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Good Evening:
I am wondering if any of the good members of the Byzantine Forum would have any information about the Basilian Fathers of Mariapoch in Matawan, New Jersey. I am wondering if they are a large religious community and if they have an E-Mail address.
Any information about them is very much appreciated!
Slava Isusu Khrystu,
John Doucette
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John:
I checked on line under "Basilian fathers usa" and found several sources for them. You might want to check.
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I dont think there are many left in the USA at all. 
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I remember many years ago that the Basilian Fathers served the UGCC in Binghamton, NY.(now located in Johnson City,NY) I recall they were kindly and good natured. They lived a few houses from us and were friendly with my father, even though we were Orthodox.The parish has been served by diocesan priests for the past thirty-five years or so.
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John,
There were 4 priests in the community at Matawan in 2008, according to the Catholic Directory. The Monastery does not have a published e-mail addy to my knowledge.
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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I believe I recently heard there is only 1 priest that remains at the monastery in Matawan. The others are working in parishes.
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Christopher,
Not sure. You are correct in that several are definitely serving parishes, but some of those are w/in travel distance of the monastery. The impression left by the eparchy's listings suggests that the priests involved are 'working out of' the monastery, rather than having relocated to reside at the parishes (although I've come to distrust eparchial directories as reliable sources for info on parish matters).
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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Neil,
You very well may be correct. I am not sure who my source was on the information I posted above. It was something that must of casually come up in a conversation within the last few weeks.
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When my family and I lived in NJ (we came here 10 yrs. ago), I was close to the Basilians Fathers of Mariapoch in Matawan, NJ. The three founding monastics there were all Greek Catholics from Hungary. The order had been suppressed by the Stalinist regime in Hungary in 1950. It was Monsignor Stephen Sulyk (later Metropolitan Stephen) of the UGCC who "went to bat" for them and paved the way for canonical recognition. They were part of the Ukrainian Basilian province in North America up until about 10 years ago-now they are part of the Hungarian province from which they originated (this was not possible during Communism). During all the years they have been in Matawan (since the early 1960's), they have served primarily the Byzantine Catholics of the Passaic Eparchy. Of the original three priest-monks from Hungary, two have returned to Hungary, and only one remains. However, I am told that the Matawan property is to be used in part of the formation process for candidates from Hungary and North America. I am also told that a superior from Hungary will take up residence there (if this has not happened already). Since moving to NE Pa, I've only had "off and on" contact with them, so my info may be a bit dated.
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