The XIV National Ukrainian Festival will be held in Sydney on 7th – 9th June 2013.
The Festival will be held under the auspice of the Australian
Federation of Ukrainian Organisations and hosted by the Ukrainian
Council of NSW. |
Ali Kinsella, Columbia university student talks about how she learned Ukrainian and her experience in Ukraine. |
On
the occasion of Multicultural March in NSW, Ukrainian Australians are
extending the hand of mateship to their Aussie friends, neighbours and
workmates of all backgrounds to join them in Sydney on the June long
weekend as Ukrainians commemorate 65 years of positive contribution to
Australia. |
The XV National Ukrainian Festival under the auspisce of the AFUO will be held in Sydney between 7-9 June 2013
It's time to make the travel and accommodation bookings as we all head
to Sydney for a gala event to celebrate 65 years of Ukrainian settlement
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In the Vatican's latest move to expand its use
of media, an article on the meaning of Christmas by Pope Benedict XVI
appeared yesterday in Britain's Financial Times newspaper, emphasising that Christians' "involvement in politics and economics should transcend every form of ideology," reports the Catholic News Service. |
The
attribute of God that is most forgotten and most relevant for today is
God’s sense of humor. In the story of Creation the Book of Genesis
quotes God as saying, "Let us make man in our own image.”
And so He did. And He saw that it was good, very good. Since that time
man has been making God in his own image. And that is not good at all.
Most of these man-made images of God are caricatures |
Everybody seems to be spiritual these days – from
your college roommate, to the person in the office cubicle next to
yours, to the subject of every other celebrity interview. But if
‘spiritual’ is fashionable, ‘religious’ is as unfashionable. This is
usually expressed as follows: "I’m spiritual but just not religious."
It’s even referred to by the acronym SBNR, writes James Martin SJ in Thinking Faith. |
The Sacrament of Penance, which involves confessing
your sins to a priest, is dying out in Britain. Few people come to
confess their sins and, while all churches advertise times of
Confession, it may soon be the case that, as in other countries, they
may stop bothering if no-one comes, writes Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith in The Catholic Herald. |
The Association of Ukrainian Youth in Ukraine organized an action
"Co-Communion [Soprychastia]” to show spiritual unity with the
generations of Ukrainians who suffered from the Great Famine and Terror. |
At a meeting of 6 November, the members of the Public Committee for
Remembrance of the Victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933 passed a plan
of events to be held on 24 November, on the Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of the Great Famine. |
With Parliamentary debate on marriage resuming today
in Canberra, 19 of Australia’s denominational leaders and 267 other
church leaders have signed a joint statement calling for the Marriage
Act to remain unchanged, reports The International News Magazine. |
To honour the memory of those who
fought for the freedom of Ukraine, Queanbeyan Hromada and the Ukrainian Women’s
Association (Oksana Meshko Branch) sponsored this year’s Heroes’ Day
Commemoration on Sunday, 17 June 2012 in the Ukrainian Hall, Queanbeyan.
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People professing to have no religion have moved past Anglicans to
become the second-largest grouping after Catholics in the 2011 Census. |
Legislating for same-sex marriage will change the meaning of marriage
for everyone and will radically reshape cultural and social structures,
according to a pastoral letter in defence of marriage issued by the
Sydney Archdiocese this week.
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The Ukrainian-Australian Social Association and the Ukrainian Women’s Association
(Oksana Meshko Branch)
cordially invite you to its annual
HEROES’ DAY
COMMEMORATION
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without God our week would be... |
When you carry a Bible ... the devil gets a headache.
When you open it ... he collapses.
When he sees you reading it ... he faints.
When he sees you living it ... he flees. |
Text of the motion introduced
by Minister Jason Kenney in the House of Commons on Tuesday (April 25)
honouring Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.
The motion was passed with unanimous (and full-throated) consent from all parties.
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As you may know, SBS is starting the process of reviewing its radio
schedule. From today, the community will have the opportunity to provide
feedback in that process through the SBS Radio Consultation 2012
website. With limited resources, SBS needs to deliver on our Charter
obligation in the most effective way. |
On Sunday, 25 March
2012 at 1:00 p.m. in the Ukrainian Hall in Queanbeyan, following Divine Liturgy
at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, Queanbeyan Hromada and the
Ukrainian Women’s Association (Oksana Meshko Branch) hosted this year’s Sviato Shevchenka. |
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