Bishop Peter’s Articles

It looks like almost everybody does, judging from the way we buy lottery tickets. Recently in Australia, one third of all Australians bought a ticket for a 1 in 80 million chance to win 100 million dollars. In the USA ...

Rev. and Very Rev. Parish Priests And Catechists Praised be Jesus Christ! “If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim ...

Catechism occupies a significant place in the life of our Church, and the leadership of the Bishops must be dedicated to the teaching of God’s Word. That is why the role of Bishops is enormous, because everyone needs to understand ...

Observers of Ukrainian culture and faith have always stated the defining moment in Ukrainian culture was the day that St. Volodymyr in 988 baptised all of Ukraine on the banks of the river Dnipro, – writes Bishop Peter Stasiuk in Church ...

One of the most sustained attacks on Christianity in history started with the Russian Revolution (1917) and continued until the collapse of the Soviet regime in 1991, – writes Bishop Peter Stasiuk in Church and Life. During that time it ...

In today’s society it is not unusual to hear about the forbidding of the “Our Father” being banned in certain places. Nativity scenes, Crosses and other religious symbols are removed or forbidden. All this flies in the face of the ...

Christianity and the church are under attack. In Australia the recent euthanasia debate and the same sex marriage discussions have all put focus on religion itself. We live in a world of secularism where people are increasingly materialistic, and self-centred. ...

The world we live in has changed a lot in the past 10-15 years. It has been changing from its’ creation, but when it comes to the level of faith, belief, moral life, social behaviour, the last 10-15 years has ...

Christ is Risen. Indeed He is Risen. My soul is consumed with longing for your law at all times. (Ps. 119:20) Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, In the 119th Psalm, we are reminded that God’s Law is a liberating ...

The key to a relationship with God is to be united to the original divine relationship – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In other words it is a relationship with the Holy Trinity. In the old catechisms, ...

Allow me to introduce to you an outstanding Ukrainian Catholic layman and friend. On April 2, 2017 Eugene Cherwick returned to his maker in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. He left behind his wife Lillian, and a large family of children, and ...