Photographs of the Service of Ordination, August 2008

These photographs were taken by the Cross-Denominational Mission at the service of Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood of Sr. Magdalena OEF at the Well Chapel, Witnesham, Suffolk, on 9 August 2008. Bishop Charles Mugleston was the ordaining bishop, with other clergy in attendance from the Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church, the Young Rite and the Independent Liberal Catholic Fellowship.

No-one who was present will forget what was an extraordinary occasion of great spiritual power and unity in fellowship. The heritage of progressive Liberal Catholicism was made manifest in the service used, which developed the classical Liberal Catholic Church liturgy into a more inclusive whole. The Gospel reading was, fittingly, taken from the Gospel of Mary Magdalene.

We wish Sr. Magdalena God's grace and all success in her new ministry.


L to R: Bishop Johannes van Alphen (The Young Rite) with Mgr. Adrian Glover (LCAC)
L to R: Mar Joannes (LCAC), Bishops Markus van Alphen and Aristid Havlicek (The Young Rite)
L to R: Bishop Charles Mugleston and Br. Thomas OEF (ILCF) with Mgr. Adrian Glover (LCAC)
L to R: Fr. Dennis Donlon (LCAC), Bishop Johannes van Alphen, Revd. Jannie Hofkamp, Bishop Aristid Havlicek (The Young Rite)
The service opens with invocations and prayers
The candidate kneels to receive ordination
The bishops impose hands on the candidate for the priesthood
A new priest
Bishop Charles prepares to anoint the candidate
The candidate cleanses her hands
Some of the bishops and congregation
The preparations for Holy Communion
The celebrants invite all present to receive Holy Communion
Bishop Johannes signs the certificate of ordination
The new priest blesses her ordaining bishop
The bishops with Sr. Magdalena and her husband Brother Thomas
The new priest with some of the clergy who were present
Gathering on the lawns after the service

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The Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church is a member of the International Council of Community Churches (ICCC). The ICCC is a member of the World Council of Churches, Churches Uniting in Christ, The National Council of Churches (USA) and Christian Churches Together in the USA.

The Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church is a denominational member of the Independent Liberal Catholic Fellowship (ILCF).

The Bishops of the Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church are all members of the Sophia Circle, a non-prescriptive gathering of free bishops in the esoteric tradition.