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Patriarch Sviatoslav’s Letter to the Priests Great Thursday 2014
ПОСЛАННЯ БЛАЖЕННІШОГО СВЯТОСЛАВА до священнослужителів Української Греко-Католицької Церкви на Страсний четвер Всесвітліші, всечесні та преподобні отці − дорогі співбрати в Христовому священстві! Знову наближаємося до Великого четверга, коли, ідучи на хресну смерть і відкриваючи двері у воскресіння, наш Божественний Спаситель установив святе таїнство Священства. У зв’язку з цим прагну роздумати разом із вами над тим…
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Following Peter – Growing from Sinner to Saint
Bishop David of Edmonton joined us this past weekend as our retreat master for our annual Lenten retreat. He gave a series of spiritual conferences reflecting on the life of one of the chief apostles, Peter: from the Lord’s call on his life, to walking on water, to recognizing who Jesus is as the Christ…
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Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav and the Permanent Synod on the Occasion of the Great Fast 2014
Most Reverend Metropolitans and Bishops. Very Reverend Priests, Religious, Monastics! Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Our Church, our Faithful and our entire Ukrainian People enter into the Great Fast this year with feelings of pain, fear, suffering and trembling hope. We have experienced one of the longest and most terrible winters in the history…
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Appeal of the Ukrainian Catholic Hierarchy of Canada re the Crises in Ukraine
Prot H/5/2014 22 January 2014 To the Reverend Clergy, Consecrated Religious, Seminarians, Faithful and Friends of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada! Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “For peace throughout the world, for the well-being of God’s holy churches and for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.” At the start of…
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World Day of Prayer for Vocations
Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. The Gospel says that ‘Jesus went about all the cities and villages… When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; pray therefore…
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Christmas Epistle of His Beatitude Sviatoslav
Christ is born! Hearing the voice of the angel which could be heard by the shepherds in the dark night, we are hurrying today to the poor stable in Bethlehem. Here in the hands of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we see the Son of God who came into our world as a human being. Together…
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The First Five Years: How the Church Can Support Young Priests in a Secular Age
Fr. Stephen Rosetti America: The National Catholic Review Every so often a rumor arises that young priests today are not faring well. It is suggested that they are dispirited and leaving the priesthood in large numbers.In 1999, this rumor was so rife that the Catholic sociologist Dean Hoge led a research project to investigate. Dr. Hoge concluded…
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Fr. Nestor Yakiwchuk Reposes in the Lord
One of our alumni, Fr. Nestor Yakiwchuk, has reposed in the Lord, today, in Winnipeg. Fr. Nestor had served for many decades in the Archeparchy of Winnipeg as a deacon and received the honour of Archdeacon while serving under Metropolitan Maxim. Later, under Metropolitan Michael, he became Econome for the Archeparchy. He was eventually sent…
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Christmas Pastoral Letter of UGCC Bishops of Canada 2013-2014
2013/2014 PASTORAL LETTER OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF CANADA ON THE OCCASION OF THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD To the Reverend Clergy, Religious Women and Men, Monastics, Seminarians and Laity Christ is Born! Let us Glorify Him! Welcoming the Stranger in Our Midst! The birth of Jesus. Luke’s Gospel records the birth…