THE P RTAL
March 2015
Page 3
Portal Editorial
A review of events by Will Burton
Three Ordinaries
It takes time to get any new venture up and
running. Nowhere is this truer than in the
Ordinariate. Impatient we may be, but it is unrealistic
to expect the Ordinriate to become mature in a few
short years, yet we are making progress. Part of that
progress was the meeting of the three Ordinaries in
the UK last month.
the episcopal ordination of The Right Revd Libby
The three Ordinaries, Mgr Keith Newton, of the
Lane affects the future of relations between the CofE
Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham,
and the Catholic Church.
Mgr Jeffrey Steenson, of the Personal Ordinariate
of the Chair of St Peter in North America, and Mgr
In this issue of The Portal, we interview
Harry Entwistle, of the Personal Ordinariate of Our
Commissioner Bill Cochrane of the Salvation Army
Lady of the Southern Cross in Australia, began their
visit to the UK in the Ordinariate’s Central Church in about discussions between the Salvation Army and
London, Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, the Catholic Church. Next month, The Portal hopes
to have an interview with His Grace the Archbishp
Warwick Street for Sunday mass.
of Birmingham, Bernard Longley about ARCIC
and quite how the Bishop of Stockport’s episcopal
After Evensong there was a reception organised
ordination affects relations betweenour two churches.
by the Friends of the Ordinariate. Cardinal Vincent
Nichols spoke of his hope that the vision of Benedict
In future editions of The Portal we are to interview
XVI in establishing the personal ordinariates for
Archbishop Kallistos Ware and representatives of the
former Anglicans would continue to flourish. He
Methodist Church and the Lutheran Church in the UK.
went on to say that e stablishing of the Ordinariates
for former Anglicans was highlighted in “the
remarkable day in Westminster Cathedral when the
Aposteship of the Sea
first ordinariate in the world was erected [in 2011].”
Also in this issue of The Portal is a report on the
He continued, “It’s lovely to see the representatives
Apostleship of the Sea. This remarkable Catholic
from Australia and the US, where the same
charity is well worth our support. If you knit, you are
development is taking place.”
just what the charity is looking for. Read our report
and get knitting!
There were some days of private discussion and a
short pilgrimage to Walsingham before a day long
meeting with the UK clergy. This was addressed by
Corrections
Mgr Mark Langham, who was until recently the
In the last issue of The Portal, we incorrectly
Secretary to the Anglican and Methodist Dialogues
stated that the Chichester Group was part of the
at the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian
Isle of Wight and Portsmouth Pastoral Area of the
Unity and who is currently the Catholic Chaplain to
Ordinariate of OLW. This ought to have stated that
Cambridge University. His address, and a report on
Chichester is part of the Eastbourne Pastoral Area.
the discussions with the UK clergy, may be found on
We apologise for this error.
the Ordinariate web site: www.ordinariate.org.uk.
Ecumenism
Mgr Keith Newton told The Portal, in his recent
interview with us, that ecumenism is what the
Ordinariate is for. Following his lead, last month we
interviewed The Revd Canon Alison Joyce about how
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We also gave the dates of the 2015 Ordinariate
Festival as 25th-27th September. The correct dates
are Friday 18th to Sunday 20th September 2015. As
with last year, it is at Our Lady of the Assumption,
Warwick Street, Westminster Cathedral and the
Cathedral Hall.