Eparchy of Stamford



ST. BASIL COLLEGE OPENS NEW INITIATIVE St. Basil College will open its doors in September, 2009 to students, both men and women of all faiths. The College began in 1939 as a seminary to educate men to serve as priests for the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Since that time, hundreds of men have graduated and have gone on to serve the Ukrainian community....
FIFTY FIFTH HOLY DORMITION PILGRIMAGE The Immaculate Conception Province of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate cordially invites you for the 55th annual Holy Dormition Pilgrimage in Sloatsburg, New York on August 8-9, 2009. This year’s pilgrimage is entitled “Behold Your Mother: Evangelization under the Protection of the Mother of God.”...
ENCOUNTER OF UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC AND UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX HIERARCHS OF NORTH AMERICA The Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox Hierarchs of North America met in Clearwater, Florida on March 12 – 13. After a very fruitful encounter they issued the following press release: For the fourth time in the last eight years the hierarchs of the Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches in North America have met in a brotherly “Encounter” to discuss the relationship between the two Churches and the common concerns they share in shepherding the faithful entrusted to their spiritual care...
MEETING OF THE PERMANENT SYNOD - DONETSK From Friday, February 27 until Monday, March 2, 2009 a meeting of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was held in Donetsk, Ukraine. Joining His Beatitude Patriarch Lubomyr were Permanent Synod members Archbishop Ihor Wozniak (L’viv), Bishop Vasyl Semeniuk (Ternopil), Bishop Paul Chomnycky (Stamford), Bishop David Motiuk (Edmonton) as well as synodal secretary Bishop Bohdan Dzjurakh. Hosting the meeting was the bishop of the Exarchate of Dontesk-Kharkiw, Stepan Monjok...
PATRIARCHAL COMMISSION ON PRIESTLY FORMATION IN SEMINARIES MET IN CURITIBA, BRAZIL. On Wednesday, 4 February 2009 the first meeting of the newly established Patriarchal Commission for Priestly Formation in Seminaries of the Ukrainian Catholic Church began with a celebration of the Divine Liturgy in St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Curitiba....
YOUTH EVANGELIZATION CONVENTION MARCH 14-15, 2009 His Beatitude Patriarch Lubomyr Cardinal Husar and the Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops decreed that all the eparchies shall hold a special Convention on the issue of Evangelization in the Modern World...
CECILIA DACIUK – GENERAL COUNSELLOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE CATECHISTS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS On the evening of February 19 the extended family of St. Basil Seminary bid farewell to a beloved member, Miss Cecilia Daciuk, Catechist of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was in October, 1989, at the request of Bishop Basil H. Losten, that Miss Daciuk and two other Catechists departed their native Brazil to begin a new life of service in the Stamford Eparchy in the United States of America. In the intervening 20 years she has faithfully and with great dedication and love served the staff and seminarians of St. Basil Seminary with her culinary skills...
POSTULANT ENTERS NOVITIATE OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE NUNS OF THE ORDER OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT On February 2, the Feast of the Encounter of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, His Excellency Bishop Paul Chomnycky, OSBM, Eparch of Stamford, celebrated a Divine Liturgy and Basilian monastic Investiture Ceremony at St. Andrew the Apostle Ukrainian Catholic Church in Campbell Hall, NY, at which Postulant Anne Marie Loscocco received the habit of the Contemplative Nuns of the Order of St. Basil the Great...
SEMINARIANS GO FOR “MARCH FOR LIFE” IN WASHINGTON D.C. On the night of January 21 2009, seminarians of St. Basil College with Father Bohdan Danylo were getting ready to departure to Washington D.C. Keeping the tradition of many years, they were going to the annual “March for Life”, hold every year in the streets of Washington. “March for Life” is a peaceful movement against the Supreme Court decision “Roe vs. Wade” of 1973, which legalized abortion in United States. The protest started in 1974, and each year it has attracted more and more people, who are eager to defend the right for life, especially life for the unborn. The movement defends principles such as the equality of rights for all human beings, that all human beings have the right of life (including the unborn) and that life should be preserved and protected...
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION On Saturday, December 13, 2008, the Stamford Eparchial Office of Religious Education staff presented an all-day Catechetical Formation Workshop to members of the Hartford Deanery. This year’s eparchial office staff is comprised of: Fr. Albert Forlano, Director, Fr. Vasile Colopelnic, Assistant Director, and Sister Charlotte Pipping, SSMI, Family Life Director. This particular workshop marked the commencement of a way for the Stamford Eparchial Religious Education Office Staff to meet the catechetical needs of its seven deaneries which make up the Stamford Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy...
ST. MICHAEL PARISH IN WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE The parish of St. Michael the Archangel in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, celebrated a century of existence on October 26, 2008, with a Pontifical Divine Liturgy of Thanksgiving celebrated by His Excellency Bishop Paul Chomnycky, O.S.B.M., the Eparch of Stamford, and a banquet attended by nearly 200 people. The day almost got off to an ominous start as a powerful storm front passed through Rhode Island the evening just before the celebration. However, St. Michael must have been looking out for his little parish as the skies suddenly cleared up just as the parishioners and their honored guests began showing up for the service...
FIFTY FOURTH HOLY DORMITION PILGRIMAGE The Immaculate Conception Province of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate cordially invites you for the 54th annual Holy Dormition Pilgrimage in Sloatsburg, New York on August 9-10, 2008. This year’s pilgrimage is entitled “Christ Our Hope. Mary, Hope of Christians.” Sister Michele Yakymovitch, Provincial Superior, and all the Sisters, are anxiously awaiting all faithful to come and pray together during the pilgrimage...
