Charles McCarthy,Child's Close Call Aided Nun's Way To Sainthood by LAURIE GOODSTEIN Published in The New York Times of October 11, 1998 Advocate for peace and non-violence. He was ordained by the Melkite patriarch in Damascus since, at the time of his ordination, it was uncustomary to ordain married Melkite clergy outside of the patriarchal lands. He is not a priest of the Eparchy of Newton but simply resides within it. Parish locator Religious orders There is a community of the Basilian Salvatorian Order in Methuen, Massachusetts, with their own regional superior for the U.S. and Canada. There are currently several Basilian clergy serving in parishes of the eparchy. A community of religious sisters, the Community of the Mother of God of Tenderness'', is based in Danbury, Connecticut. See also List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#Other Eastern Catholic bishops Notes External links Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral Catholic-Hierarchy entry on the Eparchy of Newton Official site of the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch 1966 document founding the Exarchate Description of the eparchy in gcatholic.org Sample of Melkite Chant in English, Arabic, and Greek Melkite Greek Catholic eparchies Eastern Catholicism in the United States Eastern Catholicism in Massachusetts Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the United States Middle Eastern-American culture in Massachusetts Newton Newton Religious organizations based in Boston Newton 1966 establishments in the United States