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ativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, on September 9, concluded the

celebrations of the 100th Jubilee of the establishing of the parish by Bishop
Soter (ortynsky, oSBM), in 1911. the centennial celebration was extended a year to accommodate the eparchys own anniversary last year.
With a Jubilee Year Solemn Divine Liturgy of thanksgiving, the parish, led in
singing by St. Nicholas Cathedral Choir and a massive participation of friends and
guests, eight priests stood at the Holy table. the priests entered the church in procession, as the choir sang: Blessed be God, now and forever. Fr Philip Sandrick,
oSBM, the Provincial Superior of the order of St. Basil the Great was the main celebrant. Concelebrating with him were two former pastors: Fr. Michael Stelmach
and Fr. Walter rybicky, oSBM; the Superior and Master of Novices from St.
Josaphat Monastery, Fr. Leo Goldade,
oSBM; the rector of St. Nicholas
Cathedral, Fr Bohdan Nalysnyk; the
pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Chicago,
Fr. Mykola Buryadnyk; Nativity associate pastor, Fr Demetrius Wysochansky,
oSBM; and the pastor of the Nativity
BVM, Fr Varcilio Basil Salkovski,
oSBM. Fr Leo delivered the homily,
noting various elements of faith that is
dynamic and living, as experienced I
the first century of Nativity Parish.
Fr Leo recapped the parish history,
exploring and emphasizing seven
evolving elements of lived faith. the
challenges and building blocks that
result from meeting them have provided the parishioners a lesson in growing
in Faith. over the years, the resolve of
the people was tested in a variety of
ways. Hurdles were overcome. Courage allowed the parish to continue despite
financial insecurities of the Depression era. With determination community life
was enhanced through establishment of parochial social and service organizations.
An outgrowth of the deep commitment to faith was the building of a school. that
in turn, led to growth and renewal based upon enthusiasm found through all
the parishs undertaking to that point. New-found vitality provided impetus for
changeas people relocated ever-growing families. New challenges ensued, and
adaptability provided another avenue of faith expression to be followed to other
neighborhoods, other places. With perseverance the community continues on
forging ahead into the uncertain future (buoyed by faith).
At the end of the Divine Liturgy, all priests assembled on the ambo to intone
prayers for many years and pictures.
the second part of the celebrations moved to Aviana Banquets, not far from the
church. the hall was beautifully decorated and members from the parish Sisterhood
welcomed guests and presented them with a Jubilee Book and other memorabilia.
With a small delay, the program began with the presentation of colors and the
American and Ukrainian National Anthems. then, immediately the MC of the
Banquet announced the Ukrainian dance ensembles Vodohray and Mytelyky for the
entertainment and delight of all. At the end of the entertainment program Father
Leo lead us in prayer and the blessing of the table. As dinner was halfway through
Father Basil introduced the head table and other distinguished guests. In addition to
the concelebrating priests present were the pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish
in Palatine, the Very rev Myhkailo Kuzma and his wife, Pani oksana; the pastor

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new Star 11

November, 2012

uGCC Primate for First time Participates in Ordinary

General Assembly of Synod of Bishops of Catholic Church

his Papal Synod is also attended

by two UoC-K bishops who
were selected as representatives
during the UoC-K Synod of Bishops
last year, which took place in Brazil:
Bishop tArAS (Senkiv), the Apostolic
Administrator of Stryj eparchy and
Bishop DIoNYSIUS (Liakhovych) Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainian Greek
Catholics in Italy and Spain. As was
announced,
Archbishop
NYKoLA
(eterovych), General Secretary of the
Synod of Bishops, was following an earlier approval by the Holy Father, delegated experts and observers to this
Synod meeting. Among the experts is
also Sister Luiza tsiupa SSMI, the vicechair of the UGCC Catechetical Commission.
His Beatitude Sviatoslav thinks that
the assembly is a significant event in the
Catholic Church, since in this way the

Holy Father administers the Church

together with the bishops. this is an
example of the bishops collegiality
according to which todays Church lives
and acts, explained the UGCC Primate
In commenting on this years topic of
the Papal Synod, His Beatitude Sviat-

oslav noted Discussions will center on

how with new methods and new passion
to transmit Christian faith and the values
it engenders in the new globalized postmodern culture that is forming in the
world.
It is important to note that His
Beatitude Sviatoslav is
taking part in such an
assembly for the first
time since his election
and
enthronement.
For me this is an
opportunity to personally communicate with
the Holy Father and
with delegates from
other parts of the
world. therefore, we
will be able to present
different contexts of
the Preaching of Gods

Word in UGCC and to refer our propositions to the Synod Fathers in order to
make the proclamation of the Word of
God more effective both in Ukraine as
well as beyond its borders, stated the
Primate.
It is interesting to note the composition of the 262 participants of the Papal
Synod: 103europe; America63;
Africa50; Asia39; oceana7.
there are 6 patriarchs, 49 cardinals, 3
major archbishops, one of which is a
Cardinal, 71 archbishops, 120 bishops
and 14 priests.
Due to their service, the Fathers of the
Synod are 10 heads of eastern Catholic
Churches, 32 presidents of Bishops
Conferences, 21 representatives of the
roman Curia, 211 ordinaries and 11
bishop assistants.
UGCC Department of Information

At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy in Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, concelebrants intoned For Many Years.
Presenting the colors, along with American and Ukrainian national anthems opened the banquet program.
The young dance ensemble Vodohray performed for the assembled guests at the banquet hall, as did the even younger group Mytelyky.

continued from page 1

of St. Josaphat Parish in
Munster, Very rev Yaroslav Mendyuk and his
wife, Pani olha; the priest
from St. Michael Parish in
Chicago, Fr John Lucas;
the Basilian Sisters from St.
Nicholas Cathedral and
guests from across Metropolitan Chicago.

throughout dinner Fr
Basil read some of the
greetings and acknowledged the jubilee gifts of
love parishioners and
guests offered for the
repairs of the parking lot
and church roof. After the
meal, Selfreliance Ukrainian Federal Credit Union
greeted us and presented a

gift of $3,000.00 towards

the building fund. Many of
our parishioners made donations during and after the
banquet, but wished to remain anonymous.
Purposely, there were no
speeches throughout the
banquet, the pastor greeted
all parishioners and the
Provincial Superior of the

Basilian Fathers, Fr Philip

Sandrick, oSBM, gave a
brief historical review of
the work of the order in
the parish since 1937.
But perhaps the highlight
of the jubilee program was
the slideshow of the life of
the parish, prepared by
Natalie Kuchytsky.

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2013 ProClaiMed Year of faith in UgCC

BY itS SYnod: In response to the initiative of Pope
Benedict XVI, the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian
Greek Catholic Church held in Winnipeg proclaimed
2013 the Year of the Faith in the UGCC and set up an
organizing committee to plan spiritual events in the
context of the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of
rus-Ukraine, the Communicate of the Synod says.

November, 2012
its members will participate in the celebratory events
on occasion of the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism
of rus-Ukraine in Kyiv.
In particular, the Synod decided to hold on August
17-18 a pilgrimage to the Patriarchal Cathedral of
Christs resurrection in Kyiv and called the clergy,
monastics and laymen of the whole church to attend it.

