A Treasure To Be Shared

[ 11 min. read ] UPDATE : 26may2024  https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2024/05/vatican-reverses-dismissal-of-nun-in-fort-worth-diocese The latest news has hit the airwaves. The nuns of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas, issued a defiant three-page statement Wednesday (see below) in which they said that Bishop Olson does not have the authority to close off their monastery and that their chapel remains open to the public. - NCRegister https://www.ncregister.com/cna/texas-carmelites-defy-bishop-s-order-to-close-their-doors-to-the-faithful Oh dear. The monastery is open to the lay faithful; not so much to the Bishop. Bishop Olson may have forgotten that it is never a wise course to go up against a group of nuns, especially Texas nuns. Just sayin'. The nuns' statement, with interjections. http://www.carmelnuns.com/ STATEMENT BY THE REVEREND MOTHER PRIORESS AND CHAPTER MONASTERY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY DISCALCED CARMELITE NUNS  5801 MT. CARMEL DRIVE  ARL...

Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia: In a lecture at Queen’s College, Canada, in 2010, Cardinal William Levada, former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, noted: "Twenty-eight years ago, the great historian of ecumenism, Fr. Yves Congar, wrote that if we take seriously that the Holy Spirit has been working among our fellow Christians, we have to take seriously the ways they express their beliefs. When their particular expression of faith adds harmony to ours, and ours add harmony to theirs, the logical step is to pass from talking longingly about unity to living in unity, a unity whose essence is revealed in harmonious diversity." Divine Worship and the Personal Ordinariates represent, in many ways, a realized ecumenism. Here, the unity of faith allows for a rich diversity in the expression of that faith, creating a space wherein the cadences of the Coverdale Psalter and the sobriety and disarming frankness of the Prayer Book will continue...