Informal group picture of the delegates of the Chapter, in front of the place where they met, Pontifical College of St. Josaphat. Standing on the far left can be seen Sister Laura Prokop, delegate, and Sister Christina Syrotynsky, Provincial Superior of Canada. Standing on the far right is Sister Oresta Svorak, delegate. To the right (as we see it) of the priest is Sister Sofija Lebedowicz, Superior General, and immediately next to her is Sister Theresa Slota, past-Superior General. Sister Janice Soluk, General Councillor and also Canadian, is hidden behind the other priest on our visual left. The...

Patriarch Sviatoslav, greets the delegates to the 27th Triennial Congress of the Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Canada, on “Called to Mission” – The Church, a mystery of unity to which we are all called! https://www.facebook.com/100004849780230/videos/1151057872515015/

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that over 1,000 people were inside a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk when it was hit by a Russian missile strike. At least two people have been killed and 20 wounded in the Russian missile strike on a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, the deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office said. Sharing a video of the fire on Instagram, Mr Zelensky said: “The mall is on fire, rescuers are fighting the fire, the number of victims is impossible to imagine. Red...

ROME – A prominent Ukrainian academic, who recently met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, said the pontiff has tasked a handful of cardinals to study the topic of “just war” in light of the current conflict with Russia. Myroslav Marynovych, vice rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, was one of three Ukrainians who met with the pope on June 8. The discussion centered on Ukrainian concerns over “ambiguous” rhetoric about the war coming from the Vatican and the pope  – particularly remarks suggesting the pope is against arming Ukraine. Read more…

Today we see how the enemy is driving out the sons and daughters of Ukraine en masse. Just yesterday, official russian sources announced that russia had expelled and deported more than a million Ukrainian citizens, almost two hundred thousand of whom were children. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said in his daily address on the 64th day of russia’s war against Ukraine.Read more…

2022 Pastoral Letter of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada Easter Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav Message from His Beatitude Sviatoslav

The Vatican adapted Pope Francis’ Way of the Cross on Good Friday after an outcry in Ukraine over a Station involving Ukrainian and Russian families. The meditation for the 13th Station, “Jesus dies on the Cross,” was written by members of a Ukrainian and a Russian family. In the event, the meditation was not read out during the Via Crucis at Rome’s Colosseum on April 15. In its place, a reader said: “In the face of death, silence is more eloquent than words. Let us therefore pause in prayerful silence and each one in his heart pray for peace in the world.” Read the...

Soon it will be Easter and following the traditions of my Mennonite ancestors, I will make paska, a Ukrainian Easter bread. This year I struggle with how to think about this family tradition. Invading soldiers have swarmed over the area from which a century ago my relatives fled Russian bloodshed. Once again it is a place of war. My maternal relatives lived in the Donetsk District, currently an occupied part of Ukraine….Read the rest at the Globe and Mail… https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/article-ukrainian-easter-bread/

On Friday, March 25, in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, the Holy Father Francis consecrated Russia, Ukraine and all humanity to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a penitential service. The bishops of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC in Ukraine, led by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, joined the Pope from the Cathedral of the Mother of God of Zarvanytsia.