Вірні УГКЦ вирушили на Світовий день молоді в Австралії
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5 липня з аеропорту "Бориспіль" до Австралії для участі у Світовому дні молоді відлетіла основна група (частина відлетіла вчора) делегації УГКЦ. Її очолює Владика Діонісій (Ляхович), Куріальний єпископ. XXIII Світовий день молоді (World Youth Day) відбудеться 15-20 липня у Сіднеї. Організатори форуму очікують близько 500 000 хлопців і дівчат, з яких не менше 200 000 прилетять на зелений континент з-за кордону. Серед головних подій, які заплановані для української делегації, це триденна катехизація, яка послужить спеціальним приготуванням до відкриття Світового дня молоді та до спільної молитви зі Святішим Отцем Венедиктом XVI. Для усіх україномовних делегатів катехизацію очолять Владики УГКЦ Діонісій (Ляхович), Петро (Стасюк), Єпарх для українців-католиків в Австралії, Новій Зеландії та Океанії, та Давид (Мотюк), Єпарх Едмонтонський. Напередодні, з 10 до 14 липня, у Мельбурні делегація УГКЦ буде учасником днів єпархії для українців-католиків в Австралії.

Eparchial Newsletter – July 2008
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A message from the Alberta Catholic Bishops to Parents, Trustees, Superintendents of Education of Catholic Schools Boards and to the Catholic Educational Community
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In June 2008, the Government of Alberta announced the introduction of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine into the publicly funded immunization program. This means that female students entering Grade 5 classrooms in September in our school system will be offered the vaccine. Beginning in September 2009, Grade 9 girls will also be eligible for a three-year period.

Mundare museum celebrates 50 years
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An anniversary is a unique and significant event, whether it occurs in the life of a person or in the life of an organization. "Over the hill," they say, when it comes to half a century in the life of a person, but half a century in the life of an organization seems to be still going uphill. The latter sentiment certainly applies to the Ukrainian Basilian Fathers Museum in Mundare - one of few museums in Alberta that can boast 50 years of existence - which celebrated the climax to its golden jubilee on May 25. Dignitaries present included Archbishop Lawrence Huculak, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of Canada; Bishop Paul Chomnycky of New York and Premier Ed Stelmach.

Byzantine liturgy shows Catholic diversity
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The diversity of the Catholic Church was on display with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy June 18 at the International Eucharistic Congress. Archbishop Lawrence Huculak of Winnipeg, the metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada, celebrated the two-hour Byzantine liturgy inside a packed hockey arena adjacent to the Expo Cite grounds that was transformed into a "eucharistic city" for the June 15-22 congress.

Eucharist Must Bring Unity in Diversity, Urges Prelate
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Even the celebration of Mass is at times made into a point of division, the Byzantine-rite archbishop of Winnipeg lamented during his homily at the International Eucharistic Congress. Archbishop Lawrence Huculak of Winnipeg for Ukrainian Catholics gave the homily at the celebration of the Divine Liturgy today in Quebec. The Eucharistic Congress is under way in Canada through Sunday.

From Our Diversity We Come Together in a Sacred Unity
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From the many priests, deacons and laity here today, we have heard prayers chanted in Greek, Arabic, Ukrainian, Spanish, French and English. Later we shall hear them chanted in Slovak, Hungarian, and Romanian as well -- just some of the languages in which this ancient Divine Liturgy is celebrated throughout the world. Indeed, in this celebration of the Divine Liturgy we experience the great diversity that constitutes the People of God. But, as we heard in the letter to the Ephesians, we are united in one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all.

49th International Eucharistic Congress: June 15-22, 2008, Quebec City
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The 49th International Eucharistic Congress will take place in Quebec City from June 15-22, 2008, with between 12,000 to 15,000 delegates from over sixty countries taking part, and some 250,000 faithful at the closing Divine Liturgy at which Pope Benedict XI is expected to preside via satellite link.

June 29 is Mission Awareness Sunday in Eparchy of Edmonton
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Sunday, June 29, has been set aside as Awareness Sunday throughout the Eparchy of Edmonton to make the work of Catholic Missions In Canada better known. “This year, Catholic Missions In Canada is celebrating its 100th Anniversary of service to missions and missionaries throughout Canada, which includes assisting Ukrainian Catholics in need,” this was announced by Most Rev. David Motiuk, Eparchial Bishop of Edmonton and newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of Catholic Missions In Canada. The June 29th date was specially chosen as it coincides with the Feast of the Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles who, as great missionaries, spread the Gospel message to the far ends of the world, said the bishop.

Eparchial Newsletter – June 2008
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Survey Results - St. Sophia Parish
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The following is a summary of the results of the survey sent on March 10th, 2008 to the registered parishioners of St. Sophia Parish, Sherwood Park, Alberta.

Ukrainian Catholics urged to take up call to evangelize
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Ukrainian Catholics are taking seriously their duty to pass the Good News of Jesus Christ to the world. Some 150 bishops, priests, deacons and religious men and women from across Canada gathered at the Chateau Louis Conference Centre May 26-28 to discuss how to evangelize through catechesis. “The Church has a duty to hand on to others what we ourselves believe—the Word of God, the teaching of God,” Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church worldwide told participants May 26. And he said education through catechesis must begin at home. “We have to speak to those who are in the parish already to make sure that those who are our parishioners really fully know what they believe,” he said.

Catholics called to reflect before seeing bodies exhibit
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Edmonton's two Catholic bishops are asking local Catholics to consider the faith implications of an upcoming exhibit that features preserved human bodies. Archbishop Richard Smith of the Edmonton Archdiocese and Bishop David Motiuk of the Edmonton Ukrainian Eparchy have issued a joint pastoral statement in advance of the exhibit's opening at the Telus World of Science.

Canadian bishops question "Body Worlds" exhibit
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Two Catholic prelates in Edmonton, Alberta, have joined in a public statement of concern about the "Body Worlds" exhibit of human cadavers. Edmonton's Archbishop Richard Smith and Bishop David Motiuk, the leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton, reminded the faithful: "The human body retains its dignity even in death."

Reverence urged for cadaver exhibit
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The Body Worlds exhibit will open in Edmonton in just over two weeks, and its promoters promise the bodies and body parts on display will give visitors a "one-of-a-kind anatomy and physiology lesson." But some critics are asking visitors to consider the display as something more than a mere educational tool. In a joint statement released Monday, leaders of Edmonton's Catholic communities urged parishioners to consider "the faith implications" involved in Body Worlds, which is scheduled to open June 13 at the Telus World of Science.

No show for kids: Archbishop, bishop question exhibit of preserved bodies
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Catholic Church leaders are urging parents to keep their young kids away from an exhibition of preserved corpses and body parts when it comes to Edmonton next month. Church leaders are asking area parishoners and Catholic schools to think twice before seeing the Body Worlds 1: the Original Exhibition of Real Human Bodies, which will be at the Telus World of Science.

Pastoral Statement on the Body Worlds Exhibit at Telus World of Science
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The Telus World of Science will soon be hosting an exhibit entitled Body Worlds. The creation of Gunther von Hagen of Germany, Body Worlds is a display of human bodies and body parts that have been preserved by a process called "plastination." Its stated goal is public education with respect to health and anatomy. Not surprisingly, this exhibit generates much debate whenever it occurs, and so it should. At issue here is human dignity. Thus, we wish to remind our Catholic people of important principles of our faith concerning the dignity of the human body as they consider viewing this display of bodies of the deceased.