Eastern rite and religious life

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If someone is Eastern rite is it ever an option for them to enter a Latin rite monastery, if they feel God is calling them there? would they need to get a dispensation or permission from their Bishop to do this? is this permission usually granted? thank you!
 
i know that the Church encourages Eastern rite Catholics to follow their spirituality. I"m just wondering if it’s ever happened that God has called an Eastern rite person to the Latin rite order, and what the Church says about this and if it’s possible.
 
There was a poster here (I believe now deceased) who was an Eastern Catholic, but was a Carmelite, I believe. Someone here will remember him, I am sure. I believe his name was Brother David. I am not sure I have all the facts straight, but I know he was an Eastern Catholic in a Lin order, I believe the Carmelites.
 
There is actually a bi-ritual Franciscan mother house in the US. We had an RC priest as an administrator from there for our EC parish.
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It might be of interest that Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich was a Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic and a (Latin rite) Sister of Charity. She remained a Eastern Catholic to the end of her brief life. Blessed Miriam Teresa lived in the 1920s, however: I do not know what an Eastern Catholic woman in the US with a vocation to the consecrated life would be encouraged to do today.
 
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It might be of interest that Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich was a Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic and a (Latin rite) Sister of Charity. She remained a Eastern Catholic to the end of her brief life. Blessed Miriam Teresa lived in the 1920s, however: I do not know what an Eastern Catholic woman in the US with a vocation to the consecrated life would be encouraged to do today.
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Very interesting, thank you! 🙂
 
Diamantina said:
It might be of interest that Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich was a Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic and a (Latin rite) Sister of Charity. She remained a Eastern Catholic to the end of her brief life. Blessed Miriam Teresa lived in the 1920s, however: I do not know what an Eastern Catholic woman in the US with a vocation to the consecrated life would be encouraged to do today.
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Christ the Bridegroom Monastery in Burton, OH is an option

The Basilian Sisters of St. Basil the Great in Uniontown, PA has long been the main center of monastic life for women religious in the Byzantine Catholic community. The annual pilgrimage there (Labor Day weekend) is a major event.

The Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate in Sloatsburg, NY is another community.
 
Another Eastern Catholic religious community for women are the Byzantine Discalced Carmelites in Sugarloaf, PA. Since I am a Lay Carmelite and Catholic revert who spent 13 years in the Orthodox Church (mostly in the Serbian Diocese of Western America) as a young woman, this community intrigues me in particular. If my health were better and I was 10 to 20 years younger (I am 48 now) I would seriously consider pursuing a religious vocation there.
 
I believe it is allowed, and is on the short list of good reasons to change one’s rite, although I personally know an Eastern Catholic nun who joined a Roman Catholic convent without switching rites.
 
Yes, it’s very common. One simply needs a canonical accommodation (I’ve only heard of one instance where an Armenian Catholic was granted a rescript). I think I know six Eastern Catholic dominicans (four Maronite, one Melkite and one Chaldean).
 
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