UCWLC - St Demetrius

Пані Наталка Попович (КУК-Торонто) передала «Білу айстру любови» в Украіну для голови Союзу Украінок м. Борислава. Переслала знимки і пише, «Ваша книжка вже в Бориславі!» Це дарунок від нашого відділу ЛУКЖК для св. Пам. Ірини Сеник відділу Союзу Украінок.

Ms. Natalka Popovych (KУК-Toronto) delivered “White Aster of Love” to Ukraine for the head of the (Soyuz Ukrainok) Union of Ukrainian Women in Boryslav. She sent pictures and wrote, “Your book is already in Boryslav!” This is a gift from our St. Demetrius UCWLC branch for the memory of the late Iryna Senyk who worked hard with Soyuz Ukrainianok.

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ЛУКЖК Торонто запрошує на осінні жіночі реколекції по українському на затишній Горі Марії в Анкастер з Отцем Ігорем Гускою!
Будуть несподіванки і нові розваги! Це фантастична нагода до відпочинку від щоденних жіночих відповідальності і нагода на духовну віднову.
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До зустрічі в Анкастер!

UCWLC Toronto invites you to a Woman's Retreat in Ukrainian at the beautiful and tranquil Mount Mary Retreat Centre in Anacaster! Retreat Master will be Fr. Ihor Huska.
We will have some new activities and surprises! This will be a fantastic opportunity for a reprieve from daily responsibilities and a chance for spiritual renewal.
To register, please scan the QR code. You can also access the registration form via the link placed in the first comment. With questions, please reach out to Szczurko.

May 31, 2026. Lviv. Ivan Franko Park near the University.
Opening of a memorial bench of blessed memory of Iryna Senyk, on the occasion of her 100th anniversary.

Monuments and memorial plaques are erected to prominent people, and the League of Ukrainian Women of Canada, Toronto branch, put up a bench in the park, and, as Lviv residents noted, it was the first time, the first time a named bench was opened.
Iryna Senyk - Madonna of the Ukrainian Resistance - member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, plastunka, member of the Union of Ukrainian Women and the All-Ukrainian League of Ukrainian Women, Hero of the World, poet, embroiderer, honorary resident of Boryslav and Lviv.
Iryna Senyk was in captivity for 34 years for wanting to see Ukraine free, to write poems and embroider freely...

The opening of the bench was extremely family-like and emotional. Iryna Senyk wrote “I unfold life like a scroll of canvas…”. So did we, unfolding the program like patterns or lace: Iryna Senyk’s biography, memories, poems and songs.

The Iryna Senyk Memorial Bench is not just a place to rest. It is a place to meet history. There is a QR code on the bench, by scanning which, every passerby will be able to take a moment to look into Iryna’s fate and learn about a woman who could not be broken by any regimes or decades of camps. The world of a poetess who carried the bright colors of the Ukrainian soul through the grayness of the Gulag will open to you.

Sincere gratitude to everyone who joined, who knew Iryna Senyk and shared poignant stories, who read her poems and memories, who sang songs.
We thank the City Council, Lubov Fito, Halyna Mykitchak, Roman Lobay, and the Kalyna Volunteer Center for organizational assistance,