[Convert from ECUSA]

"I would LOVE to go to one of those churches, wouldn't you? "

I sure would! The closest Anglican-Use Catholic parishes to me (I'm in Northern VA across from Babylon-on-the-Potomac) are in North Carolina and Massachusetts. If I'm ever in Houston or San Antonio visiting, I'd go to one of these churches in a heartbeat. If they ever get an Anglican-Use parish or two in Northern VA, I'd definitely visit them.

[bourbon]

I wish we could get an Anglican Use parish in Jackson, MS (where I live). There are scads of disillusioned (and ahem....wealthy) former Episcopalians running about. I would imagine the same situation obtains in almost every Southern city of note.

Oddly, I think one of the things that keeps more Episcopalians from swimming the Tiber is contemporary Catholic aesthetics which, most traditionalists would agree, are pretty debased.

The one thing that the traditionally-minded Episcopalians I know held onto as the ECUSA descended into deeply heterodox doctrinal disarray was an appreciation for the beauties of ancient liturgy and sacred music.

Unfortunately when these folks visit a Catholic church, they are generally appreciative of the steadfastness of Catholic doctrine, but they are usually turned off by the goofy post-Vatican II/ Novus Ordo liturgical innovations.

It's sad to say, but many of these good people feel hopeless and adrift. I wish we could bring them home.

[ichabod1]

Not so bad for being way out here in the Provinces, are they? They make me proud of Texas.