-
Annual Lenten Retreat 2016
Our annual Lenten retreat was held at the Mt. Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario this past weekend. Our retreat master was Fr. Michael Loza, Pastor of St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church in Oakville, Ontario. Besides the usual times of communal and personal prayer, Fr. Michael gave us wonderful spiritual talks, one which was a…
-
New Evangelization Summit 2016
At the first New Evangelization Summit in 2015, two of our seminarians participated. The witness of their increased fervour of faith and joy has convinced us – our entire seminary is going to to the 2016 Summit in Ottawa. Check out this video:
-
Blessed Martyrs of Pratulin
Today is the anniversary of the massacre of thirteen peasant men and boys who died defending a little Greek Catholic church in what is now Poland. They gathered, with their families and neighbors, to prevent the Russian Imperial government from imposing an Orthodox priest into their parish. This took place when the Tsar destroyed the…
-
Priestly Ordination of Fr. Mike Bombak
On January 1, 2016 at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Edmonton, Alberta, at the Divine Liturgy on the feast of our Lord’s Circumcision and of Saint Basil the Great, Bishop David (Motiuk) ordained Deacon Michael Bombak to the Priesthood. Participating in this service were Very rev. Peter Babej, rector of the Cathedral, and Hieromonk Teodosy of…
-
Visit of Fr. Tom Hrywna
Fr. Tom Hrywna recently came to Ottawa to serve the traditional first Divine Liturgy at the Sheptytsky Institute and the Seminary. Fr. Tom shared with us some of the experiences he has had since being appointed administrator of Sts. Vladimir and Olga Parish in Windsor, Ontario. We wish him and his wife and family many…