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All,

Does anyone know of any Anglican religious orders (a list perhaps) that have come into communion with Rome?

Also, I know that there are several Byzantine Catholic communties that have become Orthodox but have any Orthodox communities become Catholic?

Thank you ahead of time,

ProCatholico

The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement spring to mind. They became Roman Catholic in the early 20th Century and sponsor prayer for Christian Unity.

Brian,

Thank you! I recently came across the Atonement Friars website and began to learn more about them. I am quite literally enthralled with their charism and their works.
I have also found this website Caldey Fathers [caldey-island.co.uk] The Caldey Fathers are another formerly Anglican order. But I am sure that there were several others. Also, I once heard that there was a formerly Orthodox community that became Eastern Catholic. Does anyone know about this?

ProCatholico

It's out of date, but the best reference book on Anglican religious orders is still Peter Anson, *The Call of the Cloister*. Besides other information, he notes which communities became Catholic. Incognitus

Incidentally, the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement have a lovely free-standing Byzantine chapel at Graymoor. Does anyone know if that chapel is in use these days? Incognitus

Incognitus,

Thank you for that information. I look forward to purchasing that book by Peter Anson.

But if anyone else knows of any former-Anglican communities which are now Catholic, please let me know. Or any former Orthodox communites which are now Catholic, for that matter.

And as for the Byzantine chapel at Graymoor, I do not know if it is still there, my best guess would be to contact the Friars and ask.

ProCatholico

I don;t know if they are still using the Byzantine Chapel there or not. Its been about 15 years since I've been there. A buddy of mine entered the order after Hight School. I understand he is a missionary in Brazil now.

>The Caldey Fathers are another formerly Anglican order.<

No. The present Caldey Fathers do not reprersent a continuation of Anglican orders. Most of the Anglican Benedictines were received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1913, but left Caldey in 1925. Some remained Anglo-Catholics and resettled.

The present fathers have no Anglican past, having come from Scourmont in Belgium in 1926.

Spasi Khristos -
Mark, monk and sinner.

Last I heard, the original Caldey community (now Catholic) was at Prinknash, but they may have moved. The "Anglican Remnant" was at Nashdom Abbey (I trust that most of our readers can grasp what "Nashdom" means) but I believe that they've since moved to another location in England. Incognitus

Fr. Mike and Incognitus,

The Caldey Fathers (as the Anglo-Catholic priests from the island of Caldey were named) did indeed become Roman Catholic in 1913. The community did not die, because it has always recieved new members throughout the decades.

These members left the island in 1925 and resettled in another part of England (Incognitus suspects Prinknash) and as Fr. Mike stated some remained Anglo-Catholics and resettled elsewhere.

The priests who occupy Caldey island today are Cistercian Bendecitines (Roman Catholic) from Belgium. But the Caldey Fathers themselves exist in Anglican and Roman Catholic blocs in new locations.

God Bless,

ProCatholico

All,

As previously stated by Incognitus, there is a book by Peter Anson that details several Anglican religious communities/orders that converted to the Roman Catholic Church. Unfortunatly this book is outdated and out of print and I am having a hard time finding it.

Therefore I ask, if there is anyone on this forum that happens to know of any of these former Anglican orders, besides the already mentioned, Atonement Friars and Caldey Fathers, to please let me know. I am curious for my own personal interest in Anglican-Catholic history and to a lesser extent, detail the life of these congregations today.

And again, tying in an Eastern element to this discussion, have there ever been any Orthodox religious communties that became Eastern Catholic or Western Catholic for that matter (though I think the latter is not possible)? I know several times this has happened in the opposite way, whereby Eastern Catholics have left the Catholic communion.

So again I ask anyone for help, thank you in advance.

And may God richly bless you all!

ProCatholico

I can think of some communities which went the other way (from Catholic to Orthodox), the most recent being the monastery in Florida. A good example would be the very unique New Skete community which is in the OCA. They have made very interesting strides in the devlopment of chant and liturgy (in addition to the dog training books They also remain quite ecumenical and honor their Catholic roots with devotion to St Francis etc.

Brian and All,

Brian, you are quite right in stating that there have been many Eastern Catholic monastic communitites that have left to become Orthodox (such as the New Skete). But arent there any communities that have become Eastern or Roman Catholic? As I've said before I believe that the latter has never been the case but hasnt this ever happened the other way around?

I suppose no one knows. Also, originally I asked about formerly Anglican communities that became Roman Catholic. So I am hoping someone here can help me.

ProCatholico