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Encounter 2012
is Planned for You!

ncounter takes its cue from

the meeting of Simeon and
Anna with the new-born
Christ. They met the Savior and through
Him saw salvation in the light of revelation contained in Him.
In 1999 and 2006 Encounters were
held for Eastern Catholic Churches in
Boston and Chicago. These meetings
were first planned by Romeand were
open to bishops and a few invited clergy.
The second series was planned by our
bishops and was open to some invited
laity.
Encounter 2012, however is open to
anyone interested in spiritual and educational growth.
Encounter 2012 will
be convened in three
locations across
the countryin
a span of
forty-five
days.
Encounter 2012 is
sponsored
by the Eastern Catholic
Bishops.
This Encounter extends an
invitation to all in
the United States
and Canada to participate in a session convenient
for them.
All will focus on one theme:
Together in ChristThe Spirituality of
Discipleship: A Call to Holiness.
First of the three is in Independence,
Ohio, a Cleveland suburb, from
September 20-23. This is mainly for
those in western Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan and the Chicagoland areaor
elsewhere in the Mid-West.
Second in the series is convenient to
the East Coast, the New York-New
Jersey area and New England. It will be
in Hillsboro, New Jersey, October 11-14.
Third in the series is set in the Los
Angeles area: November 1-4. Persons on
the West Coast or Southwest especially
are invited here.
Three locations were chosen to
accommodate the widely-spread population of Eastern Catholics, giving some
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might not have been possible for all who
wished to join the Encounter experience.
All three will have similar schedules.
Arrival is expected by Friday evening
and departure after Sunday brunch. Each
day there will be prayer services in several of the various liturgical traditions
Armenian; ByzantineMelkite, Romanian, Ruthenian, Ukrainian; Syriac
Chaldean. Maronite, Syriac, Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara.
Four plenary sessions at each gathering will address: 1) Who is the Church;
2) Activity of the Royal Priesthood: Lay
Leadership in the Church; 3) The How
and What of Lay Leadership: Put on
Christ; 4) Blueprint for Church
Growth. Excellent presenters have been
chosenand announced when all
acceptances have been confirmed.
Clergy who have weekend obligations
will have a special program presented
Thursday or Friday evening.
Members of St Nicholas Eparchy
interested in attending may choose any
of the three. Most will probably be
attracted to the Cleveland area or to the
site within the eparchy, in Los Angeles.
Registration is $75.00 per person (or,
for five or more from one parish, $50.00
each, with early reservation). Hospitality
and meals are included. Travel and lodging are the responsibility of each participant. Special hotel rates are available. As
with any similar event, vendors of
Eastern Christian books, icons and other
wares are invited to display and sell their
goods.
Details will soon be available to eparchial offices. Interested persons are to
check with their pastors or the Bishop's
Chancery.
As one of the sponsoring hierarchs,
Bishop Richard encourages each parish
to have some representation at at least
one of the three venues.
Bulletin announcements are to be
forthcoming from the regional coordinators: Ohio: Sr Marion Dobos; New
Jersey: Fr Edward Cimbala; and Fr
Justin Rose, California.
The bishops have entrusted the planning to a national committee that
includes Bishop NICHOLAS (Samra);
Very Rev Gregory Noga, Fr John Lucas
and Dr Barbara Lutz.

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SviatoSLav
to the Clergy, Religious and all the Faithful
of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
The Vibrant Parisha place to encounter the living Christ
Dearly Beloved in Christ!
Introduction
our Lord Jesus Christ before His ascension into heaven instructed his
disciples, saying: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, teaching them to observe all that i have commanded you. and
behold, i am with you always, to the end of the age (Mat 28:18-29).
this commission of Christ to proclaim the Good News was given not
only to the first disciples, the apostles, it is directed to the Church in
all times, even to the end of the ages. the Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Church, in fulfilling this commission of our Divine Savior, speaking
through the Bishops of its Holy Synod five years ago, defined Holiness of a united people of God as the goal of her ministry. Holiness is
Gods gift, and the vocation of every Christian. For this is the will of
God, your sanctification, St. Paul reminds us in the letter to the thessalonians (1 Th 4:2).
the parish is the place where Christian holiness most often germinates,
grows, and matures. For this reason
the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian
Greek Catholic Church in 2011, in its
concern for the spiritual renewal of
our entire Church, focused its particular atten- tion on the parish, that
foundational portion of the People of
God, which strives for holiness under
the guidance of its bishop as father
and teacher of the faith. the program,
which the Holy Synod approved, is
called, the vibrant Parish a place
to encounter the living Christ. the
goal of this pastoral program is to help
all the faithful of our Church to learn
to live in order to please God (1 Th
4:1), and thus to grow in holiness and
unity in Christ Jesus.
in this Pastoral Letter, i would like to
reflect on the key components of a vibrant parish.
The Word of God
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing
one another in all wisdom, St. Paul teaches us in the Epistle to the
Colossians (Col 3:16). through the Word of God we come to know
Christ, we encounter Him, and enter into a living relationship with
Him. ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ, said St. Jerome.
in our parishes we want to follow the example of the first Christians
so that the Word of God might become the foundation of our ecclesial, parochial, family, social, and personal life. i strongly urge pastors
to diligently prepare their homilies based on the proclaimed Word of
God in such a way that this Word might become living and active in
the life of our parishioners, capable of nourishing them, giving them
answers to real issues of the day, and inspiring them to service.
the Word of God should bear visible fruit in our everyday lives because only those who keep this Word, that is, obey it, will be called
blessed in the Lord (see Lk 11:28). in our parishes there should not be
a single family which does not own a Bible. i encourage all our faithful
to read the Sacred Scriptures on a daily basis; this is done ideally
through participation in parish bible-study groups or through prayerful
reading at home. the newly-published Catechism of the Ukrainian
Greek Catholic Church, Christ our Pascha, is another essential volume which should become a handbook of faith for all the members of
our Church children, youth, and adults. the Catechism, according to

Metropolitan aNDREy (Sheptytsky), is the foundation of Christian life.

on this occasion i wish to emphasize that all the members of our
Church have a personal responsibility throughout their whole lives to
acquire an ever deeper knowledge of the truth of the Holy Faith, while
the clergy must not neglect their responsibility of teaching the faith to
their parishioners, not only through preaching, but also through catechetical instruction. When we speak of catechesis, we understand this
to be a continuous process of entering into the mystery of the Church,
to be applied not only to children who are preparing to receive the Holy
Mysteries (Sacraments). Permanent and continuous formation for various age groups children, youth, adults, and the elderly is an essential component of the vibrant parish. Finally, i would to emphasize that
just as it is with the Bible, so too the Catechism of our Church should
be a handbook for each member of our community as it is a most valuable aid for a proper understanding and
reading of the Word of God.
Holy Mysteries (Sacraments) and
Prayer
the Word of God is the foundation of
Christian life, while the Holy Eucharist
is its source and at the same time its
culmination. Gathered at the Divine
Liturgy, the parish community unites
with its invisible head, Christ, and with
all the saints and angels, thus enacting
a mystical union between heaven and
earth, between time and eternity. the
Divine Liturgy, which a duly appointed
priest celebrates in unity with and on
behalf of his bishop, is also a time of
building up the Church, the body of
Christ, which has our Lord as its Head.
there is no moment more precious in
our earthly life than the Divine Liturgy.
that is why Sunday, the holy Day of
our Lord, should be honored by every
Christian, and participation in the Divine Liturgy should be considered not
as an obligation imposed by the
Church, which requires our obedience,
but it should be received as a gift from our Lord, who longs to encounter us, in order to fill us with His grace and love. We cannot live
without Sunday! was the motto of the early Christians of the first centuries, and they preferred a martyrs death to agreeing under pressure
from the pagans to work on Sunday. this motto we Christians of the
21st century must make our own, and we should persistently guard the
holiness and inviolability of the Lords Day. Members of a vibrant
parish also actively participate in the Holy Mysteries (Sacraments).
Regularly, if possible even daily, they gather for the services in praise
of our Heavenly Father. they frequently go to Confession and receive
Holy Communion. in a vibrant parish church organizations combine
their activities with common prayer, finding in it their strength and inspiration. No less important is our private prayer personal and family
prayer which extends and continues our liturgical prayer in the
Church. our parishes, and in them our families, must again become a
school of prayer for all of our faithful.
Serving Ones Neighbor
another important element, which expresses the inner nature of the
Church and reveals the vibrancy of a parish is diakonia, which means
serving in love or performing charitable activity. this service to our
neighbor flows from our rootedness in Christ. active love of neighbor
is the vocation and task of each Christian without exception. it is only