ChriSt
Cation

BridegrooM MonaSterY dediCereMonY: At Great Vespers on

the

September 30th, Bishop JoHN (Kudrick), Bishop of

Parma, tonsured Julie Hritz (Sr. Cecelia) and Jessie

vandalS Strike another MonaSterY in

holY land: JerSUALeM, (Zenit.org).- Vandals

fifteen thoUSand Ukrainian MigrantS

froM italY, SPain and PortUgal viSited
loUrdeS: A special guest of the pilgrimage was the
newly-ordained exarch for Ukrainians in France and
Benelux countries Bishop B orYS (Gudziak). on
September 29 he together with Bishop DIoNISIUS
(Liakhovych) and chaplains served a Hierarchal
Liturgy. It was Bishop Borys first service in France as
exarch of the country.
Preaching to the Ukrainian migrants, Bishop Borys
said: Several decades ago, few of us had even heard of
this miraculous place, and our church was still being

persecuted, but today we rejoice for the freedom we

have.
that same evening the pilgrims prayed to Mary in the
courtyard of a Ukrainian church built 30 years ago by
Ukrainian immigrants. the prayer was led by Bishop
Borys, who during a sermon called on Ukrainians to
preserve their national and religious identity, regardless
of their location and circumstances. As an example,
Patriarch JoSePH (Slipyj), who after Siberian exile came
to rome and began to bring together Ukrainians. In particular, he urged Ukrainian immigrants to participate in
the pilgrimage to the Cathedral of St. Sophia in rome
on the occasion of the blessing of the restored Ukrainian
sanctuary in the eternal City.
About fifteen thousand Ukrainian immigrants from
Italy, Spain, and Portugal took part in this years pilgrimage

PatriarCh SviatoSlav headS UgCC

delegation at SYnod in vatiCan: the leader
of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC),
Patriarch SVIAtoSLAV (Shevchuk) participates in the
XIII General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops held
in the Vatican under the title New evangelization For
Passing the Faith. the event is attended by ten heads
of the eastern Catholic Churches. So reported the
Information Department of UGCC.
the synod is also attended by two bishops, Apostolic
Administrator of the Stryi eparchy and Apostolic
Visitator for Greek Catholic Ukrainians in Italy and
Spain, Bishop DIoNISIUS (Liakhovych).
According to Patriarch Sviatoslav, the assembly is a
very important event in the life of the Catholic Church
as in this way, the Most Holy Father is governing the
Church together with the bishops.
this in its turn is an example of bishops collegiality
according to which the Universal Church lives and acts
today, explained the primate.

date of next SYnod of UgCC deterMined:

the next Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Church is to be held in Kyiv on August 11-18, 2013. Its
topic will be the UGCC and New evangelization.
According to the Information Department of UGCC,

Habayit ceremony with the participation of officials,

diplomats, members of the Supervisory Council and
journalists.
on the same day, a large international workshop
Historic memory of the war and Holocaust began. It
is organized by the tkumah Institute. on october 17,
it continued with the presentation of the book Unsettled
Differences: World War II and the Social-political
Moods in Ukraine in 1939-June, 1941.
on Sunday, october 21 a large city celebration was
held for the community members, residents and visitors.

Hauck (Sr. Gabriella) as rasaphor nuns at the

Mariapoch Shrine in Burton, ohio.

in UCU forMer BritiSh aMBaSSador to

Ukraine SPeakS of Moral ChallengeS of
diPloMaCY: the organizer of the lecture: Center of
Personal Development of the Joseph Slipyj College
and Philosophy Department UCU. robert Brinkley
visit ed the Ukrainian Catholic University from
october 7 to 21. During his stay, robert Brinkley and
his wife had the opportunity to get acquainted with the
UCU community. they will have several meetings
with the students of the University, includinglectures at
the Lviv Business School (LvBS), for the masters program in journalism and at the Institute of Leadership
and Management.

L'OsservatOre rOmanO to PUBliSh UnSeen

vatiCan ii Material: VAtICAN CItY, (Zenit.org).- the Vatican publication, L'Osservatore Romano will publish a special booklet to commemorate
the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council.
the booklet will narrate the events of the Council
based on accounts and previously unpublished material
along with photos of the Popes who were present at the
Council, including Pope Benedict XVI, who participated as a young theologian.
Last year, the Holy Father wrote an introduction to
an edition of his own conciliar writings, which were
published in Germany. the Pope's writings will be
available in the booklet in the Italian, english, and
Spanish editions. L'Osservatore Romano will also publish Pope Benedict XVI's introduction in the original
German text as well as in Italian on its website.

world'S largeSt JewiSh Center oPen in

dniProPetrovSk: representatives of the Dnipropetrovsk Jewish community made
public the date and program of
the opening of the world's
largest Jewish Center Menorah. the city celebration was
launched on october 21. So
reported religion.in.ua with reference to DJC.
the center was created thanks to the sponsors, the
President of the Dnipropetrovsk Jewish community,
Gennadii Bogoliubov and President of the United
Jewish Community of Ukraine, Ihor Kolomoiskyi and
is designed to host big cultural and religious events.
In particular, the concept of the Holocaust Museum,
which is a part of the center, was created on the basis
of the main stages of the history of the Jewish people
to show the history of the Jews until the 20th century;
achievements of the Jewish civilization; attempts to
destroy that civilization by the Nazis during the
Holocaust; and the revival of the Jewish life after that.
on october 16, the organizers held an event with
restricted access by special invitations, the Hanukkat

have struck again at a Franciscan monastery in the

Holy Land, spray-painting offensive remarks on the
doors of the abbey located near the Church of the
Dormition. this is the second such attack in less than
on a month on a Christian monastery. the first occurred on September 11th in a trappist Monastery in
Latroun.
Scrawled on the gates of the Monastery of St.
Francis on Mount Zion were words denigrating Jesus
Christ along with the phrase "price tag" written next to
the blasphemous remarks.
Price tag refers to the name given for vandalism or
acts of violence aimed usually at Israeli security forces
or Palestinians. Usually carried out by radical Israeli
Jewish settlers, attackers will strike at a site, usually
Christian or Muslim, as a price for being evicted from
their settlements.
the vandals, believed to be pro-Israeli settlement
hardliners, have also attacked Muslim holy sites and
other Christian sites. According to reuters, Israeli
President Shimon Peres denounced the price tag
attacks, saying that such vandalism is contrary to the
Jewish faith and "causes great harm to Israel."
"Holy sites must not be harmed," he said.
the news agency also reported that Palestinian officials and Israeli rights groups have accused the authorities of not doing enough to investigate the attacks

BioMetriC PaSSPortS to Be introdUCed in

Ukraine: the Supreme Council of Ukraine passed
the law on Unified State Demographic register
which envisages introduction of biometric passports in
Ukraine.
According to Ukrinform.ua, 233 deputies voted for
the law. According to the law, each citizen regardless of
his/her age, is obliged to obtain a passport in the form
of a card containing a contactless electronic information carrier. the passports are issued to all persons
from their birth for ten years.
the biometric passport includes information contained in the unified state demographic register, such as
the name, date of birth or death, place of birth, sex, date
of entering of information to the register, information
about the parents, guardians, etc.

PoPe BenediCt xvi inClUdeS araBiC

langUage in general aUdienCe: VAtICAN
CItY, (Zenit.org). - Arabic was added to a General
Audience to explain Pope Benedict XVIs words to
those present in St. Peters Square as well as those connected through the media.
Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, director of the Holy
See Press office, said "a commentator will summarize
in Arabic the contents of the Popes catechesis and will
translate his greetings" to the different language
groups.
the initiative is a decision of the Holy Father, in
continuity with his trip last September to Lebanon, and
with the publication of the Post-Synodal Apostolic
exhortation on the Middle east, explained Fr.
Lombardi. the director of the Holy See Press office
also stated that "in this way the Holy Father wishes to
show his continued interest in and encouragement to
Christians of the Middle east, and also to remind all of
the duty to pray for peace in the Middle east."

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November, 2012

Why?/Why:
eternal Memory is sung at funerals
and services for the deceased. what or
who is to remember or be remembered? Sometimes its so sad.
the use of the phrase eternal Memory! is so well associated with funerals
and panakhidy that it might be interpreted
as an ominous expression, used to recall
some of the painful aspects involved in
missing a loved one. It is not unknown
that some even think the words (in
Ukrainian)vichnaya pamjat
to almost mean good-bye or
even the end. this is due to unfamiliarity with the fact that this is a deep prayer.
Part of this might stem from the somber
melody to which the words are usually
sung. It sounds sad. It often leaves people
in tears, to have memories of a spouse,
parent, child, relative or friend brought up.
this might prolong grieving, when the
intention is quite the opposite.
remembering that Christianity has its
roots in what is the Middle east, with an
element of eastern thought involved,
which later Western thought might not
appreciate or understand. Few really realize Christianity is fundamentally an
eastern religion.

