USEFUL LINKS
Resources for your reference
We hope you will find these links useful and comprehensive. If you feel there is a website that is lacking from these links, please do contact us.
Founding Documents
The Apostolic Constitution
Anglicanorum Coetibus, creating the framework of Personal Ordinariates serving groups of Anglicans. This was published in November 2009.
The Complementary Norms for Anglicanorum Coetibus
Provide additional information about the establishment of Personal Ordinariates serving those of the Anglican tradition in communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
The Decree
The Decree from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith establishing the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.
The Ordinariate websites
The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham
Personal ordinariate in England & Wales and Scotland
The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter
Personal ordinariate in the United States and Canada
The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
Personal ordinariate in Australia and New Zealand
The Ordinariate Liturgy
A large part of the Anglican Patrimony is liturgical, and, under the norms of Anglicanorum Coetibus, the Ordinariate has its own liturgical use found in several books:
Divine Worship: The Missal
Containing the Order of Mass and propers
Divine Worship: Occasional Services
Containing the order for baptisms, weddings, & funerals
The Customary of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham
The daily Office book for the English Ordinariate, based on the offices of the Book of Common Prayer. An online preview may be found here.
Ordinariate Overseas
The following websites are useful for seeing the work of Ordinariates in other parts of the world:
Priests’ Blogs
Several priests of the Ordinariate maintain blogs which are often interesting & entertaining:
Catholic Resources
The Holy See
The Vatican website and includes a wealth of information, including key Church documents and statements from the Holy Father.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
Information about the work of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference
The Catholic Herald
Reporting on all aspects of Catholic life in the UK.
The Oxford Newman Society
St John Henry Newman is Patron of both the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham and the Newman Society.
The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom
A Catholic confraternity which prays for Christian Unity.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
England’s Nazareth and the spiritual home of the Ordinariate in the UK