Welcome to the website of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, erected by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. The Ordinariate currently includes eleven worship communities across Australia.
An important part of the spirituality of the Ordinariate is its use of the English vernacular in the liturgy of the Church. The best example of these reforms are contained in the Book of Common Prayer and it is the English of Archbishop Cramner that informed the development of the Ordinariate's liturgies. Recently, Father Ramsay Williams delivered an address to the Prayer Book Society on this subject. Monsignor Entwistle encourages all the faithful to read it and it can be downloaded here.
During the recent Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Greg Homeming of Lismore offered a reflection focusing on the challenges the Catholic Church in Australia faces at this time. There is no doubt that the Church is weaker than it was, both in numbers of the faithful and the influence it h
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The ordination to the priesthood of Deacon Joseph Paul Yamaoka was a joyous occasion that took place in the chapel of the Apostolic Nuncio to Japan on the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist (June 24th).
Read MoreHaving just celebrated the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, we are now in the long season of Trinity when the Church asks us to study one of the first three Gospels and understand what emphasis the author places on aspects of Jesus’ life and ministry. This year the Gospel is that of St
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