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== Reunification efforts == [[File:Consecrations 2009 2.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.7|Procession of clergy from three Continuing Anglican churches: the [[Anglican Catholic Church]], the [[Anglican Province of Christ the King]], and the [[United Episcopal Church of North America]]]] Grassroots partnerships have been formed between parishes in geographical regions. The [[Anglican Fellowship of the Delaware Valley]], so named because it encompassed Anglican churches and missions within the Delaware Valley, was formed in 2003 and was led by Bishop Paul C. Hewett of the [[Diocese of the Holy Cross]]. It was an association of Anglican churches in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey that subscribed to the [[Affirmation of St. Louis]] and affiliated with [[Forward in Faith|Forward in Faith-UK]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 29, 2003 |title=Welcome to the Anglican Fellowship of the Delaware Valley |work=AnglicanFellowship.com |url= http://www.anglicanfellowship.com/ |access-date=August 21, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030829011337/http://www.anglicanfellowship.com/ |archive-date=August 29, 2003}}</ref> In 2005, the Anglican Fellowship of the Delaware Valley sponsored the conference ''The Affirmation of St. Louis: Seeking a Path to Reconciliation and Unity'', which brought together traditionalists in the Episcopal Church and members of the continuing movement to discuss a path to jurisdictional unity.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Unity Among Orthodox Anglicans: How do we get there from here? |volume=September–December 2005 |pages=14–17 |work=The Christian Challenge |url= https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/46718523/anglican-adistressa-signalsa-the-christian-challenge}}</ref> In 2006, representatives from seven Anglican churches announced the formation of Common Cause Appalachia, an alliance of Anglican churches in the Appalachian area of the Southeast United States, to which some continuing Anglican churches in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee belonged.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tennessee: Anglican Churches from 4 States Form Common Cause |work=VirtueOnline: The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism |url= https://virtueonline.org/tennessee-anglican-churches-4-states-form-common-cause |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref> In September 2004, Bishops and clergy of the [[Anglican Catholic Church]] (ACC), the [[Anglican Province of Christ the King]] (APCK), and the [[Anglican Church in America]] (ACA), together with some clergy of [[Forward in Faith]], made a joint pilgrimage to the tomb of Bishop [[Charles Chapman Grafton|Charles Grafton]] in [[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traycik |first=Auburn Faber |date=October–November 2004 |title=A 'Historic Moment' for the U.S. Continuing Church |pages=19 |work=The Christian Challenger |url= https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/31029445/here-the-christian-challenge}}</ref> === ACC-APCK-UECNA === From 2003 to 2011, the [[Anglican Catholic Church]], the [[Anglican Province of Christ the King]], and the [[United Episcopal Church of North America]] (UECNA) explored opportunities for greater cooperation and the possibility of achieving organic unity. In 2003, Archbishop John-Charles Vockler of the ACC in a letter, called for prayers for healing of the damaged relations between the ACC and the APCK.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 13, 2006 |title=ACC, APCK Relations Progress |url= http://www.orthodoxanglican.org/tcc/42-2/focus.htm#6 |access-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060713033633/http://www.orthodoxanglican.org/tcc/42-2/focus.htm#6 |archive-date=July 13, 2006}}</ref> On May 17, 2007, Archbishop [[Mark Haverland]] of the ACC signed an intercommunion agreement negotiated with the United Episcopal Church of North America.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 16, 2010 |title=News & Announcements |work=AnglicanCatholic.org |url= http://www.anglicancatholic.org/acc-uec.html |access-date=August 21, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100116032047/http://www.anglicancatholic.org/acc-uec.html |archive-date=January 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Land |first=Albion |date=May 23, 2007 |title=The Continuum: ACC, UECNA in Communion Accord |url= http://anglicancontinuum.blogspot.com/2007/05/acc-uecna-in-communion-accord.html |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=The Continuum}}</ref> In July, Archbishop Haverland published a statement on church unity, calling on UECNA and the APCK to join him in building "full organic unity".