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Overview of the Encyclical Laudato si'
Vatican City, 18 June 2015 (VIS) – The following text offers an overview of the 191 pages of the Encyclical Laudato si' and its key points, along...
Grief Conference Itinerary
Thursday Night A) Introduction to the Ellison’s and our experience of grief B) Death - Blessing, Curse, or Annihilation? Touching our own mortality...
Camp Oselia 2015 – July 19 – Aug 1
“Camp Oselia: Rome and the Underground Church” is quickly filling up! Register your children today. Camp Oselia is running from July 19th -August...
Message for World Missions Day: “There is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor”
Vatican City, 24 May 2015 (VIS) – The Holy Father's message for the 89th World Mission Day was published today. To be held on Sunday 18 October...
UGCC Theologians Meet to Continue Growth of Scholarly Endeavors
Ottawa Colloquium Participants in Chapel of Holy Spirit Seminary Front row, left to right: Fr. Andriy Onuferko, (Sheptytsky Institute), Fr. Ivan...
Pastoral Letter from His Beatitude on the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the End of World War II (UKR)
Любов понад усе! Звернення до вірних і всіх людей доброї волі з нагоди сімдесятих роковин закінчення Другої світової війни Звідки черпає силу увесь...
The Eparchy of Edmonton is hosting a Grief Conference
The Eparchy of Edmonton is hosting a Grief Conference on Thursday, June 11 (7-9 p.m.), Friday, June 12 (7-9 p.m.) and Saturday, June 13 (9 a.m. to 3...
Blessed Josaphata Michaelina Hordashevska: Co-foundress of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate
If some of you have not yet met Blessed Josaphata Hordashevska, co-foundress of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, it is my privilege to...
Canada's First Pope John Paul II Day
Source: http://hamiltondiocese.com April 2nd, 2015 will be Canada’s first Pope John Paul II Day after MP Wladislaw Lizon’s Private Member’s Bill...
Paschal (Easter) Schedule & Graveside Services 2015
Edmonton Parishes: Dormition Parish - Paschal Schedule 2015 Exaltation of the Holy Cross Parish - Paschal Schedule 2015 Protection of the BVM &...
COLF: Life-giving Love
The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) last fall announced a new campaign entitled Life-giving Love, whose purpose is to help the...
Experience the Joy of The Resurrection! A Journey of Hope through Icons
Friday, Apri I 17 (7 :00 pm) to Sunday, April 19 (1 :00 pm) Bishop David Motiuk At this time of the year we look for signs of new life! The seeds...
Becoming a More Welcoming Parish: Letter on the Survey Results
Thank you to all who responded to the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton’s “Becoming a More Welcoming Parish” survey. The Eparchial Pastoral...
To the Bishops of Ukraine: Indicate the Values that Bind Ukrainian Society
Source: VIS Vatican City, 20 February 2015 (VIS) - “I welcome you to this house, which is also yours. And you are well aware of this, as the...
Ukrainian bishops seek to be heard over the din of rhetoric
By Laura Ieraci Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As the Ukrainian Catholic bishops met in a private audience with Pope Francis Feb. 20,...
Ukrainian bishops to tell pope of 'aggression of our neighbor'
Source: Catholic Herald by Laura Ieraci Ukrainian Catholic bishops have come to Rome to tell Pope Francis “the truth” about the war in their country...
Pilgrimage Icon of Blessed Josaphata: Journeying through the Eparchy of Edmonton
The Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate will be celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the founding of their religious congregation in 2017. Sr....
Short History of the SSMI
Source: ssmi.org The Birth of Our Congregation As a young woman of Lviv, Ukraine, Michaelina Hordashevska experienced a call to the religious life...
Publication of the Homiletic Directory
Vatican City, 10 February 2015 (VIS) – The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments today published the Homiletic...
Declaration of the director of the Holy See Press Office on the situation in Ukraine
Vatican City, 10 February 2015 (VIS) - “The Holy See is following attentively the situations of crisis in various parts of the world, including the...
Publication of the Homiletic Directory
Vatican City, 10 February 2015 (VIS) – The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments today published the Homiletic...
God Alone is the Arbiter of Life
COLF Reaction to Supreme Court Decision in the Carter Case February 6, 2015 is a sad day for our country. Today, Canadians are confronted with the...
CCCB: Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide
Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide by the Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau and President of the Canadian Conference of...
Is it too late for Christians in the Middle East?
Vulnerable Christian families are fighting for survival. We will explore the crisis in Syria, Iraq & all the Middle East and if there is still...
FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND AWARENESS AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita, 8 February 2015 Message by the Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher President, Canadian Conference of Catholic...
Worldwide Religious Freedom Report 2014
Aid to the Church in Need has released its Worldwide Religious Freedom Report 2014. Referring to what it describes as the “silent war” involving the...
NATIVITY GREETING FROM PATRIARCH SVIATOSLAV (2014) – ENG/UKR
CHRISTMAS PASTORAL LETTER OF HIS BEATITUDE SVIATOSLAV Most Reverend Metropolitans, Archbishops and Bishops, Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers,...
Pastoral Letter of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada on the Occasion of the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord (2014-2015) (ENG/UKR)
To the Reverend Clergy, Religious Women and Men, Monastics, Seminarians and Laity Christ is Born! Let us Glorify Him! Jesus is born in a family...
Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood of Canada – Eparchy of Edmonton donated a one-of-a-kind Nativity Set
The Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood of Canada - Eparchy of Edmonton donated a one-of-a-kind Nativity Set to Saint Josaphat Cathedral. The set was a...
Christmas & Theophany Service Schedules 2014
Edmonton Parishes: Dormition Parish - Christmas Schedule Holy Eucharist & Protection of the BVM Parish - Christmas Schedule Holy Cross Parish -...
Alberta Health Services, Catholic Bishops Formalize Collaborative Partnership
By Lorraine Turchansky Director, Communications and Public Relations, Archdiocese of Edmonton Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the Catholic Bishops...
PHOTOS: Grande Prairie Parish – New Church Building
On December 5th, the eve of St. Nicholas, Grande Prairie Parish received the gift of a new church building. We are now better able to accommodate...
Permanent Synod Meeting in Kyiv
Picture: Bishop Borys of Paris, Metropolitan & Archbishop Volodymyr of Ivano-Frankivsk, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the...
The WHAT, WHY and HOW of the KISS OF PEACE in the Divine Liturgy
What? The Kiss of Peace was an important part of the early Christian liturgy, before East-West distinctions, as a public expression of...
Ukrainian Bilingual Students and Aboriginal Students Gathered Together
Students of the Ukrainian Bilingual Program at Austin O’Brien Catholic High School and Aboriginal Students from Saint Joseph Catholic High School...
Survey Extended and Now Includes a PDF Printable Copy
Survey – How Welcoming is My Parish? As part of our 25 Year Pastoral Plan, the Eparchy of Edmonton is working towards transforming our parishes...