Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

I have continued to receive queries on "Arabic Catholic Churches" and I would love to assist those who are seeking this Mass. I asked my "resident expert" friend about this, and she gave me the following advice for those looking for such a Church. "First, the closest thing that one is likely to find is the Maronite Churches which use Aramaic in their Divine Liturgy. The closest you can come to Baltimore is Our Lady of Lebanon in Washington DC . This is a new church. Otherwise, there are 2 Maronite Churches in Virginia: St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church in Roanoke and St. Anthony in Glen Allen, VA . Otherwise, one would need to seek out a Chaldean Catholic Church. I have only located two - one in MI and CA." So, the 3 Maronite Catholic Churches are the closest thing one is likely to find . If you search for "Syro-Malabar" Churches in the blog search engine (this suggestion is from Yahoo), you will turn up the Mission Churches of the Sy...

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Yesterday, I posted a link to an article on The New Liturgical Movement with comments on the Liturgy by Fr. Mitch Pacwa. Fr. Pacwa noted that he celebrates the Maronite Divine Liturgy but not the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Missal due to his facility in Aramaic. That brought some questions. I asked my friend, Carolyn, to kindly assist in explaining the Eastern Catholic Churches. Here is her post: Although it is not widely known in our Western world, the Catholic Church is actually a communion of Churches. According to the Constitution on the Church of the Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium, the Catholic Church is understood to be "a corporate body of Churches," united with the Pope of Rome, who serves as the guardian of unity (LG, no. 23). At present there are 22 Churches that comprise the Catholic Church. The new Code of Canon Law, promulgated by Pope John Paul II, uses the phrase "autonomous ritual Churches" to describe these various Churches (canon ...