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Ordination of Fr. Ilie Babota
On August 28, 2014, His Excellency Bishop Paul ordained Ilie Babota to the Holy Priesthood. The ordination took place at the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, in Costiui (Rona de sus) Maramures, Romania at the annual pilgrimage for the Feast of the Dormition Feast. Hundreds of people come from different villages…
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Agape Vespers 2014
It has become a tradition that the Ukrainian Catholic community of Ottawa gathers at Holy Spirit Seminary for Agape Vespers on Pascha! There is always a special homily for the children, and the celebration spills out afterwards onto the front lawn of the seminary where everyone has a chance to ring the seminary bell to…
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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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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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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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Patriarchal Commission for Priestly Formation
Truskavets, Ukraine May 15-17, 2013: The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarchal Commission for priestly formation under the leadership of Most Rev. Ken Nowakowski, Bishop of New Westminster for Ukrainian Catholics in British Columbia and Yukon are holding their annual meeting in Truskavets, Ukraine. The members of the commission comprise of rectors of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic…
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The Great Prokeimenon at Agape Vespers
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Bishop Bryan Visits
Bishop Bryan (Bayda) of Saskatoon was in Ottawa for some meetings with the CCCB this past week. We had the opportunity to celebrate the Divine Liturgy with him in our chapel, and hear of the stories of his recent travel abroad.
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Reader Cyril Kennedy
On the feast of St. Josaphat, Bishop David (Edmonton) ordained Cyril Kennedy to Reader for the Cathedral parish of St. Josaphat in Edmonton at the seminary in Ottawa.