Our Annual Drive-Thru Fall Supper returns on Sunday, November 5, 2023 from 4:00-6:00 pm. We will start to accept orders on Monday, September 25 at 9:00 am. Only 600 meals available. $25 per meal (children 10 & under for half-price). Pre-paid orders only. We accept cash, cheque, credit and debit, as well as e-transfer. To…
Becoming Fully Alive
by Archbishop Joseph Raya (1916-2005) “The glory of God is a man (or woman) fully alive,” said St. Irenaeus in the second century. To be fully alive and vibrant is to be a sharer in the life of the Trinity and bathed in the goodness of God. Theosis, or divinization, the union of our humanity…
Happy 46th Anniversary!
We wish His Grace, Metropolitan Lawrence, on the occasion of his 46 anniversary of ordination to the priesthood, grace, health, happiness, the good things of this world that lead to salvation, and many happy years! Многая і благая літа!
Our Former Pastor, Very Rev. Michael Kwiatkowski, Appointed Bishop of the Eparchy of New Westminster
The Vatican announced on Thursday, 24 August 2023, that the Holy Father, Pope Francis, has appointed Very Rev. Michael Kwiatkowski, Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster (Canada). Father Michael Kwiatkowski, until now the Chancellor of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg, becomes the 4th Bishop for Ukrainian Catholics in the Province…
The Dormition Fast
From the book, A Byzantine Rite Liturgical Year, by Fr. Julian Katrij, OSBM, translated by Fr. Demtrius Wysochansky, OSBM. Christians of the first centuries always prepared themselves for great feasts with fasting and prayer. Gradually shorter or longer fasts developed from this sacred practice. The Great Fast before the glorious feast of the Pasch occupies first…