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This post mentions them being a lurker at the ByzCath forums. Perhaps that would be a better place to ask about this? Members there might understand these things better.
I do not know about other countries, but the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has this to say:
www.usccb.org
Because Catholics believe that the celebration of the Eucharist is a sign of the reality of the oneness of faith, life, and worship, members of those churches with whom we are not yet fully united are ordinarily not admitted to Holy Communion. Eucharistic sharing in exceptional circumstances by other Christians requires permission according to the directives of the diocesan bishop and the provisions of canon law (canon 844 §4). Members of the Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Polish National Catholic Church are urged to respect the discipline of their own Churches. According to Roman Catholic discipline, the Code of Canon Law does not object to the reception of Communion by Christians of these Churches (canon 844 §3).
In other words, while canon law does theoretically allow for an Eastern Orthodox to receive communion at a Catholic Church, they can only do so if their own church allows them to. I do not know if any Eastern Orthodox churches allow for such, but if they do I would assume it would only be in extreme cases such as there not being any Eastern Orthodox churches around at all, which does not seem to be the case in this situation.
I do not know about other countries, but the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has this to say:
Guidelines for the Reception of Communion
On November 14, 1996, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops approved the following guidelines on the reception of Communion. These guidelines re...
Because Catholics believe that the celebration of the Eucharist is a sign of the reality of the oneness of faith, life, and worship, members of those churches with whom we are not yet fully united are ordinarily not admitted to Holy Communion. Eucharistic sharing in exceptional circumstances by other Christians requires permission according to the directives of the diocesan bishop and the provisions of canon law (canon 844 §4). Members of the Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Polish National Catholic Church are urged to respect the discipline of their own Churches. According to Roman Catholic discipline, the Code of Canon Law does not object to the reception of Communion by Christians of these Churches (canon 844 §3).
In other words, while canon law does theoretically allow for an Eastern Orthodox to receive communion at a Catholic Church, they can only do so if their own church allows them to. I do not know if any Eastern Orthodox churches allow for such, but if they do I would assume it would only be in extreme cases such as there not being any Eastern Orthodox churches around at all, which does not seem to be the case in this situation.
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His grace and peace to you!I have talked it over with my family, and we have decided to give it lent, though they are fine with me converting to Eastern Catholicism so long as I take eucharist (which I could do at a 7:30 mass) and attend their church (which starts at 10:00), so we can both get along on this. I will give it lent to pray about it though, but I am really excited about all of this!
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