News & Announcements
Camp St. Volodymyr
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2012.04.29 ]
CAMP ST. VOLODYMYR – August 20 – 27th, 2012 Check out our new website: http://www.wix.com/jennsawka/campstvolodymyr#!cvcvvg|mainPage Camp St. Volodymyr has been enriching campers in their Ukraini...
BC is going to Unity
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2012.02.20 ]
Unity is a gathering of Ukrainian Catholics from across Canada to further understand, embrace and celebrate our faith through prayer, education and fellowship. Unity is open to young adults 18 (1994) ...
UGCC Synod Pays Special Attention to Celebration of 120th Anniversary of Birth of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj
[ 2012.02.13 ]
On February 8-9, 2012, in Lviv-Briukhovychi, the 56тг session of the Synod of Bishops of the Kyiv-Halych Supreme Archbishopric of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was held. The Synod was preceded...
Official Logo Unveiled for World Youth Day 2013
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2012.02.13 ]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, FEB. 9, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The colors of the Brazilian flag and the famous Christ the Redeemer statue of Rio de Janeiro form part of the official logo for World Youth Day 2013,...
Graduate and Doctoral Study Courses to Be Opened at Ukrainian Catholic University
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2012.02.04 ]
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, celebrated a liturgy at the Ukrainian Catholic University on February 2, the press service of UCUreported. The primate a...
A Message from Catholic Health Association of BC
[ 2012.01.13 ]
The Catholic Health Association of BC will be awarding two bursaries valued at $250 each to two 2012 graduating students enrolled in a Catholic secondary school, or who are a member of a BC or Yukon p...
Fourteen UGCC bishops participate in meeting of European bishops of Eastern Rite Catholic Churches
[ 2011.11.11 ]
This year’s meeting of bishops of Eastern Rite Catholic Churches, which is held annually under the auspices of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, is being held November 3-6, in ...
A new General Superior of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate has been elected
Sr. Theresa Slota
On July 18 during the XII General Chapter of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, taking place in Rome, Sr. Theresa Slota was elected a new General Superior of the Congregation. Prior to this, Sr. Theresa served as the Provincial Superior of the Province of Christ the King (Canada).
The honorary Head of the meeting, during which the election took place, was Bishop Dionisiy Liakhovych, Apostolic Visitor for the Ukrainians in Italy and Spain.
The General Chapter also elected the Council of the Congregation made up of the following Sisters:
Sr. Marta Kozak, of the Province of the Co-suffering Mother of God (Ukraine) – First Councillor and Vice-General Superior;
Sr. Evfrosynia Lukavyj, of the Province of St. Michael the Archangel (Brazil) – Second Councillor;
Sr. Stefania Jurcenko, of the Province of the Holy Spirit (Slovakia) – Third Councillor;
Sr. Julia Bojchuk, of the Province of St. Joseph (Serbia) – Fourth Councillor.
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Biography of Sr. Theresa Slota
Sr. Theresa Slota was born on 15 March 1948 in Toronto where she spent her childhood. On 28 Nov. 1966 she joined the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate. Sister holds BA in psychology and English language from the University of Toronto.
Sr. Theresa worked on missions in London and Lourdes. In the period 1977-1978 she helped Bishop Jeronim Khymij in British Columbia, working as a teacher and later on as a Headmaster in the Sacred Heart School in Yorkton.
From 1992 till 2003 Sister Theresa Slota worked as a secretary and interpreter for the Nuncio in the Apostolic Nunziature in Kyiv. After completion of her mission in 2004, she returned to Canada.
In 2005 Sr. Theresa became a Provincial Councillor and the Superior of the Province House. In August 2009 she was elected as the Provincial Superior of the Province of Christ the King in Canada. Prior to this, she worked as a secretary of the Metropolitan of Winnipeg, Laurence Huculiak.
Sr. Theresa Slota is fluent in English, Ukrainian, Italian and understands Russian and Polish.
