Pastor and People from Former Episcopal Parish Received into Catholic Church

On Sunday morning, October 9, almost 80 parishioners of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Bladensburg, Maryland were received into full communion with the Catholic Church by Donald Cardinal Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington during Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

St. Luke’s parish is a small, tight-knit congregation with a majority of their members from Africa and the Caribbean. While enjoying a rich cultural diversity, the church has been unified in it’s one dream – becoming a part of the new Anglican Ordinariate as Catholics in full-communion with the Church.

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One comment on “Pastor and People from Former Episcopal Parish Received into Catholic Church

  1. Laura R. says:

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    A joyful occasion for this parish; I hope they will not have any property disputes with TEC.