Chaldean Church

[Chris_in_Mich]

I am a practicing Latin Rite Catholic, there are several Chaldean Churches in my area, if I go to a Mass there may I recieve the eucharist? or go to confession? If I were to go on a Sunday would this fulfill my obligation?

 

[DominvsVobiscvm]

Yes to all your questions.

 

[Hesychios]

I am impressed!

Michigan does have several Chaldean Catholic parishes. I had no idea, I thought they were pretty scarce.

There is also an Armenian Catholic parish in Dearborn or Detroit (I’m not sure), if that’s not too far for you.

And 7 Byzantine Ruthenian parishes listed here. And 9 Byzantine Ukrainian parishes listed here.

A smorgasbord of opportunities to grow in Catholic understanding. Visit them all!

 

[Irish_Melkite]

Michael,

My brother ?, my friend ?

How parochial of you You didn’t give any air time to we Melkites (or to the Syro-Malabarese or Romanians either) - although we are all listed in the smorgasbord

Many years,

Neil

 

[Meggie]

What about the Marionite rite (i don’t know if i spelled that right)
my friend who is a nun is in that rite

 

[Irish_Melkite]

Meggie:

What about the Marionite rite

Meggie,

Good catch. There are Maronite Catholic churches in Michigan. They are also listed in the smorgasbord link that Michael provided.

Many years,

Neil, who hopes you’re enjoying your Christmas break

 

[Hesychios]

Ge’ez,
I was tired!

Michigan is’nt like Montana I’ll have you know, there’s a lot more going on there than I expected!

I was looking for a Melkite parish when found that list so I just linked it, I should have rewritten the post.

My apologies to everyone especially the Italo-Albanians and the k’nanaya Catholics who seem to always get short-changed in Michigan.

 

[katherine2]

Chris in Mich:

I am a practicing Latin Rite Catholic, there are several Chaldean Churches in my area, if I go to a Mass there may I recieve the eucharist? or go to confession? If I were to go on a Sunday would this fulfill my obligation?

DV gave you a yes to all of yoru questions. On the issue of confession, however, since I beleive all the priests in teh USA are immigrants, you might have a language problem here.

 

[Irish_Melkite]

katherine2:

DV gave you a yes to all of yoru questions. On the issue of confession, however, since I beleive all the priests in teh USA are immigrants, you might have a language problem here.

Chris,

Should you be planning to partake of the Holy Mystery of Penance while in attendance at a Chaldean parish anywhere in the US, you will have no language problem, Katherine’s beliefs to the contrary. Chaldeans in the US are almost uniformly a highly educated peoples and their priests are no exception to that rule.

Many years,

Neil

 

[Irish_Melkite]

Ge’ez,
I was tired!

Michigan is’nt like Montana I’ll have you know, there’s a lot more going on there than I expected!

I was looking for a Melkite parish when found that list so I just linked it, I should have rewritten the post.

My apologies to everyone especially the Italo-Albanians and the k’nanaya Catholics who seem to always get short-changed in Michigan.

Michael,

- what else can I say. You certainly didn’t Cop(t) out!

(I couldn’t come up with a website - neither of the 2 US churches have one )

Many years,

Neil

 

[Dan-Man916]

ok,

i’m going off topic here, but does anyone have an index of Eastern Catholic Churches in the Chicagoland area. I’ve never been to an Eastern Catholic liturgy and would like to experience it sometime.

thanks

 

[Hesychios]

I don’t know of a good updated link so I cobbled this together just for you!

If you need info please call the numbers provided. I will advise you that most of the Ukrainian parishes I know of have an English liturgy as well as a Ukrainian liturgy, but they seem to have become committed to a recited, rather than chanted liturgy in English (like a low mass) and it’s nothing to write home about.

The Byzantine-Ruthenian parish and the Melkite parish have pretty decent liturgies: the Melkite is mixed English-Arabic with a hauntingly beautiful chant (also a Spanish liturgy) and the Ruthenian does an all English liturgy, chanted in the Carpathian style. Both of these, and the Romanian parishes are known to be very welcoming.

