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1 SAINT BASIL the GREAT PARISH 202 HARCOURT STREET, WINNIPEG, MB R3J 3H3 Parish Office: Parish Hall: Parish Priest: Rt. Rev Canon Walter Klimchuk SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS From Father Walter A Letter from God My Child, You may not know Me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1. I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2. I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3. Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10: For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27. In Me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28. For you are My offspring. Acts 17:28. I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5. SUNDAY DIVINE LITURGY 10:00 a.m. (Rosary precedes each Liturgy by one half hour) WEEKDAY SERVICES (Tue-Fri) 8:30 a.m. Rosary followed by Liturgy CONFESSIONS Before Divine Liturgies BAPTISIMS By appointment FUNERALS By arrangement MARRIAGES By appointment at least three months in advance WEBSITE: PARISH OFFICE ADDRESS: parish@saintbasilwpg.ca BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS: bulletin@saintbasilwpg.ca I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1: You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. Psalm 139: I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14.

2 I knit you together in your mother s womb. Psalm 139:13. And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6. I have been misrepresented by those who don t know me. John 8: I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. 1John 4:16. And it is My desire to lavish my love on You. 1 John 3:1. Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. 1 John 3:1. Love, Your Dad Almighty God The Beatitudes, Part One: The Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount, as Matthew 5-7 is commonly called is a succinct and strikingly clear teaching that forms many of the foundational planks of the Christian way of life. Containing Jesus' description of what His followers should be and do, it comes closer to being Christianity's manifesto than any other single portion of the Bible. Among other things, it contains the Beatitudes, brief illustrations on the spirit of the law, and advice about the personal and private nature of a relationship with God, including the so-called Lord's Prayer. It teaches us how to avoid the pulls of this world through trusting in God and seeking His Kingdom and righteousness before all other priorities in life. Chapter 7 includes the well-known Golden Rule, a caution against judging, a warning to beware of false prophets and a final admonition to set ourselves on solid ground by not only hearing but doing. The Sermon in Matthew's Gospel Matthew breaks a 400-year-long scriptural silence between Malachi and the birth of Jesus Christ. We have no record that God sent any prophets during that period, though undoubtedly a remnant of faithful people awaited the fulfilling of the promises God had so long before given to Abraham. But when God again began speaking, He spoke through His Son, the chief Apostle, the greatest Prophet, Messiah and soon-to-come King. Jesus came proclaiming a New Covenant and a new way to relate to God, a way independent of the Temple, Jerusalem, Aaronic priesthood or bloody animal sacrifices. As long as it was done

3 decently and in good order, God could be worshipped anytime, anywhere, by those having His Spirit, for God intended His children to worship Him through every avenue of life. Matthew begins by stating, "The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham." He refers to Jesus as "the Son of David" seven times in his book, thus connecting Jesus of Nazareth with the throne. His defining theme is Jesus as the promised Messiah, who will save us from our sins and rule over this earth in the Kingdom of God. Early on, Matthew foreshadows the King's rejection by His own by showing Jesus born outside Jerusalem and worshipped by magi who apparently traveled a long distance from the east. Normally, the King would be born in the city of His throne and worshipped by its citizens. In the fourth chapter, after He defeats Satan in a titanic struggle, leaves His hometown of Nazareth, moves to Capernaum and begins His ministry, the reader discovers that those who knew Him in Nazareth violently rejected Him when He preached to them (Luke 4:16-30). Matthew then reports that Jesus went beyond Jordan into Galilee of the Gentiles and preached to the Gentiles there (Matthew 4:12-16). Not an auspicious beginning for the greatest Teacher this world has ever seen! However, He patiently persisted in preaching the gospel of the Kingdom of God and calling people to repentance. His fame began to spread throughout Galilee, aided greatly by His miracles of healing bodies, minds and spirits, until great multitudes followed Him. The Sermon's Setting The Sermon's opening is quite brief, but a number of similarities and contrasts with other places, people and events are of interest. The first is the place. Unlike the scribes and Pharisees, who held Moses' seat and taught in fine auditoriums, Jesus gave this vital address on an unknown mountain. It was not one of the "holy" mountains like Mount Sinai, Mount Zion, Mount Moriah or the Mount of Olives, but an anonymous, ordinary mount, again outside Jerusalem, with no distinguishing holiness or history.

