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Cardinal Husar Resigns as Head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church
New Westminster, 10 February 2011 – Today His Holiness Benedict XVI announced that he has accepted the resignation of His Beatitude Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, father and head of the Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Church and major archbishop of Kyiv-Halych in accordance with 126 § 2 of the Code of Canons of the Oriental Churches. (Canon 126…
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Pre-feast of Theophany
Make ready, O Zabulon, and prepare yourself, O Nephtali; O River Jordan, stop and receive with joy the Master coming to be baptized. O Adam, rejoice with the first mother, Eve, and do not hide yourselves as before in Paradise. For, having seen you unclothed, Christ has appeared to clothe you with the first robe;…
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Subdeacon Alex Laschuk Awarded High Honour
We are very proud to announce that one of our seminarians, Subdeacon Alex Laschuk, has been awarded a very high honour from Saint Paul University. The Governor General’s Academic Silver Medal is awarded to the undergraduate student who achieves the highest academic standing upon graduation from a bachelor degree program. Alex achieved this last year.…
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Pascha 2010
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Death, Grieving and Funerals
Each year the seminary offers in-house pastoral courses focussing primarily on the celebration of the sacraments and sacramentals of the Church. An on-hands approach ensures that seminarians receive individual instruction and attention. A pastoral approach is emphasized. This past term we have offered a course on Death, Grieving and Funerals. After an overview of the…
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As the Master, so, too, the Disciple
From February 12 to 15 we gathered at the Maison Notre Dame de la Providence in Orleans for our annual winter retreat. Our retreat master was Fr. Andrew Onuferko, a professor of MASI, the former Acting Director of MASI, and who was recently awarded the Roman and Maria Wynnyckyj Research and Teaching Fellowship at MASI.…
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2010
Inaugurated in 1908 at the initiative of Rev. Paul Wattson, an Episcopalian priest of the United States who would later join the Catholic Church, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated all around the world. The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, in collaboration with the World Council of Churches, has offered a…
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Christmas and Theophany 2010
On Christmas Eve, after we as a community celebrated the Vespers-Liturgy of St Basil the Great, just over 60 guests joined us for the Christmas Eve Sviat Vechir (Holy Meal) in our seminary hall. We have usually been blessed with the presence of the recent Papal Nuncio, Most Rev. Luigi Ventura. However, he had been…
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Diaconal Ordination of Roman Planchak
Axios! Axios! Axios! Rev. Deacon Roman Planchak of the Eparchy of Edmonton (pictured above assisting Bishop David with the distribution of the Holy Mysteries to Deacon Roman’s wife, Stephanie) was ordained to the Diaconate on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Edmonton by Bishop David (Motiuk). Deacon Roman was a…