Good Fences, Good Neighbors, and Faithful Churches By Abbot-Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Pope Leo XIV’s recent decision concerning bishops connected with the Society of St. Pius X is not merely a Roman Catholic controversy. It is a problem many churches and organizations know all too well. The issue, as…
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The Rest We Cannot Earn
Sunday Closest to July 6Proper 9Year ARCL Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67Psalm 45: 11-18Romans 7:15-25aMatthew 11:16-19, 25-30 The Rest We Cannot Earn By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Every single one of us knows what it feels like to be completely exhausted from the inside out. I am not just talking about…
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Christ Catholic Church
The Importance of Christ Catholic Church in this Day and Age: A Pastoral Essay by a Bishop of the See of the Prince of Peace By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC In every age, Christ calls His Church to rise and meet the needs of the world with courage, tenderness, and…
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Unity Without Uniformity
Unity Without Uniformity By Abbot Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC After nearly thirty years in the Autocephalous Sacramental Movement, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about the question of Christian unity. For many years, I measured unity largely by visible organization: fewer jurisdictions, fewer divisions, fewer independent…
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Seasons of Love and the New Year
As we come to the close of 2018, may we each take time to reflect on how we have measured this past year. If we have not measured it in love, then I fear we may have missed the point. So, as we step into 2019, I invite you to…
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Samhain Liturgy
I wanted to share a wonderful liturgy resource from the Celtic Catholic Church, Diocese of Saint Brendan. We have used these prayers for years now in our annual liturgical celebration of All Hallows’ Eve within Shepherd’s Heart. May you find them as meaningful and beautiful as we do. The following…
Communion of Saints
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Saint Melangell
Our ministry is dedicated to Saint Melangell, she has always been our patron saint. She’s a wonderful Celtic saint who spent her life trying to make a safe place for folks amongst the thorns, thickets, and briarpatches of society and of the world and that is our calling as well,…
Order of Saint Benedict Chartered by Christ Catholic Church
Greetings and Apostolic Blessings! Monsignor John Blair (Dom Blair) approached me some time ago in regards to the creation of a new order within Christ Catholic Church. After much prayerful discernment and an informative shared dialogue between us, I am persuaded that Dom Blair is being called to a unique…
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50th Annual Holy Synod of Christ Catholic Church 2016
Greetings and Apostolic Benediction! The Order of the Shepherd’s Heart will host the 50th annual Holy Synod of Christ Catholic Church on March 31, April 1, 2, and 3. in the year of our Lord 2016. Your presence and or prayer is requested. This being our 50th Holy Synod we…