Twenty-Seventh Sunday after pentecost Ninth Sunday of Luke

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1 Twenty-Seventh Sunday after pentecost Ninth Sunday of Luke Icon of the Mother of God into the Temple -- November 21st

2 27th Sunday after Pentecost November 20, 2016 Glory to Jesus Christ! Our Bishop, clergy, religious and faithful welcome you to St. Stephen Cathedral. We are delighted that you have joined us for our Divine Liturgy. Our Church follows the teachings of Jesus Christ as found in the Gospel and passed on to us through the teachings of the Apostles and Tradition. If you are looking for a spiritual home, try our Cathedral parish. If you have questions, feel free to ask any of our clergy and religious. Join us again soon! God bless you! This Week s Liturgy Schedule Sun. 11/20 TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Tone 2 PRE-FESTIVE DAY OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE MOTHER OF GOD Sat. 5:00 PM 56th Wedding Anniversary Donald & Charlotte Gallucci by Joseph Gallucci (Fr.Diodoro) Sun. 8:00 AM For Our Parishioners, Benefactors and Friends (Fr. David) Sun. 9:45 AM 3rd Hour Sun. 10:00 AM Ken Papke by Kay Wiskirchen (Fr. Joe) Mon. 11/21 Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (Solemn Holy Day) (p. 268) 9:00 AM Special (Fr, Joe) 7:00 PM Special Intention (Fr. Diodoro) Tue. 11/22 Postfestive of Entrance / Apostle Philomen and Companions (p.268) 8:00 AM Clementina Mendoza by Fr. Diodoro (Fr. Joe) Wed. 11/23 Postfestive of Entrance / Holy Bishops Amphilochius and Gregory (p. 268) 8:00 AM (Fr. Joe) Thu. 11/24 Postfestive of Entrance / THANKSGIVING DAY (p. 271) 9:00 AM Thanksgiving for God s Blessings on Our Parish (Bishop John) Fri. 11/25 Leave-taking of Entrance / Martyr Clement, Pope of Rome (p. 268) 8:00 AM Special Intention (Bishop Gerald) Sat. 11/26 Venerable Alypius the Stylite No Morning Divine Liturgy Sun. 11/27 TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Tone 3 Sat. 5:00 PM +Sr. Alphonsa OSBM by Pastoral Center Staff (Fr. Joe) Sun. 8:00 AM +Fr. Robert J. Fox by Anthony Kinyon (Fr. Diodoro) 9:45 AM 3rd Hour 10:00 AM For Our Parishioners, Benefactors and Friends (Fr. David)

3 SPECIAL SPONSORS This space is available for advertisements to help subside the cost of the bulletin. If you know of a business and/or an organization that would like to advertise in our bulletin please contact Fr. Diodoro for promotional rates. Thank you!

