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lilomorgan
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Can a non-Chaldean (Caucasian-American) become a member of or begin RCIA in a Chaldean Catholic church (or other Eastern Catholic church, for that matter)?
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Formosus
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I don’t know if Eastern Catholics use RICA, but there is nothing stopping anyone of any ethnicity from becomming an Eastern Catholic 
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Aramis
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Yes. The rules for instruction are actually CLEARER for the eastern churches than for the Roman Church…
They need to speak to the pastor about taking instructions. Those intstructions may be taught by the deacons, the pastor or associate pastor, or even laity. The pastor, however, determines when they believe the candidate is ready for the rites of initiation, and jointly they schedule them.
If the potential candidate is Orthodox, it’s even easier. Make arrangements with the pastor to perform the public profession of faith, and go to confession, and get the pastor to record in the records the translation of the individual from orthodoxy, and their chrismation records.
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bpbasilphx
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FWIW, the English liturgy at the local Chaldean church is being celebrated by the Melkite priest, who apparently has been given bi-ritual faculties.
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student_of_God
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Would a Catholic Transferring rites have to undergo instruction?
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bpbasilphx
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Would a Catholic Transferring rites have to undergo instruction?
**You don’t change rites.
You change from one sui juris church to another.
Any “instruction” would doubtless be informal. After all, presumably you would be living and worshipping with a parish of a different sui juris church for a while before you applied for a formal transfer.
It’s not like you woke up one morning and decided, “Hey! I think I’ll be Chaldean (or Melkite or whatever)!” just because it struck you as being cool.**
**You don’t change rites.
You change from one sui juris church to another.
Any “instruction” would doubtless be informal. After all, presumably you would be living and worshipping with a parish of a different sui juris church for a while before you applied for a formal transfer.
It’s not like you woke up one morning and decided, “Hey! I think I’ll be Chaldean (or Melkite or whatever)!” just because it struck you as being cool.**
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student_of_God
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Pani_Rose
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Most priests ususally ask that you attend a given parish for a year, this allows one to experience/observe the fulness of worship within the Church.
When we - my husband was PNC and I was Sourthen Baptist - Archpriest Moran explained it like this. He said on Pentecost they all prayed in differnt tongues - so too, when you enter a different Rite of the Church, you are praying in a foreign tongue. So it is necessary for you to be here for a year to understand what you are praying, how you are praying, and learn the understanding/theology of the East. He was/is an excellent teacher
When we - my husband was PNC and I was Sourthen Baptist - Archpriest Moran explained it like this. He said on Pentecost they all prayed in differnt tongues - so too, when you enter a different Rite of the Church, you are praying in a foreign tongue. So it is necessary for you to be here for a year to understand what you are praying, how you are praying, and learn the understanding/theology of the East. He was/is an excellent teacher
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