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Preparation for Fifth Session

of the Patriarchal Council
of UGCC begun in Brazil
The Secretariat of the councilconsisting of representatives from all the
continents where the UGCC is activehas long ago met. With the concurrence
of the Permanent Synod of Bishops and then-Patriarch Lubomyr, plans had
already developed the program for the council; and the participants
have already sent in reports.
According to the Secretary of the fifth Session of the
Patriarchal Council of the UGCC, fr. Tarsykii, an organizational committee was set up in Curitiba to receive the visiting participants and transport them to the session. In
Prudentopolis, a committee formed to arrange accomodations for the delegates, found a place for the council, and
settled other logistical questions.
In the near future, other commissions and local groups
will be set up to ensure a successful council. The pastor of the
Parish of the Holy Martyr Josaphat, fr. Yefrem Krefer, is working on this with his parishioners, said fr. Tarsykii.
On September 4, after the completion of the council, a hierarchical liturgy will be celebrated, after which the bishops of the UGCC in the town of
Curitiba will begin the session of the synod.
These two important events in the life of the church will be held in Brasil as
part of the celebration of the 120th anniversary of Ukrainian immigration to
Brasil.
The Secretariat of the fifth Session of the Patriarchal Council has approached the faithful of the UGCC with a request to say prayers for the successful conduct of the council.
Information Department of the UGCC
Jubilee Icon Comes to

Chicago Deanery
he Jubilee Icon of the Protection of the Mother of God came to the
Chicago Deanery Sunday, July 10, arriving at St Mary's Assumption
(Dormition) Parish in St Louis, Missouri. Divine Liturgy was celebrated
at 10 am by Fr. Andrew Plishka, parish administrator, and Fr. James Knapp, SJ,
parish assistant.
Immediately after the Liturgy, Fr. Andrew and Fr. James led the parishioners
in the Akathist to the Protection of the Mother of God, asking for the Most holy
Theotokos and Ever-virgin Mary to cover our eparchy and the parish with her
powerful omofor.
Father Deacon Eugene Logusch sang the responses. In addition, the parish
joyfully celebrated the 50th wedding anniversary of volodymyr and Maria
Monastyrsky. After the prayer behind the ambo, the happy couple received a
blessing according to the liturgical traditions of our church.
The parish then held a sumptuous pot luck luncheon in honor of the arrival of
the icon and the Monastyrskys, who were very deeply touched by the outpouring of affection from all those present.
For a photo of the visit of the Jubilee Icon, turn to page 15.
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August, 2011
Ceneral Chapter of Sisters Servants

of Mary Immaculate in Rome
etween July3-24, in the Pontifical
College of the Protection of
Mother of God in Rome, the XII
General Chapter of the Congregation of
the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate
dedicated to the theme A new look on
the charisma of the Founders in the light
of the Word of God was held.
Archbishop Nicola (Eterovych),
Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of
Catholic Church, presided at the Divine
Liturgy opening of the Chapter. In his
opening word, Archbishop Nicola called
on the Sisters to a radical way of giving
testimony to the
Word of God in
daily life in order
to be fully consecrated people who
point out to others
the way to God.
Among the main
task of the Chapter
are: election of a
new Superior General and consultants,
voting on the new propositions to the
Congregations Constitution, the Formation Document and other issues of the
Jubilee Icon Is
Wending its Way
to the Cathedral
Congregation. At the Chapter were gathered forty-nine Sisters-delegates from

nine countries where they serve the
Church and people following the charisma of the Founders.
Jubilee Icon in Cathedral in Sacramento

t the invitation of Roman Cath- direction of Mr. Rex Rallanka. Bishop
olic Bishop Jaime Soto of Sac- Soto presided at the Moleben and
ramento, California, the Jubilee preached a homily focusing on the oneIcon of the Protection of St. Nicholas ness of our faith as expressed in differEparchy was at the Cathedral of the ent spiritual traditions.
Blessed Sacrament for a weekend of
The Jubilee Icon remained at the
veneration by the faithful. The icon Cathedral throughout the weekend.
was brought in procession to the Members of the Knights of Columbus
Cathedral Friday, June 24. Cross-bearer took turns standing vigil in shifts
Nicholas Wroblicky led the 4th Degree throughout the three-day event.
Knights of Columbus and members of
During the regular schedule of the
the clergy, including Bishop Soto; Fr. cathedral, baptisms, quinceaeras, and
Michael Kiernan, Rector of the weddings were celebrated and several
Cathedral and Liaison Officer to
Eastern Catholic Churches in the
Sacramento Diocese; and Fr.
Theodore Wroblicky of holy
Wisdom Parish in Citrus heights.
Then followed a Moleben to the
Mother of God sung in an English
translation set to music by Mitred
Archpriest Roman Galadza, of
Brampton, Ontario, Canada. holy
Wisdom Parish and the Knights of
Columbus Council 4970 were The Jubilee Icon, flanked by Bishop Soto
joined in the singing by members
and Fr Wroblicky
photo: Alex Kachmar
of the Cathedral Choir, under the
earing the finish line in the

pilgrim journey is the Jubilee icon of the Protection.
Here is the schedule for August and
September Sunday visits to the
Chicago Deanery parishes.
Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento

photo: George Kostyrko
brides placed their bouquets in

front of the icon.
On Sunday hundreds of parishioners and visitors attended Masses
at the Cathedral. Fr. Ted concelebrated the 11 a.m. Mass with Fr.
Michael Kiernan. There was an
opportunity to explain our ukrainian Catholic Church and the history
and purpose of the icon. Fr. Ted
remained most of the weekend,
answering questions.
Not Just a SloganRather a Commitment

ix score and seven years ago* our forefathers came to
this continent. They sought a new nation, conceived in
Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men
are created equal. They came for a life free of suppression of
their rights, and in the course of time found that the land of
the free would welcome them, and so it did.
There were, however, where least expected, forces at work
seeking to find ways of subjugation of their different expression of freedom to worship, as they had done for
nine hundred years.
Forget the liberty and justice for all guaranteed by the civil constitutionother-minded persons found every way to connive and cajole to
convince them that, while being American even
with different ways of prayer, they were somewhat inferior to
the already established Latin version of a Christian, excuse
meCatholicway of being right.
For nearly a century, crises aroseone crisis at a timeto
dissuade this threat to Catholic unity and identity, which
did not seem to want to go away. A foreign language?
Married priests? And God knows what else!
Try as they might, the ensconced powers that be were
not fully successful at regularizing the situation according
to their wishes. That goal, as subjectively good as it seemed,
was an objectively bad policy. With perseverance and stalwart determination, these outsiders stayed put, fought, not
with weapons of destruction, but with tools of peace, prayer
St Michael
Chicago, Illinois
August 14
Nativity of BVM
Palos Park, Illinois
August 21
St Michael
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August 28
St Josaphat
Munster, Indiana
September 4
Immaculate Conception,
Palatine, Illinois
September 11 St Joseph the
Betrothed
Chicago, Illinois
September 18 Ss Volodymyr and Olha
Chicago, Illinois
September 25 Cathedral of St
Nicholas
Chicago, Illinois
August 7:
and patience that proved painful at times, considering their

co-religionists myopia caused irreparable harm to the Body
that mattered: the Church, the visible body of Christ that had
been crucified and resurrected not for an elite master, but for
the humblest of his creatures, who suffered like heat the
hands of those who should have known better.
Dicta from high authority added salt to the wounds caused
by ignorance, fear, envy, greed, or whatever else served as
fuel for the burning desire to make all one
in a vastly misunderstood and misinterpreted
reading of the sentiment Jesus spoke That all
may be one, and we are one. (JN 17: 21)
Still with all the unfair tactics and disparity
of action in the misconceived model of unity
that abounds in certain circles, others come to these shores,
seeking nothing more than a way to live in dignitynot only
as naturalized citizens, but as members of a supernatural plan
to spread the concept of the Gospel of love to all, in their
own right.
They arrive not on boats from the Slavic-speaking mountains and steppes of Eastern Europe or from the Mediterranean seacoast of Arabic-speaking ancient lands as a century before, but by planes from further east and southfrom
desert places, from the regions of India and Africa. The land
of the free beckons still an unwary lot into not a melting
pot, it seems, but into a cauldron of boiling discord.
That all may

be one...
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* St Michaels, the first Greek Catholic Church in America, was founded 127 years ago in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. (1884)
Preliminary Schedule for

