The Ordinariate is established: Deo gratias

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A future Ordinariate collector's item?

I note with interest that the first edition of the Catholic League's The Messenger, special Anglicanorum Coetibus edition, has sold out already, in spite of a print run of 1200 copies, twice the usual size. (See the Catholic League's blog, which I recommend following, for details.) What's the betting that it becomes the first collectible item of the Ordinariate? (Especially as I failed to get mine in time...) I hope, however, to get a copy of the corrected second edition, which I shall tell myself is better, and report on it in due course.

Supporting the Anglican Ordinariate in the UK - Funds to donate to

I have been following developments regarding the Anglican Ordinariates here in Britain and further afield with some anticipation and pleasure over the last few months, as I hope have not a few of my Catholic brethren. For those who, like me, would like to offer some concrete aid to supplement their prayerful support of those currently in discernment as to whether to join, I am pleased to be able to advise that two opportunities present themselves.

One vehicle for supporting the Ordinariate is via the Catholic League's John Henry Newman fund*, and I have also contacted the Catholic Bishops' Conference for England and Wales and been advised that a Restricted Fund has been set up under the auspices of the Catholic Trust for England and Wales (CaTEW) to hold funds in support of the Ordinariate. Cheques for this purpose can be made out to CaTEW and sent to:

The Catholic Bishops' Conference for England and Wales
39 Eccleston Square
LONDON
SW1V 1BX

Donors should include with their cheque a note indicating that it is intended for the Restricted Fund for the Anglican Ordinariate.

Please feel free to pass this on. And if you have any details on how people might support the Ordinariates as they are established in other countries, please feel free to share them.

Finally, it is likely to be the case that individual Ordinariate parishes or congregations will be setting up funds of their own, and I believe one such is being set up by members of the congregation of Saint Barnabas', Tunbridge Wells who are exploring joining the Ordinariate. Further details can be found here: http://sbarnabas.com/blog/?p=4793

Anthony.

*Details available from the Catholic League's blog, which I follow, and can recommend.