Welcome To The Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America Eucharistic Oratories, Chapels and Missions

We Are An Orthodox Catholic Jurisdiction Established in America

by Apostolic Mandate, November 7th, 1948

"Veritatem Facere In Caritate"

The Need For Rendering Credible Apostolic Ministry in Our Time

Quaerere Deum

We find the teachings of St. Benedict ever more pertinent in our world today within our Eucharistic Communities
and Missions for this time and age in which we are living. St. Benedict in his Community established
in Subiaco, near Rome, - "a fraternal community founded on the primacy of the love of Jesus Christ,
in which prayer and work were alternated harmoniously in praise of God."
"In this light, one understands better the expression that Benedict
took from St. Cyprian, and that is summarized in his Rule (IV, 21) -- the monks' program of life:
"Nihil amori Christi praeponere.": "Prefer nothing to the love of Christ."
The recommendations to his monks presented at the end of his Rule are pointers
that show us also the way that leads on high, to emerge from the crisis and wreckage.
"What we need most at this moment of history
are men (and women) that, through an enlightened and lived faith,
render God credible in this world."



"Deus superbis resistit, humilibus autem dat gratiam.":
"God resists the proud, gives grace to the humble"
  
Are You One of Those To Whom God Is Calling - To Live
Through An enlightened and Lived Faith
Through Prayer, Intercession, Surrendered Servant Ministry
and Outreach - to Render God Credible In This World?

THE GREAT PRAYER FOR UNITY WITHIN THE HOLY EUCHARIST

"Unite Us All"

Unite us all, who partake of the Holy Gifts:
Unite us all, who partake together from the ONE LOAF and CUP, one with another in the
Communion of the one Holy Spirit; and let no one among us receive the Body and Blood of
Thy Christ for judgment or condemnation, but may we find mercy and grace with all Thy Saints
since the beginning of time.
AMEN.

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General Information

   Introduction to the Jurisdiction and Community of Oratories

   Welcoming Message from our Primate

   History of the Church

   Statement of Faith and Doctrine

   Vision of Ministry and Service

   Why Ordination of Women to the Priesthood?

   The Episcopacy and Apostolic Succession

   Inter-communion vs Communion

   Signed Communions With Other Churches and Jurisdictions

   Apostolic Friends of our Church

   General Information on the Seminary

   Holy Orders Training and Study Program and Catalog

   The Bookstore

   Official Policy on Clergy Misconduct

Eucharistic Oratory Chapels

• St. Raphael the Archangel Oratory Chapel

• Sacred Heart Eucharistic Oratory Chapel

• St. Elizabeth Oratory Chapel

• The Holy Family Oratory Chapel

• Our Lady of the Holy Eucharist Oratory Chapel

Are You Called To A Contemplative Life of Unceasing Prayer

As A Hermit, Monk, Sister or Oblate

New Benedictine Mother House in Nashua, Montana
with separate structure for Biblical School of Theology in rear of property
This house will eventually become the guest house for the Monastery
and offices for Bibical School of Theology.
Below is pictured a small view of the 37 Acre site for permanant Monastery
and Monastic Retreat Center.


The Beginning of the New Monastery of Mary in the Wilderness

St. Anthony's House, The Monastery of Mary In The Wilderness
  The Benedictine Community of St. Anthony
http://www.commstanth.org

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Teachings by the Senior Bishop


Do We Understand Why

• We Make the "Sign of the Cross"? 
  

• We say Christ is in Our Midst During the Holy Eucharist Liturgy?

• The Bible/The Holy Scriptures - What We Believe and Teach 
  

• The Meaning of Faith: An Orthodox Old Catholic Perspective

• Our Understanding of the Holy Eucharist/Holy Communion

• The Healing Sacrament of Confession

• The Kingdom of God is at Hand

• Review of Faith, The Sacraments and Prayer 

• Chrismation -- What is it and What does it mean

Historical Church Leaders
Involved in the Formation of this
Jurisdiction

Archbishop Carmel H. Carfora

Primate of the North American Old Roman Catholic Church

Archbishop Arnold H. Mathew

The Old Catholic Church
Received into Union with the Church of Antioch (Orthodox) in 1911

Archbishop Frederick L. Pyman

The Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America

Archbishop John K. Polivka

The Hussite Orthodox Church of Czechoslovakia in Exile
Received into Union with The Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America

Archbishop Thomas Julius De CZ-Fehevrary

National/Old Catholic Church of Hungary in Exile
(The Traditional Christian Catholic Church)

Bishop Primate Perry R. Sills

The Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America
(Current Bishop Primate)

Historical Documents
Involved in the Formation of this
Jurisdiction

Bishop Frederick Littler Pyman Appointed First Regionary Bishop within the North American Old Roman Catholic Church

The Formation of the Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America

The Formation of the Evangelical Orthodox Church of the Hussites in America and Europe

The Bestowal of Full Eastern Rite Faculties upon the Very Reverend Perry R. (Joseph Benedict) Sills

Protocol of Election for Bishop Sills

The Letter of Recognition/Communion to Bishop Sills from The Traditional Christian Catholic Church

Bishop Sills' Order of Christ

Apostolic Succession of Bishop Sills

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