New Seminary Spiritual Director

On October 1, 2019, the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada appointed Fr. Ephrem Kardouh as the new Spiritual Director of Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Edmonton, Alberta. Fr. Ephrem succeeds Fr. Mihajlo Planchak of the Eparchy of Edmonton. Fr. Ephrem is a monastic priest of the Basilian Salvatorian Order ministering in the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur in Montreal. Over the past few years, he has been pastorally caring for the Melkite community in Calgary as well as serving as a chaplain at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary. We welcome Fr. Ephrem and pray for the abundant blessings of the Lord be upon him as he begins his service as Seminary Spiritual Director.