Providence Association

s to its members. In the late 1890s, as working Ukrainian people migrated to the United States
with the idea of earning some money and eventually returning to their beloved
families in Ukraine. Since these new immigrants did not speak English, it was
natural that they settled in the areas where other Ukrainians lived. These new
immigrants had a strong will, faith in God and spiritual and intellectual
allegiance to their Church. On August 6, 1912, Bishop Soter Ortynsky, the first Eastern Catholic Bishop in
America, realized the needs of his flock and called a meeting in New York City
with some of his priests, cantors, representatives of church organizations and the
owners of the Ukrainian press from New Britain, Connecticut, who were at that
time publishing in Ukrainian a newspaper called"America". At this meeting, Bishop
Ortynsky called for an organization on the national level that would be a firm
supporter of the Ukrainian Catholic Church while giving financial aid to the
Ukrainians living in the United States.