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“SOS!”  September is “Support Our Seminarians” Month! 58th Diocesan Assembly to convene October 7-8, 2019 Pilgrimage to Holy Land announced for 2020 In Memoriam:  Archpriest John Matusiak Midwest Diocese to sponsor Pilgrimage to Alaska August 19-25, 2020 Chicago Orthodox Synergy announces 25th Annual Symposium Chicago site of OCAMPR 2019 Conference Vacancy at Saint Stephen the …

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SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah sent condolences to His Beatitude, Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland upon learning that His Eminence, ArchbishopMiron [Chodakowski] of Hajnówka, was among those who perished in the crash of the Polish presidential aircraft Tu-154 near Smolensk, Russia on Saturday, April 10, 2010. Archbishop Miron, 53, served as …

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ARCHPASTORAL MESSAGE OF HIS BEATITUDE, METROPOLITAN JONAH, ON THE OCCASION OF THE FEAST OF FEASTS, THE LORD’S PASCHA Beloved in Christ, Fathers and concelebrants, brothers and sisters, Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen! I greet you with joy in the Risen Lord! Having passed the course of the Fast, let us feast soberly, giving …

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CHICAGO, IL [MW Communications] – As announced, the  OCA’s Diocese of the Midwest closed the nomination phase of its Episcopal Selection process  on Friday, March 26th. “We want to thank everyone who submitted names of potential candidates,” said Fr. John Zdinak, Diocesan Chancellor. ” We received some thirty names in nomination – including candidates from …

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MIDWEST DIOCESE EPISCOPAL NOMINATION PERIOD DRAWING TO CLOSECHICAGO, IL [MW COMMUNICATIONS] — The March 26, 2010 deadline for the nomination of candidates to become the next Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest is looming, according to members of the Episcopal Selection Committee, who noted the deadline in their weekly conference call held last evening.“If someone wishes to …

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DIOCESAN CLERGY CONVOCATION TO BE HELD 23-25 AUGUSTDARIEN, IL [MW Communications] – The annual Clergy Convocation of the Diocese of the Midwest will be held August 23-25 at the Carmelite Retreat Center here. The change from its usual pre-Great Lent time is to accommodate for the time line of the Episcopal Selection Committee (read that …

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CHICAGO, IL [MW Communications] – The Diocesan Council of the Diocese of the Midwest, with the blessing of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, Locum Tenens of the diocese, has approved a timeline for the nomination of candidates to fill the See of the Diocese of the Midwest, declared vacant after the untimely death of His Eminence, …

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OVERLAND PARK, KS [MW Communications] – On Sunday, February 7, 2010, girls and boys participating in Scouting were recognized at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy as encouraged by SCOBA. Fr. Timothy Sawchak congratulated them for their work and exhorted them to continue in Scouting, and, particularly for those in Cub Scouts, to pursue their work with …

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CHICAGO IL [MW Communications] – The February 2010 issue of Parish Pulse has been sent to subscribers and is available for download.

CHICAGO IL [MW Communications] Available just in time for Great Lent 2010 a new collection of bible studies has been posted for use. The Living Word collection, edited by Father John Matusiak and piloted at St Joseph’s Church Wheaton IL, will eventually include 25 individual studies. Series one — What Did Jesus Say About: Himself, …

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