Canonical Enrollment Question

[smad0142]

How does it work for a family that emigrated from heavily Eastern Catholic areas to the United States? Since they are only (mostly) able to only recieve the Sacraments/Mysteries from Latin Rite Parishes do they switch rites, or do they just maintain their Eastern identity while practicing at a Latin Parish? After a certain point does practicing at a Latin Parish result in canonical transfer, say in the cases of Baptism? Or do Eastern Catholics keep their canonical enrollment so long as they do not formally seek a change of ritual Church?

 

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

How does it work for a family that emigrated from heavily Eastern Catholic areas to the United States? Since they are only (mostly) able to only recieve the Sacraments/Mysteries from Latin Rite Parishes do they switch rites, or do they just maintain their Eastern identity while practicing at a Latin Parish? After a certain point does practicing at a Latin Parish result in canonical transfer, say in the cases of Baptism? Or do Eastern Catholics keep their canonical enrollment so long as they do not formally seek a change of ritual Church?

Reception of any sacrament in a different sui juris Church does not result in a transfer. You retain your enrollment until you formally seek a change.

 

[Aramis]

The only sacrament forbidden to be received licitly in a different rite’s ceremony is ordination. Even then, that can be exempted for just cause… but unless you’re talking about Ethiopia, or Russian Catholics in the US, unlikely.

Marriages require special handling; so do baptisms and confirmations/chrismations… but can be received licitly outside one’s own church sui iuris. It just requires the appropriate permissions from the relevant bishops. Baptisms mostly in that confirmation is to immediately follow if done by an EC priest, or to an EC faithful’s child, and additional reporting/recording issues. The permissions are almost always granted, tho’ occasional rarities arise. (Like EC’s in the military not knowing there’s a local parish of their enrolled church when transferred.)

Eucharist, Reconciliation/Confession, and Anointing of the Sick are inherently permitted without reservation, and may even be extended to the other valid apostolic Christians* if they see fit to request it.

• Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Assyrian Church of the East, Polish National Catholic Church, Ukrainian Orthodox, most** Old Catholic jurisdictions

** but getting fewer and fewer as certain heresies arise, like women as bishops.

 

[smad0142]

Does canonical enrollment come from the mother or father’s enrollment?

 

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

Does canonical enrollment come from the mother or father’s enrollment?

Normally it comes from the father’s enrollment.

 

[Vico]

Does canonical enrollment come from the mother or father’s enrollment?

It is possible to have a mixed Catholic Church family, even two Eastern Catholic Churches, such as the boys being in their father’s Church and the girls being in their mother’s Church as might be done in Ukrainian tradition, if the parents agree, otherwise the Catholic father’s church is the one of ascription.

See CCEO canons 29-38:
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When you find out what Eastern Catholic Church you belong to, it may have a exarchy where you live, and you can contact the Bishop for instructions. There may be others in your area and a mission could be started, or you may be under the care of the local Latin bishop and can he can get a group started for others like you.