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	Maronite Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Maronites (Marunoye ܡܪܘܢܝܐܶ; in (Aramaic) Syriac, Mâruniyya مارونية in Arabic) are Catholics belonging to an Eastern Rite particular Church.
		The head of the Maronite Church is the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, who is elected by the bishops of the Maronite church and now resides in Bkirki, north of Beirut (the Maronite Patriarch resides in the northern town of Dimane during the summer months).
		Strictly speaking, the Maronite church belongs to the Antiochene Tradition and is a West Syro-Antiochene Rite.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maronite_Catholic_Church (1702 words)

	Catholic Diocese of Johannesburg - Maronite Church
		All that is known about Maroun, the spiritual father and protector of the Maronites comes from Theodoret, the Bishop of Cyr, who he described as the ‘‘one who has planted for God the garden which flourishes now in the region of Cyr”.
		The formation of the Maronite church as a formal entity began with the institution of the Maronite Patriarchate, a rallying point in both the political and ecclesiastical spheres.
		He was the first Maronite to attempt a complete history of his people and to attempt to codify all aspects of the Maronite Liturgy.
	www.catholic-johannesburg.org.za /maronite (635 words)

	Maronite Church
		The Christian roots of the Maronites reach into Apostolic time and come form an area between Antioch and Edessa that resisted, for the most part, the influence of Hellenization, thereby retaining the ancient Semitic thought forms in culture, politics, language, and liturgical expression.
		Maronite evangelization and influence spread east toward the Euphrates, north to Antioch, west to Cyprus, and South to Lebanon.
		A Maronite bishop, St. John Maron, was elected as Patriarch by bishops affiliated with the monastery of St. Maron.
	www.faswebdesign.com /ECPA/Syria/Maronite.html (242 words)

	St. Maron's Maronite Catholic Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ascribed to St. James the Less, Bishop of Jerusalem, the Maronite Rite is one of the oldest in the Church.
		The Maronite Rite is the only one of the Catholic Eastern Rites which does not belong to a Byzantine branch, its liturgy celebrating the Eucharist in expectation of the coming of the Lord, rather than as in the Byzantine liturgy, the risen Christ in His Glory.
		His church and its people were foremost in his priorities and he guided the parish through the early years of tribulation and trial with a gentle firmness and quiet strength that led a semi-educated community into the modern day participation in parish life.
	web.ulib.csuohio.edu /arabs/pg201.html (1189 words)

	Saint Michael's Maronite Catholic Church of Koubbeh, Tripoli, Lebanon
		Like the other Catholic communities of the Turkish Empire, the Maronites are under the protection of France, but in their case the protectorate is combined with more cordial relations dating from the connection between this people and the French as early as the twelfth century.
		The Maronite Church is divided into nine dioceses: Gibail and Batrun (60,000 souls); Beirut and one part of the Lebanon (50,000); Tyre and Sidon (47,000); Baalbek and Kesraouan (40,000); Tripoli (35,000); Cyprus and another part of the Lebanon (30,000); Damascus and Hauran (25,000); Aleppo and Cilicia (5000); Egypt (7000).
		The economus is the bishop's coadjutor for the administration of church property and the episcopal mensa.
	www.rootsweb.com /~lbnwgw/stmichael/maronites.htm (5266 words)

	Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon
		Along with the Maronite Church the West Syriac Tradition includes the Syriac Catholic Church, whose non-Catholic counterpart is the Syrian Orthodox (Jacobite) Church; and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church of the Kerala Coast of southern India, whose counterpart is the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
		The East Syriac Tradition includes the Chaldean Catholic Church, whose counterpart is the Assyrian Church of the East (related to the Nestorian tradition), and the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of Kerala, India, whose counterpart are the so-called “Thomas Christians”).
		Maronite Catholics are classified under the Antiochene (West) Syriac Tradition of the Catholic Communion of Churches, along with Syriac Catholics and the Syro-Malankar Catholics of India.
	www.usamaronite.org /heritage/faqs.html (6503 words)

	The Story of the Maronite Catholics
		The Maronites, an Eastern rite Catholic Church, profess the same Apostolic Faith, celebrate the same Mysteries (Sacraments) and are united with the chief Shepherd of the Church, the Pope, as all Roman Catholics throughout the world.
		The Maronite Church is the only one among the Eastern Churches that has always maintained its bonds with Rome and the Successor of St. Peter.
		On May 16th 2004, the Maronite Church was again covered in glory as one of her sons, the Blessed Nimatullah Al-Hardini, was raised to the altars at St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome, by His Holiness Pope John Paul II.
	www.maronitemonks.org /MaroniteCatholics.htm (1795 words)

