Bishop Robert Moskal blesses St. Vladimir Institute in Pennsylvania

ARNOLD, Pa. - The opening of St. Vladimir Institute, located at 1601 Kenneth Ave., was held here on October 3 at an afternoon service. The building was blessed by Bishop Robert Moskal of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Parma.

The institute will be the home of the training program for the permanent diaconate of the diocese. Men who wish to serve the Ukrainian Catholic Church as ordained deacons will study for ordination at the institute one weekend a month for 10 months a year for a total 400 hours of study. Both married and single men are welcome to serve as deacons.

St. Vladimir Institute will also serve as a workshop location and home for the choir directors training program. The first group of 74 cantors attended a workshop on the day the institute was dedicated. The institute will serve as an educational and cultural center for the Ukrainian American community as the building also has a stage and two halls, along with classrooms and a community room.

The Rev. Canon John A. Ropke, pastor of St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church here and director of the institute, arrived in Arnold in December 1996. Soon after he started renovating the parish school, built in 1961, to be used as the institute.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, November 8, 1998, No. 45, Vol. LXVI

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