[Magdalen] Three Sisters.

[Christopher Hart]

David,

A nice analysis of these three parishes, but a few additions/correction if
you will allow me. First of all, Good Shepherd never adopted the 82 Hymnal.
They did, as you said, use a form of the 79 BCP which they published as The
Anglican Service Book.

Second, although women clergy my not yet have celebrated mass at St.
Clement's, one did preach at the installation of the current rector to whom
you refer. He left Good Shepherd to take the reins at St. Clement's a
little more than a year ago, so he has been the rector of all three
parishes at one time or another.

Finally, that former rector of Good Shepherd who got himself ordained a
bishop in another Anglican group eventually parted ways with that group as
well and attempted (unsuccessfully) to get accepted into the RC Ordinariate
as a priest, taking about half of the Good Shepherd congregation with him.
His shenanigans (which include suing his bishop) are largely responsible
for the decline of that parish rather than simply their liturgical and
theological stances.

On Saturday, October 31, 2015, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> No, not the volcanos in the Cascade Range of Oregon.
>
> Rather the three flagship Anglocatholic parishes of the Philadelphia
> area:  Saint Clements, Saint Marks, and Good Shepherd  (Rosemont).
>
> Granted there are other high church parishes in the Philadelphia
> area, but the three sisters are the famous ones.
>
> I was chatting with a clergyman who has been on the staff of all  three
> parishes, and is currently Rector of Saint Clement's after several
> years as Rector of Saint Mark's.
>
> He confirmed that circa 1960, all three of these parishes would have
> had a similar liturgies, with minor differences, but it is  fascinating
> to see how the three sisters each went their own way in the
> subsequent years.
>
> A brief summary:
>
> (1) Saint Mark's embraced TEC '79 Prayer Book and '82 Hymnal,  the
> OW, and moved the high altar out so that at least a portion of the
> liturgy could be versus populi.  Their version of the liturgy  includes
> the dumping of the Minor Propers.
>
> (2) Saint Clement's has continued its version of the RC Tridentine
> Rite always ad orientem.  They continue to use the old  Tridentine
> Church calendar with the "Gesima" Sundays and all.  There are no
> women clergy celebrating at this parish.  TEC 28 Prayer Book is  used
> (with augmentation) and the 1940 Hymnal..  The Minor Proper at  the
> main Choral Mass is in Latin out of the Graduale Romanum.
>
> (3) Good Shepherd accepted TEC '79 Prayer Book, and the '82 Hymnal
> but put out it's own edition of the former in Cranmerian English.   There
> was complete non-compliance with OW, and the then Rector became a
> bishop in another Anglican group.  There was total disintegration  which
> led to litigation, and what is left of this once large congregation is
> a tiny remnant.
>
> Someone needs to write a detailed summary of the history of these
> three sisters over the past 75 years!
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>


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