Anglican Catholic Church? (priests, tradition, beliefs, churches, protestant)

[Terrywoodenpic]

Originally Posted by sojourner

Terry:

Two questions.

First, I notice that the Table appears to be located in the nave, at the liturgical west end of the chancel, instead of in the sanctuary. Is this where the Table "lives," or was it dedicated there and then moved to the sanctuary?

Second, the woman at the left side of the picture is wearing a deacon's stole, although she is not vested in a dalmatic. Is she a deacon? If so, I didn't know y'all ordained women to the diaconate.

Second answer first.
She was indeed an ordained deaconess... she has since been ordained a priest.
deaconesses have been around for quite a while now and are common.
The priest to the front right of the bishop, is very high church in style but but has no problem with women priests.

As to the question about the Altar , I made that in memory of my wife, for the lady chapel, it is used for week day communions, and it was moved the next day.

We normally have a chancel Altar for all services. And we also have a high altar in the sanctuary, which is dressed but not used.
This arrangement is considered more user friendly and is becoming quite usual in the church of England.

[sojourner]

Originally Posted by Terrywoodenpic

Second answer first.
She was indeed an ordained deaconess... she has since been ordained a priest.
deaconesses have been around for quite a while now and are common.
The priest to the front right of the bishop, is very high church in style but but has no problem with women priests.

As to the question about the Altar , I made that in memory of my wife, for the lady chapel, it is used for week day communions, and it was moved the next day.

We normally have a chancel Altar for all services. And we also have a high altar in the sanctuary, which is dressed but not used.
This arrangement is considered more user friendly and is becoming quite usual in the church of England.

It's a beautiful Table. Our Table was also made by a parishioner. We moved into a new building last November. he built the Altar in honor of God's providence surrounding our move. I wish I had a picture I could post. It's very beautiful, too.

In our local diocese, all parishes and missions now have Tables. Many of our buildings are modern, not having the classic nave-chancel-sanctuary plan. My home parish was the last one in the diocese to have the altar against the East wall, in the sanctuary. It has been moved out -- although it's still in the sanctuary. Some of our parishes and missions do use a chancel altar, like you do. I like both -- sanctuary high altar for some purposes and the chancel altar for some. Thanx for the pix! And the info!