St. Hilda's Anglican Catholic Church

A: The word "Saint" means "holy person." The church understands the Saints to be exemplary Christians from whom we, as followers of Christ, learn about the Christian life. The Saints are not worshipped or adored like God, but the Church holds up and remembers the lives of particular Saints at various appointed times during the year. The prayers of the Saints in heaven assist the faithful on earth according to the Revelation of St. John (5:8 and 8:3-4 in the light of 6:9-11.)

A: The Anglican Catholic Church faith and practice is based on scripture and tradition and does not conform itself to current culture as is seen as the practice in the Episcopal Church.

A: Stations of the Cross are an act of worship that take place during the season of Lent. Stations are focused on the final events of Jesus' life leading to His resurrection. There are 14 stations of with representations of these important events. Devotions are said at the beginning and end of the Stations and at each station.

A: The term Catholic literally means "of the whole" and refers to the body of those who profess the faith of the original Undivided Church. The word is not exclusively ROMAN. The Anglican Catholic Church is derived from the Catholic Church in England (The Church of England). The Word "Anglican" simply means "English".

A: YES! We believe in the Catholic Faith as stated in the Creeds and handed down to us from the first Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Undivided Catholic Church, in Holy Scripture as containing all things necessary for salvation, in the Apostolic Ministry, and in the Seven Sacraments of the Church. We are, indeed, REAL Catholics!

A: The Anglican Catholic Church arose from within the Anglican Communion, when that body, including its member Church in America (The Episcopal Church), abandoned its Catholic heritage. The Anglican Catholic Church is worldwide and has a presence in many Countries. Although the 'Original Province' is largely concentrated in North America, ACC's Second Province is constituted by our Church in India.

A: In the Undivided Church (prior to the great schism between East and West in AD1054) the Bishop of Rome was the first Bishop in the Church, the first among his brother Bishops. Since then claims have been made by Rome about the Pope's position and supremacy which ACC, professing the Faith of the Undivided Church, does not support, and therefore we are not under the Pope's authority.

A: No. Many members of The Anglican Catholic Church used to be in the Church of England. But when that body abandoned its Catholic heritage, those who were determined to hold on to that heritage sought refuge in the Anglican Catholic Church where the Faith and Practice of the Undivided Church is not compromised. Some people continue to join us from The Church of England or its Sister Churches in the Anglican Communion as that body increases in Unorthodoxy. However, we have also experienced growth with people from other Christian traditions or other faiths, or no faith. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. Amen.