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Bishop David Motiuk - Calendar 2008
   

January 2008

1
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, Feast of Saint Basil the Great, Divine Liturgy
2

Marriage Tribunal

3

Ecumenical Bishops Luncheon

4
Ukrainian Catholic Youth of Canada, Edmonton Eparchy, Sviat Vechir
6
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, Feast of the Theophany of Our Lord, Divine Liturgy, Great Water-blessing and Kutia dinner
7
Saint George Parish, Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, Complines and Divine Liturgy
9
Verkhovyna Seniors
10

Reception of Christmas Carollers; Policy Committee meeting

11 - 13
Lay Formation Program, Eparchy of Saskatoon, Saskatoon
14
Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League, Eparchy of Edmonton, Christmas Dinner
15
Luncheon with Very Rev. Victor Lakusta, Administrator, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Edmonton Diocese, January 15, 2008; Chancery Staff Christmas Dinner
16
Ukrainian Catholic Council, Eparchy of Edmonton, Christmas Dinner; Prayers (Parastas) for +Metro Chmilar
17
Chancery Staff Meeting
18
Saint Vladimir Elementary School visitation; Father Kenneth Kearns School visitation and Great-Water Blessing, Sherwood Park; Youth Unity Centre, Schedryj Vechir
19
Saint George Parish, Feast of the Theophany of Our Lord, Complines and Divine Liturgy

20

Reception of Christmas Carollers; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Ecumenical Service, Covenant Christian Reformed Church

21
Eparchial Finance Council meeting
22 - 27
Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Permanent Synod meeting, Rome
   

February 2008

18- 22
Assembly of Western Canadian Bishops, Annual Meeting, Edmonton
25
Presbyteral Council/College of Consultors; Eparchial Youth Commission meeting
26
Clergy Conference
27
Opening Prayer, City of Edmonton Council, City Hall
   
March 2008
2
Saint Sofia Parish, Sherwood Park, Divine Liturgy; Protection of the Mother of God Parish, Edmonton, Spring Tea
3
Marriage Tribunal
5
Policy Committee meeting
7
Catholic Conference 2008
8
Alberta Catholic School Trustees Conference
9
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 8:30 am Divine Liturgy
11
Marian Centre, Divine Liturgy
12
Saint Bonaventure Elementary School visitation
13

Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 7:00 pm Divine Liturgy (Lenten mission)

15
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 4:00 pm Divine Liturgy (Lenten mission), Lazarus Saturday
16

Saint Basil Parish, 9:00 am and 11:00 am Divine Liturgies, Palm Sunday (Flowery Sunday

17

Eparchial Youth Commission meeting

18
Bless newly renovated offices of the Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood of Canada, Eparchial Offices
19
Austin O’Brien High School visitation, Lenten services
20
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 10:00 am Divine Liturgy, Holy Thursday; Saint Volodymyr Parish, 7:00 pm Good Friday Passion Matins (reading of the 12 Gospels)
21
Assumption of the Mother of God Parish and Saint Stephen the Proto-martyr Parish, Calgary, Good Friday, Laying out of the Plaschanytsia Service
22

Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 9:00 am Divine Liturgy, Easter Saturday; 2:00 pm Easter basket blessing; 6:00 pm Nadhrobne Service

23

Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 7:00 am Resurrectional Matins and Divine Liturgy (Ukrainian) and 10:30 am Divine Liturgy (English), Easter Sunday

24

Dormition of the Mother of God Parish, Divine Liturgy, Bright Monday

26
Sacred Orders and Ministries Commission meeting
28
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Theology Commission conference call meeting; Saint Joseph College, Gala Evening marking 100 th Anniversary of the University of Alberta; Newman Club – Catholics on Campus, Saint Joseph College, University of Alberta
29
40-day memorial Divine Liturgy for +Rev. Russ Dybka, cssr, Saint Josaphat Cathedral
30
10:30 am Divine Liturgy and Easter Dinner, Saint Josaphat Cathedral
31
Marriage Tribunal
   
April 2008
2
Policy Committee meeting
3
Ecumenical Bishops luncheon
4
Saint Joseph Seminary, Day of Recollection; Prayers for +Rev. Modeste Gnesko, osbm, Saint Basil Parish
5
Saint Joseph Seminary, Day of Recollection; Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood of Canada and Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Canada, National Executives Plenary, Banquet, Saint Josaphat Cathedral Hall
6
8:30 am Divine Liturgy, Saint Josaphat Cathedral, Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood of Canada and Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Canada, National Executives Plenary
7
Eparchial Finance Council meeting; Ukrainian Catholic Council (Centralia), Eparchy of Edmonton, meeting
8
Park Memorial Funeral Chapel, Staff breakfast meeting; Marian Centre, Divine Liturgy; King’s College Concert, Winspear
9
Ukrainian Catholic Educator’s Spiritual Retreat, Planning meeting
10
Saint Josaphat Senior Citizen’s Residence (Verkhovyna) Easter Dinner; Sacred Orders and Ministries Commission meeting
11
APEX Insurance Investment Advisory Committee teleconference meeting
13
Holy Trinity Parish, Vegreville, Divine Liturgy
14
Presbyteral Council/College of Consultors meeting
15
Clergy Conference
16

