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- We allow our clergy to marry. Celibacy for us is a choice at ordination, not a mandate.
- We recognize the Pope as the Successor of Peter but do not recognize his Papal Infallibility.
- We do not have a monetary collection during the Liturgy nor do we use a budget envelope system. A donation box is off to the side for anonymous donations. You decide the amount that is within your means to help keep the parish going.
- We do not charge or suggest a stipend for any Sacrament or ceremony. We realize that some people can not always afford what others can. We only ask that you give within your means in order for us to continue God's work.
- The NCAC clergy hold full-time, secular jobs to obtain a salary. Our parent organization does not provide funding or a salary for their clergy. We, the priests and parishioners, finance our own parish from our own funds, charitable donations and other willing contributors.
- We accept all people who have been divorced and remarried. Who are we to turn anyone away from the Eucharist? We can not claim to know the state of someone's soul as they approach the altar. It is our hope that if someone intends to receive the Sacred Host, that they have taken the proper steps to ensure that they are in a state of Grace. (Exceptions to this are those that publicize their sins without remorse and/or publicly deny church teachings).
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