Where's the neartest Eastern Catholic church to me?

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I’m in the Latin Rite, where I’m happy to stay, but I’d like to see an Eastern Rite Mass sometime. I’m located in Central Wyoming. Where, if anyone knows, is the nearest Eastern Rite church?
 
To my knowledge there are no Eastern Catholic churches in Wyoming. You might, however, try finding an Orthodox church. If your primary interest is in experiencing the Liturgy that Easterners (in this case Byzantine) celebrate on Sundays, then an Orthodox church will suit your purposes just fine. We do, after all, celebrate the exact same Divine Liturgy, and the linguistic and chant styles may differ. The only difference between an Eastern Catholic and an Orthodox Divine Liturgy is that you would not be permitted to receive Holy Communion at an Orthodox Liturgy.
 
Yeoman said:
I’m in the Latin Rite, where I’m happy to stay, but I’d like to see an Eastern Rite Mass sometime. I’m located in Central Wyoming. Where, if anyone knows, is the nearest Eastern Rite church?
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There is nothing listed for Wyoming. You could try googling Orthodox Churches for Wyoming. The Divine Liturgy celebrated in an Orthodox Church would be as one celebrated in many EC churches with some obvious exceptions such as the Maronite Church. The prayers for the bishops in an Orthodox Church would name their Orthodox bishops, etc. but other than that the Divine Liturgy is celebrated the same. Obviously you would not present yourself for Holy Eucharist but otherwise you could experience the Divine Liturgy there.

Also you can look for a Vespers or Vigil service. There is no Holy Eucharist at those services obviously. There ought to be a Vigil service this Sat. evening for Pentecost. Often there are Vigil services every Saturday night. If the parish is large enough they might have daily Vespers/Matins.
 
Phillip_Rolfes said:
To my knowledge there are no Eastern Catholic churches in Wyoming. You might, however, try finding an Orthodox church. If your primary interest is in experiencing the Liturgy that Easterners (in this case Byzantine) celebrate on Sundays, then an Orthodox church will suit your purposes just fine. We do, after all, celebrate the exact same Divine Liturgy, and the linguistic and chant styles may differ. The only difference between an Eastern Catholic and an Orthodox Divine Liturgy is that you would not be permitted to receive Holy Communion at an Orthodox Liturgy.
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Great minds think alike. 😉 I somehow looked right past your post before writing mine. Mea culpa - my bad. LOL
 
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Fr. Jim Heiser at St. Mary Magdalen in Worland, WY is a biritual priest. I think he is the diocesan priest in the story from Wyoming CC, Lander.
rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2010/02/you-report-wyoming-catholic-college.html
Quote from the link:
“Once a month, a biritual diocesan priest celebrates a fully sung Byzantine Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Ukrainian recension). “

His contact information is at
worland.com/magdalen/
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Thanks. I had no idea that there were “biritual” priests.
 
Wyoming Catholic College no longer enjoys the services of a biritual priest as chaplain. Our current chaplain celebrates the Latin Rite in both the ordinary and extraordinary forms.

Fr. Heiser from Worland does visit monthly on a Saturday during the academic year to celebrate the Byzantine Divine Liturgy for us. We have several Byzantine Catholic students.

We also have had inquiries from Orthodox Christians and will accept qualified applicants of any faith or none at all who wish to attend college here.
  • M. Coccia, Director of Admissions
 
Wyoming Catholic College no longer enjoys the services of a biritual priest as chaplain. Our current chaplain celebrates the Latin Rite in both the ordinary and extraordinary forms.
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I didn’t realize Fr. Nicholas was no longer at WCC. That would leave Fr. Jim as the only priest in the state with faculties through the Eparchy of St. Nicholas (UGCC). I’ll pass along this to the chancery in Chicago along with the Liturgy information so the Eparchial website can be updated.
 
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