On October 7, 2021, Bishop Lopes will celebrate a Pontifical Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Philadelphia with Most Reverend Nelson J. Pérez, Archbishop of Philadelphia, homilist, celebrating St. John Henry Newman. All are welcome to attend.

Each year the faithful gather at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., to pray for our country. This year, Bishop Lopes will deliver the keynote address. Tomorrow morning EWTN will broadcast the Prayer Breakfast live beginning at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

With sadness that is lightened by our hope in the resurrection, we wish to inform you that Father John Cornelius, a retired priest of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, died September 8, 2021. The funeral Mass will take place on Monday, September 13, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cleburne, TX. Father Cornelius was ordained a Catholic priest for the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter in January of 2013 and assigned as Administrator of Saint Alban’s, Rochester, New York. He retired in December of 2014. He served in ordained ministry for the Episcopal Church from 1990 until his retirement in 2010 while rector of the Episcopal parish in Warrensburg, New York. His ministry assignments as an Episcopalian included parishes in Florida, New York, Texas, and Rhode Island. He is survived by his wife of nearly 42 years, Sharyl, three daughters, Virginia, Sarah, and Rebecca, and two grandchildren. Please remember his family and all who mourn in your prayers.

Msgr. Laurence Gipson's funeral Mass will be livestreamed on the Facebook page of Saint Ignatius Mobile on 4 August A.D. 2021 at 11:00 AM CDT. https://www.facebook.com/St.Ignatiuschurchmobile

With sadness that is lightened by our hope in the resurrection, we wish to inform you that Monsignor Laurence Gipson, a priest of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, died on 29 July A.D. 2021. The Funeral Mass will be held on 4 August A.D. 2021 at 9:30am at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Mobile, Alabama.

Bishop Steven J. Lopes, the bishop of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, issued a video message to the faithful and clergy in advance of the Day of Pentecost and Whitsun Week, calling on them like the early Church to “burst out of the upper room” with renewed faith and discipleship after the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On May 10 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, Bishop Steven Lopes of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter conferred papal honors in the name of Pope Francis on Msgr. Timothy Perkins, the ordinariate’s vicar general, that name him a Chaplain of His Holiness and grant him the title “monsignor.”

The Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter is a Catholic Diocese that encompasses the United States and Canada. The Ordinariate exists for those who are and who will be coming into full communion with the Catholic Church. Through the reverence and beauty of our worship, study of sacred Scripture and charity for those in need, we desire to share the joy of being Roman Catholic! With respect and gratitude for the Anglican heritage that nourished us, we seek to build bridges with all our brothers and sisters who are drawn to the Church, so that we might build up the one Body of Christ.