By Fr Denny Molitvy

our faith, traced from its Hebrew roots,

has a connection to biblical literary expression underlying it. It is important to
remember that memories are vivid
images. to the ancients, to remember
someone evoked their image. to the rememberer, the one remembered was
brought to mind; was present, was alive.
this is especially evident if the remembered is not physically visible, for any
number of reasons. they may be in the
next room, the next town, country, or even
in the next life!
So, it seems, memory serves a purpose of making present (or alive-to-us)
one who is absent. this can easily be a
time of joyous reverie. the who who is
remembered is one not there.
In using eternal we address a prayer to
the one Who remembers: God, the
eternal. the prayer asks that the unending
presence with God be the fate of the one
we so lovingly entrust to He Who Is.
If, as we ask, our loved one is alive to
God's memory, he or she is in the bosom
of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Here there
is no pain, sorrow or mourning, but life
everlasting. It is not a place of tears, but
utter, total, complete happiness in the per-

healing

ere in Paris, I work with the Istina ecumenical

Center which is sponsored by the Dominican
friars of the Paris province. In conjunction
with this work, I recently participated in the annual
Dominican pilgrimage to Lourdes. If the pilgrimage is
popular, it is certainly not because of the talk that I and
three orthodox students gave, a presentation entitled
Marian Prayer in the eastern Churches. rather,
Lourdes attracts people who come to the Mother of
God in search of healing, pleading with her to intercede
with God on their behalf. Always contrary, I came back
from Lourdes sick instead of healed: voil, my first
cold of the season! (Did somebody say Gesundheit?)
the sick come to Lourdes in trainloads. I was
moved to see the throngs of sick people carted around
the shrine grounds by hundreds of volunteers, who
either push them in their wheelchairs or pull them
about in carts reminiscent of a rickshaw. of course,
the sick are very visible at all the devotions, including the processions. At the daily Massi.e., what we
would more properly refer to as the Divine Liturgy
when celebrated in our Church and according to our
riteI looked out on a sea of the sick, huddled in
afghans to protect them from the morning chill there in
the foothills of the Pyrenees.
one particular morning as I sat with the other priests,
yet one more infirm Christian was added to the picture:
a crippled priest, dressed in his Dominican habit, rode
up on his motorized cart and took his place with the
concelebrants. My mind raced to other visions: visions
of a paralyzed Ukrainian Catholic priest whom I have
seen at clergy meetings in the Paris exarchate, visions
of the deeply mourned Fr. tom Glynn as he underwent

fection for which the world and its inhabitants were created.
Armed with this perspective, you might
find the hymn less devastating. Perhaps a
different tempo of singing could emphasize the positive message of the grandeur
of eternal Memory. It may help the grief
we feel, and draw us to better understand
the incomparable message of the Canon
for the Deceased, composed by St John
Damascene so many centuries ago to put
into perspective life, death and Life.
did someone miss the large happy
new Year message in last month's
(September) issue when proofreading?
Quite the opposite. Since the Church
calendar always begins in September
(much like the Jewish Calendar) the greeting was appropriate, and placed deliberately. Based upon a calculation of the
beginning of the world used in the
Byzantine empire, September 1 is New
Year's Day. this is 7521 on that calendar.
[they went through Y2K over 5,520 years
ago. ed]. Some parishes even have New
Year's eve parties August 31, just because
they can.
at encounter 2012 i saw many priests
in line for communion. they went first
from left to right of the altar, then right
to left, why? do they receive twice?
why did some priests stand in line with

debilitating chemotherapy a few years back.

Imagine that: priests dare to be sick! How contrary
this is to the expectations of so many people, for whom
the priest is expected to be a rock of strength, available
24/7, so as to give them what they wantwhich, of
course, is not always what they need, but that is grist
for another mill Yes, take it from me: we priests are
just as susceptible to infirmity and brokenness as are
those who come to us for care.
Clerical infirmity manifests itself in many ways. the
most visible infirmities are physical, when our bodies
give out from years of abuse. this abuse takes many
formsbe they the rigors imposed by stressful and
demanding work, or be they unhealthy coping mechanisms such as alcohol abuse, overeating, and a laundry
list of addictions. You see, beneath the priestly faade
lurk many areas of hidden brokennessemotional,
relational, etc.which are part-and-parcel of the
priests lot. Unfortunately, it is precisely these areas
which slowly eat away at the priests life if they are not
attended to; headlines from recent years show us just
how wrong things can go! of course, it is very easy to
point fingers at wayward priests; it is not so easy to
offer timely help to those who are expected to be perfect. to be fair, the protective shield of isolation which
many priests set up doesnt help them to get the help
which they need. Isnt that partly a consequence of
clericalism? When we priests allow ourselves to be put
on a pedestal, we also remove ourselves from the consolation and support of people whose suffering we
share.
the Church is not unaware of the all-too-human
weaknesses of those ordained to serve. this comes out
clearly in ancient words of ordination: the God Who
heals what is infirm, and Who makes up for what is
lacking, raises the servant of God. In case you missed
the implication, the ordaining prelate realizes that the

the people?
What you witnessed is proper to concelebrated liturgies. the ritual is portrayed in
our cathedraland in many other churchesin an icon behind the Holy table.
Christ is seen (twice) offering His Disciples His Body (in the form of bread) and
His Blood (as wine in the chalice). For
this, you may have noted, non-celebrating
priests (or deacons) in vestments, or wearing the epitrachil or orar, approach
through the north deacon door. At the altar
the cupped left hand is extended for the
bishop to place the Body of Christ. the
right hand (representing the canopy of
Heaven) covers the Holy Gift. In unison
all consume the particle of the Lamb they
have been given; each priest then approaches from the South of the Holy
table, bows to the celebrant, drinks from
the chaliceand departs through the
royal Doors. Since the priest always
receives the Body and Blood separately,
this method is considered one act. they do
not receive twice.
Priests and deacons in cassock (and
riassa) without any vestment or stole
rightfully approach in line with the other
(non-ordained) communicants.
Priests, fully vested, or in epitrachial
who are in the pews do not concelebrate
that is say any of the priests prayers. this
is done only by those in the Holy Place.

one being ordained is subject to all sorts of infirmities,

and that he is lacking in many areas, but the ordaining
bishop ordains him anyway, trusting in Gods grace to
make things work out. (N.B., I use the masculine pronoun since the discipline of the Church does not permit
the ordination of women.) And we priests are forced to
confront our weakness in a silent prayer which precedes the great entrance: once again and many times
we fall before You and ask You, o good and loving
Lord, that having looked upon our petition, You might
cleanse our souls and bodies of every defilement of
flesh and spirit, and might permit us to stand guiltless
and uncondemned before Your holy altar. of course,
confronting the truth and acting upon it constructively
are, unfortunately, two different things. (this is, alas,
no different for clergy than it is for lay people!)
Dominicans like to split hairsthat is, to make
distinctions in an attempt to clarify. As a Dominican, I
cannot help making what I see as a necessary distinction between curing and healing. Curing is what
science allows doctors do: they rid the patient of illness
and deformity, thereby restoring proper biological
functioning. Healing, however, goes far beyond this:
healing is about wholeness, putting back together that
which is broken. While I suspect that some pilgrims at
Lourdes were hoping for a cure, I think that healing is
a greater giftthat is, allowing a
shattered spirit to be transformed,
transfigured. A cure makes headlines; healing brings a greater gift:
the fullness of life as promised by
the one who says I have come so
that you might have life, life to the
fullest. May we all seek such
healingno matter what side of
the icon screen we happen to be
fr. Jim Karepin, op
on.

extraordinary Sobor Convenes to elect new Metropolitan

As I find myself in these circumstances todayelected by this Holy
Sobor as the fourth Metropolitan and
First Hierarch of our Ukrainian
Orthodox Church of the USA, I realize
that there is very little human involved in
the sequence of events that surround me.

