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Skurla Read Metropolitan William's most recent messages and enactments: Official Appointments Pastoral Messages Official Announcements Divine Liturgies Online Editor | March 23, 2020 Divine Liturgy Live Streamed at Various Times: Byzantine Catholic Cathedral of St. John, Munhall: Saturday 5:00 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Friday, Pre-Sanctified 7:00 p.m. http://www.stjohnsbyzantinecathedral.com/ Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church, McKees Rocks Sunday 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Friday, … Continue reading → Approach with fear of God and with faith Vasyl Symyon | April 7, 2020 My name is Father Vasyl Symyon, originally from the Byzantine Cathol i c Eparchy of Mukachevo, Ukraine, and currently a Byzantine Catholic priest within the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh. I have served as pastor of two wonderful parishes in the Archeparchy for nearly five years. And during my time here, I have been asked by many of my parishioners about the need to confess their sins. Questions such as: “What must I say when I come to confession?,” “What do I have to confess?,” “Of what I believe I do wrong, are some of them really sins?,” “What is the definition of a grave sin?,” “What is a venial sin?,” and “When and how often do I have to go to confession?” With those questions in mind, this article is the first in a series through which I will provide important answers to important questions in the field of moral theology and bioethics based on the teaching of the Catholic Church. Therefore, I hope to enlighten all readers to grow their spiritual lives, enhance their holiness and help them reach the Kingdom of God. Continue reading → “A person of faith is always concious of God” Sister Barbara Jean Mihalchick | April 7, 2020 Glory to Jesus Christ! As we continue this series on the fruits of the Holy Spirit, we look today at “faith.” Last weekend, I had the joy of being with a convocation of young adults in the Eparchy of Passaic in New York City, We were challenged on Saturday afternoon to go forth into the city and to take our faith and make it known. Continue reading → Lenten Saturday Morning at the Mount Kathe Kress | April 7, 2020 The Byzantine Catholic Serra Club chose to join with other registrants March 7 at Mount St. Macrina House of Prayer in Uniontown, Pa. for their annual Lenten Retreat Day. The Lenten Saturday Morning was led by our chaplain, Father Valerian Michlik, who had been invited by the Sisters of St. Basil the Great to present the conference. Serrans comprised 21 of the 30 registrants. Continue reading → Thoughts for our Day Archpriest David M. Petras | April 7, 2020 The A n a p h o r a of St. Basil is read in the Divine Liturgies of the Great Fast and also on the Great Feasts of Christmas, Theophany and Pascha. The reason for this is that it is the most sublime statement of faith in our Liturgy. In it the whole story of our salvation in Christ is told, and, hearing it, we learn the basic message of the gospel. I’ve entitled these articles “our catechesis,” but they are more properly what is called “mystagogy,” the proclamation of faith by baptized, committed Christians. In the most holy times of our liturgical year, we tell how God has brought us salvation. It is more than instruction, it is our worship and confession of life in Christ. In the next few articles, I want to show how this story is told. Continue reading → Pope makes mini-pilgrimage outside Vatican to pray for end of pandemic | March 16, 2020 IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — With Italy on lockdown and Rome streets almost deserted, Pope Francis left the Vatican March 15 in a mini-pilgrimage to an icon and to a crucifix associated with miraculous interventions … Continue reading → WORLD NEWS (Catholic News Service) Read the latest world news as reported by Catholic News Service . With headquarters in Washington, offices in New York and Rome, and correspondents around the world, CNS provides the most comprehensive coverage of the church today. Worn marble steps of Holy Stairs to be uncovered for public to climb Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-15 At memorial Mass, CRS remembers four employees who died in plane crash Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-15 Update: After attacks, New Zealand bishops tell Muslims: 'We hold you in prayer' Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-15 Researcher: Difference between 'considering leaving' and 'leaving' church Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-14 Head of African youth network: Listen to young people on ecology Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-14 Update: Amid call for boycott of Lenten appeals, some see harm to poor, needy Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-14 South Carolina Catholic school given national award for 'full inclusion' Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-13 For Lent, Irish Catholics urged to abandon 'weapons of mass distraction' Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-13 Update: Judge sentences Cardinal Pell to six years in prison on abuse charges Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-13 CLINIC says South Sudan TPS extension should have included new arrivals Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-11 Encore: USCCB publishes revised translation of rite for blessing holy oils Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-11 Actress calls her deafness 'a gift'; remembers Catholic school as 'family' Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-11 Update: Four CRS staffers, humanitarian workers aboard Ethiopian jet that crashed Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-11 Benedictine abbot leads pope, curial officials in Lenten retreat Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-11 Pope meets top leaders of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-11 Group's immigrant solidarity project 'not about politics,' organizers say Source: CNS Published on 2019-03-08 'Coping with isolation during the coronavirus' Good Friday prayer offers U.S. Catholics 'moment of unity' amid pandemic Holy Week at home: Author offers ideas for a meaningful Triduum On Holy Thursday, pope thanks God for world's priests English bishops: To lower risks, chaplains shouldn't give last rites Nigerian bishops: All church hospitals can be used for COVID-19 patients Bishop, faith groups urge Trump to support debt relief for poor nations Investors urge pharmacy companies to collaborate on COVID-19 response A virus challenges a U.S. culture that may need the lessons it ca...