Fr. Michael Winn

This year, the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute has planned for a Study Days weekend focused on a closer encounter and engagement with our Scriptures from the perspective of the Christian East. We will be joined by renowned scholars Dr. Lewis Ayres, Dr. Hugo Mendez, Rev. Dr. Jack Custer, and Dr. Nathan Eubank. These engaging talks and conversations will be paired with ample prayer, food, and fellowship. We hope to see you there! Accommodations are available on-site: single room $100.05 plus HST per night, and for a double room $134.82 plus HST per night. The room rate includes breakfast. Please register…

By observing the Apostles’ Fast, we can share in the Apostles’ struggle and consider how we are supposed to spread the gospel. by Dominic Cassella | National Catholic Register This year, on May 19, we celebrated Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and the holy Theotokos. Traditionally, this is marked as the beginning of the Church. It is fitting that, in the Byzantine tradition, this feast is followed by the Sunday of All Saints. The trajectory of the Byzantine liturgical year is obvious. From the darkness of Lent to the deep sadness of the Crucifixion, the celebration…

Some exciting news - a new initiative led by Fr. Jason Charron for a national pilgrimage destination in which the sacredness of life is celebrated. This will be a heavenly appeal-in-stone to the LORD and His Holy Mother's intercession for the protection of life in our culture. It will be a national shrine built in sacred Byzantine style as a prayerful convergence of Eastern and Western Christian traditions. We intend to build a 1000-year church of timeless beauty for generations to come as a holy site of pilgrimage and renewal for a culture of life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqeVMR0ba50 Holy Protection Shrine website

Over the month of May 2024 we will be introducing some changes to our website - most of it cosmetic. Please bear with us if you come across any errors as we work out some kinks. Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash

The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon is pleased to announce that following upon the proposal of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis has appointed Very Reverend Michael Smolinski, CSsR, until now Provincial Superior of the Redemptorists in Canada, as Bishop of the Eparchy of Saskatoon. This decision was announced from the Vatican on Thursday, November 30, 2023. Bishop-Elect Smolinski becomes the sixth Eparchial Bishop to minister to the Ukrainian Catholic Faithful in the Province of Saskatchewan. Born and raised in Saskatoon, Bishop-Elect Smolinski served in pastoral ministry in Saskatchewan, as well as in Manitoba. For many years…