CLERGY CONNECTION

 If you wish to have full clerical status in The Anglican Union the following elements apply to you.

• You are in Holy Orders which are recognized by The Anglican Union.
• You petition the Apostolic Prefect and the ecclesiastical authority under which you currently serve to seek a canonical designation for service as a cleric from that diocese / ecclesiastical authority as a member of The Anglican Union. 
• If accepted by The Anglican Union for full membership you will be directed to ask that a Letter Dimissory be sent to one of the Anglican Union's Episcopal patrons under whom you will be licensed and directed to serve in ministry. 
• Once the Letter Dimissory has been received, the Apostolic Prefect will issue a statement of clerical faculties for you to serve in the particular region of The Anglican Union in which you reside.
• Clergy members who are not directly attached to an oratory are to make part of their common life a gift of at least 1% of their income to the Anglican Union. 
• You will be expected to adhere to the Constitution and Precepts with the Rule of Life Declarations, 
• Participate in Clergy Formation Opportunities and Convocation,
• and if leading an oratory, support the tithe.

If you seek to be attached to the vision and values of The Anglican Union while continuing to remain canonically obliged to a bishop or other ecclesiastical authority who is not one of our Episcopal Patrons you may do so as an Associate member. The following conditions apply.

• The Prefect will seek a Memorandum of Understanding for you to function in relation to a particular oratory for a limited time. 
• You commit to offer prayer for the works of the Confraternity. 
• You assist in the ministry of the Confraternity through pastoral, spiritual, educational or financial efforts to and with the Confraternity and its Patrons. 
• You participate in the common life of the clergy of The Anglican Union in addition to your other clerical obligations. 
• Your membership status may be renewed at the end of the period specified at the inception of your relationship with The Anglican Union.