September 24, 25
September 24, 2011
9:00 a.m. Youth Conference given by
Fr. James Bankston in the Cultural
Center.
12:15 p.m. Akathist at Ss. volodoymyr
and Olha Church, followed by a procession with the Jubilee Icon to St
Nicholas Cathedral, and placement for
veneration of the Jubilee Icon in St.
Nicholas Cathedral.
5:30 p.m. Gala Banquet and Concert
by ukrainian Bandurist Chorus Hyatt
Regency McCormick. (Banquet ticket
price: $150.00).
September 25, 2011
2:00 p.m. Assembly of the public for
Patriarchal welcome along Rice Street
and Oakley Boulevard to the cathedral.
2:30 p.m. Procession from St Nicholas
School to St. Nicholas Cathedral: Patriarch SvIAtOSLAv (Shevchuk); Francis
Cardinal George; Metropolitan SteFAN
(Soroka); Bishop RICHARd (Seminack);
Guest hierarchs; and clergy; organizations.
3:00 p.m. Hierarchical divine Liturgy of
thanksgiving. Responses sung by the
ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and St
Nicholas Cathedral.
August, 2011
12 new StAr
ByzAntine FAitHFul welCoMe APoStoliC

viSitor to SPAin: ALICANTE, Spain, Auxiliary
Bishop Dionisios (Lachovich) of Kyiv has concluded an
apostolic visit to ukrainian faithful in the Spanish diocese of Orihuela-Alicante.
The numerous Greek Catholic faithful of the area have
welcomed the bishop again; it is estimated that some
10,000 people from ukraine form the 10 Greek Catholic
communities that live in the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante.
The bishop was appointed in 2009 as visitor for
Byzantine ukrainian faithful who reside in Italy and
Spain.
Bishop Lachovich visited the local ordinary, Bishop
Rafael Palmero, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the
creation of the ukrainian community of Torrevieja. That
community now has more than 3,000 faithful.
Bishop Lachovich's visit culminated Sunday with a
Liturgy at the parish of Sts. Peter and Paul in Torrevieja.
PAtriArCH
inviteS
PoPe
to
oldest ukrainian church in Quebec as part of a crossCanada tour of ukrainian communities. "It's a great
opportunity talk about our joint ukrainian-Canadian history," he said.
The one low point in relations was when 1,200
ukrainian immigrants were interned during World War I
at a camp 600 kilometers north of Montreal. The
Canadian government apologized for the internment.
But that has been long forgiven and the current events
are looking at appreciating local ukrainian roots.
"The goal of this celebration is to renew our spirituality and especially to search our roots here," said Fr Ihor
Oshchipko at the church.
new MAronite APPointMent: vATICAN CITY

(vIS) - his Beatitude Bechara Rai, Patriarch of Antioch
of the Maronites, with the consent of the Synod of the
Maronite Church and having informed the Apostolic
See, has transferred, in accordance with canon 85 para.
2 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches,
Archbishop Paul Nabil El-Sayah of haifa of the
Maronites, patriarchal exarch for Jerusalem, Palestine
and Jordan, to the office of bishop of the Patriarchal
Curia. The holy Father has allowed the prelate to maintain his title of archbishop ad personam.
viSit ukrAine:
Patriarch, SvIATOSLAv (Shevchuk), has invited Pope

Benedict XvI to visit ukraine. The patriarch announced
this during the celebrations in Lviv for the 10th anniversary of Pope John Paul IIs visit to
ukraine, http://ukranews.com/
ukrainian News reports.
Patriarch Sviatoslav expressed
hope that the pope will accept his
invitation and come to ukraine.
Earlier he declared his readiness
to assist in organizing a meeting
between Pope Benedict XvI and
Patriarch Krill of Moscow.
ukrAiniAn CAnADiAnS CeleBrAte rootS in

MontreAl: Saint Michael's ukrainian Catholic
Church is a lot like the community it serves: venerable,
sturdy and downright admirable.
The church services one of five ukrainian Catholic
parishes on the island. It's also the oldest, built in 1917,
reports Canadian Tv Channel.
Saint Michael's is considered home-base of the 30,000
ukrainian Quebecers which is celebrating 120 years in
the province.
Many, like Bohdanna Monzczak are grateful for their
lives in Canada which offered refuge from Eastern
Europe where warring Russians and Germans had
brought destruction to their land. Many were imprisoned
or killed in the conflict between Communism and
Nazism, transforming the fertile lands--known as the
breadbasket of Europe--into a war-torn territory.
"Right after the war, this was really paradise and I still
think this is paradise," she said. "The church was full of
people with a beautiful choir. Everybody was welcoming. We could have freedom and we could have whatever we wanted here," said Monzczak.
Ihor Ostash, the Ambassador of ukraine, visited the
continued from page 11

One thing is different. In the interim, there convened
in the Church Capital a series of meetingsa Council
of Counsel, as it turned out to be. More proclamations
were madeexciting those who felt the sting of earlier
blowsthat evoked hope in a change. For fifty more
years, documents came forth, each adding to the optimists among us that things will get better.
It is encouraging to see that in recent times, new
eparchies have been erected for newly-arriving peoples.
Their experience is somewhat different than those of
their predecessors. More than focusing their existence on
merely survival mode, the tenor of the momentum garnered from an influx of Farsi-speakers, Malalayam,
Geez, or other tongues, is excitingly evangelical. By the
way, is Latin a languge indigenous to the united States?
Or the Roman Catholic Church?
If we make a decision at this issue, we need to do so

carefully by at least holding public hearings, and in general, perhaps a city referendum. Then the decision will
clearly reflect the public opinion, said the head of city
council.
Previously, the pastor of the Roman Catholic
Community of Sevastopol Fr Yurii Ziminskyi said the
Roman Catholic community of the city insists that the
church, which was built 100 years ago and taken away in
the 1930s, be returned.
AiDe: SoCiety oF St. PiuS X orDAinS illiCitly: vATICAN CITY, ( Zenit.org).- The canonical situation of the Society of St. Pius X has not changed, and
therefore the recent ordinations carried out by bishops of
the group are illicit, confirmed the vatican spokesman.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the
vatican press office, addressed SSPX priestly ordinations in response to questions at a press conference
recently.
he referred to Benedict XvI's letter of March 10,
2009, and reaffirming what has been stated in response
to similar situations in the past.
"While the fraternity does not have a canonical position in the Church, its ministers cannot exercise legitimate ministries in the Church," he said. "until the questions concerning doctrine are clarified, the Fraternity has
no canonical status in the Church," and its ministers "do
not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church."
"hence," Father Lombardi concluded, "the ordinations are considered illegitimate."
So far this year, the SSPX has carried out some 20
priestly "ordinations".
SevAStoPol AutHoritieS reFuSe to return

roMAn CAtHoliC CHurCH: The head of the
Sevastopol City Council Yurii Doinikov believes that the
fate of the building which before the war was a Roman
Catholic church and after a cinema, should be decided
by a city-wide referendum.
According to uNIAN, Doinkov told journalists a
deputy has added to the agenda scheduled for the July 19
plenary session of the city council the issue On donating to the religious communitythe Roman Catholic
community of the St. Clement of Rome in Sevastopol
and the Odesa-Simferopol diocese of the Roman
Catholic Church.
The recent enthronement of an Eastern Catholic bishop in the united States was notable for his choice of
words.
The bishop said it is his duty to help SyroMalankara Catholics give Christian witness and enrich
the American culture with their ecclesial presence. he
said they should pursue a mission of unity in their families, parishes, churches and with every element in this
beautiful universe.
Describing the challenges of establishing the church
community in a new country, he said: The values and
lifestyle of our first-generation immigrants have to be
respected and attended to. At the same time, we have to
be deeply aware of the cultural context in which our
second- and third-generation faithful are growing up
and defining their value system.
he pledged to cater to the needs of the youth, saying
As RISu reported, in September, 2010, the Sevastopol

city council said they were willing to return the Roman
Catholic church only with full consideration of its value.
Sevastopol City Council member Karp Bulatov at that
time said: Why should we give away public property
for free?
BiSHoP MilAn ConSeCrAteS 115tH CHurCH

SinCe BeCoMing BiSHoP: Recently, the new Greek
Catholic Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius and St.
Nicholas was consecrated. This is the 115th temple consecrated by Bishop MILAN (aik) since his episcopacy in
Mukachevo, in 2002.
The Greek Catholic Church had tried to reach agtrrment with the Orthodox parish, and use the old
church with alternate Liturgies. The Orthodox failed to
implement this, even after the Greek Catholic believers had the support of the village council.
In 1691 the old wooden church was built with riven
oak, that stood on the eastern slope of the after the desolation of the village in 1677 during local wars.
According to tradition, during that war the peasants
took down the three church
bells and buried them, but
then failed to find them. A
new bell was installed in the
wooden church in 1730.
After many floods, the
priest, Anton Silvay, asked that a new church be built.
The brick building of Saint Nicholas was dedicated in
1868. This was accomplished through the efforts of the
famous writer and educator, Father Ivan Silvaya and
senior trustee Basil Sabov, who worked more than
all with his aide vasily v. Rusin. In 1898 the imperial ministry allocated 100 guilders for the completion
of the interior decoration with a complete iconostas.
the future of the exarchate depends on their involvement.

