy Matrimony
The Order for the Celebration of Holy Matrimony is awaiting final approval for use in England and Wales and in Scotland. It is not, therefore, permitted for use in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham at this time. The Order for the Celebration of Holy Matrimony can be viewed here (PDF). An explanation of The Order for the Celebration of Holy Matrimony by Mgr Andrew Burnham can be viewed here (Video).

The Order for Funerals
The Order for Funerals is the proper liturgical provision for funeral rites in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. It replaces the provision of The Burial of the Dead in the The Book of Divine Worship. The Order for Funerals can viewed here (PDF). An explanation of The Order for Funerals by Mgr Andrew Burnham can be viewed here (Video).

Lectionary
The sole Lectionary authorised for use in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is the Revised Standard Version, Catholic 2nd Edition.

Holy See Promulgates First Liturgical Texts for Ordinariates

The first liturgical texts approved for worldwide use by the Personal Ordinariates for former Anglicans have been promulgated by the Holy See.

The Order for Funerals and the Order for the Celebration of Holy Matrimony are to be used by the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the United Kingdom; the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter in the United States and Canada; and the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross in Australia.

The new liturgies replace existing texts, including those from the Book of Divine Worship. Drawn from the classical Anglican prayer book tradition, the texts incorporate elements of the Anglican patrimony now in the full communion of the Catholic Church.

Monsignor Keith Newton, Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, noted, "This is an important moment in the development of our distinctive liturgical and ecclesial life. We saw the world stop to watch the Royal Wedding last year, now a very similar and beautiful liturgy is available for use in the Ordinariates of the Catholic Church - it is a great privilege for us to be part of that obvious working-out of practical, receptive ecumenism".

The liturgies were promulgated by the Congregation for Divine Worship on June 22, 2012, the feast day of the English saints of the Reformation, John Fisher and Thomas More. They will be implemented in accordance with local civil law requirements in the various nations, with immediate use in the United States and Canada.

"We welcome with gratitude these texts, which bring into Catholic liturgical life some of the most beloved and memorable texts in the Book of Common Prayer. These texts have blessed and comforted generations of English-speaking Christians and will be deeply appreciated in the Ordinariate communities," said Monsignor Jeffrey N. Steenson, Ordinary for the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter.

The new texts were developed under the guidance of Archbishop J. Augustine DiNoia OP, who served until recently as the Secretary for the Congregation of Divine Worship. Archbishop DiNoia, now the Vice President of the Ecclesia Dei Commission, has been re-appointed as chair of the Holy See's Anglicanae traditiones Commission tasked with developing the new liturgical texts for the Personal Ordinariates. The Reverend Uwe Michael Lang, CO, who also just stepped down from a post with the Congregation for Divine Worship, will also continue his role in the development of the texts.

Online:

Texts: www.usordinariate.org/ord_news_new_rites.html
Video interviews with Monsignor Andrew Burnham: www.vimeo.com/UKOrdinariate