Do vows taken in the Latin rite prevent one from changing rites?

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Hello.
I’ve been considering switching from the Latin rite to the Byzantine rite, but I have been enrolled in the brown scapular. Would such a thing prevent me from changing rites?
 
The brown scapular is a private devotion, as I understand it. Who enrolled you? Good to ask them.

As to vows in general, I believe that, if it is felt to be justified by one’s superior, that a dispensation from the vows may be obtained. CAF member JReducation (RIP???) had to request a dispensation to attend the funeral of a family member, as his Franciscan Order holds to the vow of poverty, which included the detachment from blood relatives.

However, mileage may vary on this.
 
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Jonathan3 said:
Hello.
I’ve been considering switching from the Latin rite to the Byzantine rite, but I have been enrolled in the brown scapular. Would such a thing prevent me from changing rites?
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There is nothing contrary in praying for souls and Carmelites, and wearing a sacramental (cross, crucifix, scapular).
 
A brown scapular is not a vow… I’m an Eastern Catholic who has been enrolled in the brown scapular? (I attend a Latin parish as there is no parish of my rite). So I hope it’s ok. I think a private vow wouldnt matter either.
 
Praise God! Not all that long ago, I mistakenly thought I knew it all and he very charitably schooled me. May any and all suffering be offered for eternal good, and may it be his purgation on earth. Amen.
 
Thanks guys! I also forgot to mention- I’m in the Confraternity of The Rosary. Failing to fulfill the obligation of praying the rosary 3 times a week does not result in a sin though. So that wouldn’t prevent me from changing rites either right? Sorry, I should have mentioned this before.
 
Cor_ad_Cor said:
Brother Jay is still alive… at least as of a news item I saw a couple weeks ago; he just no longer visits the forums.
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Is he about to pass?

Should we be praying for him for his imminent repose?

I never got to meet him here…

geo
 
He has had health issues for some time and those continue, I believe. I try to keep up with him via the order’s news, but I don’t have any direct communication since he has left the forums.
 
Cor_ad_Cor said:
He has had health issues for some time and those continue, I believe. I try to keep up with him via the order’s news, but I don’t have any direct communication since he has left the forums.
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Thank you…

I will pray for Servant of God Brother Jay…

geo
 
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