![]() Parishioners rearrange chairs to allow individuals with wheelchairs to sit where they prefer. Neurodivergent individuals, such as those with autism, are welcome to move around to meet their sensory needs during liturgy at St. The Melkite liturgy is anything but quiet and the beauty of worship - with its incense, bells, chants and movement through the sanctuary - also has a liturgical culture that is widely inclusive of those present. George parishioners invite others in to know Christ. “Christians themselves are by nature evangelical, like the Samaritan woman at the well.” Fed by the Melkite liturgy, St. “My fundamental outreach is not an outreach at all,” Father Carnazzo said. Exceeding pre-COVID-19 attendance, the parish serves 175 to 200 Catholics each Sunday. George Parish is home to people from many different backgrounds. ![]() ![]() So it welcomes, opens its arms to everyone.”Īccording to Father Carnazzo, St. “Our Melkite tradition, our Middle Eastern Christian tradition, is by nature evangelical,” he said. George Parish was started by Melkite Catholic immigrants from the Middle East, but as Father Carnazzo said, “Antioch was not for Antioch.” The Melkite Greek Catholic Church traces its tradition through the Middle East to the first Christians gathered in Antioch as recounted in the Acts of the Apostles, and celebrates the Divine Liturgies (equivalent to Mass) of Sts. George Melkite Greek Catholic Parish in Sacramento, California, told OSV News. “We are Orthodox in our liturgy, we are Orthodox in our spirituality, we are Orthodox in our theology and we are Catholic in communion,” Father Hezekias Carnazzo, founder and executive director of the Institute of Catholic Culture and pastor of St. But as equals in dignity with the Latin Church, many Eastern Catholic parishes are making clear they are also co-equals in the same evangelizing mission. The Eastern Catholic churches are not the largest of the 24 self-governing churches in the Catholic Church - that goes to the Latin Church headed by Pope Francis, the bishop of Rome, with whom all these Catholic churches are in communion. (OSV News) - Inviting others into their rich liturgical traditions, fostering belonging in small communities and reaching out to the secular world via podcasts and “coffee shop ministry,” many Eastern Catholic parishes have unique ways of bringing people to full life in Jesus Christ as his disciples.
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