ST. BASIL COLLEGE SEMINARIANS VISIT THE ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTER On Saturday, April 12, 2008, students from St. Basil College Seminary visited the Onassis Cultural Center in New York City. The museum and cultural center are part of the Alexander S. Onassis Benefit Foundation located in Olympic Tower...
EASTERN CATHOLIC BISHOPS MEET IN ST. LOUIS The Eastern Catholic Associates (ECA), the Eastern Catholic Bishops of the United States, held it’s annual meeting in St. Louis, MO at the Pastoral Center of the Eparchy of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon. The meeting was hosted by Bishop Robert Shaheen on April 2-3, 2008...
STATEMENT OF THE EASTERN CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF THE UNITED STATES REGARDING THE KILLING OF ARCHBISHOP PAULOS RARAJ RAHHO OF MOSUL We are the bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches in the United States of America, the “Eastern Catholic Associates.” We also, as a body, comprise Region XV of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. At our annual meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 2-3, 2008, we addressed the circumstances faced by the Chaldean Catholic Church ...
FOURTH ANNUAL UKRAINIAN AMERICAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP SEMINAR IN WASHINGTON, DC Over the weekend April 5-7, 2008 the Ukrainian American Youth Association held its fourth annual Leadership Seminar at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, DC. The National Executive board of CYM invited: Juliana Horbachevsky of Yonkers, Myroslava Hreb of Jersey City, Tania Zaparaniuk of Chicago, Alyssa Puhacz of Buffalo, Natalya Surmachevska of New York, and Larysa Filewicz of Yonkers CYM branch to participate in this event. ..
EASTER PASTORAL LETTER OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHS OF THE U.S.A. "Christ is risen from the dead trampling death by death and to those in the tombs giving life." We sing these words again and again during the Easter season, perhaps hundreds of times. We also contemplate and venerate the Resurrection icon, which sings this very same truth – except it uses colors instead of words and music.
PASTORAL LETTER FOR THE GREAT FAST 2008 TO THE CLERGY, RELIGIOUS & FAITHFUL OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC METROPOLITAN PROVINCE OF PHILADELPHIA It seems like only yesterday we celebrated Christmas and New Year and the Theophany and now the Great Fast 2008 is right around the corner. Yes, the Great Fast begins on Monday, February 4th. You may have noticed that the past few weeks, especially Sundays, have been preparing us for the beginning of the Great Fast...
RESOLUTIONS OF THE SYNOD OF THE UGCC BISHOPS (held on September 27 - October 6, 2007) To the Most Reverend Bishops, Reverend Spiritual Fathers, Venerable religious brothers and sisters, and the Faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church I hereby announce and proclaim...
NUNCIO CONFIRMS PLANS FOR PAPAL VISIT TO U.S Baltimore, Nov. 12, 2007. Pope Benedict XVI will visit the US in April 2008, stopping in Washington and New York, the apostolic nuncio to the US has confirmed...
NEW MEMBERS OF THE UGCC PERMANENT SYNOD WERE ELECTED The annual Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, which was held in Philadelphia (USA) from September 27 to October, 6, 2007, has elected new members to the Permanent Synod. The Fathers of the Synod, after carrying out the appropriate procedure, confirmed the list of members of the Permanent Synod of Bishops of the UGCC:...
WOMEN NURTURING WOMEN October 27, 2007. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Philadelphia, PA. Days of reflection for women organized by the Archeparchy of Philadelphia, Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great, and the Missionary Sisters of the Mother of God have become an incredible opportunity for women to get together for prayer, sharing and reflection...
APOSTOLIC VISITATOR FOR UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLICS IN ITALY, SPAIN AND IRELAND HAS BEGUN THE VISITATION OF COMMUNITIES The mission of the Church is always to nourish the faith and hope of the Christian people. The seed of hope sometimes is very small but, nourished, it will sprout and grow up into a large tree which will bring numerous fruits. With such words of hope and support, the Most Rev. Bishop Hlib (Lonchyna) addressed....
UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC SYNOD ANNOUNCES YEAR 2008 AS YEAR OF CHRISTIAN VOCATION. Philadelphia, USA – For the first time being held outside of Europe, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) was conducted in Philadelphia, U.S.A., on 27 September – 06 October 2007, gathering 41 eparches of the UGCC from Ukraine, Europe, North and South America, and Australia. The Synod decided ....
SOLEMN CLOSING OF THE SYNOD OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. "We are assembled here for these final days of our Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.....
TERMINALLY ILL NEED CARE, SPIRITUAL SUPPORT, SAY UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLICS Kyiv - In advance of the International Day of Hospice and Palliative Care (care for the terminally ill), marked on 6 October 2007, Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), addressed ...
CARDINAL HUSAR HONORED BY CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA Washington, D.C., USA -- Patriarch Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), on 4 October 2007 received an honorary doctorate...
BISHOPS FORM NEW USCCB REGION FOR EASTERN-RITE CATHOLIC CHURCHES BALTIMORE -- On the first day of their Nov. 13-16 meeting in Baltimore the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted unanimously to form a new 15th USCCB region, composed entirely of the bishops of Eastern-rite Catholic churches...
THE LITURGICAL LEGISLATOR IN THE UKRAINIAN CHURCH The doctoral dissertation of Msgr. Peter Skrincosky, M.A., S.E.O.D., "The Liturgical Legislator in the Ukrainian Church," (1963) is finally available, having been published by the Most Rev. Basil H. Losten...