	Archdiocese of Boston -2/11/2005 - Maronite Catholics asked to participate in census
		BOSTON — The Maronite Catholic community in the United States is over halfway through a year-long census with the hope of reconnecting Maronites with their Church heritage and extending that connection back to the Middle East.
		The Maronite Catholic Church is one of 21 Eastern Catholic Churches, which are all in communion with the universal Church.
		The national Maronite Church is in a “period of study and outreach,” said Bishop Mansour.
	www.rcab.org /Pilot/2005/ps050211/Maronitecensus.html (788 words)

	Roman Catholic Church - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Today, the main differences between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church continue to be the inclusion of filioque in the Creed (and its concomitant theology of double-procession—that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son) and the scope of papal authority.
		Additionally, the Roman Catholic Church has made pronouncements of dogma since the Great Schism (such as Purgatory, the Immaculate Conception, and papal infallibility), and other matters of doctrine (such as original sin), which are regarded as false.
		Catechism of the Catholic Church - This is the new standard in Roman Catholic teaching, published with the intent to be the basis for local catechisms around the world.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Roman_Catholic_Church (417 words)

	Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Most Reverend Robert Joseph Shaheen, a longtime Maronite Catholic Priest of St. Louis, MO, is ordained Bishop Thursday, Feb. 15th., 2001 at the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica in an historical ceremony presided over by the Maronite Church's leader, Cardinal Nasrallah Peter Sfeir of Lebanon.
		The Maronite Catholic Church, with 3.5 million members, is one of 21 churches that make up the 1 billion-member Catholic Church, led by Pope John Paul, II.
		Reverend Shaheen, who for 34 years had been the Pastor of St. Rayond's Maronite Catholic Church at St. Louis, stood near the altar and 1,500 witnesses and made a profession of faith in God, the Mystery of the Eucharist and the Scriptures.
	www.usamaronite.org /archives/shaheen.html (385 words)

	Saint Peter's Maronite Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The construction of this church was completed on February 7th 1924, on the feast of St. Maron.
		In 1984 Father George was transferred to Leamington, Ontario upon the establishment of St. Anthony's Maronite Church.
		On March 23rd 2001 the Patriarch of Antioch and the Whole East and the Maronite Catholic Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir brought great honour to the community by consecrating the "new" Church during his historical visit to the Maronite community of Windsor, Canada.
	www.stpetersmaronitechurch.ca /parish.htm (1047 words)

	Our Lady's Maronite Church
		"Maronites came from the Christological debate of the early church after the Council of Chalcedon in 451, so our tradition is from the church of Antioch.
		"Maronite churches are orientated toward the east," he explained.
		Other features at Our Lady's Maronite that reflect early Christian tradition include thirty-two stained glass windows in the church, four windows in the dome depicting the four evangelists, four Corinthian columns handcarved of Madeira stone in Mexico, a baptismal font with running water, and a bell made at the Beit Chebab Foundry in Lebanon.
	www.monolithic.com /gallery/churches/maronite (1031 words)

	Welcome to www.maronitetampa.com, Virtual Home of the Maronite Community of Tampa, Florida, USA
		Although the church appreciates the hospitality extended by St. Mary's, the Eparchy of St. Maron Chancery in Brooklyn, the Maronite diocese that covers the eastern United States, decided local Maronites needed a place all their own.
		The Maronite Catholic Church, also known as the Maronite Rite, began in Antioch, Turkey, and is one of the 22 autonomous churches of the Catholic Church.
		The Maronite Divine Service of the Holy Mysteries is similar to the Mass celebrated by Roman Catholics, although the priest's vestments and the order of the liturgy are different.
	www.maronitetampa.com /newplace.asp (895 words)

	Maronite Outreach in Lebanon
		In the mid-1970s, Maronite Archbishop Francis Zayek requested the establishment of Saint Ephrem Mission, named after the fourth century Syrian hermit and Doctor of the Church, famous for his theological writings and hymns.
		In 1999 the eparchy elevated the status of Saint Ephrem Mission to that of a parish and Bishop John Chedid consecrated it.
		Saint Joseph Maronite Catholic Church is the home of more than 150 families who live in the heart of the Valley of the Sun in Phoenix, Arizona.
	www.maroniteoutreach.org /pages/chapters.html (877 words)

	Saint Elias Homepage
		The Maronite Church became a formal entity with the institution of the MARONITE
		Patriarch was St. JOHN MARON, chosen in 685 A. The residence of the Maronite Patriarch
		The MARONITE MASS is partly derived from the Judaic tradition of St. James the
	www.steliaschurch.org (400 words)

	Who is St. Maroun the founder of the Maronite Catholic Church? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Maroun and the inception of the Maronite Church
		Initially the Maronite movement reached Lebanon when St. Maroun's first disciple Abraham of Cyrrhus, who was called the Apostle of Lebanon, realized that paganism was thriving in Lebanon, so he set out to convert the pagans to Christianity by introducing them to the way of St Maroun.
		The Maronites established the State of Lebanon and made it an oasis for the persecuted in the area.
	www.globalcomment.com /religion/article_7.asp (1340 words)

