Frequently Asked Questions

Do more people join the ordinariates from TEC or the ACNA?

For those who haven't heard, Our Lady of Walsingham (the cathedral for the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter) is in the process of planning to build a new (and much larger) cathedral church to replace their current one. The pictures here were posted on the cathedral's facebook page.

I’m in the US military and I’ve been talking with the on base priest about becoming an acolyte. This priest is in the Ordinariate. He said that he might begin the process in either the military archdiocese or the Ordinariate.

However, I was never Anglican or Methodist or Protestant at all. Can I be instituted an acolyte without being part of the Ordinariate?

Does anyone have a recommendation for a particular edition of the RSV2CE that is suited to be read from the lectern at Mattins & Evensong? The bible we currently use has very thin pages and a lot of commentary which makes it less than ideal for use at the lectern.

Friends,

I have implemented more Sarum rituals from the Missals of Warren, Pearson, and Dickinson, added the Bidding Prayers and Procession Rites from Henderson's Processionale, as well as the rather colourful interjected Office containing "Non nobis, Domine, non nobis" during the Fraction on ferias.

You may look at the Calendar or "What's new?" In Settings to see which days offer Sarum as an option. Right now, only most of Advent offers Sarum. I have yet to add Solemn Mass.

The following link should take you to the Illustrated 1st Sunday of Advent this year:

https://planetaplicata.com/#/illustrated/2026-11-29/0

Any feedback or correction shall be gratefully received, especially with sources provided.

Cheers,

Patrick

Having lately discovered that traditional liturgies in the Western tradition are no longer so well-known as they were only a few years ago when Churchill was still Prime Minister, I have decided to do a simple personal project by which the Old Roman and English Missals might be depicted with Three.js.

Building upon the calendar engine of Missale Meum, the text of Divinum Officium, and the Sarum Missals of Warren, Dickinson, and Pearson, I have thus far illustrated the 1962 Sung and Low Roman Mass for most days, the same for the pre-1955 Roman Palm Sunday and the Feasts of the Holy Innocents and Candlemas. And according to the Use of Sarum, that of S Thomas Becket and the translation of his relics. Very soon; S Stephen, S John, and S Innocents.

I have considered naming this work the Miserepository and My Dorime, among other things ordered toward godliness. However, I finally settled upon My Planeta Plicata, so that it would be comprehensible to all men of goodwill (or lack thereof).

This whole process has made me neglect sleep to verify the positions of the chalice, and the paten, and the Host, and the purificator, and the pall, at their appointed moments. And even more importantly, that the paten decapitates not the priest, nor stabs the altar server's face by pure accident.

Once you open the link below, you may choose any day or feast that you so desire to see via the Calendar icon and click on "Illustrated Mass".

In the Illustrated Mass, you may choose the degree of ceremony (LOW/SUNG), language, and switch to Sarum for 7 July and 29 December.

There are controls to enlarge the screen and zoom into the high altar. You may drag upon the screen to budge the camera angle horizontally, and even toggle Better Visuals (GFX) if your device is sufficiently obedient. The (?) button may explain how to navigate the site as well.

Any report on rubrical mistakes, any suggestions for improvement, or constructive feedback at all would be most gratefully received.

Here is the link to the aforementioned site:

https://planetaplicata.com/

This work is still in its very early stages. And I should disclose that I had to make use of AI to streamline writing the tens of thousands of lines of code, but all the figures and persons were hand drawn along with the sketches of the art and architecture.

Best,

Patrick

11 October 2026, Jakarta, Indonesia

I was wondering if anyone here who uses DWDO CE to pray the Office would be able to tell me where I can find the Venite Antiphons or the Office Hymns one is supposed to use after Trinity Sunday. I recently made the switch to the CE from the NAE and was a bit confused as to where I should find those as for Sundays after Trinity I only see antiphons for the benedictus and magnificat in the supplementary texts section.

Hello,

We are looking for testers for DailyOffice.online for a new function. If you are in the US and pray the office daily with DW:DO NAE, and are willing to send feedback regularly, please contact [Hello@dailyoffice.online](mailto:Hello@dailyoffice.online)

Thanks,

Daily Office Team

My Byzantine Catholic parish community uses an Ordinariate parish to celebrate our Divine Liturgies. As a gesture of mixing our Anglican and Byzantine traditions, above the Prothesis (Table of Preparation), there’s this lovely icon of Our Lady of Walsingham!

Thought you’d like to see this!

To make a long story short(er), I grew up southern Baptist, but about 7 years ago, I decided that Baptist doctrine was false. I ended up in the Anglican Church after looking into Presbyterianism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Catholicism. I’ve been attending an ACNA church for about 4 years and have been confirmed for about 2.

For years now, I have occasionally felt a draw towards Catholicism. Each time, however, I have had some disagreement with a piece of Catholic doctrine that has prevented me from crossing the Tiber. Over time, however, my objections have dwindled, and my theology has morphed to be very Catholic. At this point, I think my only major disagreement (and it may not even be to that level. It’s moreso I don’t know if the burden of proof has been met) is with papal infallibility.

I use the BCP for evening prayer, and during that time, I have been praying for God to plainly show to my wife and me where he desires for us to be, whether that be the Anglican or Catholic Church. I feel that this prayer has gone largely (if not completely) unanswered. I have felt like I have reached as far as my intellect could take me 100 times, but by God’s mercy, he has allowed me to eventually reach a little further.

Still, I feel generally demoralized and disheartened by what feels like silence from God in this matter. I feel responsible for fostering the spiritual wellbeing of my wife, and so I feel like I am failing her by not being able to discern a clear answer. I am left constantly doubting and wondering whether feeling drawn to Catholicism is a prodding from the Holy Spirit or a consequence of having spent the better part of 5 years in “denominational limbo.”

In true Anglican fashion, one of the few sources of comfort during this silence and uncertainty has been from CS Lewis’s Screwtape Letters. He writes,

“Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.”

In addition to the BCP’s evening prayer, I have been praying a decade of the rosary daily and praying for the intercession of various saints. If you all would please pray for me, I would greatly appreciate it. If any of you have any advice in this discernment process, I would love to hear your thoughts

Was looking to purchase the daily office and I see it says november 2026? Is it fully released yet, just being released to parishes first or am I reading this wrong?

Could an Ordinariate Book of Common Prayer be created, at least for the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, bringing together all of its liturgical and devotional resources in the traditional BCP format?

Anyone in the the Detroit area looking to form a group to get a parish here?

Has anyone from a western rite orthodox background become a member of the ordinariate?

Did anybody take a detour to the east before landing in the ordinariate?

I heard that one likes the RSV2CE

Google said I can't join the Ordinariate as a layman cos there aren't any parishes or community in Korea... is it true? I was Anglican before converting.

Would the morovian church be considered like the Anglican and methodist churches as similar in patrimony to the ordinariate?