It is as if Heaven has invaded this space

and the human will and Divine Grace
are united. Heaven descends and earth
ascends. I think in the weakness of my
humanity that I offer myself to God, but
in reality He once again makes a gift of
Himself to me and I am bathed in His

Grace and in His Light

these words are a portion of
Archbishop Antonys response to the
just completed act of an extraordinary
Sobor of the Ukrainian orthodox
Church of the USA on Saturday,
october 6, 2012, electing him as the suc-

cessor to Metropolitan Constantine of

Blessed Memory, as Metropolitan-elect
of the Church. the Sobor took place at
the Metropolia Center of the Church in
South Bound Brook-Somerset, New
Jersey. So reported uocofusa.org.
continued on page 15

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November, 2012

Let Me Tell You about

encounter 2012
special to the new star

f you did not accept the

invitation to take part in
encounter 2012, you
truly missed an enriching
experience! over 200 laity and
85 eastern Catholic clergy and
religious gathered together to
share in the encounter.
the theme of encounter
2012, together in Christ,
piqued my curiosity. Who and
what was meant by together? the event was open to all,
so I decided to register. In the
past the Ukrainian Catholics
had various eparchial conferences, Obnova and Youth
for Christ to name two and

almost always limited to

Ukrainians. All were geared
toward reaching out to the
youth, the teens and the
mid-twenties age group.
encounter 2012 was inviting
everyone, bishops, clergy, religious and the laity, regardless
of ethnic background. It was a
meeting of the minds of the
various cultures that make up
the eastern Catholic Churches.
emphasis during this conference was focused around two
main ideas. one idea being
taken from 1 Cor 12, For as
one body, (I understood this to
mean the Church) we have

theosis

ncounter 2012, a conference of eastern

Catholic clergy and laity of Armenian,
Caldean, Malankara, Malabar, Maronite,
Melkite, romanian, russian, ruthenian, Syrian and
Ukrainian Churches, took place for the Midwest at
the end of September. Inspiring talks were heard on
the theme of building up todays Church.
eastern Christian Publications, one of the vendors, gave those attending a copy of the first edition
of their monthly magazine of Spiritual reflections
from the Christian east called theosis. the title
means divinization, the making of us like God. this

(ABoVe, LeFt): Morning prayer of the Maronite

Church was prayed at the hotel, Saturday.
(ABoVe, rIGHt): Vespers in the Melkite Church
were sung at nearby St Elias Church, Saturday
evening. (rIGHt): Matins and Divine Liturgy
were celebrated at the Cathedral of
St John the Baptist, Parma, Sunday morning.

many parts, (bishops, clergy,

religious and laity) and all the
parts do not have the same
function, so we, through many

are one in body in Christ and

individual parts of one another.
For we were all baptized by
one Spirit so as to form one

doctrine is found in the old testament

and in the New testament and the early
Fathers of the Church. St. Irenaueus
states, If the Word has been made man,
it is so that men may be made gods.
Many stated their belief in deification.
We are divinized by the presence of the
Holy Spirit and are reminded of our
spiritual heritage at a time when the
world has become secular not acknowledging Gods love.
the Holy Spirit is directing us to a stronger love
by having before our minds this doctrine of early
Christianity that we are to live like God in becoming
like God, serving each other. In this critical period in

bodywhether Jews or Gentiles, slave or freeand we

were all given the one Spirit to
drink Since we are all bapcontinued on page 16

the Challenges of
discipleship
Office of Faith Formation
history we are moved to know that we are continuously growing in divine participation through the
Church.

Centering: A Confessional Manifesto

erhaps you've noticed, perhaps

you've even been impressed by
what's happening around us:
o the spectacular and endlessly complex environment that God has provided
for us; our fellow creaturesfamily,
friends, all the bodiless powers, especially our guardian angels, other folks,
animals, plants, microbes, atoms... Jimi
Hendrix asked Have you ever been
experienced?
o our specific responsibility to deal
with all the other stuff around us in an
open and positive embrace of spiritual
sustainability.
In my time with the Kohlydyvka
brothers near toronto I tried to convince
them that Gods dictate to Adam recognized in his stewardship/control over
animals and nature was as a Good Shepherd, not a despoiler cannibal abuser.
Unfortunately they seemed pretty locked
into their ideas of aggressive victimization. I guess growing up under the Soviets fostered such opinions.
Meanwhile, back at our own bad
selves:
o Perhaps youve been looking around
at the rest of the world. Perhaps you
have noticed some vague similarities
between your own personal experience,
your own actual existence, and the rest
of creation. Perhaps you feel a vague

kinship with the other. Duh.

even scientists have finally noticed
that everything: people, rocks, air, water,
whatever, is all made out of the same
basic stuff. Were all simple atoms,
nuclei surrounded by orbiting electrons.
the physical difference between me and
a puff of smoke and a rock is just density
and arrangement. rodney King said:
Can we all just get along?
the secret is to recognize that we are
all one, that there is no us and them,
no you and me. once youve realized that were each just another cog in
Gods totally incomprehensible plan,
well, the happier, more fulfilled, more
together we ALL are lifts each of us
individuals up. If someone or something
is in distress somewhere, we are all and
each brought down, compromised, endangered, damaged.
the bond that unites us is the movement of the Holy Spirit, the ebullient
Divine Nature that is shared in at least
some small extent by all of creation,
Gods presence in our lives and in all He
has created. When you take advantage of
anyone or despoil your surroundings,
you are ignoring Gods plan, refusing to
participate in the cycle of grace. Poor
choice.
the interaction of the three visitors in
St Andrei rublevs old testament

trinity is a strikingly vivid graphic representation of this synergy. this famous

icon is the patronal symbol of my little
primitive shack out in the woods in
HawaiI, Holy trinity Ashram/retreat.
You could do worse than reflect upon
this image for a few minutes now and
then. Check it out.
once you have realized, experienced
the reality of something as ''yes, by
gum'', reAL, to acknowledge its being
and your own humble role in this
dynamic synthesis, well, all you have to
do is let go and allow this primal symbiosis to wash over you like the lapping
wavelets of a rising tide and engulf you
like an overwhelming tsunami. that is
the Divine energy that St Gregory
Palamas attempted to describe. I think it
is easier to recognize and feel than it is
to explain or describe or define, but St
Gregory did a pretty good job, based on
the Philokalia english translation (vol.
4). Still there's a reason why St Gregory
Nazianzen is called the theologian.
I believe you'll know it when you get
there. the old light bulb moment.
We should all get right on it.
I admit I've always been bugged by
folks who refer to iconography as icon
writing although that is the most literally correct translation of the Greek. After
a lifetime of studying and producing

two-dimensional graphic images, I very

strongly feel that the traditional egg tempera and mosaic are painted or assembled. I think of statues as extremely
lumpy icons.
these little reflections represent
another form of iconography: an image,
a concept, projected through words written and shared. this (without getting all
presumptous here) is a tradition that
comes from Moses and the Prophets, the
Apostles and evangelists, from the
Desert Fathers and all the Patristic writers and their successors through theophan the recluse, Lev Gillet, thomas
Merton, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and so many others

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November, 2012

Canon thomas glynn enters

eternal life, age 80

he first priest ordained for the eparchy

of St Nicholas in Chicago has died.
Very rev Fr thomas Glynn, who at
the time of his death was associate pastor of
St Joseph the Betrothed in Chicago, was born
July 12, 1932 to tom and Pauline Glynn. He
grew up with his brother Jack and many other
relatives from Ireland on the south side of
Chicago. After attending St. Basil's Grade
School and St. Vincent Preparatory College
in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, young tom
enrolled at DePaul University where he completed a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy and
education. His love for education drew him
to a career in teaching. While teaching at a
boarding school on the northwest side of
Chicago, Fr tom met Fr. Joseph Shary, then
pastor of St. Joseph Parish. It was through his
friendship with Fr. Shary that Fr. tom learned
of and felt a calling to join the priesthood in
the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Fr. tom entered Catholic University and St.
Josaphat Seminary in Washington DC, in
1960. on March 29, 1964, Fr. tom became
the first priest ordained for the newly-established St. Nicholas eparchy by the first
Bishop JAroSLAW (Gabro). After his ordination, he remained at St. Nicholas Cathedral
Parish until 1967.
For a brief period between 1967 and 1970
Fr. tom served at St. John the Baptist in
Detroit. He then returned to Chicago until
1977. From 1977 to 1984, Fr. tom had the
opportunity to serve the communities in the
western part of the eparchy, at the parishes of
St. John the Baptist and St. Demetrius in
Belfield, North Dakota.
In 1984 he moved back to Detroit where he
earned a Master's Degree in Chemical Dependency. He also completed Certification as
a Social Worker. Fr. tom remained in Detroit
until 1989 serving the communities of St.
John the Baptist and our Lady of Perpetual
Help in Dearborn Heights while working as a
Spiritual Counselor at Sacred Heart rehabilitation Center.
on June 1, 1989, Fr. tom returned to Chi-