The Chaldean parishes and the Syro-Malabar Cathedral use the liturgy of St James. I cannot offer any comments on them as I am not much more familiar with any of them than any other person off the street.

The Maronite parish uses a form of the liturgy of St James, I found the place full of Latin traditionalists and some Arabs but I didn’t feel all that welcome. Sadly I missed a chance to meet the priest there.

This list can not be considered 100% inclusive, I left a few things out that I thought were probably innacurate and at least one mission that I have little knowledge of.

Aurora

St. George Church (Byzantine - Romanian/Canton)
20 Rural Street, Aurora, IL 60505, Phone: (630) 851-4002

St. Michael Church (Byzantine - Romanian/Canton)
609 N. Lincoln Avenue, Aurora, IL 60505, Phone: (630) 897-8115

Bellwood

Mar Thoma Shleeha Catholic Cathedral (Syro-Malabar -Bellwood)
5000 St.Charles Road, Bellwood, IL 60104, USA, Phone: (708) 544-7250, Fax (708) 544-5890
NOTE: This is their Cathedral for the entire USA

Chicago

Mart Maryam Church (Chaldean/Southfield)
2849 West Chase Ave., Chicago, IL 60645, Phone: (312) 761-9401

St. Ephrem (Chaldean/Southfield)
2537 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659, Phone: (312) 271-8899

St.Ferdinand Rectory(Syro-Malabar - Bellwood)
5900 W.Barry Ave, Chicago, IL 60634

St. Gregory The Great Church (Syro-Malankara - Jurisdiction of Local Roman Ordinary)
1634 West Gregory Street, Chicago, IL 60640, Phone: (773) 907-2092

St. Joseph (Byzantine - Ukrainian/St. Nicholas-Chicago)
5000 Cumberland Ave., Chicago, IL 60656, Phone: (312) 625-4805

St. Michael (Byzantine - Ukrainian/St. Nicholas-Chicago)
12211 S Parnell Ave., Chicago IL 60628, Phone: (312) 785-7113

St. Nicholas Cathedral (Byzantine - Ukrainian/St. Nicholas-Chicago)
2238 W. Rice St.,Chicago, IL 60622, Phone: (312) 276-4537

St. Thomas of Canterbury Parish (Monthly Divine Liturgy - G’eez)
4827 North Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640, Phone: (773) 878-5507

Ss. Volodymyr and Olha (Byzantine - Ukrainian/St. Nicholas-Chicago)
2245 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL 60612, Phone: (312) 829-5209

Hillside

Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church(Maronite - Los Angeles)
425 North Hillside Ave, Hillside, IL 60162, Phone: (708) 449-5558

Northlake

St. John the Baptist (Byzantine - Melkite/Newton)
200 East North Avenue, Northlake, IL 60164, Phone: ((708) 865-7050

Orland Park

Annunciation of the Theotokos (Byzantine-Ruthenian/Parma)
14610 Will-Cook Road, Homer Glen, Il 60491 ((708) 645-0241)

Palatine

Immaculate Conception (Byzantine - Ukrainian/St. Nicholas of Chicago)
745 S. Benton St., Palatine, IL 60067, Phone: (847) 991-0820 Rectory; (847) 934-3100 (Church hall and Liturgy schedule)

Palos Park

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Byzantine - Ukrainian/St. Nicholas-Chicago)
8530 W. 13 Ist St., PalosPark, L 60464, Phone: (708) 361-8876

Good luck!

Michael
+T+

 

[Irish_Melkite]

Dan,

Annunciation (Ruthenian) in Homer Glen has a deservedly wonderful reputation in all respects.

(in fact, I think it’s Michael’s parish)

Michael,

Memory escapes me - St. Joseph’s = the Uke Space Program, right?

Many years,

Neil

 

[Hesychios]

Yep, the space program that never got off the ground!

