Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council; Octoechos Tone 3; The Holy Apostle Philip, One of the Seven Deacons; Our Venerable Father Theophanes the Branded, Composer of Canons. Resurrectional Gospel 9. Hebrews 13:7-16; John 17:1-13.
The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is celebrated today.
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory for ever!
Слава Ісусу Христу! Слава на віки!
Announcements:
Fellowship after Liturgy:
- THIS SUNDAY: No Coffee
- Next Sunday: Coffee
Would you like to have the Liturgical Calendar on your phone/tablet or desktop? Fr. Michael Winn, pastor of Holy Eucharist parish in Winnipeg, updated an online UGCC Liturgical (Gregorian) Calendar for 2025 that can be used in Android and Apple operating systems. The calendar includes the main saints of the day and the daily readings.
The following link will allow people to add the calendar to their own Google Calendar. It will work for Android phones Apple phones, and browsers.
If someone has an Apple phone, this following should work if the above fails:
To see the calendar in your browser window, the following link:
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost; Octoechos Tone 4; ?? The Transfer of the Relics of the Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus and John. Resurrectional Gospel 5. Apostle's Fast. Romans 10:1-10; Matthew 8:28-9:1.
Romans 10:1-10
10 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2 I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. 3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justified.Salvation Is for All5 Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it. 6 But the righteousness based on faith says, Do not say in your heart, “Who will ascend into heaven?” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 or “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach); 9 because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.
Matthew 8:28-9:1
Jesus Heals the Gadarene Demoniacs28 And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. 29 And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” 30 Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them. 31 And the demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.” 32 And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the waters. 33 The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, and what had happened to the demoniacs. 34 And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood.Jesus Heals a Paralytic9 And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.
Next Class: Oct 30 at 6pm.
Eparchial News
- Patriarch Sviatoslav issued a Pastoral Letter of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops following their 2026 Synod entitled Follow Me!” (Mark 2:14): Vocations to priestly ministry and consecrated life in the contemporary world (English, Ukrainian).
- Patriarch Sviatoslav issued an Instruction entitled Christ is in Our Midst. The Celebration of the Holy Sacraments and Other Liturgical Celebrations: Mystagogical and Pastoral Instructions (English and Ukrainian).
- Patriarch Sviatoslav recently gave a noteworthy interview to the Italian newspaper
Il Foglio on the topic of The Infamy of Russian Barbarism (English, Ukrainian). - An initiative of the 2026 Synod of Ukrainian Catholic Bishops, the first-ever Day of Teenagers was celebrated September 17, under the patronage of Saint Sophia and her daughters Faith, Hope, and Love. Bishop David wrote a personal pastoral letter to the celebrated Teenagers (English and Ukrainian (full message); English and Ukrainian (short greeting).
- The Episcopal Commission for Doctrine of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops released a new document entitled The Evangelizing Mission of the Church in Canada,
a reflection inviting Catholics to rediscover and share the Good News in today’s Canadian society.
It describes evangelisation not as transmitting an idea, but as introducing others to a person: Jesus Christ.
The document also addresses important questions about how evangelization is carried out.
It stresses that the Gospel must be proposed with respect for freedom and conscience, never through pressure, manipulation, or coercion.
The Catholic Bishops of Alberta, including Bishop David Motiuk, have issued a pastoral letter ahead of Alberta’s October 19, 2026 referendum.
The letter encourages Catholics to approach their civic responsibility with prayer, an informed conscience, and concern for the common good, reflecting on human dignity, care for vulnerable people, solidarity, reconciliation, and respectful dialogue. It also reminds the faithful that Catholics may reach different practical judgments while remaining united in their responsibility to seek what is just and good for their neighbours.
Read the Letter
The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg joyfully invites the faithful to the Solemn Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of Installation of Most Rev. Michael Kwiatkowski as the Fourth Archbishop of the Winnipeg Archeparchy and Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada.
The celebration will take place on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
at Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Cathedral in Winnipeg and will be presided over by His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
A celebratory banquet will follow the Divine Liturgy. Later that evening, Edmonton’s Juno-winning all-male choir Axios will perform at the cathedral at 7:00 p.m.
Reserve banquet tickets: Online reservation form
Tickets are $100. For more information, contact 204-338-7801 or installation@archeparchy.ca
The celebration will take place on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
at Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Cathedral in Winnipeg and will be presided over by His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
A celebratory banquet will follow the Divine Liturgy. Later that evening, Edmonton’s Juno-winning all-male choir Axios will perform at the cathedral at 7:00 p.m.
Reserve banquet tickets: Online reservation form
Tickets are $100. For more information, contact 204-338-7801 or installation@archeparchy.ca
What Can I Do?
“Anyone who is Christian has a duty to bear witness to the Gospel”. Pope Francis
Bring also your “professional activity into conformity with the Church’s social teaching.” (Mater et Magistra, 241)
“[R]ecover an awareness of the primacy of moral values”. (Familiaris Consortio, 8)
“Do nothing to compromise religion and morality.“ (Mater et Magistra, 239)
“Even in the most difficult circumstances human freedom is capable of extraordinary acts of sacrifice and solidarity”. (Pope Benedict XVI)
“Holiness in the Church begins with forbearance” (or patience). “True ‘holiness’ is not separation, but union; not judgement, but redeeming love.” Indeed, “the aspect of Christ’s holiness that upset his contemporaries was the complete absence of [a] condemnatory note”.
“This does not mean that everything must be left undisturbed and endured as it is.” Indeed, the Church lives “from the struggle of the unholy to attain holiness…But this effort only becomes fruitful and constructive if it is inspired by the spirit of forbearance, by real love.”
“[T]he Church raises men up, gives them a home and a hope, a home that is hope – the path to eternal life”.
(All quotes are from: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), “Introduction to Christianity”, (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004), 342, 343, 344.]
We Must Speak out Against Transgenderism
“At the same time, we are called to protect our humanity, and this means, in the first place, accepting it and respecting it as it was created.” (Pope Francis, 56)
We Must Advance the Human Dignity of Male and Female
Bring also your “professional activity into conformity with the Church’s social teaching.” (Mater et Magistra, 241)“[R]ecover an awareness of the primacy of moral values”. (Familiaris Consortio, 8)
“Do nothing to compromise religion and morality.“ (Mater et Magistra, 239)
“Even in the most difficult circumstances human freedom is capable of extraordinary acts of sacrifice and solidarity”. (Pope Benedict XVI)
We Must Practice Forbearance
“Holiness in the Church begins with forbearance” (or patience). “True ‘holiness’ is not separation, but union; not judgement, but redeeming love.” Indeed, “the aspect of Christ’s holiness that upset his contemporaries was the complete absence of [a] condemnatory note”.“This does not mean that everything must be left undisturbed and endured as it is.” Indeed, the Church lives “from the struggle of the unholy to attain holiness…But this effort only becomes fruitful and constructive if it is inspired by the spirit of forbearance, by real love.”
“[T]he Church raises men up, gives them a home and a hope, a home that is hope – the path to eternal life”.
(All quotes are from: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), “Introduction to Christianity”, (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004), 342, 343, 344.]
The official publication of Catholic Near East Welfare Association -
Pope Pius XI founded Catholic Near East Welfare Association in 1926 as an instrument of love and a sign of hope for those in need scattered throughout the historic but unstable lands of the ancient Eastern churches — the Middle East, Northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe.
For a century, CNEWA has walked side by side with those in need. We prayed with them when they were attacked, comforted them when they grieved, fed them when they hungered, bandaged them when they bled, sheltered them when they had no place to call home. We have been there, always, through the arms of the living body of Christ, the church, as they live for others, counseling the despondent, caring for the sick, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, teaching the eager and forming the next generation of leaders.CNEWA is a worldwide network of generous and compassionate people, committed to living Jesus’ great command to “love one another” by reaching out to their neighbors in need, regardless of where or whom their neighbor may be.
This network links our generous donors with the laity, priests, sisters and bishops of the local churches — CNEWA’s “boots on the ground” — who receive our help and touch countless lives in incalculable ways in Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine.
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