The Portal Archive February 2013 | Page 3

THE P RTAL February 2013 Page 3 Portal News What a start to our second year! Will Burton muses: Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary Yes, we have few resources. Yes, we are few in number. The Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary have come into None of these are reasons for us not to be involved. full communion with the Catholic Church and so the Ordinariate has its very own sisterhood. We must all The Living Rosary pray for them as I know they are praying for all of us. Many people could pray one mystery of the Rosary each day, and in the usual order of those mysteries. Canadian Deanery Then the whole Rosary would be offered each and Canada now has a Deanery of the Ordinariate of every day without it becoming a burden on any one the Chair of Saint Peter. More of this elsewhere in this individual. edition of T he P ortal . If you would care to join us at T he P ortal in this wave tears fell down my cheeks of prayer, just send an e-mail to editors@portalmag. It hardly seems just two years ago that the first co.uk, or write to “ T he P ortal Magazine, 56 Woodlands members of the Ordinariate were being received Farm Road, Pype Hayes, Birmingham, B24 0PG“. Tell into the Church, or being prepared to be received. I us who you are and where you live. We will allocate you remember the excitement and wonder that day in a mystery. You pray this mystery on the 1 st day of the Westminster Cathedral when Mgr Keith, Mgr John month. Then you proceed through the other mysteries, and Mgr Andrew prostrated themselves before the in turn, on the remaining days of the month. Just one Altar. I confess, the tears fell down my cheeks. We had mystery a day, and we all start in a different place, so prayed and longed for this moment for so many years. the whole Rosary is prayed each and every day! none more extraordinary than this What was it that Archbishop Vincent Nichols said on that never to be forgotten day? If I remember correctly, he said something to the effect that the Cathedral had witnessed many extraordinary ordinations through the years, but none, surely, more extraordinary that this one? He was so right. New life has been released Since that day there have been more extraordinary ordinations and receptions. Congregations have been swelled by the arrival of the Ordinariate. New life has been released in so many areas, not least in this humble publication. The New Evangelisation We have so much for which to be grateful. However, we do not rest upon our laurels. The future holds even more wonder for us. The New Evangelisation is for us. If the “old” Christian countries of Western Europe lose the Catholic Faith, the whole world loses. The New Evangelisation is about bringing back the lapsed. It is also about bringing to Faith those in the UK who have no Faith. It is not one or the other, it is both. The Ordinariate ought to be leading the way here, for without growth we are dead. Yes, it is early days. To add to the meaning of this great prayer, we will send you a list of intentions - just two or three each day. You offer your mystery for each days’ intention. In this way, every Group will be prayed for by name every month, as will our Ordinary and his Assistants. Let us surround the Ordinariate with this wave of prayer, a truly Living Rosary. The Ordinariat e of Our Lady of Walsingham Pilgrimage to Lourdes with 10 - 14 September 2013 led by Mgr Keith Newton full details from www.portalmag.co.uk/pilgrimage