Mange lurer sikkert på hva det betyr at anglikanerne vil få beholde litt av sin liturgiske tradisjon når de blir katolikker. Bildet over viser litt av hva det innebærer – og forklarer også hvorfor noen (moderne) katolikker ikke liker det som nå er i ferd med å skje.
På nettesidene til en av disse menighetene ( i Texas) beskrives også messen slik: «THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (The Sunday morning Masses are according to The Book of Divine Worship, Rite I, and the Sunday evening Mass is celebrated in Latin according to the Missal of Paul VI).» Og menighetens historie beskriver slik:
Our Lady of the Atonement Church is a Roman Catholic parish of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, and is the first of several “personal parishes” erected in the United States for the Anglican Use Liturgy. This parish has no affiliation with the so-called “Continuing Anglican Movement,” nor with any branch of the Episcopal or Anglican churches. Rather, its members, many of whom are converts from the Episcopal Church, have been granted permission to retain some elements of the Anglican liturgical heritage while being fully Roman Catholic. Throughout the world the Catholic Church has numerous liturgical rites all under the authority of the Roman Pontiff, and the Church has always taught that there can be legitimate diversity in unity. While the liturgy used at Our Lady of the Atonement Parish is not a separate Rite, it is the only approved variation of the Latin Rite in the United States.
Pope John Paul II greets Fr. Phillips The creation of the “Anglican Use” parishes stemmed from the statement made by Pope John Paul II in 1980, as a result of a proposal from the bishops of this country to develop terms under which former Episcopal clergymen and other members of the Episcopal Church could be admitted to full communion in the Catholic Church while still retaining some elements of their liturgy, tradition and devotional life. On August 15, 1983, a small group of converts from the Episcopal Church was received into the Roman Catholic Church by the Most Reverend Patrick F. Flores, Archbishop of San Antonio, in the Cathedral of San Fernando. At the same ceremony, the Reverend Christopher G. Phillips, also a convert to the fulness of the Catholic Faith, was ordained by the Archbishop to be their pastor. These eighteen people were the founding members of Our Lady of the Atonement Parish. For the first time in the history of the Western Church a group of Protestants was welcomed into the bosom of Holy Mother Church with a Pastoral Provision which includes the right to seek the establishment of Personal Parishes under the authority of diocesan bishops, a unique liturgical use, particular devotional practices, and a married clergy on a limited basis. …