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Our seminarians sang at the Ottawa University Eastern Catholic student chaplaincy on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son 2012. [Translate]

A first for Canada: International Ukrainian Catholic bishops coming to Manitoba for synod Article by: Brenda Suderman (Posted with Permission) Winnipeg Free Press – ONLINE EDITION UKRAINIAN Catholic bishops from around the world will gather in Manitoba in September, marking the first time the hierarchy of this Eastern-rite church meets in Canada. About 40 bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church will travel to Portage la...

Вісник: Місія “Постуляційний центр беатифікації й канонізації святих УГКЦ” №2. Лютий 2012 р.Б. Visnyk 02. Лютий 2012 р.Б. [Translate]

The Ukrainian Music Society of Alberta invites you to the Ukrainian Christmas Carol Concert on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 3:00PM at St. John’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 10951-107 Street.  Admission by donation to: “Help Us Help the Children”, orphanages in Ukraine.  Hosted by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Western Eparchy.  Post concert refreshments at St. John’s Cultural Centre. Please see attached...

Jordan Water-Blessing with 250 students and staff of Saint Nicholas Catholic Junior High School Academy at Protection of the Mother of God Parish, Edmonton. [Translate]

St. John the Baptist Parish in Ottawa, January 2012. [Translate]

2011 Bishop’s Annual Appeal Presentation: Working Towards Vibrant Parishes [Translate]

January 2011 5 – Visit of Canadian Forces Base Edmonton; Ukrainian Bilingual Program Administrators meeting, Edmonton Catholic Schools; Divine Liturgy and Great Water-Blessing, Feast of the Theophany of Our Lord, Saint Josaphat Cathedral 7 – Divine Liturgy, Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, Saint George Parish, Edmonton 7-16 – Permanent Synod and “Vision 2020” Committee meetings, London 17 – Eparchial Finance Council meeting;...

A weekend Pre – Marriage Course will be offered Friday & Saturday, February 24th & 25th, 2012 at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Edmonton. All couples planning to marry in a Ukrainian Catholic Church in 2012 are required to take a pre-marriage course. The course is open to all couples from across the Eparchy of Edmonton. Please call the Cathedral office at (780) 422-3181 to register.  The cost of the course is...

Edmonton Parishes: Dormition Parish – Christmas Schedule 2011-2012 Protection of the BVM Parish – Christmas Schedule 2011-2012 St. Basils Parish – Christmas Schedule 2011-2012 St. Josaphat Cathedral – Christmas Schedule 2011-2012 (ENG-UKR) St. Sophia Parish (Sherwood Park) – Christmas Schedule 2011-2012 St. Vladimir Parish – Christmas Schedule 2011-2012 St. George Parish – Christmas Schedule...

UPCOMING EVENTS The World Day of Peace is celebrated January 1. Here is Pope Benedict XI’s Message on the occasion. “Migrations and New Evangelisation” is the theme chosen by Benedict XVI for the 98th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2012, which will be celebrated on January 15.  Presbyteral Council meetings – January 16 (2:00-5:00 pm, Chancery); April 10, October 1, November 19.  Clergy Conferences – January 17 (Note...

EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE IN JUSTICE AND PEACE Source: www.vatican.va 1. The beginning of a new year, God’s gift to humanity, prompts me to extend to all, with great confidence and affection, my heartfelt good wishes that this time now before us may be marked concretely by justice and peace. With what attitude should we look to the New Year? We find a very beautiful image in Psalm 130. The Psalmist says that people of faith wait for the...

We are celebrating the Feast of the Birth, the Nativity of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, one of the greatest and most loved feasts of all Christianity. Yet, many people say they have a vague feeling of emptiness at Christmas. Even though they are doing things that they have looked forward to all year long and are surrounded by family and friends, they still have the feeling that something is missing. But for most people, the real...

“Be it known to all who enter here that Christ is the reason for this school. He is the unseen but ever present teacher in its classes. He is the model of its staff and the inspiration of its students.” [Translate]

PASTORAL LETTER OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF CANADA ON THE OCCASION OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD   Christ is Born! Glorify Him!   To the Very Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Religious Sisters and Brothers, Seminarians and Laity of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada: Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “God’s grace has been revealed, and it has made salvation possible for the whole human race… while we are waiting...

Українська Греко-Католицька Церква Christmas message from His Beatitude Sviatoslav Most Reverend Archbishops and Metropolitans, God-loving bishops, reverend clergy, reverend monks, Beloved brothers and sisters, in Ukraine and in the diaspora Christ is born! Glorify Him! Christ descends from the heavens, welcome Him! Christ is now on earth, O be jubilant! Christmas Canon Dearly Beloved in Christ! With these...

