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Robin Ward, a patristics scholar who formed generations of clergy at St. Stephen’s House in Oxford, says he now ‘rejoices without regret or hesitation’ in the Catholic Church.
OXFORD, England — An Anglican canon who until recently headed one of the Church of England’s main theological colleges has become the latest high-profile member of the Church of England to be received into the Catholic Church.
Canon Robin Ward, who served as principal of St. Stephen’s House in Oxford for 19 years until stepping down last year, announced on social media Feb. 14 that he had been received into the Church at St. Michael’s Benedictine Abbey, Farnborough, by its abbot, Benedictine Dom Cuthbert Brogan.
“Signo te signo crucis, et confirmo te chrismate salutis — with nine words, I received the seal of the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of confirmation and the seal to complete a journey I began some 40 years ago in the city of Oxford, where I have spent most of my adult life,” Ward told the Register Feb. 18.
“I have been tremendously encouraged by the kindness of so many,” he said, “not least those who for many years have been praying for me, and I rejoice without regret or hesitation to find myself in this place.”
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OXFORD, England — An Anglican canon who until recently headed one of the Church of England’s main theological colleges has become the latest high-profile member of the Church of England to be received into the Catholic Church.
Canon Robin Ward, who served as principal of St. Stephen’s House in Oxford for 19 years until stepping down last year, announced on social media Feb. 14 that he had been received into the Church at St. Michael’s Benedictine Abbey, Farnborough, by its abbot, Benedictine Dom Cuthbert Brogan.
“Signo te signo crucis, et confirmo te chrismate salutis — with nine words, I received the seal of the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of confirmation and the seal to complete a journey I began some 40 years ago in the city of Oxford, where I have spent most of my adult life,” Ward told the Register Feb. 18.
“I have been tremendously encouraged by the kindness of so many,” he said, “not least those who for many years have been praying for me, and I rejoice without regret or hesitation to find myself in this place.”
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Former Head of Influential Anglican Seminary Received Into Catholic Church
Robin Ward, a patristics scholar who formed generations of clergy at St. Stephen’s House in Oxford, says he now ‘rejoices without regret or hesitation’ in the Catholic Church.