4 This Week s Candle Intention Eternal Light: For Our Parishioners, Benefactors and Friends Nativity: Sr. Christopher Malcovsky by Alice Garcia Theophany: Ken & Rebecca Roberts & Family by Anthony, Daylin & Daniel Kinyon Transfiguration: Anthony Kinyon by Irma Barro, Nathan, Ashley and Michael Gudino Ascension: Happy 56th Wedding Anniversary of Donald & Charlotte Gallucci by Joseph Gallucci Coming Events Mark Your Calendars Now Sunday, November 20 - Parish Finance Council Meeting after 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy Sunday, November 20 - Safe Environment Workshop after 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy Monday, November 21- Feast of the Encounter of the Mother of God In the Temple Divine Liturgy 9:00 AM & 7:00 PM Monday, November 28 - Nut & Apricot Roll Baking Day Begins at 8:00 AM Friday, December 2 - Fish Fry from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Sunday, December 4 - St. Nicholas Feast Day Dinner after 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy Monday, December 5 - Visits to the Sick & Infirmed for Anointing & Eucharist Our Weekly Gifts to the Lord May the Lord bless your kindness and generosity! Saturday: 5 PM: 28 Sunday: 8:00 AM: 33 10:00 AM: 136 Tithes: $ , Candles: $52.51, Donations: $233.00, Building Fund: $15.00, Accordion Club, Hall Rental - $180.00, Medical Insurance Collection- $ , Candles - $61.98, Flowers - $25.00, Coffee Social - $16.00, Bake Sale - $163.00, Columbarium - $ , Bishop s Appeal - $125.00, Gift Shop - $66.00, Food Drive - $20.00, Building Fund - $15.00, Total- $ Special Intentions: Erwin Armada, Barbara Dugan, Joanie Mahar, Helen Furka, Vincent Rice, McCarthy Family, Gemma Hillman, Marti Lopez, Kathleen Linkowsky, Betty Geletey, Richard Gable, Robert King, Jon Hrovat, Margaret Kunak, Ann Ryan Chris Faix, Robyn Foy, and Elaine Browne. May the Lord rest His healing hand on His servants and hear their requests Mary Rabayda, Jane Walsh, Steve Durkit, Dorothy Dumnich, Richard Reese, Chris Balsz, Mary Lou Clark, Sr. Christopher, OSBM, Dorothy Bezeredi, Carlene Eneroth, Fred Way, Audrey Noble, Sharon White, Nancy Sandrock, Marlene Rolling, Bob Dugan, Cathy Milko, Cathy Simpson, Michael Dougherty, Widad Butty, Kris Lara, Mike Chapa, Mark D. Chapa, Noa Lee Chapa, Teresa Blanc, and Clementina Mendoza, Dolores Balcazar, Vivian Rodarte, and Nicholas Stefaniak Jr., Marie Mika, Mary Popovich, Betty Iwinski, and Anne Peterson. +Kenneth Papke - Father of Diane Papke, who died earlier in the week.

5 ANNOUNCEMENTS SAFE ENVIRONMENT WORK SHOP On Sunday, November 20th from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, the annual Safe/Sacred Environment Workshop for all Clergy, Catechists and adults will be facilitated by Jennifer Mikitish, Co-Chair of the Eparchial Safe Environment Review Board. This is a necessary component for our annual Formation and audit for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. St. Nicholas Feast Day Dinner, Sunday, December 4, 2016 after the 10:00 AM Liturgy, sponsored by GCU with matching funds to benefit the Cathedral needs list. We are now accepting donations for our upcoming St. Nick s silent auction. Letters for sponsors are on the entry table. Suggested items: sporting event tickets, museum tickets, restaurant gift cards, gift baskets, & Tricky Tray items for kids and teens to bid on. THANKSGIVING CHARITY- This Thanksgiving, St. Stephen Cathedral is sponsoring two families with a Thanksgiving Dinner catered by AJ s. The cost per family is $ for the dinner only. In addition, we want to give them grocery gift cards, bibles, an Uber ride to church and an icon. This totals $ Please let us spread God s love through your donation. We will be delivering everything the day before Thanksgiving. All are welcome to join us. LIVE NATIVITY- We need St. Joseph, the Shepherds and Kings!!! Children and teens are needed!!! There is still time for you and your parents to sign up. The date is Friday, Dec. 2nd from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. Can you give 20 minutes of your time? The local choirs thus far who will be participating are from Brophy and Notre Dame High Schools. CALLING ALL YOUNG ADULTS (18-30) On Sunday, Nov. 27th, let s gather together in the back of the hall for coffee after the 10:00am Divine Liturgy. Let s talk about the ways that we can prepare our hearts for a joy-filled Christmas! PLANNING AHEAD- Our Parish will be 50 years young in June, God surely has blessed St. Stephen s. That we can spiritually prepare for such an awesome celebration, a Committee of 6-11 Parishioners, whose responsibility consists of coordinating the initial planning for our 50th Jubilee is being formed. Please speak with Fr. Diodoro if you feel called to this ministry. Let s make our Jubilee year one of Renewal and Revitalization.

