METROPOLITAN ARCHEPARCHY OF PHILADELPHIA Ukrainian Catholic 810 N. Franklin Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123-2097 Phone (215) 627-0143 Fax (215) 627-0377 ukrmet@ukrcap.org No. 53/2018 O Office of the Metropolitan January, 2018 PASTORAL OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY OF THE U.S.A. “CALL TO PRAYER IN OUR FAMILIES” TO OUR CLERGY, HIEROMONKS AND BROTHERS,…
An expansion is planned for Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church on Benton Street in Palatine. Bob Susnjara Parishioner growth is behind a planned expansion of a Palatine church. Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church, at 755 S. Benton St. just north of Illinois Avenue, received permission nearly five years ago for construction of a…
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK Last weekend, in preparation for Mother Teresa’s canonization, I read materials related to this exemplary saint’s life. Among other things, I read about a Bishop who asked Mother Teresa, “How do you get reassurances that the Almighty God answers your prayers and establishes houses for the poor at a time when…
While the Department of External Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate spins the meeting between Francis and Patriarch Kirill, the Pope expresses support for His Beatitude Sviatoslav. As expected, the Department of External Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate has started the process of spinning the February 12, 2016 Havana Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and…
Five details from historical meeting suggest that while the Russian Patriarch may have thought he was first violin, the Jesuit Pope was conducting the orchestra. Pope Benedict XVI was, and is, known for playing the piano. Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, the chief architect of Friday’s Cuban summit between his boss Patriarch Kirill and Pope…
On February 12, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, the leaders of two Churches, met at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. The meeting took place in a closed setting. It lasted more than two hours. The meeting of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill concluded with the signing of a Joint Declaration, which elicited mixed…