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Hi everyone,
I hope someone can help me solve this either through experience or through knowlege.
Has anyone on this board relocated to a city or town without a Byzantine Catholic Church? While you were in that city, did you attend a Roman Catholic Church or Orthodox?
A little background.. I am relocating with my husband to Bloomington Indiana. While we plan on attending St. Anthanaisius in Indianapolis (SP?) on major holidays. I know there is a Roman Catholic church and an Orthodox church in Bloomington. I know if I were to go to the Orthodox church, I would not be able to recieve communion. (Forgive me, I'm a recent convert)
Thank you for your help and insight.
Mrs. J
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Mrs Jensen,
This is what I would do if I was in your situtation, luckly I found a good Melkite Greek Catholic Church to attend.
I did a quick search and there is no Melkite or Ukrainian churches near you either.
So I would determine if I wished to recieve communion. If the answer is yes, then I would go to the RC Church, if the answer was no (which for me would never be the answer) I would go to the Orthodox Church.
But to tell the truth I would most likely do both, I would attend the RC church on Saturday Evening, the Vigil Mass, and recieve communion then on Sunday morning I would go to the Orthodox Church.
I hope this helps.
David
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Mrs. Jensen,
Have you even attempted to discuss this with your current pastor or the priest who serves the Indianapolis parish? I know folks who driver further than that every day to work. Will 50 miles be too far? Just wondering.
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Dear Mrs Jensen,
Glory to Jesus Christ!
My family does not live close to a Byzantine Catholic church. In fact we live about 150 miles form the closest Greek Catholic Church. We pack up myself, the wife and our one year old son, and drive it (2.5 hours one way) every weekend. That is our solution, go to Indianapolis every weekend.
Adam Kemner
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Glory to Jesus Christ!
We have driven at least one hour one way for Divine Liturgy for 12 years now. Not easy, but it can be done.
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As a Catholic, you can fulfill your duty to attend Liturgy on Sunday in an Orthodox Church.
One thing that I remember from you childhood, and which I used when it was not possible to receive communion as often as I wanted, was the idea of 'spiritual communion'. This was a way of uniting oneself with the mystery of the Eucharist, and partaking in a prayerful way, when for one reason or another (eg. it was not possible to fast, or make a confession before the Liturgy, etc.), one could not approach the mysteries. This might be helpful, for those Sundays, when it is not possible also to travel to receive the mysteries. I was taught, that a spiritual communion, was a real communion.
with prayers for your situation...
Elias
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One family with six children traveled 250 miles each way to attend liturgy. In good weather they made it about twice a month. In bad less frequently. They traveled from Des Moines, Iowa to just outside Chicago. On Sundays that they couldn't make it they alternated between an Orthodox and a Roman Catholic Church.
They recently moved to Massachusetts.
Dan lauffer
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