OFFICE HOURS: Monday to Friday: 9 to Noon & 1 to 4:30

Transcription

1 Парафія Святого Василія Великого St. Basil the Great Ukrainian Catholic Parish th Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T6H 3B9 Phone Fax Website: OFFICE HOURS: Monday to Friday: 9 to Noon & 1 to 4:30 Volume 53 July 8, 2018 No Sunday after Pentecost St. Paul s Letter to the Romans 15:1-7 Matthew 9:27-35 CHURCH SERVICES SATURDAY: Div. Liturgy: 7am (Eng./Ukr.) SATURDAY: Vespers at 6 pm SATURDAY: Div. Liturgy: 7pm (Eng./Ukr.) SUNDAY: Matins at 8 am (Eng.) Community Rosary: 10:25 am Divine Liturgy: 10 am (Eng./Ukr.) Divine Liturgy: 7 pm (Eng./Ukr.) HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: Divine Liturgy: 7 am (Eng./Ukr.) Matins - 7:45 am Divine Liturgy: 10 am (Eng./Ukr.) Divine Liturgy: 7 pm ( Eng./Ukr.) MINOR FEAST DAY: Divine Liturgies: 7 am & 7 pm; ( Eng./Ukr.) Matins - 7:45 am, * If this is on a Friday, the 9 am Div. Lit. is omitted in the chapel FRIDAY: Divine Liturgy: 7 am; Matins - 7:45 am, Divine Liturgy: 9 am (Eng.) CONFESSIONS: 10 minutes before Divine Liturgies on Saturdays and Sundays; or by appointment at other times. MARRIAGES: By appointment at least 8 months in advance. Also, Membership in the Parish is mandatory. BAPTISMS & FUNERALS: By arrangement. Basilian Fathers serving the Parish: Fr. Josaphat (Jo) Tyrkalo, OSBM, Superior & Pastor Fr. Mark Zazula, OSBM, Vicar & Assistant Fr. Thomas Kobak, OSBM, 2nd Assistant Bro. Dmytro Borovets, OSBM OSBM Studies & Students: Fr. Iryney Valyavka, OSBM; Director of Studies Bro. Peter Pitchko, OSBM - Student Orion Wiebe - Eparchial - Student Youville Nursing Home: Fr. Boniface Malowany, OSBM Fr. Myron Chimy, OSBM Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate: Sr. Zoe Bernatsky, SSMI Superior Sr. Veronica SSMI Sr. Petronella SSMI Phone: St. Basil s Cultural Centre: Phone: stbasilsculturalcentre@shaw.ca Celo Vesnivka Phone: Camp St. Basil: campstbasil@shaw.ca

2 Church Services and Meetings this week Sunday, July 8: 7th Sunday after Pentecost 9 am - Matins 9:35 am - Communal Rosary 10 am - Divine Liturgy, (Bilingual sung) 7 pm - Divine Liturgy Monday, July 9: 7 am - Divine Liturgy, 7:45 am - Matins Tuesday, July 10: 7 am - Divine Liturgy, 7:45 am - Matins Wednesday, July 11: 7 am - Divine Liturgy 7:45 am - Matins Thursday, July 12: 7 am - Divine Liturgy 7:45 am - Matins Friday, July 13: 7 am - Divine Liturgy 7:45 am - Matins 9 am - Divine Liturgy 10 am to 4 pm - Adoration in Monastery Chapel Saturday, July 14: 7 am - Divine Liturgy 6 pm - Vespers 7 pm - Divine Liturgy Sunday, July 15: 8th Sunday after Pentecost 9 am - Matins 9:35 am - Communal Rosary 10 am - Divine Liturgy, (Bilingual sung) 7 pm - Divine Liturgy Prayer intention for JULY: That priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother priests. Ushers for final two weeks of July, am Divine Liturgy: Morris Chichak, Hank Gongos, Brian Greening, Ed Kasowski, Curtis Ruff Offer to be an usher - it is very necessary these days to have women & men serving at every Divine Liturgy. To usher call Murray Pitchko at:

3 Remember the sick, the lonely, and the elderly in your prayers, and try to visit them: Rick Cedor; Steve Bell; Tillie, John & Lennie Chichak; Patricia Chichak; Fr. Myron Chimy, OSBM; Gordon (Bud) Conway; Fr. Justin Ewaschyshyn, OSBM (Mundare); Fr. Edward Evanko (Winnipeg); Ed Ewaskiw; Dora Faryna; Bette Klatchuk; Peter & Joyce Krasilchuk; Bill Lapchuk; Mary Lesik; Fr. Boniface Malowany, OSBM; Darryl Metz; Irene Michalyshen; John Motiuk (Bishop David's father); Tom Nahirniak; Lucy and Alex Nay; Lucy and Mike; Joyce Palamar; Helen Pasemko; Zena Pshyk; Robert Tabaka; Virginia Tkachuk; Mabel Wynnyk; Nestor Zacharko; those confined to their hospital beds or their homes; our Canadian peacekeepers. Please contact the Parish Office to submit or resubmit a name for those needing prayers. Changes will happen at the end of July. Healing Prayer. Lord Jesus, heal me. Heal in me whatever You see needs healing. Heal me of whatever might separate me from You. Heal my spirit, heal my body, heal my soul. Lay Your hands gently upon me and heal me through Your love for me. AMEN! PLEASE TAKE SPECIAL NOTICE: - Summer Schedule Church Service began on the third Sunday of June (June 17, 2018). - We return to our winter Schedule on the third Sunday of September (September 16, 2018) when we begin celebrating two Divine Liturgies on Sunday mornings. SAVE THE DAY - SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9, At 10 am Divine Liturgy: blessing of students, teachers and parents for the beginning of the School Year. - Following the Divine Liturgy: PARISH PICNIC - to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Parish. Wednesday, July 18: Pyrohy Supper - begins 4:30 pm. Budova Charitable Society fundraiser: we sell Sobey s/ Safeway grocery gift cards in denominations of $100, $50 and $25. Purchase your cards, from: Leo Derkach, Dennis Pawlowski, Betty Zacharko, Sharon Sheptak, Mike Melnyk, Jimmie Yeremiy or Gerald Draganiuk.

