A New Ordinariate Presence in the Temecula Valley, California.

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H/T Inland Catholic Byte, Diocese of San Bernardino


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MURRIETA—Catholics in the Temecula Valley who were brought up in the Anglican tradition have become part of a Roman Catholic community under the jurisdiction of a non-territorial diocese created specifically for those who share that background.

Holy Martyrs of England and Wales Catholic Mission has established a presence in Temecula Valley and will begin holding Mass in a Murrieta gymnasium on Pentecost Sunday, May 20. This faith community was formed by several families in the Temecula Valley that had been traveling to Irvine to attend Mass at Blessed John Henry Newman Parish.

Holy Martyrs of England & Wales: https://www.hmcatholic.org/

That parish community falls under the jurisdiction of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, a non-territorial diocese that allows communities of former Anglicans in the United States and Canada to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church. It is under the episcopal leadership of Bishop Steven Lopes.

“We know that cultural and liturgical traditions are an important element of our experience of God and this Personal Ordinariate allows for the continuance of the Anglican patrimony within the larger “family” of the Latin Rite of the Church,” reads a joint letter from Bishop Gerald Barnes and Bishop Lopes issued on Apr. 6 to clarify the relationship between the Diocese and Holy Martyrs of England and Wales community.

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Bishop Lopes and Father Andrew Bartus, pastor of the new community, met with Bishop Barnes and priests and parish leadership from the Hemet Vicariate of the Diocese on Jan. 29. It was an occasion to learn more about the plans of the Ordinariate and more clearly define jurisdictional relationships.

Structural accommodations made by the Catholic Church to welcome former Anglicans began more than 20 years ago under the leadership of Saint Pope John Paul II. It has also allowed men originally ordained as Anglican priests to be ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood. Two such priests, Father Jack Barker and Father Gregory Elder, are in ministry in the Diocese of San Bernardino.

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Eternal God, loving Father, bless richly the new community of Holy Martyrs of England and Wales. Draw to this new community many souls thirsty for truth, goodness and beauty, and grant unto thy servants, the pastor and people of Holy Martyrs, the graces of which they have need to labour faithfully for those in most need of Thy mercy. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

Our Lady of Walsingham: pray for them.
Holy Martyrs of England and Wales: pray for them.
Blessed John Henry Newman: pray for them.

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