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(Western Catholic Reporter) Calgary Anglican parish crosses the Tiber
A year ago, Pope Benedict invited traditionalist Anglicans to return to the fold of Roman Catholicism. Calgary’s St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church is the first parish in Canada to accept his offer.
The 70-member congregation held meetings for 10 months, conducted research, prayed, and discerned about the decision. A vote was held Nov. 21, with 90 per cent in favour of rejoining the Catholic Church.
“The pressures to leave have always been there within the Anglo-Catholic movement,” said Father Lee Kenyon, pastor at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Parish.
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