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UPCOMING 2011 Events
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Welcome Guests
| One need not be ethnically Ukrainian to join this
parish. The Ukrainian Catholic Church is a church that comes
from the Ukrainian people, but is for the entire human race.
We live out our Catholic faith according to the Byzantine Rite,
which means that our theology, liturgy, spirituality and canon
law are non-Latin or non-Roman, while maintaining full
Eucharistic communion with the Catholic Church in Rome. More
information is available on our
about
us page. - Fr. Ivan Chirovsky An historical landmark, St. John's is located in the heart of Pittsburgh, just minutes from downtown. Please take some time to look around our site, and be sure to let us know what you think by signing our guest book. |
Important Announcement:
Beginning with January
2, 2011, we will be having two Divine Liturgies on Sundays (9:00
am in Old Church Slavonic and Ukrainian and 11:30 am in
English).  |
IN
THE SPOTLIGHT:
Please visit our Eastern Dignity page to read an important message from John Paul II (The Great) on why conversion is required of the Latin Church that she may respect and fully appreciate the dignity of Eastern Christians, and accept gratefully the spiritual treasures of which the Eastern Catholic Churches are bearers, to the benefit of the entire Catholic communion.
STEPS TOWARDS A REUNITED CHURCH: A SKETCH OF AN ORTHODOX-CATHOLIC VISION FOR THE FUTURE The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation Georgetown University, Washington, DC October 2, 2010
What is “a Catholic in Good Standing?
In a poll conducted by Bishops in the U.S. which was released in
April of 2008:
68 % of all Catholics surveyed believed that they could be in good
standing with the Church without going to Mass / Divine Liturgy weekly.
30% said they go to Confession (Reconciliation-Penance) less than once a
year and
45% said they never go at all.
The truth of what “a Catholic in good standing” must do is summed up in
the following items known officially as “Precepts of the Catholic
Church” (Церковні заповіді):
The five precepts of the Church are set in the context of a moral life
bound to and nourished by liturgical life. The obligatory
character of these positive laws decreed by the pastoral authorities is
meant to guarantee to the faithful the indispensable MINIMUM in the
spirit of prayer and moral effort, in the growth in love of God and
neighbor. Continue
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Additional Resources
"Reflections on who we are," by Rev. Mitered Protopresbyter Andriy Chirovsky, S.Th.D NOTE pages 10-12 are blurry. In order to view them properly please open Two different traditions - One Catholic Church
Pastoral Letter of the
Synod of Bishops Regarding Liturgical Questions.
Practical Guide to Evangelization for Byzantine
Catholic Parishes
Conditions permitting non-Catholics to Receive Sacraments from a Catholic Minister
Ukrainian Catholic Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Program
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