...a priest of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. There is plenty going on in the Ordinariate - see some of the latest news here. But I would so love to see - and surely so would lots of other people? - Ordinariate groups being given the use of some of the old and currently unused or under-used churches that are around Britain. Of course some may be in places that are of no use to Ordinariate groups. But others...
At present, Ordinariate groups simply use local Catholic churches. But these are already busy places, with lots of Sunday Masses, and so the Ordinariate group has usually been given a "slot" on a Saturday evening...this is probably all right as a short-term measure, but it really won't do as things develop.
It's in everyone's interest - I mean everyone's - that fine old buildings get used and cherished.It seems daft that some old C. of E. churches may end up as warehouses or simply left empty...when they could be used by Ordinariate groups...
This is simply Auntie's view - not neccesarily shared by any Ordinariate clergy, who are busy getting on with things. But let's get praying, and we can hope that some good things could develop as time moves on...
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I'm sure if the Ordinariate came up with the money to purchase the freeholds of redundant churches their current owners - CofE ro whatever, would be willing to talk.
My impression is that the Ordinariate people themselves, including (perhaps especially) the RC managers who are overseeing them, are not keen on anything that suggests continuity with a previous Anglican existence. There are plenty of Anglican clergy who would be perfectly happy to lend under-used churches to Ordinariate groups, so why don't the Ordinariate congregations ask them?
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