On April 15, 2010 students from St. Nicholas School in Minersville visited the Shroud of Turin Replica at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, PA. The students also visited the "Treasury of Faith Museum" located on the grounds of the Cathedral. Below are four videos.
Video 1 = Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka welcomes the students.
Video 2 = Rev. Archpriest Daniel Troyan describes the Shroud
Video 3 = Procession in the "Treasury of Faith Museum"
Video 4 = Sr. Evhenia, MSMG, of the "Treasury of Faith Museum" describes the Procession with the Shroud on Good Friday
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For more information on the Shroud Exhibit at the Cathedral please visit www.philashroud.org
For information on Tours of the "Treasury of Faith Museum" please email tofmuseum@catholic.org
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
St. Josaphat School visits Shroud at Cathedral
On April 14, 2010 students from St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic School visited the Shroud of Turin Replica at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, PA. Below are two videos.
Video 1 = Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka welcomes the students.
Video 2 = Rev. Archpriest Daniel Troyan describes the Shroud.
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Video 1 = Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka welcomes the students.
Video 2 = Rev. Archpriest Daniel Troyan describes the Shroud.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Shroud of Turin Mystery Tour with Russ Breault
"The Shroud of Turin Mystery Tour" with Guest Speaker Russ Breault was held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, PA, on April 9 & 10, 2010.
The event was approximately 90 minutes, featured a big screen to show over 150 images, and included a question and answer session at the end of the presentation. (Share a comment with us by clicking the "comment" link at the bottom of this post.)
Video: Introduction by Rev. Archpriest Daniel Troyan, a segment of Russ Breault's Presentation, and a few words by Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka
Photos: (click photo to enlarge)
Russ Breault and Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka
Russ Breault with the big screen in the background. In the front of the picture you can see the Shroud of Turin Replica that is on display at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Philadelphia until June 29, 2010. For more information on the Shroud Exhibit at the Cathedral please visit http://www.philashroud.org/ .
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The event was approximately 90 minutes, featured a big screen to show over 150 images, and included a question and answer session at the end of the presentation. (Share a comment with us by clicking the "comment" link at the bottom of this post.)
Video: Introduction by Rev. Archpriest Daniel Troyan, a segment of Russ Breault's Presentation, and a few words by Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka
Photos: (click photo to enlarge)
Russ Breault and Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka
Russ Breault with the big screen in the background. In the front of the picture you can see the Shroud of Turin Replica that is on display at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Philadelphia until June 29, 2010. For more information on the Shroud Exhibit at the Cathedral please visit http://www.philashroud.org/ .
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An Article from the USCCB
Disconnect with and at the Vatican
By Sister Mary Ann Walsh
The discovery of a 2001 letter from Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos that praised French Bishop Pierre Pican for refusing to report a priest/abuser to civil authorities shows the disconnect on handling sexual abuse of minors between the bishops in the United States and at least one Vatican congregations in Rome. It even shows a disconnect among offices in the Holy City.
Cardinal Castrillon wrote his letter in 2001, when he was prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy. His view stood in contrast to that of the U.S. bishops, who nine years before, in 1992, had issued their five principles for dealing with accusations of sexual abuse. Number 3:*Comply with the obligations of civil law as regards reporting of the incident and cooperating with the investigation.*
The bishops repeated that mantra into the 21st Century. Reporters who covered religion could recite it, having heard it about a thousand times. Given the cardinal*s attitude in his missive to the French cleric in 2001, it*s no wonder Pope John Paul II decreed the same year that cases of sexual abuse of minors must go not to the Clergy Congregation or other congregations that oversaw priests and religious but to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, headed byCardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI.
The U.S. bishops strengthened their 1992 recommendation when they pledged to report sexual abuse of minors to civil authorities as they adopted the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in 2002. The Holy See implanted canonical teeth into the pledge when it approved the Essential Norms to make the Charter canon law for theUnited States. There*s no wiggle room when it comes to making a policereport.
Article 4 of the Charter states: *Dioceses/eparchies are to report an allegation of sexual abuse of a person who is a minor to the public authorities. Dioceses/eparchies are to comply with all applicable civil laws with respect to the reporting of allegations of sexual abuse of minors to civil authorities and cooperate in their investigation in accord with the law of the jurisdiction in question.
*Diocese/eparchies are to cooperate with public authorities about reporting cases even when the person is no longer a minor.
*In every instance, dioceses/eparchies are to advise victims of their right to make a report to public authorities and support this right.*The Essential Norms have ecclesial muscle and do not mince words. Norm number 11: *The diocese/eparchy will comply withal applicable civil laws with respect to the reporting of allegations of sexual abuseof minors to civil authorities and will cooperate in their investigation. In every instance, the diocese/eparchy will advise and support a person*s right to make a report to public authorities.*If that*s not clear enough, footnote 7 of the Norms states: *The necessary observance of the canonical norms internal to the church is not intended in any way to hinder the course of any civil action thatmay be operative.*
The Essential Norms are the official policy of the Holy See pertaining to the church in the United States. They count for a lot morethan a buck-up letter from Cardinal Castrillon to Bishop Pican, who earned a three-month suspended sentence for not reporting abuse andviolating French law. The priest/abuser got 18 years.
Sister Mary Ann Walsh
Director of Media Relations
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
By Sister Mary Ann Walsh
The discovery of a 2001 letter from Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos that praised French Bishop Pierre Pican for refusing to report a priest/abuser to civil authorities shows the disconnect on handling sexual abuse of minors between the bishops in the United States and at least one Vatican congregations in Rome. It even shows a disconnect among offices in the Holy City.
Cardinal Castrillon wrote his letter in 2001, when he was prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy. His view stood in contrast to that of the U.S. bishops, who nine years before, in 1992, had issued their five principles for dealing with accusations of sexual abuse. Number 3:*Comply with the obligations of civil law as regards reporting of the incident and cooperating with the investigation.*
The bishops repeated that mantra into the 21st Century. Reporters who covered religion could recite it, having heard it about a thousand times. Given the cardinal*s attitude in his missive to the French cleric in 2001, it*s no wonder Pope John Paul II decreed the same year that cases of sexual abuse of minors must go not to the Clergy Congregation or other congregations that oversaw priests and religious but to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, headed byCardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI.
The U.S. bishops strengthened their 1992 recommendation when they pledged to report sexual abuse of minors to civil authorities as they adopted the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in 2002. The Holy See implanted canonical teeth into the pledge when it approved the Essential Norms to make the Charter canon law for theUnited States. There*s no wiggle room when it comes to making a policereport.
Article 4 of the Charter states: *Dioceses/eparchies are to report an allegation of sexual abuse of a person who is a minor to the public authorities. Dioceses/eparchies are to comply with all applicable civil laws with respect to the reporting of allegations of sexual abuse of minors to civil authorities and cooperate in their investigation in accord with the law of the jurisdiction in question.
*Diocese/eparchies are to cooperate with public authorities about reporting cases even when the person is no longer a minor.
*In every instance, dioceses/eparchies are to advise victims of their right to make a report to public authorities and support this right.*The Essential Norms have ecclesial muscle and do not mince words. Norm number 11: *The diocese/eparchy will comply withal applicable civil laws with respect to the reporting of allegations of sexual abuseof minors to civil authorities and will cooperate in their investigation. In every instance, the diocese/eparchy will advise and support a person*s right to make a report to public authorities.*If that*s not clear enough, footnote 7 of the Norms states: *The necessary observance of the canonical norms internal to the church is not intended in any way to hinder the course of any civil action thatmay be operative.*
The Essential Norms are the official policy of the Holy See pertaining to the church in the United States. They count for a lot morethan a buck-up letter from Cardinal Castrillon to Bishop Pican, who earned a three-month suspended sentence for not reporting abuse andviolating French law. The priest/abuser got 18 years.
Sister Mary Ann Walsh
Director of Media Relations
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Monday, April 12, 2010
Blessing Graves at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
Blessing Graves at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Elkins Park, PA on St. Thomas Sunday, 4/11/10.
The priests in this video (from left to right) are: Rev. Myron Myronyuk, Rev. Volodymyr Kostyuk, Rev. Yaroslav Kurpel, Rev. Ivan Demkiv, Rev. Ihor Royik, and Rev. Ihor Bloshchynskyy.
To learn more about St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Elkins Park, PA or Our Lady of Sorrows Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Langhorne, PA please contact the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia at 215-627-0143.
Video: Panachyda/Blessing of Graves
Video: Teresa Siwak from "The Way"
Photos: Tanya Bilyj
The priests in this video (from left to right) are: Rev. Myron Myronyuk, Rev. Volodymyr Kostyuk, Rev. Yaroslav Kurpel, Rev. Ivan Demkiv, Rev. Ihor Royik, and Rev. Ihor Bloshchynskyy.
To learn more about St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Elkins Park, PA or Our Lady of Sorrows Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Langhorne, PA please contact the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia at 215-627-0143.
Video: Panachyda/Blessing of Graves
Photos: Click Photo to Enlarge
Video: Teresa Siwak from "The Way"
Photos: Tanya Bilyj
Friday, April 9, 2010
Basket Blessing - Holy Saturday at Cathedral
Rev. Ivan Demkiv Blessed Traditional Easter Foods on Holy Saturday at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, PA.
