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Opening Days and Retreat
The new formation year for Holy Spirit Seminary began on August 28. After a day of orientation, all the seminarians entered into a spiritual retreat lead by Fr. Doug Lorance, Pastor of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church in Lyndor, PA. Fr. Doug shared many of his experiences as a priest of 28 years. He was…
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Ordination of Fr. Ilie Babota
On August 28, 2014, His Excellency Bishop Paul ordained Ilie Babota to the Holy Priesthood. The ordination took place at the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, in Costiui (Rona de sus) Maramures, Romania at the annual pilgrimage for the Feast of the Dormition Feast. Hundreds of people come from different villages…
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Agape Vespers 2014
It has become a tradition that the Ukrainian Catholic community of Ottawa gathers at Holy Spirit Seminary for Agape Vespers on Pascha! There is always a special homily for the children, and the celebration spills out afterwards onto the front lawn of the seminary where everyone has a chance to ring the seminary bell to…
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Following Peter – Growing from Sinner to Saint
Bishop David of Edmonton joined us this past weekend as our retreat master for our annual Lenten retreat. He gave a series of spiritual conferences reflecting on the life of one of the chief apostles, Peter: from the Lord’s call on his life, to walking on water, to recognizing who Jesus is as the Christ…
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Pray and Fast for Syria!
With the recent calls to prayer and fasting for Syria by Pope Francis and Patriarch Sviatoslav, the Holy Spirit Seminary community will make September 7 a day of fast and prayer to join with the universal church. We invite all our friends and benefactors to join with us! Here is a news article from the…