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Membership in the Personal Ordinariate:
What if I am already a baptised and confirmed Catholic, who has received my First Communion? Can I ever become a Member of the Ordinariate?
Initially when the Personal Ordinariates through the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Cœtibus (2009), and its Complementary Norms, he was concerned about those groups of Anglicans asking to be received as communities into the Catholic Church.
Since that time, Pope Francis has consistently made the conditions for membership of the Personal Ordinariates wider and wider. He has also given approval to our several liturgical books. Now, our Apostolic Administrator, Bishop Anthony Randazzo, has communicated throughout the Ordinariate that the rules have been further changed to allow for those who regularly worship with us and participate in our community, the opportunity to apply for canonical membership in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross.
These expanded conditions for membership are further detailed on the website for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross.
So, if you want to make our patrimony your own, and you want to make your spiritual home with us, then we would welcome your application for canonical membership.
What is Canonical Membership, and how will it affect me?
Canonical Membership is a personal election to transfer your canonical status within the Catholic Church from membership within your local Church (normally your local Catholic Diocese) to the Personal Ordinariate. The Ordinariate is like a diocese, so your canonical status will change so that you are no longer a canonical member of your local diocese in which you are domiciled. In other words, your Ordinary (Bishop) will no longer be the local Bishop or Archbishop where you reside. Your canonical rights, obligations and duties will be transferred to the Ordinariate. If you want to be married, for instance, the paperwork will go through the Ordinariate, not your local parish or diocese.
How do I join?
If you have been worshipping in the Ordinariate and wish to make it your spiritual home, please email Monsignor Entwistle for an application for canonical membership.
Initially when the Personal Ordinariates through the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Cœtibus (2009), and its Complementary Norms, he was concerned about those groups of Anglicans asking to be received as communities into the Catholic Church.
Since that time, Pope Francis has consistently made the conditions for membership of the Personal Ordinariates wider and wider. He has also given approval to our several liturgical books. Now, our Apostolic Administrator, Bishop Anthony Randazzo, has communicated throughout the Ordinariate that the rules have been further changed to allow for those who regularly worship with us and participate in our community, the opportunity to apply for canonical membership in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross.
These expanded conditions for membership are further detailed on the website for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross.
So, if you want to make our patrimony your own, and you want to make your spiritual home with us, then we would welcome your application for canonical membership.
What is Canonical Membership, and how will it affect me?
Canonical Membership is a personal election to transfer your canonical status within the Catholic Church from membership within your local Church (normally your local Catholic Diocese) to the Personal Ordinariate. The Ordinariate is like a diocese, so your canonical status will change so that you are no longer a canonical member of your local diocese in which you are domiciled. In other words, your Ordinary (Bishop) will no longer be the local Bishop or Archbishop where you reside. Your canonical rights, obligations and duties will be transferred to the Ordinariate. If you want to be married, for instance, the paperwork will go through the Ordinariate, not your local parish or diocese.
How do I join?
If you have been worshipping in the Ordinariate and wish to make it your spiritual home, please email Monsignor Entwistle for an application for canonical membership.