The temple of Saint Joseph’s Ukrainian was a very 70’s adaptation to Ukrainian sacred architecture. I really enjoyed speaking with the Pastor, but he’s not responsible for the ambitious design. It’s not far from the Interrnational airport so a lot of visitors to Chicago will see it and wonder.

And yes, Annunciation is my parish, I love it there. I had been to liturgy in a lot of places before, but when I attended there for the first time my jaw dropped. I must have been quite a sight.

http://www.byzantinecatholic.com/images/headerMusic.jpg

 

[Irish_Melkite]

For the benefit of those who must think Michael and me to be mad, I located a picture of the exterior of St. Joseph’s Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which explains its irreverent but fond nickname .

Michael,

When next (if ever) I again get to Chicago (my favorite city in the US - used to travel there regularly, years ago, for work), I have to get to Annunciation - every photo that I see is more beautiful than the last.

Btw, I keep meaning to ask you, are the Romanians still using the former Christ the Redeemer (Byelorusian) church on West Fullerton?

Many years,

Neil

 

[Hesychios]

Irish Melkite:

Btw, I keep meaning to ask you, are the Romanians still using the former Christ the Redeemer (Byelorusian) church on West Fullerton?

Many years,

Neil

Yes Neil, The building is being used by the Romanians as a mission exclusively now. I do not know if their bishop has the title to the property, I can ask. When the Bielorussians were using the place the property was controlled by the local Ordinary. It’s a pretty small place, probably served from Aurora.

I deliberately omitted that listing because of my uncertainty of the situation there. I do not know the details, although I had been there with the Bielorussians.

Amazingly we have parishioners from the former Christ the Redeemer, they travel 45 miles or more each way every Sunday to worship with us.

In Christ,
Michael

 

[a_pilgrim]

Irish Melkite:

When next (if ever) I again get to Chicago (my favorite city in the US - used to travel there regularly, years ago, for work), I have to get to Annunciation - every photo that I see is more beautiful than the last.

Many years,

Neil

Neil,

Please keep us informed of travel plans that may bring you out our way… although my own visits to Annunciation are fewer and farther between than I’d like, I would most definitely make it a point to be there for your visit as well… AND I’ll even spring for lunch for you and Michael afterwards!

My own work responsibilities appear to be shaping up as having me possibly spending quite a bit of the first half of the new year out in New Jersey (near Passaic)… not quite close enough for me to make a quick zip over to Boston unless, of course, I can manage to work a long weekend into the mix…

Hope to see you sometime soon… either here or there!

Al

 

[Irish_Melkite]

a pilgrim:

Neil,

Please keep us informed of travel plans that may bring you out our way… although my own visits to Annunciation are fewer and farther between than I’d like, I would most definitely make it a point to be there for your visit as well… AND I’ll even spring for lunch for you and Michael afterwards!

My own work responsibilities appear to be shaping up as having me possibly spending quite a bit of the first half of the new year out in New Jersey (near Passaic)… not quite close enough for me to make a quick zip over to Boston unless, of course, I can manage to work a long weekend into the mix…

Hope to see you sometime soon… either here or there!

Al,

I would give anything to get out to the Windy City again - the fun of being there would only be increased that much more by the chance to actually meet you, Michael, and Amado.

If you end up in Passaic over any weekends, three suggestions:

• St. Ann’s Melkite GC Church in West Paterson - not more than a 10 mile drive and absolutely worth it - a beautiful temple, extremely friendly parish, and Father Sami Baroody, the young pastor there, is a wonderful person,
• Our Lady of Deliverance Syriac Catholic Church in Newark - also about 10 miles and one of the few reasons I’d send anyone to Newark - I haven’t seen the temple itself, but it is the cathedral church, at least for now, of the Syriac Eparchy - the Syriac celebration of the Holy Qurbono is beautiful and if Sayedna Joseph (Younan)happens to be the celebrant, he is a wonderful homilist; and,
• St. Michael’s Russian GC Church in NYC - about 15 miles and not bad on a Sunday am - the Liturgy is magnificent and the people are incredibly friendly

Many years,

Neil