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Thank you Lemko.
T'only reason I'm here at all is because my grandparents and their parents beat feet for the New World long before WWII. There's a section in the Holocaust museum from the shtetl my grandmother was born in, where Jews had lived for 900 years. The Jewish population was obliterated there by the Nazis. THEN the Communists moved in and oppressed the Greek Catholics.
It's interesting - growing up I noticed that most folks were identified by their nationality ("I'm German" or "I'm Italian") but that no matter where my family came from, they were identified first as Jews, and only secondarily by where they happened to live. Seems like the Rusyn people are similar.
In any case, thanks - and I hope we can all learn to love one another.
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Dear Mother Sharon, I already love you and Lemko and most others here. I'm almost certain that when our Lord told us to love everyone He probably DID have Rostislav in mind too . . .  Alex
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The Holy father is scheduled to visit Slovakia in September. More than likely, Bishop Hopko will be beatified during that papal vist.
I am curious to know what the Slovak clergy members of the eparchy of Presov- responsible for the campaign against Bishop Basil from becoming bishop of Presov- must be thinking now in light of Bishop Hopko being on the road to sainthood.
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Dear Griego,
I would love for the Pope to beatify Andrew Sheptytsky during his next visit to Poland!
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Originally posted by Orthodox Catholic:
Dear Griego,
I would love for the Pope to beatify Andrew Sheptytsky during his next visit to Poland!
Alex His Feast Day would be November 1st, which is All Saints' Day in the western Church, thus proving conclusively that all saints are Polish.  John Pilgrim and Odd Duck
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Dear John, Don't be too quick to laugh here, Big Guy . . . Patriarch Josef used to urge the Pope to glorify "your countryman" Met. Andrew Sheptytsky . . . I guess he figured if he can't get him sainted as a Ukie, then let's try . . . But the point is that the Polish bishops reflect the ill-feelings toward Sheptytsky precisely because he was of Polish background and chose to work with the Ukies. Alex
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John Paul II Will Beatify 2 Martyrs in Slovakia
September Visit Confirmed
VATICAN CITY, JULY 14, 2003 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican press office confirmed officially that John Paul II will travel to Slovakia, his 102nd international trip, from Sept. 11-14.
ZENIT was told that during this apostolic visit, the Pope will beatify a bishop and a nun, both martyred under the Communist regime.
During his trip the Holy Father will visit four cities, Trnava, Banska Bystrica, Roznava and Bratislava, according to Father Ciro Benedettini, the assistant director of the press office.
One of the two martyrs, Bishop Basil Hopko (1904-1976), belonged to the Greek-Catholic Church of Slovakia.
"With the advent of Communism, his Eastern Church was suppressed and he was arrested," said Cardinal Jos� Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Sainthood Causes, during the ceremony July 7 when the decree recognizing the bishop's martyrdom was promulgated.
"With false accusations, he was condemned to 15 years in prison, which he was unable to complete due to poor health conditions," the cardinal said. "In fact, the bad physical and psychic treatment had destroyed him. His death was the result of his sufferings for the faith before and after his imprisonment."
Also to be beatified is Sister Zdenka Schelingova (1916-1955), of the Congregation of Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross.
"She was a model religious and nurse," Cardinal Saraiva Martins said. "She carried out her activity in the state hospital of Bratislava, where she crowned her consecration to God with a heroic gesture in favor of a sick priest, who was arrested in the same hospital.
"After praying with these words: 'Jesus I offer my life for his. Save him!' she helped the priest to regain his freedom. Arrested and imprisoned, she suffered many ordeals, which led to an early death."
About 74% of Slovakia's 5.4 million inhabitants are Catholic. Relations between the Vatican and the Slovak Republic, which resulted from the separation of Czechoslovakia, were regulated and ratified in 2000.
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