Maronite Church

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Hello everyone on the Eastern Catholic Forum! My grandfather was a Maronite Catholicc and on the anniversary of his death we went to the local Maronite Church. And all I can say is…it was the most amazing experience of our lives. Nothing against my Roman Catholic brothers, but the Qurbono (right?) was so much more reverent and I really felt like I was in Gods presence. Long story short, we have now been attending quite often and the priest whom we have gotten to know well has me doing the reading of the epistle and wants me to be an altar server. Is it wrong for me to attend? My confirmation Saint, St Charbel was Maronite and I just love the Maronites. Can I attend and could anyone give me a little information about some basic traditions? Thanks for reading, God bless you.
 
If I am not mistaken. By canon law u are infact Maronite.
 
Well technically as long as it was your fathers father that was Maronite, then you are Maronite. In any case as adawgj said - any Catholic can attend the Maronite Quorbono. It is great to see you enjoyed it so much.

For resources I think this is a good staring point with various links to further info

stmaron.org/spirituality.html

I guess if you have specific questions we can always try and direct you in the right direction.

I also love what is the now discontinued MARI journal. Such a huge shame it stopped - but here is a link to the previous journals.

maroniteinstitute.org

Enjoy…
 
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Hello everyone on the Eastern Catholic Forum! My grandfather was a Maronite Catholicc and on the anniversary of his death we went to the local Maronite Church. And all I can say is…it was the most amazing experience of our lives. Nothing against my Roman Catholic brothers, but the Qurbono (right?) was so much more reverent and I really felt like I was in Gods presence. Long story short, we have now been attending quite often and the priest whom we have gotten to know well has me doing the reading of the epistle and wants me to be an altar server. Is it wrong for me to attend? My confirmation Saint, St Charbel was Maronite and I just love the Maronites. Can I attend and could anyone give me a little information about some basic traditions? Thanks for reading, God bless you.
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Of course you can attend, no problem about that. As for information, an idea of where you’re located would be helpful.
 
Thank you so much everyone for your helpfulness! I appreciate the links, I will check them out. Hmm…that is sure interesting! It’s the only Maronitr Church in Utah , lucky me!
 
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