6 PHILIP S FAST (WEEK 1) Filipovka Week 1 November 15 - St Philip the Apostle+. His feast day launches the Fast of St. Philip/ Filipovka to prepare for Christmas. He brought others to Christ; we should be imitating him and bringing others to find Jesus in the fullness of revelation in the Catholic Church. Philip says to Nathaniel in John 1:46 Come and see, inviting him to meet Jesus. He does the same with Greeks in Jerusalem, bringing them to Jesus. To him, Jesus said "If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father" (John 14:9). Philip the Apostle continued his evangelizing after Pentecost, and is traditionally said to have preached in Phrygia. As the ancient stories said, his tomb was discovered in the ancient city of Hierapolis, in what was southwest Phrygia in Roman times, now in Turkey. In our eparchy of the Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix, the church in Sacramento is dedicated to Saint Philip. + He is not Philip the Deacon, found in the Acts of the Apostles; they are two separate men *Prosphora is the special bread baked to use in the Eucharist. ** A martyrium was a shrine to a saint, usually built over the actual tomb. Filipovka Through the mystery we celebrate in the Nativity, we too are invited to become the children of God, sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father. But this transformation does not occur overnight. Rather, it requires a rediscovery of the essential disciplines of a disciple of Jesus Christ. Week 1 Training for Body, Mind and Spirit For Saint Paul, Christian discipleship is like an athletic contest in an arena, which requires both training and effort. This is the root of the Christian understanding of asceticism and praxis. By training our body, mind and spirit with the help God's grace to seek and follow His commands and cultivate the virtues of the saints, in turn we help to extract the poison of corruption, sin and death within our own lives and to realize the saving and transforming power of Christ's life given to us in Holy Baptism. This is from the website of the Archeparchy of Presov, in Slovakia: The fasting is designed to help us to prepare to see Christ come into the world, and the beginning of His public ministry on Theophany (January 6). The Nativity and the Theophany are two sides of one coin. So, when we arrive at Bethlehem on December 25, we should begin to prepare for the Baptism of the Lord. Our enjoyment of Christmas should drive us forward to see the Theophany. With Theophany, the mystery of God is fully revealed to us. The mystery long awaited in the Old Testament comes true in Jesus Christ.

7 (Philip s Fast Insert from Rev. Christopher Zugger) PHILIP S FAST (PRE-CHRISTMAS) SUGGESTIONS FOR PARISHIONERS Here are some suggestions for you to spiritually prepare for the Nativity of Our Lord during the Philip s Fast (November 15 December 24) Add Wednesdays as days of abstinence from meat during the Fast. Read the Nativity Narratives from the New Testament and also read any of the Books of the Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, etc.) Come to the Divine Liturgy not only on Sunday, but on holy days and special days during the Fast ( November 21- Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos, November 24- Thanksgiving Day, December 4 or 5- Feast of St. Nicholas, December 7 or 8 Feast of the Conception of St. Anne) Plan to participate in the Mystery of Reconciliation (Confession) in preparation to worthily receive Our Lord in the Eucharist on Christmas Day Visit a friend who is ill or lives alone and share with them the good news of the birth of Christ with them. Pray that this Christmas Fast will be spiritually rewarding and that it will help you and others to properly spiritually receive Our Lord into the world this Christmas.

8 Twenty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost November 20, 2016 Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him Forever! Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral 8141 North 16th Street, Front Phoenix, Arizona Office: Fax website: Coming soon! Sunday Divine Liturgy Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM Weekday Divine Liturgy Monday-Wednesday: 8:00 AM & Friday: 8:00 AM Holy Mystery of Penance: One hour before each Liturgy or by appointment Served by: Most Reverend John S. Pazak, Byzantine Catholic Bishop of Phoenix Most Reverend Gerald N. Dino, Bishop Emeritus Very Rev. Diodoro Mendoza, Rector - rectorss@eparchyofphoenix.org Rev. Joseph Hutsko, Vice-Rector - huts1009@gmail.com Very Reverend Archpriest David M. Petras, Retired Deacon John Montalvo - Deacon James Danovich - Deacon Adam Lowe Sister Christopher, OSBM - Sister Jean Marie, OSBM Spiritual Reflection for Tomorrow s Feast For more information on Eastern spirituality, visit Eastern Christian Bulletin Service -- PO Box Fairfax, VA Ph: Fax: