St Edmund, Kitchener, ON
St Bede, St Louis Park, MN
St Anselm, Corpus Christi, TX
Our Lady of Mt Carmel, Savannah/Augusta, GA
St Anselm, Greenville. SC
San Agustin, Pinecrest, FL
St John Fisher, Potomac Falls, VA
St Gilbert, Boerne. TX
In addition, St Joseph of Arimathea, Indianapolis is no longer listed on the OCSP "Parish Finder," although an "Anglican Use" mass is still celebrated on Sunday at Holy Rosary, Indianapolis. St Bede Halifax, NS has a monthly Sunday mass, celebrated by the Parish Administrator of Our Lady of the Sign, Fredericton. St Gregory the Great, formerly Stoneham, MA, maintains a web presence although its remaining members now worship with St Athanasius, Chestnut Hill.
Others appear to be as weak, but will continue as long as they have a priest to justify their existence. However, it's plain in these cases that retirement, relocation, or removal of the priest will result in the closure of more such groups. (The only exception I'm aware of is the St Alban, Rochester, NY group, which managed to maintain its existence through a long interregnum until a new priest could be assigned.)
As far as I can see, no particular provision is made for the pastoral care of members once these groups are closed. They may be told to merge with another existing group if one is credibly nearby, or they may simply be told to receive the sacraments at a diocesan parish, which as far as I can see would have been good advice months or years earlier.
Since we had Sunday readings connected with discipleship a few weeks ago, I've got to wonder what sort of model Houston is giving us in this area. Is it prudent to offer the faithful -- especially those newly converted -- a highly unstable, very iffy option for worship and fellowship when much more stable opportunities can be found a few blocks away, or indeed just upstairs in the main nave?
What problem, yet once more, is Houston trying to solve?