It would be a sin to live within narrow ghettoes in a
country that welcomes every culture, every religion,
every ideology and every tradition, he said. he urged
the congregation to assume the maximum possible
openness to everything that is good around us and be
at the service of all that is good and human.
What a difference a century makes! The world is a
different place. Perhaps, too, the Church, prodded to
breathe (deeply) with two lungs, is as well.
We can learn from a vision of hope, overcome past
injustices, pick up our spirits with the message of the
Gospel: that all may be one not as a slogan, but as a
goal, a commitment, and work toward that end, for it
will not come on its own.
...from the Editor
new StAr 13
August, 2011
Why?/Why:
By Fr Denny Molitvy
Something about the photos printed from the eparchy's history caught my eye. the two altar servers
were standing off to the side. when i was a server,
we stood facing each other (on either side, with the
priest between us). was i taught wrong?
It is interesting to see what people notice. You are
correct in noting that the two altar servers were facing
the icon screen. Your recollection of your experience
represents a truer manner of attention to the duties of
an altar server. (It is server not boy).
According to tradition, only persons ordained for
service ever entered the Altar (as the holy Place
behind the icon screen is properly called). Each person
serving at the holy Table (often referred to as the
altar) has a special duty or role to playand is most
properly directed by the ritual as to where to stand.
This goes for the bishop, the priest, and the deacon.
You may have noticed that at concelebrations, priests
do not line up alongside the main celebrant, but are
divided as evenly as possible on the sides of the holy
Table, even standing behind it, if there is a large number of priests. They are given their placement designated by rank amongst the priests, or according to seniority decided upon by years of ordination.
The deacon does not stand front and center of the
holy Table, but off to one sidethe right side. If there
are two deacons, the second deacon balances the positioning, standing left of center.
historically, the tasks that altar servers do today
were assigned to subdeacons, or even to persons specially blessed to serve as candlebearers. Perhaps the
closest act approaching this norm is the fact that the
altar server is to take his stichar to the priest for a blessing before donning it for the service. It is not worn
casually as street clothes are. (That's why Father wants
him there a few minutes ahead of time!) Just as the
priest prays before vestingso does the server, who
may be young, teen, middle-aged or older.
Assuming the role of server requires attention to all
that the priest (and deacon) need, he must be in a position to respond to any beck and calland maintain eye
contact. There is the obvious need to have the censer
ready at the proper time. As well, there is the responsibility to take part in processions with candles or fans at
particular times.
This is why the server must have visual access to the
clergy for signs or signals, and instructions, so the
priests attention is on the prayer, not on turning to see
where the server is. It is not proper for the servers to
face East, as the celebrants do, toward the holy Table,
August light
ugust has always been a special month for me.
First of all, both my parents were born in
August, and without them I would not be here to
share my offbeat thoughts with you. In addition, two
very dear Dominican friends were born in August, so my
celebration extends beyond my biological family to my
Dominican family. In a sense, August also marks a sort
of rebirth for me, for it was in August that I made my
profession as a Dominican. Moreover, the feast of holy
Father Dominic is August 8, giving all us Dominicans a
reason to celebrate: without our founder, we friars
wouldn't have our beautiful white habits to drag through
spaghetti sauce and to spill coffee on.
The celebrations of August are not merely earthly,
even the heavens appear to be celebrating! You see,
August is also the month of the Perseid meteor shower,
which peaks this year on the 13th. What's that? Allow
me to answer in the words of StarDate: an increase in
the number of meteors at a particular time of year is
called a meteor shower. Comets shed the debris that
becomes most meteor showers. As comets orbit the sun,
but to face the holy Table from the North and South.
They may seem to be facing each other, but their attention is better kept on how to best serve the celebrant at
the holy Table.
During the times when the clergy and servers are
outside the holy Place for processions, during the
reading of the Gospel, or even blessingssimilar

guidelines apply. At these times candlebearers face
toward each other, flanking the priest (and/or deacon).
Likewise, the servers carrying the processional fans
face not toward the icon screen, but toward the gifts or
the Gospel book.
This is not arbitrary, or up to the whim of the priest
or server, but a way of showing a proper understanding
of the place that position of the ministers of the service
plays in exercising each specific role of everyone
involved in this most sacred and august activity.
It seems your recollection was based upon an
authentic adherence to solid liturgical principles.
we were reminded on the Sunday of the Fathers of
the nicean Council that the words and the Son do
not belong in the Creed. we've done it all our
liveswhy change now?
There are quite a few reasons. Some are historical,
others theological, even disciplinary. They span the
time between the Council of Nicea AD 325 and II
vatican [1962-1965] and extend into now.
This topic has been discussed perhaps three times in
this column, and other times elsewhere in the New Star,
but here is a synopsis, for any isolated incidents where
it is still an issue.
When it was decided to put into words what the
Church taught, the Council Fathers drafted a statement
of what is orthodox in teaching for the whole Church.
Added to the statement were some additional points
they shed an icy, dusty debris stream along the comet's

orbit. If Earth travels through the stream, we will see a
meteor shower. Depending upon where Earth and the
stream meet, meteors appear to fall from a particular
place in the sky, maybe within the neighborhood of a
constellation. Meteor showers are named by the constellation from which meteors appear to fall the Perseid
meteor shower is so named because meteors appear to
fall from a point in the constellation Perseus.
[http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors] perhaps you are
not aware of these celestial fireworks. That may be
because of light pollution caused by our increasingly
urban lifestyle. StarDate suggests how you might remedy this problem and rediscover the august glory which
God showers upon us: if you live near a brightly-lit
city, drive away from the glow of city lights and toward
the constellation from which the meteors will appear to
radiate. far from the distraction of the city, God's magnificence becomes visible.
Isn't this exactly what is happening in the Gospel for
the feast of the Transfiguration, which we hear on
August 6thor 19th if your parish follows the Julian
Calendar? ...Jesus took Peter, James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And
he was transfigured before them, his face shone like the
expressed at the Council of Constantinople ( AD 381).

Thus we have the Niceo-Constantinopolitan Creed.
When the Creed was written, the Fathers declared
belief in the Trinity: God, Creator of allthe Father;
the Son, Jesus Christ, true God and true man; and the
holy Spirit, Who proceeds from the Father. To this
they attached a warning that no one may change (add
or delete) any part of the Creed with the warning: let
him [who changes] be anathema! (cursed or consigned to damnation is the dictionary definition of
anathema). The Creed was written in Greek, in precise,
intentional terms.
For hundreds of years this was what the Christian
Church taught. This distinguished the True Christian
(orthodox) from the heretical.To attempt to combat the
Arian heresy, which denied the divinity of Christ, in
Spain some sought to clarify the issue and added the
Latin word filioque which translates to and the Son
in expressing the manner of procession of the holy
Spirit included Jesus (Who is God). For several hundred more years Rome resisted this addition, but around
the year 1100 incorporated the change into the Western
Church. The East retained the original wording.
About five hundred years later, some Eastern Christians sought reunion with the See of Rome, and did so
in various stages and groups, always with the stipulation
and assurance that they would forever maintain their
proper liturgical texts, rituals, disciplines and customs.
During the course of time, some thought that in order
to really be Catholic one needed to copy all things
(Roman) Catholic and the word filioque (or phrase i
and the Son) was imposed upon our Church
and became a fixture in the Creedeven above the
admonition to not change anything.
For another three hundred years not much was done
to counteract this infringement upon our religious patrimony, but in the Twentieth Century Liturgical Reform was gaining momentum in the Church. People
were freer to study their faith, and ask good questions
about its practices. The Latin Church, too, was feeling
the restlessness of the Spirit. The providential act of
Pope John XXIII to convene a council to open the windows of the Church to the wishes of the Spirit of
Pentecost brought much of the Churchs practices and
views closer to its Apostolic-era roots.
Monumental documents arose from this council: one,
The Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches, speaks
directly to us, reminding us of our importance to the
integrity of the Church through maintaining Apostolic
Traditions that were in danger of eroding away because
the then-prevailing idea that the only true Catholic is
a Roman Catholic was taking a toll on our authentic
customs, supplanted by Western European trappings.
We were encouraged to study, re-learn and re-adapt
sun, and his clothes became white as light. (Matthew

17: 1b-2) The world has its own lights, the neon and the
glitz are not only distracting, but they are often in direct
competition with God's light. Contrary to God's way, the
earthly lights often seek not only to lead us away from
God, but also away from salvation and toward our own
destruction. It is important for us to get away from the
distractions: we need to take our bearings, making sure
that we are being led to a safe harbor by the light of
Christ, and not being led to destruction by a material
siren song every bit as dangerously seductive as the one
which enticed the hero of the Odyssey.
Perhaps this need for detached reflection and openness
to wonder is why the monks of our eparchy have dedicated two monastic enclosures to the
Transfiguration. We can't all be
monksnor should we be: that life is
certainly not for everyone; we can,
however, learn from them how to
appreciate the gift of heavenly light
which God showers upon all willing
to open their eyes. Now, as far as
getting the stains out of my oncepristine white habit...
Fr Jim Karepin, OP
August, 2011
14 new StAr
mong the prayers of the Divine Liturgy are the

words Jesus used to teach us to pray,
addressing the Father in trust and an earnest
resolve to follow his will: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by Thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy
will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread, for give us out trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not
into temptation but deliver us from evil. To this we
add the Trinitarian doxology, and Amen.
Saint Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, (246-249) was a
martyr. As bishop one of his major responsibilities was
to catechize those who sought instruction in our faith.
On the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee the holy
hierarch handed down on one of the most valuable tra-
ditions of our faith, a study of The Lords Prayer, a

