[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 177 (Tuesday, November 6, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1496-E1497]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ST. VOLODYMYR & OLHA UKRAINIAN 
                            CATHOLIC PARISH

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                           HON. MIKE QUIGLEY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 6, 2018

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 50th Anniversary 
of St. Volodymyr & Olha Ukrainian Catholic Parish.
  Their Jubilee celebration is being held at the Ukrainian Cultural 
Center--the center of the unification of the entire Ukrainian community 
and officiated by Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) of the Ukrainian 
Greek Catholic Church with the participation of Bishop Benedict 
(Aleksiychuk), Fifth Eparch of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy 
based in Chicago. It will also include clergy members from Ukraine, 
Canada and the United States, the Consul General of Ukraine in Chicago, 
various dignitaries, and representatives of many important 
organizations and institutions.
  Founded in 1968 by Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, Confessor for the Faith, 
and the Bishop of the Eparchy of Chicago, Yaroslav Gabro, Sts. 
Volodymyr & Olha Ukrainian Catholic Parish has an inspiring history. 
During its first five years, the parishioners of the newly established 
parish collected enough funds to build their own church while attending 
religious services at a neighboring Ukrainian Church--St. Volodymyr 
Orthodox Cathedral, which graciously allowed the use of its church.
  In 1973, the newly erected church, employing the Byzantine Ukrainian 
style of the 11th thru 13th century Ukraine, was blessed by Patriarch 
Josyf Slipyj, who only ten years earlier had been released from 
Siberian imprisonment through the intervention of Pope John XXIII and 
President John F. Kennedy. A memorial statue of Patriarch Slipyj stands 
at the church's first location.
  Mr. Speaker, today and during the entire month of November 2018, we 
honor the memory and sacrifices of all those who helped establish Sts. 
Volodymyr & Olha Parish, just as

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we continue to thank all who facilitate the ongoing growth and 
stability of this very vibrant community in Chicago. I congratulate the 
entire parish on this special milestone marking fifty years of 
community and service.

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