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The Mass for the 12th Sunday after Trinity, August 29, 2020 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter

Catholics of Anglican patrimony participate in a long tradition of praying the daily offices of Mattins and Evensong even though lay people are not canonically bound to do so as are priests and deacons. How scrupulously should lay people follow the rubrics?

David Torkington describes how a Catholic moves from praying to contemplation over at Spiritual Direction.com Please listen to the ACS's two part podcast with this author and expert on the Christian mystical tradition and the role the Ordinariates can play in reviving it.

Ron Hutton, a Protestant describes why he would have enjoyed living in pre-Reformation Catholic England. In the Catholic Herald.

The Anglicanorum Coetibus Society blog is now here on the Society's website.

Fr. Albert Scharbach, a Catholic priest in the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, presided at the Reqiuem Mass for his son Isaac, and his words are moving hearts.

The Anglicanorum Coetibus Society blog is moving to a new home at the Society's website that has undergone a thorough renewal.

This issue includes a profile of Mount Calvary’s bus ministry, information on the St. Benet Biscop Oblates Chapter, and news about the updated ACS website.

We at the Anglicanorum Coetibus Society wish all of you a joyous Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. And we also have some good news: we’re moving!

Liturgical Arts Journal has posted a write-up on the Anglican patrimony and the liturgical services showcased at the ACS's 2019 Conference on the Anglican Tradition in the Catholic Church.

In this issue, looking forward to the Feast of the Assumption, we include more passages excerpted by Dr. Lisa Nicholas, a profile of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ottawa, who have had great success ministering online during the pandemic, and notes on upcoming events.

Fr. Albert Scharbach of Mount Calvary Catholic Church in Baltimore and his wife Abby lost their eldest son in a bicycle accident on Aug. 1. The Catholic Review has a tribute to this extraordinary young man.

This edition features a note from John Covert on his Cycle of Prayer, a description of the Minnesota Ordinariate’s latest event, a homily excerpt by Fr. Catania of St. Barnabas, and more events happening around the Ordinariate in the US and Canada.