In my experience this seems to be something that is lacking in most "continuing" Anglican parishes. A look at some of the photos of these parishes on their websites (if they even have websites, and if they do they often are very bad) shows parishes that look like barns, parishes with stark white walls, flat ceilings, etc. And I am sure an in-person look would reveal tattered and worn vestments and appointments. This is the case with some of the appointments at St. Francis. Our processional cross is pitted and grimy looking. Our tapers are bent and tired. Luckily the altar vestments are in good order. Hopefully over the years we'll be able to restore some of our worn items and buy nice new ones as well.
Of course some parishes do not even have beat-up appointments. In fact they have little to no appointments to speak of! There are no nice collections of mass vestments or other appointments. It is usually up to the priest to have his own vestments, chalice, etc. because no one has ever gotten around to buying some for the church, or if they have it is awful looking garbage.... because who would want to spend money on something as frivolous as "church" or "church appointments".
God places great importance on how He is worshipped. All one must do is read the Old Testament to see this is true. God gave detailed instructions as to how the Tabernacle, Temple, and related items were to be made and decorated. Why some people care so little about how things in church look is utterly beyond me. It is an affront to God to worship Him using beat-up, substandard things. And it is an affront to God for His house to look like garbage while our own house looks like the Taj Mahal.
Where are the people who will commission statues, vestments, stained glass, and paintings for churches?! Are their any left? Doesn't anyone care about beauty and dignity in worshipping God anymore? Let us not forget that, in addition to the Oxford Movement, equally important to the Anglican Communion's recovery of Catholic faith and tradition was the "Cambridge Movement", and the work of the Cambridge Camden Society which restored churches and made them beautiful once again. If we recover Catholic beauty in our churches it will help us recover the Catholic faith.
