But we are all witnesses to the disintegration of that kind of traditionalism, and we have watched as individuals and groups with whom we were once associated have walked along a path of bitterness that in many instances has led them into separation and schism. Our choice has been to be faithful to the Church as we have received it and to opt for a continuing proclamation of Catholic truth within an organism that we continue to believe is an integral and authentic expression of the Catholic Christian gospel. York this summer has been a means of strengthening our resolve, and of affirming our own loyalty to a Church that has nourished many of us through the greater part of our lives. The Revd Edgar Wells is Rector of St Mary the Virgin, New York. Papers from the 1995 York Conference will be published by Darton, Longman and Todd in the spring of 1996.
Most dioceses have their own local groups to undertake similar projects themselves.