There is a renewed interest and appreciation of iconography among Byzantine Catholics in the United States. It is an encouraging indication of a return to our centuries-old traditions. Our ancestors, accepting Christianity in the Byzantine Rite, also accepted the practice of venerating holy icons. Without them our liturgical worship becomes sorely mutilated and loses a great deal of its solemnity and splendor. Let us then become acquainted with the history, the meaning and the true spirit of the veneration of icons. Continue reading
“40 Days for Life”
An informal pan-Eastern Catholic prayer vigil took place at a location where many prayers are needed. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Carnegie, Pa. took the initiative to schedule a four hour vigil at Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania, where over 3,000 babies are mercilessly aborted annually.
Deacon Paul Boboige, of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh ProLife Office, and his wife Patricia joined cantor George Hanchar and his wife Svetlana, and Deacon Myron Spak. Sunday evenings are generally quiet but on this day there was considerable pedestrian traffic going to the Pittsburgh Penguins game.
Pittsburgh’s “40 Days for Life” is conducted strictly by volunteers who humbly pray for God’s intercession to close by Deacon Paul Boboige Pro-Life Office, Byzantine Catholic Arceparchy of Pittsburgh the facility and change the hearts of those who encourage mothers to deny life to the living persons within them. There are semi-annual vigils, the first during the Great Fast and one in the Fall. Continue reading
A “Wonderful” Miracle
Part 3: Journey Through Salvation History to Understand the Pre-Lenten Seasons So far we have been exploring the Genesis 3:15 prophecy where Yahweh explained to Eve that a woman’s seed (not a man’s) would be responsible for crushing the power … Continue reading
Mission of mercy
St. Gregory Parishioners Provide Medical Care in Honduras. When Anne Hast and her daughter, Rachel, traveled to Honduras last summer to assist in a medical mission, they woke up at 4 a.m. each day. From June 17 to 24, … Continue reading
“Our aim is growth in the Church”
Preparations Continue For Assembly 2018 Deacon Dennis Prestash believes the mission for the Byzantine Catholic Church in the 21st Century is clear. “Our aim is growth in the church,” he said. How this growth and vitality is achieved will be … Continue reading
A wave hello to begin the day
Notes to self: Every day when I come to work, I always pay attention to a school crossing guard stationed at one of the intersections on the North Side of Pittsburgh, Pa. She definitely looks like any other crossing guard … Continue reading
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- Toronto cardinal calls for prayers after van kills at least 10
- Raise a cone: Rome’s poor celebrate pope’s name day with gelato
- Italy grants citizenship to Alfie Evans in attempt to guarantee his care
- Pope calls for end to ‘needless bloodshed’ in Nicaragua
- Great Caesar’s ghost! Superman turns 80
- Mother killed on Southwest flight was firm believer in Catholic schools
- Circuitous route led to director’s second film on exorcism
- Father of Alfie Evans meets pope, begs for help to save his son
- ‘Is my dad in heaven?’ little boy asks pope
- ‘Schizoid’ world brags it’s free while chained to greed, pope says
- Salvador’s Blessed Romero canonization probably in Rome in October
- Pope apologizes for ‘serious mistakes’ in judging Chilean abuse cases
- Cardinal: Words ‘we all long to hear’ lay in sacrament of reconciliation
- Update: Pontifical Commission for Latin America proposes synod on women
- Fond memories of global community echo with bishops’ justice advocate
- Sweden’s Lutherans to let Catholic parish hold Masses in Lund cathedral
