The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

10/09/2026

The Ordinariate Festival returns from 13th to 15th October 2026, hosted this year by Christ the King Church in Eastbourne.

This year's theme is Beauty, Truth, and Goodness: exploring what it means to evangelise through beauty, not as an end in itself, but because beauty has the power to lead us to God. We are privileged to have talks from David Clayton, Dean of the School of Sacred Art at Pontifex University, and author of The Way of Beauty; as well as Andrew Goldstein of The Vigil Project.

Every year we gather our whole community together for fellowship, worship, and unity. Wherever you belong within the Ordinariate, this is your festival too.

Book your place and find the full programme via the Eastbourne Ordinariate: https://bit.ly/4x78b0a

28/08/2026

Full communion doesn't have to start with a dramatic conversion story. Sometimes it just starts with a question: "Could this be my home?"

The Ordinariate was founded in 2011 under Pope Benedict XVI's Anglicanorum coetibus, but you don't have to be a former Anglican to belong. Many who join us are baptised Catholics discovering our patrimony for the first time, or people from other traditions (or none at all) seeking full communion with Rome.

If you're single and exploring what that path looks like, our new guide walks through exactly how it begins: an individual petition and profession of faith, made alongside a local pastor who meets you wherever you're starting from.

Read the full guide: https://bit.ly/4qEub0I
Find your nearest group: https://bit.ly/4zHsxPY

24/08/2026

🙏 In his August Pastoral Letter, Bishop David reflects on the fruits of WeBelieve Festival: celebrating Mass with thousands of worshippers, and an Evensong and Benediction that drew over 150 people from across the festival's traditions.

"The Faith is taught; joy is glimpsed; and the Good News is proclaimed." Bishop David's prayer for every Ordinariate community, as the joys of one shared festival return home to our own parishes and missions.

He also looks ahead to this year's March for Life on Saturday 5th September: Mass at Westminster Cathedral at 10.30am, march at 1.30pm. Those wishing to walk together are asked to meet him outside St Matthew's Church, Great Peter Street, at 1.10pm.

Read Bishop David's full letter on our website: https://bit.ly/4qCzYDZ

Dear Brothers and Sisters, most of you will know that earlier this year I had the great privilege of meeting with Pope Leo...

27/07/2026

Wonderful to see the presence and hear the voices of the Ordinariate at WeBelieve Festival - thank you EWTN GB 🙏

27/07/2026

“What’s one word to describe the Ordinariate?” “A gift!”
Have you seen Bishop David Waller’s Catholic Quickfire at the WeBelieve Festival ? 🙏

25/07/2026

Launching now in a packed-out Museum at during the WeBelieve Festival - “Into Full Communion”, a book on the story of the Ordinariate by Joanna Bogle, in conversation with Bishop David Waller

Live streaming now on YouTube

25/07/2026

Joanna Bogle’s “Into Full Communion” book launch is live streaming now at the - tune into Sancta Familia Media’s YouTube channel now!

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22/07/2026

Earlier this year, Bishop David had the privilege of meeting Pope Leo. In his July pastoral letter, he reflects on his meeting with the Holy Father, and their dialogue on the gift of the Ordinariates in the Church today.

Read Bishop David's full reflection on what drives the Ordinariate's identity, and why "small" doesn't mean "marginal."
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17/06/2026

In the month in which we celebrate many great Solemnities and Feasts - Corpus Christi, Ss Peter and Paul, the Sacred Heart amongst others - our Bishop encourages us to pray for and reflect on unity and communion. "To be a Catholic is to be in communion with the successor of Peter – a relationship which thereby places us in communion with our brethren throughout the world and through the ages. That communion is built upon doctrine – One Church, One Faith, One Lord."

Read the full letter here on The Spring: https://bit.ly/4fQW4zb

11/05/2026

"Be Open and Brave!" 🕊️🔥

In his latest reflection for our newsletter, Bishop David Waller looks ahead to the Feast of Pentecost and the "glorious identity" we share as Catholics in the Ordinariate.

He reminds us that our desire for full communion was a work of the Holy Spirit and that we bring a "treasure to be shared" with the wider Church through our distinct patrimony. Whether our communities are large or small, we are called to be vibrant, missionary disciples.

Read the full reflection here on The Spring: https://bit.ly/3Ru2OZx