faith, acting in love, which leads us to salvation (see Gal 5:6). Faith
without works is dead (see James 2:26). as you did it to one of the
least of these My brethren, you did it to Me (Mat 25:40), says the
Lord Jesus.
Let us look around us in this world there is so much tragedy and
poverty, so much loneliness and sorrow, pain and suffering! all the challenging circumstances of our life on earth these are for us an invitation
to active love, which is an expression of living faith. the Lord wants to
open our eyes to the suffering world so that we might learn to truly love
and to express Gods love to our neighbor by our attention to them,
by our sincere sympathy, support, by our words of encouragement and
good cheer, but mainly, through acts of mercy. it is only then that we
can consider ourselves vibrant Christians and our parishes can become
places where care is given to the orphan, protection for the widow, help
for the poor, and where the suffering of the sick is shared. thus we will
reveal to the world the maternal face of the Church and will become
the living sign of the presence of God among humankind, according to
the words of St. augustine: if you see charity, you see the trinity.
Leadership
the parish is a community of faithful who, under the leadership of the
bishop and their pastors, fulfill their calling to unity with God the Father
through our Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. the Lord Jesus constantly acts in our communities through the Holy Spirit sending down
His gifts for the development and growth of His Body. the apostle Paul
thus explains: and his gifts were that some should be apostles, some
prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the
saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until
we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of
God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness
of Christ, (Eph 4:11-13). the leadership of the parish community is
exercised under the leadership of the bishop as head and father. Each
par- ish should be an organized community in which, under the care of
their pastor and in cooperation with him, members serve one another
according to the gifts which they received from the Lord.
therefore, church leadership is not the fulfillment of a particular administrative office, but first of all service to God and neighbor. in practice this means that for a parish to be vibrant, it must have active parish
and pastoral councils. in addition, a parish must have well-formed and
mature co-workers who assist the priest in leading catechetical schools,
church brotherhoods, charitable works, youth organizations and prayer
groups. one of the most important responsibilities of leadership in the
parish community is discerning Gods will and searching for the best
ways of implementing it in the life of the parish.
Fostering and Serving Unity
the acts of the apostles convey a sense of profound unity which existed among the members of the first community of Christs disciples:
the community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one
claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common (Acts 4:32). this spiritual state of being of the first
Christian community can be expressed with the term koinonia (communion) which conveys unity, harmony and common life. to be Church
is to abide in the communion of the Holy Spirit, the grace of our Lord
Jesus, and the love of God the Father. thus, the unity of the church is
an icon of the unity of Persons of the Holy trinity. this unity can be
seen on different levels: on the level of the Universal and Particular
Church, the eparchy, and the individual parish. it may happen that
through our weakness and sinfulness we do not reflect this unity. Ever
aware of this, we all must cherish and foster unity, preserving full communion with the successor of the apostle Peter, the Holy Father, with
the hierarchy of our Church, with the local bishops and pastors who act
in their name.
the parish is a community of communities. in a parish there will be
various prayer groups, brotherhoods, and youth organizations. all of
these are called to strengthen unity and love among the mem- bers of
the parish community. By supporting one another through prayer, by
sharing Gods gifts and working together in a Christ-like spirit of service, we will be able to bring to life our synodal program: Holiness of
a united people of God. We cannot be indifferent to the fact that the
descendants of the Baptism under St. volodymyr today are divided and
estranged from one another. at the Last Supper, Christ prayed to His
Heavenly Father for His disciples, that all may be one (John 17:21).
Bearing in mind these words of Christ, i sincerely ask you all today
let us pray for the unity of the Church, let us pray for the restoration of

unity of all the churches of the Kyivan tradition. and above all, in the
spirit of the love of Christ, let us make every effort to avoid any words
or actions which could damage our brothers and sisters in Christ or offend them. Even though at times we may be subjected to mockery and
pressure, let us not give in to the temptation to respond to evil with evil.
May Christs prayer for his wrong-doers and the teaching of the apostle
of the Nations become a testament for us: Do not be overcome by evil,
but overcome evil with good (Rom 12:21).
Missionary Spirit of the Parish Community
Jesus Christ said to His disciples: you are the salt of the earth... you
are the light of the world (at 5:13-14), and by this He calls us to
reach outside our church communities to carry Christs teaching into
the world, to transform the world with the Spirit of Christ. a church
community, renewed in the Holy Spirit, by its very life becomes a living
sermon of Christ and His presence. Here it is worth mentioning one of
the favorite phrases of Blessed John XXiii, that the parish is the fountain at the center of the village, to which all come to quench their thirst.
it is our wish that our parishes become such spiritual well-springs so
that people would be drawn to them, and be able to find support and
strength, love and grace in one word, salvation.
Returning to the Lords commission with which we began this letter,
we will note: Jesus Christ teaches us that we are to be ready to bear witness to Him not only with our life, but also in word. Frequently it is the
case today that Christians are ashamed to acknowledge their faith, hiding it by their silence and passivity, instead of defending the Church of
Christ and standing in the defense of the rights and dignity of the human
person. our pastoral initiatives, catechesis, Divine services, the reading
of Gods word, etc. should make us strong and unwavering in our faith,
as well as always ready to make a defense to anyone who asks you for
a reason for the hope that is in you (1Pt 3:15).
With particular recognition and thanks, i would like to mention today
those priests and religious, who, guided by a missionary spirit, provide
spiritual care to our faithful outside of the territory of our homeland
in particular, to our emigrants. i also acknowledge those who preach
the word of God in prisons, in the military, and to all who have yet to
know and encounter Christ in their lives. our Church as a whole must
support them and pray that they may be strengthened by the Holy Spirit
in this most important ministry.
Dearly beloved in Christ! in listening or reading these words, many of
you may ask: who will implement these important and much needed
initiatives? Who will ensure that our parishes are truly vibrant? the
bishop, perhaps? Maybe our pastor together with other members of the
clergy? Perhaps this is partially the work of catechists or consecrated
religious if their monastery is located on the territory of the parish? the
answer to this question is simple: each and every one of us is responsible
for the renewal of our parish communities. Christs commandments
apply to all faithful Christians without exception. together, we all form
the one, Holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church. that is why all of us
need to be living stones as we build our parish community, through
which the Church is present where we live.
therefore, i encourage all of you: open the doors of your hearts and
your homes to Christ, allow His Holy Spirit to transform you, purify
and strengthen you in Gods love! and i invite all laity, religious, and
clergy to the renewal of our church life on our native lands and abroad.
Let us move forward, strengthened in Gods grace, and trusting in His
Holy Providence, which guides our Church through the ages!
i entrust all of you, dearly beloved in Christ, to the motherly pro- tection
of the Most Holy theotokos. May our heavenly Mother lead us to her
Son! May the holy protectors of the Ukrainian lands, in particular, the
blessed martyrs of the last century, intercede for us. through their suffering, often with the greatest sacrifice of their very lives, our persecuted
Church, which found itself in the catacombs for decades, was truly vibrant
and life-giving. By their example and their intercession may they be a
sign of hope for us and a promise of the Lords blessing in our ministry.
the blessing of the Lord be upon you!

+ SviatoSLav
Given in Kyiv, December 2, 2011 AD
at the Patriarchal Sobor of the Resurrection of our Lord

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June, 2012

Bishop Richard's Anniversary

June 4 was the ninth
anniversary of
the ordination and
enthronement of
His Grace, Bishop
RICHARD, as Eparch of
St Nicholas Eparchy.
As he enters his tenth
year with us, we pray:

God, grant to His

Servant, the bishop,
RicHaRd, peace, health
and happiness, for
many, blessed years!
The heraldry of Bishop Richard is
replicated in mosaic form on the front
of the Bishop's Chancery.

