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Are there any Byzantine/Eastern Catholic parishes in Iowa?

Thanks,
Mary

I forgot to ask, if there are no Byzantine church's in Iowa (near Masion City), are there any Traditional Latin Masses? Thanks for your help!

Mary

Bump...

Never got a responce to this. If there's nothing in Iowa (anywhere?), what about Minnesota? Minneapolis?

I found St. Constantine's Ukranian Catholic Chruch in Minneapolis. Any others?

Thank you.

There are no Byz Cath churches that I know of in Iowa. I attend St. John the Baptist's Byzantine Church in Minneapolis.

Sorry for the delay in the response.

Nathan

if not, do what I do: find a ByzCath parish to associate with via Internet (get that fellowship squared away, you'll be gald that you did). do your prayers, read (there are resources to buy books, etc. go to GOD With Us,a subsidiary of Theological Book Service I have bought a number of books from them). there are alternatives to just sitting there and dying on the vine. use them.
Much Love,
Jonn

Thanks, Nathan.

I googled the address, but didn't find a parish website. What time is Divine Liturgy? Is it (the church) easy to find? I've never been to Minneapolis. Maybe you can give me the address also, to be sure what's listed is correct.

So, you've piqued my curiosity. What's your church like?

Thanks!
Blessings,
Mary

What do you mean, dying on the vine? (Just questioning, I really don't know what you meant?)

Liturgy at 9AM
In Northeast Minneapolis, I'm bad at giving directions, but you can google directions for

2215 Third Street N.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55418.

I can't really describe what my church is like because I've only been to one other ByzCath church (I'm a convert), but I'll try.

Our priest is married and from Belarus. We have a lot of converts and a good choir. You'll probably hear my kid yell or drop a bunch of books during the service, but I'm working on him. The church is an old brick church located in the old slavic part of Minneapolis which is now having a sort of revival and is becoming the "hip" place to live in Minneapolis. Real Estate prices are actually not too bad in this neighborhood, and I've been tempted to buy something.

Anyways, that's about all I can do. Oh, and our area is famous for starting the Great American Schism, with Bishop Ireland serving in St. Paul banning married priest resulting in the orthodox church down the street from us.

Do you have anything else Lance or Gordon ?

by dying on the vine, I mean that there are times you can feel so isolated because there is little or no opportunity for fellowship and service. I don't want any one to feel that way. you can still have a good Byzantine life despite there being no parish nearby.it works for me.
Much Love,
Jonn
Jonn

Sounds nice. Thanks!

Oh, okay. Thanks for clarifing. I find listening to Ancient Faith Radio to help nurture Byzantine Spirituality. I love how much they refer to John Chrysostom, St. Basil the Great, and the early church saints. Plus it helps me to drown out office talk and focus on what really matters.

Peace,

Mary

Yes, Nathan & Mary:

Nathan gave a pretty good summary about our Church. It is fairly easy to find, at least I have been able to direct my friends here fairly easily. The Web site is not up right now, because Fr. Ihar is re-working it, and he has a few other things taking priority.

Mary, if you want to make a trip to MPLS sometime and visit us, let us know so we can be ready to welcome you ahead of time.

I am a transfer from the Latin Rite, and I can tell you St. John's Byzantine Catholic Church is a very welcoming community. I felt very welcome from day one. It would be great if you came this weekend, during our parish festival. I actually came the very first time at our parish festival. This one is special, because it is our 100th anniversary for the parish.

Our church has done a great job at maintaining its ethnic heritage without being exclusive. I would guess that hardly any of our new converts or transfers have Slavic heritage. Our liturgy is in English, but our choir occasionally sings a few hymns or parts of the liturgy in Slavonic on Sundays. Still, I do not think that the Slavic heritage is the defining aspect of our Church.

The Byzantine liturgy involves the people we sing almost as many prayers as the priest; after all, Liturgy is "work of the people."

Nathan is right in saying that the NE part of MPLS is reviving, as well as our church. Nathan himself has a wife and young child, and we have had several other young families join us the last few years, as well as single people. I am a single person and feel very welcome here.

I am from Iowa originally, and lived here 26 years. It is too bad that there are no Byzantine Church's in Iowa. My understanding is that the Latin bishops there 100 years or so ago did not allow them. But that is in the past. We are glad to be here where we are.

Let us know if you want to visit us, we will be glad to have you. I hope you will find that us truly Catholic & Orthodox.

Lance

I hear very good things about St. John's Church in Minneapolis - enjoy! It is also possible to pass the word around, find some more Greek-Catholics in Iowa, and organize a mission.

Fr. Serge