model for us today as it was to the Catechumens in the
third century.
he instructed using these words, When we pray, our
words should be calm, modest and disciplined. Let us
reflect that we are standing before God. We should
please him both by our bodily posture and the manner
of our speech. It is characterized of the vulgar to shout
and make a noise, not those who are modest. On the
contrary, they should employ a quiet tone in their
prayer.
Moreover, in the course of his teaching, the Lord
instructed us to pray in secret. hidden and secluded
places, even our own rooms, give witness to our belief
that God is present everywhere; that he sees and hears
all; that in the fullness of his majesty, he penetrates
hidden and secret places. This is the teaching of
Jeremiah: Am I God when I am near and not God when
I am far away? Can anyone hide in the dark corner
without my seeing him? Do I not fill heaven and earth?
Another passage of Scripture says: The eyes of the
Lord are everywhere, observing both good and wicked
men.
The same modesty and discipline should characterize our liturgical prayer as well. When we gather to celebrate the divine mysteries with Gods priest, we
should not express our prayer in unruly words; the petition that should be made to God with moderation is not
to be shouted out noisily and verbosely. For God hears
our heart not our voice. he sees our thoughts: he is not
shouted at. The Lord showed us this when he asked:
Why do you think evil in your hearts?
My friends, anyone who worships should remember
the way in which the tax-collector prayed in the temple
alongside the Pharisee. he did not raise his eyes
Slavery Today
the
Challenges of
Discipleship
stimates put the number of people in bondage

at 40 million world-wide. Slavery demoralizes
segments of the population and has the rippling effect of stifling progress for the common good.
Slavery in America is relative but present in different forms. There is the slavery to addiction. Those in
bondage make their masters rich. There are slaves
to security, who are indebted to insurance companies,
pharmaceutical companies, and the health industry,
all promising life in exchange for money. There are
those enslaved by our culture where the media has a
Not Some fable

t the monastery one of the Brothers obediences included sharing and distributing the surplus donated food provided by many well-meaning and generous benefactors with a few financially struggling and challenged families
who joined the monastic Katholikon of St Nicholas Sabbath celebrations of the
Sacred Mysteries. With a lot of food to pack up and distribute, the monk enlisted the
help of a recently-robed novice. As they filled the boxes for each of the various
multi-child families, they basically exhausted the monastic pantrys inventory of kid
staples like peanut butter, jams and jellies, and kids type cereals like CaptN
Crunch, Froot Loops, Count Chochula and frosted flakes.
The horrified plushusnyk complained: Father, we cant give away all our basic
supplies! What will we eat? But his elder quoted a bunch of Gospel passages (to
quote Casey Stengel: you can look it up) about the importance of not stashing
away possessions and supplies for a rainy day when confronted by the very obvious
needs of our less-fortunate neighbors.
The beginner, to give him due credit, nodded thoughtfully and continued to help
with the boxes and their contents. he may have secretly resented giving away his
favorite breakfasts, but if so he was cool about it. Of course, as they added prune
juice, grits, clam juice, rice and other stuff not high on his preference list, it wasnt
such a challenge.
As they carried the boxes out to the families waiting in the parking lot below the
Katholikon, the poor novice felt uneasy and asked the elder: Are you sure this is
going to be OK? We wont get in trouble with the Abbot?
immodestly to heaven or life up his hands arrogantly.

Instead he struck his breast and confessing the sins hidden within his heart he employed the assistance of
Gods mercy. While the Pharisee was pleased with
himself, the tax-collector deserved to be cleansed much
more because of the manner in which he prayed. For he
did not place his hope of salvation in the certainty of
his own innocence; indeed, no one is innocent. Rather
he prayed humbly, confessing his sins. And the Lord
who forgives the lowly, heard his prayer.
Above all, he who preaches peace and unity did not
want us to pray by ourselves in private or for ourselves
alone. We do not say My Father, who art in heaven,
nor Give me this day my daily bread. It is not for
him alone that each person asks to be forgiven, not to
be led into temptation or to be delivered from evil.
Rather, we pray in public as a community, and not for
one individual but for all. For the People of God are all
one.
It is for this reason that the prayer of the three young
men shut up in the furnace of fire was persuasive and
efficacious. For their simple and spiritual prayer of
peace merited the presence of the Lord. So too, after
the Ascension we find the apostles and the disciples
praying together. Scripture relates: They all joined
together in continuous prayer, with the women including Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and his brothers. They
all joined together in continuous prayer. The urgency
and the unity of their prayer declare that God, who
fashions a bond of unity among those who live in his
home, will admit into his divine home for all eternity
only those who pray in unity. (Nn. 4-6) CSE: 3268270) Like the three young men in the fiery furnace, the
Apostles at Pentecost, we pray as one. This is the
essence of liturgical prayer. It is our prayer.
hold on their minds, those entrapped by credit companies, those enslaved by forced labor hours, and
those treated as commodities by the trafficking industry.
Each year millions of fathers and mothers are enslaved by the culture of death in our country. They
resort to abortion in order to have a better life.
Freedom from slavery comes only from life-giving
decisions.
The abolition of modern-day slavery requires love.
What is love? Love is the service offered to our neighbor in need. Love requires the creative practice of justice based on truth. Disciples serve!
Office of Faith Formation
Youre coveredits on me, thats how

obedience works, replied the other, older
monk.
Just minutes after they finished loading the
families cars and station wagons with the
boxes of food, a procession of minivans and
Suvs, some with heavy-laden u-haul trailers, came up the driveway and the pious Filipino and vietnamese ladies driving them
said: Were so sorry we missed the Divine
Liturgythe traffic was horrible, but heres
some stuff for your pantry. The vans, Suvs
and trailers were piled high with food, and
suddenly the monastery had several times
replaced the supplies which had been distributed and depleted. They had driven three or
four hours from beyond San Francisco to get
to the monasterys remote location out in the
redwoods.
Feeling selfish? Want better stuff? Freely
and joyfully give away what you have; your favorite, most treasured possessions,
whatever you have. Youll eventually make out guaranteedif not immediately in
this world which is ruled by the evil one, (which is passing away rapidly, anyway)
then in the next, that is the REAL world.
Jesus speaks of the birds of the air, the flowers of the field. They dont reap or sow,
but even Solomon in all his splendor was never arrayed as any one of these.
new StAr 15
August, 2011
ugCC will Be Mereiful to those entrapped

By Sects, including Pidhirtsi
he ukrainian Greek Catholic Church will be
very merciful and open in consideration to those
who were entrapped by sects, including that of
pidhirtsi and it will give them a chance to return to
the Church of Christ, to the Catholic Church.
This was announced by the Primate of the ukrainian
Greek Catholic Church, his Beatitude Sviatoslav, in an
interview to the publication Zaxid.net, answering a
journalists question whether the Church has made arrangements against schismatics, like "Dognals group"
(the so-called "Pidhirtsi fathers").
his Beatitude reminded all that we are dealing with
"very aggressive non-Christian techniques that replace
in substance the spiritual life." And these techniques,
continued the uGCC Primate, create for modern man
an illusion of experiencing the mystical experience.
"But it has nothing to do with traditional Christianity--stressed his Beatitude. Obviously, any such sec-
tarian trend is a challenge for the Church, perhaps even

Gods whip for us to be more effective pastors and not
to lose our vigilance and activity. And I think that our
reaction will have several components. First, we want
clearly and expressly not to allow such pseudo
Christian movements to take the name of the Church,
including ours".
"On the other hand, said the Primate of the uGCC,
we will inform the faithful about what the truth is.
And this is Churchs vocation is to witness the truth.
We respect the right of religious freedom or the right to
profess any religion. But in this case, I think we should
call things by their proper name and allow people to
make a conscious choice, " concluded his Beatitude.
***
The so-called 'Pidhirtsi fathers " is an unregistered
and not officially-recognized organization. The State
Committee of ukraine on Nationalities and Religions
Russians Show Interest

in UGCC Catechism
n an interview to the portal Orthodox
Catholics of Odesa, the Russian
Greek Catholic journalist Oleksandr
Shvedov said that the manifestation of the
new Catechism of the Ukrainian Greek
Catholic Church is an important step toward realizing the covenant of
Jesus, who on holy
Thursday prayed for the
unity of his disciples. In
this context, the name of
the Catechism: Christ Is
Our Easter gives hope that
the Greek Catholic Church
in Russia awaits a true resurrection.
A document appeared in
due time, in which the
Churchs teaching, at its current level of development, is presented,
based mainly on the work of Eastern
Fathers. I think it will complement the
Catechism of the Catholic Church, which
is well known in Russia and based primarily on the work of Western Fathers; that
is, it is a practical embodiment of Pope
John Paul IIs words the Church breathes
with two lungs, said Shvedov. In my
opinion, each Catholic should read this,

and more, think, and compare,
Shvedov believes that the Russian
translation of the Catechism should be a
collaborative project. Indeed, in
south-eastern ukraine there are
also Russian philologists. The
main part of the translation
work can be done in ukraine,
but the theological and literary editing should be done in
Russia.
Since the Moscow
Church doesnt have a
Catechism, there is a lot of
interest in the ukrainian
Catechism. There have
been requests for an
electronic version. In particular,
ural Roman Catholics asked to be sent a
ukrainian Catechism. And the Catechism
can already be presented in Moscow,
even before the release of the Russian
translation. After all, Russian politicians
dont always have to demand that ukrainians learn Russian. Let adherents of
Slavic unity also learn ukrainian, said
Shvedov, the Information Department of
the uGCC reports.
change. There were growing pains.