Annual Clergy Chrism Conference Held

he annual Clergy Conference of the Eparchy of

St Nicholas was once again convened in the
Cardinal Stritch Retreat House in Mundelein,
Illinois.
Deacons and priests from near and far converged on
the tranquil setting in order to let the clerics bask in the
serene surroundings, unfettered by the usual commotion of daily lifeto be able to devote their attention to
the profound message of the presenter.
This time around, Bishop Richard tapped the
resources of St Nicholas Eparchy, asking Fr David
Anderson of St Peter's in Ukiah, California, to share
some insights with his brothers in ministry.
The college professor-priest brought his vast experience and knowledge to the fore as he presented four
sessions of instructive material to the attention of those
in attendance. Beginning with the observation that our
Church has inherited a profound spiritual treasury of
solid theological concepts, he further explained how
each prayer, ritual, action and thought is influenced by messages from
God stemming from His
revelation to His people
from the earliest time.
Noting that the central
element of our Faith
the Eucharistpresents
to us the Eternal (Risen)
and Ever-present God,
Father David reminded
us that Jesus is always
with us. The words:
take, eat, this is My
Bishop Richards daily
Body which is broken
homily was as an excerpt for you and drink...this
from his journal.
is My Blood which is
shed for you are in the present tense. It is in clear conformity with the message delivered by God to Moses,
who encountered Him in the burning bush, saying: I
am Who am. In the framework of this Presence, Fr
David built his presentation.
After the twice-daily sessions were concluded, other
matters were brought to the attention of the clergy
present. Two items of interest were specifically
addressed. One was the up-coming Encounter
2012a presentation by the Eastern Catholic bishops
of America for those interested in exploring avenues of
evangelization. Reporting information from a meeting
earlier in the week in Parma, Ohio, Fr John Lucas gave

Fr Basil Salkovski, OSBM, Chicago Dean,

distributed vials of the Holy Chrism
here to Fr David Anderson.
an overview of the program which will be presented in
three weekend sessions in three locationsEast Coast,
Midwest and West Coast this September, October and
November. Fr John distributed bi-lingual copies of bulletin announcements to each pastor or administrator
present.
Next on the agenda, Fr Leonard Korchinski reported
on a meeting he recently attended in Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada. All Ukrainian Catholics in English-speaking
countries were presented a procedure for implementing
the Vital Parish program of His Beatitude, SVIATOSLAV (Shevchuk). The clergy was then placed into
six groups, each to study a section of His Beatitudes
encyclical, and report back to the entire group the
results of their particular study. As an aid to the implementation of the Vital Parish program, the entire
document is presented to readers of New Star in this
issue.
A final session on the
last day dealt with items
of eparchial concerns of
the clergy, with a brief
time for discussion.
Interspersed over the
four days were daily
liturgies, during which
His Grace, Bishop RICHARD (Seminack) offered
readings from his daily
Fr David presents his topic
journal as points of meditation.
During the day, meals were scheduled, and each
evening was set aside for congenial gatherings
of camaraderie and socializing.
After the last Divine Liturgy of the conference, Holy Chrism was distributed to each
parisha sign of solidarity of each local community with the bishop who consecrated the
Holy Oils for the express use of the priest in
administering the Mystery of Chrismation.
Fr John Lucas (LEFT) and Fr Leonard
Korchinski discuss strategies
of their presentations.

Eastern Bishops
Visit Rome

art of the responsibility of every bishop of the

Church is to present a status report of flock he
tends. In a cycle of a five-year rotation, archpastors
from around the globe make the journey to the
threshold of the Apostles (in Latin ad limina apostolarum). Hierarchs from the United States have
been paying this visit throughout the year 2012,
grouped primarily by geographical region. Up until
the present, bishops of the Eastern Churches were
included in one of the fourteen established regions.
Under this arrangement an Eastern bishop would,
perhaps, by his presence, give evidence to the
catholic nature of the Church in America. Occasionally a region would have several Eastern
prelates; some regions would have one representative of an Eastern tradition. There were, too, regions
with no episcopal representation from the East.
With the recent establishment of Region XV of
USCCB, Eastern Catholic Bishops were able to
maximize the benefits of the mutual sharing of experiences and concerns for their own particular
Churchas their needs and expectations vary very
widely from those of the Latin Rite. Under the present configuration of regions, now exists increased
opportunity to address unique perspectives while
meeting along with other Eastern bishops, to have a
more effective focus of attention to the specific
needs of each particular Church, and to the collective body of Eastern Churches well-being of American Eastern Catholics in general.
The ad limina visit is more than a visit with the
Holy Father. Reports are delivered to various
departments of the Vatican, and the bishops spend
several days in various related activities, including
celebrating vespers and an Eastern Divine Liturgy
with seminary students at the American College in
Rome.
On May 18, His Holiness Benedict XVI received
in audience fifteen prelates of the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops, on their ad limina
visit: Bishop NICHOLAS (Samra) of Newton of the
Greek-Melkites; Bishop BARNABA YOUSIF (Habash)
of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark of the Syr-

ians; Bishop MIkAEL (Mouradian) of Our Lady of

Nareg in New York of the Armenians; Bishop JOHN
MICHAEL (Botean) of St. George in Canton of the
Romanians; Bishop GREGORY (Mansour) of St
Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites; Bishop
Bishop PAUL (Chomnycky, OSBM) of Stamford of
the Ukrainians; Bishop IBRAHIM (Ibrahim) of St
Thomas the Apostle of Detroit of the Chaldeans;
Metropolitan Archbishop WILLIAM (Skurla) of Pittsburgh of the Byzantines; Bishop RICHARD (Seminack) of St Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians;
Bishop GERALD (Dino) of Holy Protection of Mary
Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix; Bishop
JOHN (kudrick) of Parma of the Ruthenians; Metropolitan Archbishop STEFAN (Soroka) of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop JOHN (Bura), apostolic administrator sede vacante of St Josaphat in Parma; Bishop SARHAD
(Jammo) of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of
the Chaldeans; and Fr. Edward G. Cimbala, apostolic administrator of Passiac of the Ruthenians.

Bishop Richard (second from right) during

address of Pope Benedict XVI.

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to this, no clergyman or member of the Consistory
Board can be in the vicinity of Patriarch Filaret as
any picture or report may portray this presence as representing or offering support of UOCC.

COLLEGE CLASS FOCUSES ON HISTORY AND MORE THAN 22,000 BAPTISMS IN CHINA ON
DEVELOPMENT OF THE UKRAINIAN GREEK EASTER SUNDAY: Vatican City, (VIS) - The Catholic
CATHOLIC CHURCH: A college class taught general- news agency Fides has reported that 22,104 people
ly in alternating years at Benedictine College in
Atchison, Kansas is Byzantine Christianity. The
class is team-taught by Deacon Randy Brown of the
Eparchy of St. Nicholas and Professor Matthew Tsakanikas, a parishioner of St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic
Church in St. Joseph, Missouri.
This class focuses especially on the liturgical and
historical development of the Kyivan Church as a spe-

were baptised in China on Easter Sunday. The statistics

were collected by the Study Centre of Faith in the
Chinese province of He Bei. The newly-baptized
Catholics, 75 per cent of whom are adults, belong to
101 dioceses. In He Bei itself 4,410 people were baptized on Easter Sunday, 615 more than last year, while
in Hong Kong, which has more than 360,000 faithful,
there were 3,500 baptisms.

CANADIAN PARLIAMENT HONORS METROPOLITAN SHEPTYTSKY: The House of Commons of

cific example of the development of a particular Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine-Constantinopolitan tradition. As part of the class the students were
also exposed to the liturgical celebration of the
Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God celebrated by
Deacon Randy, and at the conclusion of the final week
of the class the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
was celebrated by Fr. Bohdan Kudleychuk and Deacon
Randy for the students.

EWTN WILL BROADCAST PROGRAMS IN UKRAINE: The National Council on TV and Radio
Broadcast has extended the list of TV channels adapted
for broadcast in Ukraine.
On May 15, the Council decided that programs of the
Eternal World Television Network (EWTN) comply
with requirements of the European convention on
trans-border television and their broadcast is not
restricted by the laws of Ukraine.
EWTN is an international channel holding the
OFCOM license, available in English, German and
French.

UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF CANADA

NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS CONNECTED
WITH VISIT OF PATRIARCH FILARET: The Primate

Canada unanimously recognized the activity of Metropolitan

ANDREW
(Sheptytsky) (1865
1944) during WWII
an example of devotion
to
human
rights. reported Radio Freedom with
reference to the Congress of Ukrainians
of Canada.
The proposal to
distinguish the activity of the leader of the largest religious community of Western Ukraine was submitted
to the Parliament by the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism of Canada, Jason
Kenney.
The members of the Canadian Parliament noted that
at the darkest time of the history of Europe, during the
mass murder of Jews and the Nazi occupation,
Metropolitan Shetytsky spoke loudly against violence
in his sermons Thou shall not kill. Thanks to his
efforts, more than 160 Jews were rescued, one of
whom was present at the session of the House of
Commons of Canada when the decision was passed.

