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Tuesday 12 August 2008

I'd be willing to chip in the ferry fare...

... for such a group in any number of places.
News about a possible group swim...
Episcopal priests from Fort Worth may be looking at Catholicism
As it is, Texas is looking better and better for retirement...
A delegation of Episcopal priests from Fort Worth paid a visit to Catholic Bishop Kevin Vann earlier this summer, asking for guidance on how their highly conservative diocese might come into "full communion" with the Catholic Church.
Whether that portends a serious move to turn Fort Worth Episcopalians and their churches into Catholics and Catholic churches is a matter of dispute.

The Rev. William Crary, senior rector of the Fort Worth diocese, confirmed that on June 16 he and three other priests met with Bishop Vann, leader of the Fort Worth Catholic diocese, and presented him a document that is highly critical of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion.
The document states that the overwhelming majority of Episcopal clergy in the Fort Worth diocese favor pursuing an "active plan" to bring the diocese into full communion with the Catholic Church.

I liked ... the order of the words here:

"There's a very serious attempt on the part of Episcopal clergy in the Diocese of Forth Worth to petition Rome for some kind of recognition," said the Rev. Courtland Moore, who is retired as rector of St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Arlington.
"They make it clear that they no longer believe there is truth in the Anglican Communion, and the only way they can find truth is reunion with Rome."

Note well, NOT "they believe there is no longer truth..."
I'm not serious about Texas of course... but I'd surely love to hear of congregations in Florida or New Jersey testing the waters.


1 comment:

lvschant said...

Living in Ft. Worth, I can tell you is really very nice... It is hot-- but nice. The folks are friendly, etc. Come on down!