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To: Oratam; NYer
Can I receive Holy Communion in the Maronite Rite even though I was confirmed in Latin Rite?

Yes. You can go to the Maronite Church every day of the week for Divine Liturgy or anything else.

There may be some issues if you wish to formally join the parish, or have you children baptized/confirmed/receive first Holy Communion there, or get married there.

NYer has some experience with this situation.

8 posted on 07/12/2013 5:38:52 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard; Oratam
Ping to post #9.

There may be some issues if you wish to formally join the parish, or have you children baptized/confirmed/receive first Holy Communion there, or get married there.

Not sure I understand the issues to which you refer. Speaking from personal experience, in the 9+ years since becoming a parishioner at a Maronite Catholic Church, I have witnessed an influx of Latin Rite Catholics into the parish. Since Catholic is Catholic, there is no need to formally switch rites. For mixed couples (Maronite and Latin Rite), it is suggested that, for the benefit of the children, they follow one rite. Even then, people tend to move around. We also have Melkite and mixed Orthodox / Maronite families in our parish. We come together as a community each week to worship God then gather afterwards for refreshments and conversation. It is like an extended family.

10 posted on 07/12/2013 6:19:49 AM PDT by NYer ( "Run from places of sin as from the plague."--St John Climacus)
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