A Life of Obedience, Work, and Love
"With this publication, the
name and life of Blessed Bishop Nykyta Budka will find their proper place in
the history of Ukrainians in Canada, in Canadian Catholic history, and in the
history of Ukraine." – Dr. Stella Hryniuk, Forward
Below is an abridged version of the table of contents:
Preface
Archival and Published Sources - Terminology - Division - Abbreviations
Introduction
Historical Importance – Genesis of the Book – Specifics to Church History – Commendation from the Vatican Congregation for the Eastern Churches
Chapter 1. Pastoral Care
for Ukrainians in North America
Immigration to the United
States and Canada – Calls for a Ruthenian Bishop – Apostolic Visitations to
North America – Nykyta Budka’s Early Life – The Selection Process – Nomination
– Journey to Canada
Chapter 2. “The Need to
Organize”
Incorporation and Statutes –
First Pastoral Letters – Relations with Roman Catholic Clergy – Decree Fidelibus
Ruthenis – Ukrainian Clergy and their
Churches – Education and Sisters – Finance and Administration – Proselytism
Chapter 3. The First
World War
Pre-War Memoranda – The
Summer of 1914 – Two Pastoral Letters – Under Suspicion – Clergy
Investigated and Arrested –
Forbidden to Leave Canada – Ukrainians Interned – Arrest in Hafford –
Exoneration and Naturalization –Ukrainian Independence – The Canadian Ukrainian
Orthodox Movement
Chapter 4. The Post-War
Years
New Recruits – Challenges with Secular Clergy and Religious Orders – Deteriorating Health – Surgery and Convalescence – Request for an Auxiliary Bishop
Chapter 5. Bishop
Budka’s Resignation
Calls for Budka’s
Resignation – 1927 Annus Horribilis – Ad Limina Visit to Rome – Leave of Absence – Papal decision – Resignation – Final Pastoral
Letter
Chapter 6. From Rome to
Lviv
Obstacles to
Becoming Auxiliary Bishop – Choosing a new Bishop for Canada – Financial
Conundrum – Canadian Citizen to the End
Chapter 7. Nykyta Budka
Returns to Western Ukraine
Ministry in the Lviv
Archeparchy – Lay Organizations – Rebuilding Zarvanytsia Shrine – Response to Holodomor
Chapter 8. Martyrdom for
the Faith
Two Soviet Occupations – The
Arrest of the Hierarchy – Trial – World Reaction – Imprisonment and Death – Earthly Rehabilitation and
Glorification – In Search of a Martyr’s
Grave
Chapter 9. Conclusion
Failings – Successes – Evaluation – Not the Last Word
Timeline – Bibliography – Index of Proper Names and Places
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