[A.A. Cunningham]

St. Thomas More in San Francisco offers Sunday Mass in a number of different vernaculars to serve its ethnically diverse parishoners. Their pastor, Father Labib Kobti, is originally from Lebanon.

Sounds like the bartendress is either a Christmas/Easter Catholic or that isn't her parish.

Sunday
Saturday, 5:00 p.m. (Sunday Vigil)
Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Portuguese/Brazilian
Sunday, 10:00 a.m. English
Sunday, 11:45 a.m. Arabic & English
Sunday, 8:00 p.m. English

[Philistone]

No, she was stuck here working.

There are roughly 5 Arab speakers in the 50 square mile area surrounding the church.

[Coleus]

I've said it before on the FR that I was very glad I was brought up in a very diverse and multicultural part of the country; it was a great learning experience.

 

There about 19 Eastern Rite Catholic Churches under the Pope in the World today, including: Lebanese, Syrian, Chaldean (the Catholic Church in Iraq), Coptic (Egypt), Melkite (Syrian), Byzantine, Armenian, Maronite,  etc.

 

Some famous Lebanese Catholics: Amos Yakhoob (Danny Thomas) and his daughter Marlo, Phil Donahue's wife.

 

Eastern Rite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Eastern Rite Catholic Churches

 

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eastern Churches

 

Eastern Catholic

 

List of Lebanese Stars, not all are Catholic

http://www.lgic.org/en/lebam_fulllist.php

 

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Melchites (Melkites)