Certainly they disagree with the Anglican Church on a variety of issues.
But many among the two dozen or so Anglicans who are seeking communion with the Roman Catholic Church said they aren’t doing so out of spite or anger. They are looking for a spiritual home.
And in return, they promise to add to the rich tapestry of prayer and worship that is the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
“It’s the only place we can go,” said Ed Courtway, a member of St. James Anglican Church, where many of the Anglicans belong who began study in the Catholic faith Sept. 7 at St. Therese Little Flower Parish.
<<"It's the only place we can go," said Ed Courtway, a member of St. James Anglican Church, where many of the Anglicans belong who began study in the Catholic faith Sept. 7 at St. Therese Little Flower Parish.>>
As I recall, St. James’s is/was not an Episcopalian parish, but a parish of a small Continuing Anglican jurisdiction, the Holy Catholic Church — Anglican Rite, which split from the Anglican Catholic church in 1997. A few months ago, the HCC-AR’s local bishop (who had just left the United Episcopal Church for the HCC-AR) stole a leaf from the TEC copybook and filed a suit which resulted in the Vestry being dispossessed of the church (and this despite the HCC-AR’s theoretical commitment to “congregational ownership” of church property). The whole matter was discussed in some detail here:
http://anglicancontinuum.blogspot.com/2008/05/continuing-church-congregation-locked.html
http://anglicancontinuum.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-on-stjames-kansas-city.html