Should our Chapel have a name?

[Zacharias]

Does anyone else think our Chapel should have a name? :)

[Mysterium_Fidei]

Yes, and I say we name the it St. Dunstan's Chapel :)

He is one of the greatest english saints, and a former Archbishop of Canterbury.
St. Dunstan (Archbishop and Confessor) (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05199a.htm)

[Zacharias]

Yes, and I say we name the it St. Dunstan's Chapel :)

He is one of the greatest english saints, and a former Archbishop of Canterbury.
St. Dunstan (Archbishop and Confessor) (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05199a.htm)
That's a good idea. :)

[SirTimothy]

I think the Saint Joseph of Arimathea, or Saint John the evangelist chapel. Both evangelised the british isles, starting the AC. ;)

Timothy

[alban]

The Lady chapel is always a favourite.

[PaladinValer]

St. Joseph of Arimathea would be great.

St. Augustine of Canterbury should be acceptable too.

Or, and I will admit I am being only quasi-serious:

St. Rowan Williams'? ;)

Edit: Now wait a minute...

Regard all the above (except the third), but I'm going to suggest a serious alternative:

Give our Old Catholic priest friends a choice to voice a particular Old Catholic place/person.

Time to give the Old Catholics here some space here too. This is their forum too, and they deserve some big names here too.

So how about it? :)

[Zacharias]

St. Joseph of Arimathea would be great.

St. Augustine of Canterbury should be acceptable too.

Or, and I will admit I am being only quasi-serious:

St. Rowan Williams'? ;)

How about St. PaladinValer's ;)

[PaladinValer]

Me? A Saint?

A saint I am, but I doubt I'm that holy a person to be called a Saint.

[SirTimothy]

Ho hum... didn't we have a Saint who went out to Holland and formed a church there? He'd be an AC, OC and RCC church... I like the idea of it being an OC saint.

Timothy

[benedictine]

I think the Saint Joseph of Arimathea, or Saint John the evangelist chapel. Both evangelised the british isles, starting the AC. ;)

Timothy


Hear, Hear! Joseph of Arimathea!

[Father Rick]

Ho hum... didn't we have a Saint who went out to Holland and formed a church there? He'd be an AC, OC and RCC church... I like the idea of it being an OC saint.

TimothySt. Wilibrord missionized the Netherlands (he's a biggie with the OC's, since that is our origin).

Why hasn't anyone suggested St. Patrick--the quintessential UK saint? Or St. Bridgid?

Of course could always confuse everyone and go with St. Thomas More.:P

[Zacharias]

Of course could always confuse everyone and go with St. Thomas More.:P

St. Thomas More Chapel sounds excellent! Fr. Rick could be our Chaplain! :cool:

[Fish and Bread]

Why hasn't anyone suggested St. Patrick--the quintessential UK saint?

St. Patrick gets my vote. A lot of people don't realize that he was actually from England and attending the churches that, though then affiliated with Roman Catholcism, would eventually become formally known as the Church of England. And, of course, he is burried in a crypt in an Anglican cathedral to this day. :) Plus, as someone with a lot of Irish ethnic heritage, I have a certain special degree of affinity for him. :) Saint Joseph of Arimathea would be my second choice.

I'd tend to lean against going with a former Archbishop of Canterbury, though, as they don't tend to be very well known, even in Anglican circles, and result in a collective "Who's that?" from the masses. :) No offense is intended to the wonderful saints who have held that office. :) I'd prefer instead to name the chapel after someone everyone instantly recognizes and then thinks "Whoa, he had a connection to Anglicanism?". :)

John

[gtsecc]

Saint Mary the Virgin

[higgs2]

How about St. Cuthbert's?

Or if you don't like that, let's name it after Julian of Norwich.

[Zacharias]

Saint Mary the Virgin
How about...

Lady Theotokos and ever Virgin Mary

[masuwerte]

Bede the Venerable.

[TomUK]

Superb! I come from norwich and we both have connections with lady julian's shrine. if i had my way then we'd have a whole dedicated forum for her! ;)