The Anglican Use Society (www.anglicanuse.org) will meet June 11-13 in Houston, Texas, for their annual conference.  This year the conference title is A Goodly Heritage: The Future of the Anglican Patrimony in the Cathoilic Church. Hosting the conference this year is Our Lady of Walsingham Church, also celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of that parish.  Scheduled speakers are billed to be:

• Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
• Fr. John Saward, former Anglican priest and noted English Catholic theologian
• Fr James Moore, founding co-pastor of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church
• Mary C. Moorman, apologist, author, and consultant
• Dr Hans-Jurgen Feulner, Professor of Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology at the University of Vienna.

Of this conference, their website states:

When Pope Paul VI referred in 1970 to “the worthy patrimony of piety and usage” preserved in the Anglican tradition and when he prayed for its restoration to the fullness of communion in the Catholic Church, he initiated a movement of grace that issued in the Pastoral Provision approved by Pope John Paul II a decade later.  Since that time the Pastoral Provision has given the Catholic Church nearly a hundred priests and several vibrant parishes

The Anglican Use has established itself as an important model of reconciled diversity, of parish life, and of liturgical renewal with further promise of building up the Body of Christ.  Now in the pontificate of Benedict XVI it is worth assessing anew the prospects for the Anglican patrimony in the Catholic Church, not only as a means of reaching out to converts but also as an instrument for evangelizing the faithful and revitalizing Catholic tradition.

For more information, or to register, visit their website at http://anglicanuseconference.com/.