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Photos: Making an Ice Cross for the Feast of Theophany
Year of Mercy Column: What Is Mercy?
Author: Peter Yaremko The Hebrew word “hesed” is often translated as “mercy.” But “mercy” as commonly understood today does not do justice to the...
Photos: Door of Mercy at St Matthew’s Catholic Elementary School, Edmonton
Year of Mercy Column: Christmas
Author: Peter Yaremko The Old Testament book of Exodus warns us that no one can see God and live. But during these days of celebration of the...
Year of Mercy Column: What Does “Jubilee” Mean?
Author: Peter Yaremko Jubilee years have a deep history in the Hebrew scriptures. According to Leviticus, slaves and prisoners were freed, debts...
Year of Mercy Column: Why Did the Pope Choose Dec 8?
Author: Peter Yaremko The Jubilee Year of Mercy opened on December 8, the fiftieth anniversary of the closing of Second Vatican Council. On this...
Year of Mercy Column: The Jubilee Prayer of Pope Francis
Author: Peter Yaremko You and I cannot be in Rome on Tuesday when the Holy Father opens The Jubilee Year of Mercy by throwing open the Holy Door of...
“Gender theory”/“Gender ideology” – Select Teaching Resources
The following select excerpts from various sources are intended to provide some information (not exhaustive) in the area of “gender theory”/“gender...
His Beatitude Patriarch Sviatoslav: Pastoral Letter on the Occasion of the Opening of the Holy Year of Mercy (UKR)
«Милосердя хочу!» (Мт. 9, 13) ПОСЛАННЯ з нагоди проголошення Святого року Божого милосердя в УГКЦ Дорогі в Христі! Разом з усією Вселенською...
VIDEOS: Witness Talks by Deacon Mike Bombak and Diakonissa Kim Bombak
Witness talks given the Eparchial Convention: https://www.facebook.com/St.Josaphat.UCC/videos/428591657341274/...
Bishop David: Remembering the Holodomor
Year of Mercy Column: The Gaze of Mercy
Author: Peter Yaremko Today is the third Sunday of the Nativity Fast (Advent). In little more than a week, Pope Francis will open the Jubilee Year...
Year of Mercy Column: The Hundreth Lamb
Author: Peter Yaremko What does the Jubilee logo try to say to us? The logo and the motto of the Jubilee Year of Mercy summarize what the Year is...
Advent Mission St. Josaphat Cathedral
St. Josaphat Cathedral 10825 97th Street N.W. Edmonton Commencing at all Divine Liturgies on the Lord’s Day: Saturday, December 12 – 5 PM; Sunday,...
Year of Mercy Column: Why Mercy?
Author: Peter Yaremko The Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis begins December 8. What is it that makes mercy such an important part of...
Year of Mercy Column: Announcement
Author: Peter Yaremko The Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis begins one month from today—December 8. Even though it’s weeks away, we...
Pontifical Council for Migrants highlights issue of human trafficking
(Vatican Radio) The Pontifical Council of Migrant and Itinerant People's has issued a final document following an international symposium on the...
2016 Marriage Preparation Weekend
A Marriage Preparation Weekend is being hosted at St. Josaphat Cathedral in Edmonton, February 5th to 7th, 2016. Couples planning to marry within...
Communication and Mercy: A Fruitful Encounter
The choice of theme this years has clearly been determined by the Celebration of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, and the Holy Father undoubtedly...
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 24th WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 2016
(11 FEBRUARY 2016) Entrusting Oneself to the Merciful Jesus like Mary: “Do whatever he tells you” (Jn 2:5) Dear Brothers and Sisters, The...
Pope's letter on the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Vatican City, 1 September 2015 (VIS) – The Holy Father has sent a letter to Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for...
Message of His Holiness Pope Francis For the 31st World Youth Day
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” (Mt 5:7) Dear Young People, We have come to the last stretch of our pilgrimage to Krakow,...
Head of the UGCC: "Today the Church has a sacred duty to protect and preserve the family"
Source: risu.org Translated by Fr Athanasius McVay "The modern family in Ukraine is marked by difficulties of post-communist society, which...
VIDEO: Carl Hetu on the Crisis in Ukraine
Head of CNEWA Canada, Carl Hetu, analyzes the crisis in Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrIRdG26WwQ&rel0
Letter: CCCB President to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada on Assisted Suicide
Source: cccb.ca Dear Minister, Further to the ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada this past February 6, the Catholic Bishops of Canada welcomed...
Bishop David: Video Message for the New Liturgical and School Year
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Spedden Burned to the Ground
It is with a sad heart that I inform you that Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Spedden, Alberta has burned to the ground. At about 3:00 am....
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation – Sept 1
Earlier this August, Pope Francis instituted the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which will be on September 1 annually, beginning in...
VIDEO: Pontifical Divine Liturgy – Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God
Book: The Way of Renewal by Joseph Slipyj
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Grief Share – Grief recovery support group
An 11 week program for those searching for support in their grief at the loss of a loved one will be held at the Chancery office of the Edmonton...
One Billion Tourists, One Billion Opportunities
1. It was 2012 when the symbolic barrier of one billion international tourist arrivals was surpassed. Now the numbers continue to grow so much that...
Source: Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday approved the publication of decrees recognizing the heroic virtues of eight Servants...
Recognition of Metropolitan Andrey’s Heroic Virtue – Now Venerable Andrey
Source: www.sheptytskyinstitute.ca Statement from the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies Regarding Pope Francis’s...
"Heroic virtues" of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky & 7 others
Source: Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday received in private audience His Eminence Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., the Prefect...
Particular Law Now Available in Ukrainian and English
The new Particular Law (Canons) have been reviewed in a process which lasted over 10 years. They oblige all Ukrainian Catholics. They were...