ATTEMPT MADE TO SEIZE MONUMENT OF

KYIVAN RUS IN KYIV: On April 26, in Lviv Square
in Kyiv, unknown persons made an attempt to seize the
site of the reconstruction of a Kyivan Rus monument,
the Church of the Presentation of the Lord.

of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (Constantinople Patriarchate), Metropolitan Yurii sent out
an address prohibiting the members of his Church to
participate in any events connected with the visit of
Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox ChurchKyivan Patriarchate to Canada.
The address says that according to a direction of the
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Patriarch
Filaret cannot be welcomed nor have banquets organized in his honor in the parishes, or their properties, of
the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. In addition

By a decree of President Yushchenko, UAH 2 million was allocated to start archeological excavation at
the site.
According to a deputy of the Kyiv City Council,
Oleksandr Bryhinets, unknown persons broke the fence
and began to fill up the foundation pit, as the senior
priest of the chapel, Fr. Serhii Tkachuk, reported.
According to the priests of the church, the tractor
driver even deliberately ran into one of the protesting
lay brothers but he managed to jump away. Police officers arrived at the site, drew up a report and left.

UNIQUE FRESCOS OF 17TH CENTURY DISCOVERED IN TRANSCARPATHIA: In one of the halls of

the bishops residence, which was used by the library
of the Uzhhorod National University until recently, old
wall paintings have been discovered. When the library
was transferred to a new building, the church began to
gradually repair the regained building.
Restoration work in the halls has been going on for
four months, executed by a group of restorers of the
Lviv Art Academy. The administration of the Mukachevo Greek Catholic Eparchy announced that under
three layers of whitewash, the restorers discovered a
layer dated from the 18th century, the head of the
restoration group, a painter from Lviv, Andrii Pochek-

va, reported to mukachevo.net. According to him, the

fresco has been 80-85% preserved.

CARDINAL GEORGE VISITS BYZANTINE CATHOLIC MONASTERY IN ST. NAZIANZ, WISCONSIN:

For nearly 10 years the Archbishop of Chicago, Francis
Cardinal George, has been a patron of the
ecumenical work of the Byzantine Catholic
monks of Holy Resurrection Monastery.
On May 12, 2012, His Eminence was able
to visit the community at their new home
in St. Nazianz, Wisconsin.
The Cardinal was in Wisconsin to give the
commencement address at St. Norberts College
in De Pere, near Green Bay. On his way, His Eminence, accompanied by his secretary Father Dan
Flenshe, was able to stop off for a short time to join the
monks for prayer and fellowship.
During his visit the Cardinal expressed satisfaction
with their new home, and said he hoped and prayed the
monastery would thrive there.
The Monastery belongs to the Romanian Catholic
Eparchy of St. George in Canton, under the jurisdiction
of Bishop JOHN MICHAEL (Botean). The monastery
began in Southern California, but moved to the former
Salvatorian convent in St. Nazianz in October, 2011.

ECED Meeting Held in Parma

The semi-annual Spring meeting of
ECED, the educators responsible for
providing your religious education
materials from God With Us Publications, met in early May at the Bishops
Chancery of the Eparchy of Parma.
On an agenda packed with reports,
discussions and decisions, this group,
the publishing arm of ECA (Eastern
Catholic Associatesthe bishops of
Region XV of USCCB) spent hours and
days addressing details of production of
materialfinancing, storage, distribution, advertisingall in order to insure

that there is an appropriate and adequate supply

of text, manuals, teaching
aids, pamphlets, study and
reference books to meet
the demands of teachers
and students of every age
group and area of interest.
Meetings, chaired by
Very Rev Fr Gregory
Noga, were built around a
schedule that included the
Divine Liturgy, meals, and
even some time to breathe

Educators representing eight of the ten

Byzantine eparchies in the United States
gathered for the Spring meeting of ECED,
held at the Chancery of the Eparchy of Parma.

after the days work was done.

Attention was first paid to an ongoing projectthe annual production
of posters, bulletin announcements and
appropriate prayers for the typical
resumption of religious instruction in
September. This focuses on a Catechetical Sunday in each parish.
Several proposed ideas were presented by Fr John Lucas, and after the
presentation, all members added comments and suggestions necessary to
make the right adaptations to present a
product to be sent to each eparchial
Director of Religious Education for
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June, 2012

Why?/Why:
New Star publishes articles which mention a Metropolitan Mokrzytski.
[Latin Archbishop in Ukraineed.] My
understanding is that the Latins do not
use this term, and that this is the Byzantine version of Archbishop. if so,
are we Eastern-rite-ing here?
New Star does not write those articles
using that terminology, but prints such
information from a news service without
alterationas none is deemed necessary.
Part of the purpose of this column is to
answer questionsanother part is to clear
up misconceptions. Perhaps the following
will succeed in its mission
In Christian churches, the rank of metropolitan archbishop or simply metropolitan,
pertains to the diocesan bishop (more precisely metropolitan archbishop) of a
metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.
Before the establishment of patriarchs
(beginning in AD 325), metropolitan was
the highest episcopal rank in the Eastern
Churches. They presided over synods of
bishops, and were granted special privileges by canon law and sacred Tradition.
Early Church structure generally followed Roman imperial practice: one bishop
ruling a city and its territory. The bishop of
the provincial capital, the metropolitan,
enjoyed certain rights over other bishops in
a province, who were later called suffragans.
In the Roman Catholic Church, ecclesiastical provinces composed of several
neighboring dioceses are each headed by a

By Fr Denny Molitvy

metropolitan, the archbishop of the diocese

designated by the Pope. All Latin Rite
metropolitans are archbishops; however,
some archbishops are not metropolitans, as
there are a few instances where an archdiocese has no suffragans or is itself suffragan
to another archdiocese. Titular archbishops
(i.e. ordained bishops who are given an
honorary title to a now-defunct archdiocese; e.g. many Vatican officials and papal
nuncios and apostolic delegates are titular
archbishops) are never metropolitans.
Today, more than 500 (Latin) archdioceses
are headed by a metropolitan archbishop,
including the one to which you refer. About
two dozen archbishops are not metropolitans, and there are nearly 100 titular archbishops.
In the United States there are 33 Latin
Metropolitan Provinces. Many comprise
an entire state: Metropolitans in Chicago
and Detroit, for instance, include all the
Latin dioceses in Illinois and Michigan,
respectively. Several include more than
one state: St Paul-Minneapolis includes
Minnesota and both Dakotas, North and
South; San Francisco consists of Northern
California and includes Utah, Nevada and
Hawaii; while the province of Los Angeles is confined to Southern California.
A metropolitan's authority over dioceses
other than his own is normally limited to:
1. supervising observance of faith and
ecclesiastical discipline and notifying the
Pope of any abuses;
2. carrying out, for reasons approved
beforehand by the Holy See, a canonical
inspection that the suffragan bishop has
neglected to perform;

PDAs

ith the approach of summer, the observant

French bystander is treated to quite a show.
Now that temperatures are into the 70s,
Parisians are finally shedding their heavy coats and
their bulky scarves, and are instead wrapping themselves in one another: public displays of affection are
on the rise, and smooching is at least as popular on the
streets of Paris as are PDAs among the sophomores
of a co-ed high school. Another curious sight is that of
bridesin full white bridal regalia, of courseon their
way to or from their weddings, either parading down
the streets of Paris, or crowded into public transportation. In many ways, bride and groom are likewise
involved in a public display of affection, making public
their relationship whichat least in theory, and hopefully also in practicewill be beneficial not only to the
couple, but also to the society of which their family is
seen to be the foundation.
Back in the good old days when things were clearcut and shotgun weddings more common than now,
they used to sing Love and marriage go together
like a horse and carriage. Heres hoping that, for all
those planning June weddings, we can count on a certain growth and development which takes the couple
beyond the raging sophomoric hormones to the public
commitment of marriage. The fact that this does not
always happen is reflected in the old song: Falling in
love with love with love is falling for make-believe
For all the songs about true love, much of what passes for love really isnt.
Of course, in this case as alas altogether too often,
my thoughts turn to chocolate, with which I am
engaged in my own personal love affair. Wave chocolate in front of me and, not only am I helpless to resist,
but I am also unable to function rationally until my

