The Annunciation Byzantine Romanian Catholic Mission (www.bunavestire.org) celebrates The Divine Liturgy (Holy Mass) every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation at 12:30 PM at Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Churh
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Is the Byzantine Catholic Church really Catholic? +
Emphatically, yes! The Byzantine Church is in complete communion and allegiance with the Pope in Rome and has all of the same valid sacraments as the Roman Catholic Church. -
Does the Byzantine Divine Liturgy fulfill the Sunday obligation? +
Yes. The Byzantine Divine Liturgy is the same re-creation of the Last Supper as the Roman Rite Mass. The Divine Liturgy is offered in our church by a validly ordained priest recognized by and in union with Rome. -
Does the Byzantine Liturgy use musical instruments? +
No, Byzantine liturgical tradition emphasizes that we offer ourselves to God as we are. We bring only ourselves and stand before the Creator and we worship with our God-given voices without any man-made instruments. All liturgical prayer, therefore, is sung a capella (without accompaniment). -
Other than English, what language is used in the Liturgy? +
St. John Chrysostom originally recorded the Divine Liturgy in Greek. Later, as SS. Cyril and Methodius brought Christianity to the Slavs, they translated the services into Slavonic, a language closely related to Russian. In Romania, one may hear Catholics and Orthodox worshipping in Romanian, a language related to Italian. In Canada and the United States today, many Byzantine Catholic churches use English. -
Why does the priest have his back to the congregation? +
Actually, he is facing to pray in the same direction as the worshipping faithful. The priest is the representative of the congregation. The sanctuary and tabernacle are the heavenly throne of God, so the priest faces God, the object of our prayers, and he speaks to God on our behalf.
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Fr. Ionel Maier
Pastor of Romanian Catholic MissionFr. Emil Jude
Weekend assistant of Romanian Catholic Mission