{"id":2826,"date":"2026-08-18T06:49:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/?page_id=2219"},"modified":"2026-08-23T10:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:40:33","slug":"holy-orders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/sacraments\/holy-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-threshold bf-img-1\" id=\"section_223613607\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1252067167\">\n\t<div id=\"col-844101342\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-128352633\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<!-- BLOOM_IMAGE_NEEDED: an empty folded stole resting on a closed pontifical, morning light -->\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow\">HOLY ORDERS<\/span>\n<h1 class=\"bf-h1\">The door is open.<span class=\"bf-turn\">The gates are real.<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"bf-rule\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"bf-lede\">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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bf-actions\" style=\"margin-top:40px\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/ask\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-primary\">Begin a conversation <span class=\"bf-arrow\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/canon\/clergy\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-ghost\">Clergy &amp; orders, canonically<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_223613607 {\n  padding-top: 90px;\n  padding-bottom: 90px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_223613607 {\n    padding-top: 150px;\n    padding-bottom: 150px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-declsec bf-light\" id=\"section_1021304251\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-656273863\">\n\t<div id=\"col-142464642\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1341483554\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-decl\"><p class=\"bf-decl-art\">On who may be ordained<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-decl-t\">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. <em>The grounds are Galatians 3:28, Phoebe named as deacon at Romans 16:1, the development visible in the Church&#8217;s own history, and conscience. Rome holds otherwise, and this church states that plainly rather than blurring it.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1021304251 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1021304251 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-splitsec\" id=\"section_1642274593\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1609890886\">\n\t<div id=\"col-2100665446\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1408895924\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-split bf-split-wide bf-split-flip\">\n  <div class=\"bf-split-media bf-img-2\"><span class=\"bf-ph\">A stole<br>folded<\/span><\/div>\n  <div><span class=\"bf-eyebrow bf-eyebrow-left\">WHERE THIS CHURCH ACTUALLY IS<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"bf-h2\">No ordinations <em>have yet occurred.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"bf-p\">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.<\/p>\n    <p class=\"bf-p\">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.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1642274593 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1642274593 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-registersec bf-light\" id=\"section_1065787890\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1874521673\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1114630310\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1150157750\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">The gates, <em>and their state.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-register\">\n  <div class=\"bf-reg-row\">\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-name\">Background check<\/p>\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-what\">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.<\/p>\n    <span class=\"bf-reg-state bf-reg-public\">Non-dispensable<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-reg-row\">\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-name\">Safe Environment training<\/p>\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-what\">Completed before any ministry involving other people, and renewed. Certificates are held by the Chancery.<\/p>\n    <span class=\"bf-reg-state bf-reg-held\">Held on file<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-reg-row\">\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-name\">Mandatory Reporter training<\/p>\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-what\">Oregon clergy are mandatory reporters under ORS 419B.010. Training is required and the reporting duty is non-dispensable even by the Ordinary.<\/p>\n    <span class=\"bf-reg-state bf-reg-public\">Non-dispensable<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-reg-row\">\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-name\">Formation record<\/p>\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-what\">Study, supervised practice, and spiritual direction, recorded candidate by candidate. Formation records are confidential to the candidate and the Ordinary.<\/p>\n    <span class=\"bf-reg-state bf-reg-sealed\">Sealed<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-reg-row\">\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-name\">Ordinations celebrated<\/p>\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-what\">The register of ordinations exists, is bound, and is empty. When that changes it will be recorded here and not before.<\/p>\n    <span class=\"bf-reg-state bf-reg-open\">None to date<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1065787890 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1065787890 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-stepssec\" id=\"section_16093807\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1986325588\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1643322129\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2921662178\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-steps\">\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>You ask<\/h3><p>Write 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.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>A first conversation<\/h3><p>With the Ordinary, about your history, your health, your capacity, and what you actually want. Nothing is decided in it.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Screening<\/h3><p>Background check and Safe Environment and Mandatory Reporter training, before any ministry involving other people begins.<\/p><span class=\"bf-step-gate\">Required \u2014 not waivable<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Formation<\/h3><p>Study, supervised practice, and direction over years rather than months. Paced to a working adult&#8217;s life, not to a seminary calendar.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Examination<\/h3><p>A formal examination before the Chancery. Fitness is a finding to be made, and it can be found absent.<\/p><span class=\"bf-step-gate\">Required \u2014 not waivable<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_16093807 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_16093807 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-faqsec\" id=\"section_2028966926\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1602902487\">\n\t<div id=\"col-795316468\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1581631215\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"accordion bf-faq\">\n\t<div id=\"accordion-3424829503\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-3424829503-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-can-a-trans-person-be-ordained-here?