<story><title>Nuns got squeezed out of the communion wafer business</title><url>https://thehustle.co/how-nuns-got-squeezed-out-of-the-communion-wafer-business/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>walrus01</author><text>Serious question, but isn&amp;#x27;t anything that is a &amp;quot;married priest&amp;quot; not actual catholicism, as it would be recognized and approved by church HQ in Rome?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m confused because it does seem somehow officially okay.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Personal_Ordinariate_of_the_Chair_of_Saint_Peter?wprov=sfla1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Personal_Ordinariate_of_the_Ch...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>User23</author><text>With full respect for your freedom of conscience, should you ever wish to discern whether to become Catholic the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter[1] makes retaining many if not the majority of your Anglo-Catholic traditions possible. They permit married priests and use a liturgy that is strongly influenced by the Book of Common Prayer while being in full communion with Rome.&lt;p&gt;In fact, the chaplain for Catholic Answers is an Anglican priest who converted[2]. I find the segments where he’s on quite interesting. Many people are surprised to learn that there are Catholic priests who are married with children!&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ordinariate.net&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ordinariate.net&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.catholic.com&amp;#x2F;profile&amp;#x2F;fr-samuel-keyes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.catholic.com&amp;#x2F;profile&amp;#x2F;fr-samuel-keyes&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>cbfrench</author><text>For me, what’s it’s primarily “about,” of course, is the making present in an unbloodied manner the eternal and propitious Sacrifice of Christ, “proclaim[ing] the Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Cor 11:26). And in the Eucharist we receive the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ truly present under the species of bread and wine. I would imagine that our Eucharistic theologies are generally not dissimilar.&lt;p&gt;But what I meant by that particular comment was that there was a fitting consonance between using bread whose proceeds went toward helping those in need and the works of love and mercy to which the Eucharistic Lord calls us.&lt;p&gt;Edit: And I certainly didn’t read any dunking into your question! Anglican Eucharistic theology is sort of all over the place. The vast majority of Anglicans adhere to some understanding of the Real Presence (and the Anglican theological tradition has generally tended to exclude memorialist understandings of the Eucharist, fwiw). I tend to have a very “Anglo-Catholic” sacramental theology.</text></item><item><author>aeneasmackenzie</author><text>&amp;gt; I&amp;#x27;m an anglican priest&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; reinforce what the Eucharist is about in the first place&lt;p&gt;What would that be? I mean to you. I am Catholic and I am entirely aware of what it is about to us. I am not trying to dunk on you or start an argument.</text></item><item><author>cbfrench</author><text>I’m an Anglican priest, and I can attest to this! We used to buy the Eucharistic hosts produced by the Institute for the Deaf at Sint-Michielsgestel in Holland (via our local church supplier). They were lovely. The priest’s hosts had a variety of designs (e.g., the Crucifix, the IHS monogram, even the Pelican). Their texture was nice: not too thick, not too gummy (less likely to stick to the roof of your mouth!). Plus, the proceeds from the sales of the hosts went to supporting the work of the Institute.&lt;p&gt;Alas, sometime in the past year-and-a-half, the Institute stopped producing hosts, so we now have to use Cavanagh. They’re fine, as far as it goes, but a little too chewy for my taste, and the only design available is a cross.&lt;p&gt;But it was always nice knowing that the bread we were using at the Eucharist was helping to support a worthy cause. It seemed to reinforce what the Eucharist is about in the first place.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>aeneasmackenzie</author><text>Clerical Celibacy is a disciple rather than a dogma. It is especially prominent in the Latin rite. There are other rites in the Roman Catholic Church and some of them have married priests. When priests convert to Catholicism they are usually allowed to remain priests if they wish. They often have to be actually ordained. If they were married and ordained both stick. Neither is reversible. If they are married and &amp;quot;ordained&amp;quot; they can still be ordained.</text></comment>
<story><title>Nuns got squeezed out of the communion wafer business</title><url>https://thehustle.co/how-nuns-got-squeezed-out-of-the-communion-wafer-business/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>walrus01</author><text>Serious question, but isn&amp;#x27;t anything that is a &amp;quot;married priest&amp;quot; not actual catholicism, as it would be recognized and approved by church HQ in Rome?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m confused because it does seem somehow officially okay.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Personal_Ordinariate_of_the_Chair_of_Saint_Peter?wprov=sfla1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Personal_Ordinariate_of_the_Ch...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>User23</author><text>With full respect for your freedom of conscience, should you ever wish to discern whether to become Catholic the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter[1] makes retaining many if not the majority of your Anglo-Catholic traditions possible. They permit married priests and use a liturgy that is strongly influenced by the Book of Common Prayer while being in full communion with Rome.&lt;p&gt;In fact, the chaplain for Catholic Answers is an Anglican priest who converted[2]. I find the segments where he’s on quite interesting. Many people are surprised to learn that there are Catholic priests who are married with children!&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ordinariate.net&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ordinariate.net&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.catholic.com&amp;#x2F;profile&amp;#x2F;fr-samuel-keyes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.catholic.com&amp;#x2F;profile&amp;#x2F;fr-samuel-keyes&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>cbfrench</author><text>For me, what’s it’s primarily “about,” of course, is the making present in an unbloodied manner the eternal and propitious Sacrifice of Christ, “proclaim[ing] the Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Cor 11:26). And in the Eucharist we receive the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ truly present under the species of bread and wine. I would imagine that our Eucharistic theologies are generally not dissimilar.&lt;p&gt;But what I meant by that particular comment was that there was a fitting consonance between using bread whose proceeds went toward helping those in need and the works of love and mercy to which the Eucharistic Lord calls us.&lt;p&gt;Edit: And I certainly didn’t read any dunking into your question! Anglican Eucharistic theology is sort of all over the place. The vast majority of Anglicans adhere to some understanding of the Real Presence (and the Anglican theological tradition has generally tended to exclude memorialist understandings of the Eucharist, fwiw). I tend to have a very “Anglo-Catholic” sacramental theology.</text></item><item><author>aeneasmackenzie</author><text>&amp;gt; I&amp;#x27;m an anglican priest&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; reinforce what the Eucharist is about in the first place&lt;p&gt;What would that be? I mean to you. I am Catholic and I am entirely aware of what it is about to us. I am not trying to dunk on you or start an argument.</text></item><item><author>cbfrench</author><text>I’m an Anglican priest, and I can attest to this! We used to buy the Eucharistic hosts produced by the Institute for the Deaf at Sint-Michielsgestel in Holland (via our local church supplier). They were lovely. The priest’s hosts had a variety of designs (e.g., the Crucifix, the IHS monogram, even the Pelican). Their texture was nice: not too thick, not too gummy (less likely to stick to the roof of your mouth!). Plus, the proceeds from the sales of the hosts went to supporting the work of the Institute.&lt;p&gt;Alas, sometime in the past year-and-a-half, the Institute stopped producing hosts, so we now have to use Cavanagh. They’re fine, as far as it goes, but a little too chewy for my taste, and the only design available is a cross.&lt;p&gt;But it was always nice knowing that the bread we were using at the Eucharist was helping to support a worthy cause. It seemed to reinforce what the Eucharist is about in the first place.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bombcar</author><text>Married priest are rare in the Roman Catholic Church but that is only one of the 27 Catholic Churches. There are various Eastern Catholic Churches under the Pope with their own particular laws (and many have married priests).</text></comment>