Journey Home - 2025-08-18 - Fr. Scott Wooten - Former Episcopal Priest

About this sermon

Fr. Scott Wooten grew up firmly Anglican, but attended Catholic school. As he continued toward ordination as an Episcopal priest, he persisted in the belief that the Anglican, Orthodox, and Roman churches were all legitimate branches of the true Catholic Church, so he didn’t feel that there was ever any need for him to become a “Roman” Catholic; he considered his form of Anglicanism to be legitimately “Catholic." Eventually moral questions in the Episcopal church forced him to decide whether to stay Episcopalian or join the Anglican Church of North America. Pondering this question about the ultimate character of Christian authority, Fr. Wooten finally felt fully convicted to become Catholic, being received and eventually ordained a Catholic priest through the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. Subscribe to EWTN’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3hBbdVX EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 40th year, is the largest religious media network in the world and was founded by Mother Mary Angelica, PCPA. The Daily Televised Mass is broadcast live 7 days a week at 7:00 a.m CST (watch it here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/watch-live). The Mass is uploaded to YouTube every day along with many other programs. To contact EWTN, send an email to our Viewer Services team at viewer@ewtn.com or call 1-800-447-3986. To learn more about EWTN please visit https://www.ewtn.com Donate now - https://bit.ly/3pBGjRU Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ewtnonline Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTN Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnmedia/