Blog Post

Jun
27
2013
By Fr. Roman Planchak
Righteousness Through Faith in Christ

Righteousness Through Faith in Christ

Faith, Featured Articles
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax raised many an eyebrow at the 1965 World Series when he refused to pitch at the opening game because it was Yom Kippur. He remains a model for countless observant Jewish athletes, debaters, spellers and other competitors who decline to practice or compete on the Sabbath, even if it means forfeiting a championship. As one Jewish teenager put it, “Shabbat is not at all voluntary and not something you can compromise on.” Observant Jews do not see the Law as arbitrary but as the rational will of God for them. When the Hellenistic king…
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Jun
21
2013
By Fr. Roman Planchak
June 24, Nativity of St. John the Forerunner

June 24, Nativity of St. John the Forerunner

News
Nativity of the Honourable and Glorious Prophet John  Forerunner and Baptist of Christ; Romans 13:11-14:4; Luke 1:1-25  57-68  76  80 June 24 - The Nativity of St. John the Forerunner and Baptist of Christ [button style="success"]Click here to subscribe in iTunes[/button] [button style="success"]Click here to subscribe in RSS[/button]
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Jun
20
2013
By Fr. Michael Winn
The Family Altar: Establishing a Place of Prayer

The Family Altar: Establishing a Place of Prayer

Christian Life, Prayer
by Deacon Michael Hyatt As a young junior high school student, I wasn't fast enough to run most track and field events. But one event I could participate in was the relay race. A large part of our training was concerned with handing off the baton. The idea was to sprint as fast as you could to the next runner on your team. His job was to meet you about fifteen yards before the hand-off and run with you, being careful to match your pace exactly. In this way, you didn't have to stop to hand him the baton; you…
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Jun
20
2013
By Fr. Michael Winn
iWitness: Youth Evangelizing Youth

iWitness: Youth Evangelizing Youth

Featured Articles, News
The Eparchy of Edmonton has put together an exciting online program where students can show their faith to their peers in order to spread the Good News and possibly win great prizes. Much like reality TV programs, people will be able to view and vote for their favourite submissions.  The submissions with the most votes in each age category will be declared winners.  Winners receive prizes for themselves and a cash prize for their class room. For more details and to see the project, please go to www.iwitness.edmontoneparchy.com
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Jun
19
2013
By Fr. Michael Winn
Isaiah: The Fifth Gospel

Isaiah: The Fifth Gospel

Faith
In Winter of 2004, I followed a graduate course on Eastern Christian Hermeneutics and Exegesis in the Prophecy of Isaiah. It was taught by an excellent man and professor, Fr. Andrew Onuferko. At the time he was also the Acting Director of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. One section of the course highlighted the early Church and their use of the only Scriptures they knew of at the time what we Christians now call the Old Testament. The author, John Sawyer in his excellent book, The Fifth Gospel: Isaiah in the…
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Jun
19
2013
By Most Rev. Lawrence Huculak
The Iconostasis and the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada

The Iconostasis and the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada

Faith, Liturgy
Introduction The Sistine Chapel in Rome is famous, not only as the place where new popes are elected but also for the important series of frescoes, begun in 1508, by arguably the world’s greatest artist, Michelangelo. On 12 November 1979, two icons by a lesser-known artist, Sviatoslav Hordynsky, were placed in the Sistine Chapel for the episcopal ordination of Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, as Metropolitan-Archbishop of Philadelphia. The service took place according to the Ukrainian Byzantine Liturgical rites and the main celebrant was Pope John Paul II. The Sistine Chapel obviously did not lack in artistic decoration, but it was lacking…
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