Navassan Reformed Catholic Church

The Kingdom's ceremonial home for worship, music, and beauty.

The Navassan Reformed Catholic Church is a cultural and ceremonial institution established by Royal Decree on 22 October 2025. It draws on the Anglican tradition, one of the oldest and most widely practiced forms of Christianity, to give Navassa a place for reverence, reflection, and artistic celebration of faith.

It is not a governing church and has no clergy hierarchy of its own. It exists to carry a rich heritage into the life of the Kingdom.

WHAT DOES "REFORMED CATHOLIC" MEAN?

The name describes the heart of the Anglican tradition. "Catholic" here means universal. Anglicans hold the ancient creeds, the historic sacraments, and the Church's long continuity with the earliest Christians. "Reformed" points to the sixteenth-century Reformation, when the Church of England reshaped its worship and teaching, put Scripture in people's own language, and kept much of the older liturgy and structure.

Anglicanism has long described itself as holding both at once: catholic and reformed. That balance is why it is often called a "middle way.

In practice, the Navassan Reformed Catholic Church is where the Kingdom marks seasons and observances, supports works of faith, art, and service, and keeps a tradition of beauty alive.

THE ROYAL CHAPLAINCY

Through the Royal Chaplaincy, the Church shares the Word from the Royal Chaplaincy, a weekly reflection tied to the church calendar. Fuller texts appear in the Royal Gazette.

THE ROLE OF THE CROWN

The Sovereign is Foundress & Royal Patron of the Church in Navassa. The Crown supports the Church's projects and takes part in ceremonial investitures for appointments to the Royal Chaplaincy. It has no authority over doctrine or clergy appointments.

The Royal Court & Household attends service at Christ Church in Rochester, New York.