At 12 noon on Saturday the 16th January, in thanksgiving for the 10th Anniversary of the Erection of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, Mgr. Keith Newton, the Ordinary (who will also be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of…
At a time when all churches are being forced to scale back or otherwise simplify their festive programmes, and many have taken the difficult decision to proceed with an unmusical Christmas, we are glad to report that the annual Carol…
Some very exciting news for those who attend (and those who might now consider attending more frequently!) Mass or the Offices according to Divine Worship, the liturgical books proper to the Ordinariate: The Apostolic Penitentiary in Rome has agreed to…
Readers will be aware that Fr. James Bradley, a priest of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, Canonist, Musician, and liturgist, features regularly in these updates, thank largely to his indefatigable engagement with the new media in so many…
On Monday 21st December 2020 there will be a Carol Service at the principal church of the Ordinariate, The Assumption, Warwick St, Soho. It will be in aid of the Music Fund and sung by the choir. You can either attend in…
On this day in 1554, Reginald, Cardinal Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury, absolved both houses of the English Parliament of their schism and heresy, which they had solemnly renounced. As we know, this return to the bosom of Peter was to…
Friends and curious observers of the Ordinariate will be pleased at the news that the Catholic Truth Society is once again stocking the Study version of Divine Worship: The Missal, which had been unavailable for a long time. This missal…
Click here for another episode of Holy Smoke, the Spectator’s religion podcast, featuring another priest of the Ordinariate, Fr. David Palmer, on his resolution to continue to offer the sacraments to his people during the coming lockdown.
On this day in 2009, the Feast of S Charles Borromeo, Benedict XVIth signed the Apostolic Consitution Anglicanorum Coetibus, which gave (and gives) life and purpose to the Personal Ordinariates. The timing of the document is significant for a number…
The latest edition of the Bulletin on Divine Worship is now available, featuring liturgical notes for Advent. Fans of the Ordinariate’s Patrimony will particularly enjoy the discouraging of the spurious cult of the ‘Advent Wreath’, the encouragement of the sung…