	The Maronite Monks of Adoration, Most Holy Trinity Monastery
		Therefore, life at this Eastern Catholic Monastery is to be seen first and foremost as Roman Catholic, though not of the Latin rite; a life in which one strives for the perfection of Gospel living as a Roman Catholic Christian.
		Further, we give homage, respect and obedience to His Beatitude, the Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, and to the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Maronite Catholic Church and their instructions and directions.
		As monks of the Maronite Catholic Church, we chant daily-in-English the Divine Office and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass according to the Maronite rite.
	www.maronitemonks.org /OurLife.htm (2041 words)

	Chaldean Catholic Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chaldean Catholic Church aka the Chaldean Church of Babylon (Arabic: الكنيسة الكلدانية‎, al-kanīsä 'l-kaldāniyyä) is an Eastern Rite sui juris (autonomous) particular church of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Pope of Rome.
		It descends from the Church of the East.
		A meeting in 1996 between H.H Mar Dinkha IV of the Assyrian Church and Mar Raphael I Bidawad of the Chaldean Catholic Church began an effort to bring the two churches into eventual communion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Church (400 words)

	Evangelical Maronite Catholic Church Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Each church encompasses a unique liturgy, theology, spirituality and law, and is characterized by its own cultural and linguistic influences.
		Each church enjoys an autonomy from its sister churches and is guided by its patriarch and bishops in unity with the Successor of Peter.
		All the churches of the Catholic Church are one by their unity in faith, mysteries (Sacraments) and hierarchy.
	www.evmcc.info (252 words)

	Catholic News Agency
		The spiritual leader for Maronite Catholics worldwide said working together toward democracy in the Middle East will encourage Lebanese citizens to invest in their former homeland and possibly to return when things in the region become more stable.
		He was at Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Chicago last week in conjunction with the national convention of the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States.
		The Maronite Church, present mostly in Lebanon, is an Eastern Rite that is obedient to the Pope but maintains distinctive liturgical traditions.
	www.catholicnewsagency.com /new.php?n=7137 (515 words)

	Evangelical Marian Catholic Church (EVMCC Inc.)
		Be chaste and pure, faithful in marriage and celibate in singleness, according to the norm of Scripture and the tradition of the Church.
		Form: The consecration must be done using the Rites of the Church and in the context of the Eucharistic liturgy to be valid.
		The Churches which, while not existing in perfect communion with the Catholic Church, remain united to her by means of the closest bonds, that is, by Apostolic Succession and a valid Eucharist, are true particular Churches.
	www.evmcc.org (1719 words)

	Patriarch of Maronite Catholic Church To Receive Saint Louis University’s Highest Honor \| Saint Louis University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He is the 76th Patriarch of the Maronite Church and only the third Maronite Cardinal.
		The Maronites are one of 22 churches that encompass the Catholic Church.
		Saint Raymond's is a cathedral because the church is the seat of the diocesan bishop, His Excellency Bishop Robert J. Shaheen.
	www.slu.edu /readstory/more/7013 (612 words)

	Celibacy and the Priesthood
		The fact that Peter was married is no more contrary to the Catholic faith than the fact that the pastor of the nearest Maronite Catholic church is married.
		Of course, this is different from Catholic priestly celibacy, which is not divinely ordained; yet the divine precedent still supports the legitimacy of the human institution.
		Any Catholic who doesn’t wish to take such a vow doesn’t have to, and is almost always free to marry with the Church’s blessing.
	www.catholic.com /library/Celibacy_and_the_Priesthood.asp (2270 words)

	East 2 West - General
		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).
		The Western Church, known officially as the Latin Church, is the largest of the Catholic Churches.
		I tend to think that the Catholic Church is large enough to accomodate a variety of liturgical tradtions, and I don't see much point in banning the Tridentine Mass when there are large groups of Catholics who are strongly attached to it.
	www.east2west.org /general.htm (4024 words)

	Saint Michael Maronite Catholic Church of Koubbeh, Tripoli, Lebanon
		At the end of hostilities of 1991, the church restoration started, and a surrounding concrete wall and steel gate were erected to preserve the sanctity of the church from lawlessness surrounding it.
		In the summer of 1999, the Government of Lebanon acquired the destroyed properties near the church, and is re-building the area a la Solidaire, to the dis-contempt of all residents who were paid a very small percentage of the value of their properties.
		The Saint Michael's Maronite Catholic Church of Koubbeh, Tripoli, Lebanon is soliciting donations for the construction the Church Hall, adjacent to the church.
	www.rootsweb.com /~lbnwgw/stmichael (383 words)

	Our Lady Of Lebanon - Roman Catholic Church - Maronite Rite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By saying, "I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word", Mary prepared God's dwelling here on earth; with her body and soul, she became his dwelling place and thereby opened the earth to heavenâ¦.
		God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.
		Those who are faithful to recite the rosary shall have during their life and at their death, the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
	www.ololmiami.org (597 words)

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