Our Key Words
Catholic: The Old Catholic Communion is a kinship of Catholic communities of faith. We share in the faith of all people, all times and all places. Our roots go deep to the first centuries of Christianity, when the Church was still undivided.
Liturgy: In the Old Catholic Communion, celebrating the liturgy together occupies an important place. In this way we make God's presence among us visible and tangible. In listening to Scripture and sharing bread and wine, we receive nourishment for our faith.
Multicolored: The Old Catholic Communion wants to be in the midst of today and tomorrow. We attach great importance to everyone's personal freedom, as well as in the design of each one's own faith and life. Diversity is self-evident to our Communion and is a refreshing source of unity, not difference.
Stubborn: The Old Catholic experience arose from clashes with the central authority of the Roman Catholic Church. That stubbornness is still deep in our DNA both as Old Catholics in North America. We hold great importance for the local faith community in connection with the regional Church and the national Communion.
Hospitable: Many newcomers experience in our Old Catholic communities a warm and welcoming place to live their faith and lives, regardless of one's own spiritual background, relationship status, gender or sexual identity. We are naturally ecumenical in our embrace of all people.
Liturgy: In the Old Catholic Communion, celebrating the liturgy together occupies an important place. In this way we make God's presence among us visible and tangible. In listening to Scripture and sharing bread and wine, we receive nourishment for our faith.
Multicolored: The Old Catholic Communion wants to be in the midst of today and tomorrow. We attach great importance to everyone's personal freedom, as well as in the design of each one's own faith and life. Diversity is self-evident to our Communion and is a refreshing source of unity, not difference.
Stubborn: The Old Catholic experience arose from clashes with the central authority of the Roman Catholic Church. That stubbornness is still deep in our DNA both as Old Catholics in North America. We hold great importance for the local faith community in connection with the regional Church and the national Communion.
Hospitable: Many newcomers experience in our Old Catholic communities a warm and welcoming place to live their faith and lives, regardless of one's own spiritual background, relationship status, gender or sexual identity. We are naturally ecumenical in our embrace of all people.
