How to become a Eastern Churches Priest?

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Aramis said:
There are Ukrainian parishes in England.
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Not in Nottingham though as far as I know, most of them are in the bigger cities.

There are definately Eastern Rite churches down here in London, as well as Eastern Rite priests (Syro Malabar) who see to the needs of parishioners over a number of churches.
 
My sources tell me that there is indeed a Ukrainian parish in Nottingham.

Which, if true, would be a wonderful opportunity for local Catholics to experience the liturgy and absorb some of the spirituality.
 
Hesychios said:
My sources tell me that there is indeed a Ukrainian parish in Nottingham.

Which, if true, would be a wonderful opportunity for local Catholics to experience the liturgy and absorb some of the spirituality.
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Thats good news. Eastern Rite Catholic or are they Orthodox?
 
LDNCatholic said:
Thats good news. Eastern Rite Catholic or are they Orthodox?
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That would be the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour and St. Alban, bought from the Church of England as St. Alban Church in 2003, located on Bond Street, Snienton, Nottingham.
 
Amadeus said:
That would be the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour and St. Alban, bought from the Church of England as St. Alban Church in 2003, located on Bond Street, Snienton, Nottingham.
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Well…we’re taking back grounds from the CofE then 😛

Thats good news for you jonnyws! As for me…I’m still trying to work up the nerve to visit an Eastern Church in London.
 
Amadeus said:
That would be the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour and St. Alban, bought from the Church of England as St. Alban Church in 2003, located on Bond Street, Snienton, Nottingham.
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Thanks for this. I will have to try and get over there although it is the other side of the City from where I live and I have no car.
 
Andrew,

There is a Byzantine Catholic Parish (Holy Apostles) in Wichita. They meet at the chapel at St. Francis hospital. My wife and I went for a couple years, but we haven’t lately. We live west of Hutchinson, so it’s about an hour a way. Obviously, it’s a lot farther for you. (I know where Grinnell is, sort of. I have a brother-in-law in Quinter.) The Divine Liturgy is very reverent. We really appreciated it.
 
Andrew_Jerome said:
I’m a Roman Catholic. but I want to follow in St. Andrew the Apostle’s foot steps, because I was named after him. That means become a priest for the churches he made. I’ve been called by God to the priesthood to become a priest.
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By this logic, I should become the King of a Scandinavian country because I was named after one of their Kings who is now the Patron of said country.

My young friend. You need to slow down. If you really feel called to be a priest, and you may actually have a vocation, seek Spiritual Direction. If you feel called to the Byzantine Rite (either in the Ruthenian or Ukrainian Church) your best bet would be to to contact Fr. Deacon Randy (whom I’ve had lunch with, by the way 👍 :bowdown2: :highprayer: :yyeess: ) and let him introduce you to the UGCC. If you want to transfer after years and years of living like a Byzantine Catholic (either in the BCA or the UGCC) then transfer after you experience the way of life.

You will find that it is much different from what you are used to in the Ordinary Form of the Latin Church. The Fasting is different, the Liturgy is different, the culture is different. I know that the young get excited about things, but this is a life or death decision. Slow down.
 
How do I contact Fr. Deacon Randy? do I need to grow a beard too?
 
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How do I contact Fr. Deacon Randy? do I need to grow a beard too?**

He’s on this forum as Diak.
 
On this topic (after a gap of several years in replies) one thing that I’ve always wondered about a bit is whether the thought of becoming a Priest in one of the Eastern churches of the Catholic Church was a temping option for married Latin Rite Catholic men who feel that they missed their calling? I imagine that it is, but I also imagine that perhaps there’s some difficulty in doing that on a formal basis? There would be, of course, in terms that a person would have to first become a member of one of the Eastern churches, but is there more than that.

In other words, are the Eastern churches hesitant about that? If not, I’d somewhat guess that there might be a bit of an oversupply of potential Priests in the form of the numerous Latin Rite men who would be tempted to go that route.

I’m probably missing something that would address that, however.
 
Yeoman said:
On this topic (after a gap of several years in replies) one thing that I’ve always wondered about a bit is whether the thought of becoming a Priest in one of the Eastern churches of the Catholic Church was a temping option for married Latin Rite Catholic men who feel that they missed their calling? I imagine that it is, but I also imagine that perhaps there’s some difficulty in doing that on a formal basis? There would be, of course, in terms that a person would have to first become a member of one of the Eastern churches, but is there more than that.

In other words, are the Eastern churches hesitant about that? If not, I’d somewhat guess that there might be a bit of an oversupply of potential Priests in the form of the numerous Latin Rite men who would be tempted to go that route.

I’m probably missing something that would address that, however.
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This issue has been addressed (over-and-over) in a number of past threads in this forum over the past few years. One such is [thread=485857]here[/thread]. A search will bring up others. 🙂
 
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