Pastoral Letters from Cardinal Wuerl

Concerning HHS Health Insurance mandate

Concerning HHS Health Insurance "compromise"

Ordinariate Established!

On January 1, 2012, the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter was erected. Fr. Jeffrey Steenson is named first Ordinary.

Read the official document

Ordinariate Announced:

On November 15th, 2011, during a session of the USCCB, Cardinal Wuerl announced the Holy Father has given permission for the establishment of the Ordinariate in the United States to begin on January 1, 2012, the Solemnity of the Mother of God.

Read Cardinal Wuerl's full address here.


See St. Luke's in the News:

St. Luke's Reception

- Catholic Online - 10/10/2011

- The Washington Post - 10/10/2011

- Zenit Catholic News - 10/10/2011

Announcement to Enter the Ordinariate

- WJLA News ABC Channel 7 - 06/06/2011

- Catholic News Service Video via Hawaii Catholic Herald


Click below to open document:

- Official Archdiocese of Washington Press Release

- Open Letter to the Parishioners of St. Luke's

- Statement by Fr. Mark Lewis, Rector, St. Luke's

- Q/A Concerning St. Luke's and the Ordinariate

 

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"No earthly pleasures,
no kingdoms of this world
can benefit me in any way.
I prefer death in Christ Jesus
to power over the farthest
limits of the earth.
He who died in place of us
is the one object of my quest.
He who rose for our sakes
is my one desire. Do not talk
about Jesus Christ as
long as you love this world."

-St Ignatius of Antioch