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Did I read someplace of one of the Byzantine Churches trying to start a mission in Nashville lately? Some folks have moved there from up north and are looking. Thanks!
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Rose, Ukrainian Catholic Mission in NashvilleEd Klages posted a couple months ago The Divine Liturgy in Nashville is once a month, on Saturday evening, at 6pm. The liturgy is held in St. Patrick Roman Catholic church on 2nd street. The specific Saturday is subject to variation. Upcoming liturgies are on October 24, November 28, and December 19. The schedule beyond that has not been set. Many years, Neil
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
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Was the mission originally under the omophor of Metropolitan Basil?
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Perhaps I can help a little with the history/status in Nashville (I'm the cantor).
There was a mission here under the omophor of Metropolitan Basil's predecessor ~ 10 years ago. I didn't live in the area at the time, so my knowledge is second hand. Anyways, I'm told that this mission fell apart when the priest assigned to it was recalled to the Pittsburgh area (I'm told he was recalled due to dwindling vocations and a need to staff parishes in that area).
There was an attempt to get a mission going about 2 years ago under the omophor of Metropolitan Basil. Fr. O'Connell (a biritual Roman priest, and the pastor of Holy Resurrection Byzantine Catholic mission in Knoxville TN) was kind enough to come over about once a month. He started out training 3 priests of the diocese of Nashville to be bi-ritual. The 3 became 2 when the recent moto proprio allowing broader use of the Mass of Pius V came out, and then 2 became 1 when one was transferred to be the pastor of a large church in an outlying area. The one remaining priest had yet to receive much (if any) training; seeing the efforts collapse, some of the folks (both Ukrainians and Ruthenians) involved in the mission petitioned Bishop Robert (UGCC, Parma) to see if he could help. About a year ago the final Roman priest being trained backed out (due to his work load for the dioceses of Nashville) and the attempts to begin a mission under Metropolitan Basil quietly died.
About that same time (~1 year ago) Bishop Robert came to the conclusion that he might be able to help, and erected a mission. We have had 1-2 divine liturgies a month, staffed by priests of the Ukrainian Eparchy of Parma since then. Before his retirement, Bishop Robert had committed himself (but made no promises) to trying to assign a priest to Nashville. I understand that Bishop John (the Eparchy's administrator, sede vacante) is currently pondering the idea of sending a priest from the crop of men to be ordained.
Current Status: We currently have divine liturgy once or twice a month, thanks to Fr. Richard Armstrong (St. Thomas the Apostle, Knoxville, TN) and Fr. Mark Shuey (St. Nicholas, Raleigh, NC). When a priest can't make it, I lead readers services of some sort (usually Vespers).
If you like any of you can pass on my contact info to anyone interested:
joelgoetz@gmail.com
If you'd prefer a phone #, I'm happy to provide it via email.
Justin
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Pani Rose,
If Seymour is any closer they can contact Deacon Ron Volek, rvolek@hotmail.com
I think the mission there is still in existence. It was originally in Nashville and is the Ruthenian mission. The last I heard Fr Thomas O'Connell, a bi-ritual priest, was the administrator.
Have a blessed Nativity fast,
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I believe Fr. Deacon Paul is correct about Fr. O'Connell still being the administrator of Holy Resurrection (he is the same Fr. O'Connell I referenced above) - but I hear that they may have moved from Seymour to another Church in the greater Knoxville area. (Seymour is a "suburb" of Knoxville; Fr. O'Connell was the pastor of the Roman parish there, and he recently "retired" from the diocese of Knoxville. The move may be related.) Regrettably Knoxville is a number of hours from Nashville, and Seymour (if they are still there) is on the other side of the city. Pani, if your friends live east of Nashville toward Knoxville (like in say Cookeville -- and/or if they don't mind the drive) they might have 2 options! Obviously Holy Resurrection (as mentioned by Fr. Deacon Paul) and St. Thomas the Apostle Ukrainian Greek Catholic Mission where Fr. Richard Armstrong is the pastor. The a fore mentioned Ed Klages goes there. Their website is http://www.hrbcc.org/ . Justin
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Pani, if your friends live east of Nashville toward Knoxville (like in say Cookeville -- and/or if they don't mind the drive) they might have 2 options! Obviously Holy Resurrection (as mentioned by Fr. Deacon Paul) and St. Thomas the Apostle Ukrainian Greek Catholic Mission where Fr. Richard Armstrong is the pastor. The a fore mentioned Ed Klages goes there. Their website is http://www.hrbcc.org/ . For any who are interested, they should begin referencing St. Thomas' home on the web by http://www.SaintThomasKnoxville.org. Without going into a lot of details, hrbcc.org used to be the home of Holy Resurrection in Seymour. ( Holy Resurrection Byzantine Catholic Church) Holy Resurrection essentially morphed into St. Thomas. At the time, I just hijacked the hrbcc URL for St. Thomas' website. Since then I have registered the new URL for St. Thomas. The hrbcc domain expires next month, and I am thinking about letting the registration lapse. Ed Klages
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Thanks so much everyone! I am going to send them the link to the discussion here, so they can get to know more about it. Also, get to know y'all and the forum. 
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