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May 9, '12, 12:30 pm
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Resources for someone who wants to learn
Hi,
I would like to learn more about Eastern Catholicism. Are there any oneline resources or books I can get to sort it out? I hear so much talk I'd like to see how others are worshipping. In our community we have:
Roman Catholic
Eastern Catholic
Eastern Orthodox
Orthodox
Byzantine Catholic
I am wondering would I be allowed to take communion (I'm Roman Catholic) if I visited? I'd love to experience different forms of worship. I visited the Byzantine Catholic Church and totally loved it. I'm majorly into icons and their church was breathtaking. Communion was different for me but everyone was very friendly.
Thanks for any help,
Lorrie
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May 9, '12, 12:35 pm
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
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Originally Posted by Irishgal49
In our community we have:
Roman Catholic
Eastern Catholic
Eastern Orthodox
Orthodox
Byzantine Catholic
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I'm not sure what "Eastern Catholic" means here (since "Byzantine Catholic" is noted separately), but depending on just where in Michigan, there might also be Maronite and Chaldean parishes available.
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I am wondering would I be allowed to take communion (I'm Roman Catholic) if I visited?
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May 9, '12, 2:07 pm
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
Start with The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way by Timothy Ware (he also goes by his name in religion Kallistos).
In the mean time look up online texts and videos of their liturgies and peruse the Wikipedia and Catholic Encyclopedia articles on the subject.
p.s. If you visit an eastern church one Sunday, quietly "borrow" a liturgical manual if they have them in the pews or by the door, study it during the intervening week to get a feel for how their liturgies work, then return it the next Sunday on your next visit. (See how this gives you 2 visits plus an in-depth introduction?)
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May 9, '12, 2:23 pm
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
"Borrow"? 
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May 9, '12, 2:25 pm
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
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Hi,
I would like to learn more about Eastern Catholicism. Are there any oneline resources or books I can get to sort it out? I hear so much talk I'd like to see how others are worshipping. In our community we have:
Roman Catholic
Eastern Catholic
Eastern Orthodox
Orthodox
Byzantine Catholic
I am wondering would I be allowed to take communion (I'm Roman Catholic) if I visited? I'd love to experience different forms of worship. I visited the Byzantine Catholic Church and totally loved it. I'm majorly into icons and their church was breathtaking. Communion was different for me but everyone was very friendly.
Thanks for any help,
Lorrie
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You can go to Communion in the Greek/Byzantine/Eastern Catholic Churches. 
Probably not Orthodox though, because they generally have rules against that.
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May 9, '12, 6:58 pm
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
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I'm not sure what "Eastern Catholic" means here (since "Byzantine Catholic" is noted separately), but depending on just where in Michigan, there might also be Maronite and Chaldean parishes available.
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It very much depends on where in Michigan. In southeastern Michigan you can find the Maronite Chaldean and probably others as well as the Byzantine. Once you get out of that area there is really nothing north or west of Bay City with the exception of a Ukrainian Catholic parish in Grand Rapids. I am in northwestern Michigan and so I know this for a fact. I notice Irish is in Central Michigan so I am just curious as to where she attended the Byzantine Catholic Liturgy.
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May 10, '12, 3:29 am
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
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It very much depends on where in Michigan. In southeastern Michigan you can find the Maronite Chaldean and probably others as well as the Byzantine. Once you get out of that area there is really nothing north or west of Bay City with the exception of a Ukrainian Catholic parish in Grand Rapids. I am in northwestern Michigan and so I know this for a fact. I notice Irish is in Central Michigan so I am just curious as to where she attended the Byzantine Catholic Liturgy.
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Flint Michigan. We have a Byzantine Church here in Flint.
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May 10, '12, 5:20 am
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
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Flint Michigan. We have a Byzantine Church here in Flint.
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There is also a Maronite parish:
Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church
4133 Calkins Rd.
Flint, MI 61615
Tel: 810.733.1259
Fax: 810.732.2760
Website: http://www.ololmi.org
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May 10, '12, 6:14 am
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
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Flint Michigan. We have a Byzantine Church here in Flint.
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You can also check out Sacred Heart Byzantine Catholic Church in Livonia. It shouldn't be too far from you. Both the priest and the deacon at that parish are friends of mine. 
The Maronite priests in Flint are wonderful. Some of them used to come out to Ann Arbor to celebrate daily (Roman) Mass and hear confessions at Domino's Farms. Just being around them was very formative for me. 
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May 10, '12, 7:35 am
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
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You can also check out Sacred Heart Byzantine Catholic Church in Livonia. It shouldn't be too far from you. Both the priest and the deacon at that parish are friends of mine.
The Maronite priests in Flint are wonderful. Some of them used to come out to Ann Arbor to celebrate daily (Roman) Mass and hear confessions at Domino's Farms. Just being around them was very formative for me. |
I'm jealous. The closest Maronite parish for me is 4+ hours away. Needless to say I've only been there once. I'm blessed to have many EO parishes, an OO parish, many Roman Catholic, and even a Ruthenian Catholic parish all within a short drive. I pray someday there will be a closer Maronite parish...guess I'm greedy.
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
Please do not attempt to receive Communion in an Orthodox Church , by all means ask the Priest beforehand if you may receive Antidoron [ this is blessed bread - not Consecrated ] at the end - this is permitted but it's regarded as polite to ask first - a few Orthodox Churches don't permit it , most do.
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
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If you ask, they will most likely allow it if your interest appears genuine. The parish I went to did.
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
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If you ask, they will most likely allow it if your interest appears genuine. The parish I went to did.
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Yes, but ... there is a 14.3% chance they will say no. (Remember that Star Trek episode?)
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May 10, '12, 2:39 pm
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
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Originally Posted by Rainaldo
Start with The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way by Timothy Ware (he also goes by his name in religion Kallistos).
In the mean time look up online texts and videos of their liturgies and peruse the Wikipedia and Catholic Encyclopedia articles on the subject.
p.s. If you visit an eastern church one Sunday, quietly "borrow" a liturgical manual if they have them in the pews or by the door, study it during the intervening week to get a feel for how their liturgies work, then return it the next Sunday on your next visit. (See how this gives you 2 visits plus an in-depth introduction?)
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Thanks I will check out those books!
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Being Irish, I have an abiding sense of tragedy which sustains me through temporary periods of joy."---W.B. Yeats
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May 10, '12, 4:48 pm
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Re: Resources for someone who wants to learn
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Hi,
I would like to learn more about Eastern Catholicism. Are there any oneline resources
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There are some on line video resources I posted in another thread "Seeking information".
The best resource is going to Divine Liturgy and other services, such as Vespers.
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