Are Significant Numbers of Anglicans About to Reunite With Rome?

I have in the past sort of brushed this aside. Now I am not so sure. There appears to be some fire to some of this smoke. I intend to email some of the Catholic bloggers in the know and see if the they can smell out anything.

The Bob Catholic Show from Australia has been on top of this. I find this post very interesting he has called More TAC and Rome. TAC stands for Traditional Anglican Communion. As the Bob Catholic Show has stated in the past there has been real rumors of something being up down under. What is interesting is the article he has linked from the TAC publication. It says in part:
“He also noted that the Traditional Anglican Communion was in a state of prayerful preparation for the meeting of the College of Bishops, and no comments would be forthcoming from any of the bishops on the proposed approach to the Holy See by the Communion until after the meeting. The essence of the approach has been discussed and endorsed by National Synods of the TAC, and the next step is for the College to determine”

Well that is interesting. This is the Web site for TAC. As you can see it has 400,000 members and is quite Worldwide. For United States readers here is a link to the list of US TAC "churches" that are in the The Anglican Church in America which is a part of TAC.

It is a interesting list. For instance Louisiana has a strong Anglican presence but yet has no TAC churches. Yet Mississippi right next door has three!!!

A little clarification here. What exactly does it mean to be a Anglican? That is a good question. That is something that I think the the whole communion is struggling with. These "Anglican" Churches are not in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Anglican Church in America states on their web site:
The ANGLICAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (ACA) is among the largest of several "Continuing Churches" which emerged from the AFFIRMATION OF ST. LOUIS and the 1977 gathering of faithful Anglicans which produced that document. The current President of the ACA House of Bishops is the Rt Rev George Langberg.
The ACA is part of the TRADITIONAL ANGLICAN COMMUNION (TAC), a worldwide body of some half million members on six continents. The Primate of the TAC is Archbishop John Hepworth of Australia.
The Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA), on the other hand, is the American member church of the ANGLICAN COMMUNION headed by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
THE ACA IS NOT PART OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH USA OR THE CANTERBURY-BASED ANGLICAN COMMUNION
The Traditional Anglican Communion, of which we are members, is orthodox and solidly traditional in its teaching and practice, while the Canterbury-based Communion emphasizes "inclusiveness" and embraces a wide range of belief, practice, and moral teaching. The TAC shares a common ancestry, including Apostolic Succession, with Canterbury, but there is no direct hierarchical or organizational connection between us. As stated in the Affirmation of St Louis, however, we remain in communion with "all faithful parts of the Anglican Communion."
PLEASE NOTE the "IN" in our name. There is no connection whatsoever between us and a body calling itself "The Anglican Church OF America" (TACA), which espouses doctrinal positions and moral views we do not share.

Though this movement is small if reunion occurred it would I think have significant ramifications on Catholicism and Anglicanism as whole. What would this "rite" look like? The Bob Catholic Show has a proposal that sort of also gives a glimpse of the issues and impact here.

Basically we would have Western version of a "eastern rite" Church in communion with the Bishop of Rome. I of course see a million problems but there is on the other hand quite a great possibility here now and for the future.

Still Rome appears silent. I would have to think that the Archbishop of Canterbury in England would be horrified about this. Yet none of the UK Catholic bloggers I read seemed to have picked up on this. If this occurred it would be a avenue for some reconciliation between Anglican/Episcopal Churches. Want to keep the old prayer book(the 1928 version here in the US) and your liturgy? Fine. Many people I know that are currently in Episcopal USA would have no problem with having the old "prayer book" back. Just accept the Catholic Church Doctrines and the Bishop of Rome and come on over to this new "rite".

It is a interesting development to say the least. If something is really in the works then this will have been one of the best kept secrets the Vatican has held this century.