Our pal Steve Schultz is hard at work at St. Charles Seminary, so do remember to pray for him and his studies. On Sunday, he and another seminarian were invited to serve at an Armenian Catholic parish.
He writes:
The attached photo was taken today at St. Mark Armenian Catholic Church. I have been to this parish several times this year when we have had free weekends. The rite is different from the Latin rite that most Catholics celebrate. The pastor, Fr. David Bedrossian, likes for us seminarians to do the readings and serve Mass. He is pictured in the chasuble on the left. The priest next to him is a retired General in the Chaplain Corps, Monsignor King. I like the vestments because they are so ornate but mostly because they have a slimming look. The way the deacons wear the stoles is pretty cool too – I wish we did that in the Latin rite.
Take care, everyone! You are in my prayers!
That is a quite a blaze you’ve got going there, with all that gold and orange.
The photo reminds me: when I got asked once to help serve at the Melkite church, they didn’t have a vestment big enough to fit me, so that was the end of that! :-)
Back to the diet, RC!
Wow, those vestments are… wow.
One of the great joys of living in Philly for those five years was my exposure to the eastern rite Catholics. The seminary once hosted a Byzantine Catholic Mass at the main chapel and it was most excellent. I can see how the different lines of tradition and liturgical practice deviate from one another.
P.S. How is Pete Vere doing?
lovely!
All right, that’s it, that’s the last straw. I’m moving to Armenia.