4 There are more contrasts than similarities when one compares this event with Moses and Israel at Mount Sinai. Here, Christ goes up the mountain and preaches a sermon that is really an exposition of the law. When the law was given, the Lord came down on the mount. When God spoke the law, it was accompanied by thunder, lightning and earthquake, while the people ordered to keep their distance cowered in fear. This time He speaks in a small still voice, and the people are invited to draw near In chapter 17:1, He is transfigured into glory before the eyes of Peter, James and John "on a high mountain." In chapter 24:3, He delivers the end-time prophecy on the Mount of Olives. Finally, in chapter 28:16, the risen Christ, the Conqueror of death, commissions His apostles from the mountain. In each case, God, by showing Him in an elevated place, subtly draws attention to the Christ's royal authority. As our Lord, He is above. He sat as He proclaimed the laws of His Kingdom. This was the common practice of Jewish teachers. However, His sitting intimates something more than merely accommodating the prevailing mode of teaching of that time. Mark 1:22, from a time very early in Christ's ministry, reads, "They were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes." As Jesus declares His Kingdom's laws, He speaks with an authority that transcended that of the Jewish leaders. Therefore, His posture is better seen as symbolic of the King sitting on His throne and "laying down the law." To Whom Did He Preach It? It was a sermon intended for His disciples. Though others besides the twelve may have been listening, Jesus did not speak to a great multitude. Matthew 5:1 begins with, "And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain...," clearly giving the impression that He went up the mountain to withdraw from the multitudes. Then the verse says, "... and when He was seated, His disciples came to Him." The multitudes did not consist of disciples. The disciples were those already committed to Him and His way. It is they who gathered before Him, and at this time in His ministry, it was a very small number. Verse 1 gives the distinct impression that Jesus gave His concentrated instruction to a small group of people. When He came down from the mountain, multitudes again became part of His following. There is no doubt, though, to whom this message applies. Some parts of its instruction might be considered as of a general nature, yet the overwhelming majority of it applies only to the converted, those having the Spirit of God. Its thrust is not evangelistic intended to call people into the church but internal, as it sets standards for those already converted to prepare them for God's Kingdom when it comes in its fullness. The instruction is intensely practical; it deals, not as much with things to be believed, but with things to be done.

5 The Sermon tells us what our attitudes must become and admonishes us to be lights to the world. We must not lust or allow our anger to be uncontrolled or frivolous. We must turn the other cheek, agree with our adversary quickly, go the extra mile and love our enemy. It tells us how to pray, fast, do charitable deeds, lay up treasure in heaven, be single minded, exercise our faith in trusting God, seek Him before all other things in life and much more. The point is clear. These are all things the converted must actively do to witness for God, glorify Him and be in His Kingdom. They are not intended to be the limit but a summary of the attitudes, thoughts and works of one striving for the Kingdom of God. An Application for Today Worldliness is simply being like the world. It defines an attitude toward our relationship to God and our failure to reflect His way of life in our lives. We urgently need not only to see but also to feel the greatness of our separation from God and each other. If the church conforms to the world, and the two appear to the outsider to be merely two versions of the same thing, the church is obviously either losing or has lost its God-intended identity. A major lesson of I Corinthians 12 is that the church is no more than the sum of its individual members as God has placed us in it. Because of this, we have responsibilities to each other. The church is therefore strengthened or weakened, elevated or depressed, unified or scattered, by the attitudes and conduct of its individual parts. As each member reflects Jesus Christ in his life, the church is strengthened, elevated and unified. As we reflect the world, the opposite occurs. Paul says in I Corinthians 12:26, "And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it." Have we taken the opportunity to examine ourselves so thoroughly that we can truly say that we have brought every thought into obedience to Christ (II Corinthians 10:5)? How do we fare in living by every word of the Sermon on the Mount? We are to strive with all our being to please Him by living as He lived, not to serve ourselves but to serve Him and the church. Judging each other does not fall into our area of responsibility. Living according to the Sermon on the Mount. If we do this, we will not cause any brother to fall. The theme of the whole Bible is that God's purpose is to call out for Himself a holy people, set apart from the world to belong to Him and to obey Him. This people's work is to be true to its identity to be holy or different from this world in outlook, attitude, speech and conduct. To this end He has called us to be "in Christ" and to grow to the measure of the stature of His