<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 10, 2007 |title=News & Announcements |work=AnglicanCatholic.org |url= https://anglicancatholic.org/met-unity.html |access-date=August 21, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070810011222/https://anglicancatholic.org/met-unity.html |archive-date=August 10, 2007}}</ref> Bishop Presley Hutchens of the ACC addressed delegates at the UECNA convention in October 2008 and discussed the possibility of uniting the ACC and UECNA. Although well received at the time, there was a feeling among many of the delegates that the proposal was being rushed, and that no proper consideration was being given to the theological, constitutional, and canonical issues thrown up by the move. In January 2009, one bishop from each jurisdiction consecrated three [[suffragan bishop]]s in [[St. Louis]], intending that they serve all three jurisdictions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History of the UECNA |url= https://unitedepiscopal.org/history/history-of-the-uecna/ |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=UnitedEpiscopal.org |publisher=[[United Episcopal Church of North America]]}}</ref> Moves towards unity with the Anglican Catholic Church were referred for further discussion and subsequently stalled in 2011 by the decision of UECNA to remain an independent jurisdiction.<ref name=":0" /> ===Approaches and responses to the Roman Catholic Church=== {{see also|Personal ordinariate}} One Continuing Anglican church body, the [[Traditional Anglican Communion]] (TAC), sought union with the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]. In 2004, Archbishop [[John Hepworth]] of the TAC reported that based on eight years of dialogue, Rome could recognize the TAC as an Anglican church in full communion with the Holy See.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 25, 2006 |title=TAC: Communion With Rome? |url= http://www.challengeonline.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=38 |access-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060525223700/http://www.challengeonline.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=38 |archive-date=May 25, 2006}}</ref> In 2007, the TAC made a formal proposal to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] for admission into "[[full communion|full corporate and sacramental union]]" with that church in a manner that would permit the retention of some of its Anglican heritage.<ref>Hepworth, John. [http://www.challengeonline.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=106 "Rome and the TAC"] {{Webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080511035832/http://www.challengeonline.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=106 |date=May 11, 2008 }}</ref> The Vatican announced on July 5, 2008, that it was giving serious consideration to appeals received from various Anglican groups seeking union with itself, observing that "the situation within the Anglican Communion in general has become markedly more complex".<ref>[http://www.themessenger.com.au/News/20080725.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119015128/http://www.themessenger.com.au/News/20080725.htm|date=January 19, 2010}}</ref> On October 29, 2009, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announced [[Pope Benedict XVI]]'s intention to create a new type of ecclesiastical structure,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/24513.php?index=24513&po_date=20.10.2009&lang=en |title=Note of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith About Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans Entering the Catholic Church |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091025070312/http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/24513.php?index=24513&po_date=10.20.2009&lang=en |archive-date=October 25, 2009}}</ref> called a "[[personal ordinariate]]", for groups of Anglicans entering into full communion with the see of Rome.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/17437/pope-benedict-approves-structure-for-admitting-large-groups-of-anglicans-into-catholic-church |title=Pope Benedict approves structure for admitting large groups of Anglicans into Catholic Church |publisher=Catholic News Agency |access-date=October 22, 2009 |archive-date=November 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124032529/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=17437 |url-status=live }}</ref> The initial response to this announcement was not entirely positive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swan |first=Michael |date=October 29, 2009 |title=Many questions to be answered in Catholic-Anglican union |url= https://www.catholicregister.org/home/international/item/9499-many-questions-to-be-answered-in-catholic-anglican-union |access-date=November 13, 2022 |website=CatholicRegister.org}}</ref> On November 4, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI signed an [[apostolic constitution]], {{lang|la|[[Anglicanorum coetibus]]}}. The House of Bishops of the [[Anglican Church in America]] – the American province of the TAC – responded on March 3, 2010, voting unanimously to request acceptance under the personal ordinariate provision.<ref> {{cite web |url= http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/03/tac-formally-requests-personal-ordinariate-for-usa/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100307052404/http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/03/tac-formally-requests-personal-ordinariate-for-usa/ |url-status= usurped |archive-date= March 7, 2010 |title=TAC Formally Requests Personal Ordinariate for USA |date=March 3, 2010 |work=The Anglo-Catholic |access-date=December 10, 2010 |quote=[...] the decision was made formally to request the implementation of the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus in the United States of America by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.