Visit of the Eparchial Jubilee Icon of the Mother of God Continues

In keeping with the theme and thrust of "Evangelization" associated with the opening of the Eparchial Jubilee Year in Detroit in June, the parishes of Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas received the Eparchial Jubilee Icon of the Protection of the Mother of God written by Hieromonk Damian (Higgins) from its last stop in the Detroit Deanery, Grand Rapids' parish of St Michael.

On Saturday, August 14, Fr. Bohdan Kudleychuk and Fr Deacon Randolph Brown celebrated the Moleben to the Mother of God for the faithful at St. Joseph Church, in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Sunday, August 15th, the parish Feast Day of Assumption Parish in Omaha, Nebraska, was solemnized with the Moleben to the Mother of God celebrated before the Jubilee Icon by Fr. Bohdan Kudleychuk, again assisted by Deacon Randolph Brown.

On Tuesday, August 17, the Akathist to the Mother of God was celebrated by Deacon Randolph at St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center in Lawrence, Kansas. This event was sponsored by the New Ukrainian Martyrs Apostolate to inform others of the regard for the Most Holy Virgin that Eastern Churches profess.

From there, the Jubilee Icon traveled with Deacon Randolph to Holy Apostles Mission in Wichita, where the Moleben to the Mother of God was sung on August 19th.

The Akathist to the Mother of God was next celebrated in the chapel of the New Ukrainian Martyrs Apostolate in Topeka, Kansas by Deacon Randolph on August 22nd.

After a final Paraklis to the Mother of God in Topeka on Tuesday, August 24th, the icon then continued on its journey, traveling to the Rocky Mountains to Transfiguration of Our Lord Church in Denver, Colorado.

While on its whirlwind journey, the visit of the Eparchial Jubilee Icon became a source of silent grace and abundant blessings for all of the Ukrainian Catholic communities, and others, in this part of the Midwest who gathered in prayer and supplication.

Deacon Randolph L. Brown