Fr. Michael Winn

May

13

2014

Mission Days 2014

Christian Life, PrayerPentecost

Appeal of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the Faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on the Occasion of the Missionary Days Dearly Beloved in Christ ! Today I address all of you faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, led by your priests and bishops, and invite each one of you to embark together with me on an extraordinary pilgrimage that will last for ten days—from the Ascension to the Descent of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost. We are calling this pilgrimage the Missionary Days in which we turn the attention of our entire Church towards our common vocation as "missionaries,"…

May

08

2014

By Fr. Michael Winn

Patriarch Sviatoslav Visits St. Elias Parish (Brampton)

News

His Beatitude Sviatoslav visited the parish community of St. Elias in Brampton, Ontario on Sunday, May 4. The words of their pastor, the Mitrophoric Archpriest Roman Galadza, reminds us all of who the Church is!

May

02

2014

By Fr. Michael Winn

Easter Message of His Beatitude Sviatoslav

News

Most Reverend Archbishops and Bishops, Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers, Venerable Brothers and Sisters, Dearly Beloved in Christ of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Christ is Risen! Yesterday I was buried with You O Christ, Today I rise with You as you arise. Yesterday I was crucified with You; Glorify me, O Saviour, in Your Kingdom. (Paschal Matins, Resurrection Canon, Ode 3) Beloved in Christ, In the midst of this year’s challenges and uncertainty, Pascha, “the day which the Lord has made” (Ps 117:24),is for us a day of inexpressible joy and hope.On the brightest feast of Christ’s Resurrection, our Holy Church…

Apr

08

2014

By Fr. Michael Winn

Paschal Pastoral Letter from Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada

News

Pastoral Letter of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada On the Occasion of the Resurrection of our Lord 2014 To the Very Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Religious Sisters, Seminarians and Lay Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada: Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! “But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel…” [Lk. 24:21] Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! The words quoted at the beginning of this letter were spoken by two of Christ’s disciples as they fled Jerusalem. Dismayed upon witnessing the crucifixion, death and burial of Jesus, they did not recognize…

Dec

13

2013

By Fr. Michael Winn

Christmas Pastoral Letter of Vladyka Ken, Bishop of New Westminster

UGCCBishop Ken, Christmas, Nativity of our Lord

Office of the Bishop New Westminster Eparchy Christmas Pastoral Letter of 2013 Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Dear Sisters and Brothers, Thanks to the wonders of electronic communication, reaching people around the world and sharing news, trends and events is possible at the touch of a keyboard or the tap on a smartphone screen. In the last several weeks we have seen first-hand how Ukrainians are struggling for freedoms, the devastation in the Philippines, the on-going plight of the citizens of Syria and of those seeking refuge from the battles that rage on in countries throughout the world. We have…

Nov

25

2013

By Fr. Michael Winn

The Phillipian Fast – The Preparatory Season for the Nativity of our Lord

Christian Life, Liturgynativity fast, pilipiwka

by Rev. Msgr. Russell A. Duker from Christ-bearers - Meditations for the Pre-Christmas Fast, Christmas, and Theophany The oldest Christian feast is the Resurrection of our Lord or Easter. This Holy Day includes a whole cycle of feasts such as the Ascension and Pentecost. It is the great feast of our redemption and sanctification. Later Holy Days followed slowly until the fourth century. After the Church won official recognition and full freedom of worship and evangelization, our present calendar of festal celebration began to develop. This development was motivated by the Church’s desire to honor both events in the life of…

Sep

08

2013

By Fr. Michael Winn

The Nativity of the Mother of God

Liturgy

The New Testament says nothing about the early life of Jesus’ Mother. But in the Church’s tradition, Mary, like other significant people in the history of Israel, was born by the direct intervention of God. According to the second-century Protevangelium of James, her parents, Joachim and Anna, were righteous but childless. Once when Joachim, a rich man, went to the temple to offer his gifts to the Lord, he was not allowed to do so, because he had not raised up offspring in Israel. Saddened by this rejection, he researched to see whether all the righteous in Israel had had…

Aug

18

2013

By Fr. Michael Winn

Preparation for Confession by St. John Kronstadt

Christian Life, Prayer

I, a sinful soul, confess to our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ, all of my evil acts which I have done, said or thought from baptism even unto this present day. I have not kept the vows of my baptism, but have made myself unwanted before the face of God. I have sinned before the Lord by lack of faith and by doubts concerning the Orthodox Faith and the Holy Church; by ungratefulness for all of God's great and unceasing gifts; His long-suffering and His providence for me, a sinner; by lack of love for the Lord, as well…

Aug

13

2013

By Fr. Michael Winn

Liturgy: Where the Holy One Seeks Us

Christian Life, Liturgy

Archpriest Peter Galadza, PhD is Kule Family Professor of Liturgy at the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Canada. He is immediate past president of the Society for the Study of Oriental Liturgy. In 2003-2004 he was a research fellow at Harvard University’s Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Research Center, and has recently been elected to the Board of Fellows of McGill University’s Centre for Research on Religion. This podcast is presented on Ancient Faith Radio as part of the Searching for the Sacred Symposium - co-sponsored by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Ft. Wayne and the…

Jul

22

2013

By Fr. Michael Winn

The Order of Repentance – Long Form of Confession

Faith, Liturgy

Priest: Blessed be our God at all times, now and for ever and ever. All: Amen. Glory be to You, our God, glory be to You! Heavenly King, Advocate, Spirit of Truth, Who are everywhere present and fill all things, Treasury of Blessings, Bestower of Life, come, and dwell with us; cleanse us of all that defiles us, and O Good One, save our souls. Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. (3) Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen. Trinity…