The ordinariate needs its own churches
SIR – I had the pleasure of attending the ordinariate Mass discussed by Stephen Bullivant in his recent blog on your website.
It was not my first visit since, unlike him, I have been attending the ordinariate Mass in Oxford whenever I am in the city. It is a remarkably beautiful, prayerful experience which lights up what is otherwise a rather unattractive church. What is disappointing, however, is how few people attend. Despite having excellent, enthusiastic priests, the ordinariate in Oxford, as elsewhere, has to be satisfied with having one Mass on a Saturday evening, which makes it difficult to build a proper congregation.
