“My phone has not stopped ringing with people who are thrilled [about the announcement],” said Father Christopher Phillips, a former Episcopal priest who is pastor of Our Lady of the Atonement, an Anglican-use parish in San Antonio, Texas. Father Phillips came into the Catholic Church 30 years ago under the provision.
“Many of us in the community of former Anglicans have been waiting and asking, ”˜When will it happen?’” he said. “Now we have a date that the Holy Father has approved. It makes it official. If I were to die today, I’d die happy, because I got to see this happen.
“For me, and for many of us who came into the Church years ago, this is the final maturity. When we came into the Church, I said, ”˜We don’t know what will happen to us, but we are building for a new generation.’ Now that generation is here. In 500 years, we’ll be reading about this in the history books.”
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A NCR Article on the American Ordinariate Announcement
“My phone has not stopped ringing with people who are thrilled [about the announcement],” said Father Christopher Phillips, a former Episcopal priest who is pastor of Our Lady of the Atonement, an Anglican-use parish in San Antonio, Texas. Father Phillips came into the Catholic Church 30 years ago under the provision.
“Many of us in the community of former Anglicans have been waiting and asking, ”˜When will it happen?’” he said. “Now we have a date that the Holy Father has approved. It makes it official. If I were to die today, I’d die happy, because I got to see this happen.
“For me, and for many of us who came into the Church years ago, this is the final maturity. When we came into the Church, I said, ”˜We don’t know what will happen to us, but we are building for a new generation.’ Now that generation is here. In 500 years, we’ll be reading about this in the history books.”
Read it all.