6 fullness. Undoubtedly, Jesus lived His life just as He instructed His disciples to live when He spoke from that mountain over 2,000 years ago. The principles He enunciated are eternal. They apply just as surely to us today as they did to His original audience. Now is a time of decision for all of us, and the choices are clear. We have allowed the world to squeeze us into its mold through the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life (I John 2:15-17). We have neglected our high calling and drifted into a precarious spiritual condition. Either we must enthusiastically choose to give evidence of our loyalty to God through whole-hearted repentance and obedient submission to Him, or we will neglectfully or confusedly continue to drift in our relationship with Him. We must see the Sermon on the Mount in this sort of context. It is set in the beginning of the first gospel account just after Jesus began His ministry. It is the first thing our eye falls upon after the introduction sets the stage. Matthew 4:17 says, "From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.'" The very reason Jesus had come was to inaugurate the Kingdom. If it was on the threshold then, almost 2,000 years ago, imagine how close it is now to its fullness! Can we afford to ignore this foundational, concentrated instruction intended for us, His disciples? The Sermon on the Mount portrays the repentance, the complete change of mind, and the righteousness that belong to the Kingdom. It describes what human life and human community (as in a church) look like when they come under the gracious rule of God. Our character, as described in the Beatitudes, is to be completely distinct from that admired by the world. We are to shine as lights in the darkness of this world. How can we shine if we are just like them? No distinctive difference would exist. Our righteousness in ethical behavior and true devotion to God is to exceed that of the religious folk around us. We are to have love even for our enemies, people whom the world would utterly reject or fight against if put in a similar situation. There is hardly a verse in the entire Sermon where Jesus is not contrasting what He wants us to be with the way the world was in His day and still is. This is its underlying theme. Human nature never changes, so the same challenges He placed before them face us. The Gentiles love and salute each other, but Christians are to love their enemies. They pray after a fashion, "heaping up empty phrases," but we should pray with the humble thoughtfulness of children to their Father in heaven. They are preoccupied with material necessities, but we are to trust God and seek first His Kingdom and righteousness. The Jews love to proclaim their charity and piety in fasting, but we must give, pray and fast "in secret" by faith, knowing God is aware and looking to Him for response, not the acclaim of others.

7 Thus the Sermon on the Mount teaches us we are to be different different from both the religious and the irreligious secular world. As He did so many times with ancient Israel, God holds out His hand to us and encourages us to change: As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. The Sermon on the Mount is a trustworthy guide for us. Each of us should urgently examine ourselves against it and with God's help re-establish a strong and loving relationship with Him by humbly submitting to Him in obedience to the Sermon's instructions. We can then be assured we will not be worldly, and God will restore us to a unity far better than we ever had before. Repentance is the key, and the Sermon gives the direction. God expects His children to submit to it. Living it can only produce good fruit. Next Week: The Beatitudes, Part Two: Poor in Spirit THE TRAVELING ICON OF THE MOTHER OF POCHAIV You can arrange to have the icon in your home by using the sign-up sheet at the back of the church. Just write your name on the week in the calendar that corresponds to your choice of time period. When we speak of icons as a medium for gazing into heaven, we refer to their value as much more than ethereal-looking religious art. Instead, icons serve as a very real means for connecting us with God and His love. Icons are beautiful, but without relationship behind it, beauty alone feeds only a portion of the human soul, and ultimately patronizes the deep human need for loving connection with the Transcendent. With this in mind, we seek to view icons as points of visual and spiritual intersection with eternal things, as living prompts for our prayers, and as reminders of the very real world that exists beyond the limitations of this temporal one. Icons can seem complicated or strange at first. Take time to come present to the icon, to simply gaze, allowing both your sense of sight as well as the longings of your heart to interact with what the icon presents to you in a particular moment. Icons have a way of teaching the heart spiritual truths the mind cannot. This is part of what is meant by icons being theology in color. While the Icon is in your home pray before it, alone or with others, for all your intentions and needs. You may pray the Rosary, in whole or in part, or the prayers from the Moleben to the Mother of God, or pray in your own words; or simply spend some silent moments in meditation, listening and being attentive to God's Word. In your prayers, approach the Blessed Mother with childlike confidence and bring her all your concerns, worries, disappointments, hurts and sufferings, and all your needs, wishes and hopes. But also say a prayer of thanksgiving for all of your successes and joys, your graces and blessings, known and unknown. Make the most of the presence of Mary's Icon in your home.

