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A Message from
The Most Reverend William A. Wettingfeld
Presiding Bishop, The National Catholic Church of North America
An Autocephalous Catholic Jurisdiction
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Thank you for visiting our web site and welcome. As you can see we are a small Jurisdiction in numbers but large in our works. The clergy of this Jurisdiction are all involved in viable ministries striving to bring God to all no matter what label they may place on themselves. We are all God?s children. Our clergy are hospice ministers, hospital and prison chaplains, they serve nursing homes and conduct grief and bereavement workshops and counseling.
We do in our own practice follow the Catholic tradition. We celebrate the seven Sacraments and believe that the Mass or The Liturgy is the source and summit of our prayer life and the time that Jesus, the Christ makes himself present in a real way.
Please feel free to contact any of our clergy for more information.
Message 2009 Ordinary Time:
One day Jesus went to Sabbath services in his hometown, Nazareth. They asked him to be the lector. He opened the scroll of the prophet Isaiah and read "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me and has appointed me to bring good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives, recovery of sight so the blind and release to prisoners; to announce a year of God's favor." Then he began his homily on the text by saying: "Today these words have been fulfilled in your hearing." Jesus claims the words of prophet as his mission.
Jesus' purpose is also the purpose of the church, to fulfill in our world the scriptures we hear each Sunday at Mass. The Spirit anoints us in baptism and confirmation to be prophets, to interpret the word for our time and live it in our world.
Each Sunday we try to engage our parishioners in the work of interpreting the gospel for their individual lives and for the up building of the human community. We attempt to begin a conversation among ourselves that can only be completed as we act lovingly and justly where each of us lives.
The church asks people to become companions on a faith journey together, to nourish each other through faith sharing, scripture reflection, and prayer. All strengthen by the sacraments. In our give and take of conversation, we witness how God acts in our lives, we remember Jesus' story, and we glimpse ways to transform ourselves, our homes, our workplaces, our parishes, and our human future together.
Everyone is welcome to join with us as we journey together.
In His Peace and Love,
The Most Rev. William A. Wettingfeld
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