Annual Vocations and Seminary Collection

During the month of September, the Eparchy of Edmonton conducts its annual Vocations and Seminary Collection. “It takes a whole village to raise a child.”  It likewise takes the support of the whole Church to form a deacon, priest, religious, monastic and lay member...

Church News

Pope Benedict XVI appointed Rev. Borys Gudziak as Apostolic Exarch of France, Benelux and Switzerland. Father Borys Gudziak, 51, Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, has lived and worked mainly in Ukraine since completing his doctorate in Slavic...
EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE: WHY NOT?

EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE: WHY NOT?

EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE: WHY NOT? QUICK ANSWERS TO COMMON ARGUMENTS   Catholic Organization for Life and the Family (www.colf.ca) According to some surveys, three-quarters of Canadians would favour the legalization of euthanasia. Above all, they fear one day...
A Prayer for Children

A Prayer for Children

A Prayer for Children by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich All-plenteous Lord Jesus Christ, Who was once even Thyself a child and Who used to love and bless children, have mercy upon the children of our time, and save them – so that unbaptized children may be...
The Byzantine Altar

The Byzantine Altar

by Abbot Joseph I’d like to share a few things about the Altar in a Byzantine church, since many may not be familiar with its setup. It is much more complex than a simple table but, as you have come to expect from the East, richly symbolic as well. There are...