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Seminary Year 2026-2027
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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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Letter of the Canadian UGCC Bishops for Nativity of our Lord 2010
To the Very Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Religious Sisters, Seminarians and Laity of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada: Our Saviour, the rising Sun, more brilliant than any other sun, has visited us today from on high. We once were in darkness and the shadow of error, but now we have found the truth; for…
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Letter of the Holy Father to the Seminarians at the Conclusion of the Year of the Priest
Dear Seminarians, When in December 1944 I was drafted for military service, the company commander asked each of us what we planned to do in the future. I answered that I wanted to become a Catholic priest. The lieutenant replied: “Then you ought to look for something else. In the new Germany priests are no…
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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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Great and Holy Week & Pascha Schedule
All are welcome to pray with us! Great and Holy Thursday 7:00 am Betrayal Matins (Seminary) (Note the time change) 5:30 pm Vespers with the Divine Liturgy of St Basil the Great (Shrine) (Note the time change) Great and Holy Friday 8:30 am Passion Matins with 12 Gospels – bilingual (Seminary) 3:00 pm Vespers of…
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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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Blessed Emilian Kowch – Patron of Pastors
In the Fall of 2009, Fr. Ihor Yatsiv conducted an interview with His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar) for Radio Resurrection regarding the Patriarchal Synod of Bishops of the UGCC in Lviv-Bryukhovychi that in September. The following is a translated excerpt of the printed text of that interview as it appears on the UGCC website. Question At…
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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.…