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the Sobor began with Divine Liturgy
served in St. Andrew Memorial Church
with both Church hierarchsHis
eminence Archbishop Antony and His
Grace Bishop
Danielconcelebrating with the
assistance
of
clergy from around the USA
and hundreds of
additional clergy
and lay delegates to the Sobor and many
guests wanting
to witness a
moment of history.
Archbishop
Antony is now
Metropolitanelect of the
Ukrainian orthodox Church of the
USA. the results of the extraordinary
electoral Sobor have already been conveyed to His All-Holiness Patriarch

cago to serve at St. Joseph Parish. He was

bestowed the title of Canon by Bishop
MICHAeL (Wiwchar, CSsr) in 1998, on the
34th anniversary of his ordination.
Although experiencing recent health problems, Fr tom was active in parish life, celebrating the Divine Liturgy, conducting study
groups, and contributing to the parish bulletin. Several of his writings were reprinted in
New Star. He quietly observed his 48th anniversary of ordination this year.
Canon thomas Glynn died September 26.
His funeral began at the Church of St Joseph
the Betrothed, Chicago, on tuesday, october
2 with the Parastaspart one of a Priest's
Funeral, and concluded october 3. Among
the celebrants were clergy from near and far.
Along with Bishop rICHArD (Seminack), the
pastor of St Joseph, Fr Mykola Buryadnyk
was joined by (in order of years of service):
Fr Leonard Korchinski, Very rev Canon
William Bilinsky, Fr John Lucas, right rev
Archimandrite Ivan Krotec, Very rev roman
Galadza, Fr Abraham Miller, Very rev
Archpriest Mikhailo Kuzma, Fr Myron
Panchuk, Very rev Basil Salkovski, oSBM,
Very rev Yaroslav Mendyuk, Fr Volodymyr
Hudzan, Very rev Bohdan Nalysnyk, Fr Ihor
Koshyk, Fr Volodymyr Kushnir and Fr
roman Artymovych. Fr Deacon Michajlo
Horodysky served, as did Subdeacon Petro
rudka, along with altar servers of St Joseph
Parish. Congregation responses were led by
Marko Krutiak.
Part two of the Funeral of a Priest commenced the next morning, the clergy being
joined by Very rev Canon, Dr Wayne
ruchgy, Fr Vasyl Savchyn, Fr Maximos Davies, Fr Stepan Kostiuk and Fr Deacon
Michael Huskey. Fr Deacon Michael Cook
was in attendance. At the conclusion of the
Farewell Kiss and Panakhyda, the body of
friend, counselor, theologian, teacher and
associate pastor was laid to rest at St Nicholas
Cemetery, Chicago. A traditional Agape Meal
was held in the Parish Hall.
May his memory be eternal!

Bartholomew with the humble request

that the Holy Synod of the ecumenical
Patriarchate formally elect the Archbishop as Metropolitan and enter his
name into the diptychs of the Holy
orthodox Church. Many people present
at the Sobor
expressed
the
desire to travel
with the Metropolitan-elect to
Constantinople
for the formal
service confirming that induction into the diptychs. once the
Patriarchate informs our bishops about the
decision of the
Holy Synod and,
hopefully, the
date for this service, the possibility of organizing such a pilgrimage will
be explored and announced to the faithful.

Bishop Richard preached at the evening Parastasand at the

morning funeral, poured oil, anointing the Priest, Thomas.
(inSet) Fr Tom blesses Paschal Food in a photo by Julian Hayda.

Bishop roMan (danylak)

dies, age 82

is Grace, Bishop roMAN (Danylak), Ukrainian Apostolic Administrator emeritus of toronto

and eastern Canada, died on Sunday,
october 7, 2012, at the age of 82.
Born on December 29, 1930, in toronto, ontario, and ordained to the priesthood in Saint Josaphats Seminary Chapel
in rome by Archbishop MAXIM (Hermaniuk), CSsr., on october 13, 1957,
Bishop Danylak was ordained to the episcopate in St. Michaels Cathedral, toronto, on March 25, 1993. He resigned as
Apostolic Administrator in 1998.
Bishop Danylak was a hero of the prolife movement in Canada and an outspoken
promoter of the restoration of Catholic
teaching in the Canadian Catholic School
system. He saw the problems developing
in Catholic education many years ago and
warned that, despite dedicated teachers and
expensive programs, children were not adequately instructed in moral issues, and
recognized that much of the blame was due
to gravely flawed instructional material.

one program the bishop criticized severely

is the ontario Fully Alive family life series
which Bishop Danylak said is woefully
deficient in its treatment of moral principles.
the Fully Alive program is not a program
for formation in
Christian virtue but a
program of imparting sexual knowledge to children, he
said.
the bishop recommended that
the program be
scrapped in all
schools, noting,
the proper authority in the area of family life education
should be with the parents.
Funeral Services were held tuesday, october 9, and Wednesday, october 10, with
Parastas at St. Josaphat Cathedral, toronto.
on thursday, october 11, 2012, there was
the Funeral at St. Josaphat Cathedral.
May his memory be eternal!

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Pope: we Cannot Speak of new evangelization without

a "Sincere desire for Conversion"
VAtICAN CItY, (Zenit.org).- Pope Benedict XVI
officially opened the Synod of Bishops, under the
theme of "the New evangelization and the
transmission of the Christian Faith" with the celebration of Mass in St. Peter's Square. the Holy Father also
proclaimed St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of
Bingen as Doctors of the Church.
During his homily, the Holy Father reflected on the
nature of the new evangelization, and the call of Christ
to his disciples to announce the Gospel around the
whole world. Pope Benedict XVI stressed the role of
the Catholic Church, saying that the "Church exists to
evangelize."
"even in our own times, the Holy Spirit has nurtured
in the Church a new effort to announce the Good News,
a pastoral and spiritual dynamism which found a more
universal expression and its most authoritative impulse
in the Second Vatican ecumenical Council," the pope
said.
"Such renewed evangelical dynamism produces a
beneficent influence on the two specific "branches"
developed by it, that is, on the one hand the Missio ad

Gentes or announcement of the Gospel to those who do

not yet know Jesus Christ and his message of salvation,
and on the other the New evangelization, directed principally at those who, though baptized, have drifted
away from the Church and live without reference to the
Christian life."
the Pope reiterated the Synodal Assembly's purpose
to evangelize to those who have strayed from the faith
saying its rediscovery can be a "source of grace which
brings joy and hope to personal, family and social life."
Contemplating on the theme of marriage found in the
first reading and Gospel of Sunday, the Holy Father
emphasized the importance of the sacrament of
Marriage, calling it "a Gospel in itself." the Pope also
stated that the crisis of faith is inherently linked to the
crisis of marriage in today's society. "Marriage, as a
union of faithful and indissoluble love, is based upon
the grace that comes from the triune God, who in
Christ loved us with a faithful love, even to the Cross,"
the pope said.
"today we ought to grasp the full truth of this statement, in contrast to the painful reality of many mar-

U.s. Bishops convene for fall General

assembly This Month
Presentations on rebuilding
efforts in haiti
and defense of Marriage
among topics to Be discussed
WASHINGtoN, D.C. (Zenit. org).
- the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops (USCCB) will meet in
November in Baltimore for their
annual Fall General Assembly. the
bishops will hear addresses by
Cardinal timothy Dolan of New
York, president of the USCCB, and
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigan,
apostolic nuncio to the United
States.
the bishops will also hear reports
from Bishop Kevin J. Farrell of
Dallas, chairman of the USCCB
Committee on National Collections, and Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas
of tucson, Arizona, chairman of

Catholic relief Services, on

rebuilding efforts for the Church in
Haiti. Auxiliary Bishop edgar
Moreira da Cunha of Newark, New
Jersey will give an informational
presentation on World Youth Day
2013, and Archbishop Salvatore
Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the Subcommittee on the
Promotion and Defense of Marriage, will give an update on the
promotion and defense of marriage,
particularly a Spanish-language
video.
Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson, head of
the ordinariate of the Chair of St.
Peter, will give a status update on
the activities of the ordinariate,
which was established in January to
assist Anglican communities in the
United States wishing to join the
Catholic Church. the bishops will

also hear presentations from Archbishop timothy P. Broglio of the

Archdiocese of Military Services,
chairman of the USCCB Subcommittee on Canonical Affairs and
Church Governance, and Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New
orleans, chairman of the Committee on Divine Worship.
the bishops will vote on several
action items, including their strategic plan and documents on preaching, the Sacrament of Penance, the
economy and possibilities and challenges to the teaching ministry of a
bishop. the bishops will also vote
for the treasurer-elect of USCCB,
the chairmen-elect of five committees, and the creation of three
USCCB staff positions..

