Qurbana at my Church for the Past Two years

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Alright, so here’s the deal. Two years ago, I started learning a tad bit about the Eastern Rites of our Catholic Church. I asked an Indian priest about the Syro Malabar or Syro Malankaran rite and he asked me how much I knew. I told him a little and I set up an appointment with him. Never made it to that appointment. A few weeks after Easter, we all get the shock of our lives when somehow, the Indian priest and some other guys from his rite as well as his relatives and friends came over and we celebrated the Qurbana. I was shocked. I wasn’t sure how anyone was going to take an Eastern-Rite church said at a Latin-Rite Ordinary Form Church.

I personally thought people were confused as nobody understood what was going on save the priests and the altar servers… for some odd reason, and I found a few videos… they use some kind of electronic keyboard musical instruments, I forget what they’re called.

Well, it happened again a few days ago. Now, I’m wondering if I’m a piece of crap for even talking about an Eastern Rite Mass being said at a Western-Rite Church and therefore causing it to be said at our Church once a day for the past two years.

Does any Eccleisiastical Authority have any problem with this? Does anyone get mad?
 
Does the priest of the Novus Ordo parish know about it? Did he approve of it? Did you do it behind his back?
 
Since both the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church are in communion with Rome, I don’t see what the problem is, provided there is no objection on the part of either bishop (and I have a hard time understanding why either bishop would object).
 
Also, it’s quite common for churches to host other rites.

In the US, RC hosting an EC of some form is most common.

My EC parish hosts a Melkite once a month.

I don’t know if it’s still the case, but the Diocese of Reno used to host the Russia Orthodox, who held divine liturgy in the basement of the cathedral hall.

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Our Parish shares our campus with a Melkite church. No problems at all.

I don’t understand your reaction.
 
First off, as many have stated, these are Churches, not rites. A Church is a community of believers and a rite is how that community of believers live our their faith: liturgically, theology, prayer life, etc.

Many RC churches have EC missions. For example, my brother lives in Seattle and you can attend a Melkite Divine Liturgy at a RC parish every Sunday.

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ZP
 
theStudentAD2018 said:
Does any Eccleisiastical Authority have any problem with this? Does anyone get mad?
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In USA, usually the authorities permit this and nobody gets mad.

Considering costs and the number of attendees, it often makes good economic sense for the RC church to share its worship space or building with the EC rather than expecting the EC to maintain its own church or get a separate building.
 
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I don’t know if it’s still the case, but the Diocese of Reno used to host the Russia Orthodox, who held divine liturgy in the basement of the cathedral hall.
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I know that there is a Syriac Orthodox community in Houston that worships at a Roman Catholic church.
 
RyanBlack said:
I know that there is a Syriac Orthodox community in Houston that worships at a Roman Catholic church.
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Several years ago, one was at my EC parish weekly. There was also another Orthodox group monthly. Made scheduling Good Friday Services interesting . . . (We have a Twelve Gospel service at noon for a couple of hours, and then a burial service in the evening, and they would probably be similar, at least if space was available).
 
theStudentAD2018 said:
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No problem at all.

During Vatican II, the entire Episcopate was gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica, and on multiple occasions the Liturgy celebrated was one of the Eastern Rite Liturgies.

St. Pope John Paul the Great himself also celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in St. Peter’s with the Ukrainian hierarchy to celebrate the 400th year of the reunion of the Ukrainians with Rome.

And when my local Roman parish chapel was being renovated, the Mass was celebrated in the Ukrainian Catholic parish down the street.

Lastly, I saw an Armenian Orthodox Liturgy celebrated in Washington D.C. at the Archbasilica of the Immaculate Conception - it was celebrated by the Armenian Orthodox Patriarchs with Roman Catholic Cardinals in attendance.
 
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Ok. Sorry for confusing ‘Rites’ and Churches’. Reason why I asked was because I felt kind of guilty as I think I’m responsible for the Syro Malabaran (Or is it Syro-Malankaran Church) said at my church for the past two years. Nobody gets angry, but a lot of people are confused, I think. And it all started with me asking a question.

I hope everyone’s having a wonderful day. Sorry for bothering you all! Also, I am currently reading a travel book by a woman who journeys to Orthodox churches and monasteries, places like Mount Athos, Istanbul, Kosovo, that sort of thing.
 
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