St. Joseph s Ukrainian Catholic Church Shrine of Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky, CSsR 250 Jefferson Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2V 0M6

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1 St. Joseph s Ukrainian Catholic Church Shrine of Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky, CSsR 250 Jefferson Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2V 0M6 Served by the Ukrainian Catholic Redemptorists December 10, 2017 Parish Bulletin December 10, 2017 Saint Joseph s Parish Office & Monastery Hours 9:30 am - 12 Noon 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Phone & Website office@stjosephukrwinnipeg.ca Pastor Fr. Dmytro Dnistrian,CSsR Assistants Fr. John Sianchuk, CSsR Fr. Frank Szadiak, CSsR Office Manager Anastasia Tertigka Sunday Divine Liturgies Saturday (English) Sunday (Ukrainian) 11:00 am English Daily Divine Liturgies Please See Liturgical Intention Schedule Vespers Saturday 4:15 pm Blessed Vasyl Devotions 7:00 pm Wednesday Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky, CSsR Bishop - Martyr Shrine - Museum - Gift Shop Hours of Operation Sunday After Divine Liturgies Monday-Closed Tues. Fri. 10:00 am - Sat. 10:00 am -1:00 pm bvshrine@mymts.net

2 Слава Ісусу Христу! Glory be to Jesus Christ! Looking Towards the Future First step: A survey Dear Parishioners, As we begin to say goodbye to 2017 and welcome the new year of 2018, I have a request. Please pray, reflect, and think about the future of our parish. This year was the 65th anniversary of our parish. I believe that our God wants to help us write the next chapter of St Joseph s through our prayers and participation. The first step towards this goal is a survey, which seeks to gather information and provide thoughts for reflection. Each parishioner is invited to complete the survey electronically at Those parishioners whose s which are in our parish records should have received the survey by way of . Please complete the surveys as soon as possible. For those who do not have s, in the near future, paper copies of the surveys will be available in church. Thank you for your participation in this important first step. Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day A voice from the past This year the Sunday before Christmas and Christmas Eve falls on the same day. I present the following from the parish bulletin (December 1989) written by the pastor at that time, Fr. Boris Kyba, CSsR. If Someone Should Ask (and some indeed have!) Q.: Do you realize that Christmas day being on Monday, makes Christmas Eve on Sunday? A.: Yes Q.: So, are you having on Sunday morning A.: Yes Q.: (cont.) and on Sunday evening? A.: Yes Q.: Does that mean that I have to come to church on Sunday morning and evening, wouldn t Sunday evening count for Sunday? A.: Well it s like this: you ve got two Holy Days of obligation here-sunday & Christmas Day on Monday. The Sunday Evening Liturgy is a Christmas Day Liturgy; Just the Saturday evening is a Sunday Liturgy. So you really have four choices: Sunday morning and evening; Saturday evening and Sunday evening Sunday morning and Monday morning; Saturday evening and Monday morning 2

3 Christ is among us! Христос посеред нас! 27th Sunday after Pentecost The Redemptorists and parishioners of St. Joseph s extend a warm welcome to all our guests. Thank you for worshipping with us today. This Week at St. Joseph s Sunday December 10 10:00 am Catechism Tuesday December 12 9:00 am Perogy Bee 6:00 pm Dance Lessons Wednesday December 13 9:00 am Perogy Bee 7:00 pm Blessed Vasyl Devotions Thursday December 14 7:00 pm K of C Meeting Friday December 15 1:00 pm Icon Friday Rosary Sunday December 17 10:00 am Catechism 11:00 am Children s Liturgy, St. Nicholas Celebration Deepest Sympathy Condolences are extended to the family and friends of +Pawlina Mykytiuk +Bill Leverence Grant Eternal Rest, O Lord, to the soul of your servants. Вічная Пам`ять God Grant Them Eternal Memory Вічная Пам`ять Icon Fridays A time of prayer in our church before the Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help during Pylypivka. Every Friday up to and including December 22 starting at 1:00 pm. Prayer will include the Rosary as well as times of silence. Icon Fridays will help us prepare for the coming Feast of the Nativity. Each Icon Fridays is an opportunity to pray together for the needs of our parish and to ask for guidance as the next chapter of our parish is written. Each Icon Friday is a time to pray for an increase of vocations to the priesthood and religious life, especially for the Redemptorists. Each Icon Friday will also be a time to pray for our personal needs. Please spread the word and share the invitation with others to come and pray on Icon Fridays.

