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Pray and Fast for Syria!
With the recent calls to prayer and fasting for Syria by Pope Francis and Patriarch Sviatoslav, the Holy Spirit Seminary community will make September 7 a day of fast and prayer to join with the universal church. We invite all our friends and benefactors to join with us! Here is a news article from the…
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25th Anniversary of Priesthood
Our Spiritual Director, Very Rev. Andrij Onuferko, celebrates his 25th anniversary of ordination to the Holy Priesthood. Fr. Andrij was ordained on July 1, 1988, by Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sterniuk). Some notes on Fr. Andrij: He was Founding Director of Radio Resurrection, based in Belgium, Vice-Rector of the Patriarchal Curia in Lviv, and lecturer in Old…
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Congratulations to One of Our Own!
We just found out today that seminarian Cyril Kennedy has been awarded the Governor General’s Silver Academic Award at Saint Paul University for 2013. We offer glory to God and congratulations to Cyril for this outstanding achievement! Interestingly, this award was given in 2010 to Fr. Alexander Laschuk who was ordained a priest in 2012…
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Change in Funeral Arrangements
There has been a change in the funeral arrangements for Basil Onuferko. As per the funeral home website, they are now: Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Panakhyda McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home and Chapel 1411 Hunt Club Rd. Ottawa Friday, June 14, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Parastas St John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine 952…
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Basil (Vasyl) Volodymyr Onuferko
Basil (Vasyl) Onuferko, 26, of Ottawa, ON, Canada died tragically in a mid-air collision just north of Phoenix, AZ on Friday May 31, 2013. Basil is the son of Very Rev. Andrew and Maria (Stecyszyn) Onuferko, brother of Thomas (27) and Anna (23), grandson of Luba Onuferko and Zenovia Stecyszyn. Basil was born in Chicago,…
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To Your Servant, Vasyl, Grant Eternal Rest, O Lord
God of spirits and of all flesh, You trampled death, You made the devil powerless, and You gave life to Your world. Now, O Lord, to the soul of Your servant, Vasyl, who has fallen asleep, grant rest in a place of light, a place of verdure, and a place of tranquility, from which pain,…
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Great and Holy Week and Pascha 2013
PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 24 8:00 am Festal Matins and Divine Liturgy (English/Ukrainian) ANNUNCIATION & GREAT AND HOLY MONDAY, MARCH 25 6:30 am Festal Matins (English) 3:00 pm Vespers and Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (English) GREAT AND HOLY TUESDAY, MARCH 26 6:30 am Bridegroom Matins (Ukrainian) 5:00 pm Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (Ukrainian) GREAT…
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Bishop Bryan’s Message for the Nativity of Christ 2012
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PASTORAL LETTER OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF CANADA ON THE OCCASION OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD 2012
To the Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Religious Sisters, Seminarians and Lay-Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, When as a Christian family, we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, we greet one another with words of joy: “Christ is…