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Western-rite mission parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia — 410 Chamberlain Drive, South Bend — documented in the city by 2009; its founding date is not stated in the sources consulted
The mission: The University of Notre Dame's Campus Ministry directory describes St. Nectarios as "an English-speaking western rite mission parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia," celebrating Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays at 410 Chamberlain Drive, with Fr. Robert Bower as contact. The parish's own site styles it St. Nectarios Orthodox Chapel and describes a small ministry of long standing: "Through out the years our chapel has received requests from people wanting oil from the vigil lamp that burns in front of our icon of Saint Nectarios," the oil sent out by Fr. Robert on request. A South Bend funeral notice of November 2009 already names Fr. Robert Bower of St. Nectarios as officiant, the earliest dated record found. One web-derived list of South Bend places of worship labels the church "(ACROD)"; that attribution conflicts with Notre Dame's directory statement and with the parish's own site, and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia jurisdiction is the one the record supports.
Sources:
- University of Notre Dame Campus Ministry, St. Nectarios Russian Orthodox Church page — the ROCOR western-rite description, the Chamberlain Drive address, service time and priest.
- St. Nectarios Orthodox Chapel (stnectarios.org) — the parish's own account of its vigil-lamp ministry.
- South Bend funeral notice (November 2009), as archived at GenLookups — Fr. Robert Bower of St. Nectarios officiating in South Bend by that date.