We use water from the shrine in our healing prayers in our parish here in lil' ol' Iowa.Do the Anglo-Catholic churches also have relics in their altars? (The altars of Roman Catholic churches are supposed to contain relics of the saint whose name the church bears. For example, I grew up in St. Joan of Arc parish whose altar contained an article of her clothing in place of a piece of bone.)
Some do. Usually in a stone set in altar directly under the spot where the chalice and paten are set during mass. Many of the "low-church" Anglican churches use a table very similar to what is used in RC churhces. In our church, the altar is against the east wall (liturgically speaking) and the priest faces away from the congregation during most of the eucharist.