It looks as though the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham has a similar problem. The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have ear-marked a building for use by the Ordinariate. St. Anne's, a now-closed Catholic Church on Laxton Street near King's Cross in London, has to be (by every objective standard) one of the ugliest buildings ever designed for public worship.
Dear Lord, what were the bishops thinking when they came up with this idea?
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What were they thinking? Oh, I don't even want to go there--it would be another addition to my next confession.
Well Father, it looks like there is only one thing to do in this situation. The ordinariate parish that occupies this building will simply have to grow and raise enough revenue to renovate this chapel, or else just buy (or build) a new one.
Should they decide to buy or build elsewhere, I'm sure there is a fine Unitarian or Scientology church out there that would just love to buy this building. I suspect the ordinariate could make a profit from it this way.
I don't know - maybe it's bigger (and prettier) on the inside?
(I wonder if anybody gets this Doctor Who pun...)
In the darkest part of my mind, I believe that there is a reason, however, it is best not to speculate.
Anglicans can be very resourceful and hopefully will make the best of it until something better comes along.
It looks like one of those "Mass-in-the-Rounds that have come about since Vatican II. Someone needs to take it down, bless the area, and build a proper church.
Before we all get worked up over this, please remember that the original source of this came from The Tablet, that bastion of Catholicism in the UK and great friend and supporter of the Ordinariate......not!
Pinch of salt, please.
Will any Anglican ordinariate priests trained in the rite of exorcism?
Just curious.
I have a solution! invite the Muslims to use it for several weeks and then have them invoke Sharia law so they can quick claim it. All in the venue of open ecumenism.
These Bishops and certain laity are against anything and I mean anything that has to do with traditional Roman Catholicism. And since Anglo-Catholics, like other Roman Catholics who follow and love the traditional aspects of Catholicism, then they are the enemy as well, and are not excluded from the control of the "spirit of Vatican 2" happy clappy crowd.
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