The Congregation of Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate was founded on the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother God, August 27, 1882, in the village of Zhuzhyl , Western Ukraine, where Father Cyril Seletsky was Pastor. The Co-foundress and first member of the...
1891 – September 7: Wasyl Elyniak and Ivan Pylypiw, the first Ukrainian settlers, land in Montreal. They emigrated from the village of Nebyliv (district Kalush), Western Ukraine. Shortly after arriving by train in Winnipeg, they find work in Gretna, Manitoba....
 The members of the Order of St. Basil, commonly called the Basilian Fathers, have been involved in extensive pastoral and work among the Ukrainian people since their arrival in Alberta at turn of the century. The first four Basilian missionaries arrived in Alberta in...
