The schedule of Sunday and weekday Masses celebrated by St Bede's at Holy Family has come to an end after their final 5 PM Mass on Sunday, May 19th. The community is reorganizing as the Ordinariate Community of Minnesota, with plans to host masses and services again in the future once preparations are in place. They are very grateful to have had a home at Holy Family these last four years.It's hard to avoid thinking that this move took place after Msgr Steenson, the ordinary emeritus, took over the group following Vaughn Treco's removal and assessed the situation with some care. It's worth noting that most OCSP groups are in fact marginal operations, and a seasoned clerical observer might come to a similar conclusion about others.
My regular correspondent pointed me to this thread on The Stumbling Block blog that "implies that the original core of former Episcopalians which Br John-Bede assembled in Collegeville was latterly outnumbered by Trads attracted to Fr Treco's take on things."
This seems to be a circumstance that's repeated in other ordinariate groups as well.