3. appointing a diocesan administrator if

the college of consultors fails to elect an at
least 35-year-old priest within eight days
after the vacancy of the see becomes
known; and;
4. serving as the default ecclesiastical
court for appeals from decisions of the tribunals of the suffragan bishops.
The metropolitan also has the liturgical
privilege of celebrating sacred functions
throughout the province, as if he were a
bishop in his own diocese, provided only
that, if he celebrates in a cathedral church,
the diocesan bishop has been informed
beforehand.
The metropolitan is obliged to request
the pallium, a vestment of lambs wool
styled after the omiphor of Eastern bishops. Given directly by the Pope, it is a
symbol of the authority that, in communion with the Church of Rome, he possesses
as Metropolitan over his ecclesiastical
province. This holds even if he had the pallium in another metropolitan see.
It is the responsibility of the metropolitan, with the consent of the majority of the
suffragan bishops to call a provincial council; decide where to convene it; and determine the agenda. It is his prerogative to
preside over the provincial council. No
provincial council can be called if the metropolitan see is vacant.
Metropolitan is not, as you see, a term
exclusive to the Eastern Churches.
In the Western Church there is, however,
less emphasis on the terminology. As well, the duties
of the metropolitan are
usually relegated to liturgical rather than administrative functions.

addiction is sated. Perhaps love is like that: before we

know it, we are enticed into a pleasurable relationship
without fully realizing that its benefits are more than
fleeting fancy. As my chocolate fix serves only to
make me fat and to clog my arteries if it is not regulated, so too can a relationship become unhealthy if longterm goals are subjugated to short-term gratifications
that dont go far beyond the splash of the wedding and
the thrill of the honeymoon.
Love goes far beyond chocolate. When I wolf down
a half dozen Hershey Bars, thats the end of ituntil I
need my next fix, of course. There is no further commitment on my part, except insofar as I am dependent
upon the continued success of the Hershey Company;
as for the chocolate, it does nothing but tickle my taste
buds momentarily before settling in the dark meat to
expand my girth. Such a lack of commitment is evident
throughout our society, as people exploit others for
their own purposes and then dispose of them like so
much accumulated garbage. Perhaps this general trend
is mirrored in the decline of marital commitmentboth
in terms of the number of marriages contracted and in
terms of the high divorce rate, both of which wreak
havoc not only on the lives of those directly involved,
but also on the stability of the society at large.
The Church is counter-cultural. The fact that we continue to crown people in marriage, and to encourage
family life within this traditional framework, is indeed
counter-cultural. Radical as ever, the Church challenges the society in which it finds itself. However, it
does not do so merely to slavishly impose the status
quo; rather, it hopefully does so because two millennia
of experience have shown the positive effects of its
teaching. The Church promotes marriage and family
life because doing Gods will turns out to be good for
us.
Our mothers used to tell us that castor oil was good
for us too, but that didnt make it go down any easier.

Priests Must Be Saints

VATICAN CITY, (Zenit.org).- The
Congregation for Clergy is encouraging
priests to remember their duty to sanctity in a letter for the World Day of
Prayer for the Sanctification of Clergy,
June 15. The letter includes reading
material and a prayer.
"The expression found in Scripture
'This is the will of God: your holiness!'
(1 Thess 4:3), though addressed to all
Christians, refers to us priests in particular, for we have accepted the invitation
to 'sanctify ourselves' and to become
'ministers of sanctification' for our
brothers," the letter explained. "In our
case, this 'will of God' is, so to speak,
doubled and multiplied to infinity, and
we must obey it in everything we do.
"This is our wonderful destiny: we
cannot be sanctified without working on
the holiness of our brothers, and we cannot work on the holiness of our brothers
unless we have first worked on and continue to work on our own holiness."
The letter speaks of the sex abuse
scandal before turning to the celebration
of the Year of Faith, which the Holy
Father has convoked and will begin in
October.
"Today it is especially priests, in their
daily worship and ministry, who must
refer everything to the Trinitarian Communion: only by starting from it and by
immersing oneself in it can the faithful
really discover the face of the Son of
God and of His contemporariness, and
really reach the heart of every man and
the homeland they are all called to," the
letter states. "Only this way can we

continued on page 19
In a sense, the teaching of the Church on marriage is
more like castor oil than like chocolate, since it
includes not just pleasure but also sacrifice. Some find
it to be as outdated as the old song I give to you and
you give to me: true love, true love, with its old-fashioned implication that giving is more important than
getting.
What is worse, our Church shoves into the wedding
ritual a reading which drives twenty-first century feminists into a rage: "Wives, be subject to your husbands,
as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife
as Christ is the Head of the Church, His Body, and is
Himself its Savior" (Ephesians 5:2223). Yikes!
Leaving that ideological battle in the background, let
us focus rather on what is required of husbands, which
is even more challenging: "Husbands, love your wives,
as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her"
(Ephesians 5: 25-6). In other words, spouses are called
upon to give up their very lives for one another as
Christ has done for us. The image of Jesus on the Cross
with His arms outstretched in welcome, very publicly
giving up His life for His beloved people, is the ultimate public display of affection. We are far from the
instant gratification which is the only concern of many
of our contemporaries: Christ shows us the emptiness
of our frivolous, self-centered concerns, offering as a remedy ultimate concern for one another.
Christ is the icon through which
we find meaning in our lives. By
the public crowning of their commitment to one another, bride and
groom are transformed into icons
of Christ, and are thereby held up
as examples to be emulated. May
those being married this month be
faithful to this lofty vocation!
Fr Jim Karepin, OP

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June, 2012

A Titanic Connection

ith the [recent] anniversary of the sinking of

the Titanic and the dubbing of the Leonardo
DiCaprio film into Ukrainian by Postmodern,
one of the largest postproduction studios in Ukraine. it is
interesting to note a Ukrainian Catholic connection.
Father Juozas Montvila, age 27, listed as: of Lithuania;
as a Priest/Minister paid 13 for second class ticket number 211536. Father Montvila is one of three Catholic
priests who died and whose bodies were never recovered.
There are some things we know about these three
priests. They said Mass daily. This meant that there were
three Masses celebrated since concelebration was not
permitted until Vatican II. They all refused seats on lifeboats. For this reason Fr. Montvila is honored in Lithuania like St. Maximilian Kolbe, who offered his life in
exchange so that another may live. The three priests gave
up their seats so that others may take them and live.
An eyewitness account available in the Jesuit journal
America, described how all the Catholics on board
desired the assistance of priests with the greatest fervor.
It further states that the priests led passengers in recitation of the Rosary, and aroused those condemned to die
to say acts of contrition and prepare themselves to meet
the face of God. So the three were hearing confessions
and closer to the end were giving general absolution.
This granting of absolution is done when confession will
not be available and the sacrament is necessary. This is

most commonly done by military Chaplains prior to soldiers and sailors going out to battle where too there is the
danger of death.
Legend has it (since no one lived to tell) that the three
priests joined with the band as the ship was going down
in singing Nearer to My God. Pope St. Pius X
described another one of the priests, Father Byles as a
martyr.
Father Juozas was born January 3, 1885,
the son of Kazys Montvila and Magdalena
Karalevicius at Gudine, near Marijampole,
Lithuania. After studying at the Seinai Seminary (now in Northeastern Poland), he was
ordained a priest on March 22, 1908. His first
priestly assignment was to a parish in Lipskas. While in this parish he carried on another ministryone to Ukrainian Catholics.
Tsar Nicholas II promised religious tolerance in 1905.
This tolerance only seemed to be extended to the Old
Believers. Even Lutherans ministering in the Empire
complained that his tolerance did nothing. The Russian
Orthodox Church held a special place and had imperial
support. Roman Catholics were tolerated. Powerful
Austria-Hungary would have resented anything else.
Frances significant Catholic population would have resented anything else. Russia had to keep its friends
abroad. But, Ukrainian Catholics in union with Rome
had no influential friends. They were told to be members
of the Russian Orthodox Church. So any ministry to
them, as in the later communist days, was done in an

they Shall See god

lessed are the clean of heart, for they

shall see God. God promises that if
we are pure, if we reverence life,
Gods gift to us, then we see God.
All creation lets us see God in the way that our
heart and mind sees Gods love, power, wisdom,
mercy, and goodness, in all creation. Our fathers
and mothers love is seen from the beginning
moment of our life. Gods power and wisdom are
seen all around us in the galaxies and the tiniest
creatures. God is loving and forgiving in spite of
our failures. We, the apex of creation, are glorified

