PALATINE, Ill. – A long-anticipated day for parishioners of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church in Palatine, Ill., came on October 10, when the parish’s new church and shrine was consecrated by Bishop Benedict Aleksiychuk.
In addition to being a church, it is also designated as the Eparchial Shrine of the New Martyrs of Ukraine for the Chicago-based St .Nicholas Eparchy.
“The late Bishop Richard Seminack told us that he wanted our parish to be an eparchial shrine. We hope to have many spiritual events and pilgrimages planned. Аs engraved on the cornerstones blessed by Patriarch Sviatoslav, it is designated as ‘a house of prayer for all nations,’ ” said Father Mykhailo Kuzma.