A Calgary Anglican parish has voted to join the Roman Catholic Church, becoming the first in Canada to take up an offer made by Pope Benedict last year.
The Calgary Herald reports that parishioners of St. John the Evangelist church in Inglewood voted 90 per cent in favour of joining the Catholics on Nov. 21…
Father Lee Kenyon said his parishioners at St. John's are not leaving out of anger.
"We didn't vote to leave the Anglican Church of Canada, we voted to accept the invitation of the Pope," said Kenyon, who will be ordained as a Catholic priest despite being married with two children.
Many elements of the conversion must still be negotiated including what will happen to the church, built in 1911. Kenyon said his training and ordination should take 12 weeks, but a bishop has to be named by the Vatican to complete his conversion.
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