Mayor’s Annual Breakfast, Shaw Convention Centre

19
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 5:00 pm Divine Liturgy and Eparchial Hymnal Book Launch
20
Saint Sophia Parish, Sherwood Park, Divine Liturgy and Praznyk
21

Eparchial Youth Commission meeting

22
Marriage Tribunal
23
Catholic Missions in Canada, 100 th Anniversary and “Tastes of Heaven” Gala Banquet and Fundraiser, Toronto
24
Catholic Missions in Canada, Annual Board of Directors Meeting, Toronto
25
Saint George Parish, Edmonton, Good Friday, Laying out of the Plaschanytsia Service
26
Alberta/Northwest Territories 98 th Annual Knights of Columbus State Convention, Edmonton
28
APEX Insurance Investment Advisory Committee meeting
30
Blessed Kateri Elementary School visitation and blessing of icons
   
May 2008
1
Edmonton Catholic School District meeting; Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 7:00 pm Divine Liturgy, Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord and Ordination of Basil Sych to the Minor Orders
2
39 th Annual Friar’s Ball, Edmonton, in support of seminarian formation and on-going education of priests
4
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 10:30 am Divine Liturgy and Ordination of Basil Sych to the Diaconate; Saint George Parish, Easter Dinner, Youth Unity Centre
5
Edmonton Catholic Agencies Network; Catholic Schools Superintendents meeting; Eparchial Finance Council meeting
7
Marriage Tribunal; Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Sherwood Park, Divine Liturgy, Holy Childhood Mission Day; Policy Committee meeting
8
Saint Martin Elementary School visitation; 15 th Annual Kyiv Konnection Banquet, in support of the Ukrainian Foundation for College Education, Saint Basil Cultural Centre
10
APEX Insurance Risk Management video recording
11
Descent of the Holy Spirit Parish, Lloydminster, Divine Liturgy, 75 th Parish Anniversary and Praznyk; Installation of New Anglican Bishop Jane Alexander
12
Saint Matthew Elementary School visitation (Majuky); Eparchial Youth Commission meeting
13
Saint Josaphat’s Seniors Residence, “Jubilations” Dinner Theatre, Mayfield Inn
14
Annual Premier’s Breakfast, Shaw Convention Centre
18
Dormition of the Mother of God Parish, Grande Prairie, Divine Liturgy and 50 th Parish Anniversary
20

Knights of Columbus meeting

21
Saint Sophia Parish general meeting
23
Archbishop Joseph MacNeil’s 60 th Anniversary of Priesthood, Divine Liturgy, Saint Joseph Basilica
25
Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Mundare, Divine Liturgy; 50 th Anniversary of Basilian Museum, Mundare
26 - 28
2008 Canada-wide Clergy and Religious Encounter, Edmonton
27
Visit of His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar, Metropolitan Lawrence, Bishop David with Premier Ed Stelmach, Legislature
28 - 29
Ukrainian Catholic Permanent Synod meeting
29
“Be Well and Prosper, My Beloved Ukraine,” production by Rev. Ed Evanko commemorating the 1932-1933 Famine/Holodomor in Ukraine, Saint Basil Cultural Centre
30

Meeting of the Ukrainian Catholic bishops in Canada with His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar; semi-annual meeting of the Alberta Catholic bishops

31
Austin O’Brien Catholic High School Matura; Moleben and banquet; Holy Cross Parish, Maria Goretti Centre
   
June 2008
1
Saint Volodomyr Parish, Divine Liturgy and Praznyk
3
Theology Commission meeting, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ottawa
4
Western Canadian Eparchial and Diocesan Financial Officers meeting, Toronto
6
Eparchial Finance Council sub-committee meeting; Edmonton Catholic School District meeting
7
Memorial Divine Liturgy, Ascension of Our Lord Parish, New Kiev
8
Divine Liturgy, Descent of the Holy Spirit Parish, Darling
9
Eparchial Finance Council meeting; Ukrainian Catholic Council (Centralia) meeting
10
Caritas Annual Community Meeting, Westin Hotel; Bride of Hope meeting; Friars’ Appreciation Dinner, Chateau Louis Hotel and Conference Centre
11
Saint Matthew Elementary School, Grade 6 Farewell, Divine Liturgy and Program
12
Holy Eucharist Parish Seniors Residence meeting
13
Saint Kevin Junior High School, Grade 9 Farewell, Divine Liturgy and Banquet, Saint Michael Resurrection Parish and Maria Goretti Centre
15 - 22
49 th International Eucharistic Congress, Quebec City
23
Eparchial Youth Commission meeting
24
Saint Joseph Seminary and Newman Theological College sod-turning ceremony; Friar’s Auction Dinner
26 - 27
Episcopal Ordination of Most Rev. Bryan Bayda, Eparchial Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatoon
28
Thanksgiving and Parish Closing Divine Liturgy, Holy Eucharist Parish, Manville
29
Annual Pilgrimage, Divine Liturgy and Praznyk, Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Mundare
   
