Merry Christmas! Христос Рождається!

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1 Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Church Українська Католицька Церква Пресвятої Родини Слава Ісусу Христу! - Glory to Jesus Christ! Church Bulletin - Церковний Бюлетень Epistle: Hebrews : 9-0:7-3, 3-40 Christmas Eve 4 Грудня Gospel: Matthew : -5 December 4, 07 Христос Рождається! Christ is Born! Славімо Його! Let us Glorify Him! Merry Christmas!

2 PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS ПРОСИМО МОЛИТВУ ЗА ЗДОРОВ Я Please remember in your prayers those people of our parish who are in the hospitals, care homes, shut-ins and those who are not able to join us actively. Remember, if you would like a hospital visit or home visit please call the parish office and let us know. Don t leave it to the last minute! 9:00 AM DIVINE LITURGY Збірка SUNDAY S COLLECTION DEC 7th Dec 4 Dec 3 Rosary Linda Marak Paulette Terrick Sunday Envelopes (78) $,5 Greeters Bill and Walter Kutchma Brian and Vicky Adams Loose Cash $4.75 Epistle Zenon Romaniuk Anastasia Pasieczka Ushers Peter Yakimoski Nelson Caruk Bill Kutchma Andrew Brimble Eucharist Richard Pidsadny Eugene Statkewich Sacristan Eugene Statkewich Leonard Terrick :00 AM DIVINE LITURGY Dec 4 Greeters Ushers Dec 3 Wally Komonko Wally Komonko Lawrence Luba Lawrence Luba Casper Stoski Casper Stoski Epistle Eucharist Myron Musick Myron Musick Sacristan Peter Tkach Peter Tkach Visitors $65 Candle Offering Lift Fund Sylvia Luba $08.90 $00 Christmas Flowers $5 Vigil Lamps $0 Carolling $50 Perogy sales Christmas Offering Holy Spirit Seminary $,780 $40 $,340 Christmas Offering $40 Queen Of Peace Prayer Group $80 Church Directory Advertising $3,50 Щиро Вам дякуємо! Thank you for your generosity! Perogies for sale call the Parish Office $6.00 per dozen Sign up for pre-authorized giving forms in the narthex

3 Divine Liturgy Schedule Порядок Богослужінь Day Date Time Sun Dec 4 9:00 am 0:00 pm Intention Souls in purgatory Christmas Eve Service - Святий Вечір Christmas - РІЗДВО ХРИСТОВЕ - Nativity of our Lord Mon Dec 5 :00 am Tue Dec 6 7:30 am Wed Dec 7 7:30 am No Liturgy Thu Dec 8 7:30 am No Liturgy Fri Dec 9 6:30 pm 7:00 pm Rosary Divine Liturgy Sun Dec 3 9:00 am :00 am Mary Shewchuk McDonald William Shewchuk by Ann Marie Florence Bayda by Caroline, Martin, Anastasia, Nicholas & Adriana Pasieczka For intention of all our parishioner A Sincerest Thanks Дякуємо To everyone for your good wishes, Christmas cards and various kind & generous gifts. God bless you all! ~Fr John Mostivsky YEAR END IS NEXT SUNDAY If you wish to give a donation to the parish, all donations must be received in the parish office by Sunday December 3st, in order to be included on the 07 tax receipt. Any donations received after that date will be included on the 08 tax receipt. Ushers & Epistle Readers Wanted Please Contact Ned Derkach Seminary and CCCB Special Collection Appeal For 07 our parish has been assessed at $6,8. To date, our seminary collection is $4,030 leaving a shortfall of $,098. We are appealing to our parishioners for your help to cover this shortfall. A special thank you is extended to those who have already been so generous. ~John Nicholson, Treasurer Fluorescent Light Fixtures with bulbs free if interested. Please call Zenon Scraba

4 THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Mt., -) After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him. When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. In Bethlehem in Judea, they replied, for this is what the prophet has written: But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel. Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him. After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. Christmas Day-Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ The message of Christ s Nativity is as simple and as new today as it was more than,000 years ago: God is with us. In today s torn world, these are words of consolation and courage. Christ s birth marked the beginning of The Way on which He Himself embarked as a man: grounded in humility, steeped in the Scriptures, centred on concern for others. Early Christians referred to their faith as The Way. Our journey is the same as theirs. It s a sojourn on earth that culminates in our arrival at the blessed dwelling awaiting us in what Pope Saint John Paul II called our Father s house. As He did with the two men walking to Emmaus, Jesus joins us along The Way, revealing His teachings and revealing Himself in the breaking of the bread. As we contemplate the infant in the crèche in the naive of our church today, we recognize the baby Jesus as the image of the invisible God who loves us (Col :5) Our prayer today: Jesus, even as an infant You showed us The Way to our Father s house. Guide us on our journey.

5 Calendar of Events 07 Dec 7 - Holy Family Knights of Columbus Executive Meeting CANCELLED Jan 3 proposed date for the Clergy Levee with Metropolitan at Residence Jan 9 - Parish Pastoral Council Meeting 7:00 pm in the auditorium Jan 0 - Start of Youth Winter Games, Schedule to follow Jan 8 - UCWLC January meeting is a membership luncheon following the second liturgy. Please plan to attend. There will be no meeting January 3rd. Feb - The Holy Family Home Ladies Auxiliary Annual Fundraising Dinner for Ladies Only at Holy Eucharist Parish Center. Tickets are $ Please contact Diane Snidal at Holy Family Home for information / tickets. (04) ext 30 dsnidal@holyfamilyhome.mb.ca We rejoice with the family of Anna Lauren Derkatch who was Baptized and Chrismated at Our Church on December 7, 07 May Our Lord watch over this new lamb of His Holy Flock all the days of her life Anna, Baptised in Christ with Fr John Mostivsky Vigil Lamps Dec 4 30 Dec 3-Jan 6 Icon of Mary Ann and Michael Ditz by Maxine Ditz Dr Douglas Stoski By Casper, Violet and family МНОГАЯ ЛІТА! Icon of Jesus and Uncle Harry Dyc by Maxine Ditz Sandra Ditz Dr Douglas Stoski by Casper, Violet and family

6 Holy Family Parish St Nicholas Concert December 7, 07

7 Христос Рождається! Christ is Born! Славімо Його! Let us Glorify Him Photos by Peter Tataryn

8 K of C TOY AND FOOD DRIVE DONATIONS RECEIVED 07 Item/Date Nov. 5 Nov. Nov.9 Nov.6 Dec. 3 Dec.0 Dec.7 Total Baby Food 4 4 Beans Broth 5 Cereal/Oatmeal / 5 9 Chocolate chips Cookies/ Crackers 5 0 Canned meat Evaporated milk Fish Fruit - canned Granola bars Marshmallows Jam/ Syrup / Lard Pasta /Tomato Sauce 3 6 Pasta Kraft Dinner Peanut Butter Potato Chips 5 5 Pudding/ Jell-o 3 4 Cake Mix 5 Rice 3 6 Soup - canned - dry - case Stew Stuffing 3 Tea/ Coffee 3 4 Tomatoes/ Tomato Juice/Paste 6 4 Veggies CASH DONATIONS $40 Христос Рождається! - Merry Christmas! Thank you to Holy Family Parish parishioners for your generosity with your donation To the Toy & Food drive. Your food donation went to the Missionary Sisters of Charity and toys went to Thrive (pregnancy distress) and Villa Rosa for the least fortunate in the community especially children and their families. The agencies were thrilled with our donations. ~ Zenon Scraba