{"id":3560,"date":"2009-10-25T09:51:04","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T09:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/weve-been-praying-for-this-for-two-years.html"},"modified":"2009-10-25T09:51:04","modified_gmt":"2009-10-25T09:51:04","slug":"weve-been-praying-for-this-for-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/weve-been-praying-for-this-for-two-years.html","title":{"rendered":"“We’ve been praying for this for two years”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The New York Times has this intriguing look<\/a> at one Anglo-Catholic parish that may be one of the first to jump across the Tiber:<\/div>\n

When the Vatican announced last week that it would welcome groups of traditionalist Anglicans into the Roman Catholic Church, leaders of one Episcopal parish celebrated as if a ship had arrived to rescue them from a drifting ice floe. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“We’d been praying for this daily for two years,” said Bishop David L. Moyer, who leads the Church of the Good Shepherd, a parish in the Main Line suburbs of Philadelphia that is battling to keep its historic property. “When I heard the news I was speechless, then the joy came and the tears.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This parish could be one of the first in the United States to convert en masse after the Vatican completes plans for a new structure to allow Anglicans to become Catholic while retaining many of their spiritual traditions, like the Book of Common Prayer and married priests. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The arrangement is tailor-made for an “Anglo-Catholic” parish like this one, which has strenuously opposed the Episcopal Church over decisions like allowing women and gay people to become priests and bishops. Mass here is celebrated in the “high church” style reminiscent of traditional Catholic churches, with incense, elaborate vestments and a choir that may sing in Latin. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 “The majority of our members will be on board with this,” the Rev. Aaron R. Bayles, the assistant pastor, said as he finished celebrating a noon Mass devoted to church unity in a small side chapel lighted with blue votive candles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out the rest at the link.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Photo: Bishop David Moyer. By Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times<\/i><\/div>\n

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