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Fathers Peter Oleksiw and Nicholas Shumsky
- In August 1918, Fathers Peter Oleksiw and Nicholas Shumsky called a meeting of local Ukrainians at St. Alphonsus Church on Munroe Avenue. With so many Ukrainian immigrants settling in and around East Kildonan, they figured they needed their own place of worship. By the end of the meeting, the Holy Eucharist Catholic Church was founded.
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May 10, 2018 · One hundred years have come and gone, but the Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church is still going strong in the heart of northeast Winnipeg. | Founded in 1918 by a congregation of Ukrainian...
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The architect for the new church was Victor Deneka of Winnipeg, who had designed a number of Ukrainian Catholic churches in Manitoba. Solemn blessing of the grounds took place on June 19, 1983. Construction of the new church began in November 1983 by AK Penner & Sons of Steinbach.
