It is now official: once I am ordained on September 11, I will be assigned as the Parochial Vicar at St. Thomas the Apostle. This is great news for me and my family and also for the future of the Anglican Use here in Phoenix. As I have written before, inasmuch as this will be [...]
Plans for my ordination to the priesthood are on track. It will take place on Saturday, September 11, at 10 am here at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. I am currently assigned to St. Thomas and may be assigned here as a priest after ordination. We will know pretty soon. In August, I will [...]
Hello, folks. It has been a while since the last post and so it is time for some news. My ordination to the priesthood is scheduled for September 11, 2010. The bishop has decided to place me in a parish at that point and will make a final decision this summer about which parish.
In the [...]
The date has been set for my ordination to the diaconate. It will be on Saturday, February 27 at 10 am in the chapel at the Diocesan Pastoral Center (400 East Monroe in downtown Phoenix). All are welcome!
Once ordained, I will be assigned to St. Thomas the Apostle and also will continue teaching at Veritas Preparatory Academy. Ordination [...]
Yes, there will be an Anglican Use mass next Wednesday, February 3rd, at 7pm at St. Maria Goretti.
And, yes, we can pray with confidence that there will be a regular, Sunday, Anglican Use mass established in the Diocese of Phoenix this year! Plans are on track to make this happen. When I know more specific plans [...]
If you have not already done so, please look at the website for the Manhattan Declaration (http://manhattandeclaration.org) and consider adding your name to the online petition.
Bishop Olmsted was a leader in the preparation of this document. It is a bold and necessary statement of Christian moral principles and particularly relevant applications. We need to do our part [...]
On Wednesday, Epiphany, I received the news that permission had come from Rome for me to be ordained a Catholic priest. The letter did come at Christmas, as many of us had been praying, and was sitting in the pile of mail at the diocese until the folks there returned from break and began sorting [...]
Here it is, published only three weeks after its first announcement:
http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/24626.php?index=24626&lang=ge
This is just an incredible development. Time will tell where it goes and what it accomplishes. In the short run, I don’t think it changes anything for Saint Paul’s Anglican Use except that is raises our visibility. We are here and ready to grow, ready [...]
Mark your calendar now and plan to attend the Conference in 2010. This will be a very significant event in light of the Apostolic Constitution! I have been to three Conferences now and each one has been rewarding.