St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church

07/06/2026

It’s wonderful to see our own Fr. Andrij preaching at another parish in our eparchy – St. Luke’s Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Cody, Wyoming! (But we want him back!)

07/04/2026

Happy Fourth of July on the 250th anniversary of American independence! May the Mother of God spread her protecting veil over our nation and over the entire world.

Please read this pastoral letter from the four Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishops in the US.

𝐎𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦: 𝐀 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟓𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞

As the United States celebrates 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, we, the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of the United States, offer these reflections on America’s founding ideals, on the Ukrainian community that has been part of this nation’s story for seven score years, and on the responsibility of each generation of Americans, including the present one, to safeguard and renew the freedoms with which it has been entrusted.

From its beginning, the American experiment has rested on the belief that every person possesses certain inalienable qualities and rights simply because he or she is a human willed into being by God. As bishops, we affirm this God-given dignity and these inherent rights. God created each of us out of love, conferring immeasurable value upon every “unique and unrepeatable” person, as St. John Paul II reminds us. The love of Christ, most fully revealed on the Cross, is not only the source of our salvation, but also the foundation of human dignity and the basis for the rights that belong to every person.

Rooted in the enduring teachings of the Gospel, we offer these reflections as Ukrainian Catholics and as Americans. We look to the moral vision that helped shape the United States, the legacy of the Ukrainian-American faithful who came before us, the witness of Ukraine today, and the challenges facing the United States in the present moment.

Above all, we wish to offer a practical invitation, a call to action: to bring the love of Christ into daily life, into our families, our communities, and our civic responsibilities. Only such love can leaven our political inheritance and social life, providing the basis for renewal, both personal and national. Only such love can revive our hearts, strengthen our common life, and foster a society that reflects the dignity of every human person.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://ukrcatholic.org/our-faith/church-documents/pastoral-letters/on-dignity-and-freedom-a-pastoral-letter-of-the-ukrainian-catholic-bishops-of-the-united-states-for-the-250th-anniversary-of-american-independence

06/29/2026

What garlands of song shall we weave for Peter and Paul? Though separate in body, they were united in the Spirit; they rank first among the preachers of God: for one was the leader of the apostolic array, while the other labored more than the rest. For Christ our God, who has great mercy, has meetly adorned them with crowns of immortal glory!

With what beauties of song shall we praise Peter and Paul? They are the wings of the knowledge of God who soared above the ends of the earth and were lifted up to heaven! They are the hands of the Gospel of grace, the rivers of wisdom, and the arms of the Cross, which Christ, who has great mercy, has brought down upon the pride of the demons!

With what spiritual songs shall we praise Peter and Paul? They have silenced the sharp tongues of the godless. They are the dreadful swords of the Spirit and the splendid adornments of Rome. They are the nurturers of the whole world and the God-inscribed tablets of the New Covenant, which Christ, in his great mercy, has proclaimed in Zion!
—Great Vespers, June 29, stichera at Lord, I have cried, tone two, by Andrew Pyrrhus

Icon painted by Aidan Hart

06/29/2026

Happy feast of Saints Peter and Paul!

We will celebrate the Divine Liturgy in honor of these two great Apostles Monday evening at 6:15 PM. All are welcome!

With what beauties of song shall we praise Peter and Paul? They are the wings of the knowledge of God, soaring above the ends of the earth and lifted up to heaven! They are the hands of the Gospel of grace, the rivers of wisdom, and the arms of the Cross, through which Christ, who has great mercy, has cast down the pride of the demons! —Sticheron at Great Vespers

Please note: for Ukrainian Catholics, tomorrow is a holy day of obligation.

06/24/2026

Happy feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist!

Please join us this evening for Divine Liturgy at 6:15 PM!

«It is significant that John’s birth occurred when the days began to grow shorter, while the Lord was born as they began to grow longer. It was John himself who explained the meaning of this contrast: “Christ must increase, while I must decrease” (Jn. 3:30). So it was fitting that after John’s birth the days should begin to grow shorter, for the rumor that he was divine would die away and his baptism would shortly come to an end. Rightly too, when the Lord was born the short winter days started to grow longer, for he had appeared who was going to shed on all races the light of his knowledge … and spread the warmth of his love over the whole wide world.» —St. Bede the Venerable, Homily II.20

06/12/2026

«“As we approach this great [250th] anniversary of our nation, we may be tempted towards nostalgia for the past or anxiety about the future,” [Archbishop Paul of Oklahoma City] said.

“Today we choose something better: trust. Today we place the Church in the United States, and this nation we love, into the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Not because we have everything figured out, but because we know the One whose love endures forever. In his Heart, we find gratitude for the past, strength for the present, and hope for the future.”

He called for a recognition of both the successes and shortcomings of the past 250 years.

“There have been moments of extraordinary witness and holiness. But there have also been moments of failure, division, and sin,” he said.

“Consecration requires the humility to acknowledge both. We cannot come to the Heart of Christ while pretending we have no need of His mercy. To consecrate ourselves and our nation is to place our wounds, our shortcomings, and our sins before the One whose love is greater than all of them.”

The consecration of the nation is also a time for hope in the future, he said.

“It is a declaration that the future does not belong merely to political movements, economic forces, or human plans. The future belongs to God. And so we place into His Heart, not only ourselves but generations yet unborn, and all those who will inherit the Church and the nation we leave behind. Remaining in the Love of Christ in a culture that prizes independence and self-reliance, we gather publicly to acknowledge that our deepest identity and our truest hope come, not from ourselves but from the Lord.”»

"O Desire of Nations and Center of History, we ask you to bless these United States of America."

06/11/2026

In observance of tomorrow’s feast, we will offer a Moleben this evening to Our Lord Jesus Christ, Lover of Mankind, at 6:15 PM. All are welcome!

If you have names of the living whom you would like us to remember in prayer, feel free to comment here (first/baptismal names only, and please no nick-names or diminutives).

(Icon painted by Ian Knowles – eliasicons.co.uk/ian. h/t St Theodore Greek Catholic English-Language Community)

06/04/2026

Divine Liturgy this evening in thanksgiving for the Gift of the Holy Eucharist, 6:15 PM

06/01/2026

Blessed first day of the Apostles’ Fast!

Today, for the first day of the Fast, we will offer an Akathist to the Twelve Apostles this evening at 6:15. Join us!