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Good Friday at Cathedral 4/2/10
Good Friday Service at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Philadelphia, PA on April 2, 2010. Main Celebrant and Homilist was Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka. During the Service the Faithful processed around the Cathedral three times.
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Video 1 : Summary Video (Procession, Singing of Noble Joseph)
Video 2: Procession Video
Video 3: Singing of Noble Joseph/Homily
1) Photos by Tanya Bilyj (Click photo to enlarge)
Rev. Ivan Demkiv reads Gospel in Ukrainian
The procession leaves through the main doors and goes around the church three times, proceeding to the right as they leave the building. Thus commemorating the taking of the Lord's Body, symbolized by His image on the Holy Shroud, to the tomb for burial.
Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka venerates the Shroud of Turin replica on display at the Cathedral.
2) Photos by Teresa Siwak (click photo to enlarge)
Leading the responses for the Faithful are: Lisa Oprysk, Rev. Archpriest Daniel Troyan and the Missionary Sisters of the Mother of God.
Msgr. Peter Waslo reads Gospel in English
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Video 1 : Summary Video (Procession, Singing of Noble Joseph)
Video 2: Procession Video
Video 3: Singing of Noble Joseph/Homily
1) Photos by Tanya Bilyj (Click photo to enlarge)
Rev. Ivan Demkiv reads Gospel in Ukrainian
The procession leaves through the main doors and goes around the church three times, proceeding to the right as they leave the building. Thus commemorating the taking of the Lord's Body, symbolized by His image on the Holy Shroud, to the tomb for burial.
Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka venerates the Shroud of Turin replica on display at the Cathedral.
2) Photos by Teresa Siwak (click photo to enlarge)
Leading the responses for the Faithful are: Lisa Oprysk, Rev. Archpriest Daniel Troyan and the Missionary Sisters of the Mother of God.
Msgr. Peter Waslo reads Gospel in English
Holy Thursday at Cathedral 4/1/10
Holy Thursday at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, PA, on April 1, 2010. The Main Celebrant was Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka who washed the feet of 12 priests symbolizing the washing of the feet of the 12 Apostles.
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Video 1 = Gospel/Homily
Video 2 = Washing of Feet
Photos (click photo to enlarge)
Rev. Deacon Michael Waak reads the Gospel.
Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka offered the Homily.
The Washing of Feet
As Deacon Michael Waak began the Gospel, Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka took off his vestments, put on a towel and began to wash the feet of the 12 Priests from the left to the right, and then dried them with a towel.
The apostle Simon Peter was represented by Rev. Ivan Demkiv, Cathedral Rector. Peter stood and said, "Lord, don't wash just my feet. Wash my hands and my head." The Archbishop said, "People who have bathed and are clean all over need to wash just their feet. And you, my disciples, are clean, except for one of you."
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Video 1 = Gospel/Homily
Video 2 = Washing of Feet
Photos (click photo to enlarge)
Rev. Deacon Michael Waak reads the Gospel.
Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka offered the Homily.
The Washing of Feet
As Deacon Michael Waak began the Gospel, Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka took off his vestments, put on a towel and began to wash the feet of the 12 Priests from the left to the right, and then dried them with a towel.
The apostle Simon Peter was represented by Rev. Ivan Demkiv, Cathedral Rector. Peter stood and said, "Lord, don't wash just my feet. Wash my hands and my head." The Archbishop said, "People who have bathed and are clean all over need to wash just their feet. And you, my disciples, are clean, except for one of you."
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Photos and Video: Teresa Siwak from "The Way"
Egg Hunt at Cathedral on Palm Sunday
The Egg Hunt was held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, PA, on Palm Sunday, March 28, 2010. (Share a comment with us by clicking the "comment" link at the bottom of this post.)
Video: Egg Hunt
Photos (click photo to enlarge)
After the Egg Hunt, children picked numbers from a basket and won prizes!
Video: Egg Hunt
Photos (click photo to enlarge)
After the Egg Hunt, children picked numbers from a basket and won prizes!
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Pictures and Video: Teresa Siwak and Tanya Bilyj
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Palm Sunday Liturgy at Cathedral
Palm Sunday at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, PA, on March 28, 2010. The Liturgy was celebrated by Rev. Ivan Demkiv, Rev. Deacon Michael Waak, and Subdeacon Roman Oprysk.
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Video: Myrovania and distribution of Palms and Pussy Willows
Photos: Click Photo to Enlarge
Rev. Ivan Demkiv offers the Gospel in Ukrainian
Rev. Deacon Michael Waak offers the Gospel in English
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Video: Myrovania and distribution of Palms and Pussy Willows
Photos: Click Photo to Enlarge
Rev. Ivan Demkiv offers the Gospel in Ukrainian
Rev. Deacon Michael Waak offers the Gospel in English
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Photos & Video: Teresa Siwak
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