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EASTER PASTORAL LETTER OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHS OF THE U.S.A.
The women who ran to the empty tomb on that first Easter morning were met by an angel who told them to gather the apostles because the Risen Christ was to appear among them. Specifically, the angel asks that the apostles, "and Peter" be told to be there...

TO THE CLERGY, SISTERS AND THE FAITHFUL OF THE METROPOLITAN PROVINCE OF PHILADELPHIA FOR UKRAINIANS
As long as anyone can remember, we have celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in the United States on December 8 as a Holy Day of Obligation. This was done so we may be in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of the Latin Church as this title of the Mother of God is the patron of this great country...

WITH THE GRACE OF GOD AND IN FULL COMMUNION WITH THE ROMAN APOSTOLIC SEE + LUBOMYR
I AM ANNOUNCING AND MAKING PUBLIC THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE PATRIARCHAL SYNOD OF BISHOPS OF THE UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH, Which Took Place in Lviv-Briukhovychi From September 13 to 20 in the year of the Lord 2006... [Read more]

THE HEAD OF THE UGCC PROPOSES INTENSIVE DISCUSSION ON THE CON-CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST
During the time dedicated to open comments on October 10, His Beatitude made a speech in which he suggested that the Church reconsider Canon Law 702 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEC), which forbids con-celebrating the Holy Eucharist with representatives of non-Catholic traditional Churches....

SAINT GEORGE'S CHURCH TO HOST ANNIVERSARY
A Pontifical Divine Liturgy commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the erection of the Stamford Exarchate as a separate jurisdiction from Philadelphia will be held at 4 o’clock, Saturday, Oct. 14, in St. George’s U. C. Church in New York City. [Read more]

NEW CHURCH BLESSED IN COLCHESTER
Two years after an early-morning propane gas explosion reduced their church to a pile of rubble — with a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary the only thing left standing, — parishioners of St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Colchester gathered Sunday, Aug. 27, to witness the blessing of their new house of worship. [Read more]

39TH ANNUAL UKRAINIAN CONNECTICUT DAY FESTIVAL
Sunday, September 10, 2006, took place the 39-th Annual Ukrainian Day Festival, held on the grounds of Saint Basil College Seminary in Stamford, Connecticut. The Day began with the Pontifical Divine Liturgy celebrated by Most Rev. Paul Chomnycky, OSBM, Eparch of Stamford, together with Most Rev. Basil Losten, Right Rev. Mitred Msgr. John Terlecky, rector of the cathedral, Very Rev. Bohdan J. Danylo, seminary rector, and Rev. Bruce Williams, professor of moral theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. [Read more]

ST. BASIL COLLEGE SEMINARY OPENED 67TH ACADEMIC YEAR OF EDUCATION AND FORMATION
On Monday, September 4, 2006 St. Basil College Seminary in Stamford, Connecticut opened the new academic year of education and formation. The seminary community during the Moleben to Mother of God prayed for God's blessings and patronage for the upcoming academic year. Bishop Paul Chomnycky, eparch of Stamford together with Bishop Basil H. Losten, Father Bohdan Danylo, Seminary Rector, Ivan Mazuryk, Dean of Men, and Father Roberto Lucavei, OSBM, Spiritual Director greeted all new and returning seminarians. [Read more]

THE LITURGICAL LEGISLATOR IN THE UKRAINIAN CHURCH
Very Rev. Msgr. Peter Skrincosky, a priest of the Eparchy of Stamford, doctorate has been published. The Liturgical Legislator in the Ukrainian Church was published thanks to the generosity of Most Rev. Basil H. Losten, one of Father Skrincosky's students at Saint Basil College Seminary. [Read more]

"GENERATION OF FAITH" Designer Group Meeting at St. Basil College Seminary Stamford, CT August 31, 2006
The “Generation of Faith” is an intergeneration faith formation approach for use in a parish setting. This program was developed by the Center for Ministry Development of the Roman Catholic Church in U.S.A. under the direction of Mr. John Roberto. [Read more]

NEW BISHOP OF STAMFORD IS APPOINTED
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, has informed the Eparchy of Stamford that he has accepted the resignation of Bishop Basil H. Losten from office having reached the mandatory age of retirement. In the same announcement dated January 3, 2006, Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M., currently the Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain, has been appointed as Bishop Losten’s successor as the fourth Bishop of the Eparchy of Stamford. [Read more]

FEB-09-2006: NEW UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC METROPOLITAN APPOINTED FOR CANADA
Winnipeg- Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Laurence Huculak, who had been eparchial bishop of Edmonton, as archbishop of Winnipeg and metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholics in Canada. The press service of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada publicized the news on 9 January 2006. RISU note: In Ukraine, this church is called the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), while in the diaspora it now calls itself the Ukrainian Catholic Church. [Read more]

HIS BEATITUDE AND BISHOP MUDRY ADDRESS SYNOD
What more is required for unity?
The sessions of the Eleventh General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, presided by the Holy Father Benedict XVI, are continuing at the Vatican. The UGCC is represented at the sessions by His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar), the Head of UGCC. [Read more]

THE HEAD OF THE UGCC PROPOSES INTENSIVE DISCUSSION ON THE CON-CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST
During the time dedicated to open comments on October 10, His Beatitude made a speech in which he suggested that the Church reconsider Canon Law 702 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEC), which forbids con-celebrating the Holy Eucharist with representatives of non-Catholic traditional Churches. [Read more]