underground Church.
Father Montvila was discovered in his ministry and
forbidden to function as a priest.
Because of his literary and artistic talents he found
work in a Catholic publishing house in Vilnius. He used
this opportunity to produce illustrated books. Some of
the works published in small numbers seem to be published for Ukrainian Catholics. He wrote
sermons for the publication Vadovas (The
Leader). He also played a role in the underground religious newspapers, which were
printed in Lithuanian, usage of the language was illegal. When, he was caught in
an illegal political activity because of the
language usage, he agreed under government pressure to leave the country.
His intention was to emigate to the
United States where his brother, Petras, lived. Depending upon the source, his intention was either to minister
to Ukrainian Catholics probably in Massachusetts or to
Lithuanian Catholics in New York. In some of the survivors accounts, he is referred to as a Byzantine priest.
Eyewitnesses said that he served his calling to the
very end.
It is fitting for Ukrainian Catholics to remember Fr
Juozas Montvila [and] remember the anniversary of his
passing for he came to this end because of his ministry
to our faithful... May his memory be eternal!
Fr Jonathan Morse

The Messiah gives sight to the blind and in His resurrection He transforms our life into eternal glory,
even though it may be counted worthless by others.

in our nature having the Son of God becoming one

of us. Christ tells us that if we have seen Him
in the least of humanity we have seen the
Father.
Have we seen God with good clear
vision or is our vision distorted by our
prejudices when we think that another
person does not belong to the human race
and that we might say that we are not like
the rest of people or like that publican or
that terrorist.
We see God when he opens our eyes.

the Challenges of
Discipleship
Office of Faith Formation

resente
Some True Stories Portraye
d As Parables

ong years ago Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes was

interviewing Pope John XXIII as they strolled
across a bustling St Peter's Square at the
Vatican. Impressed by all the bishops, monsignori and
priests with bulging briefcases scurrying here and there
with great officiousness he asked the Pope How many
people work at the Vatican? Pope John replied:
About half of them.
When Mother Teresa announced her retirement from
running thr order of sisters she founded, a reporter
asked her what will you do now? She said: I'm very
good at cleaning toilets.
In 1940 Hall of Fame legend Ted Williams of the
Boston Red Sox hit .400 for the season. Nobody's ever
done it since. He spent the next several years as a
WWII fighter pilot. After the war he returned to the
Red Sox and eventually ended his career as a player.
He became a special hitting instructor at Boston's
spring training camp in Florida.
Eager young reporters would surround him shouting
Ted, could you do it now, in the modern game? Could
you hit .400 today? Against these modern pitchers?
And Teddy Ballgame would reply, Gee, fellas; I don't
know. These new kids ARE pretty good. Probably not
.400, more like .385 or .390. Of course you understand
I'm 74 years-old*, I'm not as quick as I used to be.
The Monastery was graced with a visit during a period of serious fasting and abstinence (either Great Lent

or the St Phillip's Fast, I forget which) from a famous

Jesuit theologian, Spiritual Director, EWTN star,
author, teacher and stuff like that.
The regular meal was your choice of bread (very
healthful, nutritious bread baked by Fr Theodore) or
fruit. With either we were allowed to add nuts from a
big bowl. As we moved down the meager buffet table
our guest noticed that the bowl of nuts was moving.
The nuts had become a home for worms, grubs, maggots; lots of little creepy-crawlies. He turned to me and
said there are bugs in the nuts. I replied it's OK
they're invertebratesthey have exoskeletons, not
bones. We won't be violating the rules by eating them.
I understand they are very nutritious.
This may be why monastic life isn't so very popular
these days. Hardly any drive-thrus feature invertebrates, especially served raw and still wiggling.
Yogi Berra said 90% of theology is half mental.
Actually Yogi said hitting not theology but I think
the substitution works, too.
Will Rogers. The 1920s-'30's cowboy comedian/
philosopher (most of my favorite philosophers are
comedians) was asked where the material for his monologues came from. He replied, I don't need to hire
joke writers or make up any stories myself. I just read
the newspapers.
Of course today we have multiple layers and platforms of media to draw upon. I'm amazed anybody

ever gets anything positive accomplished; we should

all be on the ground, laughing uncontrollably.
Or, maybe sobbing disconsolately.
Or prostrated, praying fervently.
---------*Or, whatever age he was that year.

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June, 2012

Bishop of UgCC Calls to Pay More

Attention to Ukrainians Abroad

he head of the Pastoral Missionary Department of the Ukrainian

Greek Catholic Church Bishop
JOSEPH (Milian) called the bishops of the
UGCC to provide due pastoral care to the
faithful of the church living abroad.
Bishop Joseph in particular, stressed
that he approached the metropolitans,
eparchs and exarchs of the Kyiv-Halych
Major Archbishopric with a request to
analyze the situation among priests,
monks, seminary students and lay people
in order to make a call for the missionary
needs of our church abroad. If anyone
responds positively and would like to
contribute to the development of the missionary ministry of the UGCC, please
inform us accordingly.
The bishop is convinced that the
church must support the people who still
live without holiday services and periodical Sunday services and pastoral care.
Representatives of the Pastoral
Missionary Department remind that
Ukrainians now stay in 37 countries for
various reasons. Usually, no church communities or structures are organized

Patriarch Led Nationwide

Pilgrimage of Clergy to
Peremyshlyany in Lviv Region

there.
According to the bishop, the department often receives letters with requests
to provide spiritual life for our people in
other countries at least to some extent.
Priests are needed especially in such
countries as Latvia, Estonia, Romania,
Hungary, Russia, Kazakhstan, Israel,
Portugal, Moldova, the Information
Department of the UGCC quoted the
bishop as saying.

n May 11, 2012, bishops,

clergy and laity of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Church gathered for a nationwide
pilgrimage to the city of Peremyshlyany in the Lviv region. The pilgrimage, headed by Patriarch SVIATOSLAV (Shevchuk) was dedicated to
the Blessed Priest Omelyan kovch, a
long-time pastor of the city. He
became a martyr on March 25, 1944,
in the Majdanek concentration camp.
Father Omelyans ministry to
people of all ages, nationalities and
religious beliefs demonstrates his
righteousness. He served his neighbors, despite the circumstances. In
each person he saw God's image. The
Jews called him a righteous person of
Ukraine, Poles a pastor of Majdanek,
and the Synod of Bishops declared
him the patron saint of Greek

always said that a priest should be in

the heart of his community. Then he
can speak to the heart and lead the
people. If he does not deeply feel that
heart and is not in the center of public life, then other leaders and pastors
will come who will probably lead
these people down the road of death.
So today we want the voice of our
Ukrainian priest to be heard in the
heart of the Ukrainian people so that
this spiritual father may understand
those to whom he preaches, to be
with the people and to live his life for
the people, said the leader of the
UGCC.
After the Liturgy members of the
pilgrimage went to the monument to
Blessed Priest Omelyan kovch,
which was consecrated by Patriarch
Sviatoslav. Then eyewitnesses of the
life and ministry of the Blessed Priest

Catholic priests in Ukraine," Bishop

BENEDICT (Aleksiychuk), Auxiliary
Bishop of the Lviv Archeparchy, said
during a service in one of the churches in Peremyshliany.
In his homily, His Beatitude
Sviatoslav said that the pilgrimage is
an opportunity to ask ourselves who
the Blessed Bishop Omelyan is for
us, for Ukrainians, for the Church,
for humanity.
The writings of the Holy Martyr
show that he was first a servant of
God, and then a father to his parishioners, said the Patriarch. As a
father to his parishioners, he was
willing to give up his life for them
He was with the people and for the
people until the end. With us today
are the words that he wrote to his
family: Here (in the concentration
camp), I see God.
The consecration of the monument to Father Omelyan in the central square of the city reveals the
priests idea of where a priest should
be in public life. Father Omelyan

Omelyan said a few words to the

crowd.
Made of bronze, the monument has
a height of eight feet. Sculptor Volodymyr Odrekhivskyj and architects
Oleksandr Yarema, Oleksandr Libych, Denys Belyukh, and Olexandr
Matushkov contributed to the making of the monument.
Explaining the concept of the monument, Volodymyr Odrekhivskyi
said: Stairs lead up to the monument
from four sides, forming the shape of
a cross. On the one hand, this is the
symbol of Fr. Omelyan kovchs
openness to the world, and on the
other, a symbol of all the paths of
people who go to him. The essence
of the spiritual heroism of the
Blessed Omelyan kovch is conveyed
through the image of the priest, the
pastor of Majdanek, who walks on
earth that is cracked from suffering
and in deep religious spirituality
turns his face up, to the sky, carrying
in front of him the cross of Faith.

