Ordination
"the Son anointed the apostles and the apostles anointed us" Gospel of Philip
LCC Bishops Mazel, Wedgwood and Leadbeater
For those members of our order who feel a sense of vocation to ordained ministry, we offer a short course in Liberal Catholic and Esoteric Christian Studies through St Gall's Seminary. There is a modest tuition fee for this course.
Knights, ideally will be ordained to the minor orders at regular intervals until such time as the seminarian is ready to receive major orders as a deacon or a priest. Dames may wish to be admitted to the various grades of the Order of Our Lady before admission as a Deaconess.
Seminarians may be ordained solely for the Order or may also be invited to incardinate in the Mar Thoma Liberal Catholic Church and the Holy Celtic Church International.
Please also see the Initiations and Templar Lineage pages.
Each course is bespoke for the individual, but the usual text books for this course may include the following, most of which may be supplied free of charge to seminarians, as pdfs:
The Liberal Catholic Liturgy
The Priestly Ideal - Fr Geoffrey Hodson
The Parting of the Ways by Bishop F. W. Pigott
The Collected Works of Bishop James Ingall Wedgwood
The Science of the Sacraments by Bishop C.W. Leadbeater
The Work of Transformation by J.B. Parry and M.C. Godby
Bishops at Large by Peter Anson
Christian Gnosis by Bishop C.W. Leadbeater
The Yoga of the Sacraments by Abbot George Burke
Myth and Ritual in Christianity by Alan Watts
Holy Companions: Spiritual Practices from the Celtic Saints” by Mary Earle & Sylvia Maddox
Glastonbury: Avalon of the Heart by Dion Fortune
Priests, Gnostics and Magicians: The European Roots of Esoteric Independent Catholicism by Siobhan Houston
Freemasonry and its Ancient Mystic Rites by Bishop C. W. Leadbeater
Spirit Builders by Tau Palamas
Particular emphasis is placed on the spiritual direction of the seminarian as well as liturgical training in situ.
The Liberal Catholic Liturgy
The Priestly Ideal - Fr Geoffrey Hodson
The Parting of the Ways by Bishop F. W. Pigott
The Collected Works of Bishop James Ingall Wedgwood
The Science of the Sacraments by Bishop C.W. Leadbeater
The Work of Transformation by J.B. Parry and M.C. Godby
Bishops at Large by Peter Anson
Christian Gnosis by Bishop C.W. Leadbeater
The Yoga of the Sacraments by Abbot George Burke
Myth and Ritual in Christianity by Alan Watts
Holy Companions: Spiritual Practices from the Celtic Saints” by Mary Earle & Sylvia Maddox
Glastonbury: Avalon of the Heart by Dion Fortune
Priests, Gnostics and Magicians: The European Roots of Esoteric Independent Catholicism by Siobhan Houston
Freemasonry and its Ancient Mystic Rites by Bishop C. W. Leadbeater
Spirit Builders by Tau Palamas
Particular emphasis is placed on the spiritual direction of the seminarian as well as liturgical training in situ.
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The Elevation of an Archpriest at St Gall's Retreat, 2017
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On the ordination of women to the priesthood
The position held by the Holy Celtic Church International (and by extension the Holy Celtic Order of the Temple) is the same at that of The Liberal Catholic Church, "that the Church, even if it wanted to ordain women, does not have the authority to do so and that it is not possible for a woman to become a priest even if she went through the ordination ceremony. The reasoning behind this belief is that the female body does not effectively channel the masculine energies of Christ, the true minister of all the sacraments. The priest has to be able to channel Christ's energies to validly confect the sacrament; therefore priests must be male. When discussing the sacrament of Holy Orders in his book Science of the Sacraments, Second Presiding Bishop Leadbeater confirmed that women could not be ordained; he noted that Christ left no indication that women can become priests and that only Christ can change this arrangement." (wikipedia)
We do, however, admit Dames to the lay pastoral role of Deaconess and the positions of Parfaite and Druidess are also possibilities in the esoteric context.
We do, however, admit Dames to the lay pastoral role of Deaconess and the positions of Parfaite and Druidess are also possibilities in the esoteric context.