Women Theologians to reflect on vatican ii

roMe, (Zenit.org).- A conference
gathering women theologians to
reflect on the Second Vatican
Council met in rome at the
Sant'Anselmo Pontifical Athenaeum, organized by the Coordination of Italian Women theologians
(CIt).
According to Marinella Perroni,
president of CIt, the congress was
a moment of ecumenical comparison between scholars involved in
different realms of theological
learning and of ecclesial life, to
consider the recognition of
women's contribution within the
Church in the last 50 years.
Bishop Domenico Sigalini of
Palestrina, national assistant of
Catholic Action, spoke to ZeNIt at
the presentation of the conference.

"If we are only going to look at

the seats where the women sat we
resolve nothing, but if we see the
pervasiveness of their experience
of faith within the People of God I
think it has increased very much,"
the bishop reflected.
From the social and ecclesial
point of view, the bishop said that
statistics also prove that the transmission of the faith to the new generations is stronger if it passes
through grandmothers and mothers.
Bishop Sigalini spoke of the tendencies in Marian devotion in the
late 1960s, noting the impression
then that "to magnify Mary seemed
an affront to Jesus. "then there
was a very big discussion at the
Council. Paul VI intervened per-

sonally to have Mary recognized as

Mother of the Church, he recalled.
"I must say that that intervention of
Pope Paul VI enabled me to be reconciled with Mary.
I come from a generation that
exalted feminism, but I understood
the profound faith of that woman
[...] when Mary had to render an
account to her father and mother
saying that she was expecting a
child, although she didnt know
man. When Mary had to face other
women who began to laugh as they
saw her swelling. When Mary had
to render an account to the law
which could have stoned her and
her child. In sum, a woman of great
faith who was plunged in tremendous trials."
Antonio Gaspari

riages which, unhappily, end badly."

a Call to holiness
Pope Benedict XVI, in recalling the Second Vatican
Council's call to holiness for all Christians, specifically
regarded the saints as "pioneers and bringers of the new
evangelization." the Holy Father presented St. John of
Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen, who were both proclaimed Doctors of the Church during the Mass, as
examples of the call of all Christians to announce the
Good News.
Saying that the call to holiness also helps us to contemplate on the fragility, and even sins of Christians,
the Pope emphasized that it is not possible to speak of
the New evangelization without "a sincere desire for
conversion.
the Holy Father concluded his homily asking the
intercession of the saints and "great evangelizers", particularly his predecessor, Blessed John Paul II, referring to the late Pope's pontificate as "an example of the
new evangelization."
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tized by the same Spirit, we should embrace all
those who come to our church to worship. We need
to accept the diversity of those who come to our
churches and realize that only through unity will
our churches continue to grow. We should not turn
anyone away because they look different or do not
speak the language of our homeland. All of us
together make up the Church.
Interesting philosophy, which led into the second
idea, taken from St. Peter, you also, like living
stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a
holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in
Scripture it says: See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who
trusts in Him will never be put to shame. Now to
you who believe, this stone is precious. (1 Peter
2:5-7) We are all baptized into Christ, into His
royal priesthood. We are the living stones of the
Church. the Church without laity has no ministerial function and in turn, the laity without the
Church has no path to follow to reach the Kingdom
of God.
this encounter was a living example of the
diversity within our eastern Church. A Prayer
Service at the hotel was according to the Maronite
tradition. We journeyed a few miles to join in the
prayers of the Melkites for Vespers, enjoyed a traditional Middle eastern meal and the next day celebrated Divine Liturgy with the ruthenians at the
nearby Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. After taking part in this conference, I left experiencing a
personal change, a realization that I am part of a
bigger picture in Christs plan to bring us into His
Kingdom. each of us is called to discipleship, to
work in His vineyard, to become Christs eyes and
ears, His hands and feet, His heart, His body here
on earth, to give back to Him through the talents
He gave us, by building His Church and not alone,
but by working with those around us.
My thanks to the bishops from all the eastern
Churches who worked together to organize this
special encounter and my hope is that this is not
the only encounter which will include all eastern
Churches. It was truly invigorating and an opportunity to better understand my place in our Church.
to those who could not attend one of the three conferences spread over the U.S., make sure you do
not miss the next one.
Phyllis Muryn Zaparniuk

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encounter 2012
Underway
midwest Conference Huge success
INDePeNDeNCe, ohio eastern
Catholics in the United States are not
new to the country. Yet they are often
overlooked when Catholic news makes
its way to the pages and airwaves of the
media. Hoping to remedy this phenomenon, a program of educational encounters has been developed.
In 1999 in Boston the first encounter
was planned by rome. Invited to attend
scholarly sessions were the hierarchs of all the eastern
Catholic eparchies, the
heads of monastic
communities and
one or two guests
of each bishop. In
Chicago in 2006,
a second encounter was planned by the eastern
Catholic bishops.
this, too, was by
invitation only and
included a wider range of
attendees, primarily those
clerics and laity involved in religious education.
encounter 2012 became a project
entrusted to the members of the eastern
Conference of eparchial Directors of
religious education (eCeD). A committee formed two years ago to devise a
third encounter, open to all who would
be interested in an event that could put
the faithful of each particular Church in
contact with members of the other church
jurisdictions nationwideArmenian,
Byzantine, Chaldean, Maronite, SyroMalabar, Syro-Malankara and Syriac.
the result was designing one conference, one theme, one purposeto be
offered in three geographic areas of the
country. the focus was the collaboration
of the clergy and laity as sharers of the
responsibility to make Christ and His
Church known, not only to eastern
Catholics, but to Westerners as well.
on September 21-22 as summer was
ending, encounter 2012 beganthe first
of these three programs designed to bring
together members of the various eastern
Catholic traditions. During this time
more than 80 bishops, priests, deacons,
monastics and some of the wives of the
clergy met at a Holiday Inn near
Cleveland to hear presentations tailored
to their roles in implementing programs
designed to empower the laity to exercise
their rightful calling, as baptized
Christians, to spread the faith.
Following an opening prayer service,
Melkite Bishop NICHoLAS (Samra) welcomed brother bishops, priests and deacons to the encounter. Hierarchs in attendance were Archbishop WILLIAM (Skurla) and Bishop JoHN (Kudrick), ruthenian Byzantine; Bishops JoHN (Bura)
and rICHArD (Seminack) Ukrainian
Byzantine; and Bishop JoHN (Pazak),
Slovak Byzantine. Archbishop William
addressed the clergy, asking them to
open your minds and hearts to the working of the Holy Spirit as we renew old
friendships and make new friends. our
encounter is also with the Lord. Bishop

Nicholas then gave a history of the previous encounters.

First speaker Deacon Alexander Wroblicky, of the Ukrainian Church, offered
the clergy ways in which to help the laity
on their journey to theosis (becoming
partakers in the Divine). they can do
this, he said, by being good liturgists,
defenders of the faith, workers of mercy
and spiritual guides.
Next Maronite priest, Father
Anthony Salim, spoke on
the activity of the royal
priesthood, as laity
were called in Pope
Paul VIs Decree
on the Laity. He
used the icon of
the Visitation as
an example of
sharing the Good
News, or Gospeling, his coined
word for evangelizing.
Mary goes to elizabeth
to share her good news;
elizabeth receives the news with a
joyful and open heart. Father Salim
stressed the need for adult faith formation, so that the laity can be a light in
todays world.
Melkite Deacon Sabatino Carnazzo
was the first speaker on Friday morning.
Its time to put Christ back into the center of our churches, our eparchies, he
said. He listed some attributes of a good
leader: metanoia (a conversion of heart,
carry your Bible with you always),
fasting (acknowledges dependence on
things outside of us) and tithing (pay a
ransom for your sins). If parishes are
not producing lay leaders, we are failing to give them what they need, he
said.
After Deacon Carnazzos talk, Divine
Liturgy was celebrated at St. Josaphat
Ukrainian Cathedral, Parma, with Bishop Bura as the main celebrant. the
parish then hosted a luncheon in its
Astrodome, during which Bishop
Nicholas gave his keynote address,
Servant Leadership: Be All You Can
Be. He spoke of a new design for
church leadership: Ministerial priesthood and royal priesthood (laity) work
hand in hand to build the kingdom.
Can you do it? he asked the clergy. His
reply: Yes, you can! You are a special
gift that God has made and gives you the
gifts you need.
Ushering in the season of autumn,
September 22 and 23 were days specifically dedicated to presenting to the
approximately 200 laity the same topics.
With the emphasis upon empowering
those who through baptism are members
of the royal priesthood, the speakers
addressed the assembled audience members of varied Catholic Church traditions.
An added speaker for the laity was the
eparchy of Parmas Deacon John
evancho. He offered a model of church
growth based on the Acts of the Apostles
and the early Church Fathers. Deacon
evancho focused on discipleship, look-

ing at the areas of worship, nurture/education, social outreach and service. He

used the icon of the trinity as an example
of our pattern of life: Work respectfully,
differentially, with others in the church.
He urged the attendees to pay attention
to the sacrament of our neighbor.
Following Deacon evanchos talk, the
encounter moved to St. elias Melkite
Church, Brooklyn, for vespers and a traditional Middle eastern meal served by
the parish.
Adding to the process of exploring the
concept of unity in faith, diversity in expression, each of the days prayer services was according to a different liturgical tradition. the concluding Liturgy was
on Sunday morning at the (ruthenian)
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Parma.
the hotels Grand Ballroom at various
times was chapel, dining room, lecture
hall, social center and store. Clergy and
laity had the opportunity to shop for
everything from vestments to educational
materials to religious items and jewelry

from an array of vendors. A separate hospitality room provided attendees time

each night to relax, enjoy beverages,
snacks and casual conversations.
Many of the participants of the lay part
of the encounter said the encounter far
exceeded their expectations. roman
Catholic Mark tamisiea, of omaha,
Nebraska, who is entering a year of discernment with the Jesuits in the russian
region, said a highlight of the encounter
for him was attending the Divine
Liturgies. He said, I was deeply inspired; I came to seek a better understanding of the eastern churches. I was
very edified by the people Ive met.
It now falls to the east and West Coast
sessions of encounter 2012 to deliver the
message in their respective venues: Hillsborough, New Jersey, october 11-14, and
el Segundo, California, November 2-4.
Father John Lucas
and Loretta Nemeth

Encounter 2012
events spanned the
spectrum of most
human needs
spiritual, social,
physical, intellectual,
aescetical and even
practicalas a
wholistic experience.
These many facets,
including the everpresent evaluation
form, at the end of
the session are caught
in a collage.

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his Beatitude Patriarch sviatoslav visits

the chapel to the venerable nun
Martyrs olympia and Laurentia

n Sunday, September 23rd,

under beautiful Saskatoon skies,
His Beatitude Patriarch Sviatoslav honored the Ukrainian Sisters of
St. Joseph with a visit to their Chapel
dedicated to the Venerable Nun Martyrs
olympia and Laurentia. After walking
three times in procession around the

Chapel His Beatitude, together with

their Graces BrYAN (Bayda), eparch of
Saskatoon; MICHAel (Wiwchar), Bishop
emeritus of Saskatoon; and StePHAN
(Meniok), exarch of Donetsk-Kharkiv,
eastern Ukraine, as well as, several
members of the Clergy and Sisters
entered into it and celebrated a Moleben
to the Nun Martyrs.
During the service His Beatitude
blessed the newly-erected iconostas and
icon to the 27 Martyrs on the inside of
the Chapel, as well as, the new entrance

bell tower and multi-purpose building

on its grounds. Inside the new building,
which is being referred to as "the Ark",
given its shape and the fact that it was
successfully built during a record rainy
season, His Beatitude also blessed a well
which is central to it, as well as, the
water flowing from it.
over 350 faithful participated in this
historic event which marked the official
completion of this multi-facility complex which includes a Monastery for the
Sisters; a Chapel to the Venerable Nun
Martyrs olympia and Laurentia in
which their crucial elements and our
Lord and Saviour are ever present; a
trapezna building in which food is
served and displays are held; the
entrance archway which also serves as a
bell tower; and, the new "Ark" which
will house an Icon Corner and Martyrs
Museum, the well/fountain, a coffee bar
and meeting room, as well as, washroom facilities and a huge outdoor covered patio. once all of these amenities
are fully in place and functional the
complex will be opened as a pilgrimage
destination site.
the Ukrainian Sisters of St. Joseph of
Saskatoon sincerely thank His Beatitude
for praying with them and blessing the
new installations at the Chapel complex;
and, in the words of Venerable olympia
continue to give "Glory to God for
everything".
Sisters of St. Joseph

syrian orthodox Bishop calls for

diplomatic initiatives in syria

Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim Describes

Increasing Violence
VAtICAN CItY, (Zenit.org).- Mar
GreGorIoS YoHANNA (Ibrahim), the
Syrian orthodox Bishop of Aleppo appealed for concrete diplomatic initiatives
in response to the growing violence in
Syria.
Speaking to
Agenzia Fides,
Mar Gregorios
said that the situation is worsening in the region
and echoed Pope
Benedict's called
for an international response to
the crisis. "We leaders of local Christian
Churches can do little. even Muslim leaders appear divided," he said.
"At this point, given the inaction of the
Western powers, the Holy See itself or
other realities, such as the Community of
St. egidio, may try to put in place practical
proposals to find a way out of the conflict,
based on a defined agenda that makes
Pope Benedict XVIs appeals during his
visit to Lebanon concrete. those words of
His Holiness were really important, and
were appreciated by all, Christians and
Muslims."
the Syrian orthodox Bishop went on to
describe the situation in the city of Aleppo,
described the ever increasing dangers in
his diocese, saying that explosions occur
"all day." the Syrian prelate also said that
because they live close to neighborhoods

in Yalta representatives of various

faiths Study the art of Coexistence

he conference the Art

of the Coexistence of
Christians: History Lessons and Challenges brought
together about thirty experts and
practitioners from Ukraine,
Belarus, Germany and Poland to
discuss the practical dimension
of Christian cooperation. the
organizer of the meeting, which
takes place october 4-6 in Yalta,
is the international group reconciliation in europe.
the Ukrainian reconciliation
group operates as an integral
part of the international group,
and it includes representatives of

four Ukrainian churches: the

Ukrainian orthodox Church, the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Church, the roman Catholic
Church (rCC) in
Ukraine, and also
the German evangelical Lutheran
Church in Ukraine
(GeLCU).
"our churches
separately are rocks, and only
Christ can create from them a
wonderful mosaic, but we have
to allow him to do this, said
Bishop Marian Buchek of the
Kharkiv-Zaporizhia diocese of

the rCC. We still barely know

each other and therefore should
work on getting to know each
other better so that there will be
reconciliation and mutual love. As such we
will set an example for
our laitythey will
know about our steps
and will change their
attitude.
He also noted the special role
of the media to help spread
understanding among the laity
and reflect the multiplying symbolic gestures of the hierarchy.
Bishop Uland Spahlinger of

where the Free Syria Army has settled, it

has been impossible to open schools or
accommodate people in churches.
"every day there are deaths, funerals are
celebrated in all Christian churches.
Yesterday, I celebrated the funeral of a
Syrian orthodox soldier killed in Sweida,"
he said. Mar Gregorios sharply denounced
the cycle of violence among Syrians, saying that "killing their own brothers and sisters is something atrocious, a shame
before the eyes of all humanity."
the Syrian bishop acknowledged that
Christians are involved in the cycle of
conflict in various ways. the majority,
he says, have "become silent, waiting to
see where what is happening takes us,
and wonder anxiously what the future
will be like." Mar Gregorios said that
while he knows that among Christians
there are both opponents and supporters
of the current regime, he could not confirm that Christians have taken up arms.
"those who choose that path, he said,
"one way or the other, does it individually. For everyone else, the prospect
that comes up is that of escape. there
are hundreds of families who have
already done so, and others are considering it. the same scenario of Iraq
seems to repeat itself here in Syria."
Mar Gregorios concluded his interview with Fides saying that while many
have chosen to flee the country, he will
not. "I will stay here, I cannot leave
Aleppo, I have to be with my people."

the GeLCU compared the

Christian art of communicating
with the art of playing a musical
instrumentto be a master in
one or the other you need a lot of
practice.
Participants discussed the
history and present coexistence

of Christians in europe, considered issues of the Ukrainian

religious landscape, looked for
ways to have reconciliation
between Christians in Ukraine
and how to be a Christian
today.

new evangelization Must Counter distortion of faith in Mass Media

VAtICAN CItY, (Zenit.org).Fr. robert F. Prevost, Prior
General of the order of St.
Augustine (Augustinians) addressed the Synod of Bishops in
Vatican City . elected as Prior
General in 2001, Fr. Prevost,
who is from Chicago, Illinois, is
currently serving his second
six=year term.
the Prior General of the
Augustinians focused his intervention on the role of mass
media in shaping "human imag-

ination" regarding faith and

ethics, particularly television
and cinema. Fr. Prevost cited
Western mass media as responsible for garnering sympathy
"for beliefs and practices that
are at odds with the Gospel."
Fr. Prevost stated that while
mass media retains such influence in society, it is only part of
the problem. "the sympathy for
anti-Christian lifestyle choices
that mass media fosters is so
brilliantly and artfully en-

grained in the viewing public,

that when people hear the
Christian message it often
inevitably seems ideological
and emotionally cruel by contrast to the ostensible humaneness of the anti-Christian perspective," he said.
the head of the Augustinian
order also stated that if the
Church's call for a New evangelization is to counter the distortions of faith in the mass
media, then those who are at the

frontline must become more

informed of the challenges of
evangelizing with the present
difficulties.
Citing the Fathers of the
Church as examples of "masters
of the art of rhetoric", Fr.
Prevost said that there success
in evangelization was because
"they understood the foundations of social communication
appropriate to the world in
which they lived."
Fr. Prevost concluded his

intervention saying that it was

insufficient for the Church to
only own its own media channels. "the proper mission of the
Church is to introduce people to
the nature of mystery as an antidote to spectacle. religious life
also plays an important role in
evangelization, pointing others
to this mystery, through living
faithfully the evangelical counsels," he said.
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Patriarch Sviatoslav opens Year of Faith in UGCC,

Delivers Gift from Ukrainian Pilgrims to Pope

n October 14, during a Hierarchical Liturgy in the

Cathedral of the Holy Sophia in Rome, Patriarch
SVIATOSLAV (Shevchuk) opened the Year of the
Faith in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC).
As a symbolic act of blessing this restored cathedral
of the Holy Sophia here, in the Eternal City of Rome,
according to the resolution of the Synod of Bishops of
our church and in response to the call of the Most Holy
Father Benedict XVI, I would like to open solemnly the
Year of the Faith in our Church, said the
hierarch.
In the context of the Year of the Faith, the
Primate referred to the words of Pope
Benedict XVI that the objective of this period
is to show to the world the beauty and truth of
our faith.
His Beatitude also invited the believers to a
national Ukrainian pilgrimage to be held on
August 18, 2013, on the occasion of the 125th
anniversary of the Baptism of Rus Ukraine.
His Beatitude presented His Holiness a lamp
as a gift, and noted that this lamp symbolizes the Church
which is the light of nations as is mentioned in the
Constitution Lumen gentium, ratified by the Second
Vatican Council fifty years ago. the UGCC leader
added that the restored Cathedral of St. Sophia in rome
signifies for the UGCC, a new evangelization in the
commencement by the Pope of the Year of Faith in
the Catholic Church.

I am sincerely grateful to Ukrainians for this gift

and for the gift of preserving and transmitting the
Christian faith, as well as for the witnessing of faith
done by Patriarch JoSePH (Slipyi). this lamp will
always remind me of Ukraine and its people, and
mainly the Church, which becomes the light of faith
in the whole world, stated His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
Let us note, that the construction of the Cathedral
of St. Sophia was
begun in 1967. His
Beatitude Joseph
and seventeen Ukrainian bishops, in
the presence of
Pope Paul VI
who brought to St.
Sophia from the
Cathedral of St.
Clement a piece of
the relics of that
saint and placed them under the main altarcompleted the act of consecrating the church and altar
background mosaic, the creation of a renowned
Ukrainian artist Sviatoslav Hordynsky. the restoration of the Cathedral began a year ago and was completed thanks to the donations of UGCC faithful
from throughout the world.
UGCC Department of Information

Maybe youve seen this on your local

supermarket bulletin board...Maybe not.

Meeting Between Pope and Patriarch of Moscow

Seems Closer today: italian scholar Living in russia
Speaks On Eastern Orthodox-Roman Catholic Relations

roMe, (Zenit.org).- It is an eventuality that was never excluded in the past

and which seems closer today. the
much awaited meeting between Benedict XVI and orthodox Patriarch Kirill
might not be far away, on condition that
some open questions are resolved, said
the hieromonk Giovanni Guaita in an
interview with Aid to the Church in
Need (ACN). the Italian scholar has
lived in russia for almost 30 years as a
collaborator of the secretary for InterChristian relations of the Department
for Foreign relations of the Moscow
Patriarchate.
the hieromonka title attributed by
the eastern Churches to monks who
have received priestly ordinationreceived the Papal Foundation at the
Muscovite monastery of Saint Daniel, a
spiritual and administrative center of the
orthodox Church, where the Depart-

ment headed by the Metropolitan, Hilarion, has its headquarters.

the hope is that the meeting will
mark a moment of effective change in
relations between the two Churches, and
not limited to a handshake in front of
photographers, he said. First, he explained, some knots must be untied, not
so much in russia as in other countries,
for example, Ukraine. the desire of a
possible face-to-face meeting between
the heads of the two Churches, however,
was discussed in 2005 by the newlyelected Pope, Benedict XVI, and the
then simple Metropolitan Kirill.
relations between Moscow and the
Holy See were also discussed last July
on the occasion of Prime Minister Mario
Montis visit to russia when, due to
scheduling conflicts, the Italian Premier
broke with protocol, meeting the
orthodox Patriarch even before his

meeting with [russian President

Dmitry] Medvedev. the hieromonk was
present at the conversation in which
there was obviously talk of the present
economic crisis, a subject felt profoundly by the patriarchate. today russia is
facing social problems she never knew
in the past, such as the enormous economic disparity between various strata
of the population. And the orthodox
Church is increasingly active in this
area, he explained to ACN-Italy.
Another relatively recent phenomenon
is that of immigration. those which in
the Soviet period were simply internal
movements have now become migratory
flows with the consequent problems of
reception and integration. In Moscow
the community of immigrants, both official as well as clandestine, is very large
and comes, to a great extent, from the
former Soviet republics with a Muslim

majority. Because of this, inter-religious

dialogue is necessary, Guaita said.
the russian orthodox patriarch is
also strongly committed to providing
support to persecuted Christians worldwide and to opposing a certain
'Christianophobia' present in Western
europe and where the faithful do not
suffer persecution directly, but where the
desire exists to relegate the Church to
the margins of social life and to reduce
the religious event to a private question, he said.
Concluding his interview, the orthodox religious scholar thanked ACN,
saying that they are one of the very first
Catholic organizations to establish very
cordial relations with the Moscow patriarchate. Immediately after the collapse
of the Soviet Union, the air was tense
between the two Churches, both in
russia as well as in the countries of the
former USSr. However, the Papal
Foundation continued to support an
amazing quantity of projects in favor of
the orthodox Church, be it in Moscow
or in other regions of the Federation.

feasts of november
St Michael and all Bodiless Powers, Presentation of the Mother of god to the temple

ach day of the year enjoys a commemoration for an event in the life
of our Lord, His Most Holy
Mother or one or more of the saints. there
are different categories of observance,
and our Church observes some feasts with
more solemnity than others.
two November days have become popular among the people. From the same
calendar churches and communities also
choose names. In St Nicholas eparchy, a
November saint, Michael the Archangel,
is found most frequently. Seven of the
forty-four parishes or missions are named

St Michael (Who is like God)

Entrance of Mary into the Temple

St Michael. In Mishawaka, Indiana;

Grand rapids and Plymouth, Michigan;
Chicago; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Minot,
North Dakota; and tucson, Arizona
parishioners appeal to not only St Michael, but to all the Bodiless Powers for
intercession before the throne of God.

Another November Feast recalls the

Presentation of the Mother of God to the
temple.
this Feast commemorates the preparation of Mary for her role in salvation. It is
the prelude to the Incarnation, one of the
last steps in the long-awaited birth of the

divinely-promised Messiah. Coming in

the Philips Fast, it is a prototype of the
preparation all should undertake prior to
the awesome yet humble entrance of the
eternal God among His people.
these emphases on spiritual realities
and their relation to physicality are not to
be slightly observed. Many make the
effort to see these holy days as a time to
celebrate the Feastin church.
Lacking that opportunity, you may read
the tropars for the day at home. the decorative headings of a prayerbook remind
us of these two special days.

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