Who We Are
The Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter is equivalent to a diocese, created by the Vatican in 2012 for people nurtured in the Anglican tradition who wish to become Catholic.
We are a community of Catholics from various Anglican, Episcopalian, & other Protestant backgrounds (as well as some cradle Catholics) in the Austin, Texas area. We are an Ordinariate community established in order to preserve our patrimony, evangelize our city, and warmly invite Protestants (and others) of all stripes to “come home!”
Interested in joining the Ordinariate? Submit this form to Deacon A.G.
Join us for Mass!
Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
Confession from 9:30-10:15 a.m.
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Confession from 5:30-6:15 p.m.
Parking
In addition to our parish lot, Sunday parking is also permitted at Austin Beerworks next door*, along the street, and the other parking lots adjacent to the church at these addresses: 3009, 3012, 3015, 3101, and 3201 Industrial Terrace; and 9300 and 9330 United Drive.
The Coca-Cola parking lot across the street is restricted. Other parking lots not specified above may also be restricted.
*Kindly avoid their parking lot parallel to United Drive—use the grassy area alongside and/or the lot parallel to Industrial Terrace. Thank you!
Fr. Patrick McCain
• Parochial Administrator •
Fr. Patrick McCain was born on December 12, 1985, in Moultrie, GA to a family of Southern Baptists. At the age of seven, he was baptized in the Baptist church his family attended. He grew up in southwest Georgia and attended Colquitt County schools. As a teenager, he discovered the Book of Common Prayer and joined the Episcopal Church. He graduated from Colquitt County High School in 2004. That autumn he matriculated at Wofford College where he increasingly came to identify as an Anglo-Catholic. He was received into full communion with the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil on 22 March 2008. The following weekend, he graduated from Wofford with an undergraduate degree in history and sociology.
Immediately after college, Fr McCain worked in healthcare and social services in Jacksonville, FL. In 2014, he began studies for the priesthood as a seminarian for the Diocese of St Augustine. He completed one year of pre-theological studies at Mount St Mary’s Seminary (Emmitsburg, MD) and one year of theological studies at St Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary (Boynton Beach, FL). In the spring of 2016, he transferred to the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter and took a pastoral year, splitting his time between the Church of the Incarnation (Orlando, FL), Mount Calvary Church (Baltimore, MD), Christ the King Church (Towson, MD), and St Timothy’s Church (Catonsville, MD).
After completing his pastoral year, Fr McCain studied for four years at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome and received priestly formation at the Pontifical North American College. He was ordained to the Diaconate on October 1, 2020 at St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City and to the priesthood on June 29, 2021 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, TX.
Dcn. A.G. Stockstill
• Pastoral Assistant & Business Manager •
Deacon Stockstill was born in Weatherford, Texas and was baptized at All Saints Episcopal Church. A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, with a B.B.A. in Economics, upon graduation he served eight years as a Signal Intelligence Analyst in the United States Army. Upon completion of his service, he worked as a Business Analyst for Fidelity Investments and a Revenue Forecast Analyst for Bank of America Mortgage. On the Easter vigil of 2009 he was received into full communion at St. Philip the Apostle in Lewisville, Texas. In 2017 he moved to Houston to work for the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham and began his formation to the diaconate. In 2018 he was named Business Manager of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. He was ordained to the diaconate on the Feast of Saint Lawrence 2020 and received his M.A. in Pastoral Studies from the University of Saint Thomas in Houston in December of the same year. Deacon Stockstill also completed post-graduate work in Data Science from the University of Texas at Austin in 2024.
He served as the Chancery contact that led the Ordinariate Members and Friends of Austin to becoming Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in July 2024, at which time he was named Parochial Administrator, a title he relinquished upon the assignment of our current priest, Fr. Patrick McCain.
FAQ
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Yes! We are members of something called "The Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter," which was established by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.
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We are group of Catholics recognized by our Bishop as an Ordinariate community-in-formation (basically a mission). The Ordinariate in the United States has a specific process for groups to form and eventually become a parish. We are in that process, having been given our name on Sunday, July 7, 2024.
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The Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter is equivalent to a diocese, created by the Vatican in 2012 for people nurtured in the Anglican tradition who wish to become Catholic.
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Divine Worship is the Ordinariate form of Holy Mass within the Roman Rite family. Learn more about Divine Worship here.
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Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend Mass and participate in our community events with us!
You do not have to be a formal member of our parish or The Ordinariate.
To receive Holy Communion during Holy Mass, one should be in full communion with the Catholic Church and in a proper state of grace. Learn more.
