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Orthodox Catholic Faith
What is the HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH - Western Rite?
We are a
manifestation of the Holy Catholic Church, which is the Original Church, the
one and only Church founded by Jesus Christ, which He sent forth to teach all
nations and promised that, by the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit, the Holy
Tradition of the Faith would be kept in ‘all truth’ as long as this world shall
last. We do not follow the Church of Rome. We should not be confused with
Anglicanism or Protestantism.
We worship according
to the unchanging traditional Western Catholic forms of worship. This is why we
add ‘Western Rite’ to our title of the Holy Catholic Church.
We teach the unchanging and unchangeable traditional ORTHODOX CATHOLIC FAITH as
it has been taught and practiced from the beginning. This Holy Faith was the
Faith of our forebears for many centuries.
We now proclaim to Western believers
- the Church
they have never had the opportunity to know until NOW.
Contact: The Holy
Catholic Church
- Western Rite,
St Mary’s House, 13 Byatts Grove, Longton,
Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom (U.K.), ST3 2RH
Telephone 01782 - 330743 (+44 1782 330 743 outside the U.K.)
METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP
The Most Reverend Leslie Hamlett
E-mail: archbishop13@sky.com
If you are new to this website and would like a quick introduction to the Holy Catholic Church -Western Rite
then CLICK HERE
otherwise browse the pages listed below by clicking on the underlined link.
Metropolitan Archbishop's page.
Kalendar (the Church's calendar of Feast Days and Saints Days.)
News and Reports on the Activities of the International Church.
The General Conference in Sweden in 2008.
An Assistant Bishop for the Diocese of Tio Grande.
A Bishop to Evangelise Sweden.
The Metropolitan Archbishop's Visit to South Africa.
News from the Dioceses of the Holy Catholic Church - Western Rite.
The Archdiocese of Europe under the Patronage of Saint Augustine.
The Missionary District of Sweden within the Archdiocese of Europe.
The Diocese of America - a direct link to our sister website in the U.S.A.
The Missionary District of Canada.
The Diocese of Rio Grande in Mexico and the City of El Paso.
The Diocese of Umzi Wasi Tiyopiya (South Africa).
(Because of the lack of financial support, the Diocese of the Caribbean and New Granada,
formerly listed on this page, is is now withdrawn.)
The Life and faith of the Holy Catholic Church - Western Rite.
What on earth is the Holy Catholic Church?
They who seek shall always find.
Questions and Answers (Q & A).
'UNREFORMED' - to view selected pages of 'Unreformed', the international
magazine of the Holy Catholic Church - Western Rite - CLICK HERE
This site last updated on the Vigil of The Feast of the Assumption, 14 August 2008
This website is currently undergoing revision and improvement. As far as we are aware all links to pages
in the site and to other sites are functioning; but should you find any that are not we offer our apologies.
The Prayer to Our Lady said publicly after Sunday Mass wherever the Church is found.
O Mary, most exalted among God's creatures, who by the power of the Holy Spirit and by thy freely given consent, didst conceive in thy womb the Eternal Son of thy Everlasting Father, we place the Holy Catholic Church (Western Rite) under thy maternal protection. Mother of God and Ever Virgin Mary, may many come to recognise our Church as a manifestation of the One, True, Undivided Catholic Church. May many be bought to the fullness of redemption and new life in Christ through the witness of our Church. May we be shielded from the attacks of Satan, and, following the example of thine obedience to the Father, may we ever remain true to our vocation and calling. Amen.
Note: The One True Undivided Catholic Church in our prayer refers to the Church, Eastern and Western, which were as One during the whole of the first millennium. Western Rite refers to the liturgy of the Western Church during that era.
(The background to this page is the High Altar of our Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Grace,
in the City of Stoke on Trent, U.K. )
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