July 2008
2
Saint Josaphat Cathedral Day Camp visitation
4
Saint Michael’s Long Term Care Centre, Capital Campaign Kick-off
4 - 13
23 rd World Youth Day, Days in the Diocese, Melbourne, Australia
14 - 23

23 rd World Youth Day, Sydney, Australia

27
Divine Liturgy, Camp Oselia, Annual Children’s Camp
28
Eparchial Finance Council meeting
29 - 31
Permanent Synod meeting with His Beatitude, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, Kyiv, Ukraine
   
August 2008
3

Permanent Synod meeting with His Beatitude, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, Kyiv, Ukraine

4 - 7
Knights of Columbus 126 th Supreme Convention, Quebec City
10
100 th Anniversary, Divine Liturgy, Ascension of Our Lord Parish, Derwent Farms
12
Divine Liturgy, Marian Centre
13
Divine Liturgy, Camp Saint Basil, Annual Acolyte Camp
14
Divine Liturgy, Skaro Shrine 90 th Annual Pilgrimage
17
10:30 am Divine Liturgy, Saint Josaphat Cathedral
19 - 20
“Camp David” Reflection Days
23

Thanksgiving and Parish Closure Divine Liturgy, Descent of the Holy Spirit Parish, Jaroslaw

24
Divine Liturgy and Praznyk, Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God Parish, Edmonton
25
APEX (Western Canada Church Insurance Program), Executive meeting, Calgary
26
Eparchial Finance Council meeting; Ukrainian Catholic Council (Centralia) meeting
27

School Year Opening Divine Liturgy, Edmonton Catholic School District, Winspear Centre

28
School Year Opening Presentation and Divine Liturgy, Elk Island School District, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Sherwood Park
29
Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood of Canada, Eparchy of Edmonton, Executive meeting
31
8:30 am Divine Liturgy, Saint Josaphat Cathedral
   
September 2008
1 - 12
Annual Synod of Ukrainian Catholic Bishops, Lviv
11
Blessing of Bridge of Hope “Dim myloserdja” (Mercy House), Lviv
14
Saint Volodymyr Parish, Red Deer, Divine Liturgy and Dinner
16
First Instance Marriage Tribunal
17
Red Mass, Saint Thomas More Lawyer’s Guild, Saint Josaphat Cathedral; and Dinner, Saint Josaphat Cathedral Hall (Verkhovyna)
18
Saint Sophia Parish ad hoc committee meeting; Edmonton Ecumenical Leaders Luncheon (Eparchy of Edmonton hosting)
19

First Instance Marriage Tribunal

21 - 26

Annual Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting

27
Annual meetings of Holy Spirit Seminary and Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute, Ottawa
28
Divine Liturgy and Sub-diaconal ordination of Roman Planchak, Holy Spirit Seminary, Ottawa
29
Edmonton Catholic Agencies Network meeting; Presbyteral Council meeting; Eparchial Finance Council meeting
30

Clergy Conference

   
October 2008
 
1
School Year Opening Divine Liturgy, Ukrainian Catholic Bilingual Program, Saint Josaphat Cathedral
2
5 th Annual Kevin Carr Leadership Award Luncheon, Royal Glenora Club; Hilliard Farms parish ad hoc committee meeting
3
100 th Anniversary of Franciscans in Edmonton, Northlands Agricom
4
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 5:00 pm Divine Liturgy; Meeting with Sr. Junia Kunanec, ssmi, Provincial Superior, Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate
5
Protection of the Mother of God Parish, Divine Liturgy; Bishop’s Annual Tea; Hetman Annual Awards
7
“Read in 2008” St. Clement Catholic Elementary/Junior High School; First Instance Marriage Tribunal
8
Sacred Orders and Ministries Commission meeting; Ukrainian Catholic Council (Centralia) meeting
9
Basilian Fathers luncheon, Saint Basil Parish
10
Thanksgiving Divine Liturgy, Saint Martin Ukrainian Catholic Bilingual Elementary School
11
Sacrament of Marriage, Bohdan Tarasenko and Andrea Shalewa, Saint George Parish
12
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 8:30 am Divine Liturgy with Bishop Yurij Dzudzar
14
Thanksgiving Service, Saint Matthew Ukrainian Catholic Bilingual Elementary School; Alberta Catholic Health Corporation meeting; Divine Liturgy, Marian Centre
17 - 19
Ukrainian Catholic Educators’ Religious Conference and Retreat, Sanctum Spiritual Retreat Centre, Caroline
20
Eparchial Youth Commission meeting
21 - 22
Leadership Academy, Edmonton Catholic School District, Jasper
23
First Instance Marriage Tribunal
24
25 th Anniversary, Bishop Budka Society Banquet and Fundraiser
26