however, with the emergence of the
freer atmosphere surrounding the
ukrainian Catholic Church, our Synod
issued a decree to specifically remove
and the Son from the translations of
the Creed. This was later reinforced by
the bishops of this countrymembers of
the Synod--the Metropolitan of Philadelphia and the eparchs in Stamford, Chicago and Parma, mandated the change,
as did the bishops of Canada in September, 2005.
So, we have changednot to add
something new but to restore something that reaches back into the time
when the world was deciding the relationship of the Persons of the Trinity,
based upon the Gospel of St John, which
specifically states: the Spirit proceeds
from the Father. (John 15:12) the Spirit
of Truth that proceeds from the Father,
he will testify to Me. This we believe.
This we say.
any part of our proper liturgical practices

that may have been lost due to circumstances of time and persons. We were
advised to recover what was lost, even to
the point of using Orthodox texts. We
were told to take pains to become true
to our real nature as Easterners.
Since the signing of that Decree on
November 21, 1964 by Pope Paul vI and
1,200 Catholic bishops, we have had
time to study, to reflect, to prepare,
assess and change where and how we fit
into the Church. We are a Churchnot
just an adjunct rite of the Roman or Latin
Church. We must learn to act like it.
It took time for commissions to study,
to rethink and refine ways of incorporating changes into the daily lives of the
faithful. It was slow. It was sometimes
sporadic or spotty. Some welcomed the
news, others balked at the idea of
change if it were only for the sake of
refused them registration under the name "ukrainian

Orthodox Greek Catholic Church," arguing it with
"respect for the traditions and internal regulations of
religious organizations," referring to the Code of
Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO) in which the
name "Catholic "can only be used in concordance with
the official ecclesiastical authority. Earlier, his
Beatitude Lubomyr called Pidhirtsi fathers a "sect."
And the Order of Saint Basil the Great made the final
decision about dismissal or exclusion (cf. CCEO 550553) of 29 sisters of St. Elijah the Prophet Contemplative Monastery located in Brukhovychi in suburban
Lviv.
The reason for the dismissal was that these Sisters
broke relations with the General Board and recognized
their subordination to be excommunicated from the
Catholic Church priests, including Illia Dognal. This
decision was approved by the Apostolic See and the
Congregation for the Eastern Churches (May 14,
2011), and each Sister after this announcement was
addressed a decree about dismissal.
UGCC Information Department
New Bishop for Buenos Aires

aniel Kozelinski Netto, (born
February 18, 1952) is the Apostolic Administrator sede vacante of the ukrainian Greek Catholic
Eparchy of the Protection of Mary in
Buenos Aires since his appointment by
Pope Benedict XvI on June 22, 2011. he
had previously served as Auxiliary
Bishop of Sao Joao Batista in Curitiba.
he was born in Cologne Paraiso, Bom
Sucesso, in Parana State. he attended
philosophy studies at the Basilian
house of Studies, Curitiba and theology
at the Calaritian Theological College
the same city. he holds a Bachelors
degree in Youth Ministry and Catechetics at the Pontifical Salesian university
in Rome. he was ordained a priest
February 10, 1980.
his pastoral ministry was in various
activities and tasks: coadjutor in the
parish of the eparchical cathedral, and
pastor of several parishes; and Rector of
the Minor Seminary; Rector of the
Seminary of St. Josaphat, and pastor of
the cathedrall, and a student in Rome at

the Pontifical Salesian university, in pastoral service in the city of Mallet, PR.
On June 20, 2007 he was appointed
Titular Bishop of Eminenziana by Pope
Benedict XvI and Auxiliary of the
Eparchy of St John the Baptist in
Curitiba, Brazil. he received episcopal
consecration on
September 16 of
the same year.
he was
Eparchial Syncellus
and oversaw the
regions pastoral
unio da vitoria.
he was appointed
Apostolic Administrator sede vacante of the ukrainian
Greek
Catholic Eparchy of the Protection of
Mary in Buenos Aires on June 22, 2011,
replacing +SvIATOSLAv (Shevchuk) who
was elected Patriarch.
15th-Century wooden
Church Missing roof,
Frescos Damaged
List. however, due to the dilapidated

state of the church, the chances are
unlikely. Without funds, the uNESCO
experts will not inscribe the church on
the list when
they visit it
this fall. And
the architectural monument will not
survive further weathering.
For more than a month a wooden

church in Drohobych, the 15th-century
St. Georges Church, has been without a
roof. Rain has been falling on the walls
and the 17th-century frescos since the
roof was damaged from hail.
St. Georges is one of 16 church buildings in ukraine and Poland that can be
inscribed on uNESCOs World heritage
Jubilee Icon in St Louis
(story on page 1)
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Canadian Bishops: a Person Is More Than

a Sexual Orientation
Pastoral Letter Addresses Same-Sex Attraction in Youth
OTTAWA, Canada, (Zenit.org).- A
human person is much more than a sexual orientation or an identification with
the homosexual or heterosexual lifestyle,
say the bishops of Canada.
The Commission for Doctrine of the
Canadian Conference of Catholic
Bishops (CCCB) stated this in a pastoral
letter released June 27 on the issue of
ministering to "adolescents and young
adults who question their sexual identity
or experience feelings of same sex attraction."
In the document, the term "same-sex
attraction" refers to "one who feels an
erotic and emotional attraction, which is
predominant and not merely episodic,
toward persons of the same sex, with
or without sexual relations."
While secular society has labeled such
individuals as "gay" or "lesbian," the
bishops explain that Church does not use
these terms in official documents:

"Although these words are common
terms in current speech, they do not
describe persons with the fullness and
richness that the Church recognizes and
respects in every man or woman."
"The human person can hardly be
described by a reductionist reference to
his or her sexual orientation," the letter
adds.
Stressing the Catholic teaching that
"every human person is a unique and
irreplaceable gift created by our loving
God," and must be treated with respect
and dignity, the commission went on to
clarify that it is the homosexual act, not
the inclination, that is deemed immoral.
"To the extent that a same-sex attraction is not freely chosen, there is no personal culpability in having such an inclination," the bishops explain. "Nonetheless, when oriented toward genital activ-
ity, this inclination is 'objectively disordered.'

"This does not mean that the person as
a whole is somehow defective or has
in some way been rejected by God. ... For
many people, same-sex attraction constitutes a trial."
When facing such a trial, young people
with same-sex attraction are urged to
heed the words spoken by Jesus in
Matthews Gospel: "Come to me, all you
who are carrying heavy burdens, and I
will give you rest. For my yoke is
easy, and my burden is light" (Matthew
11: 28, 30).
The bishops suggest that by following
Christ's example of living a chaste and
unselfish life, those who struggle with
these feelings may reflect on the moral
order. "Chastity teaches the way of selfmastery," the letter stated, adding that it
is the "spiritual power, which frees love
from selfishness and aggression. It

makes self-giving possible and is the prerequisite for generous love and true fulfillment."
The bishops explain that all are called
to live chaste lives, whether married or
single, as chaste means to avoid sexual
activity that is contrary to morality or
religious teachings. "Since chastity is a
way of loving," the bishops write, "it
entails far more than the avoidance of
sin. Like love, it can grow indefinitely."
The document restates the Catholic
teachings that our sexuality is a gift given
to us from God and is reserved for those
men and women who are joined in the
covenant of marriage: "It is only within
this covenant that the two inseparable
ends of marriage can be achieved: the
deepening of love between spouses and
the procreation and education of children. Any genital act outside the
covenant of marriage cannot fulfill this
twofold purpose intended by the Creator
and thus is morally wrong."
Men and women were specifically created to complement each other in what
Blessed John Paul II referred to in 1980
as "the spousal meaning of the body."
103 American Peace Corps volunteers

to Start working in ukraine
ecently the Teachers house hosted the 41st
ceremony of accepting Americans as volunteers to the uS Peace Corps in ukraine. A
total of 103 volunteers took oath in front of uS
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in
ukraine, John Tefft and head of the Peace Corps in
ukraine, Douglas Teschner. As a result 462 volunteers will work in all ukrainian oblasts. The event
coincided with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps. however, American volunteers have been working in ukraine only for a short
while, since 1992. In this period, over 2,400 volunteers have worked as teachers, management consultants, environmentalists, and specialists on youth
development in more than 1,200 ukrainian communities, The Day informs.
The Peace Corps is a calling, a lifestyle,

Teschner told the group. You all have the qualities
which will help you improve ukraine.
The American volunteers will spend two years in
ukraine. In this time they will work in three directions. First, teaching English in secondary schools,
universities, and colleges. Second, working for youth
development, which envisages the cooperation of
Americans with local departments on family, youth,
and sport affairs, holding after-class events, civic
projects, and promoting a healthy lifestyle. Third,
they may choose is to develop communities: volunteers will help the local authorities, business structures, and NGOs.
Tefft noted that the participation of American citizens in the Peace Corps may become a window to the
Archbishop Urges Nations

to Open Borders
Says Church "Is Present" With Refugees, Displaced
ROME, (Zenit.org).- Over the past 60 years, since the
united Nations high Commission for Refugees was
formed, a change has taken place with regard to the
international community's stance
toward displaced persons, says the
president of the Pontifical Council
for Migrants and Travelers.
According to Archbishop Antonio Maria vegli, "there is a
hardening attitude of countries so
that it seems that refugees are the
problem and not the reasons why
they have to flee."
The archbishop made this reflection in an interview
with vatican Radio on World Refugee Day, during
which he affirmed that the Church "is present with
refugees and the internally displaced."
The world day, which is observed every year on June
20, coincided this year with the 60th anniversary of the
foundation of the uNhCR and the adoption of the

