Series consists of papers relating to the conferences of the Synod of Bishops, primarily in Canada, to discuss issues arising from larger discussions at Vatican II level. Metropolitan Maxim's papers were generated to a great extent at the gatherings of the Western Canada Bishops' meetings, though some of the material covers meetings of bishops from across Canada, from the US, and other countries. The material is correspondence, meeting agendas, minutes, and reports from the Western Canadian Conference of Bishops, the Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops, and Synods Episcoporum.
Photo postcard of Sister Volodymyra reading, seated outside, in her full habit, unidentified location, 1953. A message is written in ink in Ukrainian on the back.
Reverend Maxim stands in a garden of flowers in this black and white print which is identified in his hand at the bottom of the front of the photo. He has written in Ukrainian: "Father Maxim Hermaniuk, CSsR, Louvain, Belgium, 1947". Oversized.
Portrait print of Father Maxim Hermaniuk, in his horn-rimmed eye glasses. One print is loose; two others are affixed to cardboard frame/folders. He has signed his name in ink in Ukrainian on the front of one print, MMHP0028ii. Unidentified location, c.1945.
In this black and white photo postcard, Father Hermaniuk poses with his scholar's hat in his hand, wearing the graduate's robes. There are three copies, the first encased in a cardboard folder. He has written on the folder in French: "Louvain, 1948, Belgique", however, on the second copy he has written on the front and the back in Ukrainian: "Reverend Dr. M. Hermaniuk, Louvain, 14/7/1947" adding on the back this is his aggregate degree in theology. On the back of the third postcard, Reverend Hermaniuk wrote in French: "Master of Theology, Louvain, 1947".
Father Joseph Pulak with the Holy Communion class of the Nativity of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brandon, Manitoba. The church was known at the time as St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church. Black and white print in good condition, with the photographer's stamp on the back.