Posting from Rome...

Fr. Phillips of Our Lady of the Atonement in San Antonio, Texas, has been in Rome for the past week with some students on a pilgrimage. Having managed to find an internet connection in the hotel, he's made a brief post that manages to answer some questions about how and where to proceed.

Questions are being asked by many, 'How do I do this? How do I get involved in the process of becoming part of an Ordinariate?' Actually, a plain reading of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus makes it pretty clear. In section IX it states, Both the lay faithful as well as members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, originally part of the Anglican Communion, who wish to enter the Personal Ordinariate, must manifest this desire in writing. To whom should this be made manifest? Again, it's made clear, this time in Article 1 of the Complementary Norms for the Apostolic Constitution: Each Ordinariate is subject to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It maintains close relations with the other Roman Dicasteries in accordance with their competence.

There is no mention of the Pastoral Provision or the Pastoral Provision Office in the Constitution or in the Complementary Norms...

Read the rest of Fr. Phillips's post and keep checking for more on his blog Atonement Online.