1951 Geneva Convention on Refugees.
Archbishop vegli noted the many ways that the
Church is involved in serving refugees, ranging from
the presence of priests and nuns in refugee camps, to
bishops establishing a parish among the displaced.
he mentioned in particular the International Catholic
Migration Commission, who have "become specialists
in the resettlement of refugees to third countries. More
than one million people have been resettled. In addition, they are involved in different socioeconomic projects, like micro-credits."
Caritas, added Archbishop vegli, "is assisting in
many different ways, from emergency aid to directly
involved in managing refugee camps. They also got
involved in counseling of traumatic refugees, and the
reintegration of child soldiers."
The archbishop also spoke of two challenges in particular that concern the Church: the invisible presence
world for them. Many of them continue to work as

state officials, some work at the State Department,
and others come to work in the American Agency for
International Development and stay in the country of
service, the American ambassador emphasized.
Jorge Zukoski, President of American Chamber of
Commerce in ukraine, shared his example of opening a window into the world owing to his work in
ukraine. he recounted how he came here 16 years
ago as a volunteer and made a career here. Moreover,
he met his future wife on the plane to Kyiv.
The Day asked the new volunteers why they decided to spend next two years in ukraine. I want to
make a contribution to the development of this wonderful country, meet new people, find out how they
live and how I can help them. Why ukraine? Because
it is a dynamic and viable country, and people here
are very kind and well-wishing, Edward Oser from
Chicago said. Natalie Legran, who links her career
with management, sees the work in ukraine as a possibility to prove herself.
of refugees in large cities, and children who grow up in

refugee camps.
"An increasing number of refugees, at present half of
them, settle down in cities," he explained. "One of the
questions is how to reach them as they have become
invisible in the crowds of others, especially in slum
areas."
Regarding children who grow up in refugee camps,
the prelate lamented that "many do not know any other
reality, since they were born in the camps."
he gave the examples of camps in Thailand, "where
about 150,000 people are living for 20 years in such situations," and also in the eastern part of the Democratic
Republic of Congo, where some 1.7 million persons
continue to live.
Archbishop vegli made a plea to developed nations
to do more to welcome refugees in their countries, stating that it's "a tragedy that people have to flee on not
seaworthy and overloaded boats, and that they should
lose their life."
"Closing borders is not the answer," he added.
"Countries should guarantee the rights of the refugees
and act according to the spirit of the 1951 Convention,
to assist those in need, to welcome them, and treat them
on the same level as citizens."
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His Beatitude Sviatoslav Prayed

before Miraculous Icon of
the Mother of God in Stryi
n Sunday, July 10, with a hierarchical Divine Liturgy in the
Cathedral of Dormition of the
Mother of God in Stryi, solemnities on
the occasion of the pilgrimage to the
Liska Miraculous Icon of the Mother of
God were concluded. Around 16,000
pilgrims, mainly from Stryj, surrounding villages and other districts of Lviv
region, participated in this year's pilgrimage.
his Beatitude SvIATOSLAv (Shevchuk) joined these celebrations with his
Archpastoral visit. Along with his
Beatitude were concelebrants Bishop
TARAS (Senkiv), Apostolic Administrator of the Stryj Eparchy; as well as
numerous clergy, according to the official website of the Stryj Eparchy.
In his homily, his Beatitude Sviatoslav greeted all tosse present and expressed great joy of his stay in Stryi,
especially in the Dormition Cathedral
where he grew up and also served his
first Liturgies as a priest and as a
Bishop.
his Beatitude paid attention to the
importance of faith in human life and
especially in the life of the Blessed
virgin Mary, through whom God's
Word incarnated in the world: "the
Blessed virgin Mary is the first one who
has believed. her faith let the Word of
God into the human race. She took the
active Word of God into her womb, and

gave birth the Word to the world."
Recalling the Liska Miraculous Icon
of the Mother of God, the uGCC
Primate said that the Theotokos is also
our guide to Christ: The Blessed virgin
Mary, who is glorified in the Liska
Miraculous Icon, reveals that she is now
alive and active in her Church. This icon
has incorporated the history of our people, and everyone who comes to it, feels
that the Mother of God prays for
him/her. The Mother of God shows all
of us the way. With one hand, she is
holding her Son, and with another, she
points out to him. Through Mary we
should go to him! "
At the end of the Divine Liturgy, his
Beatitude Sviatoslav thanked Bishop
Taras, priests, religious and lay people
gathered for the celebrations. After the
prayer in the intention of the holy
Father, his Beatitude extended to all the
present his blessing. he also sprinkled
the faithful with holy water during the
procession around the Cathedral.
he left his first panaghia (an engolpion with an icon of the Theotokos, worn
by a Bishop auth.) in front of the
Miraculous Icon as a gift to the Blessed
virgin Mary, thanking her for the gift of
his ministry to God and to the Church.
The document goes on to explain that this is "the complementarity of the masculinity and femininity, which
encompasses both the body and spirit, reveals the call of
every human being to become a gift for the other person. This fundamental truth is the foundation of the
Churchs understanding of sexuality."
Throughout history, the bishops explain, the Church
has taught that homosexual acts are not in accordance
with God's plan for humanity. however, the pastoral letter addresses that, in recent years, young people have
been inundated with pressures from secular society and
from the media that propagate moral relativity and
hedonism, compromising the path of those struggling to
find their true purpose God has planned for them.
The pastoral letter offers guidance to various groups
within the Christian community, from parish priests, to
educators and family members, on how to help young
people with same-sex attraction make their "journey
toward human maturity."
To the Catholic community as a whole, the bishops
His Beatitude Sviatoslav in

Interview with Ukrainska Pravda:
I Am against Revolutions
he Primate of the uGCC his
Beatitude SvIATOSLAv (Shevchuk) said that he would really
not like to have a situation when we
talk about revolutions in ukraine. he
said this in an interview to the Internet
publication Ukrainska Pravda answering the journalists question: if tomorrow we have another Maidan, who will
you side with in a conflict between the
government and the people? how are
you planning to develop relations with
ukrainian politicians?
I am against revolutions because a
revolution reveals that a clash is
inevitable in society. I rather prefer an
evolutionary way of developing relations. And the issue of changing power
in violent way is a matter of extreme
position, noted the uGCC Primate.
his Beatitude Sviatoslav also said
that he does not know if the uGCC
will take side with any political power
in case there is another revolution in

ukraine. To take side with anyone, one
must take into account all the circumstances. And I do not know how the
circumstances would evolve. On the
one hand, our Church has always tried
to maintain its independence and
impartiality to any of the political parties in order to speak up truth when this
is required by a particular political
moment he said.
The uGCC Primate expressed his
wish that ukraine may develop harmoniously, without jumping from one
clash to another.
his Beatitude recalled how in the
Middle Ages there was developed a
notion of just and unjust war, but
today there are no just wars as there
can be no just violence. Thus, the
Church teaches about peace, especially
about social peace.
Moscow Patriarchate wants

a Strong Hold over the
whole Church in ukraine
he Moscow Patriarchate cherishes
a desire to have a stronghold over
the whole Kyivan Church in
ukraine. These words were said by the
former uGCC Primate, his Beatitude
Lubomyr, in an interview to the CEO of
Channel 1+1, Oleksandr Tkachenko,
in his program Tkachenko.ua [aired]
Monday, June 20.
According to his Beatitude Lubomyr,
the Moscow Patriarchate is trying to
assume the history of Kyivan Church.
There is no doubt that Christianity,
thanks to missionaries, has reached those
territories which nowadays constitute the
Russian State, but this is also true of
many other countries in different parts of
the world. And this fact in itself, in my
opinion, does not give the right to this-lets put it this way--Daughter-Church,
i.e. Church which derives from missionary endeavors of another Church, to
call for us to "counteract false ideas of freedom promoted by secular society" and to live and preach the
Church's teaching on human sexuality, "which leads to
authentic freedom."
Priests and pastoral workers are encouraged to welcome young people into the community without passing
judgment and to listen to them and counsel them regarding Gods love and plan for them.
Educators, the bishops state, with the consent of the
parents, should present "in a firm but charitable way the
true nature and purpose of human sexuality in all
dimensions." They said that educators who avoid
answering difficult questions or shy away from the
Church's full teaching on the subject are doing an injustice to our youth and "could lead young people into
grave moral danger."
For parents whose child admits to having homosexual feelings, the bishops concede that they may face
unique challenges and concerns as well: "Remember
that your child needs you and the family now more than
ever. Children always remain Gods gift to you. At
all times, strive to respond lovingly and with trust in
assume the history of the MotherChurch, said his Beatitude Lubomyr.