Monument to Holy Martyr

Omelian Kovch Opened

he Ukrainian Greek Catholic

Church invited the clergy and
faithful to
participate in an
all-Ukrainian pilgrimage dedicated
to the Holy Martyr
Omelian
Kovch. The pilgrimage was held
May 11, 2012 in
the town of Peremyshliany where
Fr. Kovch served
as a parish priest
from 1922 to the
time of the Nazi occupation during
which he was imprisoned for rescuing
Jews. A monument to the holy martyr
was opened in the town.

According to the web site of the Lviv

Archeparchy of UGCC, the pilgrimage
was
led
by
Patriarch SVIATOSLAV
(Shevchuk), and bishops and priests of
the Stryi Eparchy.
The spiritual
portion
began
with a prayer service. The hierarchical
Liturgy
was celebrated,
and the monument was officially opened. On May 24, deputies of
the Lviv City Council renamed Vynnytsia Street: Fr. Omeliana Kovcha Street;
63 deputies voted for the decision.

Relations Between Kyiv and

Moscow Patriarchates Deteriorate

atriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox

Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) stated
under the new regime, attempts are being made
to seize churches of the UOC-KP. According to the primate, there are increasingly more cases of church
buildings being transfered to the Moscow Patriarchate.
In the Rivne region, they began to invite people and
campaign for the transfer to the Moscow Patriarchate.
In Odesa, the Secretary of the Press Service of
Metropolitan Volodymyr stated that it is necessary to
liquidate the Kyivan Patriarchate. We built a church in
Makariv with the money of the Kyivan Patriarchate.
And they re-registered the church as one belonging to
the Moscow Patriarchate, the patriarch said, reported
Segodnya.ua.
A similar story with Yahotyn. The Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity has become a stumbling block. In the

1800s it was built by

Hetman Kyrylo Rozumovskyi, in the 1930s, the Communists destroyed it and in
1994 the state began to
restore it and on March 29,
2012, the unfinished cathedral was transferred to the
books of the local authorities. We not only consecrated the site but we also contributed funds for the restoration of the church, and
now, the Moscow Patriarchate wants to seize it. And
the authorities of Yahotyn wanted to transfer the
church to them last week, complained Patriarch
Filaret.
Representatives of the UOC-MP state that it is not so.
No one was going to transfer anything to us. The

cathedral was restored as an architectural monument,

as a museum. To be able to serve services there, it is
necessary to rebuild its interior. Adherents of Filaret
are now making approaches to the cathedral. On April
7 they conducted a meeting in the church.
Representatives of the UOC-MP state that they do
not drag anyone to their church and do not use assistance of the authorities, reported UNIAN.

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June, 2012

Patriarch Sviatoslav
Meets Political Prisoner
from Same Camp as
Patriarch Joseph

Primate Meets with

Donetsk Youth

s part of his pastoral visit to the Donetskkharkiv Exarchate, Patriarch SVIATOSLAV

(Shevchuk) visited Luhansk on May 15. The
hierarch met with the local Greek Catholic community
in the Church Christ the king and got acquainted with
the history of the parish and the church. One of the
parishioners, a former political prisoner, Mykola
Bielykh, was kept in a concentration camp in Mordovia
together with Patriarch JOSEPH (Slipyj) of the UGCC.
According the press secretary of the Donetsk-kharkiv
Exarchate, Fr. Serhii Palamarchuk, the 84-year-old
parishioner was born in the village of krasnodar of the
Luhansk Oblast near the border with Russia. In the past,
the man was persecuted for his faith in God. I was kept

in one camp with Josyf Slipyj and Fr. Hryhorii Tsymbal.

They kept everyone together in the camp: Baptists,
Orthodox, Catholics, Pentecostals. I remember Josyf
Slipyj being always careful, on his guard, constantly
praying. He was regularly visited by a Ukrainian.
Liturgies were served in the camp, imprisoned priests
administered Eucharist to people, said Mr. Bielykh, the
Information Department of the UGCC reported.

Patriarch Sviatoslav on Pastoral

visit to Donetsk-Kharkiv Exarchate

atriarch Sviatoslav of the

Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Church is visiting the city
of Donetsk to mark the ten-year
anniversary of the establishment
of the Donetsk-Kharkiv Exarchate
of the UGCC. On May 13,
Patriarch Sviatoslav celebrateded
a liturgy in the Cathedral of the
Holy Intercession.
The liturgy was attended by the
bishops of the UGCC and approximately five hundred people, including representatives of mass
media, Ukrainian Cossacks, deputies of the regional council, etc.
In his sermon, the Primate
thanked everyone who attended the

service in Donetsk. He
stressed that a fruit has
been yielded in the ten
years: the eparchial
structures have been
developed, the parishes
are alive and developing. He was especially
attentive to the many
young people who were
at the liturgy.
In the Kuibyshev
House of Culture, a program was
held on the occasion of the anniversary. In particular, the participants
watched the first interview of
Bishop STEPAN (Maniok) where he
noted that the lack of church build-

uring a pastoral visit to the Donetsk-kharkiv

Exarchate on May 14th, Patriarch SVIATOSLAV
(Shevchuk) met with Donetsk youth. Some
200 young Donetsk residents greeted the Patriarch.
The meeting took place in the chapel of the Youth
Center of the UGCC parish Descent of the Holy Spirit.
The Patriarch began with a greeting and then invited
each person to pose a question. It is worth noting that
most of the questions concerned spiritual matters. In
particular, young people wanted to hear more about
Christianity, prayerespecially about the Patriarchs
personal prayer. They were interested in learning ways
to recognize a vocation to monastic life as well as
other callings, and so on.
I am most touched by youthe people of Donbas,
stated the Patriarch, in answer to a question about his
personal impressions of the visit. In emphasizing the
sincerity and openness of the local residents, Patriarch
Sviatoslav also reminisced about his years of army
service in Luhansk.
At the end of the visit, bidding his farewell, the
UGCC Primate imparted a special blessing on the
youth who sang Mnohaya Lita in the church yard.
On May 15, 2012, the Primate of UGCC paid a pastoral visit to Luhansk.
UGCC Department of Information

ings is a specificity in this region of

Ukraine.
Today, the Donetsk-Kharkiv
Exarchate includes 80 parishes
with 70 priests, the Information
Department of the UGCC reported

Patriarch Sviatoslav Blessed opening of 350th Jubilee of ivano-Frankivsk

eaders of three traditional Christian Churches

visited the capital of Subcarpathia to participate
in the celebrations of the 350th jubilee of the
city of Ivano-Frankivsk. Patriarch SVIATOSLAV (Shevchuk) met Patriarch FILARET, Primate, UOC (kP), and
Metropolitan MEFODIY, Primate, UAOC, in the Holy
Resurrection Metropolitan Cathedral UGCC in IvanoFrankivsk, reported Rev. Yuriy Trukhan, Press
Secretary, Ivano-Frankivsk Archeparchy.
At the Cathedral, the Ivano-Frankivsk Seminary
Choir greeted the church primates with the Easter

hymn Christ Is Risen. After a prayer, Patriarch

Sviatoslav blessed the jubilee city banner and together
with the heads of the Orthodox Churches and the
Bishops of UGCC, UOC-kP and UAOC, accompanied
by clergy, proceeded to City Hall Square. There the
religious leaders met with city residents and with representatives of city and oblast administrations, who
invited them to festively inaugurate the celebrations
and to bless the city.
Mayor Viktor Anushkevychus, expressed his appreciation to the guests for joining the Ivano-Frankivsk
jubilee celebrations.
He noted that in spite
of all the various tragic
events, the city always
resurrected from the
ashes. He also noted
that May 5 is the birthday of Patriarch Sviatoslav and extended
greetings to him and
then proceeded to the
opening ceremony.
After the anthem,
greetings were extended by Mykhailo Vyshyvaniuk, Oblast State
Administration, by Oleksandr Sych, Oblast
Council Head, and by

Tymofiy kokhan, Vice-Minister of Culture.

