Holy orders in this church are open to every baptized person found fit, regardless of sex, gender identity, or gender history. Discerning holy orders here means a long conversation and a set of requirements that are not waived for anyone. This page is the parish-facing account; the canonical detail lives with the Chancery.
On who may be ordained
Holy orders are open to every baptized person found fit, regardless of sex, gender identity, or gender history; celibacy is not a condition of orders. The grounds are Galatians 3:28, Phoebe named as deacon at Romans 16:1, the development visible in the Church’s own history, and conscience. Rome holds otherwise, and this church states that plainly rather than blurring it.
That is a fact about a young church and it is stated without apology. The Church of Bloom was erected 17 October 2025 under the patronage of St. Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles, and it has published daily worship without a break since 17 October 2025. It has twelve canonical instruments on file. It has not yet ordained anyone.
Related facts the Chancery does not hide: no insurance is in force, the Board sits at two of a self-imposed three, and there is no canonist and no nonprofit attorney reviewer. Anyone discerning holy orders here should know all of that before the first conversation rather than after the third.
Background check
A criminal background check is required of every candidate and every person with access to minors or vulnerable adults. It is not dispensable, including by the Ordinary.
Non-dispensableSafe Environment training
Completed before any ministry involving other people, and renewed. Certificates are held by the Chancery.
Held on fileMandatory Reporter training
Oregon clergy are mandatory reporters under ORS 419B.010. Training is required and the reporting duty is non-dispensable even by the Ordinary.
Non-dispensableFormation record
Study, supervised practice, and spiritual direction, recorded candidate by candidate. Formation records are confidential to the candidate and the Ordinary.
SealedOrdinations celebrated
The register of ordinations exists, is bound, and is empty. When that changes it will be recorded here and not before.
None to dateWrite to the Chancery and say what you think is happening to you. Vagueness is fine; most vocations start as an itch rather than a certainty.
With the Ordinary, about your history, your health, your capacity, and what you actually want. Nothing is decided in it.
Background check and Safe Environment and Mandatory Reporter training, before any ministry involving other people begins.
Required — not waivableStudy, supervised practice, and direction over years rather than months. Paced to a working adult’s life, not to a seminary calendar.
A formal examination before the Chancery. Fitness is a finding to be made, and it can be found absent.
Required — not waivableYou are not committing to anything by writing. Say what you think is going on.
A first conversation costs you nothing and commits you to nothing. Petitions are answered within two days.
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