HOLY TRINITY CELTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH

CELTIC ORTHODOX BENEDICTINE FATHERS

1703 MACOMBER STREET,

TOLEDO, OHIO 43606

E-MAIL: amdg@bex.net

HOME OF TRUE BIBLICAL ORTHODOXY

THE CELTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH

IS SO ANCIENT - IT DESERVES RESPECT

SO TRADITIONAL - IT IS REASSURING

SO CONSERVATIVE - IT IS REFRESHING

PHOTOS OF THE MONASTERY

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CELTIC ORTHODOX BENEDICTINE ARE PRAYER WARRIORS

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CAN WE CONTACT THE DEAD AT WILL?

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STATEMENT OF FAITH IN THE CELTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH

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INTRODUCTION TO CELTIC ORTHODOX SPIRITUALITY

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IS THERE DIVERSITY OF FAITH IN HEAVEN?

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ESTABLISHED IN AD 37, THE CELTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH

IS THE OLDEST WESTERN RITE ORTHODOX CHURCH

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CELTIC ORTHODOX BENEDICTINE FATHERS

1703 Macomber Street, Toledo, Ohio 43606

Phone: 419.206.2190

THE MASS AND THE DAILY PRAYING OF SCRIPTURE ARE THE

TWIN PILLARS UPON WHICH REST OUR HOPE FOR SALVATION

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN OBLATE BENEDICTINE

Oblate Benedictine are Orthodox or Catholic men and women, married or single, who live in the world and enjoy and support their families while holding down their usual employment and social ties. It is not necessary to be an Orthodox Christian to be an Oblate. Membership is open to all Catholics and Orthodox Christians who live in Northwest Ohio or Southeast Michigan. After all; there is only One Lord, One Faith and One Baptism.

‘Oblate’ literally means ‘one who is offered’. Originally in the Rule of St. Benedict it referred to children who were ‘offered’ by their parents to the monastery for formation and education. When these children reached the age of decision they could chose to stay on in the monastery or leave and live outside. These who left would often keep close links to the monastery. Later on, in the Middle Ages, it referred to lay people who wanted to be linked to the spirituality of St Benedict by becoming associated with a particular monastery.

NO ONE’S VICTORY ALONE – A SENSE OF COMMUNITY

Alongside daily prayer Oblates have a growing sense of being part of a community and receive the support from being part of something larger than just themselves. They integrate more fully into the Orthodox and Catholic faith experience through the Mass, the Scriptures and meeting others who share their desire to walk more closely with God in Christ.

THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Apart from the prayer and community there is the creative venture of living out the spirituality of St Benedict in our daily lives. Primarily that means applying it to the context of family, relationships, leisure time and the workplace, living a life of prayer and meditation though the commitments, opportunities and responsibilities of our life. The Rule needs to be adapted to circumstances in a spirit of obedience to The call of the Holy Spirit, stability and conversion of life. ‘The tools for good works’, as St. Benedict calls them, need to be used creatively. The way we live out our Oblation and calling is unique for each person.

LET US LOVE AND SERVE THE LORD BY LOVING AND SERVING EACH OTHER

St. Benedict writes in his Prologue to the Rule: “We intend to establish a school for the Lord’s service”. We hope to introduce nothing harsh or burdensome. If your experience convicts you of sin, do not at once be dismayed and fly from the way of salvation, as we know the way to salvation is narrow. For as we advance in the religious life and in faith, our hearts expand and we run the way of God’s commandments with joy and gladness.

OBLATE BENEDICTINE ARE PRAYER WARRIORS

Oblate Benedictine daily pray the “Monastic Diurnal” as composed

by St. Benedict in the 6^th Century. The Diurnal includes

the hours of Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and compline.

To pray the Monastic Diurnal takes all total about an hour a day. It is

common to combine some of the hours such as Lauds and Prime or

Vespers and Compline. All oblates receive the Diurnal free of all

charge in order to remove any financial hardship. The daily praying

of Scripture is part of the faith as once delivered to the Saints.

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CRISIS IN THE CHURCH – CAUSE AND CURE

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HISTORY OF THE CELTIC ORTHODOX BENEDICTINE FATHERS

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Please pray for me, a repentant sinner, worker in the Vineyard of Christ and His Unworthy Priest,

Bishop Brian Kennedy, O.S.B.

OUR APOSTOLIC LINE OF SUCCESSION IS ACCEPTED BY WORLD ORTHODOXY.

REMEMBER AS YOU READ THESE LETTERS OF AFFIRMATION THE BISHOPS BEING ACCLAIMED AS PART OF WORLD ORTHODOXY WITH GRACE FILLED AND SPIRIT FILLED ORDERS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ANY OLD WORLD PATRIARCH, YET THE PATRIARCHS ACCEPT THEM AS EQUAL BISHOPS IN THE LARGER CHURCH WITH THE SAME APOSTOLIC MISSION.

LETTER OF RECOGNITION FROM THE O.C.A.

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LETTER OF RECOGNITION FROM ALEXANDRIA

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LETTER OF RECOGNITION FROM THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

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WE ARE SUCCESSORS TO THE APOSTLES, IN UNION WITH THE ORIGINAL 12 AND ALL THOSE WHO CAME AFTER THEM AND WITH ALL THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER US.

APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION