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Feature Story ◊ Спеціальна Стаття 5 UCWLC members attend gathering to mark Sheptytsky Institute’s historic move to Toronto By Olena Wawryshyn 10

Departments ◊ Відділи 12 Точки зору/новини ◊ Opinions/News • Celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday: Ukrainian Canadians deserve thanks By Oksana Bashuk Hepburn 14 From the Spiritual Advisor’s Desk ◊ З Пера Духовного Дорадника 16 Наша віра ◊ Our Faith • In Memoriam: Lubomyr Husar, Cardinal and spiritual Father of Ukraine By Bishop Borys Gudziak • Папа Франциск привітав Сестер Служебниць 5 з нагоди початку Генеральної Капітули • The Mystery of Crowning By Dr. Andrew Thomas Kania • My Defender: “Jesus, I trust in You” By Lyrissa Sheptak • Місія УГКЦ в Люрді 26 From Sea to Sea ◊ Від моря до моря 39 Profiles◊ Особистості • Sonja Pawliw gets national recognition By Sean Mott • Kateryna Buyachok: An incredible life — an inspirational life • Її знають і читають у рідному краю (до ювілею Лесі Храпливої-Щур) • Ukrainian culture icon Eva Tomiuk passes on By Jayne L. Buryn 46 Вічная пам’ять ◊ Eternal Peace 16 48 Art, Culture and Community ◊ Мистецтво, культура і громада • Small Wonders: A treasure trove for the soul By Christine Medycky

Projects ◊ Проєкти 13 150th Anniversary of Confederation Famous Canadians of Ukrainian Descent: Senator David Tkachuk 18

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4 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 UCWLC members attend gathering “Don’t waste this opportunity,” to mark Sheptytsky Institute’s Bishop Gudziak historic move to Toronto urges assembled By Olena Wawryshyn clergy and laity

he Metropolitan Andrey history. Founded in 1986 by Father Sheptytsky Institute of East- Andriy Chirovsky in Chicago, MASI ern Christian Studies (MASI) had been based in Ottawa since has had close ties with the 1990. Last year, MASI signed an TUCWLC for many years. MASI’s dir- agreement that as of July 1, 2017 it ector, Father Peter Galadza, is our would become an autonomous aca- spiritual advisor and a contributor demic unit of the Faculty of Theol- to Nasha Doroha. Also, the UCWLC ogy of USMC, thereby forging an has consistently supported MASI affiliation with one of North Amer- through generous donations. Ac- ica’s leading universities. cordingly, when on July 25 MASI The large turnout at the event university community members as held a Garden Party and Blessing celebrating this move reflected its well as Roman Catholic and Eastern of its new home on the campus of significance. In attendance were Christians — totalling more than St. Michael’s College (USMC) in His Eminence Thomas Cardinal 400 people. the University of Toronto (U of T), Collins, Archbishop of Toronto; It was heartening to see Ukrain- UCWLC members were there to Bishop Borys Gudziak, Eparch of ian Orthodox parishioners, along celebrate. Paris (who was representing Bishop with numerous Ukrainian Catholics MASI’s relocation is an import- Stephen Chmilar); numerous clergy from parishes in the Greater Toron- ant development in the Institute’s from North America; scholars; to Area. Among them were UCWLC

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 5 executive members: President The event began at 5 p.m. on Bishop Borys Gudziak and Car- Marion Barszczyk, Recording the grounds of MASI’s new prem- dinal Collins, who gave the homily, Secretary Tamara Woloschuk, and ises, Windle House. Guests min- led the service. Concelebrating with Olga Danylak. Toronto-born Zenia gled and enjoyed sandwiches and them were Bishops David Motiuk of Kushpeta, a founder of Dzherelo drinks as musicians, including two Edmonton and Bryan Bayda, CSsR of in Lviv; Mary Pidkowich, head banduristky from the Zoloti Struny Saskatoon. Many other priests, dea- of the Olzych Foundation; and, ensemble and their musical direc- cons and sub-deacons participated. Iroida Wynnyckyj of the Research tor Oksana Zelinska, played on a In his homily, Cardinal Collins and Documentation Centre were small stage. At 6:30 p.m. a proces- noted how important it was that other notable women present. Ihor sion of clergy made their way to the with the arrival of MASI on the Klufas, president of the Ukrainian steps of Windle House for the mole- USMC campus, “East and West” Catholic Brotherhood of Canada, ben. Dobrodiyka Halyna Chirovsky, were now together engaged in theo- Toronto Eparchy also attended. The dressed in a vyshyvanka, and sev- logical pursuits for the glory of God. Knights of Columbus representing eral children met them at the en- The Eastern Christian Churches Eastern Catholic Councils and As- trance with the traditional bread “are one of two lungs through which semblies escorted Cardinal Collins. and salt greeting. we must breathe,” he said, adding

6 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 that through the Eastern Church- es’ glory of worship, which brings an awareness of the divine in this world, this reality can reach out- wards from MASI across the coun- try and far beyond. Emphasizing the importance of MASI in educating and form- ing future clerical and lay leaders, he reminded those gathered that Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk is an alumnus of the Institute. MASI’s choir led the singing dur- ing the moleben under conductor and sub-deacon Dr. Brian Butcher, a MASI instructor. The Melkite Choir of Jesus the King and the choir of the Coptic Orthodox Churches of the Greater Toronto Area also sang. Taissa Cronin, granddaughter of Brampton’s Father Roman and Dobrodiyka Iryna Galadza, was one of the readers. At the conclusion of the offi- cial ceremony, the Cardinal and Bishops blessed Windle House. Dr. Andrew Bennett, the former Canadian Ambassador for Religious Freedom and an alumnus of MASI, read verses from the Psalms. Then, MASI’s new sign at the front of its premises was unveiled by officiat- ing clergy, the Sheptytsky Institute staff, its former and current direc- tors, the President of USMC, David Mulroney, the Dean of USMC’s Faculty of Theology, Dr. James Ginther, and members of the MASI Foundation, the charitable body in charge of funding the Institute. Afterwards, guests toured Windle House, a stately mansion, where, starting this fall, MASI’s classrooms and administrative of- fices will be located. Public lectures will also be held there. In addition, there is a room allocated for a MASI chapel in adjacent Elmsley Hall, and Top photo: The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute’s led the singing during the a fundraising drive is underway to moleben under conductor and sub-deacon Dr. Brian Butcher. Middle photo: Cardinal Collins, Bishop Brian Bayda, CSsR, Bishop Borys Gudziak. Above: The Melkite Choir of Jesus the King renovate the space. and the choir of the Coptic Orthodox Churches of the Greater Toronto Area also sang. →

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 7 Tour guides Dobrodiyky Olenka Galadza and Halyna Chirovsky ex- plained that Windle House dates to the late 1800s and was inhabited by a series of notable individuals. Built for barrister Herbert Harley Dewart, who became provincial Liberal Lead- er, it was named after a later resident, Sir Bertram Windle, a scholar and university president. At one point it was home to French Catholic theo- logian Jacques Maritain and most recently served as a residence of the Basilian Fathers. The late Ukrain- ian Catholic theologian Fr. Petro Bilaniuk once had an office here. At 8 p.m. those gathered filled the nearby Sorbara Hall auditorium to capacity to hear Bishop Gudziak speak about “The Unique Import- ance of the Sheptytsky Institute for the Church Universal.” Emcee Larisa Galadza-Cronin of Ottawa opened the program and introduced USMC President David Mulroney, who welcomed the community and invited them to keep coming back to the campus and MASI. Fathers Peter Galadza and Andriy Chirovsky pre- sented a specially commissioned icon to him and Cardinal Collins for their vital role in arranging MASI’s move to USMC, and a second icon to Dean James Ginther. Next, Lesya Sabada of Saskatoon, one of MASI’s first students and a re- cent graduate of the D.Min. Program at St. Paul University in Ottawa, introduced the keynote speaker. Bishop Gudziak lectured on the challenging and inspiring life of Andrey Sheptytsky, who was the Top: Windle House — the new home of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern leader of the Greco-Catholic Church Christian Studies (MASI). Second row: MASI President Fr. Peter Galadza; Fr. Galadza, Dean from 1901 to the year of his death of USMC’s Faculty of Theology Dr. James Ginther and Fr. Andriy Chirovsky. Above: Cardinal in 1944. He was “one of the greatest Thomas Collins and USMC President David Mulroney; Dr. Pascal Bastien and family. churchmen of the last 100 years,” then a “distant, poor corner of the Egypt, from Canada to Argentina. said Gudziak. “He lived through the Austro-Hungarian Empire.” One of Metropolitan Sheptytsky also administration of seven govern- his legacies today, said Gudziak, is established the Lviv Theological ments while shepherding a rela- a Church whose members and com- Academy in 1929 on which MASI tively small church of 3 to 4 mil- munities are spread in many places is in many ways modelled, noted lion members” in Western Ukraine, around the globe — from Siberia to Gudziak, who, too, is a founder of an

8 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 academic institution, the Ukrain- ian Catholic University in Lviv. He also emphasized that the way of How Can You Support MASI? doing theology as Eastern Cath- Volunteer olics forged by the Sheptytsky Interested in getting involved? Email Institute has left an indelible im- us: [email protected] print on the thousands of clergy who have been educated by the Connect Ukrainian Catholic Church in Subscribe to MASI’s newsletter. Send a Ukraine in recent decades. request to [email protected] “My hope,” said Gudziak, “[is] Pray that the community here and the Join MASI’s prayer fellowship or attend U of T and USMC and the Uk­ Divine Liturgy at MASI’s chapel rainian and Catholic commun- Bishop Borys Gudziak ities of Toronto make the best of eparchy will be changed” and Donate this special opportunity.” Visibly “incredible things will happen.” Visit MASI’s website to donate online or moved by the momentous po- “Don’t waste this opportun- send cheques to: tential of MASI to share Christ’s ity,” Bishop Gudziak urged those Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Gospel and to shape and trans- assembled at this event mark- Institute Foundation form lives, he encouraged the ing a new era for MASI and our c/o University of St. Michael’s College community to support MASI and Ukrainian Catholic Church. As 81 St. Mary Street help it meet the greatest challen- MASI’s first academic year in Toronto, ON M5S 1J4 ges of the 21st century. He prom- Toronto gets underway, the ball tel. 416-926-7137 ised that if they do, their “com- is now in our court. How will we website: www.sheptytskyinstitute.ca munity will be changed,” “their answer the call?

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The Vera Buczynsky The Mary Dyma Ukrainian Studies Scholarship Religious Studies Scholarship The National UCWLC is offering one scholarship The National UCWLC is offering one scholarship of $1,000 to a person of Ukrainian Catholic of $1,000 to a lay woman of Ukrainian Catholic descent who is planning to enroll in descent who is planning to enroll in Ukrainian Studies at the post‑secondary level. Religious Studies at the graduate level. Criteria and applications are available online Criteria and applications are available online at www.ucwlc.ca. Applications should be at www.ucwlc.ca. Applications should be submitted electronically to submitted electronically to The Vera Buczynsky Ukrainian The Mary Dyma Religious Studies Studies Scholarship Committee Scholarship Committee Olha Karaim, Chair at Olha Karaim, Chair at [email protected] [email protected]

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 9 Participants and guests of UCWLC Plenary. Seated: Dr. Pascal Bastien; Marion Barszczyk, President of National Executive UCWLC; Bishop Stephen Chmiliar; Rev. Peter Galadza; Rev. Petro Dvirnyk; Olena Gedz, 3rd Vice-President. UCWLC Plenary April 2017 n April 28-29, 2017 the first Plenary of the new National Executive with Marion Barszczyk as President was held at Sts. Peter Oand Paul residence in Scarborough, Ontario. The 25 attendees came from as far away as Edmon- ton and Saskatoon. It was an opportunity to meet face to face and connect with colleagues from Ep- archies across Canada. As such, many pertinent matters were able to be presented, discussed and have decisions made. Reports were presented by Mass in the chapel of Sts. Peter and Paul. the National President, Eparchial Presidents and Committee chairs. Chrystina Cahute, our insur- ance broker from Aviva Insurance, clarified issues brought forward by members. Guest speaker Dr. Pascal Bastien spoke passion- ately on the topic of “Euthanasia and the Elderly.” On both days, mass was offered by Reverend Peter Galadza in the chapel of Sts. Peter and Paul. Thanks are extended to the members of the Na- tional Executive for organizing this well-run and enjoyable event. With greater understanding for one another and many fond memories, we look forward to the next Plenary in 2018. Sophie Manulak, Wanda Lazaruk and Margaret Ethier visiting High Park and monument of Lesya Ukrainka. This statue has been commissioned by the Women’s Marijka Katchmar Council of the Ukrainian Canadian Committee. The Statue of Lesya Ukrainka was National Corresponding Secretary sculptured by Mykhailo Chereshniovsky in bronze and black granite in 1975.

10 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 Top row: Rev. Peter Galadza; Marion Barszczyk, President of National Executive UCWLC; Margaret Ethier, Archeparchial President (Winnipeg); Marlene Bodnar, Eparchial President (Saskatoon). Second row: Joyce Chrunik-Rudiak, Eparchial President (Edmonton); Vera Kostecki, National Executive, Cultural Committee; Nadia Dusanowsky – National Executive, Spiritual/Social Development Committee; Yustyna Holovchak – National Executive, Charitable Committee. Third row: Olha Karaim – National Executive, Scholarship Committee; Olga Danylak, National Executive, Constitution & By-Laws; June Herkner, Nasha Doroha Advisory Board, Marketing/Administration; Marusia Kobrynsky, Eparchial UCWLC – Saskatoon.

Far left: Orysia Sushko, president of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations. At left: Dr. Pascal Bastien received a gift — book UCWLC: Builders of Home, Faith and Community from Marion Barszczyk and Joyce Chrunik-Rudiak.

Rev. Petro Dvirnyk, Bishop Stephen Chmiliar, Sophie Manulak, Rev. Peter Galadza, Dr. Pascal Bastien, Marion Barszczyk.

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 11 Точки зору/новини ◊ Opinions/News

Celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday Ukrainian Canadians deserve thanks

By Oksana Bashuk Hepburn MYRON PARZEI

Canada turned 150 on July 1. Dr. Sylvia Fedoruk — later the as they are today in the most un- From “a few acres of snow” lieutenant governor of Saskatch- fortunate countries. There were it has been transformed into ewan — and Dr. Roberta Bondar, no roads, no hospitals, schools one of the world’s most pros- Canada’s first female astronaut. or churches. Officials allocated perous countries, consistently Therefore, it is surpris- some of the worst land to the ranking in the top 10 happiest ing that the contributions of “men in sheepskin coats,” and places to live. It is also a global Canadians of Ukrainian des- mocked their dress, language leader in human rights and cent — pioneers since 1887 and and ethnic origin. The intern- multiculturalism. developers of western Canada — ment of Ukrainians during World Canadians of Ukrainian des- have received little recognition War I is now seen as a dark mo- cent were instrumental in de- to date in this historic year. Is ment in Canada’s history. veloping both concepts. Walter the Ukrainian connection being It can be said, therefore, Tarnopolsky led the articula- whitewashed? that Canada learned how to be tion of human rights and civil Perhaps a partial answer lies a “kinder and gentler society” liberties domestically and inter- here. The highlight of Canada’s on the backs of the hundreds of nationally. In his honour, the 150 birthday party in Ottawa thousands that poured in from Walter Tarnopolsky Internation- was the naming of two new Ukraine at the turn of the 20th al Jurist Award is given to distin- astronauts: Jennifer Sidey and century. Their experiences led guished contributors for work in Joshua Kutryk. directly to the development of these areas. Ms. Sidey said she was in- human rights and multicultur- In his maiden Senate speech, spired by Dr. Bondar. Her fore- alism for Canada. another Ukrainian Canadian bears arrived from Ukraine at So why, on its big birthday, is formulated the notion of Can- the turn of the 20th century. Mr. their outstanding contribution ada’s multicultural reality. Sen- Kutryk has a distinct Ukrainian not acknowledged? Has multi- ator Paul Yuzyk is viewed as surname and hails from Alberta, culturalism lost its place? Has the father of multiculturalism. the heart of Ukrainian Canada. it become less valuable as other Furthermore, in a dissenting re- Yet there was no linking of diverse groups — women, vis- port of the Royal Commission these exceptional Canadians to ible minorities, the disabled, the on Bilingualism and Bicultur- their roots. Despite this omis- LGBT community — advance? alism (1966), member Dr. Jaro- sion, there was much praise for As always, the squeaky slav Rudnyckyj argued against Canada’s diversity at the cele- wheels get the grease. Indigen- biculturalism. He called for the brations on Parliament Hill. ous groups, for instance, received recognition of Canada’s multi- Prince Charles said it made Can- considerable attention during cultural reality rather than the ada a wonderful country; Prime the birthday celebrations. Most enshrinement of Anglo-Celtic Minister Justin Trudeau cele- likely it’s because they asserted and French cultures at the ex- brated it: Diversity is Canada’s themselves. They erected an il- pense of all others. answer to dealing with hardship legal but most prominent teepee Canada’s multicultural legis- and discrimination. on the Parliament grounds that lation and its Charter of Rights It was not always so. they claim to be their land. and Freedoms reflect the work Ukrainians were among the Under‑recognition is a form of these notable individuals. first non-Anglo-Celtic or French of discrimination, too. Dr. Bondar Other far-reaching contri- minorities to arrive here. Being and Mr. Kutryk must not be butions include the pioneer- first is tough. Hardship and dis- thrown into an Anglo-Celtic/ ing work in cancer detection by crimination were as brutal then French melting pot that removes

12 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 these astronauts’ distinct Uk­ Such success proves that Can- and multiculturalism. Perhaps rainian identity. To do so is ada works for all. they will lead in dealing with to go backwards. It is not Can- Going forward, more work is this issue as well. First, however, adian. It is wrong. It dishonours needed in coming to grips with they need to be recognized both and diminishes the work of the notion of unity in multicul- at home and abroad for these Messrs. Tarnopolsky, Yuzyk and tural diversity. This is particu- world-changing contributions. Rudnyckyj. larly pressing as the world’s Multi-diverse Canadians — population shifts among coun- that’s all of them — are strength- tries at unprecedented rates due ened when one of their own to economic imperatives, wars succeeds: A young woman is and climate change. inspired to become an astro- Canadians, comprising 200 naut because a woman who is different ethnic groups, live this Oksana Bashuk Hepburn Uk­rainian Canadian — a double daily. The Ukrainians in Canada may be contacted at minority — made it to the stars. led the way with human rights [email protected].

Famous Canadians of Ukrainian Descent: Senator David Tkachuk Senator David Tkachuk was as Senate Caucus Chair and summoned to the Senate June as Deputy Chair of National 8, 1993 by the Rt. Hon. Brian Caucus. He is also a past Chair Mulroney. He sits as a mem- of the Senate Committee on ber of the Conservative Party Internal Economy, Budgets of Canada. Senator Tkachuk and Administration. began his career as a busi- Senator Tkachuk is the nessman. He taught high Chair of the Senate Commit- school from 1972 to 1974, and tee on Banking, Trade and later became a political organ- Commerce and is a member izer. He has organized over 40 of: the Senate Rules Commit- election campaigns at both the tee; the Senate Committee provincial and federal levels. on Internal Economy (and its From 1982 to 1986, he held the Sub-committee on Senate Es- senior position of Principal timates); the Special Senate Secretary to Premier Grant Committee on Modernization Devine. From 1986 to 1993, he (Chair of the Working Group was an owner and President specialized in the areas of on the Committee System of of Strategic Direct Market- government financial policy the Special Senate Committee ing, a direct mail, telemar- and departmental spending, on Senate Modernization) and keting and envelope manu- the banking industry, corpor- the Advisory Working Group facturing company. Since his ate affairs including govern- on Human Resources. appointment to the Senate in ance and regulatory matters, He has been married to June 1993, Senator Tkachuk as well as agricultural and his wife Sharon since 1965. has held many different com- environmental policy and ab- They have two children: Teri mittee positions, but has original issues. He has served and Brad.

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 13 From the Spiritual Advisor’s desk ◊ З Пера Духовного Дорадника

Fr. Peter Galadza, Ph.D., Sheptytsky Institute, Toronto ◊ о. д-р Петро Ґаладза, Інститут Шептицького в Торонто

“Lover of peace” — “Lubomyr”

Rarely has a person lived up to We were serving the Liturgy in his name as well as Patriarch a makeshift chapel on the second Lubomyr Husar. The predeces- floor of the UCU building on In any case, he certainly hadn’t sor of our present Patriarch, Svientsitsky Street. The room was managed to warn his parishion- Sviatoslav, passed into eternal large, but we had several hundred ers that disrupting a Divine Lit- life on May 31. I had the honour students and staff, and so 15 min- urgy was not the proper way to of being present at his funeral in utes into the service, our rector, express the sensus fidelium. Kyiv, and during the entire ser- Fr. Mykhailo Dymyd, appropriate- The scene must have lasted at vice I was reminded of an inci- ly started encouraging people to least several, very tense minutes. dent that epitomized his unique, draw closer to the icon screen to Bishop Husar told the clergy sur- God-given tranquility. ensure that those in the corridor rounding him to remain calm. It was February 15, 2000: on could enter the chapel. “Ne rukhaite yikh” (Don’t touch the Julian calendar, the feast of Right before the Creed, how- them). This was his response the Encounter of our Lord in the ever, I noticed a phalanx of about when two of the University’s Temple. And what an “encounter” 15 people stringing their way to- custodians entered the sanctu- that day would bring! Then Bish- wards the iconostas — and right ary about to lay hands on the op Lubomyr (as he would become into the sanctuary! I was about “dissidents.” It’s anyone’s guess Patriarch only the following year, to tell Fr. Mykhailo that this was as to how long the “stalemate” after Patriarch Lubachivsky’s a bit too much, when I heard the could have continued. But after death) came to what is today the group “chanting,” “Give us back several minutes, the lady who Uk­rainian Catholic University in Father T. Give us back Father T.” was clinging to Husar’s thigh Lviv to preside at the Divine Lit- (I won’t use his name here. He’s inadvertently nudged the altar, urgy. He was coming as the func- probably still alive.) They then and the chalice began to shake. tioning head of the Church since encircled the altar and knelt The altar was like the rest of the Patriarch Lubachivsky had ceded down. One of the ladies grabbed chapel — very provisional. With- his jurisdiction to him in view of the fully-vested Bishop by the out a solid base, everything on the latter’s poor health. thigh while the group continued the holy table could have come It’s not every day that the sloganeering. crashing down. (Fortunately, the protohierarch of a Church comes “Father T.” had been trained gifts had not yet been consecrat- to call. As dean of the Faculty of in one of the seminaries of the ed.) Typical for Bishop Lubomyr, Theology, I was tasked with mak- Moscow Patriarchate (MP). He even then he did not react. But ing sure that all went well. I had had switched to the Ukrainian anyone who knows Fr. Mykhailo even organized a new student Greco-Catholic Church in the Dymyd will not be surprised that choir, Strittenia (Encounter), early 1990s. Apparently, Bishop at that point he took one of the which ended up taking its name Lubomyr had just reassigned him lady’s fingers and bent it back. It from that first Liturgy. But that to another parish, but he didn’t caused just enough pain for her was not the reason that anyone want to move. Later, I learned that to release the future patriarch. At would remember that day. he tended to be uncooperative. that point, the other devotees of

14 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 “Father T.” also moved We are called to stand back. The custodians in the presence of then calmly ushered Christ — to focus on them out of the sanc- Him, to live out our tuary — and chapel. lives in peace and A moment of preg- repentance. nant silence des- Many years before cended upon the con- that odd day in Lviv, gregation. The Divine I had come to realize Liturgy had been that truly profound disrupted quite dra- communication is usu- matically. Several seconds later, Rarely has the blessing been so ally more about what’s going on in Bishop Husar turned around appropriate — and so meaning- the heart, than what’s being said from the altar and calmly said, ful — during a divine service. by the mouth. As someone who in his soothingly molasses- The Liturgy concluded with- struggles with inner turmoil on a like tone, “Let’s pray for those out incident and the future patri- daily basis, it is frequently a recol- people” (Pomolimsia za tykh arch stayed with us for a lengthy lection of Lubomyr Husar’s calm liudey.) There was no comment, program following the service. “delivery” that reminds me of the no analysis, no exhortation from Nonetheless, the only comment need to “Let go, and let God.” the Bishop. Just a serene “Hail, about the disturbance came dur- There are thousands of ac- Mary” (Bohorodytse Divo). ing my introduction of Lubomyr, tions and initiatives that will form Remarkably, the Liturgy had when I jokingly assured him that the legacy of the late Patriarch. been interrupted right after the none of the unruly intruders had But certainly among the greatest short litany and exclamation been our students. will be his ability to live up to his (voz­hlas) preceding the Creed. The whole incident might name. Thus, the words prescribed next, serve as a metaphor for the May he rest in the Peace he which Lubomyr seamlessly exe- Christian life — and Patriarch preached so eloquently. Vichnaya cuted, were “Peace be with all.” Lubomyr’s commitment thereto. pamiat.

“This is Beautiful” Someone has written these beautiful words. Must read and try to understand the deep meaning of them. They are like the Ten Commandments to follow in life all the time.

1) Prayer is not a “spare wheel” that you pull out 6) Often when we lose hope and think this is the when in trouble, but it is a “steering wheel” that end, God smiles from above and says, “Relax, directs the right path throughout. sweetheart, it’s just a bend, not the end.” 2) So why is a car’s windshield so large and the rear 7) When God solves your problems, you have faith view mirror so small? Because our past is not as in His abilities. When God doesn’t solve your important as our future so look ahead and move on. problems, He has faith in your abilities. 3) Friendship is like a book. It takes a few seconds to 8) A blind person asked St. Anthony, “Can there burn, but it takes years to write. be anything worse than losing eye sight?” He replied, “Yes, losing your vision.” 4) All things in life are temporary. If it’s going well, enjoy it; that won’t last long. If it’s going badly, 9) When you pray for others, God listens to you don’t worry; that won’t last long, either. and blesses them; sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember someone prayed for you. 5) Old friends are gold! New friends are diamond! If you get a diamond, don’t forget the gold! Because 10) Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s to hold a diamond, you always need a base of gold. troubles; it takes away today’s peace.

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In Memoriam: Lubomyr Husar, Cardinal and Spiritual Father of Ukraine By Bishop Borys Gudziak

is Beatitude Lubomyr Cardinal Husar was the spiritual father of today’s Ukraine, but also of

many of us. W ikipedia H Cardinal Lubomyr Husar I knew Father Lubomyr, Bishop Husar and His Be- the catacombs in case the Soviets succeeded in elim- atitude over 50 years in different countries on two con- inating hierarchical apostolic succession in the UGCC. tinents. As a boy I saw him in the United States in the Thus, he continued his monastic life and his teaching mid-1960s during summer vacations in the borsch belt at the Urbaniana University and the Lviv seminary for of the Catskills in New York state, where he was a par- 19 years in Rome and, after 1993, in newly independ- ish pastor. Already at that time, he captivated young ent Ukraine. and old, intellectuals and simple people, by his authen- In 1996, seeing the great spiritual gifts of the secret ticity and humour. bishop, Pope St. John Paul II publicly acknowledged his In the late 1970s and 1980s in Rome, Father Lubomyr episcopal consecration. It was with the Pope’s support was our spiritual director at the seminary and my that, in 2001, the Greek Catholic Church of Ukraine personal confessor. Then, in Ukraine, for nearly 20 chose Lubomyr Husar as its leader. A week after the years, I was honoured to be a close collaborator. election, the Holy Father named him cardinal. He was born in 1933 in the city of Lviv, then within The past 15 years of deep social upheaval have the borders of interwar Poland. As a child, Lubomyr been heartrending for a traumatized post-communist endured the horrors of Soviet and Nazi occupations of Ukrainian society. At the time of the Orange Revolu- western Ukraine before the Husar family fled to Aus- tion and the Revolution of Dignity, as well as during tria in 1944. There he went to high school and mas- the last three years of war, Cardinal Husar was a voice tered German and Latin. With his parents he moved of wisdom, reassurance and hope. He became the most to the United States in 1949. In Stamford, Connecticut, recognized moral authority of the country, despite be- Washington and New York, he completed undergradu- ing the leader of a minority church (10 per cent of the ate and graduate seminary studies and a specialization population). in philosophy. Lubomyr Husar was endowed with many talents — After serving as a parish priest and teaching for- spirituality, intelligence, sensitivity, great imagination eign languages and philosophy at St. Basil’s Ukrainian and a remarkable ability to communicate. He preached Catholic Seminary in Stamford, he went to Rome and and sang with a beautiful, resonant baritone. He was there completed a doctorate in ecclesiology and ecu- considered the best preacher of the Ukrainian Greek menism. Longing for a more contemplative life, he be- Catholic Church of the past 50 years. came a monk of the Studite order in 1972. In 1977, he But above all, he was a man of prayer, a monk thirst- was secretly consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Josyf ing for communion with God. As a priest, archiman- Slipyi. drite and hierarch, he prayed ceaselessly to be in union By the mid-1970s the Ukrainian Greek Catholic with the Lord and lead others toward this communion. Church (UGCC), outlawed in the Soviet Union in 1946, His prayer gave him the fortitude and peace necessary had been clandestine for 30 years. Lubomyr’s episco- to endure many physical ailments. He was functionally pal consecration and his status as a bishop remained blind for the last 12 years of his life. Most people were a secret — he was a reserve bishop for the Church of not fully aware of his handicap. He never complained.

16 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 For Lubomyr Husar, the unity of Christian churches was of utmost importance. He wrote his doctorate on a pioneer of ecumenism, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and his theol- Папа Франциск | Аудієнції та “Ангел Господній” ogy and spirituality of reconciliation among Christians. His Beatitude patiently wrought unity among the bishops of the synod of UGCC, who were deeply divided at the time of his Папа Франциск привітав election. He brought together Ukrainians of different con- Сестер Служебниць fessions, or without confession, becoming for them a spirit- ual father and moral beacon. з нагоди початку Taxi drivers, hipsters, the young and old, business persons and artists, practising parishioners and those who were not Генеральної Капітули members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church listened to Husar’s audio and video broadcasts. The cardinal contrib- uted to rapprochement between Ukrainians, Poles and Jews. He dreamed of the end of the war and peace with Russia. Lubomyr Husar left a legacy of two particular virtues that are most relevant for Ukraine’s political and economic elite. Maybe not only for Ukraine and maybe not only for the elite. In the world there is a thirst for power and the desire to preserve it, often at all costs. Husar gave up power and sur- prised all of Ukraine by his retirement in 2011, unpreced- ented for the head of any of the Eastern Christian Churches of Ukraine. The cardinal lived humbly, possessed little and disliked luxury. For the liturgy and for glory to God, he followed the Сестри Служебниці на площі Святого Петра під час молитви rich Byzantine tradition, with the beauty of its celebrations. “Ангел Господній” з Папою, 9 липня 2017 Otherwise he was a minimalist and disdained doodads. Cardinal Husar had simple tastes in just about everything. «З радістю вітаю Сестер Служебниць His favourite meal was pork and beans. This modesty and Непорочної Діви Марії та благословляю пра- simplicity also prevailed in the manner in which he related цю їхньої Генеральної Капітули, яка розпочи- with others. He communicated with ease with the every- нається саме сьогодні», — цими словами Папа man, in many different languages, in different countries and Франциск привітав після проказування молит- continents. His conversation was embellished with pearls of ви «Ангел Господній» у неділю, 9 липня 2017 р., self-effacing humour. Lubomyr knew how to laugh and laugh Сестер Служебниць, які прибули до Риму на at himself. This humour reflected his intimacy with God, for свою Капітулу, а перед її початком взяли участь humour and mystery are cousins of the sacred and the sacra- в недільній молитві зі Святішим Отцем, щоб mental. His humour often carried a strong social moral mes- отримати його Апостольське благословення. sage. Asked how the oligarchs of Ukraine can be reformed, Зазначимо, що ХІІІ Генеральна Капітула Husar replied: “They should attend more funerals.” Згромадження Сестер Служебниць Непорочної At the time of his passage to God, we accompany Lubomyr Діви Марії, що є найвищим органом управ- with prayer for the peace and repose of his soul. ління чернечої родини, відбулася в Україн- Let us pray for His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, ській Папській Колегії Святого Йосафата в Cardinal Husar’s 46-year-old successor, who must bear the Римі від 9 до 27 липня на тему: «Йти слідами burdens of his flock in a time of war and humanitarian crisis Блаженної Йосафати». Делегатки із семи про- in Ukraine. вінцій обрали Головну Управу на наступне шес- Let us pray that the Lord make Lubomyr Husar’s virtues тиріччя та розглянули деякі внутрішні справи our own. Згромадження. Vichnaia pamiat! Everlasting memory! uk.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/07 Bishop Borys Gudziak is the bishop of the Eparchy of St. Volodymyr in Paris for Ukrainian Catholics in France, Benelux and Switzerland.

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yzantine Christian- ity with its elaborate liturgical life uses an array of majestic Bsymbols in order to elevate the human Spirit and Mind to a place beyond the daily living of life, and all the routines and cares of this com world. Liturgy, in the Byzantine . East, is not only about communal prayer and the communication of

the Gospel message, but, in addi- shandrophoto © tion, Liturgy intends to immerse the Faithful into an experience designed to give a glimpse of the fully cognizant of the spiritual where, arriving at the threshold ethereal. The Faithful should be drama taking place — a failure of the Church, she is met at the open to and seek to obtain an ex- to understand the many symbols door by her groom and the cele- periential knowledge of God by used to underpin the Liturgy — a brant. The Byzantine Rite bride way of participating in the Div- liturgical illiteracy of sorts. enters alone. But is this truly less ine Liturgy. A distinct self-limitation is also inherent within the experi- ence of the Byzantine Liturgical formula because of the profuse usage of symbols. Any visitor to a foreign land, in which a lan- The Mystery of Crowning guage unknown to that visitor is spoken, is fully aware that a breakdown in communication detracts from the experience Where to begin? romantic, less poignant? There is of living in that country. Due to One of the great criticisms of the a symbolic meaning to this en- the importance and power of the Holy Mystery of Crowning in the trance. Historically, in the West, frequent use of symbolism in Byzantine Rite, by those in the the daughter was the property Byzantine Christianity, Byzantine West who witness the Liturgy, is of her father from birth until the Christians must, therefore, seek often made about the very com- father “gave her away” to another a deliberate understanding of the mencement of the Liturgy of the man, whose property she would symbols used in the Liturgy in Crowning — the claim being that then become. Hence in the West, order to climb the Divine Ladder the Entrance is less “romantic” the father leads the daughter to of their Faith. than the Western tradition, where her future husband. In the Byzan- To illustrate this argument, the bride enters the Church ac- tine East, although the daily life of let us take, as one example, the companied by her father walking a woman may not have been any Holy Mystery of Crowning — a arm in arm down the aisle to the better than her Western counter- Mystery that the majority of tune of Felix Mendelssohn. This part, in the eyes of the Byzan- Byzantine Christians will experi- criticism is, at times, also made tine Liturgy she was equal to her ence liturgically in their lives, by members of the Byzantine Rite groom and, as such, she came either as witnesses, or, perhaps who seek to incorporate the Trad- into the Church, “unaided” and also, as a betrothed — a Mystery ition of the West into the Byzan- “unowned” as his equal. The bride whose liturgical symbols are too tine Crowning Liturgy. In contrast comes to the Church, in the East- often misunderstood or totally to the Western Tradition, the bride ern tradition, as the female lover ignored, due mainly to the wit- in the Byzantine Rite is seen to seeking the object of her affec- nesses or betrothed not being “merely” walk to the Church door, tion in The Song of Songs — not

18 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 as a serf, not as a minion, nor with a number of clarifications. act. God is, therefore, at the core accompanied by her parent, but The rings are placed on the ring- of their love and their life togeth- as a woman seeking the lifelong finger of the right hand rather er. Without the priestly cele- embrace and love of the man she than on the left hand as in the brant, a Byzantine wedding can- has chosen to wed, and who has West. The reason for this is that not occur. Moreover in Byzantine chosen to wed her. (cf. The Song of the right hand is the symbol of Theology, only in the context of Songs, 3: 1-4). As the bride walks Christ, seated at the right hand God is marriage given its fullest into the Church, every witness of the Father, and it is, therefore, meaning, for the love between present understands that before the hand by which every Chris- spouses is completely actualized them is a woman embarking free- tian commends their life to God by both bride and groom loving ly, independently, on one of life’s through the Signing of the Cross. each other in God, not only in the great journeys and one of the Therefore, in the Byzantine physical sense, but in the spirit- Church’s greatest Mysteries. She Rite, each time a spouse cross- ual sense as well. is a woman in love. She desires es themselves in prayer, they her groom. She stands firmly. in fact recommit their vows to In the West, the practice She stands alone, until her hand their partner in matrimony; their is joined to his. The bride may in- matrimonial promise is, there- is that the ring is placed deed be nervous and may indeed fore, integrated into their daily on the ring-finger of the wish to recline on her father’s prayer life. In the West, the prac- left hand, the rationale being that pagan tradition believed that through this finger ran a nerve directly The Mystery of Crowning to the lover’s heart. By Dr. Andrew Thomas Kania So now we leave the door of the Church in procession. Follow- arm. But, as per Byzantine Trad- tice is that the ring is placed on ing the celebrant to the tetrapod, ition, the love and determination the ring-finger of the left hand, the bride and groom are given in her heart should see her enter the rationale being that pagan lighted candles symbolizing their the Church independently, to take tradition believed that through faithfulness to their baptismal up her new status as a new, freely this finger ran a nerve directly to calling. The emphasis now is on chosen, interdependent creation. the lover’s heart. the betrothed couple and their Another important symbolic decision to be married. The em- difference between the Byzan- phasis is not on the “bride’s big Historically, in the West, tine Rite and the Roman Rite is day,” for it is not the “bride’s the daughter was that in the Byzantine East it is the day.” It is the day of the bride and the property of her celebrant who places the ring on groom; hence, they walk together the fingers of the betrothed. The in procession. The theology of the father from birth until West emphasizes in the placing Church is clear here: the cere- the father “gave her of the ring on the fingers by the mony is important, but the cere- away” to another man, betrothed pair, one to the other, mony must emphasize the reality that the Sacrament is being ad- of the importance of a partner- whose property she ministered by the bride and ship of the two. The wedding is would then become. groom with the priest as the wit- the beginning of a marriage, and ness for the Church. In the East, marriage is a union of two. Often- The rings in the Byzantine Rite the Mystery of Crowning can times we hear of the “bridezilla,” hold the self-same value in the only be imparted by God. God has a modern colloquial term that East as they do in the West — but chosen the lovers by Providential refers to a bride bullishly intent

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on making the wedding all about by their hands enveloped in the before our era, but new in that her. In the Byzantine Liturgy, the priest’s stole. When the couple we live in the contemporary liturgical structure emphasizes take their vows in the Byzantine world — in order to appreci- the marriage as a partnership, East, they do so with their bound ate the full meaning of what the with the wedding the first sym- hands resting on the open Gos- Church celebrates in the Liturgy, bol of this new partnership. The pels. The vows they both speak we need to come to understand Ukrainian term for “wife,” дру- are the same, calling on the Holy the language She uses through жина (druzhyna) accentuates Trinity as a witness. The couple symbolism. For it is only through this liturgical precept. The term then drink from the chalice, the symbolism that we can ever hope druzhyna translates into: “the Common Cup, each partaking of to intellectually grasp some of person who walks beside you.” the cup three times, drinking the the Divine Nature of the Hidden Your druzhyna does not walk be- contents of the wine to the last God. And, it is only through the hind as a vassal, nor in front as a drop, a prefigurement not only Liturgy, and the Holy Mysteries dictator, but they are your part- of the Blood of Christ and shar- thereof, that we can hope to par- ner in everything, in the great ing in His sacrifice, but also of take of this same God in a man- journey and “Mystery” of life that the bond of marriage shared with ner so profound that, although God consecrates in marriage. fidelity until the contents of this we experience His grace, we can- Let us consider the other sym- life are over, consuming equally not understand Him completely. bols embossed within the Liturgy both life’s joys and sorrows. The For what remains in essence in of the Mystery of Crowning. The Common Cup is only shared by this world is a human being gaz- hands of the couple are tied by the couple, as only they are par- ing at and being embraced by a the priest in his stole, and the takers of the chaste promise, the Divine and Life-Giving Mystery, couple are led around the tetra- vow now made, to one another, and touching the face of God, pod three times in what is known and to God, and ever sacred. through the Mysteries He has left as the Dance of Isaiah. The mar- us in His Church. ried life thus begins with the first steps taken with Christ, with the The couple are crowned priest symbolizing Christ. Three the king and queen of The Mystery of Crowning is the times the couple walk around their new home and specific phrase used by Byzan- the tetrapod symbolizing their tine Christians to refer to what journey with the Holy Trinity — family. They represent is commonly known in Western a holy binding of the couple into both in a physical Catholicism as the Sacrament one spiritual and physical being. and spiritual sense of Matrimony. The term “Sacra- Above their heads, their attend- ments” are known in the Byzan- ants hold crowns, symbolizing all humanity — male tine East as “Mysteries.” The focus the regal nature of manhood and female, and the in Byzantine Christianity is on a and womanhood and the Divine “mystery” that the human per- plan of sexuality and family life. potential for family son is invited by God to partake The couple are crowned the king life, in conjugal love, in. The use of the term “mystery” and queen of their new home a family if not Graced emphasizes that the people par- and family. They represent both taking of the Grace-filled event in a physical and spiritual sense from their loins, then can in no way fully understand all humanity — male and female, a family specifically to what is occurring, but that they and the potential for family life, assist their community understand that God in His great in conjugal love, a family if not power and goodness is present, Graced from their loins, then a by their service and nurturing and guiding those who family specifically to assist their witness to others. are gathered. community by their service and witness to others. The crowns As the Church is both ancient This article was published show that the couple belong to and new — ancient in the sense in The Church and Life a royal priesthood as symbolized that the Liturgy was designed Newspaper, August 2017

20 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 My Defender By Lyrissa Sheptak

“Jesus, I trust in You” may be the most beautiful, yet petrifying, phrase for me to utter. When my life becomes overly burdensome, I realize there’s no way I can do things alone. In my desperation, I hand things over to God (which is easier said than done).

I picture myself passing Him my anxieties, worries, harsh memories, guilt, regrets, and insecurities saying, “Take it. Take it all and get rid of it.” But do- ing so forces me to “walk my talk” and trust Him to deal with my problems; or else it’s nothing more than lip-service and I’m stuck spinning my wheels because I didn’t follow through with my end of the bargain. Plain and simple, God desires for us to trust Him. Always. Unquestioningly. Unceasingly. Easier said than done, especially since I’m often bombarded with anxieties and worries. I’m a mother, can you blame me? But in this fast-paced, over-scheduled world, waiting for your SOS to be answered by God who exists in eternity (while we exist in time) is easier said than done. I’ve never really been good at relinquishing control. I’m a doer, Over the years, I have searched for weaponry to a problem solver. But I have to be honest, I have a battle the evil forces that like to attack me. I have a particularly difficult time conquering anxieties and few favourites in my arsenal. But sometimes I need worries. They attach themselves to me much like a something else. In my search for more, I was led dir- painful regret or negative experience. It’s exhaust- ectly to the Divine Mercy. “Jesus, I trust in You” can’t ing fighting the good fight alone. get any clearer than that. So what do we need to do to acquire peace of mind The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of and heart? Well, the first step is realizing we aren’t Polish nun and mystic, St. Maria Faustina Kowalska alone. Then pray diligently and look to the wisdom (1905-1938) of the Congregation of the Sisters of of the Church and Jesus’s teachings. There’s a lot of Our Lady of Mercy. St. Faustina received revela- good scripture that we can fall back on and recite for tions and visions from Jesus about His mercy, and those moments that clench our hearts and stop us in then she recorded them in her diary. Eventually this our tracks. Psalm 91 is one of my favourites. There’s recorded God-led wisdom inspired devotion to the the rosary as well. Satan hates it when we pray the Divine Mercy. rosary, he’s powerless against it. Remember, our Divine Mercy is a message of love. God loves struggles, insecurities, vices, worries and anxieties us all, and His mercy and love are greater than all are all spirits and we need to recognize that the real of our sins. Once we can understand the scope of wars waged in this world are actually spiritual ones. His love for us, it’s easy to trust Him implicitly. But

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remember that “control” I talked about earlier? We the moments He’s setting the plan in motion — and need to give it up. As moving as William Henley’s sometimes things take time. poem Invictus may seem, we are not the masters of The Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen had an our fate, nor we the captains of our soul. God is. And interesting way of looking at things. He said all our the sooner we allow Him to master our fate and cap- anxieties relate to time: past, present, and future. tain our soul, the smoother our lives will become. These include things like past mistakes, wrong- According to the Divine Mercy, here’s one way we doings, past memories that keep us captive, regrets, can achieve that. guilt. If we latch onto the past, then the people who The ABCs of the Divine Mercy message: wronged us, or the sins we committed, win. Then there are situations that make people worry about A: Ask for His mercy: Approach Him in prayer the future like: relationships, finances, health prob- constantly. Repent and pour out your soul. lems, anxieties of what’s to come, etc. Archbishop B: Be merciful: God not only wants us to Sheen claimed that often our problems can be the receive His mercy, but we are required to root of many physical ailments, like symptoms of pass it on to others. St. Faustina notes that depression, a lack of energy, or worse. With so many Satan hates mercy in particular. “It is his things we can’t control in our lives, it’s healthy to try greatest torment… and this is one reason to rid ourselves of things that we can control — like why the spirit of darkness sometimes tempts gnawing anxieties and worries. good people violently.”1 But we can’t do it alone. Nor should we think we C: Completely Trust in Jesus: God’s mercy are required to do so. Archbishop Sheen reminded and grace are dependent on our trust in Him. us of God’s words: “Do not focus on the past; My The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will Name is not ‘I Was.’ Do not focus on the future; My receive.2 Name is not ‘I Will Be.’ Live in the present moment, There are a few things at work here. Repent- for My Name is ‘I Am.’” He’s right, we should remind ance, trust, and God’s help go together. As Jesus told ourselves to be more present — deal with today and St. Faustina, “The greater the sinner, the greater he has the right to My mercy. My mercy is confirmed in every work of My hands. He who trusts in My mercy will not perish, for all his affairs are Mine, and his Psalm 91. New International Version enemies will be shattered at the base of My foot- stool.” Diary 723 1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High This last paragraph is golden. Jesus’s words are will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. there for us to see in plain black and white. Repent, 2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, trust, and God will shatter our enemies (and this in- my God, in whom I trust.” cludes our struggles and vices). I’m sold. 3 So why is trust so difficult? It’s integral to healthy Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. relationships, but many times inhibitions, fears, hurts, and lack of dependability hinder trust between 4 He will cover you with his feathers, one another. Perhaps we feel that we’ve prayed to and under his wings you will find refuge; God repeatedly, but He’s never responded — at least his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. in the way we wanted. The trick is in the waiting. 5 You will not fear the terror of night, Sometimes God’s plans take a while, and we have to nor the arrow that flies by day, be patient and fight the urge to deal with the situa- 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, tion ourselves. It’s a test. The more we pray about nor the plague that destroys at midday. things, God will lead and reward us. But when He’s quiet, it’s not because we don’t matter. Those are 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. 1 Diary of St. Faustina, 764:1659 8 You will only observe with your eyes 2 ABCs taken from www.thedivinemercy.org/message. and see the punishment of the wicked. “What is Divine Mercy”.

22 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 let God deal with everything else. It’s a decision to night, in his room, in various forms. At times, the live in the present and trust God wholeheartedly. devil even appeared in physical form, making deaf- With the stress of worries, perhaps we should en- ening noises, spitting on St. Pio, and even going so deavour to return to the child-like state of “absolute far as to rip St. Pio’s clothes and beat him up. The trust” and let someone more qualified handle things. suffering took on a real and physical form. Fear and worry are a prison that stop us from grow- ing. Even Jesus Himself says in Mark 5:36, “Do not “I had a very bad time the night before last; be afraid, just have faith.” We need to trust in the from about ten o’clock, when I went to bed, mystery and let Him do His work. And sometimes until five o’clock in the morning, that wretch this is scary because trusting Jesus doesn’t ex- did nothing but beat me continually.” — St. Pio empt us from suffering. God isn’t a genie in a bottle who hops out to perform magic. Sometimes we are At first these episodes filled St. Pio with terror, forced to take that cup of adversity and slog it out. and he felt alone in his struggle. But, true to his But Jesus reminds us that we’re not alone. Catholic training, he knew to abandon himself to St. Pio (1887-1968) was a priest, a member of God’s hands. the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a mystic (like St. Faustina) and a stigmatist. But he knew a thing or “Our enemy plots against us, but despise two about being spiritually attacked. Satan worked him in the name of Jesus and laugh heartily at extra hard on this pious, devoted man, who dedi- him. This is the best way to make him beat a cated his life to God at age five, by often trying to retreat.” — St. Pio tempt and trick him with terrible visions or physical abuse. But St. Pio knew to combat these things with So St. Pio gives us advice. Combat Satan and continued prayer. However, the more prayerful St. his spirits of worry and anxiety by fighting Satan’s Pio became, the more determined Satan became taunts and inflictions with the name of Jesus — a as well, approaching St. Pio during the dark of the strong and beautiful name — and by abandoning ourselves to God by trusting Him to fight our battles for us.

“Do not fear the enemy; he will not launch anything against the little ship of your spirit 9 If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” because Jesus is the helmsman and Mary is the and you make the Most High your dwelling, star.” 10 no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. None of us are exempt from suffering and tests; but as you can see with St. Pio, we aren’t battling 11 For he will command his angels concerning you alone. God wants us to learn to run to Him first be- to guard you in all your ways; fore thinking we’re the master of our fate and cap- 12 they will lift you up in their hands, tain of our soul. At some point we’re going to tire of so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. trying to do things on our own. Do you feel the burden of the spirits of fear, 13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra; doubt, anxiety, and worry? Then “let go and let God.” you will trample the great lion and the serpent. Tired of the onslaught from the dark forces? Then 14 “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; let your freedom come from uttering the name of I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. the Lord. Do you trust your friends, the government, or even the stock market more than you trust God? 15 He will call on me, and I will answer him; Then how about saying a simple, “Jesus, I trust in I will be with him in trouble, You”, and abandon yourself to God. When you feel I will deliver him and honour him. attacked, don’t try to fight by yourself; let His love 16 With long life I will satisfy him defend you. He’s better equipped anyway. and show him my salvation.” “To trust God in the light is nothing; but to trust Him in the dark — that is faith.”

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 23 Our Faith ◊ Наша віра Місія УГКЦ в Люрді країнська греко-като­лиць­ ка цер­ква в Люрді нале­ жить до Єпархії Святого ВолодимираУ Великого у Фран- ції. Дану святиню щороку від- відують тисячі паломників з різних країн, де їх радо прий­ мають та духовно супрово- джують священик і сестри- монахині. До 1982 року українські па- ломники користувалися капли- цею при санктуарії, яка і нада- лі міститься в базиліці Розарію (Rosaire) з написом на фран- цузькій мові Autel de l’Ukraine, що означає: Престіл України. Новозбудований храм Успіння Матері Божої у 1982 році за- мінив каплицю, і від того часу Відпустовим центром в Люр- де відбулися об’явлення), від- українські паломники, які при- ді є санктуарій (sanctuaire Notre відати базиліку санктуарію та бувають до Люрду, моляться в Dame), на території якого є пе- прой­ти хресну дорогу, одна з ньому. Священик-капелан слу- чера Массабієль, в якій більш яких побудована на горі, інша — жить Святу Літургію протягом як 150 років тому відбулося на рівнині, щоб її легко було тижня об 8.30 год., в неділю об’явлення Матері Божої дів­ відвідати людям, яким важко о 10.00 год. або за необхідності чинці Бернадеті Субіру. Укра- пересуватися без допомоги. За у зручний для паломників час. їнська церква ж в Люрді вико- необхідності в інформаційному Щоденно, за попередньої до- ристовується для богослужінь центрі можна позичити візо- мовленості, можна прийти до подібно, як інші каплиці санк- чок для тих, хто має проблеми Святої тайни покаяння. туарію, тому українці та інозем- з переміщенням. Українці до ці, котрі прибувають до Люрду, списку відвідуваних об’єктів в часто відвідують її та замов- Люрді в обов’язковому порядку ляють храм для богослужінь. додають ще і нашу Українську Саме тому вона називається мі- греко-католицьку церкву. сія УГКЦ, а не парафія і не від- Поза духовним центром пустовий центр, як, наприклад, можна відвідати музеї: родин- у Зарваниці, в Гошеві чи в інших ний дім Бернадети; в’язниця, де відомих місцях паломництва. певний час перебувала родина Бернадети; парафіяльна церква, Чим приваблює паломників де є хрестильниця, в якій була Люрд? охрещена Бернадета; місцевий Майже кожен, хто прибуває в замок-музей культури Люрду. цю святу місцину, найперше Український священик та йде відвідати місце об’явлення сестри-монахині забезпечують Матері Божої — печеру Мас- нашим паломникам супровід сабієль, старається скупати- по святих місцях Люрду, а та- ся в купелі (воді, яка витекла кож участь у міжнародній про- з джерела печери Массабієль, цесії Вервиці, яка починається

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Edmonton Eparchy

Edmonton Eparchy’s Newly-Ordained Priest

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy, Ed­ monton, celebrated the ordina- tion of Deacon Andrij Nykyforuk to the Holy Priesthood on May 27, 2017, at St. Josaphat Cathedral. Deacon Andrij was led to the altar and presented by his father, Rev. Ivan Nykyforuk. The ordination took place by “laying-on of hands” by Most Rev. Bishop David Motiuk, Eparch of Edmonton. Deacon Andrij Nykyforuk was Newly-ordained Fr. Andrij Nykyforuk (attired in hand-made Ukrainian embroidered vestments, ordained into the priesthood in a gift from his parents) with wife Maria, and daughters Magdalena and Zakhariya, parents the presence of over 300 friends, (Dobrodiyka Lidia and Rev. Ivan Nykyforuk), Bishop David Motiuk, and clergy colleagues. colleagues, family, and parishion- assigned to serve eight parishes in advised Andrij to complete his stud- ers, along with Ukrainian Catholic the Peace River Country of North- ies at the U of A. Andrij listened to Priests, Deacons, Acolytes from Ed- ern Alberta. A year later, the family his father’s advice completing de- monton Eparchy and beyond. Fol- joined Fr. Ivan in Grande Prairie, grees in Political Science, Econom- lowing the Ordination, a reception AB. Andrij, from the time he was ics, and Psychology. honouring this memorable event a child, grew up in a very spiritual Over the years, the seeds of vo- took place at Verkhovyna Hall with setting. Being the son of a Ukrain- cation had been planted. In 2011 250 people in attendance. Emcee ian Catholic priest, he was exposed Andrij left for Ottawa and enrolled for the memorable occasion was to the Eastern rite and its Ukrain- in Theological Studies at St. Paul Fr. Mychailo Ozorovych, friend and ian traditions and customs. Andrij Catholic University. In the mean- seminary colleague of Andrij. (Fr. always served as altar boy at his time, in 2012, when His Beatitude Mychailo was ordained in March father’s parishes. Through his fath- Patriarch Sviatoslav was visiting 2017 and is currently the pastor at er, Andrij experienced what the life Alberta, Andrij volunteered with New Westminster, BC.) of the clergy involved. the Edmonton Eparchy youth plan- The next day, Sunday, May Upon completion of his jun- ning committee. It was at this time 28, 2017, Fr. Andrij celebrated his ior and senior high schooling at that he met his future wife, Maria first Divine Liturgy at St. Vladimir St. Joseph Composite High School Balukh, an accountant. They were Ukrainian Catholic Church, Edmon- in Grande Prairie, in 2002, Andrij married June 1, 2013, at St. George’s ton — his father’s parish. moved to Edmonton where he Ukrainian Catholic Church in Fr. Andrij was born in Ukraine. began his post-secondary studies Edmonton. While spending their In 1994, when Andrij was ten, his at the University of Alberta. At one honeymoon in Brazil where they took parents Fr. Ivan and Dobrodiyka point, he had indicated to his family part in World Youth Day, they met Lidia Nykyforuk immigrated with that he wanted to stop studying at Pope Francis. Soon after, the young their three children to Edmon- the U of A to pursue his vocation to couple moved to Ottawa where ton, and shortly after, Fr. Ivan was the priesthood. At that time, Fr. Ivan Andrij resumed his theological

26 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 studies. In August 2014, their first Memorable UCWLC as well as friends and family of child, Magdalena, was born. A year Fr. Andrij from Calgary, Grande later, their second child, Zakhariya, League Day 2017 Prairie, Kelowna, Ottawa, and was born. The young couple was May 28, 2017 – St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Ukraine. The Divine Liturgy com- blessed with a third addition to their Church, Edmonton, AB menced with the usual UCWLC pro- family in September. St. Vladimir UCWLC League Day cedure of “tags”, procession, placing On June 14, 2015, at St. Vladimir 2017 was memorable. Not only was of flowers by the Blessed Virgin Ukrainian Catholic Church, Ed­ it League Day, but it was also his- Mary Icon, and the singing of the monton, AB, at his father’s present- toric for the parish because newly- UCWLC hymn, “О Спомагай Нас”. day parish, Andrij was ordained to ordained Fr. Andrij Nykyforuk, the Deaconate by Most Rev. Bishop assisted by Rev. Ivan Nykyforuk, One UCWLC member’s joy and David Motiuk. On June 21st, at Rev. Mychailo Sozanskyy and prayerful gratitude was most evi- St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Rev. Vladimir Luzhetsky (from dent. One can only imagine the Church in Edmonton, Andrij of- Truskavets, Uk­raine), celebrated emotions that she was feeling. ficiated at his first Divine Liturgy his first Divine Liturgy as priest Mother of newly-ordained priest, as Deacon. The following Sunday, at St. Vladimir Uk­rainian Catholic Dobrodiyka Lidia Nykyforuk’s June 28th, he officiated as Deacon at Divine Liturgy at his home parish with his father, Fr. Ivan Nykyforuk, and assisting priest, Rev. Mychailo Sozanskyy. Andrij, with his young family, returned to Ottawa to complete his studies to become a priest. In 2016, Deacon Andrij was assigned to St. Stephen Promartyr Ukrain- ian Catholic Church in Calgary, AB for his internship under the guid- ance of Rev. Bohdan Nahachewsky while Very Rev. Mark Bayrock was on sabbatical leave. Newly-ordained priest Fr. Andrij began his first as- signment as assistant pastor at St. Josaphat Cathedral, Edmonton, on July 1, 2017. How blessed we are in the Ed- monton Eparchy to have this young man within the ranks of our clergy. With the support of his family, com- Back row: Ivan Romanchak (altar boy & second cousin of Fr. Andrij), Rev. Vladimir Luzhetsky (visiting munity, and by God’s grace, he will from Truskavets, Ukraine), Fr. Andrij Nykyforuk, Fr. Ivan Nykyforuk, and Fr. Mychailo Sozanskyy. Front bring hope and guidance to our row: altar boys Yaroslav Romanchak (second cousin of Fr. Andrij), Xenon Semenjuk, and Marko Bodnar. faithful as well as strive to uphold Church — the parish where his fath- poignant memories, as she told me our Ukrainian Catholic heritage. er, Rev. Ivan Nykyforuk, is currently later, flashed back to much earlier May the Almighty God and the Holy the parish priest. Fr. Andrij was or- years in her life. Over 36 years ago, Virgin Mary, our Patroness, bless dained to the Holy Priesthood a day when she met young Ivan who was Fr. Andrij and his family, as he com- earlier, on May 27, 2017, by Most studying to become a priest, and mences another phase in his spirit- Rev. Bishop David, Eparch of Ed­ then said “yes” to marry him, she ual journey. Многая Літа! monton, at St. Josaphat Cathedral. did not know what lay ahead. De- In attendance at this special Sun- spite facing much opposition, con- Submitted by Rosemarie Nahnybida day Divine Liturgy were the UCWLC troversy, and being warned that she St. Vladimir UCWLC Branch Secretary members, fellow parishioners, was making a mistake, she married

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 27 Ivan in August 1981. Not even a year later, in March 1982, Ivan was ordained into the Holy Priesthood. Ukraine was still a Soviet Re- public under Communist rule. Since World War II, the history of the Ukrainian Catholic Church had been in tumult. It was forbidden in Ukraine. Soviet authorities ar- rested, deported, and sent many Greek Catholic bishops and clergy and lay activists into forced labour camps in Siberia. Many were exe- cuted. Some clergy in Ukraine went underground and continued to conduct services in secret. Other priests, forced to accept the leader- ship of the Moscovite Patriarch, continued to serve the faithful. President Mikhail Gorbachev’s St. Vladimir League Day (May 28, 2017). Front row: Ivanka Korcaba (Branch President), visit to Pope John Paul II in 1986 Fr. Andrij Nykyforuk, Fr. Ivan Nykyforuk (parish priest/UCWLC Spiritual Advisor), launched the USSR on a dramatic Dobrodiyka Lidia Nykyforuk, and Natalka Yanitski, HLM with UCWLC ladies. new course. Perestroika and glas- for freedom of worship and the others to Ukrainian Greek Catholi- nost, restructuring and openness, legalization of the Ukrainian Greek cism — the church of the forbears. introduced profound changes. Many, Catholic Church. But as the first priest in the area including the religious, became cau- Lidia, a young dobrodiyka, and to initiate this movement, he faced tiously optimistic. Between 1984 now a mother of three young chil- fierce opposition from the govern- and 1988 human rights activists in dren, was faced with new challen- ment. Threats were made on his and Ukraine sent appeals and declara- ges. Inspired, Father Ivan was de- Lidia’s life. Both times, through the tions to Soviet authorities asking termined to “return” his parish and grace of God, they were unharmed.

Food for Thought

Girl, unique, person! Do you know — who you are? Of which people you are a son and a daughter? Know and remember: you are a child of a people with a tragic fate A people, who always have been enslaved/not free Our people — an extraordinary history It wasn’t, but it always is! Your language — the Ukrainian language! Did you buy a gift Speak it, read it, answer in it, write it! subscription or two of Sing its songs. Nasha Doroha Be proud, that you are a daughter and a son of a great people! for your favourite people? Believe in yourself. Believe in the future of our people. For their birthday Build, don’t destroy! or anniversary? Mikola Woloshyn Please see page 25.

28 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 Determined to accomplish his goal, a local restaurant. A short meet- after much hard work and effort by ing took place with the handing both Fr. Ivan and Lidia, by the end out of 2017 membership cards and Nasha Doroha of 1989, three entire parishes — presentation of service pins by Publishing over 6,000 people — returned to the Branch President Ivanka Korcaba. March 22 – June 30, 2017 Ukrainian Greek Catholic faith. In Congratulations to the ladies who Nasha Doroha Reserve Fund 1991 Ukraine gained its independ- received service pins and especially All Saints UCWLC, ence. Sometime later the Nykyforuk to Mary Zawalak who received her North Battleford, SK. . .$100 family visited Fr. Ivan’s uncle in 50-year service pin! Those members Victor Fedyna, Edmonton. The uncle died before who had not received their copy of Edmonton, AB...... $25 paperwork was completed to spon- UCWLC: Builders of Home, Faith UCWLC Branches, sor the family to stay in Canada. and Community (written by Lena Eparchy of Edmonton. . $570 In 1994, needing priests, Ed- Sloboda, HLM) were gifted with the UCWLC Branches, monton Eparchy’s Bishop Myron book. Members also received their Eparchy of Toronto. . . $300 Daciuk asked Father Ivan to return Nasha Doroha Issue #61 that day. UCWLC 9 Branches, Eparchy to serve in the Peace River Coun- It was a special League Day — a of New Westminster. . .$325 try of Northern Alberta. There were memorable one indeed. hardships, the need to adjust to a Submitted Articles for new life, but eventually, after eight Submitted by Rosemarie Nahnybida Nasha Doroha years, of serving in the Peace River St. Vladimir UCWLC Branch Secretary St. Basil’s UCWLC, Country, the Nykyforuk family re- Edmonton, AB...... $50 turned to Edmonton. Fr. Ivan was UCWLC eventually assigned to Protection of A Celebration of Volunteers St. Catharines, ON. . . .$250 the BVM Parish in Edmonton where Submissions to Nasha Doroha Lidia became very involved with the June 2017, UCWLC Holy Trinity, for Obituary UCWLC. In 2012 Fr. Ivan was trans- Vegreville, AB hosted a volunteer St. Basil’s, Edmonton, AB ferred to St. Vladimir Parish where barbecue for UCWLC ladies and for (†Katherine Harapniuk). . $50 Lidia once again became an active all volunteers who are non-mem- UCWLC Eparchy of member of the St. Vladimir UCWLC. bers. It was exciting to have over 80 Edmonton, AB Witnessing her son’s Holy Ordina- ladies in attendance. (†Eva Tomiak) ...... $100 tion to the Priesthood a day earlier, St. Nicholas UCWLC, and then being present at his first Edmonton, AB Divine Liturgy on League Day at her (†Eva Tomiak) ...... $100 husband’s parish, was monumen- Thank you to all donors tal. The decision that she had made Щира подяка усім over 36 years ago had come to frui- tion. Her fervent prayers had been Elizabeth Zahayko answered. ND Financial Administrator At the culmination of the memor- able League Day Divine Liturgy, it was a great honour for the ladies to have blessings bestowed upon Deadline for submissions: them by the newly-ordained pas- Spring 2018 Issue tor. A group photo was taken of the Two newest UCWLC members, McKinley Makowecki and Bailey Kozicki, celebrate at the Наша Дорога UCWLC ladies in attendance with •• •• barbecue with Steffie Miskiw and Nettie Zaleschuk, 31.I.2018 Fr. Andrij and his parents, Fr. Ivan who have been members for over 65 years. Nykyforuk, St. Vladimir UCWLC Річенець дописів на Spiritual Advisor, and Dobrodiyka Submitted by Teresa Makowecki, весняний номер у 2018 р. Lidia. Later, the ladies gathered Branch President, UCWLC Holy Trinity, for a delicious buffet luncheon at Vegreville, AB

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 29 Саскатунська Епархія

Regina UCWLC Branches Celebrate Appreciation Day

On Sunday, May 28, 2017 St. Basil’s UCWLC hosted Appreciation Day for both branches — St. Athanasius Olga Klewchuk, new St. Athanasius UCWLC Pat Detz, new St. Basil’s UCWLC member Iryna Baran, Josie Vantour member Marcella Wasylynka and St. Basil’s. The day began with Liturgy Betty Pollock, the 1st Vice-President, Recipients were: at 10:00 am, celebrated by Father Shirley Oleskiw, ably acted as MC 20 years – Delores Rakochy Vladimir Simunovic and concele- for the program and welcomed 15 years – Jane Markewich & brated with Father Gregory Hrynkiw everyone to the program. Sonia Popowich at St. Basil’s Church. Following the brunch, long-ser- 10 years – Sonia Pillipow Liturgy was followed by a deli- vice pins were presented. New Member – Iryna Baran cious brunch held at the Parish Hall. St. Athanasius’s President Josie Father Simunovic gave the blessing Vantour presented pins follow- Deidre Paluck was welcomed prior to brunch being served. ing an introduction and history of back, having transferred back from In the absence of our President, each recipient by Olga Klewchuk. the West Coast.

St. Athanasius and St. Basil’s UCWLC

30 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 St. Basil’s recipients were intro- Father Simunonvic’s wife, duced by Shirley Oleskiw and Olga Dobrodijka Bozhana Simunovic, Kiryluk presented the pins to: was welcomed, having transferred from North Battleford. 50 years – Margaret Stadnyk Following the pin presentations, 30 years – Bev Luzney Shirley gave a short biography on 25 years – Hazel Brigidear our guest speaker, Father Gregory 20 years – Carla Lazurko Hrynkiw, and then welcomed him to 15 years – Christina Obarianyk & the podium. Joan Varoney Father Hrynkiw’s presentation 10 years – Ann Chomyn, Theresa was interesting and moving. He Harrison, Arlene spoke of his time in Ukraine. He was Father Gregory Hrynkiw Obarianyk Dorwart & there in 1991, August 24th when bringing them to a place where they Donna Woloshyn Ukraine­­ became independent, wit- could have a meal. Spiritually a safe New Member – Marcella Wasy­lynka nessed Lenin’s statues come down haven. Sad stories of how some came was not present; however, at a later and Ukrainian flags go up. He trav- to have no one, their parents not able UCWLC function was welcomed to elled thousands of kilometres, as he to care for them, some because they the UCWLC by Pat Detz and given went about ministering to the people. had problems themselves and had to her new member package. Sev- He said a Kyiv monastery was set up abandon their children. Many heart- eral other recipients were also not to house children with no home; how wrenching stories that left children present. they found them and helped them, with no one to care for them. →

St. Athanasius and St. Basil’s UCWLC

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 31 He spoke about “Belinda,” forget Belinda and that a 14-year-old slave girl who he would keep us in his was being persecuted for prayers.” her faith. She kept praying Shirley thanked Father to Christ that she remain Hrynkiw for his moving faithful, was beaten and and informative presenta- hung on a stake, but never tion. Father Malowany of gave up her faith. He wit- St. Athanasius ended the nessed many struggles of afternoon with a prayer of the people and many atroci- Thanksgiving and we all ties that had occurred and sang O Spomohay Nas. they were all in desperate There were approxi- need of help and prayers. St. Basil’s UCWLC 1st Vice-President Shirley mately 60 members that In closing, Father’s mes- Oleskiw and Father Gregory Hrynkiw attended and we thanked sage was that we must wit- Dennis Klimochko for tak- ness to our faith. Abortion, eutha- women (UCWLC) lay people who ing photographs. nasia, same sex marriage are all are courageous, and can stand up sins to be admonished. We must against what is not right and stand Submitted by Alvena Krushelniski, have courage and speak out about firm for our Catholic values. Father Spiritual Committee what is not right. He said we need said, “My prayer for you is never On behalf of the UCWLC St. Basil’s Regina

Sonja Pawliw, HLM gets judged hundreds of green beds Sonja’s garden is a testament national recognition and narrowed the field down to 150 to her hard work and dedication. winners. It’s been a Yorkton staple for years. Sonja Pawliw, HLM, from the Ep- Once the conference concluded, Hundreds of visitors flock to it archy of Saskatoon, who resides the jury emailed Sonja to congratu- every summer. St. Mary’s UCWLC in Yorkton and has contributed late her. Sonja is one of four winning members are pleased to congratu- many drawings over the years to gardens from Saskatchewan. The late Sonja on receiving national rec- Nasha Doroha, is a recipient of the other three are owned and operated ognition for her green oasis. “Canada 150 Garden Experience” by government, universities, or soci- award. It’s a certificate that ac- eties. Sonja stands alone as the sole Submitted by Elizabeth Zahayko knowledges the best gardens across creator of her garden, “Sonja Pawliw the country. A Toronto conference Healing and Meditation Garden.” See also page 39

32 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 16 countries to date: Canada, United Virgin Mary Church. Clergy, parish- Winnipeg Archeparchy States, Italy, Germany, Serbia, Cro- ioners and visitors filled the church atia, Bosnia, Poland, Brazil, Slovakia, before the Moleben to Blessed Great Britain, Australia, Kazakhstan, Sr. Josaphata was celebrated by Celebrating 125 years of Belgium, France and Argentina. His Grace Metropolitan Lawrence the Sisters Servants Through laborious hardships and Huculak, OSBM, accompanied by of Mary Immaculate disturbing political turmoil over the numerous clergy representing the decades since, the women who dedi- various parishes within the Arch- “Jesus, You are the source of joy.” cated themselves to their mission eparchy of Winnipeg. The Sisters “I shall pray that all of you become saints.” of prayer, love and service, forged Servants of Mary Immaculate along With all my heart, ahead in response to God’s call. This with SSMI Associates, Knights of Sr. Josaphata year, Ukrainian communities all Columbus Canon Luhovy Assembly From sincere and humble begin- over the world are celebrating 125 #0374, Brotherhood, Altar Servers nings in 1892, the congregation of years of missionary service by these and Children of Mary, Clergy and Sisters Servants of Mary Immacu- brave and courageous women. Metropolitan Lawrence formed the late (SSMI) took root in Zhuzheliany It was with prayerful gratitude processional. The service responses (formerly Zhuzhel), Ukraine. Co- and hopeful joy that the Ukrainian were beautifully led by a combined Foundress Michaelina Hordashevska Catholic community in Winnipeg, choir under the direction of Sr. Ruth (proclaimed Blessed Sr. Josaphata Manitoba came together in a mag- Aney, SSMI. The Moleben conclud- Hordashevska by Pope John Paul II nificent setting of icons and late ed with the veneration of the relics on June 27, 2001) oversaw the open- afternoon light to celebrate the con- of Blessed Sr. Josaphata. All those in ing of new missions, which continue gregation’s 125 years of blessings attendance received a commemora- to spread around the world touching on Sunday, June 11, 2017 at Blessed tive medallion. →

Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate celebrating their 125th anniversary

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 33 34 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 The celebration continued well Sisters were given by Deacon Victor Rossburn UCWLC into the evening while dinner was Humniski, Olga Twerdun, Dayna served in the church auditorium to Konopelny and Dr. Mary Pankiw, 70th Anniversary more than 300 people. Sr. Darleane all former students of Immaculate The Rossburn UCWLC of the Sacred Pelechaty, SSMI, the Master of Heart of Mary School (formerly St. Heart of Jesus celebrated their 70th Ceremonies, orchestrated the Nicholas School). The evening con- Anniversary on Sunday, May 7, 2017. program in a timely fashion. The cluded with the Provincial Superior, The Rossburn league was organ- Immaculate Heart of Mary School Sr. Christina Syrotynsky, SSMI, ex- ized by Rev. Roman Zakrawsky in Drama Group and Choir performed pressing the gratitude of the Sisters 1947 with 17 members. The league a tribute to 125 years of Ukrainian for the steadfast commitment of today, with 22 members, continues Immigration and Blessed Josaphata. those who have been a part of the to support and promote the same Sr. Oresta Svorak, SSMI recited a various ministries of the Sisters. values and goals, preserving the poem she wrote honouring the life- Members of the SSMI Community Uk­­rainian culture and strength- changing discernment of Blessed Sr. that were in attendance gathered ening the spiritual dimensions of Josaphata. A moving song, “Send Me, together to sing their closing Hymn Canadian life and supporting pro- Dear Lord,” written by Sr. Frances “Slava, Slava – Glory, Glory.” In turn, grams of charitable action. Byblow, SSMI, was sung by the rounds of “Mnohaya lita” resounded The anniversary began with the Harmonia choir with an interpret- throughout the auditorium wish- Rossburn league members in pro- ive dance featuring Anna Radawetz. ing the Sisters Servants of Mary cession singing “O Spomahaj Nas, During the celebrations, Sr. Ruth Immaculate God’s Blessings for the Divo Mariye.” The Divine Liturgy once again led the joint choirs of years ahead. was celebrated by Father Mykhaylo St. Basil, Harmonia and Holy Family Khomitskyy, followed by Panakhyda Home Monday Singers. A video of Written by June Dutka, member for the deceased members of the the history of the Sisters Servants UCWLC St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Rossburn UCWLC from 1947 to 2016. of Mary Immaculate, produced by Church, Winnipeg, MB and former Everyone was invited to a catered SSMI in Ukraine, was shown just student St. Nicholas School (currently dinner in the church auditorium. before personal tributes to the Immaculate Heart of Mary School) The afternoon program was

Rossburn Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Canada 70th Anniversary

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 35 presented by the Rossburn UCWLC Обід був приготовлений на- President Marion Antoniw and Торонтонська Епархія шою членкинею Марією Скарфо opened with greetings and prayers та її чоловіком Маріо. Було дуже by Father Mykhaylo Khomitskyy. смачно й оригінально. After dinner and dessert, a pictor- Свято ЛУКЖК — Опісля голова Оля Даниляк ial video with accompanying music День приєднання зробила доповідь про минулі та was presented of the history of the молодого покоління майбутні завдання Відділу. UCWLC through the years. The до організаційного video started with O Spomahaj «Ми сьогодні, в часі Служби Nas and ended with Mnohaya Lita. життя Відділу Божої, дякували Господу Богу Musical and vocal entertainment Відділ Ліги Українських Като- за здоров’я наших членкинь та was then provided by three of our лицьких Жінок Канади при Кате- за успіхи в нашій організацій- talented parish youth, Cora Saley, дрі Св. Свщ. Йосафата в Торонто, ній праці, — наголосила пані Ann and Dominic Khomitsky. де головує Оля Даниляк, уро- Оля Даниляк. — На нинішньо- Congratulatory greetings were чисто відзначив День ЛУКЖК 28 му святкуванні ми хочемо зосе- presented by Archeparchial UCLWC травня 2017 р. редити нашу увагу на минулому, President Margaret Ethier, the Ross­ Урочистості святкування нада- коли заснов­ниці нашого Відділу burn Sacred Heart Committee, and ло те, що членкині зайшли в Ка- ЛУКЖК розвинули духовне і куль- the UCWLC representatives from тедру на Св. Літургію з прапором турне життя жіноцтва в нашій па- Oakburn, Dauphin, Grandview and свого Відділу і всі були одягнені рафії, та одночасно хочемо заста- Portage la Prairie. Father Mykhaylo у вишиванки. Саме таким чином, новитися над майбутнім життям read a congratulatory greeting from через національно традиційну ви- нашого Відділу. the Most Reverend Lawrence Hucu- шиванку, єдналися в молитві з Знаємо, що з кожним поколін- lak OSBM and Father Krawchuk. усіма членкинями ЛУКЖ Канади ням наша організація була покли- Four 20-year and five 10-year й етнічною батьківщиною Украї- кана відновити свої завдання. service pins were presented to ною. Якби зібрати всі нитки з тих У 40-их роках Відділ ЛУКЖК the members of the Rossburn вишиванок, то, напевно, була би при церкві Св. Свщ. Йосафата UCWLC by Archeparchial President вистелена ними дорога з Торонто разом з Братством Українців Ка- Margaret Ethier and President до Києва. толиків були голосом наших па- Marion Antoniw. Two of the three Святу Літургію відслужив рафіян у справах церковного і members were honoured by taking о. Остап Чорній. У цей день всі громадського життя. place at the head table as life mem- відділи ЛУКЖК поєднувалися Наприкінці 40-их та на почат- bers. They are Alice Hrubeniuk в спільній молитві, бо в кожній ку 50-их років до Канади приїхало and Anne Shust; missing was Dora українській греко-католицькій велике число повоєнних скиталь- Verbowski. Each has served as a церкві Канади служилася Св. Лі- ців. У той час Відділ поставив собі member for 59 years. тургія, яка підіймалася у вись до мету допомагати новим іммігран- The Silent Auction was the final Господа Бога, творячи благальну там в їхніх потребах знайти пра- event of the day with some of our просьбу Його благословення на цю, помешкання, а особливо дати visitors going home with lovely gifts добре здоров’я, на успішну пра- їм відчути свою приналежність до donated by generous sponsors. цю членкинь, на добробут і мир у Української Церкви і громади. Father Mykhaylo Khomitskyy and світі та особливо в Україні. По від- У 60-их роках наша парафія President Marion Antoniw thanked служенні Св. Літургії членкині та зіткнулася вже з новими потре- everyone who helped us celebrated гості, наші парафіяни були запро- бами, а це було виховання наших our 70th Anniversary ending with шені на святковий обід. дітей. Церковні організації вирі- hymn Mariye Divo (O Virgin Mary). Голова Відділу Оля Даниляк шили збудувати цілоденну шко- We give thanks to the Lord for His продовжила святкування, приві- лу, щоб діти мали нагоду краще many Blessings and may the Mother тавши о. Остапа Чорнія та його пізнати свій обряд, мову і культу- of God Guide and protect us. дружину Олю, членів Крайової ру, і наш Відділ ЛУКЖК активно Управи ЛУКЖК, членкинь і го­ співпрацював, щоб здобути фі- Submitted by Marion Antoniw, стей, та попросила отця благо- нансування цього проекту. UCWLC President словити обід. Далі, у 70-их роках, увага нашої

36 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 громади була звернена на обстою- вання прав наших братів в Украї- ні, які зазнавали утисків і терпінь від совєтського режиму. Українські церковні та громадські організації організували демонстрації, щоб ін- формувати канадський уряд та сус- пільство про ситуацію в Україні. У 80-их роках, коли в Польщі почалися протести “Солідарнос- ті”, українська молодь дістала на- году виїхати з Польщі до Канади, і знову наша організація виріши- ла допомогти новим поселенцям включитися в наше церковне та Відділ Ліги Українських Католицьких Жінок Канади при Катедрі Св. Свщ. Йосафата в Торонто, де головує Оля Даниляк (стоїть зліва від громадське життя. о. Остапа Чорнія), урочисто відзначив День ЛУКЖК 28 травня 2017 р. Останньо переходимо до 90-их років, коли Україна стала неза- жінок у Львові. Я відповідала за Другий проект, який залишив лежною. Бог обдарив нашу пара- збирання грошей від відділів на- мені приємні спогади і задоволен- фію ще одним новим поколінням шої Епархії. Ціль була благород- ня, — це виготовлення DVD про так званої 4-ої хвилі. Тут знаходи- на, а співпраця і під­тримка зво- наш Епархіяльний Музей, який Ви мо здібних жінок, які найкраще рушлива. Відділи нашої Епархії сьогодні побачите. Весною 2007 знають потреби цього нового по- перші і найщедріше відгукнули- року, з ініціативи Епархіяльної селення. Сьогодні ви є між нами. ся — зібрано $47,600. Багато пра- Управи, нас кілька членок зустрі- Ми звертаємося до вас увійти в ці потребував цей проект, але ви- лися на засідання в Музеї, який наші ряди і своїми новими ідеями нагорода була велика. Коли ми з тоді приміщувався в будинку на допомогти нам збагатити духовне моїм чоловіком Зенком поїхали Блюрі, де була Ґалерія КУМФ. і культурне життя нашої парафії. у 2007 році до Львова і відвідали На жаль, зацікавлення і відвіду­ Ми радо вас чекаємо», — таки- міську поліклініку, де недавно був вання музеїв загально зменши- ми словами закінчила своє слово заінстальований наш мамограф, лося. Тож треба було подумати голова Відділу Оля Даниляк. ми довідалися, що з Києва приїз- про інший підхід. Ми всі були дила лікарка, щоб демонструвати, однієї думки: треба використати Відтак вона запросила до слова як вживати цей мамограф, а для сучасну технологію — виготовити Христину Татарську, довголітню демонстрування обстежень гру- DVD у двох мовах, щоб через його членкиню, котра наголосила на дей просили жінок-працівників висвітлювання представляти і тому, що отримує велике задово- поліклініки. Лікар поліклініки д-р популяризувати українську куль- лення від участі в організовано- Чорній показав мені на комп’ютері туру. Засідання було дуже успіш- му жіночому житті, та поділилася знимки з тих обстежень. Одна ним, бо ще перед закриттям кож- своїм досвідом: знимка лікарки-дентистки вика- на з нас одержала якесь завдання зала пляму на грудній залозі. до виконання, а я опинилася ко- «Темoю моєї розповіді буде — Д-р Чорній опісля познайомив ординатором проекту. як праця в ЛУКЖК мені особи­сто мене з цією дентисткою. Її перші У плані було виготовити і ви- приносить задоволення. слова до мене були: “Подякуйте світлити DVD на нашому З’їзді До організації я вже належу 18 жінкам у Канаді за їх добре сер- в жовтні. Тільки 6 місяців часу, а років. І коли хтось запитав би мене, це”. А потім сказала, що вже за праці було надзвичайно багато — саме котра праця в ЛУКЖК прине- три дні йде на операцію. Вона писання скриптів, шукання зни- сла мені найбільше задоволення, мала щастя бути першою пацієнт- мок, переклади, фільмування… і то це праця у двох проектах. Хочу кою, яка завдяки новій апаратурі безліч інших справ! Але при спів­ з вами про це поділитися. одержала вчасний діагноз. Цей праці надзвичайних пань, з яки- Перший — це Крайовий проект: зворушливий день залишився у ми я мала приємність працювати, закуп мамографічної машини для моїй пам’яті назавжди. і старанням нашого продюсера

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 37 Олега Водовоза, а пов­ний поімен- музейних експонатів, українську Святкування відбулося на ви- ний список ви прочитаєте на- вишиванку, характерну певним сокому рівні завдяки професій- прикінці фільму, наш план здій- місцевостям України, своїм про- ності голови Олі Даниляк й ак- снився, і 21 жовтня 2007 року на фесійним голосом просто зачаро- тивних членок нашого Відділу, Епархіяльному З’їзді ми вперше вувала глядачів. тому гості, захопившись цікавим висвітлили цей DVD. По закінченні святкової програ- життям Відділу, подали свої за- Дякую. Надіюся, що фільм ми о. Чорній провів молитву, заспі- яви на вступ у членство ЛУКЖК, вам сподобається», — додала пані вавши з присутніми гімн ЛУКЖК і ми привітали чотирьох нових Христина Татарська. “О спомагай нас, Діво Маріє”, але членок. членкині й гості ще довго не роз- Фільм був озвучений радіожур- ходились, адже їм було приємно Галина Ковалевич, налісткою Любомирою Матвіяс, спілкуватися в нашому ЛУКЖКів- Членка Відділу ЛУКЖК при Катедрі яка, розповідаючи про красу ському, родинному колі. Св. Свщ. Йосафата в Торонто

UCWLC MEMBERS RECEIVE Ontario Volunteer Service Awards April 10, 2017 — Old Mill, Toronto Twelve UCWLC members were honoured April 10 with Ontario Volunteer Service Awards presented on behalf of the government of Ontario in appre- ciation of their years of service. Six were from the Toronto Eparchy Executive and six were from Christ the Good Shepherd parish. At right: Peter Milczyn MPP for Etobicoke Lakeshore, June Herkner UCWLC member at Christ the Good Shepherd, and Yvan Baker MPP for Etobicoke Centre.

At left, standing: Maria Steventon (30), Vera Kostecki (45), Verna Lozynsky (15), Mary Ripco (15), Dianna Fedun (15), Stella Wizniak (15), Eugenia (Dzvinka) Haba HLM, Mary Olia Sabat (50). Seated: Gail Krystalski (15), Marion Barszczyk HLM (National President, UCWLC), Nadya Stasyna (50), Stephanie Nyznyk (20). Missing from photo: Hanya Martyniw (15) and June Herkner (15). The number in parentheses is the number of years of service honoured. Note, the years are for years in that particular organization. The six members from Christ the Good Shepherd branch were all founding members of the UCWLC at that parish. Most have had many more years in the UCWLC, having previously been members in other parishes.

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Sean Mott / Yorkton This Week Sonja Pawliw gets national recognition August 11, 2017

hen Sonja Pawliw wakes up in the mor- ning, she doesn’t pour herself a bowl of cereal or crack an egg over a frying pan. WAt the start of the day, without fail, she steps into her garden. She walks under a wooden archway covered in one long grapevine. Last summer, her daugh- ter took home 60 pounds of grapes from the vine. Pawliw kept 30 pounds and made jelly. Pawliw gently touches her white lilies, which have won her countless prizes at flower competitions. She makes sure the tomatoes, sweet peas, cherries, cucumbers, and kiwis are growing nicely. Most of them are safe to eat.

“I make several rounds before I sole creator of her garden. make breakfast,” she says. “You want Of course, Pawliw doesn’t see to know how everything is doing.” herself as a big star. She’s just doing Pawliw’s garden is a testament what comes naturally. to her hard work and dedication. “Flowers and gardening [were] It’s been a Yorkton staple for years. in my blood… since I was knee-high Hundreds of visitors flock to it to a grasshopper,” she says. every summer. Now, Pawliw’s re- When she was a child, Pawliw ceiving national recognition for her would spend her weekends watch- green oasis. ing her grandmother tend to her recognition,” Goulden says. “She’s Pawliw is a recipient of the “Can- garden. When she got older, Pawliw a treasure.” ada 150 Garden Experience” award. built her own garden, always giving Pawliw is an honorary member It’s a certificate that acknowledges flowers preferred treatment. Pawliw of the Yorkton Horticultural Soci- the best gardens across the country. thinks everybody should have at ety. When they found out she’d won, A Toronto conference judged hun- least one pot of flowers to tend to. they surprised her with a red-and- dreds of green beds and narrowed “Flowers and gardening is a soul white cake. the field down to 150 winners. feeder,” she says. “We were proud of her,” says Liz When Pawliw heard she’d been Pawliw appreciates the award, Jones, president of the society. nominated, she didn’t think it but she hasn’t let success go to Back in her garden, Pawliw tends was real. her head. to her plants. She doesn’t have time “I phoned my kids and I said, ‘Do “It’s a nice sort of pinnacle to to admire her award. It’s August you think [this award] is a hoax?’” my gardening,” she says. “It kind of and she has a lot of work to do. She she says. makes me unworthy because I was closes the garden in September, Once the conference concluded, [gardening] for myself. I wasn’t do- which means uprooting and moving the jury emailed Pawliw to con- ing it… for glory.” dozens of flowers and vegetables. gratulate her. At that moment, Randy Goulden, who works with People come to take the roots off Pawliw knew it was true. Yorkton Tourism, has pointed tour- her hands. Pawliw is one of four winning ists to Pawliw’s garden for years. “In the spring, I want something gardens from Saskatchewan. The She’s thrilled for Pawliw. new,” she says. other three are owned and operated “I was pretty excited for York- Pawliw will rebuild the garden, by governments, universities, or so- ton, but more for her because she’s entirely different, but still with that cieties. Pawliw stands alone as the getting some of her well-deserved personal touch.

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 39 Profiles◊ Особистості An incredible life — an inspirational life ateryna Kozelko was born on March 1, 1917 in the town of Suhavolia (Suha Volia), West- Kern Ukraine. Kateryna was the third of seven children born to John and Anna. As a child she loved to at- tend school, sing in the village choir, attend church, and play with her three sisters and three broth- ers — Mary, Anne, Paraskevia, John, Simeon and Wasyl. When she was 20 years old, she left her town and went on a work permit to Stras- bourg, France, to work as a milker on a farm. A year later she married Andrew Buyachok, who just hap- pened to be a young man from her hometown village. On a very cold January 11, 1947, along with their young son Michael, they immigrated to Winnipeg, be- ing sponsored by her older sister, Mary. Upon arrival in Winnipeg they joined the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish. They were blessed with two more children who were born in Winnipeg — Adrienne and Bohdan. She worked for 40 years in the hospitality industry mainly as a cook and then as a head cook, a position which she still holds today with the Kateryna Buyachok Blessed Virgin Mary UCWLC. At the age of 58, after the death Paul II in Rome in 1988. Mrs. B., as Sunday Divine Liturgy, Stations of of her husband, Kateryna learned she is affectionately called, is the the Cross, Molebens, and other vari- to drive which she continued to do heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary ous church services throughout the until the age of 92. Having to give Choir. At 100 years of age, she still year. Not only does she attend these up her licence is one of her biggest has a strong voice and will usually services, but she leads in the sing- regrets. At the age of 75 she learned lead in the responses for many li- ing of the responses. to play the piano and the piano is turgical services. But, be careful, Mrs. Buyachok loves to embroid- still in use in her home today. because she will correct you if you er. She has embroidered countless Singing has always played an sing off key or start on the wrong numbers of blouses, shirts, Easter integral role in Kateryna’s life from tone. basket covers, altar linens, two sets her early days to today. She loves Mrs. Buyachok is an avid read- of banners and four sets of felons, singing and would always sing at er — anything from historical books, one of which her son Michael wore gatherings. She belonged to many Ukrainian novels, biographies and at his ordination. She also embroid- different choirs in her lifetime, religious publications. Her greatest ered a section of the 65th UCWLC most notably the Millennium Choir love is her church. Her faith is very Anniversary Ceremonial Rushnyk that performed for Pope John important to her and she attends that travelled across Canada.

