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Becoming Byzantine

Akathists and Molebens, Catechism Resources, Christian Life, Christology, Church, Communion with the Catholic Church, Communities, Divine Liturgy, Divine Praises, Domestic Church, Ecumenism, Faith, Fasting, Featured Articles, Great Lent, History, Holy Mysteries, Holy Tradition, Liturgical Year, Liturgy, Pascha, Personal Prayer, Podcasts, Prayer of the Heart, Relations with other Churches, Salvation History, Scripture, Teaching, Theosis, Trinity, UGCC Catechism July 18, 2022 Fr. Michael Winn

The series, Becoming Byzantine, is intended to be an online introduction to Byzantine Catholic Faith, Worship, and Life, based on the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha. Each month, the series sponsors a 90-minute webinar which will serve as a conversation introducing the topics and themes from the Catechism (which can be read afterwards), […]

MASI Study Days: July 15-17, 2022

Announcements, Church, Featured Articles, News May 7, 2022 Respected Author

Drinking from the Hidden Fountain: Thinking and Living with the Patristic Heritage At the heart of the Eastern Christian tradition is the first millennium of Christianity. This period, its figures, and its controversies determine the theology, worship, and spirituality that Eastern Christians are submerged in today. MASI’s 2022 Study Days dives deep into this wellspring […]

An Extraordinary Life for Extraordinary Times

Church, Featured Articles, History, News February 17, 2022 Respected Author

by Lidia Wasylyn Who could have guessed that a child born February 17, 1892, into a humble, deeply religious family in Western Ukraine would become a prince of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, leading his flock into the 20th century? Such was God’s plan for this child and from an early age, his faith pulled him […]

Being Ukrainian Catholic

Both Lungs, Featured Articles, Parishes December 7, 2021 Brent Kostyniuk

by Brent Kostyniuk In certain ways, it is easy being Ukrainian Catholic in a city like Edmonton. Ukrainians form fourteen percent of the population and have been there since the first Ukrainian pioneers arrived in the 1890s. The city is the seat of one of Canada’s five Ukrainian Catholic Eparchies and boasts nine Ukrainian Catholic […]

Lumen Christi Institute Announces Fall Webinar Series: Eastern Catholic Theology in Action

Announcements, Church, Faith, Featured Articles, Liturgy, News August 29, 2020 Respected Author

To register for any or all webinars, please follow this link. Distinct in their liturgy, theology, spirituality, and discipline of Church life, 23 Eastern Churches are in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council urged the Eastern Catholic Churches to cultivate and promote their unique share of the tradition. This series responds […]

2020 Streaming Liturgical Services

Christian Life, Communities, Featured Articles, Liturgy, News March 21, 2020 Fr. Michael Winn 5 Comments

During this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, most, if not all, churches in North America are closed to the public for Divine Services. Here is a list, which will be updated daily, of live streaming services of various Ukrainian Catholic Churches in North America and the world. If you want us to add a link […]

Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with the Enthronement of Metropolitan Borys Gudziak

Church, Featured Articles, Homilies & Sermons, News June 4, 2019 Fr. Michael Winn

Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada Gathers on Abuse Issue

Church, Featured Articles, News December 18, 2018 Respected Author

Bishops from across Canada and/or their representatives and others experts gathered at the Chancery of the Archeparchy of Winnipeg to discuss and deal with the tragic issue that has rocked the Catholic world – the abuse of minors by clergy. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a new document on the question, entitled, […]

Prayer in Our Parishes and in Our Families

Bishops Letters, Domestic Church, Featured Articles, Parishes, Personal Prayer November 17, 2018 Fr. Michael Winn

To Our Clergy, Hieromonks and Brothers, Religious Sisters, Seminarians and Beloved Faithful In the last few years in our Church we often mention the “Vibrant Parish” strategy. In my opinion, one sign of a vibrant parish lies in its ability to give life and give birth to new, living, vibrant parishioners. A dead or dying […]

Cathedral ‘built on perogies’ embraces its heritage

Featured Articles, Holy Tradition, Iconography, News, Parishes July 23, 2018 Fr. Michael Winn

By Agnieszka Krawczynski NEW WESTMINSTER—A small Byzantine community in New Westminster is embracing its culture after decades of masking itself as just another Roman Catholic church. “Our Byzantine rite was not appreciated as much, so we were trying to look more like Roman Catholics – ‘Let’s just have two little icons, maybe one big icon, […]