Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church – Prosterity (UCC)
The church is located in the municipality of Athabasca, Alberta. Prosperity was also known as Grassland. Mykola Cholach donated one acre of land for the church. The church is located 30 km. from Boyle and 48 km. from Athabasca. The Ukrainian settlers started arriving in 1929. The first service was held in the house of Mykola Cholach in 1936 by Fr. Shopovych, OSBM. Construction of the church (48’ x 20’ x 14’) started in March 1937. Times were very hard but there were 15 willing families to build the church: Andriy Duban, Yakiv Skrypnyk, Hryhoriy Kramar, Mykhaylo Hrycun, Mykola Cholach, Trofym Kuc, Mykola Husiak, Ivan Pysyk, Mykola Rosa, Mykola Bereziuk, Yuriy Chamchuk, Ivan Sheremeta, Zakhar Lubchyk, Dmytro Chamchuk and Mykola Bereziuk.
To have a permanent church service, the parishioners also built a residence for the clergy. The 2 acres of land were donated by Mykola Rosa and on November 25, 1949. It was registered under the title: The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Parish of Holy Trinity Prosperity, North Alberta Land registration District No. 240. To build the residence for $5,100.00, the parishioners of Prosperity, and also our faithful from the surrounding areas, donated their money: Boyle $500.00, Frains $150.00, Craigend $100.00.
In 1932 Mykola Husak donated 2 acres of land for the cemetery. Fr. Juvenalis Slota, OSBM, blessed it in 1933. The following Basilian Fathers served the community: Fr. Damascene Popovych, Fr. Josaphat Tymochko, Fr. Methodius Hannas, Fr. Juvenalis Slota, Fr. Paul Hewko, Fr. Ireneus Procenty, Fr. Nicholas Kohut and Fr. John Chinchenko (1949).
The first permanent resident Eparchial priest was Fr. Bohdan Lozynsky (July 12, 1949-Oct. 2, 1953) followed by Fr. Matthew Pawluk (1953-1964); Fr. Peter Petryshyn (1964-1966), Fr. Euthymius Melnychuk from Boyle (1968-1969), Fr. Bohdan Karychek (1971-1978), Fr. John Kratko (1979-1985), Fr. Don Bodnar (1986-1997), Fr. Benny Ambrose (1998-2000), Fr. Stanislav Bjeli (2001-2008), Fr. Don Bodnar (2008-2013), Fr. Slavko Dumeč (2013-).
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GPS Co-ordinates: 54.835304, -112.827568
Cemetery Co-ordinates: 54.820082, -112.828063
Affiliation: Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church – Prosterity, AB
St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church – Tudor (UCC)
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GPS Co-ordinates: 54.240422, -113.1405245
Cemetery Co-ordinates: 54.240817, -113.138679
Affiliation: Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton
St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church – Tudor, AB
Descent of the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Church – Waskatenau (UCC)
The church is located in Waskatenau, a town between Radway and Smoky Lake. The cemetery (SE 29-59-19-4) 4 acres of land were donated by M. Diachyshyn and were incorporated in 1941. The land for the church (72’ x 32’) was purchased from Woodward for $350.00 in 1950. The construction began in 1950-1951. The contractor was Walter Gulka from St. Paul, Alberta. The cornerstone was blessed on June 17th, 1951, and the church was blessed on June 14, 1970, by Bishop Neil Savaryn in the presence of Fr. Peter Moysiuk, Fr. Eugene Dmytruk, Fr. Peter Iwanec, Fr. Peter Petryshyn, and the Parish priest Fr. Theophile Hurko.
The church building with a finished basement (which was worked on in 1964) cost $35,000.00. In 1974 the Parish started their own branch of the Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League. The cantors in the parish were Dmytro Mulyk, Theodor Koziak, Michael Diachyshyn, and Joseph Mychalchuk.
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GPS Co-ordinates: 54.094499, -112.788100
Cemetery GPS Co-ordinates: 54.122344, -112.808669
Affiliation: Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton
Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Church – Waskatenau, AB
St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church – Thorsby (UCC)
In 1907 the first church of St. Nicholas was built on 10 acres of land donated by the Government. It was built 5 km. southwest from Thorsby. The first parish priest who blessed the church and the cemetery was Fr. Matthew Hura, OSBM. After three years as a Ukrainian Catholic Church, the church land was taken over by the Orthodox. Ukrainian Catholics purchased 2 acres of land 5 km. east of Thorsby (SW 13-49-28-4) and built a church dedicating it to “Nativity of St. John Baptist”.
In 1931 the parishioners purchased a parcel in the town and transported the whole church structure to the new place. In 1959 the decision was made to build a new church. Construction started in 1961. It was completed in 1969. On July 7 (the feast day) the church was consecrated by Bishop Neil Savaryn and Fr. Raphael Melnyk. The Parish has two cemeteries. On October 26, 1980, a monument was placed in front of the church commemorating 75th anniversary of the Province of Alberta
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GPS Co-ordinates: 53.220511, -114.050094
Cemetery Co-ordinates: 53.22211, -113.97548
Cemetery Co-ordinates: 53.19187, -114.07410
Affiliation: Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton
St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church – Thorsby, AB
Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church – Stry (UCC)
The church is located 10 km. south of Vilna. The first settlers from Ukraine arrived at the beginning of the 20 th century. In 1910 the parishioners already purchased 10 acres of land for the church and the cemetery. The first church was built in 1913 and the second was completed in 1934.
The first church, in 1968, was transformed into a church residence and provided with all the utilities. The Parish has a very active UCWL membership. Originally there were 20 families and during the best times there were 52 families. On July 7, 1985, the Parish celebrated its 75th anniversary with Bishop Demetrius Greschuk in attendance.
First one to serve the community was Fr. Philip Ruh, an Oblate that joined the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
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GPS Co-ordinates: 54.034170, -111.850948
Cemetery Co-ordinates: 54.034308,-111.849553
Affiliation: Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton
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