40 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 Kateryna’s love for God has in- convenor, buying the groceries and give thanks to God for sending us spired her children. One of the preparing parish dinners. For num- this wonderful gift — greatest moments of her life was erous years, she served on the Al- on August 17, 1969 when her son tar Guild, looking after her much Пані Катерина Буячок Michael was ordained to the priest- loved embroidered linens. She is hood. The Rt. Rev. Monsignor Mitrat also responsible for responding to Многая і благая літа! Michael Buyachok is currently the services at a senior’s home when pastor of the Ukrainian Catholic residents are taken to Liturgy. One Submitted by Janet Kuchma Metropolitan Cathedral of Sts. Vlad- of her favourite league activities is and Bertha Stoyko imir & Olga. In 1983, her daughter the annual pilgrimage to the Grotto Adrienne, Sister Andreja, Vladia of of Our Lady of Lourdes in Cook’s the Cross, took her vows to become Creek, Manitoba to celebrate the a nun and joined the Byzantine Dis- Feast of the Dormition of the Bless- calced Carmelites of Holy Annun- ed Virgin Mary. “Six Little Stories” ciation Monastery in Sugarloaf, Mrs. Buyachok is indeed an in- Once all villagers decided Pennsylvania. Another spiritual spiration and treasure to all pa- 1) to pray for rain. On the day highlight was when Mrs. Buyachok rishioners and league members of of prayer all the people received Holy Communion from His the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian gathered, but only one boy Holiness Pope John Paul II at Bird’s Catholic Church. In December, a came with an umbrella. Hill Park in l984. winter storm postponed the church That’s Faith. Mrs. Buyachok is a world trav- perogy making for one week. Mrs. B. When you throw babies in eller, travelling to five of the seven was upset about this because now, the air, they laugh because continents. Since arriving in Can- due to a previous commitment, she 2) they know you will catch ada, she has ventured to the follow- would not be able to stay until all them. ing countries: Argentina, Australia, the orders were complete. That’s Trust. Brazil, France, Greece, the Holy Land, She still resides in her own home, Japan, the Philippines, Portugal, where she makes Sunday dinner for Every night we go to bed Russia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, her son, Bohdan, who found a live- 3) without any assurance New Zealand and Ukraine. Many of in roommate for her. He is cute, of being alive the next these excursions were cruises with cuddly, friendly and furry — her cat, morning, but still we set the her son, Monsignor Michael. Sobie. On occasion, she can be seen alarms to wake up. Mrs. B. joined the Blessed Virgin getting on the city bus to go shop- That’s Hope. Mary UCWLC in 1968. At the age of ping to the mall. Some weekends We plan big things for 100 she is still a very active member. during the summer, you can find tomorrow, in spite of zero She is usually in charge of cooking her at the family cottage at Lake 4) knowledge of the future. the rice for holubtsi and cooks the Winnipeg where, being a dutiful That’s Confidence. kasha. When the ladies make pasky mother, she goes to prepare meals and perishky, she is in charge of the for Bohdan. She attributes her lon- We see the world suffering, dough room. When preparing for a gevity and ability to keep on going 5) but still we get married and parish dinner, she is one of the first to her strong determination and have children. ladies to arrive early in the mor- stubbornness, for which we are all That’s Love. ning. She will oversee the kitchen extremely grateful. On an old man’s shirt was preparations and will be in charge This is only a small fraction of written a sentence, “I am not of cooking the meat, which she will the life of Mrs. Buyachok. Stop by 6) 80 years old — I am sweet 16 be serving the next day. Her experi- for a chat and a coffee one day to with 64 years of experience!” ence is immeasurable and we treas- learn more about the extraordin- That’s Attitude. ure her for this. ary experiences she has undergone Mrs. B. was the branch secre- throughout her 100 years of living a Have a happy day and live tary for a number of years, keep- very full and vibrant life. your life like the six stories! ing accurate minutes in Ukrainian. The parishioners and members For many years she was a social of the Blessed Virgin Mary UCWLC

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(до ювілею Її знають і читають у рідному краю Лесі Храпливої-Щур) 27 травня виповнилося 90 років українській письменниці Лесі Храпливій-Щур. країнська письмен- Координаційній Виховно- ниця Леся Храп­лива- Освітній Раді при Світо- Щур назавжди лиши- вому Конгресі Вільних Улася львів’янкою, дарма що Українців, де взяла на себе вже так багато років меш- редагування бюлетеня для кає на чужині. У своїй оселі освітян “Відгукніться!” вона не просто господиня, Відрадно те, що у всіх а трішки чарівниця — там задумах і громадських обо­ панує добрий український в’язках Лесі Храпливої не- дух. Привезла його туди замінним, надійним това- пані Леся зі свого рідного ришем був її коханий чоло- Львова, де народилася 27 вік Орест Щур, з яким вона травня 1927 року й де ми- цілих три роки провчилася нали її дитячі літа. Коли ж в однім класі ще у Львові. Леся Храплива відвідала Леся Храплива-Щур. Фото: Оксана Ступницька Доля розпорядилася так, вже незалежну Україну, Львів живання стала Америка. У Нью- що стрілися вони знов і побралися прийняв її як рідну дочку. А рідну Йорку Леся Храплива простуді- вже аж 1974 року на чужині. 7 ве- тому, що вона про нього ніколи не ювала україністику при Інституті ресня 2005 року з Канади в Україну забувала. Скільки-то разів улю- Наукового Товариства імені Т. Г. прилетіла сумна звістка — Орест блене місто оживало в її творах! Шевченка. відтоді не полишала Щур відійшов у вічність. Поховали І хоч довелося Лесі Храпливій ні викладацької, ні літературної його на кладовищі Святого Петра поблукати по світах (Німеччина, роботи. Залюбки працювала з в Лондоні. Називаючи своє життя Америка, Канада), та на всіх шля- діть­ми в організації “Пласт” (сама з чоловіком “прекрасним сном”, хах оберегом стояв отой добрий була пластункою ще зі Львова). пані Леся пише: “… цей сон тривав український дух. Він ніде не да- Колишні пластуни (теперішні бабу- тридцять один і півроку — чого ж вав їй забувати землі батьків: пані сі й дідусі) досі згадують її добрим нарікати?! Скільки жінок взагалі Леся мовби перенесла її зі Льво- словом — так запала їм у душу не зазнає ніколи того щастя пов­ ва до Лондона, — з улюбленими їхня виховниця. Шістнадцять ро- ного, взаємного довір’я і спільно- мальвами, барвистими рушника- ків Леся Храплива видавала для ти у всьому — від найповажнішого ми, химерними витинанками, роз- малят-новаків журналик “Готуйсь”. до найдрібнішого у житті?! Можу маїтими писанками, саморобними Той журналик виховав не одне безсумнівно ствердити одне: якщо ляльками і, звичайно ж, з мами- покоління українців на чужині. я за ці роки вспіла створити що- ною піснею і татусевою мудрістю. Переїхавши до Канади, Леся небудь хоч трохи вартісне — це Усе це стало її життям і її світом. Храплива викладала на курсах тільки Його заслуга…” На знак Отож, дитинство Леся Храпли- українознавства, очолювала (як світлої пам’яті про свого чолові- ва провела у Львові. Тут і вчилася, перед тим відомі письменники ка Леся Храплива постійно дарує трішки в Холмі, а вже по другій Юрій Тищенко-Сірий, Богдан для кількох шкільних бібліотек світовій війні (виїхала з України Гошовський, Ольга Мак, Іван в Україні нові книжки сучасних сімнадцятилітньою) студіювала Боднарчук, Антоніна Горохович) українських письменників… медицину та біологію в Німеччи- Об’єд­нання Працівників Літера- Звісно, найдорожчим для Лесі ні. Але душа дівчини тягнулася до тури для Дітей і Молоді (ОПЛДМ), Храпливої є власна творчість, що слова. Бо з самого малечку те сло- допомагала в церковних спра- не поміщається в ті 17 з гаком во ніби водило нею. Ще читати- вах, опікувалася поширенням книжечок, котрі письменниця ви- писати не вміла, а вже проказува- українських видань у світі, пере- дала в Німеччині, Канаді й Аме- ла бабуні свої придумки, щоб та виданнями та пересилкою їх до риці. Для дорослого читача Леся записувала до зошита. шкіл та бібліотек на Україну, а з Храплива видала єдину збірку вір­ Після Німеччини країною про­ 1990 року працювала і в Світовій шів “Далеким і близьким”, решта

42 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 все — книжки для дітей. Її збірка опо- в цій родині — взірець самовіддано­ Присвята Маркіянові Шашкевичу відань “Вітер з України”, захопливі сті, працелюбності і повсякчасної Молитва Маркіяна повісті “Козак Невмирака”, “Отаман небайдужості до всіх викликів часу, Схилилася ласкава ніч Воля”, “Чародійне авто” полюбилися що досі постають перед Україною. Над церкву Бога-Духа, українській дітворі на різних конти- А Львів, могутній від сторіч, нентах світу. Часто письменниця ви- Галина Кирпа Молитву дивну слухав. ступала в пресі зі статтями на тему  Шумів Оссолінею сад — літератури для дітей, аргументуючи Спокійна, давня мова… свій вибір цього жанру. “Дитяча літе- Здіймалася під небеса ратура чи, точніше, література для ді- Вірші Лесі Храпливої-Щур Молитва богослова. тей, — це нерозривна й ніяк не мало- В півтемній церкві, біля врат, важлива частина літератури кожного Восени Неслася полум’яна, народу. Книжка приготовляє дитину Горіла, як свічки горять, Як проходить пресвітла Пречиста, вже від наймолодшого віку до читан- Молитва Маркіяна: Шелестить позолочене листя, ня та належного сприймання напи- І пряде, і пряде без упину — О Боже! Дав Ти край усім, саного. Чим докладніше приготова- Срібний шовк — дорогу павутину. Казав його любити; на до нього людина, тим краще зуміє І Ти любив Єрусалим, в дорослому віці сприймати скарби Усміхається сонце осіннє, Хоч тугою повитий. Мерехтить поміж листом проміння. літератури свого народу і з’єднатися І летить понад стерні, над полем І Ти, що нарід наш створив, зі своєю національною спадщиною. Павутиння ласкаве поволі. Подарував нам мову — Бо вмілий та зацікавлений читач так Дзвінку, як гомін наших нив, же необхідний у процесі творення Як проходить пресвітла Пречиста, Як колоски, шовкову. Горобина їй сипле намисто. літератури народу, як і творець її — Тобі угодна мова ця, Україною йде в кожну осінь письменник, поет, критик”. Варто Коли до Тебе лине, З веретеном Предобра і досі. згадати, що книжка “Українські на- Чи в пісні, що несуть серця, родні звичаї в сучасному побуті” (зі Чи в молитвах дитини. словничком українських імен) вже Портрет Тараса Шевченка Своєю мовою народ двічі була перевидана в Україні, й Сказать найкраще вміє, тепер її знайти неможливо, — вона Що мріяв літ вже стільки сот, дуже швидко розійшлася, оскіль- Про що й сьогодні мріє. ки стала своєрідним підручником з Чому ж зібрать своїх пісень народознавства в перші роки неза- Мій нарід ще не може, лежності. Цінні для нашого читача Щоб піснею вітати день… й ще дві книжки — декламатор “На О Боже, Боже, Боже… ввесь Божий рік” (з витинанками са- * * * Над Львовом зір холодний жар, мої авторки) та збірка для наймен- До мене сьогодні всміхнувся Шевченко І ніч, мов злотом ткана. ших читачів “Писанка українським З картини, що там на стіні. Із неба сплинув Божий дар дітям”, що вийшла двома виданнями Читає вірші його залюбки ненька, У душу Маркіяна. на чужині й третім — у Києві в чудо- Розказував батько мені. вому мистецькому оформленні ви- Заговорив, немов пророк, Як вівці він пас — ще малий був хлопчина, Порушив струни ліри, датного українського еміграційного А виріс — великий дав дар: Розвіяв вихром рій думок, Для всіх поколінь, для всієї Вкраїни — художника Петра Андрусіва. І кожен взнав, повірив, В одному з листів Леся Храплива Цю книгу, що зветься “Кобзар”. Що не шукати нам в чужих пише: “Чи могла б бути більша мрія Як книгу святу берегли ми завзято, Святої правди слова, для нас, емігрантів, як те, щоб нас З собою забрали у світ, Бо дар найбільший із земних — знали й читали в рідному краю?!” Як слово Тараса завжди зберігати Це наша рідна мова! Великий усім заповіт. І от у нас перед очима мрія наших * * * земляків-емігрантів здійснюється. Буду і я любити Вкраїну рідненьку, Багато знаємо ми мов — Відстань між нами дедалі зменшуєть- То, може, й мені ще не раз Одна лиш Богом дана. ся, й помалу ми стаємо однією літера- З картини ласкаво всміхнеться Шевченко, Для нас — це мова молитов турною родиною. Ім’я Лесі Храпливої Наш Батько, великий Тарас. Гарячих Маркіяна.

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Ukrainian culture icon takes it to Heaven Martha Stewart guest Eva Tomiuk passes on By Jayne L. Buryn Communications Coordinator, Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton or more than 50 years, Eva Tomiuk has been mak- and embroidery class pres- ing pysanky — intricately decorated Ukrainian entations. From her I learned Easter eggs,” according to a Martha Stewart Liv- how to make the decorations “Fing television article (www.marthastewart.com/270177/ for paska bread. ukrainian-easter-eggs). “Eva learned the art form (which If any assistance was needed, Eva was always there originated around A.D. 980) when she was just eleven with ready hands and reliable expertise. At the 50th years old, and today, her creations are treasured around Anniversary Retro Tea celebration of the St. Nicho- the world.” Her handmade pysanky treasures can be las Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Canada, the found in the homes of royalty, popes, mayors, television Mistress of Ceremonies, Barbara Olynyk, showed off a personalities and ordinary people. number of 1950s and 1960s dresses and hats that Eva On March 27, 2017, a victim of pancreatic cancer, Eva had preserved as museum pieces over the decades. Tomiuk passed away at the age of 90, graciously taking “She … held many workshops in Edmonton schools, her talent back to the One who gave it to her. shopping malls and at the Muttart Conservatory,” A founding member, Eva was also a very active pa- wrote Madeleine Cummings (www.edmontonexaminer. rishioner of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in com/2017/03/08/eva-tomiuks-retrospective-features- Edmonton until her passing. Hers was a familiar face at her-exquisite-pysanky-and-embroidery) in her March 8, services, as a choir member, at parish dinner prepara- 2017 retrospective in the Edmonton Examiner. “She was tions and other events, and numerous egg decorating a fixture at the Heritage Festival for 25 years. In 1976, the Edmonton Police Association commissioned her to create hundreds of pysanky for delegates at their convention.” Eva’s workshops were recognized with an award at the 1986 Vancouver World Exposition on Transportation and Communication and, in 2012, her contribution to Alberta earned her a Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal. The Ukrainian community recognized Eva’s im- mense contribution to the preservation of the Ukrainian culture with a Hetman Award in 2005.

Losses and Ironies Throughout her life, Eva’s faith and spirit were tested. She lost her mother as an 11-year-old child and was raised by her grandmother in Serny, Ukraine. Whether she simply wanted to pass on her beloved traditions or she recognized a budding talent, Baba insisted Eva learn how to decorate Easter eggs and embroider. Ironically, and fortunately for the world, her grand- mother’s determination deposited Eva on a life-long path continually developing her talents and making her the “celebrated Ukrainian Canadian artist” referred to by Madeleine Cummings. In a memorial card, her family notes that “she was a self-taught artist who was passionate about preserving the Ukrainian culture and nothing gave her more pleas- ure than a full class of eager students.”

44 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 Family, friends and faith were also very important to “Martha Stewart fans might recall Eva’s appear- Eva who “made our house into a loving home and she ance on the Martha Stewart Living show in 1999,” always gave unconditional love to all those dear to her wrote Madeleine Cummings. “Tomiuk’s daughter, Kathie heart.” Kinisky, dropped off some of her eggs for Stewart, who While still in Ukraine, Eva suffered another major was in Calgary for a charity dinner. Stewart loved the loss. Her husband died of leukemia when she was 18. eggs so much she flew Tomiuk first class to Connecticut With courage in her heart and faith in God’s protection, to record a Good Friday TV segment.” she avoided the Russian invasion by escaping to While there, Eva met Stewart’s mother, Martha Germany, then, in 1948, to Winnipeg, where her late Kostyra, who was also on the show, and a chat blossomed husband’s family resided. into a friendship that lasted until Kostyra died in 2007. Eva’s talents were not limited to decorating Easter The Edmonton Ukrainian community and the world eggs. She created beautifully embroidered rushnyky at large has lost a great talent, but she did have the (decorative towels) and clothing, made traditional opportunity to pass along her gifts and expertise to Christmas tree decorations and numerous other im- family members. We can be both proud and consider aginative creations using materials such as wheat and ourselves blessed that we have had with us for so many printed cloth. Many St. Nicholas parishioners have at years her spirit, faith, warm and compassionate person- least one example of her creativity displayed in their ality and her determination to use her skills and exper- homes. tise for the good of others. In March of this year, Eva’s works were featured at the Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts (ACUA) To see Eva’s appearance with Martha Stewart and instructions Gallery & Artisan Boutique in Edmonton. With irony in for making pysanky, see the two-part presentation at: the picture once again, Eva passed on during the time www.marthastewart.com/918620/ukrainian-easter-eggs-part-1, her intricate and varied work was on display. www.marthastewart.com/918625/ukrainian-easter-eggs-part-2.

An atheist’s view on life I will live my life according to these beliefs. God does not exist. It is just foolish to think That there is a God with a cosmic plan. That an all-powerful God brings redemption and healing to the pain and suffering in the world Is a comforting thought, however It Is only wishful thinking. People can do as they please without eternal consequences. The idea that I am deserving of Hell Because of sin Is a lie meant to make me a slave to those in power. “The more you have, the happier you will be.” Our existence has no grand meaning or purpose. In a world with no God There is freedom to be who I want to be, But with God Everything is fine It is ridiculous to think I am lost and in need of saving A Christian’s View on Life (read this bottom to top) UCWLC Eparchial Spiritual Advisor/Edmonton Eparchy Fr. Janko Herbut gave this message to the ladies at the last UCWLC eparchial meeting.

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Прийдіть, браття, попрощаймося з померлою, і подякуємо Богові, вона бо відійшла від рідні своєї і до гробу спішить. Вже не журиться про суєту світу і про многострасне тіло. Come, Brothers and Sisters, let us bid a last farewell to her who has passed away, and also let us thank God. She is leaving her relatives and is hastening to the grave. No longer is she concerned about the vanity of the world and her human passions. Where are her relatives and friends? Behold we are parting now. Let us pray to the Lord for her repose.

 Elizabeth Krushelnicki  Diane Tillie Maksymetz take positions on the Branch and our Jul. 13, 1929–Sep. 24, 2015 Jun. 17, 1938–Oct. 27, 2016 committees. At the time of her pass- ing she was a member of the Phon- ing Committee. Her passing was sudden and unexpected. We miss her friendship, her encouraging atti- tude and the welcoming approach of her personality. Vichnaya Pamiat!

 Hannah Tratch Dec. 25, 1932–Aug. 19, 2016

With much sadness the members of With deep sadness the members of St. Athanasius Branch UCWLC an- St. Athanasius Branch UCWLC (Re- nounce the passing of their member gina, SK) announce the passing of Elizabeth Krushelnicki. their member Diane Maksymetz. Elizabeth was born on July 13, Originally her parents, Steve and 1929 to Mike and Annie Kotylak who Mary, resided in the Mink Creek, MB farmed in the Candiac, SK district. area before they moved to Sudbury, In 1981 she and her husband, Alex, Ontario. Diane was born during this were married. They made Regina time. In time the family relocated their home and St. Athanasius their to a farm near Rowat, SK. Diane parish. In 2011 Elizabeth became a attended Bratt’s Lake Elementary The members of St. Athanasius member of St. Athanasius UCWLC School. Her secondary education UCWLC Branch are saddened to an- Branch. was completed at Sacred Heart nounce the passing of their member Her membership in our UCWLC Academy in Yorkton, SK. As an adult Hannah Tratch. Branch was affected by a variety Diane worked in the retail sections Hannah was one of 12 children of health issues, but her UCWLC of a variety of stores in Regina. born to John and Polly (Hupka) friends will remember her as a She became a member of St. Atha- Stinka who lived in the Buchanan friend, and a willing supporter nasius Ukrainian Catholic Church district near Canora, Saskatchewan. of our UCWLC Branch activities and in 1998 she joined the St. Atha- Hannah and Tom Tratch were mar- and projects, as long as her health nasius Branch of the UCWLC. She ried in 1958. They and their five allowed. was a loyal supporter of her Church children lived on the family farm for Elizabeth’s funeral services took and our UCWLC Branch. Quite regu- some 40 years. In 2001 Hannah and place at St. Athanasius Ukrainian larly she would take a taxi cab to husband Tom retired to Kelowna, Catholic Church in Regina. Vichnaya bring her to our meetings and our BC. After the death of her husband, Pamiat! workbees. She did not hesitate to Hannah moved to Regina, SK in

46 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 2009. She became a member of St. energetic member of St. Athanasius by the onset of the Second World Athanasius Church. In 2012 she was Ladies Auxiliary. In 1969 she be- War, when she was forced to flee welcomed as a UCWLC member. came a member of St. Athanasius her homeland of Ukraine. In 1952, Her sister members of the League UCWLC. In time she also served as they immigrated from England to enjoyed her quiet personality and the President of St. Athanasius Sen- Canada with their two daughters, friendly manner. They remember iors’ Club. She was a dedicated sup- Oksana and Chrystyna, and settled her open willingness to volunteer porter of all her endeavours while in Toronto. and support Branch projects and in- at the same time raising a family of Daria’s memory will live for- itiatives up until the time her health seven children. ever in the hearts of her surviving began to decline. Her smile and her humour were children Oksana Shabotynsky and Her funeral service was held at infectious and her generosity was Chrystyna Kowalsky. Babtsia will be Ss Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic endless. She was an example of the missed dearly by her beloved grand- Church in Canora, SK. Vichnaya ultimate volunteer who used her children: Markian, Melanie, Andrij, Pamiat! many talents for the betterment of Tatiana, Eugene, Anna, and Vera, her community. She initiated Uk­ and great-grandchildren Oliver, rainian dancing and taught Ukrain- William and Leila. Her surviving sis-  Joyce Katherine Zwarych ian stitching classes. Her culinary ter Olga Zachary and family, along Feb. 13, 1936–Apr. 6, 2016 talents in the kitchen saw her being with relatives in Ukraine, will also in charge of the parish catering at remember her fondly. Daria was an a time when fundraising was cru- exemplary community worker. She cial to the stability of the church. At worked passionately as a member the time of her passing she was the of the Ukrainian Canadian Women’s convenor of Nasha Doroha at our Committee (Toronto Branch) and Branch. Vichnaya Pamiat! as a member of the UCWLC (St. Josaphat’s Cathedral). Her outstand- ing dedication to both organizations  Daria Temnyk was recognized by the Ontario Min- Apr. 28, 1912–Mar. 26, 2017 istry of Multiculturalism. Daria was a highly active re- The members of St. Athanasius searcher and archivist. She wrote the Branch UCWLC are saddened to an- text for the 50th Anniversary Video nounce the passing of their member of the Ukrainian Canadian Women’s Joyce Zwarych. Committee (Toronto Branch) and Joyce was born at Nora, SK. She also the 50th Anniversary of the grew up on the farm of her parents, UCWLC (Toronto Eparchy). She fre- Julius and Rose Lipka. In due time quently contributed to both print the family moved to Cut Knife and and radio. Her noteworthy contri- Joyce moved to Regina in search of butions to the Ukrainian commun- employment as a nurse at the Grey ity were recognized in 2012, on her Nuns Hospital. It was in Regina that Daria Temnyk was born in 100th birthday, when the Ukrainian she met her future husband, Steve Kul­tchyczi, Ukraine, the second Canadian Women’s Committee pre- Zwarych. They were married in 1954. daughter of Reverend Mychaylo sented her with a collection of her Next to her family, her faith and and Antonina Horodyskyj. In 1931, writings, articles, and speeches. She her community were her life. Joyce she obtained a Teaching Diploma, leaves a lasting legacy of dedication, and Steve were founding members an exceptional accomplishment for mentorship, and love of the Ukrain- of St. Athanasius Ukrainian Cath- the time. In 1943, she married Julian ian church, community, and family. olic Parish, and Joyce served as an Temnyk. Her world was shattered Vichnaya Pamiat!

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 47 Arts, Culture and Community ◊ Мистецтво, культура і громада

Small Wonders A treasure trove

for the soul By Christine Medycky

his past winter the Art Gallery rosaries, prayer beads, altarpieces, of Ontario featured a wonder- engraved plaques, prayer pods and Top, prayer bead with the inscription ful exhibition entitled Small even some memento mori in the “Adam Theordici (Dirksz) made me.” TWonders: Gothic Boxwood Mini- form of skulls and coffins. Photo Craig Boyko via Rijksmuseum.nl. Above, prayer bead from The Thomas atures. The exhibition was astound- In an unprecedented collabora- Collection Art Gallery of Ontario ing and captivating — truly a gem, tion, curators and conservationists a testament not only to human from the AGO, the Metropolitan coincided with the rise of private creativity and ingenuity, but also to Museum of Art (New York) and the devotion between 1475 and 1525. the fervour of lay piety in the late Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) joined Boxwood was considered the ideal Middle Ages. forces to investigate the long- medium for carving such intricate The exhibition brought together standing mystery of how these tiny miniatures. Common to Europe, this for the first time, from private col- masterpieces were made and by hard and dense wood has a uniform lections and museums around the whom. What their five years of re- and fine grain that polishes well. world, more than 60 rare miniature search uncovered is fascinating! Moreover, boxwood was considered boxwood devotional objects from The production of small de- to be a sacred wood, symbolic of hu- the 16th century. These included votional instruments in Europe mility and salvation.

48 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 The most important private de- complex sensorial affair that com- votional aid was the rosary. While prised a tactile element… but also the Cult of the Virgin originated in an imaginative and mnemonic one.” the 15th century, it was not until the The constant handling of the beads 15th century that the Rosary was liberated the mind, while gazing at standardized to “an alternating rep- images facilitated meditation. The etition of one ‘Our Father’ and 10 great theologian St. Augustine con- ‘Ave Marias,’ each related to Chris- sidered sight to be the most import- tian mystery.” The Dominican Order ant of the senses. “To see,” he stat- popularized the devotional practice ed, is “to know” and to know is “to by establishing confraternities that understand.” were not only accessible to men and Undoubtedly, the climactic mo- women, but also to all levels of so- ment of the meditation process was ciety. Soon the Rosary proliferated the opening (like a prayer book) of throughout Europe. the spherical paternoster bead. The Small Wonders featured a num- worshipper would reflect on any ber of rosaries and prayer beads, inscription found and then on the including the magnificent Chats- composition inside. The most com- worth Decade Rosary that belonged mon narratives depict the life of to King Henry VIII and Catherine Jesus (the carrying of the Cross, the of Aragon, his first wife. The beads Crucifixion and Lamentation) and are small — the size of a hazelnut, of Mary (the Annunciation, Nativity, Prayer bead from The Thomas Collection and the Presentation in the Tem- Art Gallery of Ontario ple). Sometimes the lives of saints (e.g., St. Jerome, James the Greater, of the prayer nut suggest that this St. Hubert) or scenes from the Old couple was, in fact, King Henry VIII Testament are featured. Inside the and Catherine of Aragon. Chatsworth paternoster, we find a The most vivid and moving de- portrayal of the Mass of St. Gregory tails are found in the Passion of and the Adoration of the Virgin and Christ narratives. When we see the Child by Angels. subtleties up close, the agony of Unfortunately, these carvings Jesus carrying the cross, the bru- are so microscopic in scale that it tality of the Roman soldiers and the is impossible for the naked eye to mockery of the crowds, we cannot make out all of their intricacies. help but identify and suffer with In order to examine the boxwood Christ. It is as if we enter into the miniatures more closely, curators story and experience it “here and

The Chatsworth paternoster beads. and conservators turned to cutting- now.” Indeed, at the Small Wonders Photo: Craig Boyko via Rijksmuseum.nl edge technology for help. High- exhibition viewers were able with resolution Micro CT scanning, 3D the help of virtual reality to im- walnut or small fruit and fit easily animations and photography re- merse themselves into and explore into one’s palm. Rosaries, of course, vealed the most-minute details of the micro-spectacle. were carried in the hand or sus- these tiny treasures. Advanced technology also re- pended from a belt for easy reach. In the Mass of St. Gregory narra- vealed the secret of how these mini- The power of the Rosary can be tive of Chatsworth paternoster bead, ature prayer beads and other devo- attributed to the fact that it is the for example, the research team dis- tional micro-carvings were made. only devotional aid that appeals to covered a man and a woman hidden Paternoster beads open up into two both the sense of touch and sight. behind a column in the gallery of halves like a prayer book, each half According to the Senior Curator of the Church observing the Eucharist telling a story. Through virtual de- Sculpture at the Rijksmuseum, Frits below. The Royal Arms of England construction researchers discov- Scholten, reciting the rosary was “a and initials carved on the exterior ered that the interior of the prayer

Nasha Doroha ◊ Summer-Fall 2017 49 Arts, Culture and Community ◊ Мистецтво, культура і громада beads was carved from a single disc of boxwood in low relief or from a number of discs layered on top of each other in order to produce the Our Ukrainian Pioneer Women effect of depth; these discs were Our Ukrainian pioneer women deserve to be admired; then secured by tiny wooden pins Persevering at tasks, they steadily toiled sleepy and tired. or other means. Such complexity in design and Their work began at break of dawn and rarely ended at night, construction attest to an unparal- When twinkling stars and silvery moon ushered in radiant light. leled technical virtuosity. Indeed, gothic boxwood miniatures were In the midst of poverty, need of necessities and utter despair, considered luxury items — “Rolexes” They chose to be positive with a life of gratitude and prayer. of the day — and were prized pos- sessions of royalty and noblemen. They dazzled their children with aspiring dreams on high, In addition to Henry VIII, Louis XI, With inspirational words to aim and reach beyond the blue sky. Emperor Charles V and Archduch- ess of Austria were documented And thoughts became words, and words became deeds, as having either commissioned or And deeds became reality that blossomed into flowers and seeds. owned boxwood devotional objects. Who made these masterpieces? Soft hands, smooth hands, strong hands, clean hands a story told, The only clue found is a Latin in- Getting the work done and advancing with blisters unfold. scription on the exterior of one prayer bead that reads, “Adam Rough hands, wrinkled hands, calloused hands weathered by toil on soil, Theordici (Dirksz) made me.” Still providing comfort, tenderness and love to a child in turmoil. Whether Adam is its creator or pa- tron is unclear. Scholars believe Challenges prevailed in areas of moss, swamp and stone; that Adam, if indeed he was the re- Oxen, horses, humans displayed exertion, weariness and mournful moan. sponsible craftsman, was not a sole actor, but a member of a guild spe- Their ceaseless work and endless hardships were not in vain; cializing in boxwood carving. Many Their attitude, faith and determination brought progress and gain. guilds existed at the time in Bruges and Antwerp. Whoever made these “For you, dear children, our future and hope, sacrifices we made tiny miracles, it is clear that the for your gain, craftsman-artist had an excellent Broke land, ploughed fields, baled straw, cut hay and tired stayed grasp of geometry, wonderful eye- with pain.” sight, hyper-concentration, steady hands, unwavering patience and a Our Ukrainian Canadian pioneer women have earned recognition deep faith. and pride; In today’s world of constant The guiding light and impetus for youths their talents to boldly display, change, instant gratification, short not hide. attention spans, uber-economies and general malaise, there are very With volition, visions they held and values they shared, few things that provoke such awe Leaving their legacy for future generations because they deeply cared. and nourish the soul, as do these small wonders! 125 years of Ukrainian settlement on Canadian land have gone by, Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Highlighting Ukrainian pioneer women for contributions witnessed Miniatures made its European by sun, moon and stars on high. debut at the Rijksmuseum on June 15, 2017. Dr. Mary (Hrenchuk) Pankiw © 2016 © 2017 Christine Medycky

50 Наша Дорога ◊ Літо-Осінь 2017 Олег Шупляк. Берегиня Oleg Shuplyak. Berehynia