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The Salinas-Monterey Byzantine Catholic Outreach is served by Father R. Anthony Hernandez of Saint Basil the Great Church, Los Gatos, CA,
Saint Basil's and the Salinas-Monterey Outreach are part the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church, a Church in full communion with the Holy Father Benedict XVI, Pope of Rome, and part of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy (Diocese) of Van Nuys and the Metropolia of Pittsburgh.
The Salinas-Monterey Byzantine Catholic Outreach is an effort to minister to Byzantine Catholics (also known as Greek Catholics) in Monterey County, and to invite other Catholics and all people of good will, to become acquainted with the tradition of the Christian East.
Pope John Paul II of blessed memory challenged Western Catholics to "respect and fully appreciate the dignity of Eastern Christians, and accept gratefully the spiritual treasures of which the Eastern Catholic Churches are the bearers, to the benefit of the entire catholic communion; that she may show concretely, far more than in the past, how much she esteems and admires the Christian East and how essential she considers its contribution to the full realization of the Church's universality." From the Apostolic Letter, Orientale Lumen, May 2, 1995.
If you have any questions about the Byzantine Catholic tradition or the Salinas-Monterey Byzantine Catholic Outreach, you may e-mail Father Anthony at pastor@stbasil.org, or call him at (408) 871-0919. Website: www.bcmonterey.org.
Undated:12/30/08