}}</ref><ref> {{cite web |last=Weatherbe |first=Steve |title=Anglo-Catholic Bishops Vote for Rome |work=National Catholic Register |date=March 14, 2010 |url= http://www.ncregister.com/register_exclusives/anglo-catholic_bishops_vote_for_rome/ |access-date=March 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100313174543/http://www.ncregister.com/register_exclusives/anglo-catholic_bishops_vote_for_rome/ |archive-date=March 13, 2010}} The bishops voted to become part of the Roman Catholic Church along with 3,000 fellow communicants in more than 100 parishes in the United States.</ref> Within months, however, a majority of the eight ACA bishops made known their opposition to the move,<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=13349 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005063254/http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=13349 |archive-date=October 5, 2010 |title=Viewpoints: ABC Straddles Gay Fence; Two Anglo-Catholic Parishes Flee TEC; 4 TEC Dioceses Down |work=VirtueOnline: The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism}}</ref> and the church declared its intention to remain a Continuing Anglican body.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2013 |title=Pastoral Letters |work=CCSJE.org |publisher=Cathedral Church of Saint John the Evangelist |url= http://www.ccsje.org/?page_id=431 |access-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130419001456/http://www.ccsje.org/?page_id=431 |archive-date=April 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Spaulding |first=Wallace H. |title=Differing Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) Reactions to Roman Inclusion |volume=Winter 2011 |pages=1–2 |work=The Certain Trumpet |url=https://anglicanchurches.net/fcc-content/The%20Certain%20Trumpet_Winter%202011.pdf |access-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902152410/https://anglicanchurches.net/fcc-content/The%20Certain%20Trumpet_Winter%202011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Difficulties with the conditions placed on TAC clergy and parishes, particularly in Canada, resulted in many in the [[Anglican Catholic Church of Canada]] to remain Anglicans.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Virtue |first=David |date=May 11, 2011 |title=TAC Primate Hepworth Writes Angry Letter Blasting Canadian Roman Catholic Archbishop Over Ordinariate |url=https://virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14361 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129165132/http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14361 |archive-date=November 29, 2011 |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=virtueonline.org}}</ref> The Most Rev. [[Mark Haverland]] (ACC) wrote a response to ''Anglicanorum coetibus'', declining to participate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2009 |title=News & Announcements |work=AnglicanCatholic.org |url= https://www.anglicancatholic.org/acc-response-to-rome.html |access-date=August 21, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091203125458/https://www.anglicancatholic.org/acc-response-to-rome.html |archive-date=December 3, 2009}}</ref> While the Most Rev. Walter H. Grundorf (APA) offered an initial cautious welcome of Rome's offer,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2009 |title=The APA Statement on the Vatican Announcement |url= https://philorthodox.blogspot.com/2009/10/apa-statement-on-vatican-announcement.html |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=PhilOrthodox}}</ref> there was no interest for the [[Anglican Province of America]] as an institution to join.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2009 |title=More Thoughts on the 'Roman Offer' |url= https://philorthodox.blogspot.com/2009/11/more-thoughts-on-roman-offer.html |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=PhilOrthodox}}</ref> In 2012, the TAC College of Bishops met and formally accepted the resignation of Archbishop John Hepworth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Traditional Anglican Communion College of Bishops |work=AnglicanChurchOfIndia.com |publisher=[[Anglican Church of India]] |url= https://www.anglicanchurchofindia.com/for_immediate_release.pdf}}</ref> Archbishop John Hepworth was officially dismissed from the TAC College of Bishops on October 10, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tribunal: Archbishop John Hepworth |work=AnglicanChurchOfIndia.com |publisher=[[Anglican Church of India]] |url= https://www.anglicanchurchofindia.com/tribunal_archbishop_john_hepworth.php |access-date=April 16, 2023}}</ref> === Common Cause Partnership === Through the [[Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas]], the Anglican Province of America was associated with the [[Common Cause Partnership]], an organization seeking to unite various Anglican jurisdictions to form a new conservative province of the Anglican Communion in North America. But in January 2008 declined to become a full partner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APA finds it has little in common |url= https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2008/25-january/news/uk/apa-finds-it-has-little-in-common |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=ChurchTimes.co.uk}}</ref> When, in July 2008, the APA voted to delay a decision on its membership until a number of contentious issues were resolved in the Common Cause Partnership, including whether or not to accept the practice of ordaining women, the APA's Diocese of the West disaffiliated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=J. Gordon |date=September 11, 2008 |title=The Continuing Anglican Churchman: Clarification on the APA's Diocese of the West |url= http://continuinganglican.blogspot.com/2008/09/clarification-on-apas-diocese-of-west.html |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=The Continuing Anglican Churchman}}</ref> It subsequently joined the [[Reformed Episcopal Church]] and, through her, the Common Cause Partnership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Article redirect |work=VirtueOnline: The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism |url= https://virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8954 |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=An Anglican Priest: The Ruminations of a Canterbury Cap Catholic |url= http://anglicancleric.blogspot.com/2008/09/ecclesiastical-musical-chairs-apck.html |access-date=May 12, 2023}}</ref> On March 4, 2009, the Anglican Province of America (APA) reorganized its Diocese of the West (DOW) with parishes that had chosen not to follow [[Richard Boyce (bishop)|Richard Boyce]] out of the APA. === North American Anglican Conference and UECNA === The [[Anglican Episcopal Church]] and the [[Diocese of the Great Lakes (UECNA)|Diocese of the Great Lakes]] formed the [[North American Anglican Conference]] for mutual assistance between "Biblical Anglican" churches. A suffragan bishop was consecrated for the Anglican Episcopal Church in late 2008 by its presiding bishop and three bishops of the Diocese of the Great Lakes. In July 2014, the Diocese of the Great Lakes, under Bishop David Hustwick, joined the UECNA as its diocese for the Great Lakes states and eastern Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diocese of the Great Lakes |publisher=Anglican Church in Hastings, Michigan / Net Ministries |url= https://www.netministries.org/see/churches/ch03356 |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=NetMinistries.org}}</ref> In January 2015, a petition was received from Bishop George Conner of the Anglican Episcopal Church at the behest of that jurisdiction's standing committee asking for admission as a non-geographical diocese of the UECNA. This was granted on February 11, 2015.<ref name=":0" /> === Anglican Joint Synods – G-4 to G-3 === In January 2016, the [[Anglican Catholic Church]], the [[Anglican Church in America]], the [[Anglican Province of America]], and the [[Diocese of the Holy Cross]] reached a formal accord. Forming the Anglican Joint Synods, a "Group of 4" churches, called the G-4, pursuing eventual corporate unity. A joint synod was planned for all four jurisdictions to discuss common mission and unity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Continuing Churches Plan Joint Synods |work=DioceseOfTheHolyCross.org |url= http://dioceseoftheholycross.org/involvement/CONTINUING%20CHURCHES%20PLAN%20JOINT%20SYNODS.pdf}}</ref> On October 6, 2017, the Anglican Church in America, the Anglican Catholic Church, the Anglican Province of America, and the Diocese of the Holy Cross signed a ''communio in sacris'' agreement at jointly held [[Synod#Anglican|synods]] in [[Atlanta]], Georgia,<ref>{{Cite web |title=News Releases: Four jurisdictions sign agreement in Atlanta; full communion established |url= http://www.anglicancatholic.org/news/Four-jurisdictions-sign-agreement-in-Atlanta-full-communion-established |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200412141548/http://www.anglicancatholic.org/news/Four-jurisdictions-sign-agreement-in-Atlanta-full-communion-established |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |website=AnglicanCatholic.org}}</ref> pledging to pursue full, institutional, and organic union. On October 13, 2017, Archbishop Shane Janzen, then primate of the [[Traditional Anglican Communion]] and Metropolitan of the [[Anglican Catholic Church of Canada]], together with Bishop Craig Botterill, released a statement expressing the hope that the "initiative will lead to further ecumenical dialogue, cooperation and reconciliation between and among the Continuing Anglican Churches around the world, as well as here in Canada".<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 13, 2017 |title=Statement on the Anglican Joint Synods |work=CCSJE.org |url= http://www.ccsje.org/statement-on-the-anglican-joint-synods/ |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref> In 2019, a joint mission and evangelism ministry called Continuing Forward was formed for these G-4 jurisdictions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=West |first=Joel |date=February 12, 2021 |title=About Continuing Forward |work=ContinuingForward.org |url= https://www.continuingforward.org/post/about-continuing-forward |access-date=August 21, 2022 |publisher=Continuing Forward}}</ref> All four were represented at a second joint synod held January 13–17, 2020 in Atlanta.