The blessing started with a joint Moleben to the
Mother of God during which each Church primate said
a prayer of blessing and greeted the audience and all
city dwellers.
Patriarch Sviatoslav, in his greetings emphasized that
Ivano-Frankivsk is a city of young people who are creative, active, spiritual and intellectual, and who are the
future of Ukraine. In greeting all, he presented the
mayor with a banneras one of victory and hoped that
it would become the official city flag.
Gifts were also presented by Primates from UOC kP
and UAOCPatriarch Filaret recognized the city head
with the Order of St.Volodymyr, while on the eve of the
Feastday of St. George, Metropolitan Mefodiy presented him with an icon of St. George the Conqueror and
awarded him the Order of St. George.
Participants in the jubilee celebrations included representatives of UGCC: Archbishop and Metropolitan of
Ivano-Frankivsk VOLODYMYR (Viytyshyn); Bishop
BOHDAN (Dziurakh), Secretary, Synod of Bishops
UGCC; kolomyia-Chernivtsi Eparchy Bishop
MYkOLA (Simkaylo); Bishop Emeritus of IvanoFrankivsk Archeparchy, Bishop SOFRON (Mudryi); of
UOC kP: Ivano-Frankivsk and Halych Metropolitan
IOSAF (Vasylkiv), kolomyia-kosiv Bishop IVAN
(Boychuk); of UAOC: Halych and Ivano-Frankivsk
Metropolitan ANDRIY (Abramchul).
UGCC Information Department

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priests restore contemporary mans dignity, the

sense of human relationships and social life, and
the purpose of the whole
of creation."
The Vatican officials
proposed that the new
evangelization can only
be possible if "Christians
are able to surprise and
move the world again by
proclaiming the Nature of
Our God who is Love, in
the Three Divine Persons
that express it and that
involve us in their own
life."

Exhibition of Womens Embroidered Shirts

from the Museums Trunk
Dedicated to mothers, keepers of the Ukrainian
National Museum, who preserved and gave us a
legacy of priceless collections of folk costumes
and embroidery.

While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, the policeman was interrupted by a
six-year-old. Looking up and down his uniform, she
asked. Are you a policeman?
Yes, he answered and continued writing the
report.
My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask
the police. Is that right?
Yes, thats right, the policeman told her.
Well, then, the little girl said as she extended her
foot toward him, will you please tie my shoe?

"Todays world, with its

ever more painful and preoccupying lacerations,
needs GodThe Trinity
and the Church has the
task to proclaim Him," the
letter concludes. "In order
to fulfill this task, the
Church must remain indissolubly embraced with
Christ and never part from
Him; it needs Saints who
dwell 'in the heart of Jesus'
and are happy witnesses
of Gods Trinitarian Love.
And in order to serve the
Church and the World,
Priests need to be Saints!"

To all Fathers in St Nicholas Eparchy:

God grant you many blessed years!

local distribution to the parishes and

/or schools.
Dr Barbara Lutz, Treasurer, presented a detailed account of the
costs involved producing new
material, reprinting items that need
to be replenished. As well, she
explained the current availability of
funds, and described the process
involved in expediting delivery to
customerswhether individual or
quantity purchasers.
Further, as Business Manager, Dr
Lutz incorporated information from
the fulfillment center handling the
day-to-day attention to shipping,
billing and receiving payment.
Time was spent by the group recognizing that the wealth of material
available is more than ample to
meet all needs, and pondered ways
of optimizing effectiveness by a
process of preparing, evaluating
and certifying catechists--as agents
of the new evangelization so
much the thrust of the hierarchy.
The tools are many: the website,
the catalog, the productand the
interest. Quality is not an issue, but

awareness of everything that is an

aid--including an
award-winning
video on the origin of icons, produced by the Eparchy of Parma,
as well as a numPhoto: Archpriest Michael Hayduk
ber of other out[LEFT-RIGHT] Mrs Cindy Corbett,
standing resources
recording
secretary;
Fr Vasile Colopelnic (Stamford);
is.
Dr Barbara Lutz (Passaic); Fr Paul Voida (St George);
Reworking the
Sr Marion Dobos, OSB (Pittsburgh);
grade eight book
Archpriest John Kachuba (Parma);
was a topic of disSr Olga Marie Faryna OSBM (St Josaphat);
cussion. For this V Rev Gregory Noga (Passaic); Sr Jean Marie Cihota
the group called
OSBM (Phoenix) Fr Elias Rafaj (Pittsburgh)
upon Mrs Rita
and Fr John Lucas (St Nicholas).
Basalla, principal
of St Marys parochial school in developing presentation of EnCleveland, who offered much counter 2012, to be held in three
insight into the present text, and locations this year.
While having been worked on for
possible updating of lessons to be
several
years, news is just now
more expansive and scriptural. Her
input shed light on one scenario starting to filter out to those who
while most users of the material are most interested in taking advanwith once-a-week sessions have tage of this aidnot only for catechists, but for anyone interested in
different criteria.
Paramount on the agenda was the growing in the faith.

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rom as long ago as the 1880's the

United States opened its doors to
immigrants from Eastern Europe
and the Middle East to join earlier arrivals,
mostly from the countries of Western
Europe. The religious practice and doctrines of these immigrants were, while
Catholic, different than the Church that was
already established in America. Members
of the American hierarchy were on a campaign to amalgamate the Churchto form
a uniform body, free of customs from any
foreign place of origin.
Newcomers from Lebanon, Palestine,
the Austro-Hungarian Empire's Galicians,
Rusyns, and Romanians, among others
underwent tribulation and discrimination,
not from the government, but from the
very body that was supposed to be their
bulwarkthe Church.
In the majority in their homeland, these
Catholics found themselves now a minority. They struggled to establish their own
communities to maintain their apostolic
faith and traditions in the language of their
homeland, finding it to be sometimes impossible or difficult at best. In the land of
opportunity they had become cultural and
ecclesial minorities, struggling to maintain
their identity. In some places they lacked
their own priests and often went for long
periods of time without celebrating the
Holy Mysteries according to the traditions
they had been raised in.
Since their Eastern practices did not follow practices of the Western majority and
the clergy were unfamiliar with the Eastern
Churches, they were required to conform to
a predominant life of the Western Church
and put aside many of the life-long liturgical
traditions they practiced at home.
So did this mean that Latinism
equaled Catholicism or that the Western
Church was the true Catholic Church? Not
by any means! Not if you could
believe papal documents.
On November 30, 1894, in his
Apostolic letter, Orientalium dignitas, Pope Leo XIII stated the
importance of preserving the integrity of the discipline
of the Eastern

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Churches. He continued: it is what

gives nobility to the different rites, it is a
brilliant jewel for the whole Church, it confirms the God-given unity of the Catholic
Faith. His letter also said that no Eastern
faithful should be induced to transfer to the
Latin rite, that schools, which have a number of Eastern students, are to consult with
the Patriarch and provide for them clergy to
teach them the catechism of their Church.
Overall he encouraged Eastern Churches to
maintain their traditions, yet these immigrants to America suffered from the lack of
education about their Church by the Western clergy.
A year before the close of Vatican II, in
November of 1964, Pope Paul VI in Orientalium ecclesiarum noted, All members
of the Eastern Churches should know and
be convinced that they can and should
always preserve their legitimate liturgical
rite and their established way of life and
that these may not be altered and
they should attain to an ever greater knowledge and a more exact use of them, and, if
in their regard they have fallen short owing
to contingencies of times and persons, they
should take steps to return to their ancestral
traditions. (OE 6) This aspect of the
decree was directed against Latinization.
Even Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic
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Eastern Church, Indeed, in comparison to
any other culture, the Christian East has a
unique and privileged role as the original
setting where the Church was born. The
Christian tradition of the East implies a
way of accepting, understanding and living
faith in the Lord Jesus. In this sense it is
extremely close to the Christian tradition
of the West, which is born of and nourished
by the same faith. Yet it is legitimately and
admirably distinguished from the latter,
since Eastern Christians have their own
way of perceiving and understanding, and
thus an original way of living their relationship with the Savior. (OL 5)
It is in this spirit of keeping our ancestral
traditions; subsequent articles will address
the spiritual treasures of which our Eastern
Catholic Churchesand the people, are
the bearers.
Phyllis Muryn Zaparaniuk

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