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1 Check out the new youth & young adult web page: Ukrainian Catholic Youth and Young Adult News EVENTS AT A GLANCE Sun, November 4 WYD Holy Eucharist Parish 11am Sun, November 11 Remembrance Day Sun, November 11 WYD Sts Vladimir & Olga 11am Sun, November 18 WYD St Nicholas Parish noon Sat, November 24 1st Executive Mtg of the term! Sun, November 25 WYD Sts Peter & Paul Parish 11:30am Thurs, November 29 Interfaith Health care Presentation ~ Patch Adams 8pm-10pm $35 Sun, December 30 Caroling at Holy Family Nursing Home. 3:30pm Inside this issue: Youth Article 2 Puzzles & Comics 3 Light Reading 7 Upcoming Events 10 Saint s Corner 10 Contact Us! 10 Volume 5, Issue 10 Welcome Back to our 50th issue! November is here, and that means snow is right around the corner. As most of you who have been receiving this newsletter for some time know, this is when the UCY/UCYA office kicks into high gear for the winter. We have a brand new executive and an exciting schedule coming up, and I hope many of you can join us for some of them! As usual, I would like to start off with some thanks. The World Youth Day traveling icon made its arrival in Winnipeg at the beginning of the month and visited several parishes throughout the city and surrounding area. It will continue its trip in Winnipeg into November before it moves on to its next destination. Many thanks go out to all the parishes who hosted the icon and those who will be hosting it in November. Please see the events on the back page of the newsletter to see where the icon will be traveling in the next few weeks. Secondly, On Thursday, October 18 and Friday, October 19, the youth and young adults traveling to Australia for World Youth Day helped to serve at the fundraising event for the St. Nicholas parish Raising the Roof campaign. Entitled Ivanka Chews the Fat, the two evenings of comedy "Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know." Daniel J. Boorstin UCY/UCYA Winnipeg From The Director s Chair A Recently Spotted Bumper Sticker: I bet Jesus would use HIS turn signals! November 2007 performance and dinner enabled the youth to receive some of the proceeds to help offset their cost to travel to Australia. Thank you to all! You did a wonderful job! Finally, on October 26 to 27, the Bi-annual Convention of the Ukrainian Catholic Council was held. During the Saturday afternoon session, a special youth component was held in which participants took the Myers-Briggs personality profile to help them discover what gifts they could bring to the Church. After a brief discussion, elections were held for a new executive for the term. Welcome to all our new members and thank you to all of our departing members for your hard work over the past two years. Please see page 2 for a list of the executive members. Also, I would like to thank all the parishes and participants for the great diverse showing at this year s youth convention. I was extremely glad to see representation from many areas in the city and different age groups. Coming up this month, members of the Ukrainian Catholic Youth and Young Adults will be attending a special presentation by Dr. Patch Adams. Entitled the Art of Healing, this presentation will be the keynote for the Interfaith Health Conference on November 29 th. Moving on to upcoming events, this year we will once again be creating ornaments for the Holy Family Nursing Home, this time with members of the youth and young adults. This will take place in late November. During our annual caroling to the nursing home, we will again deliver the ornaments to the residents. Keeping with the Christmas theme, the youth and young adults will again be involved with Operation Christmas Child, in which participants fill shoe boxes with needed items to be delivered to less fortunate children during the holidays. If you would like more information on how to participate, please call me at or visit your local Safeway. That s all for now, see you in December & the start of the 6th year of this publication! Thank you for your support in reading this newsletter month after month! Yours in Christ, Tamara Lisowski "If we'd only stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time." Edith Wharton

2 Page 2 Check out the new youth & young adult web page: What s Up with Our New Executive for 07-09? We had an amazing Convention on October 27th! This was where we elected the new executive for the term. We asked for at least one representative from each parish and were overwhelmed by the response! I would like to introduce you to the new executive for the Ukrainian Catholic Youth & Young Adults of Manitoba: President: Marian Balla from: St Michael s Parish Vice-President: Bohdan Tyrawski from: St Nicholas Parish Secretary(s): Katie Davidson from: St Anne s Parish and Kristina Ewchuk from Holy Eucharist Parish Treasurer: from: Immaculate Conception (Cooks Creek) Jocelyn Dumoulin from: Beausejour Marta Masczak from: Sts Vladimir & Olga Lesia Michno from: Sts Vladimir & Olga Orest Suchy from: Sts Vladimir & Olga Paul Szelemej from: Sts Vladimir & Olga Andrew Konopelny from: St Andrew s Guy LeClair from: Holy Eucharist Lisa Allard from: Holy Eucharist Daniel Kawaler from: St Michael s Andrew Popiel from: St Joseph s Parish Oksana Tyrawski from: St Nicholas Parish Past President(s): Julie Ternovetsky ( ) from: St Anne s Parish Aaron Balla (acting ) from: St Michael s Parish I would also like to congratulate Aaron Balla for taking on the Ukrainian Catholic Council (UCC) Chairman position! This is the first time ever that a UCY Joshua Gnutel from St Michael s Member(s) at Large: Brittney Taylor from: Immaculate Conception (Cooks Creek) Anastasia Slota Jared Ewchuk from: Holy Eucharist Kevin Gerbrandt from: Holy Eucharist Jessica Brosch from: Sts Peter & Paul Casey Paul from: St Anne s REQUESTS & SUBMISSIONS ~ youth@archeparchy.ca representative has taken on the position of President of the UCC! It is an honor! Much success and many blessings in your new position! ~ MNOHAYA LITA ~ MANY HAPPY YEARS

3 Page 3 Sudoku Copyright 2006 The Word Puzzles All rights reserved 16x16 puzzle with Hidden Words Use the following letters for the puzzle: ABCDEGIJNORSTWX Sermon on the Mound #1 Solution: Thursday, November 29 To solve the puzzle: each letter from the list above (right) can only be used once in each of the 4x4 mini squares, and in each row both horizontally & vertically. The highlighted squares form a bible quote! Some Church & $$$ humor... Interfaith Health care Presentation & Reception ~ Patch Adams 8pm-10pm ~ $35 for Tickets The Interfaith Health Care Association of Manitoba (IHCAM) will be holding Manitoba s first Interfaith Health Care Conference in collaboration with the National meeting of the Canadian Mennonite Health Assembly, at the Victoria Inn & Banquet Centre, Nov 28, 29 & 30, 2007 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The keynote speaker for the conference is the legendary Patch Adams who will bring his unique perspective to the conference theme of the "Art of Healing". Contact events@lorch.ca or for tickets. Copyright Gospel Communications International, Inc -

4 Page 4 Ukrainian Catholic Youth and Young Adult News What a Great Christmas Gift Giving Idea! A camp CD is available to purchase with all the old songs that you have grown to love over the years! This CD was produced by both Celeste Krochak & Keith Macpherson (Canadian Idol/St. Ignatius Parish) this will be sold as a fundraiser for the Park! Give back to the park for all the years of fun ~ listen to some great campfire songs and reminisce about the yester years! Here is a list of some of the songs on the CD that is being sold for $15: 1. I Don't Want To Go To Ukrainian Park 2. How I Love You 3. Singing In The Rain 4. The Princess Pat 5. Blind Man 6. Grace 7. I'm Gonna Sing Medley 8. Jesus Loves Me 9. Little Chicken 10. This Little Light Of Mine Ukrainian Frisbee for sale: $5 If you couldn t make it out for the weekend and would still like to have a copy of the CD, send me an or call me at my office ( ext 2)! These would make great gifts for Christmas for that hard to buy for person!