Installation of Most Rev. Ilarion as Bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Canada, Saint John Cathedral

27

Western Canadian Financial Officer’s meeting, Calgary

28
Eparchial Finance Council meeting
29
Workshop on Divine Liturgy, Ukrainian Catholic bilingual teachers, Edmonton Catholic School District, Exaltation of the Holy Cross Parish
November 2008

 

1
Priestly Ordination of Mark (Basil) Sych, Saint Paul Cathedral, Saint Paul; Saint Joseph College Fundraiser, Sutton Hotel
2
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Parish, Divine Liturgy
6
Catholic Health of Alberta meeting
7
Bishop Greschuk Catholic Elementary School visit; Ukrainian Women’s Organization and Ukrainian National Federation exhibit “From Our Past to Our Present,” UNF Hall
8
Eparchial Sobor on Evangelization
9
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 10:30 am Divine Liturgy, Parish Praznyk
11
Centre, Divine Liturgy
13
Hilliard Farms, Paris ad hoc committee meeting; “Christmas Around the World,” Chateau Louis
14
2008 Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association annual convention, “The New Evangelization,” Westin
15
Saint Michael Extended Care, Divine Liturgy, Praznyk
16
Saint Stephen Parish, Calgary, Divine Liturgy
17
Calgary Protopresbyterate (Deanery) meeting
18
Newman Theological College, Lecture on Introduction to Eastern Canon Law
19
Saint Paul Roman Catholic Diocese, Clergy Study Day, Presentation on “Two Codes of Canon Law (East and West) in Comparison
20
Basilian House of Studies, Vespers
21
Alternative and Adult Education Services, Edmonton Catholic School District, visit and presentation
22
Panachyda (Memorial) Service for victims of the 1932-1933 Holdomor (Famine) in Ukraine, Saint John Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral; Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 5:00 pm Divine Liturgy and Baptism of Sophia Turgeon
23
Saint Nicholas Parish, Divine Liturgy
24
Eparchial Finance Council meeting; Eparchial Youth Commission meeting
26
Diaconate ad hoc Committee meeting
27
Edmonton Ecumenical Leaders Luncheon (United Church hosting); Saint Josaphat Cathedral Appreciation Dinner, Saint Josaphat Cathedral Hall (Verkhovyna)
28
Padre Knight, Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Basilica
30
Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Lethbridge, Divine Liturgy
   
December 2008

 

1
Edmonton Catholic Agencies Network, Catholic Health of Alberta
2
Appreciation and Farewell Dinner for Lada Hornjatkevyč
3
Austin O’Brien Catholic High School, Confessions
4
Visit to Military Chaplaincy, Canadian Forces
5 - 7
Lay Formation Program, Eparchy of Saskatoon
9 - 10
Alberta Catholic Bishops semi-annual meeting
11
Saint Martin Ukrainian Catholic Bilingual Elementary School, Sviat Vechir, Saint Basil Cultural Centre
12

Eparchial Pastoral Council inaugural meeting

13
Saint George Parish, Saint Nicholas Concert, Youth Unity Centre
14
Saint Sophia Parish, Sherwood Park, Divine Liturgy; 35 th Priestly Anniversary of Very Rev. Michael Kowalchyk, Chateau Louis
15
Eparchial Youth Commission
16
Saint Michael Health Group, meeting and Christmas Social
17
International Eucharistic Congress follow-up with Eparchial participants
18
Capital Care Dickensfield Seniors, Divine Liturgy
20
Malabar Catholic Church, Divine Liturgy and Christmas gathering, Saint Alphonsus Church
21
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, 8:30 am Divine Liturgy
24
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, 8:00 pm Divine Liturgy (English) and 10:00 pm Pontifical Divine Liturgy (Ukrainian)
27
Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, Mundare, Divine Liturgy
28
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Parish, Divine Liturgy; Eparchial Christmas Carolling, Chancery Office
31
Saint Josaphat Cathedral, Thanksgiving Service to end the calendar year
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