Fr. Michael Winn

Fr. Michael is the pastor of Holy Eucharist Parish in Winnipeg within the Archeparchy of Winnipeg. He served twelve years as Rector of Holy Spirit Seminary in Ottawa and Edmonton.
113 Posts
Feb
14
2016
By Fr. Michael Winn
“Two Parallel Worlds” – An Interview with His Beatitude Sviatoslav

“Two Parallel Worlds” – An Interview with His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Featured Articles
Saturday, February 13, 2016 [Note from RoyalDoors - the original Ukrainian text is below] On February 12, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, the leaders of two Churches, met at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. The meeting took place in a closed setting. It lasted more than two hours. The meeting of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill concluded with the signing of a Joint Declaration, which elicited mixed reactions on the part of the citizenry and Church representatives of Ukraine. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC, shared with us his impressions of the meeting in general and of the…
Read More
Dec
10
2015
By Fr. Michael Winn
Pastoral Letter of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada on the Occasion of the Nativity of Our Lord 2015/2016

Pastoral Letter of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada on the Occasion of the Nativity of Our Lord 2015/2016

Featured Articles, UGCC
To the Very Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Religious Sisters, Seminarians and Laity of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada: Christ is Born! Glorify Him! The unapproachable God, out of mercy, wished to become visible for us. He comes in the flesh, to be born as a human being of the most pure Virgin, in the city of Bethlehem. Therefore, let us hasten with devotion to receive him. (Sessional hymn, prefeast of the Nativity) It is the middle of the night. You are sound asleep in bed. Suddenly you are awakened by knocking at the door. Who could it be at…
Read More
Dec
07
2015
By Fr. Michael Winn
54 Ways to Be Merciful During the Jubilee Year of Mercy

54 Ways to Be Merciful During the Jubilee Year of Mercy

Christian Life, Featured Articles
Practicing mercy in our lives actually does take practice Source: Aleteia The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” He heard this and said, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” —Matthew 9:11-13 God, who is merciful, desires our mercy. Here are 54 ways to keep to mercy during the Jubilee Year. Try randomly selecting one each week and putting…
Read More
Nov
03
2015
By Fr. Michael Winn
Patriarch Revives Peace Initiative Via WYD

Patriarch Revives Peace Initiative Via WYD

Featured Articles, News
A travelling World Youth Day [WYD] with events in various cities. Not only Cracow, but maybe also nearby Lviv in Ukraine and Belarus. Back in 2011, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major-Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, had this idea with some Polish friends. Now that the winds of war in Eastern Europe continue unabated, he raises the proposal again. Because peace can only begin from the bottom (the people). Major-Archbishop Sviatoslav: “The idea of a World Youth Day in Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine was born in Rome, at the John Paul II Institute in Via Cassia. Following the thought of St. John…
Read More
Nov
02
2015
By Fr. Michael Winn
Skete of the Precious and Life-Creating Cross

Skete of the Precious and Life-Creating Cross

Faith, Featured Articles
“Who shall climb the Mountain of the Lord, who shall stand in His Holy Place…” by Hieromonk Theodosy In 2008, with trust in the Most High God Who calls us all to climb His Holy Mountain, and with the blessing and guidance of His Grace Bishop David, we set out on an adventure to practically discern the building up of a monastic community in the Studite tradition within the Eparchy of Edmonton. By the surprising providence of the Lord, right at the outset, this little monastic endeavor found itself whisked-up to the northern reaches of the eparchy – the Peace…
Read More
Sep
22
2015
By Fr. Michael Winn
Resolutions of the Sixth Session of the Patriarchal Sobor (2015)

Resolutions of the Sixth Session of the Patriarchal Sobor (2015)

Featured Articles, UGCC
(DISCLAIMER: This is an unofficial translation: when there is doubt as to the meaning of any resolution posted here, you should refer to the Ukrainian original. See below.) We, the delegates of the VI session of Patriarchal Assembly (Sobor) gathered in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk in the Subcarpathian region of Ukraine on the 25th-27th of August 2015, under the leadership of the Father and Head of the UGCC, His Beatitude Patriarch Sviatoslav, while deliberating on the theme of “The Vibrant Parish – a Place to Encounter the Living Christ,” have developed a number of directives for the renewal of the…
Read More
Aug
25
2015
By Fr. Michael Winn
UGCC Patriarch outlines two major tasks of the strategic UGCC Patriarchal Council

UGCC Patriarch outlines two major tasks of the strategic UGCC Patriarchal Council

Featured Articles, News
The UGCC Council entitled “Vibrant Parish as a place to meet the living Christ,” which has started its work today in Ivano-Frankivsk, has brought together 250 delegates from 57 countries. The Council is chaired by Head of the UGCC Patriarch Sviatoslav. The Council began with the Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv, where Patriarch SviatoslavShevchuk greeted the delegates and read the Council’s official decree. “The Council is an extremely important moment, it enables to see the unity of our Church in the fullness of its diversity, because here the fullness of the church body…
Read More
Aug
19
2015
By Fr. Michael Winn
Can Theology Save the World?

Can Theology Save the World?

Featured Articles, News
If we could imagine the instruments in a nation's diplomatic kit as a set of keys, we'd find that some, like masters, fit a range of locks, while others must be cut to order. Before determining which type a given lock requires, we need to acknowledge that a lock exists at all. When it comes to a lock at the heart of the conflict between Russia and the West over Ukraine, that's yet to happen. The Ukraine crisis is a gate beyond which loom global dangers so defining, one might expect that cooperation between Russia and the West would be…
Read More
Aug
15
2015
By Fr. Michael Winn
On Christian Death and Funerals – Pastoral Letter of the Most Rev. Nicholas J. Samra

On Christian Death and Funerals – Pastoral Letter of the Most Rev. Nicholas J. Samra

Christian Life, Liturgy, ,
In Psalm 115:5 we read "Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his faithful ones." From time immemorial, Christians have prayed for their dead and elaborated their prayers with ritual. The death of a loved one is a sorrowful experience for anyone. Often it is a numbing experience as well. Survivors want to do the best they can to honor their departed. They may look around to see what friends or acquaintances have done in similar times of loss. Sometimes they accept whatever suggestions funeral directors offer. They may find themselves burdened with excessive costs or…
Read More
No widgets found. Go to Widget page and add the widget in Offcanvas Sidebar Widget Area.