Українська Католицька Едмонтонська Єпархія
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton

EPARCHIAL NEWSLETTER
February 2008

UPCOMING EVENTS

World Day of the Sick (Всесвітній День Хворого) is marked each year on February 11. Its objectives are: to help sensitize Catholics about the quality of care being provided for the sick; to encourage Christian communities to be involved in pastoral health care; to recall the need to provide spiritual and moral formation for those working with the sick; to encourage the involvement of volunteers; to promote reflection on the meaning of suffering; and to invite all those involved in medical care to appreciate the importance of their healing mission.

Various documents are available to prepare for this event. These include an information package, post cards and reflection materials, which are available on the website of the Catholic Health Association of Canada (CHAC) www.chac.ca.

2008 Presbyteral Council/Consultors Meeting : 2:00 – 5:00 pm, February 25, April 14, September 29, November 4, Chancery Office.

2008 Clergy Conference : 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, February 26 (Basilian House of Studies; 12909 – 113 Avenue, Edmonton), April 15, September 30, November 5.

Pastors are kindly requested to forward to the Chancery Office by February 29 (or shortly after the annual general parish meeting) the following documents for each parish or mission in their pastoral care:

• A current list of the Parish Council Members, including position, name, address, telephone and e-mail.
• 2007 Financial Statements , as well as a copy of the annual T3010A Registered Charity Information Return (for parishes who issue income tax receipts).
• A photocopy of the Baptismal, Marriage and Death Registers entries for the year 2007.

Catholic Conference 2008, Alive in Christ: through Him, with Him and in Him, will take place March 7-8 at the Mayfield Inn and Trade Centre, Edmonton. The conference is sponsored by the Alberta Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Alberta Catholic School Trustees’ Association and provides an opportunity for the Catholic community of western Canada to gather for a faith-filled educational and spiritual experience. The conference is open to the public, and includes a special youth program. For information and registration, visit www.catholicconference2008.ca.

Metropolia Sobor 2008 : The entire hierarchy, clergy, religious and monastics of the Winnipeg Metropolia will assemble May 26-28, 2008 in Edmonton for a unique conference to reflect on the theme of the mission of our Church: “Evangelization Through Catechesis.” Download program and further information here. Please note that His Beatitude Lubomyr has now confirmed his attendance at the Sobor.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians, Ukraine, with the consent of the Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church and in accordance with Canon 85, para. 3 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, has erected the archiepiscopal exarchate of Lutsk of the Ukrainians (area 40,300, Catholics 4,000, priests 10), Ukraine.

The Holy Father has given his consent to the canonical election by the same Synod of Rev. Josaphat Oleh Hovera, rector of the major seminary of Ternopil-Zboriv, Ukraine, as the first exarch of the new exarchate. The bishop-elect was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine in 1963 and ordained a priest in 1990.

Aid to the Church in Ukraine – During Great Lent, a collection is taken up for the Church in Ukraine. As good stewards, the faithful are encouraged to share their blessings with others, and thus express in a concrete way their desire to come closer to God and all his children as a result of their Great Lenten efforts. The offering should reflect the money saved through penitential fasting and set aside for God’s people. Special envelopes for the collection are available through the Chancery Office.

$20,606 were collected for the Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, during the 75th Ukrainian Famine-Holodomor Commemoration. Thank you for your support and generosity.