 Address to the Assembly The 78th Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Holodomor 1932-33 in Ukraine November 26, 2011 at Edmonton City Hall  Boris Radyo, Assistant Superintendent Edmonton Catholic Schools   Bishop Ilarion, Bishop David, members of the clergy, survivors of Holodomor, invited guests, doroha ukrainska hromado. When I was a student at the University of Alberta, one of my favourite classes was a Ukrainian folklore...

Course Description: The churches of the Christian East, the Patristic era and early ecumenical councils, the schism between East and West, and contemporary Greek Catholic and Orthodox Churches with special attention to the churches in Canada. Course Instructor: Fr. Daniel Kuc Term: Winter 2012 University: St. Joseph’s College – University of Alberta PDF –...

Message from the Canadian Catholic Aboriginal Council for the National Day of Prayer for Aboriginal Peoples   Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe 12 December 2011  Rose Prince   There was little indication of anything special about a quiet and unassuming child who attended the Lejac Indian Residential School in the 1920s and 1930s. She was perfectly ordinary. Rose Prince was born in 1915 at Nak’azdli, a First Nations community...

“My great predecessor of blessed memory Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, having arrived in Italy after 18 years in prison and hard labor and being witness to the destruction of churches on his native land, decided to donate to our faithful and bring to the capital of the Christian world, ancient Rome, near the UkrainianCatholic University, a church of God’s Wisdom as a visible sign of the deeply rooted Christian faith of our nation,”...

UPCOMING EVENTS: The Eparchy of Edmonton will host the “Bishop’s Second Annual Appeal” fundraising events on Thursday, December 1, Chateau Louis Conference Centre, Edmonton. The Annual Bishop’s Appeal “What Gift Have I, Worthy of a King?” takes place on December 4. The Appeal coincides with the Feast of Saint Nicholas, the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra. Saint Nicholas is uniquely tied to Christmas, the celebration of...

Migration and the New Evangelization Dear Brothers and Sisters, Proclaiming Jesus Christ the one Saviour of the world “constitutes the essential mission of the Church. It is a task and mission which the vast and profound changes of present-day society make all the more urgent” (Evangelii Nuntiandi, 14). Indeed, today we feel the urgent need to give a fresh impetus and new approaches to the work of evangelization in a world in which the...

Statement by CCCB President, the Most Reverend Richard Smith, on the Report by the Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care    The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) welcomes the report by the Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care, entitled Not to be forgotten: Care of Vulnerable Canadians. The result of extensive consultations among groups and organizations across our country,...

Наприкінці листопада в Україні та світі відбуваються різні ініціативи вшанування пам’яті жертв голодоморів. Вже традиційною стала акція, під час якої в останню суботу останнього осіннього місяця мільйони українців запалюють жалобні...

З благословення Владики Давида (Мотюка), Єпарха Едмонтонського, відбувся перший етап презентації Катехизму УГКЦ, яку провела Катехитична комісія цієї єпархії. «Представлення та ознайомлення з новим документом Церкви стало доброю нагодою...

Source: www.wwdbam.com This special edition of UECC presents an interview with the newly elected head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church worldwide, Major Archbishop Patriarch Sviatoslav Shewchuk. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. [Translate]

“I would like the national Light the Candle campaign to engage all the Ukrainian families and homes as we should be really united on that day. The flame of the candle of memory should heal our memory for us to be able to prevent such calamities in future,” said the Ukrainian Greek Catholic head, Patriarch Sviatoslav, in an interview to Radio Resurrection, the Information Department of the UGCC eports. According to the head of the UGCC,...

  On Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2011, there will be a special radio broadcast in English on the Philadelphia radio station WWDB 860am from 12:30 to 1:00pm. This program will be archived, and after the broadcast is completed, it can be downloaded from the station’s website at www.wwdbam.com . The interview is by the production staff of the UECC radio program, Radio Philadelphia, and they are grateful to radio...

Heeding the call of Benedict, the Pope of Rome, to beseech God for the protection of the unborn against so many and varied attacks against nascent human life, this Sunday, the 27th of November, a ‘Pro-life Moleben’ will be served at St Josaphat’s Cathedral at 3:00 pm. Come and join us in our prayers to the God of Life for all the victims of abortion and for the strengthening of the Pro-life movement in this...

Book Gives Details of 1932 ‘Killing by Hunger’ in Ukraine By Elizabeth Lev Source: zenit.org ROME, NOV. 17, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The sober skies and short days of November remind Romans that this is the month to pray for the dead. It seems fitting that this month opened with a presentation of new documents regarding one of the most tragic — and virtually unacknowledged — events of the modern age, the Ukrainian...