he added that we are the MotherChurch, and we rejoice in the fact that
our ancestors went out to different parts
of the Slavic world to preach the Word of
God. But we do not see any grounds for
such an assuming said the former
uGCC Primate.
In his opinion, our Churchthe Church
of Kyiveven if it is not united, has its
proper history and saints. The Russian
Church has its own history and saints; it
went through different periods of becoming Church, Metoropoly, Patriarchate etc.
It is not part of our Kyivan history, it is
Moscovite history which legitimately has
a Patriarchate, and thanks God that it has
it, as a typical completion of its structure said his Beatitude Lubomyr.
divine Providence."
The commission encourages parents to support their
childs spiritual growth and possibly seek the guidance
of a parish priest or professional counselor committed
to the Church's teachings.
To the young adult facing same-sex attractions, the
bishops offer words of encouragement, as well as
advice for forging the road ahead. Young people are
encouraged to accept Gods unfailing love for them, to
"pray without ceasing" and to celebrate the sacraments
regularly. The bishops also advise the young to "cultivate virtuous friendships" and to "be vigilant."
"Since chastity is not only a journey but also a battle,
be on guard against temptations that will continually
arise," they said. "God's grace will give you the strength
to overcome temptation."
"Above all," the commission writes, "hold close to
your heart that being a Christian is about a relationship
with Jesus Christ, who gives your life meaning and a
decisive direction."
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His Beatitude Sviatoslav fulfilled One of the

Testaments of Patriarch JOSYf (Slipyj)
Today I have an occasion
for great joy. Not only
because I am visiting
again the princely city of Lviv,
but also because today I can
fulfill the words of Patriarch
JOSYF (Slipyj) who made a testament to his successors to take
a special care of Studite monks
of the uGCC. So along with all
the brethren of St. Johns Lavra
I am celebrating in joy the
Parish Feast Day of the
Monastery, his Beatitude during a hierarchical Divine
Liturgy on the feast of Nativity
of St. John the Baptist.
The uGCC Primate presided
at the Divine Liturgy on July 7
in St. Sophias in Lviv. Concelebrating
were: Bishop vOLODYMYR (vijtyshyn),
Eparch of Ivano-Frankivsk and Bishop
Seminarians
learn How
to Be
Missionaries
une 26 July 2 in Lviv Spiritual
Seminary, the Pastoral-Missionary
Department of the uGCC for the
first time conducted a special course on
missionary ministry. 73 seminarians in
their senior year of study from Kyiv
and Lviv Archeparchies, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sambir-Drohobych, Buchach,
Kolomyia-Chernivtsi, Stryi, SokalZhovkva Eparchies and Odessa-Crimea
Exarchate, all participated in the
course. For one week, the seminarians
have been lectured by religious scientists as well as experts on migration
issues. All of whom have studied the
geography and makeup of the uGCC
faithfulls presence abroad.
If the Church does not carry out her
missionary ministryit means that she
does not live according to her Godgiven responsibilities said Bishop JOSYF (Milian), the head of the PastoralMissionary Department of the uGCC,
in his opening word to the seminarians.
For this reason, the uGCC has constructed a special mission-oriented
course in order to provide pastoral care
Delegation of the Hungarian

Greek Catholic Church
Visits Ukraine
The official delegation of the
hungarian Greek Catholic Church visited ukraine in preparation for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the
Eparchy of hajddorog to be held in
2012. The delegation included two bishops, in particular the head of the
hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Bishop FLP (Kocsis), as well as priests
with their families.
JOSYF (Milian), Auxiliary Bishop of the

Kyiv Archeparchy.
During his homily, his Beatitude
of its faithful approach in a systematic

way on all continents. Bishop Josyf
encouraged the seminarians to dare to
change their life position, which is not
easily undertaken. In addition, if you
are not able to change yourself, then
you will not be able to move forward.
Every change has inherent positive
aspects in striving for being better.
To be perfectly honest, shared his
Excellency Bishop Josyf, my appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv,
which presupposed transfer to the capital, scared me. however, for me it was
a chance for an awakening of everything that has been nurtured in me, it
was a proposal, a challenge to be creative. It was fear, but it was also a
chance from God.
For a missionary there are no casual
meetings remarked Rev. vasyl Potochniak, Executive Secretary of the
Pastoral Missionary Department. he
paid attention to the fact that while on
mission, every person is very important, and meeting anyone is another
opportunity to save a soul. he also
noted that all participation, especially a
missionary ministry, when viewed from
the perspective of salvation, enhances
ones faith.
The seminarians also had a unique
opportunity to meet with priests, religious and lay people who had personally experienced a missionary ministry.
After visiting Lviv and univ, representatives of the hungarian Greek Catholic
Church went to Kyiv, where on July 15
they visited the Patriarchal Cathedral of
the Resurrection of Christ of the
ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Bishop BOhDAN (Dziurakh), secretary of
the Synod of Bishops of the uGCC,
accompanied the guests and told them
about the history of the uGCC.
According to the uGCC website, the
guests were particularly interested in the
history of the churchs persecution in the
last century, including the exploits of
Father Omelyan Kovch, who is the
noted: We read
today in the
Gospel how the
Prophet Zachariah, the father
of Forerunner,
serving in the
temple,
was
filled with Gods
grace and power.
In a similar way,
Christian
a
seeking nowadays a perfect
holy life can
encounter Gods
power directed
to each one of us
through the sacramental nature of Christs Church. We
just have to believe that God is meeting
us here today and is filling us with the
power of the holy Spirit. And then

Gods grace will enrich our human infertile piety and make of us followers of
Christ opening up for us the way to holiness.
he also noted that the feast of the
Nativity of St. John the Baptist coincides
with a jubilee. We have so numerously
gathered here among the Studite brethren also on another occasion-to congratulate his Grace Bishop Josyf on his
55th anniversary. In 1983 he took perpetual vows in a Studite monastery
(exchanging his secular name Ivan for a
monastic oneJosyf). And similarly to
Zachariah he has been filled with Gods
power. he stepped on the path of
ascetism in order to rebuild our Church
in the heart of ukraine in Kyiv.
Are Talks With Orthodox Getting

Anywhere? Pope Says Yes
Suggests Rhythm of Dialogue Reflects
Complexity of Issues
vATICAN CITY, Zenit.org).- Benedict
XvI told an official Orthodox delegation that talks between the two
Churches can appear to progress slowly
due to the complexity of the themes.
The Pope said this when he addressed
a delegation from the Ecumenical
Patriarch of Constantinople, which
came for the traditional Orthodox visit
to Rome in honor of the feast of Sts.
Peter and Paul.
The holy Father spoke of the "friendship and genuine fraternity that unites
the Church of Rome and the Ecumenical Patriarchate," but he also affirmed
that "the incomplete communion that
already unites us must grow until it
attains full visible unity."
In reference to the official dialogue
commission, the Pontiff acknowledged
that "from a purely human point of
view, one might have the impression
that the theological dialogue is having
trouble in progressing."
"In reality," he said, "the rhythm of
dialogue is linked to the complexity of
the themes being discussed, which call
for an extraordinary effort of study, of
reflection and of reciprocal openness."

The commission is discussing the
question of the role of the Bishop of
Rome in the Church communion of the
first millennium, when the Church in
the West and East was still united.
The Pope reminded that the holy
Spirit is the force behind the dialogue,
and that it is his wish that Christ's
prayer for unity be fulfilled.
Benedict XvI also spoke to the delegation about the need for a "common
testimony of the truth of the Gospel," so
that men and women of today, who feel
lost "in a historical context of violence,
of indifference and of egoism," can
come to "rediscover the way that leads
them to truth."
The Pope further mentioned the meeting he will lead in October, in which
representatives of Christian Churches
and other world religions will gather in
Assisi.
"Walking together along the streets of
St. Francis' city," he said, "will be a sign
of the will to continue to advance on the
path of dialogue and fraternity."
patron of pastors of the uGCC.

