In the Second Vatican Council’s Decree on Ecumenism ( Unitatis redintegatio), the Catholic Church specified what it would look like to bring all Christians together into communion.Parishes and communities in the Ordinariates are fully Roman Catholic, but retain elements of Anglican traditions in their liturgy, hospitality and ministries. There are three Personal Ordinariates in the world: Our Lady of Walsingham in the United Kingdom the Chair of Saint Peter in the United States and Canada and Our Lady of the Southern Cross in Australia.Those joining the Ordinariate have discerned they are truly Catholic in what they believe and desire full membership in the Catholic Church. The Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter was established in response to repeated and persistent inquiries from Anglicans who over time, have come to identify the Catholic Church as their home. ![]() ![]() The Ordinariate is a key ecumenical venture exemplifying the Second Vatican Council’s vision for Christian unity, in which diverse expressions of one faith are joined together in the Church.
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