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tarsitano |first=R. R. |date=January 29, 2020 |title=The 2020 Anglican Joint Synods: Commentary from the Continuing Anglican Jurisdictions |url= https://northamanglican.com/the-2020-anglican-joint-synods-commentary-from-the-continuing-anglican-jurisdictions/ |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=The North American Anglican}}</ref> On September 23, 2021, the Diocese of the Holy Cross voted to join the Anglican Catholic Church as a non-geographical diocese, making the "Group of 4" a "Group of 3" (G-3) churches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=G-4 Anglicans become G-3 as DHC joins ACC |url= http://anglicancatholic.org/news/g-4-anglicans-become-g-3-as-dhc-joins-acc/ |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=AnglicanCatholic.org}}</ref> On February 16, 2022, the primates of the Anglican Province of America and the [[Traditional Anglican Church]] announced the establishment of a full communion agreement between the two traditional Anglican churches.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anglican |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Full Communion Between the APA & TAC - Anglican Province of America |work=Anglican Province of America |url=https://anglicanprovince.org/2022/02/full-communion-between-the-apa-tac/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521115856/https://anglicanprovince.org/2022/02/full-communion-between-the-apa-tac/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 21, 2022 |access-date=August 21, 2022 }}</ref> On May 22, 2022, [[Rogation Sunday]], the Anglican Province of America and the Traditional Anglican Church officially signed the agreement of full sacramental communion at Saint Barnabas Cathedral, [[Dunwoody, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January–June 2022 |title=APA and Traditional Anglican Church |pages=2 |work=Presiding Bishop's Epistle |url=http://www.mysknotify.com/UserFiles/Docs/18684/BpEpistle-Jan-June-2022-FINAL-7-13-2022-9-52-32.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802212844/http://www.mysknotify.com/UserFiles/Docs/18684/BpEpistle-Jan-June-2022-FINAL-7-13-2022-9-52-32.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2022 }}</ref> At the 2023 Anglican Joint Synods, the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of America resolved to seek "fullest unity possible with the Anglican Catholic Church while maintaining the integrity and unity of the Traditional Anglican Church."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathias |first=Brad |date=October 17, 2023 |title=Anglican Unification - News from AJS 2023 |url= https://www.acadne.org/post/anglican-unification-news-from-ajs-2023 |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=ACADNE.org |publisher=Anglican Church in America Diocese of the Northeast}}</ref> ==== Dialogue with the Polish National Catholic Church ==== A dialogue between the G-3 (at the time, G-4) churches and the [[Polish National Catholic Church]] (PNCC) opened, resulting from the desire to restore the kind of intercommunion that the PNCC had shared with the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States before 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2021 |title=Introduction to the 2018 Convocation for Restoration and Renewal of the Undivided Church |work=TheUnionOfScranton.org |url= http://theunionofscranton.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-PNCC-and-the-Declaration-and-Union-of-Scranton-for-Union-of-Scranton-Webiste.pdf}}</ref> The meetings began after representatives of the PNCC were invited and attended the Anglican Joint Synods of the G-4 in 2017.<ref name=":7" /> The dialogue has addressed various issues and ways the churches can continue to grow closer together and achieve unity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=G-3 and PNCC Continue Ecumenical Dialogue |work=AnglicanCatholic.org |url= https://anglicancatholic.org/news/g-3-and-pncc-continue-ecumenical-dialogue/}}</ref> The first official dialogue was held January 15, 2019, in Dunwoody, Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2019 |title=Press Release: Continuing Anglican Churches and Polish National Catholic Church begin dialogue in Atlanta |url= https://anglican.ink/2019/01/29/continuing-anglican-churches-and-polish-national-catholic-church-begin-dialogue-in-atlanta/ |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=Anglican Ink}}</ref> The Jurisdictions of the G-4 were represented by their presiding bishops and archbishops from the Anglican Catholic Church, the Anglican Church in America, the Anglican Province of America, and the Diocese of the Holy Cross. Also in attendance was a bishop of the [[Anglican Catholic Church of Canada]] (ACCC). The PNCC was represented by three bishops, including Prime Bishop [[Anthony Mikovsky]] and Bishop [[Paul Sobiechowski]], and two senior priests.