Eritrean Community Hosts Visiting Bishop

On June 15, His Excellency Bishop Tesfaselase celebrated Mass at St. Thomas of Canterbury church. Bishop Tesfaselase was visiting our parish all the way from Ethiopia and was welcomed by the Holy Family Eritrean Community.

*Photos courtesy of parish volunteer Damian Chlanda

The Eritrean Catholic Church is an autonomous Eastern Catholic church based in Eritrea, East Africa. It is in full communion with the Holy See and uses the Alexandrian Rite in the ancient Ge'ez language – sometimes called the Ge'ez Rite. They trace their lineage back to when Christianity first spread in the region through Saints Matthew and Bartholomew.