Fr. Michael Winn

Jul

26

2015

Lessons From the Christian East

Faith, Featured Articles

The twentieth anniversary of St. Pope John Paul II apostolic letter "Orientale Lumen" is an occasion to reflect on what can be learned from Eastern Catholics by Dr. Adam A.J. Deville Catholic World Report, July 2, 2015 Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, gives the homily during a Divine Liturgy for Ukrianian expatriates at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome Feb. 19, 2015. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Twenty years ago, in his apostolic letter Orientale Lumen (May 2, 1995), the late St. Pope John Paul II called on Roman Catholics to deepen their…

Jun

24

2015

By Fr. Michael Winn

Unbelievable! It happened again!

Christian LifeVasyl Velychkovsky

Unbelievable! It happened again! It seems to happen every time. Recently, our parish (Holy Eucharist, Winnipeg) made a pilgrimage to the shrine of Blessed Bishop Martyr Vasyl at St. Joseph Parish. After the Moleben service in the church, everyone went into the shrine to be anointed with oil that had been touched to the holy relics of the saint. I was almost the last to be anointed of the close to 75 people who had come that night. Afterwards, I stood before his holy relics and prayed. And again, like the times before, I had the sense that I was…

Jun

12

2015

By Fr. Michael Winn

Ukraine: CNEWA Calls on Helping the Displaced by War

May

03

2015

By Fr. Michael Winn

The Advantage of Having No Pews

Apr

30

2015

By Fr. Michael Winn

Mission Days 2015

Christian Life, Faith, Featured Articles, NewsPentecost

Publication of the UGCC Council for Evangelization Through our active participation in the spiritual efforts of these ten Mission Days, once again we are called upon to discover and understand anew that our parish communities and families (domestic churches) are missionary in nature. Such understanding flows from the gift of our Baptism, by virtue of which, and through the power of its mystery, we have committed ourselves to believe, live, serve, and share the experience of our faith in Christ; and not simply with our family members, but with everyone we meet in life. From the feast of the Ascension…

Apr

29

2015

By Fr. Michael Winn

Particular Law Now Available in Ukrainian and English

Featured Articles, News, UGCCcanon law, canons, particular law

The new Particular Law (Canons) have been reviewed in a process which lasted over 10 years. They oblige all Ukrainian Catholics. Also, all Eparchial statutes must be reviewed to make sure that they are compliant to the new laws. They were recently promulgated by our Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk. UKRAINIAN PDF | ENGLISH PDF

Apr

18

2015

By Fr. Michael Winn

Kneeling Prayers of Pentecost Sunday

LiturgyKneeling Prayers, Pentecost

First Kneeling Prayer Priest: Again and again on bended knee let us pray to the Lord. All: Lord, have mercy. Priest: O Lord, most pure, incorruptible, without beginning, invisible, incomprehensible, unsearchable, unchangeable, unsurpassable, immeasurable, and forebearing: You alone have immortality; You live in unapproachable light; You made heaven and earth and the sea and all things created in them. You grant to all their requests even before they ask. We pray to You, and we beseech You, O Master who loves all mankind, the Father of our Lord, God, and Saviour, Jesus Christ. For our sake and for the sake…

Apr

10

2015

By Fr. Michael Winn

Message of His Beatitude Sviatoslav on Pascha 2015

Christian Life, Featured Articles, NewsPastoral Letters, Sviatoslav

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! Let the divinely inspired Habbakuk stand with us at the divine watch; Let him show us the brilliant angel who proclaims: Today salvation comes to the world; for Christ, being Almighty, is risen. (Ode 4, Paschal Canon) Beloved in Christ! Once again we gather in Ukraine and throughout the world to greet one another on the glorious feast of our Lord’s Resurrection. For more than a year we have been traveling along a special…

Apr

10

2015

By Fr. Michael Winn

Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the Youth on Palm Sunday 2015

Christian Life, NewsPastoral Letters, Sviatoslav

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. (Prov. 23:26) Dear Young People in Christ! I always await Palm Sunday with great anticipation – the day of the glorious entrance of Christ into Jerusalem – for it is an opportunity to support and bless you and to speak to you the Word of God. Today we experience a profound Gospel event – the entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem. This is a celebration of Christ’s triumph and glory that opens the door to suffering and death, one of the most important episodes of His life. The…

Mar

07

2015

By Fr. Michael Winn

Lent is Time of ‘Joy’ for Eastern Catholics

Christian Life, Featured Articles, LiturgyLent

by Laura Ieraci The Catholic Telegraph, March 6, 2015 “Joy” is not a word people usually associate with strict fasting and penance — unless they are Eastern-rite Catholics. In the Eastern church, the penitential period that prepares believers to celebrate Easter, is called “Great Lent,” and its prayers invite the faithful to recognize their “need for forgiveness” and to “delight in the joy” of the fast. Mother Theodora, the “hegumena” or abbess of the Byzantine Catholic Christ the Bridegroom Monastery in Burton, Ohio, describes the Lenten disposition as “bright sadness.” “We recognize our weakness and sinfulness, but rejoice in the…