A delegation of senior priests from the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church will leave for the Vatican on June 8 on an official invitation from Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
The delegation is being led by Metropolitan Vicar Archbishop Antony Karyil and will comprise vicars general Hormis Mainatty, Jose Puthiyedath, Joy Ayiniyadan, Ernakulam Cathedral Basilica vicar and scholar on liturgy Antony Narikulam and archdiocesan chancellor Biju Perumayan, said a communication here.
The delegation is slated to discuss the implementation of the unified Mass system in the archdiocese. The unified Mass system, in which the celebrant (priest) faced the congregation for the first half and then faced away from them for the second half, was prescribed by the synod of bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church in August last year.