4 The Welcome Home Christmas Gift Wrapping 160 Euclid Ave. Saint Andrews Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall (use Maple Street entrance) TODAY December 10, :00 pm -7:00 pm TODAY 2018 Offering Envelopes and Calendars. Offering envelopes for the year of 2018 are now available at the back of the church. Please pick up your box today! Also available are liturgical calendars for On the front of each month is the saint of the day and/or feastday is highlighted. On the back are the Epistle and Gospel readings of the day. Gratitude is extended to Cropo Funeral Chapel and to the North Winnipeg Credit Union for their financial assistance in the printing of the calendars. Black Pearl Necklace Set Raffle St Joseph s UCWLC is selling tickets for a black pearl necklace set to be raffled off at the Soup & Sandwich event on January 28, Tickets are available before and after most Divine Liturgies or by calling Doreen at Mary s Angels Panahyda (Панахида) for those remembered through Mary s Angels will be celebrated after the on Saturday Dec. 16th. Tax Receipts for 2017 As the year 2017 quickly comes to a close please keep in mind that to be eligible for a tax receipt for 2017, all offerings must be given before and must be able to be deposited into our church account before the end of December. Pylypivka Пилипівк November 15 - December 24 Its name is derived from the fact that it begins the day after the Feast of St. Philip (Nov. 14), These forty days before Christmas have also been called, Philip s Fast, Pre-Christmas Fast, Nativity Fast, etc. Sometimes the term, Advent, is used. Generally speaking these days are a time of preparation for the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, more commonly known as Christmas. However, a closer look reveals some differences between Eastern and Western Churches. In Eastern Churches, Pylypivka begins 40 days before Christmas on November 15. In Western Churches, Advent, begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. In Eastern Churches the focus is on the Incarnation of Our Lord. In Western Churches the focus is on both the First and Second Coming of Christ. Advent marks the beginning of the Church/ Liturgical Year in Western Churches, while in Eastern Churches the beginning of the Church/Liturgical Year is September 1.The time of Pylypivka is lenten in nature. However, it does not involve the same liturgical observances as Great Lent. Our observance of Pilipivka is more personal and home centered. 4

5 This Week s Feast Days & Scripture Readings Sunday December 10 27th Sunday after Pentecost Ephesians 6: Luke 13: Monday December 11 Venerable Daniel 2 Timothy 2:20-26 Luke 19:37-44 Tuesday December 12 Venerable Spiridion Timothy 3:16-4:4 Luke 19:45-48 Wednesday December 13 Martyr Eustratius 2 Corinthians 11:21-12:9 Luke 21:12-28 Thursday December 14 Martyr Thyrcas and others Titus 1:5-2:1 Luke 20:9-18 Friday December 15 Priest Martyr Eleutherius Titus 1:15-2:10 Luke 20:19-26 Saturday December 16 Prophet Aggeus Ephesians 1:16-23 Luke 12:32-40 Sunday December 17 Sunday of the Holy Forefathers Colossians 3: 4-11 Luke 14: Knights of Columbus is hosting Light up for Christmas Saturday, December 9th After the Please join us for the ceremonial lighting of the outside Christmas tree, & refreshments and fellowship in the parish hall. Everyone is welcome! Next Perogy Bee December 12 & 13 Maximum number of orders has been reached. Volunteers are needed for this important parish project. Please come for as long as you can. Thank you. Sunday Collection Dec Envelopes $4, Open Collection $ Vigil Lamps $ Outreach $ Decorating Fund $ Building & Capital Fund $ Christmas Flowers $1, Fellowship $ Christmas Offerings $ Building & Capital Fund In memory of +Mike Moroz $ Thank you for your generosity December 9 & 10 Epistle Readers Saturday K. Hrechka Sunday I. Michalchyshyn Sunday 11:00 am I. Wilson Namaka Ushers Saturday J. Hykawy M. Hykawy Sunday M. Solman V. Solman Sunday 11:00 am D. Trach L.Trach Vigil Lamps Nov 27-Dec 10 H. Kukura S. Domitruk December 9 & 10 Epistle Readers Saturday S. Rorabeck Sunday Parish Choir Sunday 11:00 am Children s Liturgy Ushers Saturday J.Tchir S.Hruska Sunday R.Macsymach A. Danylchuk Sunday 11:00 am D. Gulchak B.Rolston Vigil Lamps Nov 27-Dec 10 M.Gwozd O.Szutiak

