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Welcome!
Welcome to this new
website of the Conference of North American Old Catholic Bishops. We invite
you to spend some time with us exploring the site and learning about Old
Catholicism as understood and practiced by the churches of the International
Bishops Conference of the Union of Utrecht. Although we are not members
of that organization, the Conference models itself after the theology
and practice of the IBC. If you are unfamiliar with the Union of Utrecht
and the IBC we suggest you follow the link to their website provided on
our Contact and Links page.
The Conference is but two years old as of May 2008. We are still in the
process of learning from our European brethen the full meaning of Old
Catholicism, with the intent to forming ourselves and our churches by
these insights and traditions as these are appropriate in the American
context.
We are a church of disciples of the Lord Jesus and seek to live out our
faith in communion with those who share with us an Old Catholic understanding
of faith and practice. As this is a process of growth and discovery, we
invite those who believe themselves called to walk in this Old Catholic
understanding of the Christian life to consider joining with us at whatever
level of involvement seems appropriate to where they are beginning this
journey. To that end, we have provided several ways of relating to the
Conference. Please see the Invitation to Membership which discusses these
options.
It is our hope and prayer that the Conference may serve as the means to
tangible, organic unity among Old Catholics in America and eventually
unity with our European cousins in the Union of Utrecht. To that end we
invite bishops and local churches to enter into dialog with us and join
us in exploring Old Catholicism as a way of living out our faith and obedience
to the Lord Jesus Christ and in unity with the Church he has called to
serve in His name.
May the Holy Spirit move among us and guide and direct our attempts to
follow in the Way that unites us one to another in celebration and in
service and in the bond of holiness, peace and love.
+Robert T. Fuentes
Moderator, CNAOCB
Bishop, Old Catholic Diocese of Napa
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