Eparchy of Stamford



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...