Posts tagged The Bishop

St Peter's Basilica behind the Ponte Sant’Angelo, Rome

“A Precious Gift”: Rome affirms the Ordinariate’s Mission

Thursday 26 March 2026

There is a core shared identity evident among Ordinariate communities wherever they are found, rooted in a common path of following Christ that has led them into full communion with the Catholic Church. The Bishops have identified several traits that they consider to be characteristic of the spiritual and pastoral heritage of the Ordinariates, which have been received by the DDF in Rome as a part of a worthy patrimony.

The Holy Father (r) with (l to r) Cardinal Fernandez, Bishop Waller, Bishop Lopes and the representative of Bishop Randazzo. Photo: Vatican News

Bishop David’s Pastoral Letter: March 2026

Thursday 19 March 2026

To be a Catholic in the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is demanding, there are times of reward and times of sacrifice; however, it is of God!

Bishop David, speaking to the Anglicanorum Coetibus Society

Bishop David’s Pastoral Letter: January 2026

Thursday 15 January 2026

“God has led us into the unity which is His Church and it is our bounden duty to be a prophetic voice, bearing witness to the Unity for which Christ prayed and by being agents for that full unity of the Body of Christ for which he longs.”

Bishop David’s Pastoral Letter: December 2025

Friday 12 December 2025

The World needs to hear this truth. God has acted, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us; in the womb of the Virgin Mary he took our humanity and he has raised it now to the glory of Heaven.

Bishop David at St Mary's College Oscott

Bishop David’s Pastoral Letter: October 2025

Monday 13 October 2025

October sees the pilgrimage of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham to Rome during the Jubilee Year. Bishop David writes about giving thanks.

Bishop David, speaking to the Anglicanorum Coetibus Society

Bishop David’s Pastoral Letter: September 2025

Friday 12 September 2025

September sees the patronal feast of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Bishop David writes about Walsingham and the place of the Ordinariate.