The bishops from hungary invited us
to participate in the anniversary celebrations next year, and in turn, were invited
to the consecration of the Patriarchal
Cathedral, scheduled for 2013. We must
remember that the church in hungary is
the sister of our church, and so our relations are extremely important for us,
said Bishop Dziurakh.
The hungarian Greek Catholic Church
is made up of the Eparchy of hajddorog (established June 8, 1912),
which is part of the Esztergom-Budapest
Metropolitanate and the Apostolic Ex-
archate of Miskolc. Services in all

parishes are held in hungarian. There is
a theological seminary in Nyregyhza.
According to the Annuario Pontifico, as
of 2007 the Eparchy of hajddorog consisted of 146 parishes, 227 priests and
about 270,000 believers; in the Exarchate of Miskolc 30 parishes, 38
priests and about 20,000 faithful. Thus
the total number of parishioners was
about 290,000 people.
On May 2, 2008, Bishop FLP (Kocsis) was elected to lead the church.
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ity-slicker Sam inherited a farm from his

uncle. Knowing near to nothing about
rural life he had some difficulties managing.
There was the farm, the house, the barn, the
fields, the crops, and a few animalsall requiring attention.
Among the animals were two horses, which
he had to individually feed, water, groom and
otherwise take care of.
he was unsure, at times, which horse he'd
attendedas he could not tell them apart. he
called a friend for some help, who advised
him to cut the mane of one, and feed the
short-maned one, then the long-maned one.
That worked for a while, until the mane
regrew. he then trimmed the tail of one
again, after some time that regrew as well. he
decided to call in the vet in the neighborhood,
who listened to his problem and came out. he
suggested to Sam to put the two horses next to
each other so he could take a look at them.
After looking at the horses from the front,
back and either side, the doc said: hmmmm,
it should be easy to tell them apart. The black
one is at least six inches taller than the white
one.
See a New York Times Wooden Churches slide show [11 photos] from Transcarpathia.
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t appears that this is the last submission for
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Sat.1-11 p.m.
Sun.1-10 p.m.
SEPTEMBER
10 & 11
2011
North Dakotans had

an opportunity to attend
a free seminar on more
than one hundred years
experience of history of
ukrainians in the state.
held July 22 at Dickinson State university, the
event was chaired by Dr
Theodore Pedeliski.
Also two books were
debuted: Kief, North Dakota 100 Years of History
by Todd Spichke and
Ukrainians in North Dakota--in their Voices by
Agnes Palanuk.
His Beatitude Sviatoslav Consecrated

Cornerstone of New UGCC
Monastery in Kyiv
n Sunday, June 3, in Kyiv,
his Beatitude Sviatoslav
consecrated a cornerstone
of the Pokrova Monastery of the
Congregation of Sisters of the
holy Family. It is noteworthy that
the consecration ceremony took
place in the year when the Congregation is celebrating the100th
anniversary of its foundation.
Before the consecration of the
cornerstone, the uGCC Primate
presided at the hierarchical Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal
Cathedral of the Resurrection of
Christ in Kyiv. Foundation of a
new monastery is an important
event for the Church, since another piece of heaven will shine
among us said his Beatitude in
his homily.
At the completion of the
Liturgy, his Beatitude Sviatoslav
expressed his hope that in the
future this monastery would
become a General house of the
Sisters. he thanked all the benefactors and people of good will
who are helping the Sisters. In his
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(Saturday & Sunday)
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Great Ethnic Food!
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Bishops Chancery
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words, todays celebration is a

good fruit of benefactors sacrificial work. These people follow
after those who are poor in the
spirit and they rejoice at the fact
that they can give more rather
than receive, said his Beatitude
Sviatoslav.
After the consecration of the
cornerstone, the uGCC Primate
said: One of the elements of the
rite of foundation of a new church
building is a consecration and anointing with oil of the cornerstone
which is laid down as the basis of
the altar part. Liturgical theology
points out that the cornerstone of
the Church is Christ himself, and
this consecrated stone is an image
of Jesus Christ. We should be
building our life upon the cornerstone which is Christ. According
to the Apostle St. Peter, we must
be the living stones upon which
the whole building is built. I wish
you, Sisters, may the cornerstone
of your life be Christ. If you rely
upon him, you will never be shattered.
The Office is closed on all

major Church holy Days
and National Civil holidays
Explaning further the rite of the

consecration of the cornerstone,
his Beatitude Sviatoslav said that
Gods name was called upon this
place today. It is a reenacting of
the gesture done once by Patriarch Jacob, who has anointed a
stone after his dream and said:
Terrifying is this place, it is nothing else but a house of the Lord
and heavenly Gates. God help
all those who will be praying
here, who will be entering
through these open gates to the
Kingdom of God wished the
uGCC Primate.
Sister Natalia Melnyk, the head
of the Congregation of the Sisters
of the holy Family, expressed her
gratitude to God that today the
cornerstone of the first Monastery
outside of Galicia was consecrated. It is a sign that the Congregation is growing. We are all
well aware that without God we
would be able to achieve nothing, said Sister Natalia.
Deadline for the

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eople who participate in our Liturgyeither as a rst-time experience or even

on a continual basisoften try to compare it with the Mass of the Roman
Church. Whether this is done consciously or casually is immaterial, it's just a
matter of human curiosity and interest. Beyond on the surface differences, lie principles that remind us that, while similar, the two prayer expressions evolved from
two different viewpoints, and affect the manner in which each is celebrated.
Our Divine Liturgy emphasizes Christs Resurrection and salvation that comes as
a result of his death. We stand in awe of this, and, lead by the priest, face the oncoming Sonrise, expecting the Second Coming. The Latin Rite Mass centers on
Christs Passion in its own way an interactive experience. It is meant to emulate the
Last Supper, with the priest being in the center and the people around the table.
We use music and actions to lift us up, rejoice and experience a taste of heaven.
Our Divine Liturgy is a holistic approach in that all ve senses are used in a repetitive manner to achieve this heavenly encounter and reach into our deeper self. Our
whole self, after all participates in this Mystical Supper.
After the Preparation of the Gifts, the priest proceeds to open the Royal Doors, and
standing at the holy Table proclaiming, Blessed is the Kingdom of the
Father and of the Son and of the holy Spirit, reminding us that through worship we are entering the Kingdom of God. This is referred to as the opening
Doxology. (Doxology comes from the Greek doxa, meaning glory and logos,
meaning word or speaking, hence we sing a hymn praising God) As the
Divine Liturgy continues we have: The great litany--the Litany of Peace,
a prayerful sequence of requests chanted by a deacon or priest in the name of
all the people, respond to them with either Lord, have mercy or Grant
this, O Lord. The rst three petitions concern peace: In peace let us pray
to the Lord, for peace from on high. For peace throughout the
world. The next prayers are for various needs that confront us in our daily
lives: eternal salvation, the welfare of Gods churches, for our hierarchy, the
people of the church and government ofcials, for good weather and abundant sustenance for our lives. We sing a series of Antiphons composed of
one or more psalms that joyfully praise the Lord. The Hymn of the
incarnation sung to Christ, the only-begotten Son and Word of God--a
hymn of faith proclaiming that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, was crucied and conquered death through his resurrection for the salvation of mankind. he
is one of the holy Trinity, equal in Glory to the Father and holy Spirit...
The little entrance, is the procession of the Book of the Gospels presented to the
people who are invited to worship the Risen Christ. tropars
and kondaks are poetic proclamations of the prayer of that
particular day; stanzas sung interspersed with the doxology
to the Triune God. The trisagion (Thrice-holy) Hymn,
holy God . is another afrmation in which we glorify
God, the holy Trinity. All of the above are introductory
hymns and prayers to prepare us to be attentive to the reading of the holy Scriptures.
The Prokeimen is a Psalm introducing the Epistle lesson
for the day. The epistle reading emphasizes a specic aspect
of Christian life and is taken from the Letters of St Paul, or
the universal letters of Peter and others, or from the Acts of
the Apostles. Alleluia!, which means Praise the Lord! is
sung with great enthusiasm after the Epistle reading, preparing us for the Good News (Gospel) of Jesus Christ.
The Priest or Deacon brings the Gospel book out to the
people and is anked by candle bearers (the candles symbolize Christ as the Light of
the World). Now we are ready to hear the Word of the Lord as written by one of the
Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke whose writings are similar in wording and John
whose writings relate the same story as Matthew, Mark and Luke but often have
more encompassing theological and philosophical messages.
The gospel reading is followed by a homily in explanation of the signicance of the reading and how to apply it to everyday life. Then follows another Ektenia (list of petitions) for the people, adding any special needs for that
particular time, all the while preparing us for the Anaphora of the Liturgy
which brings us to the heavenly Banquet at the holy Tablethe Altar, the
Throne of Godfor the Eucharist.
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Congregation. At the Chapter were gathered forty-nine Sisters-delegates from

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earing the finish line in the

Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento

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and patience that proved painful at times, considering their

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Preliminary Schedule for

ByzAntine FAitHFul welCoMe APoStoliC

new MAronite APPointMent: vATICAN CITY

Patriarch, SvIATOSLAv (Shevchuk), has invited Pope

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If we make a decision at this issue, we need to do so

SevAStoPol AutHoritieS reFuSe to return

As RISu reported, in September, 2010, the Sevastopol

BiSHoP MilAn ConSeCrAteS 115tH CHurCH

the future of the exarchate depends on their involvement.

reading of the Gospel, or even blessingssimilar

they shed an icy, dusty debris stream along the comet's

expressed at the Council of Constantinople ( AD 381).

sun, and his clothes became white as light. (Matthew

mong the prayers of the Divine Liturgy are the

ditions of our faith, a study of The Lords Prayer, a

stimates put the number of people in bondage

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immodestly to heaven or life up his hands arrogantly.

Youre coveredits on me, thats how

ugCC will Be Mereiful to those entrapped

tarian trend is a challenge for the Church, perhaps even

Russians Show Interest

opinion, each Catholic should read this,

continued from page 13

change. There were growing pains.

any part of our proper liturgical practices

refused them registration under the name "ukrainian

New Bishop for Buenos Aires

the cathedrall, and a student in Rome at

List. however, due to the dilapidated

For more than a month a wooden

Jubilee Icon in St Louis

Canadian Bishops: a Person Is More Than

these terms in official documents:

ity, this inclination is 'objectively disordered.'

from selfishness and aggression. It

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The Peace Corps is a calling, a lifestyle,

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