5 Volume 5, Issue 10 Page 5 Our Young Adults: Where Do They Fit In? by Tamara Lisowski, Youth and Young Adult Coordinator for the Archeparchy of Winnipeg Over the past six years, I had the opportunity to work with individuals ranging in age from 13 to 35 as coordinator of the Ukrainian Catholic Youth and Young Adults. I have seen these individuals, regardless of their age, work side by side and share their talents and ideas with each other to come up with some very interesting projects and activities. A number of them have even brought friends from outside of our Church to events and meetings and they in turn have become active members in various parishes. I am constantly refreshed by their positive outlook on things despite the fact that they have to juggle school, jobs and other activities outside of church and still find time to give back to their parishes. It was much to my surprise, then, when I found out that some parishes would not financially support some young adults to attend Archeparchial functions as they were over 18. Needless to say, the individuals were deeply upset. They had given so much of their time and energy to their parishes and to the Archeparchial youth, often in ways that were not always obvious, but because of age were excluded from joining in community with the rest of the Church at these events. When trying to find a rationale behind this, one answer I was given was that the young adults were old enough to make their own money to pay for things and should not need any financial support. Anyone who knows someone enrolled in College or University knows how tight finances can be. The majority of the money they make from part-time jobs often goes straight to supplies and tuition and, for those who live in residence, food and rent. Yet we do not bat an eye at financing individuals who are already well-established in their careers to attend conferences. In the end, we are left with a fairly significant group of young people between the ages of 18 and 35 who are very eager to grow in their faith but feel marginalized. The late Sr. Marie Bielski, SSMI, recognized the potential of this group and, just prior to her repose in the Lord, launched Unity as an event to bring these individuals across Canada together. After attending the past three, I wonder why this sense of community among our young people cannot be translated to community between all of our generations in the parishes. I am constantly asked the question about why there are so few young people in the Church, ignoring the fact that the ones who are there are working twice as hard. While it is important to worry about who is not in church, let s not forget about the ones who are there and honour and support their accomplishments. The following are points taken directly from the Ukrainian Catholic Youth Constitution that I would like to emphasize: VII. GOALS OF U.C.Y.C. MINISTRY To journey with youth to full responsibility and participation in the life, mission, and work of our faith community. Young people are full members of the faith community here and now in the present. They are equal partners and should be fully involved in Church life and community life. Youth have talents that should be developed and used to enrich the Body of Christ. Youth ministry seeks to draw young people into a supportive experience of the local Christian community. This is accomplished by training, practice, and togetherness. Young people and adults must be open to youth having a vital role in parish life. Youth ministry seeks to make parishes youth-friendly. This means that parishes value the talents of young people. Parishes should celebrate the dynamism of youth. Parishes should demonstrate that they value and celebrate young people by tapping into this vital resource. Ideally, parishes do this by listening to youth and supporting them with prayer, time, facilities, and financial resources. It is so important for parishes to recognize the need to become youth-friendly if they are to benefit from the loyalty and active participation of youth. (con t on page 6)

6 Page 6 (con t from page 5) News from out & about! The Inspiring Message of 'Bella' by Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson Once in a great while, a movie comes along that has the ability to touch hearts in a profound way with its positive message. During the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, the Vatican released a list of such movies as the Vatican Top 45 movies ever made. IX. MEMBERSHIP All youth, young men, and young women, of the Ukrainian Catholic Church community are eligible for membership in the organization. The programs can be directed to 3 levels. The levels reflect the different needs of the varying ages of youth. The three levels are: Junior High, Senior High, and Young Adults. SECTION F. CONVENTIONS The Eparchial Conventions shall consist of at least one session for administrative purposes, but most of the convention sessions should pertain to real concerns and needs of youth. This could take the form of a conference or a youth rally. Every parish shall be encouraged by the Eparchial Youth Ministry Team to send as many participants as possible to attend the Eparchial Convention. A few months ago, I had the chance to see another movie that I believe is similar in both its quality, and in its powerful moral message. That movie is Bella a film that will be released this year, and has already won the Toronto Film Festival the largest film festival in the world. Bella tells the story of a young unwed mother, and how the pure love of a friend helps her choose life. It is a heart warming film, and it presents a message that I believe will appeal to people who have never given much thought to the culture of life. It is not a film about what people shouldn t do, it is a film that time and again shows us what we should do, and inspires us to do it. As a result, I believe this film is one the Knights of Columbus should support. Our support can take many forms. First, and most important, I would like to ask that you see this film. Second, I would ask that you tell your friends about it. Finally, I hope that you will consider working with your council and local parish to purchase and sell tickets to the film in the week before it is released. It is my belief that the Knights of Columbus can help make this film a success, thereby sending a message to Hollywood that wholesome movies will be well received at the box office. In this way, we can begin the process of moving the film industry in a direction that can help rather than hurt our children. This year, I ask you to join your brother knights in promoting this movie to bring a message of hope to Hollywood.

7 Check out the new youth & young adult web page: Page 7 - On the Lighter Side - Ukrainian Catholic Youth and Young Adult News Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Or rather... According to a researcher (sic) at Cambridge University, it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be at the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole. Finding Your Way! Reverend Billy Graham tells of a time early in his ministry when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon. Wanting to mail a letter, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When the boy had told him, Dr. Graham thanked him and said, "If you'll come to the Baptist Church this evening, you can hear me telling everyone how to get to heaven." The boy replied, "I don't think I'll be there... You don't even know your way to the post office." Pope John Paul II Speaks to Youth Week Forty Faith is the assurance of things hoped for... (Hebrews 11:1) "Christ freed Peter from the fear which had seized him on the stormy lake. Christ enables us too to overcome the difficult moments in life, if with faith and hope we turn to him and ask his help." --Pope John Paul II, Poznan, Poland Think About That Faith and hope are the opposites of fear. Fear will always paralyze us and keep us from doing what we could do if we did not have fear. In the difficult moments of life it is easy to give in to our fear, but it is in these moments that we must have the greatest trust in the Lord. Take Action This week you will experience something difficult. When that happens, pause and say a prayer. Ask God to help you. Ask God to give you faith and hope that you can make it through the difficult experience. Say A Prayer Dear God, when life is difficult help me to turn to you rather than be consumed by fear and doubt. I know that in you all things are possible and that you love me. Did You Know? The Pope earned his doctorate degree in theology from the Angelicum University in Rome. Taken from...my Dear Young Friends: Pope John Paul II Speaks to Youth on Life, Love, and Courage My Dear Young Friends, a collection of fifty-two weekly reflections on living in the Spirit, invites young people to read and act on Pope John Paul II's inspiring addresses to young people gathered at annual World Youth Day celebrations. Please visit for more information from the publisher, Saint Mary's Press. FOUND ONLINE AT:

8 Volume 5, Issue 10 Page 8 PROTECTRESS OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE, (Salus Populi Romani) This icon is traveling in Australia currently with the original WYD Cross. However, here in Canada, a copy of this icon will journey across the prairie provinces. You can participate by carrying it in your heart or actually in your hands as plans are being made to have it travel from Lethbridge to Calgary, to Edmonton, to Lloydminster, to North Battleford, to Prince Albert, to Saskatoon, to Regina, to Yorkton, to Dauphin, to Brandon, to Portage la Prairie, to Winnipeg & finally to Sydney Australia! Winnipeg Dates & Locations ~ October 28, Beausejour Parish Nov 4, Holy Eucharist Parish 9 & 11am Nov 11, Sts Vladimir & Olga Parish 11 am Nov 18, St Nicholas Parish noon Nov 25, Sts Peter & Paul Parish 11:30am If you would like to have the icon in your parish, please contact Sundays left: Dec ~ 2/9 How Can You Help? You can... be a 'Prairie Pilgrim' and personally carry the icon across a small portion of the prairies. Register by phone ext. 238 or thevysh@sasktel.net. You can... be a 'Pilgrim Sponsor' who will financially support a prairie pilgrim walk, run, cycle, rollerblade, etc. over a portion of the 2,000 kilometer journey from Lethbridge, AB to Winnipeg, MB and on to SYDNEY AUSTRALIA. Register by phone ext. 238 or thevysh@sasktel.net. You can... be a 'Pilgrim Partner' by attending to the the needs of a 'Prairie Pilgrim' while on a road, city street or highway with food, lodging or return transportation. You can... be a 'Virtual Pilgrim' by adding up your own privately traveled kilometers (walking to work, at school, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, etc.) and logging them on the website by ing thevysh@sasktel.net. Perhaps log your virtual kilometers with others and "bear the icon from Winnipeg to Sydney" with your 'mates' approximately 15,000 kms. You can... be a 'Praying Pilgrim' interceding for those who will benefit from the school and PACE and WYD08. To Donate: "I understand my gift of $ will be divided equally - half going to Christian Child Care International and half will support my PRAIRIE PILGRIM (Name) traveling to WYD08." Make cheques payable to: PACE - St. Mary's Church Mail to: PACE - St. Mary's Church, 155 Catherine St. Yorkton, SK S3N 0B9 webpage: ~ From the Chancery Pantry ~ Lazy Sausage Rolls Ingredients: Biscuit Mix 2 cups ~ 500 ml Onion Powder 1 tsp ~ 5 ml Water ½ cup ~ 125 ml Pork Sausage meat 1 lb (mild or hot) Cayenne Pepper (*opt) ½ - 1tsp ~ 2-5 ml Garlic Powder (or Garlic Plus) (*opt) ½ - 1tsp ~ 2-5 ml Directions: Stir biscuit and onion powder together, add water, mix until it forms a ball. Turn out onto lightly floured surface, kneed 6-8 times. Roll out into rectangle about 15x18 inches (30x45cm). Mash sausage meat with pork to make it more pliable. Spread over dough. Rollup dough like a jelly roll beginning at long end, slice 3 (9mm) thick. Arrange on greased baking sheet cut side down about 1 inch apart. Bake in a 450ºF (230ºC) oven for about 15 minutes. Makes about 3 dozen appetizers. Variation: Brush top with poppy seeds, sesame seed or parsley flakes. Enjoy! (*opt = optional)

