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Greetings all, I have a quick question and I'm not sure if it belongs in Town Hall, sorry if it doesn't. Anyways, I'm going to be visiting a friend in MA over the summer and the only Eastern Rite Catholic churches in her city are either Maronite or Melkite. Am I correct in that Melkite Catholics use the Constantinoplitan Rite? Would their liturgical service be similar to one of my Ruthenian Church? I am also fairly unfamiliar with the Maronites and their liturgical practices.
Final part of the question, do I need anything special before going to another Eastern Rite Church? Like, a Ruthenian Catholic wouldn't be barred from communion at another Eastern Rite Church? I'm confused on all this as the ethnic divisions don't play a major role in my town, but I know they can in other states. If you would take the time to help me out, that would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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Hi Romioi3, Well, given that description, your friend has to live in either Lawrence or Worcester, the only two places (in MA) that you can find Maronite and Melkite parishes, but no others. Yes, we Melkites use the Byzantine/Constantinoplian Rite and the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom will be similar to that in your Ruthenian parish. You are certainly welcome to commune in our parishes, where I would expect that you will be very welcomed. If it's Lawrence - you're speaking of St Joseph's, a very welcoming parish with Divine Liturgies in both English and Arabic. If it's Worcester - you're speaking of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, likewise a very welcoming parish, with its Divine Liturgy principally in English. (If the latter, I need an interior photo for the Directory - so bring your camera.) Many years, Neil
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"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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You hit the nail on the head, Worcester, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help was the one I was figuring I'd have to go to. I'm thankful for the assistance, I was concerned that I'd go to a service and get barred, that would be just a shame on my heart to bare. The friends I'm visiting aren't remotely Catholic, let alone Eastern Rite, but they're pretty interested in seeing our liturgy. Also, I will indeed bring a camera, if I can get good photos I'll submit them to the forum galleries, does that work?
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That would work well (I copy photos from there all the time for the Directory) - or you can e-mail them to me at ec_parish_webmaster@yahoo.com.
We have at least 1 parishioner from Our Lady of Perpetual Help who posts here - altho I'm blanking at the moment as to who it is. Father Paul (Frechette), pastor of OLPH, is a very warm and inviting person and the director of the Melkite Eparchy's Diaconate Program.
Many years,
Neil
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Final part of the question, do I need anything special before going to another Eastern Rite Church? Like, a Ruthenian Catholic wouldn't be barred from communion at another Eastern Rite Church? I'm confused on all this as the ethnic divisions don't play a major role in my town, but I know they can in other states. If you would take the time to help me out, that would be greatly appreciated, thank you. A Catholic can to any Mass/Liturgy/Qurbana/Qurbono in any other Catholic Rite and receive Communion or approach any Catholic priest of any Catholic Rite and have their confession heard.
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