4 The Budova Charitable Society is collecting new toys and games for Ronald McDonald House Magic Room. An ill child gets to visit this room when a significant event occurs in their treatment. RMH s toy supply gets thin in the months leading up to Christmas. Boxes will be in the vestibule from August to late September. Thank you for your contributions last year CULTURAL CENTRE - JULY EVENTS Volunteer Opportunities: Hands are needed for every event Tuesday, July 10: - prep dinner at Ronald MacDonald House. Sunday July 15: K of C Breakfast - following 10 am Divine Liturgy. Wednesday, July 18: Pyrohy Supper - begins 4:30 pm. Wednesday, July 25: Soup and Social - begins 12 noon. Saturday, July 28: Wedding guests. NOTICE: Camp St. Basil - Children s Summer Camp Program -Sunday, July 1 to Saturday, July 14 HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO VANDALISM AT THE CAMP. ON THE LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH We collect non-perishable food items for the Edmonton Food Bank. Also needed 1 dozen egg containers. You may make your contribution any time you come to church. Thank You to all who have donated to the Food Bank throughout our collection. The Knights of Columbus Father Hannas Council is hosting a Pancake breakfast in support of the Canadian Wheelchair Foundation July 15, Bins will be set out to accept donations of metal scrap, especially: copper plumbing, wire and conduit, brass keys, electric motors and aluminum. We have collected almost 250,000 aluminum tabs with a goal of 1 million! The K. of C s from around the world have contributed almost 40,000 wheelchairs to those in need. Wednesday, July 25: Soup and Social - begins 12 noon.

5 Eparchial Acolyte Camp St. Basil - 4 pm Monday, August 6, to noon Saturday August 11. Altar Boys pick up your registration in the priest s sacristy and return your applications to Fr. Josaphat to have your registration fee paid for by the parish. You must register by July 22. Religious Radio Program VECHIRNYA HODYNA on World FM 101.7: Every Sunday evening at 6:30 PM. We invite organizations or individuals to sponsor a program to celebrate: a birthday, anniversary, or memory of a loved one, etc. Cost/program is $ Please make cheque payable to: Basilian Fathers Radio Account - income tax receipts will be issued. Cherokee Legend Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of passage? His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of morning sun shine through it. He cannot cry out for help to anyone. Once he survives the night, he is a MAN. He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must come into manhood on his own. The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wild beasts must surely be all around him. Maybe even some human might do him harm. The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold. It would be the only way he could become a man! Finally, after a horrific night the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold. It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next to him. He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm. We, too, are never alone. Even when we do not know it, our Heavenly Father is watching over us, sitting on the stump beside us. When trouble comes, all we have to do is reach out to Him.

6 1 - First Important Lesson -- Cleaning Lady. During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade. "Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say "'hello.'" I have never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy. 2. Second Important Lesson -- Pickup in the Rain One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her, generally unheard of in those conflictfilled 1960s. The man took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab. She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a giant console colour TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. It read: "Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away... God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others." Sincerely, Mrs. Nat King Cole. 3. Third Important Lesson -- Always remember those who serve. In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.

7 "How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked. "Fifty cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it. "Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. "Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied. The little boy again counted his coins. "I'll have the plain ice cream," he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies. You see, he could not have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip. 4. Fourth Important Lesson --The Obstacle in Our Path. In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. He then hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand: Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition. 5. Fifth Important Lesson -- Giving When it Counts Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and

8 asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save her." As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the colour returning to her cheek. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?" Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her. Remember: Work like you do not need the money, love like you have never been hurt, and dance like you do when nobody is watching. Celebrations for 70 Anniversary of St. Basil the Great Parish and St. Basil Branch of the UCWLC Parish Picnic BBQ & Old- Fashioned Games Day September 9, 2018 Dear Parishioners, families, and friends: We invite you to come and celebrate the 70 th Anniversary of St Basil the Great Parish and the St. Basil Branch of the UCWLC. Theme: BBQ Picnic, Old Fashioned Games, and Entertainment. Date: Sunday, September 9, 2018 Time: 11:30 am 3 pm (following the 10 am Divine Liturgy) Cost: Free will donation if you are able; if not, come anyway! Location: St. Basil s Cultural Centre - indoors and outside weather permitting For more information or to volunteer, please stbasilsevents@gmail.com Michelle Zolner, Chair St. Basil the Great 70 th Anniversary Committee