9 Volume 5, Issue 10 Page 9 Overflowing Gratitude Fr. Brian Cavanaugh, TOR Here's a thought based on Oprah's book club: Sit down at the end of each day and write out 5 things for which you are grateful. We go through life each day so unaware, and take for granted so many things. There are those persons, unseen and unknown, to whom we need to be grateful. We take for granted turning on a light switch. We assume electricity will light the lamp, but how about the people that keep the system running? Same for the water, and the supermarket. We walk in and everyday it's filled with food. How did it get on the shelves; how did it get to the stores; how did it get out of the fields; how did it first get planted? Everyday we need to overflow with gratitude. Looking at life from such a perspective will begin to change our daily attitude towards all life, and, possibly, even towards our self and others. Too many of us strive for new abilities instead of striving to develop abilities we already have lying dormant within us. Alfred A. Montapert Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. Doris Mortman "Only those risking to go far will ever know how far they can go." Anonymous God is Whispering Faber "There is hardly ever a complete silence in our soul. God is whispering to us well-nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds of the world die out in the soul, or sink low, then we hear these whisperings of God. He is always whispering to us, only we do not always hear, because of the noise, hurry and distractions which life causes as it rushes on." Thought for the Month! Fellow citizens, why do you turn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children, to whom one day you must relinquish it all. Socrates

10 To change info, subscribe or unsubscribe contact: UCY/UCYA Winnipeg Tamara Lisowski 233 Scotia St Winnipeg, Manitoba R2V 1V7 Phone: Fax: New*** We re on the Web! UCY/UCYA Note: WYD 08 ~ < 240 days Upcoming Events! World Youth Day Icon ~ Travels to Manitoba Parishes: Sunday, October 28 WYD Beausejour Parish** Sunday, November 4 WYD Holy Eucharist Parish** Sunday, November 11 WYD Sts Vladimir & Olga Parish** Sunday, November 18 WYD St Nicholas Parish** Sunday, November 25 WYD Sts Peter & Paul Parish** We still have the following Sundays open if you would like your parish to have the icon: Dec ~ 2/9 **(see pages 6 & 8 for more info) Andrew the Apostle Monday, November 12th Young Adults in Action is back into full swing of things. We will be having our November Gathering on Monday, November 12 th, 2007 at 7pm at St. Andrew s Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall 160 Euclid Avenue (please use Maple St. entrance). We will be having a guest speaker from Siloam Missions. Saturday, November 24 Advisory Board meeting, 1:30pm Please have one member of each parish youth or young adult group attend this meeting! We would love to have you join us! This will be our first meeting with the new executive members for Saint s Corner Also known as Andreas the Apostle; Endres the Apostle Memorial 30 November Name Meaning strong, manly (Andrew) Profile The first Apostle. Fisherman. Brother of Simon Peter. Follower of John the Baptist. Went through life leading people to Jesus, both before and after the Crucifixion. Missionary in Asia Minor and Greece, and possibly areas in modern Russia and Poland. Martyred on an saltire (x-shaped) cross, he is said to have preached for two days from it. Andrew was at first a disciple of John the Baptizer along with John the Theologian. When the Forerunner pointed out Jesus as the Christ, they both became His disciples. Andrew took his brother, Saint Peter, to meet Jesus. He is called the Protokletos (the First Called) because he was the first Apostle to be summoned by Jesus into His service. Andrew and his brother Peter made their living as fishermen on the Sea of Galilee. Both men became Apostles, and while Peter symbolically came to represent the Church of the West, Andrew likewise represents the Church of the East. Some peculiar marriage-related superstitions have attached themselves to Saint Andrew's feast day. One says that young women should note the location of barking dogs on Saint Andrew's Eve: their future husbands will come from that direction. Another is that on the day after Andrew's feast, young people float cups in a tub; if a boy's and a girl's cup drift together and are intercepted by a cup inscribed "priest", it indicates marriage. Born at Bethsaida Died crucified on a saltire (x-shaped) cross in Greece Patronage Achaia; Amalfi, Italy; anglers; Berchtesgaden, Germany; Burgundy; diocese of Constantinople; fish dealers; fish mongers; fishermen; gout; diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Greece; Lampertheim, Germany; Luqa, Malta; maidens; old maids; Patras, Greece; Plymouth, England; Russia; Scotland; singers; sore throats; Spanish armed forces; spinsters; University of Patras; unmarried women; women who wish to become mothers If there are any questions regarding this information, please contact ~Tamara (Monday-Thursday, 10am-3pm)~ If you have any Upcoming Events for December that you would like posted, please send them to the UCY office by November 20 to be in the next edition. WYD 2008 ~ Australia For those interested in going to WYD 08, please Contact: Fr. Mike Smolinski, CSsR (204) &/or Sr. Darleane Pelechaty, SSMI (204)