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Dear Novocilman: You write: Many of our parishioners (including myself) used to attend St. Basil's but preferred to avail ourselves of Bp. Wiwchar's offer to send us a Ukrainian Catholic priest from the Ukraine so we could have our own church I am very curious about your preference for your "own church". Could you elaborate on this point a little?
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Sure.
Many of us Ukrainians in the Diaspora who were raised with the Ukrainian language and traditions; including the large number of immigrants from the Ukraine, long for our native language, customs, and traditions. Unless one lives in areas where there are large populations of Ukrainians, such as Buffalo, Rochester (where I'm orginally from) or NYC, there are no opportunities to enjoy and share them with others of the same background.
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Dan, our Eparchy is certainly spread out... from Michigan to Lousiana to Hawaii to Alaska. A lot of space to cover, but I don't forsee any change in the eparchial boundaries in the near future. We need a bishop first, then we can worry about the boundaries...
We drive about 1 1/2 hours one way to the Ukrainian Catholic parish, and have done so for 13 years, but are forming a UGCC mission much closer to home and St. Sophia is one of the candidates for the patron(ess) of our new mission as well. The next nearest Eastern Catholic parish for us is about 2 1/2 hours one way.
Our pastor covers two parishes in Nebraska and one in Missouri every weekend. Lots of road miles and great pastoral need. There are places farther in the West and in Canada where the Ukrainian Catholic missions and parishes are even farther apart.
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