Issue 2, May 2003 UKRAINIAN REDEMPTORISTS OF THE YORKTON PROVINCE FULLY ALIVE A Bishop Velychkovsky Martyr’s Shrine Publication This June we celebrate the 100 th anniversary of Bishop Vasyl’s birth . He was born on June 1, 1903 in his family home on Lypova Avenue in the city of Stanislaviv (now Ivana-Frankisk) in Western Ukraine. His birth was difficult, perhaps a foreshadowing of the life of suffering that was to be his lot. His mother Anna (nee) Teodorowych and his father Rev. Volodymyr Velychkovsky gave him the name of Vasyl Vsevolod. He was baptized in the Cathedral Church in Stanislaviv where his father was employed. Both his parents were from generations of priestly families. His birth fills us with gratitude to God. We have now come to recognize how precious it is to have a martyr among In This Issue: us, one who walks this pilgrim journey to the 100th Anniversary - 1 kingdom together with us. He is now our intercessor and healer. Recently Beatified - 2 June 27th - 3 Pilgrimage to Shrine - 4 Святкуємо століття народження нашого Блаженного Poem to his mother - 6 Священомученика Василія Всеволода Величковського . Testimony - 6 Народився 1-го червня , 1903 в місті Станіславові в Thanks to Contributors - 7 священичій родині о. Володимира Величковського та Анни Shrine Schedule - 8 (Теодоровича ). Ми вдячні Богові за цей неоцінений скарб Prayer to the Martyr - 8 - в особі священомученика Української Католицької Церкви . Help Required - 8 Blessed Velychkovsky Martyr's Shrine 250 Jefferson Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R2V 0M6 Tel: 204-338-7321 Fax: 204 –339-1062 Email:
[email protected] Website:www.yorktonredemptorists.com A full day program is planned to help the faithful celebrate the Feast day of Nicholas Charnetsky and Companions and within that celebration a commemoration to Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky.