Fr Bill Foote, appointed by Archbishop Collins to visit and mentor groups of Anglicans and Catholics who wish to enter the Ordinariate, visited the Toronto Group on 29 May. As Fr Foote put it, in guiding groups of Anglicans toward entering into the full communion of the Catholic Church, his job is to be \u201cthe horse\u2019s mouth.\u201d\u009d Here is what we heard from the horse\u2019s mouth:<\/p>\n
Anglicanorum Coetibus does not propose to establish a kind of uniate structure, where entire jurisdictions \u201cunite\u201d\u009d with Rome. Rather, the Apostolic Constitution provides a bridge or doorway, so that individuals and groups may journey together to enter into the Catholic Church, and find room within the Latin rite for former Anglicans, now Catholic, to preserve their liturgical, spiritual and pastoral traditions, a gift for the whole Church.<\/p>\n
Fr Foote emphasized the necessity of personal choice and commitment. To enter into the full communion of the Catholic Church \u201d\u201c to become Catholics \u201d\u201c each person must make a profession of faith, to the effect that he or she believes everything that the Catholic Church believes and teaches. If an individual is already baptized, he or she will then be confirmed….<\/p>\n