Catholics and Anglicans unite in church-sharing venture

From England-

An historic joint service involving the Bishops of Plymouth and Truro and local Catholic and Anglican communities took place recently in Padstow, Cornwall.

For many years St Petroc's Parish Church has been used by the Catholic community during the busy summer months because their own church St Saviour and St Petroc could not accommodate everyone who wished to attend Mass.

Since 2010, Catholic and Anglican communities in Padstow have been engaged in discussions regarding the possibility of sharing the parish church. Consensus was reached and a 'Church Sharing Agreement' came into force in November.

The final Mass was said at St Saviour and St Petroc on All Saints Day and early in November the Blessed Sacrament was reserved by the Catholic community for the first time in a newly-installed tabernacle in St Petroc's Church.

At the joint service, which was called 'New Beginnings', Bishop Christopher Budd, and his Anglican counterpart from the Diocese of Truro, the Right Reverend Tim Thornton of Plymouth, formally embraced the 'Agreement'.

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