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2019 |title=Union of Scranton–Anglican Joint Synods Dialogue |url= https://anglicanprovince.org/2019/01/union-of-scranton-anglican-joint-synods-dialogue/ |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=AnglicanProvince.org |publisher=Anglican Province of America |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211207213824/https://anglicanprovince.org/2019/01/union-of-scranton-anglican-joint-synods-dialogue/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> On July 28, 2020, the G-4/PNCC Ecumenical Dialogue Group met via Zoom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anglican Joint Synods (G4) – Polish National Catholic Church Dialogue |work=VirtueOnline: The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism |url= https://virtueonline.org/anglican-joint-synods-g4-polish-national-catholic-church-dialogue |access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref> On October 5–6, 2021, the G-3/PNCC Ecumenical Dialogue Group met at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Manchester, New Hampshire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=G-3 and PNCC Continue Ecumenical Dialogue |url= http://anglicancatholic.org/news/g-3-and-pncc-continue-ecumenical-dialogue/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |website=AnglicanCatholic.org}}</ref> On March 15–16, 2022, the G-3/PNCC Ecumenical Dialogue Group met at the Anglican Cathedral of the Epiphany in Columbia, South Carolina.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 2022 |title=Anglican – Polish National Catholic Dialogue |volume=100 |pages=9 |work=God's Field |issue=3 |url= http://pncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mar_2022_gods_field_online.pdf |access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref> G-3 representatives were also in attendance with the bishops of the PNCC at the 125th anniversary and General Synod of the Polish National Catholic Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Opening of the XXVI General Synod of the PNCC |date=October 20, 2022 |publisher=St. Stanislaus Cathedral |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8rTT-KyzDs |access-date=November 12, 2022 |via=YouTube}}</ref> As a part of the ACC's worldwide efforts with the [[Union of Scranton]], meetings have been held between the ACC [[Diocese of the United Kingdom]] and the [[Nordic Catholic Church]], an [[Old Catholic Church|Old Catholic]] denomination of [[High church Lutheranism|High Church Lutheran]] patrimony.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ecumenical Cordiality |work=AnglicanCatholic.org.uk |publisher=[[Anglican Catholic Church]] |url= https://www.anglicancatholic.org.uk/2020/02/22/ecumenical-cordiality/ |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref><ref name="NCC2012">{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://nordiccatholic.com/about-us/ |publisher=Nordic Catholic Church |access-date=6 May 2021 |language=English |date=26 August 2012 |quote=Furthermore, the Nordic Catholic Church emphasises in its Statement of Faith that it adheres to its Scandinavian Lutheran heritage to the extent that it has embraced and transmitted the orthodox and catholic faith of the undivided church.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418233706/https://nordiccatholic.com/about-us/|archivedate=18 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=UK |first=NCC-UK in NCC |date=March 3, 2020 |title=Catholic Affinity |url= https://nordiccatholic-uk.com/catholic-affinity/ |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=NordicCatholic-UK.com |publisher=Oratory of the Way and the Mind of the Spirit}}</ref> On January 23–25, 2023, delegates of the G-3 and the PNCC met for their 7th Dialogue at St. Paul's Anglican Church (APA), [[Melbourne, Florida]], and produced this statement:<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fortnightly |date=March 24, 2023 |url= https://madmimi.com/s/7a18e51 |access-date=April 11, 2023 |website=Mad Mimi}}</ref> {{blockquote|We, the Bishops and members of the G-3 and the PNCC celebrate the anniversary of our Ecumenical Dialogue. We began our initial discussions on January 11, 2019 for the purpose of discussing God's will for our mutual journey in Christ. Over the past four years, we have gathered for worship and sacred fellowship. We have grown to know each other as brothers in Christ, and committed ourselves to find ways we may work together for mutual support and the ever challenging task of becoming one. Though we gratefully share the fullness of the Catholic faith, we are aware that the goal of unity may take many years. Nevertheless, we believe that our work together is essential to the fulfillment of God's will. We will keep our Churches in prayer that our efforts may bear the necessary spiritual fruit and be ever pleasing to God.}} ==== Dialogue with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod ==== In May 2024, representatives of the G3 churches met with representatives of the [[Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod]] (LCMS) in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]]. Continuing meetings were planned for the future for the purpose of both parties coming to understand the other better, and to form joint statements on pressing theological or moral matters.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July–August 2024 |title=G3, MISSOURI SYNOD LUTHERANS BEGIN DIALOGUE |work=The Trinitarian |pages=1–2}}</ref>
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