Following a Moleben prayer service in honor of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, patrons of the Byzantine Catholic Seminary, Metropolitan William, Archbishop of Pittsburgh, conferred diplomas upon three graduates of the Seminary’s School of Theology on May 12, 2017. Board members, faculty, alumni, staff, family and friends were in attendance as diplomas were conferred upon Subdeacon […]
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17th Annual Saints Cyril and Methodius Lecture sponsored by the Byzantine Catholic Seminary Held May 11, 2017 Guest Speaker: Very Rev. Peter Galadza, PhD Topic: Vatican Guidelines for Church Music: Eastern Christian Prospects and Problems This year’s lecture, held at St. John Cathedral Center, was attended by almost 140 people including Metropolitan William Skurla, faculty,
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Thomas Wells, a second year theology student at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary, and Geoffrey Mackey, a Seminary faculty member, M.A.T. graduate, and Deacon Formation Program graduate, both of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, were ordained to the minor order of Reader on Friday, May 5, 2017. The Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with ordinations, celebrated by Metropolitan William,
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The Spring/Summer 2017 edition of our newsletter is available for download in PDF format.
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Mid-lent on the Byzantine Christian calendar was the occasion for a gathering of seminarians at our Byzantine Catholic Seminary in Pittsburgh. Priests and seminarians from both St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe and St. Paul Seminary in Pittsburgh gathered for Presanctified Divine Liturgy and dinner on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. The mutual support for both staff
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Sandra Collins, Director of Information Services and Professor of Sacred Scripture here at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary, was interviewed in the March 2017 issue of Catholic Library World. (The article has been reprinted below with permission.) The magazine is published by the Catholic Library Association.  For more information about the CLA, please visit their website.
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By Paul West (Reprinted with permission from the Eastern Catholic Life) We may hear, at times, a pregnant woman joyfully exclaim, “Sure, I’ll have an extra little sliver of pie…after all…I am eating for two!” What a joyous feeling! To know that one is nourishing creation within oneself brings awe and wonder, but also a sense of responsibility.
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Seminarians from the Byzantine Catholic Seminary, along with wives and children of seminarians and other students, attended the recent March for Life in Washington, D.C. They were graciously hosted by St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Seminary.
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Seminar Series Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 7:00-8:30 PM Presenters: Fr. Marek Visnovsky and his wife Miriam of St. Mary Parish in Cleveland, Ohio Topic: Ministry of a Married Byzantine Catholic Priest and His Family Synopsis: Fr. Marek and Miriam will introduce themselves and share some of their background, including meeting at the Faculty of Theology
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It was a Grand Night for Caroling There was much to sing about on the evening of Sunday, December 4, 2016 at the G.C.U.’s 60th Annual Saint Nicholas Charity Dinner – A Byzantine Catholic Seminary Benefit – which took place at the St. John the Baptist Cathedral Center in Munhall. The spirit of St. Nicholas was
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