6 The Pope urges Ukrainian seminarians to sow culture of peace (Vatican Radio) Celebrating 85 years since the foundation of Saint Josaphat's Ukrainian Pontifical College in Rome, Pope Francis encouraged Ukrainian seminarians to become shepherds of communities in which love and respect for others will flourish. The Saint Josaphat College was founded upon the wish of Pope Pius XI and is currently run by the Basilian monastic order. In his message to future Ukrainian priests, Pope Francis recalled that the institution was built with the intent of conveying a message of love and closeness to those faithful who live in areas of suffering and persecution. He invited them to prepare for their apostolic mission as deacons and priests studying the Church's Social Doctrine and recalling the example of Pope Pius XI whom, he said, always and firmly raised his voice in defending the faith, the freedom of the Church and the transcendent dignity of every human person while condemning the atheistic and inhumane ideologies that bloodied the 20th century. Also today the world is world is wounded by wars and violence the Pope said with a particular reference to the beloved Ukrainian nation from which you came and to where you will return after having completed your studies in Rome. Backing his encouragement to spread a culture of peace and acceptance with words from the Gospel, the Pope said to you, seminarians and priests of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, these challenges may seem out of your reach; but let us remember the words of the Apostle John: I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one. The Pope said that by loving and proclaiming the Word they will become true shepherds of the communities that will be entrusted to them. It [the Word] will be the lamp that illuminates your heart and your home, whether you prepare for celibacy or for married priesthood, according to tradition of your Church he said.francis invited them to love and to guard their traditions avoiding all forms of sectarianism and he urged them to ask their flocks to learn to love and respect each other, to abandon their weapons, to reject war and all kinds of abuse. Never forget the Covenant between God and mankind he said. The Pope invoked the intercession of the Holy Mother of God who is venerated in the Ukrainian National Shrine of Zarvanytsya. She wants the priests of her Son to be like the torches lit at night in front of her Shrine reminding everyone, especially the poor and the suffering, and even those who perpetrate evil and sow violence and destruction, that the people who walked in the darkness saw a great light; that a light shone upon those who lived in a land of shadows he said. Pope Francis concluded revealing a personal devotion to the Ukrainian icon of Our Lady of Tenderness, a gift of the Major Archbishop from when they were together in Buenos Aires, and sharing his memory of a Ukrainian priest, Father Stepan Chmil, whom he knew when he was a young boy back in 1949 and from whom he learnt how to be an altar boy for the Ukrainian Mass: He spoke of the persecutions, of the suffering, of the ideologies that persecuted Christians. And he taught me to be open to a different liturgy, something I always keep in my heart.the Pope also said that last time he was in Buenos Aires, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church had asked him for testimonies with which to open the canonization process of Father Chmil who was ordained bishop in secrecy: I wanted to remember him today because it is an act of justice to thank him before you for the good that he did to me. 6

7 St. Joseph s Ukrainian Catholic Church Schedule Nativity of Our Lord New Year s Baptism of Our Lord Sunday December 24, 2017 Sunday before Nativity (Christmas) (Sat Eve) (Ukr) (Eng) 11:00 am Nativity of Our Lord - Christmas Eve (Eng) Great Compline (Ukr) 10:00 pm (Ukr) 10:30 pm Mon. December 25, 2017 Nativity of Our Lord - Christmas Day (Eng) 10:00 am Tues. December 26, 2017 Sobor of the Mother of God 7:00 pm Wed. December 27, 2017 St Stephen - Protomartyr 7:00 pm Sunday December 31, 2017 Sunday after Nativity (Christmas) (Sat Eve) (Ukr) (Eng) Mon. January 1, :00 am Circumcision of Our Lord - St. Basil 11:00 am Fri. January 5, 2018 Theophany (Epiphany) Eve (Eng) Solemn Blessing of Water Sat. January 6, 2018 Theophany (Epiphany) 7:00 pm Sunday January 7, 2018 Sunday after Theophany (Epiphany) (Sat Eve) (Ukr) (Eng) 11:00 am

8 Intentions 27th Sunday after Pentecost _ Ephesians 6:10-17 Luke 13:10-17 Sat. Dec. 9 +Jacqueline Black Rose & Brad Black Sun. Dec. 10 For Our Parishioners Holy Family Home 10:00 am Health & God's Blessings Richard Korban.Joanne & Henry 11:00 am God's Blessings Children & Grandchildren..Mom & Dad Mon. Dec. 11 8:00 am +Mike Moroz...Ron & Evelyn Cinch Bethany Home 11:00 am Health & God's Blessings Richard Korban Mary Bernatsky Tues. Dec. 12 8:00 am +Elsie Gillespie...St. Joseph s UCWL Bethany Home 11:00 am +Irene Maksymetz (40th day)..family Wed. Dec. 13 8:00 am Health Jennifer Ponce & Lolita Ledda...Family 10:00 am God's Blessings Marion & Louise.Mary Bernatsky Thurs. Dec. 14 8:00 am +Russ Luch Jim & Donna Luch Bethany Home 11:00 am Special Intention SSMI Fri. Dec. 15 8:00 am +Souls in Purgatory...Stan, Luba & Family Bethany Home 11:00 am Special Intention SSMI Sat. Dec. 16 +Nykola Melnyk....Roxolana Kurjewicz Bethany Home 11:00 am Special Intention SSMI Sunday of the Holy Forefathers Colossians 3: 4-11 Luke 14: Sat. Dec. 16 For Our Parishioners Sun. Dec. 17 +Stefania Tarasiuk....Family Holy Family Home 10:00 am God s Blessing Family...NN 11:00 am +Harold Skazyk....Family All Divine Liturgies at St. Joseph s unless otherwise indicated. Bethany Home 131 Aberdeen Ave (Sisters Servants Residence) Holy Family Home 165 Aberdeen Ave (Main & Aberdeen) St. Joseph s Residence 1149 Leila Ave O Mother of Perpetual Help, We come before your holy Icon seeking to follow Your Son. Mary, please gently guide us to enter more deeply into the mystery of Redemption. Help us as we contemplate the Incarnation, Passion, Death and Resurrection of Your Son, Jesus, Our Redeemer. Help us to receive and accept the Light of Christ present in your arms. Mary, we present our needs to you and ask that you place them in the hands of your Son. Most Holy Mother of God, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, save us. Amen. 8