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Our Gratitude to Michael Sowsun (Solsun)!
We wish to thank the family of Michael Sowsun (Solsun) and all the members of the Michael Sowsun (Solsun) Memorial Fund Committee who recently granted a gift to our Seminary that will assist in providing Ukrainian language classes to our seminarians and in providing an opportunity for seminarians to further improve their Ukrainian language skills…
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CCCB: Pastoral Letter on Freedom of Conscience and Religion
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) today released a pastoral letter on freedom of conscience and religion. Issued by the CCCB Permanent Council, the letter expresses concern about an “aggressive relativism” in Canada that seeks to relegate religion to the private sphere. “Legitimate secularity draws a distinction between religion and politics, between Church and…
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30th Anniversary Celebration
We wish to invite you to celebrate with us in this special year of milestones for our institutions. The Sheptytsky Institute was founded 25 years ago while Holy Spirit Seminary was established 30 years ago. As such, please accept our invitation to attend three events that we are planning together in the Ottawa are for…
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Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church elected Most Rev. Sviatoslav Shevchuk
(Lviv, Ukraine, 25 March 2011) Most Reverend Sviatoslav Shevchuk has been elected Major Archbishop [Patriarch] at an Electoral Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Lviv/Bruhovitchi 21-24 March 2011, in accord with the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches and the Particular Law of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). His…
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Subdeacon Alex Laschuk Awarded High Honour
We are very proud to announce that one of our seminarians, Subdeacon Alex Laschuk, has been awarded a very high honour from Saint Paul University. The Governor General’s Academic Silver Medal is awarded to the undergraduate student who achieves the highest academic standing upon graduation from a bachelor degree program. Alex achieved this last year.…