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The Charism of the Holy Celtic Church International

From time to time enquirers and even sometimes members have difficulty in grasping the particular charism of the Holy Celtic Church. This is perfectly understandable as in some ways our charism, since the re-foundation of the church in 2013, is still settling. It may also be noted that as it is a typically Celtic charism; a multi-faceted, diverse and flexible charism; a spiral dance of different strands of spirituality ever in motion and coming together in one holy mystery!

However, that may not make things much clearer, so we’ve come up with a symbol to illustrate where we are at. It is a symbol well known to artists and architects, priests and philosophers; the Vesica Pisces (bladder of the fish), the sign of two interlocking circles with a mandorla in the middle. It is also the symbol most associated with Avalonian spirituality, as it is found on the well cover of Chalice Well in Glastonbury, a holy place of both Celtic and monastic significance.

We are a "broad church" in that we allow for various different theological approaches and rites. The influence of the Liberal Catholic Rite is pervasive throughout the church, however we also have three specialist groups within the church: St Constantine's Oriental Rite Exarchate; St Dunstan's Anglo-Catholic Fellowship & Mar Thoma Liberal Catholic Church.
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