8 LITURGIES & INTENTIONS INTENTION OFFERED BY MAY 22 ND 10:00 am HEALTH & BLESSINGS WALLACE DARICHUK UCWLC HEALTH & BLESSINGS JASON YASKIW INTENTION THAT MATTEO BE REUNITED WITH HIS MOM & FAMILY UCWLC ANABELA THOMAS INTENTIONS FOR KATHLEEN & LEANDRE +SOUL OF VICKI PUSHKA +SOUL OF WALTER RUTA +SOUL OF LOU GOLLETS +SOUL OF MARJORIE ROMANIK ROB & IRENE CEMBROSKI VICKI BUGERA MARY RUTA MERV & SONIA MICHALYSHEN ST. JOHN BREBEUF SCHOOL MAY 23 RD NO MASS MAY 24 TH 8:30 am +SOUL OF DEACON NICHOLAS KOHUCH GLORIA SENIUK MAY 25 TH 8:30 am +SOUL OF ALEX KALYNIUK MILDRED KALYNIUK MAY 26 TH 8:30 am +SOUL OF LOU GOLLETS ANTONIETTA DI MARCO MAY 27 TH 8:30 am +SOUL OF MARJORIE ROMANIK LESIA MAGNE MAY 29 TH 10:00 am INTENTIONS OF KATHLEEN & LEANDRE ROB & IRENE CEMBROSKI +SOUL OF TRAVIS PRAZNIK 1 YEAR +SOULS OF ALEX & DARLENE BUGERA +SOUL OF VICKI PUSHKA JANET & RICK PRAZNIK VICKI BUGERA ANNE TANCHAK MAY 30 TH NO MASS MAY 31 ST 8:30 am +SOUL OF ED PILAT JOHN SOLOMON JUNE 1 ST 8:30 am +SOUL OF LOU GOLLETS ANTONIETTA DI MARCO JUNE 2 ND 6:45 pm +SOUL OF ANNA HORBONIS MARY TURKO PLEASE NOTE THAT FATHER WALTER WILL BE AWAY FROM JUNE 3 RD TO JUNE 11 TH INCLUSIVE. JUNE 12 TH 10:00 am HEALTH & BLESSINGS DOREEN MUSICK ROSE OLYNYK +SOUL OF LOU GOLLETS MERV & SONIA MICHALYSHEN JUNE 13 TH NO MASS JUNE 14 TH 8:30 am +SOUL OF LOU GOLLETS V. KASKIW JUNE 15 TH 8:30 am +SOUL OF ED PILAT J.W. JUNE 16 TH 8:30 am +SOULS OF STANLEY & EMILY STOYANSKY & FAMILY C & A

9 SANCTUARY LIGHT WEEK OF INTENTION OFFERED BY MAY 22 ND +SOULS OF MIKE & JEAN NECHWEDIUK MARTIN & LEONA NECHWEDIUK JUNE 12 TH +SOUL OF HUSBAND BORIS MUSICK (28 YEARS) DOREEN MUSICK & FAMILY JUNE 19 TH +SOULS OF SISTERS CHRISTINE, MARY & PEARL DOREEN MUSICK & FAMILY JUNE 26 TH +SOULS OF BROTHERS PAUL, WALTER & NICHOLAS DOREEN MUSICK & FAMILY JULY 3 RD HEALTH OF ANNA LABAY ANDY & LINDA LABAY JULY 10 TH +SOUL OF TONY NAHULIAK VIRGINIA MOORE JULY 24 TH +SOUL OF EMILY STOYANSKY ANGELA & CATHY STOYANSKY AUGUST 28 TH HEALTH & BLESSINGS ANGELA STOYANSKY CATHY STOYANSKY SEPTEMBER 4 TH +SOULS OF WILLIAM & NELLIE KABAN KABAN FAMILY SEPTEMBER 11 TH +SOUL OF ROSE CAMERON KABAN FAMILY SEPTEMBER 18 TH HEALTH & BLESSINGS ANGELA STOYANSKY CATHY STOYANSKY SEPTEMBER 25 TH +SOUL OF FRED SOLTYS ANNE SOLTYS & FAMILY OCTOBER 2 ND HEALTH & BLESSINGS FATHER WALTER CATHY & ANGELA STOYANSKY OCTOBER 30 TH +SOUL OF ANNE SKOCHYLES GERRY SKOCHYLES NOVEMBER 6 TH HEALTH & BLESSINGS CATHY STOYANSKY ANGELA STOYANSKY NOVEMBER 13 TH +SOUL OF LARRY FEDORCHUK PHYLLIS FEDORCHUK & FAMILY DECEMBER 4 TH +SOUL OF JOHN LABAY ANDY & LINDA LABAY DECEMBER 18 TH +SOUL OF STANLEY STOYANSKY CATHY & ANGELA STOYANSKY DECEMBER 25 TH +SOUL OF HNAT ZAMRYKUT ANNE TANCHAK & FAMILY A Sanctuary Light burns eternally to indicate the presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist in the Tabernacle. It is a marvelous thing that we can actually be in His presence! "Do you want many graces? Go and visit the Blessed Sacrament often. Do you want few graces? Visit the Blessed Sacrament rarely. Do you want none at all? Then never pay a visit to the Blessed Sacrament," - St. John Bosco If anyone wishes to receive the Sacrament of Confession or Holy Communion at home or in the hospital or nursing home please contact the parish office at

