North American Old Catholic Church
The North American Old Catholic Church ( North American Old Catholic Church , NAOCC) was until 2013 an independent Catholic Church in the United States . Although it did not belong to the Utrecht Union of Old Catholic Churches , it largely shared their teaching, church constitution and ecclesiology .
Origin and Distribution
It was in January 2007 at a meeting in Louisville ( Kentucky founded). In August 2010, there were communities in the US in New Haven ( Connecticut ) Bear ( Delaware ), New Port Richey . Port St. Lucie , Kissimmee (all Florida ), Baltimore ( Maryland ), Somerset ( Massachusetts ), Mount Clemens ( Michigan ) , Brookline , Littleton (both New Hampshire ), New York City ( New York ), Providence ( Rhode Iceland ), Memphis ( Tennessee ) and Dallas ( Texas ) and in Washington, DC there is also a community in Ontario ( Canada ).
liturgy
The North American Old Catholic Church uses the Old Catholic Book of the Eucharist as the basis of its regular liturgy , but allows local congregations to use traditional Western forms of liturgy, such as the Tridentine Mass , the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, and the use of traditional Western forms of liturgy in other churches of the Roman missal in its current version.
Theological conceptions
It underlines the inclusive character of the Gospel and opens up to disabled people, homosexuals and people of all social classes regardless of their political orientation. Married women, women and homosexual people have access to all church offices.
organization
The leadership of the church lies with the General Episcopal Synod (episcopal general synod ) and a corporate board of directors (church leadership).
The General Synod of Bishops consists of all active and emeritus bishops, the rector of St Wolbodo Seminary and the superiors of the order who belong to the community and meets every three years.
The church leadership, which consists of clergy and lay people, meets annually and regulates the administrative and financial matters, as well as all legally prescribed tasks of a body.
Between the sessions of the Synod, an Executive Committee takes care of the current administrative tasks at two-monthly meetings. It consists of clerics who perform administrative tasks in the various areas.
The Chief Representative of the Church is the Governing Bishop, Archbishop Michael Seneco , who was elected in January 2007 in Louisville. A vicar general and a coadjutor are at his side.
Web links
- Saint Wolbodo's Seminary (English)
- The Global Library of Spiritual Writing (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Community directory ( Memento from March 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ website of NAOCC ( Memento of 27 March 2013, Internet Archive )