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-3424829503-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Can a trans person be ordained here?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-3424829503-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-3424829503-label\">\n\t\t\tYes. Orders are open to every baptized person found fit regardless of sex, gender identity, or gender history, and celibacy is not a condition. Rome holds otherwise; this church does not pretend that disagreement away.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-2621681900\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-2621681900-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-would-my-ordination-be-recognised-by-rome?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-2621681900-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Would my ordination be recognised by Rome?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-2621681900-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-2621681900-label\">\n\t\t\tNo. The Church of Bloom is Independent Catholic, is not in communion with Rome, and claims no Roman faculties, jurisdiction, or recognition of its orders. Anyone discerning holy orders here should weigh that honestly before beginning.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-2156661082\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-2156661082-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-have-you-ordained-anyone-yet?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-2156661082-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Have you ordained anyone yet?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-2156661082-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-2156661082-label\">\n\t\t\tNo ordinations have yet occurred. The registers are bound and ready and empty, and that will be recorded accurately when it changes.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-3283342117\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-3283342117-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-can-the-background-check-or-the-training-be-waived-for-me?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-3283342117-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Can the background check or the training be waived for me?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-3283342117-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-3283342117-label\">\n\t\t\tNo, for anyone, ever. The abuse reporting duty and the screening requirements are non-dispensable even by the Ordinary, and that is written into the canonical instruments rather than left to discretion.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-140841277\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-140841277-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-how-long-does-formation-take?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-140841277-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>How long does formation take?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-140841277-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-140841277-label\">\n\t\t\tYears, not months, and it is paced to a working adult&#8217;s life. The examination comes at the end of that and fitness can be found absent.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-4119333469\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-4119333469-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-where-do-i-read-the-canonical-detail?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-4119333469-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Where do I read the canonical detail?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-4119333469-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-4119333469-label\">\n\t\t\tAt the Chancery&#8217;s clergy page, which sets out orders, incardination, and discipline in canonical terms rather than pastoral ones.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2028966926 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_2028966926 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-formsec bf-light\" id=\"section_1751712300\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1728248517\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1116632826\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-484093672\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-form\"><h3>Begin a conversation about vocation<\/h3><p>You are not committing to anything by writing. Say what you think is going on.<\/p><div class='fluentform ff-default fluentform_wrapper_3 ffs_default_wrap'><form data-form_id=\"3\" id=\"fluentform_3\" class=\"frm-fluent-form fluent_form_3 ff-el-form-top ff_form_instance_3_1 ff-form-loading ffs_default\" data-form_instance=\"ff_form_instance_3_1\" method=\"POST\" ><fieldset  style=\"border: none!important;margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;background-color: transparent!important;box-shadow: none!important;outline: none!important; min-inline-size: 100%;\">\n                    <legend class=\"ff_screen_reader_title\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;height: 0!important;text-indent: -999999px;width: 0!important;overflow:hidden;\">FF_PASTORAL<\/legend>        <div\n                style=\"display: none!important; position: absolute!important; transform: translateX(1000%)!important;\"\n                class=\"ff-el-group ff-hpsf-container\"\n        >\n            <div class=\"ff-el-input--label asterisk-right\">\n                <label for=\"ff_3_item_sf\" aria-label=\"Subscribe\">\n                    Subscribe                <\/label>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ff-el-input--content\">\n                <input type=\"text\"\n                       name=\"item_3__fluent_sf\"\n                       class=\"ff-el-form-control\"\n                       id=\"ff_3_item_sf\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type='hidden' name='__fluent_form_embded_post_id' value='2826' \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_fluentform_3_fluentformnonce\" name=\"_fluentform_3_fluentformnonce\" value=\"db4db51554\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2826\" \/><div data-name=\"ff_cn_id_1\"  class='ff-t-container ff-column-container ff_columns_total_1 '><div class='ff-t-cell ff-t-column-1' style='flex-basis: 100%;'><div data-type=\"name-element\" data-name=\"names_1\" class=\" ff-field_container ff-name-field-wrapper\" ><div class='ff-t-container'><div class='ff-t-cell '><div class='ff-el-group ff-el-form-top'><div class=\"ff-el-input--label asterisk-right\"><label for='ff_3_names_1_first_name_' id='label_ff_3_names_1_first_name_' >What should we call you?<\/label><div class=\"ff-el-tooltip\" data-content=\"Any name. 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Enquiries about vocation are held in confidence and are never mentioned publicly, including to anyone in your own parish or family.<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1751712300 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1751712300 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-ctasec\" id=\"section_1452806822\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-938034017\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1735666616\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-330875052\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow\">HOLY ORDERS<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">Say it out loud once<br><em>and see what it sounds like.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"bf-lede\" style=\"margin:0 auto 36px\">A first conversation costs you nothing and commits you to nothing. 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