Our Heritage

Learning to “Breathe with Both Lungs”

St. John Paul II called for the Church to “breathe with both lungs,” incorporating the rich traditions of both the Christian East and West.

What does this mean? How is it done?

We Russian Byzantine Catholics share many things in common with our Latin Catholic brothers and sisters. They also have their own particularities which make them to be distinctively Eastern. Explore the resources at right, or join us for Divine Liturgy or our First Saturday Lectures to learn more.