The Portal October 2014 | Page 12

THE P RTAL October 2014 UK Pages - page 12 Called to be One Catherine Utley reflects on the media response O rdinariate groups UK Pages across the country responded with great enthusiasm and a huge amount of hard work to the Called To Be One exploration day on 6 September which aimed to increase understanding of the Ordinariate’s purpose and reach out to those who may feel called to join it. We received many excellent and heartening reports from the groups about the events they hosted on the day and how they went down, some of which are quoted from elsewhere on this page. As the Ordinariate’s communications officer and a member of the team set up by the Ordinary to help plan the Called To Be One day, I thought I would concentrate here on some of the media attention that the initiative generated in the months leading up to it, which, in itself, I believe, Called to Be One in Walthamstow (with Harlow and Leytonstone) served an essential purpose because it XYHX