Bishop Volodymyr (Koybych) conducted a visitation to the Parish of Pedra Branca that is in Brazil

Sunday, 11 November 2012, 13:35
In the early November 2012, Bishop Volodymyr (Kovbych) conducted a canonical visitation to the Pedra Branca. This 72-year-old parish is the subsidiary parish of Saint Josaphat of the Prudentópolis city, which is located 25 kilometers from it – this is reported by the press-service of the Curitiba Diocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The first priest in the community was father Christopher Myskiw. In 1947, the school was built in the parish (there were 29 families living in the village at the time). Over the period from 1964 to 1972, when father Myron Baraniuk ministered at the parish, the first wooden church was established.

The foundation stone for the construction of a new church was laid on the 10th of May 2010, and one year later, in May, the new church was consecrated. Over the period of its existence, twelve priests ministered in the parish, all of whom belonged to the Basilian Order. The current priest Valdomyr Pastukh was nominated for service on the 1st of April 2012.

"According to Fr. Valdomyr, a number of faithful people coming to the church confess often. Liturgy is celebrated on the second Sunday and on the second Saturday of each month - says Bishop Volodymyr. – Despite the priest, the Parish Council consists of six people. The parishioners want, as soon as possible, to build a fence around the church, to buy and to fix up a bell-tower and to build a catechetical house".

The parish catechists often address the catechists of Prudentópolis for an advice. Local coordinator of the catechists s. Cirlena Belo stresses the importance to catechize not only children, whose number is 25, but also parents. "They need to understand that catechesis - is something immensely important and it should be treated seriously" - says sister. Moreover, in the parish there is functioning a branch of Eucharistic Youth Movement, named "Apostleship of Prayer", which includes 107 parishioners and the Center for Youth.

Currently, at the territory of the parish there are 76 families living. The majority is busy growing tobacco. Due to the poor road links, the youth leaves the village. In the village, there are almost no mobile phones functioning, and the faithful people do not use neither the computers nor the Internet.

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