10 PLEASE REMEMBER THOSE WHO NEED OUR PRAYERS Oh God our Father we pray You restore to physical health, those who are weakened with illness. Give peace of mind to those troubled with worry and comfort those discouraged with problems. Help them find their inner strength, a faith and trust in you and a love for one another to guide them through any health challenges or troubles they may face. Amen. Walter Lotocki Steven Marchensk Joyce Hojlo Bill Morant Annie H. Kruk Margaret Hadubiak Dorothy Labay Kay Tokarwiski Mildred Kalyniuk Helen Czaplynsky Serge Larouche Adele Genik Veronica Darichuk Anna Labay Paul Klym Rose Swidinsky Father Gerard Regnier Wallace Darichuk Jason Yaskiw If someone you know needs the prayers of the parish community, please contact the Parish Office. Therefore...pray for one another, so that you may be healed. (James 5:15) We will be having our final perogy supper on May 27, 2016 for this Columbian Year. We ask brother knight to either come out and assist or attend with friends and parishioners for a great perogy supper prepared by brother knights. Respectfully submitted by Grand Knight Andrew Labay. Ukrainian Park Summer Camp The camp is located near Gimli, along the west shore of Lake Winnipeg. Children grades 6-10 can register to attend July3-10; grades K-6 attend July Camp Counsellors and parent volunteers are needed. Visit the link below for the Camp brochure, registration form, video, and more. See you at Camp this summer! THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO: DANIEL KOHANCHUK who will celebrate on May 22 nd DAN LABAY who will celebrate on May 23 rd NANCY PROCIUK who will celebrate on May 27th MNOHAYA -MNOHAYA LITA! GOD GRANT YOU MANY HAPPY YEARS

11 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO: ANTHONY & DOROTHY MAKSYMCHUK MAY 22, 1965 STEVE & SHELLEY SEREMET MAY 27, 2000 May your marriage be blessed with love, joy and companionship for all the years of your lives. Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. (Corinthians 13:4-8) GUS & PEARL GROEN MAY 28, 1966 May God continue to bless the love in your hearts and your life together with an ever-deepening faith. Best Wishes on your 50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. UCWLC REMINDER League day is Sunday, May 29/16. Members are requested to wear white or Ukrainian blouses. A brunch will be served by Parish Council following divine Liturgy. All League members who are able to attend will be greatly appreciated. Rose Olynyk President Thank you to all the organizers (St. Basil s St Anne s) of Father Walter s 50 th Anniversary of Ordination. It was a well organized & very successful evening. Good time was had by all who attended! Counters for June are: Ron & Phyllis Marchenski and Tony Sklar. Submitted by Sylvia Martyniuk

12 The Ukrainian Catholic Church Of St. Basil the Great Family Fun Picnic All parish members are invited to celebrate family and faith on Sunday, June 26 th at 11:00 a.m. (following the liturgy) Bring your favourite lawn chair and an appetite for fun! Sign-up will be available at the back of the church

13 TREASURE EVERY MOMENT Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86, It carries over no balance from day-to-day. Every evening it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course!!! Each of us has such a bank. Its name is Time. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. The clock is running. Make the most of today. Every day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against the *tomorrow*. You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success! To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade. To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train. To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident. To realize the value of ONE MILLLISECOND, ask a person who won a medal in the Olympics.

14 Treasure every moment that you have!...and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time. And remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history... Tomorrow is mystery... Today is a gift... That is why it is called the present. COMMUNITY CALENDAR VELYCHKOVSKY PILGRIMAGE TO UKRAINE 2016 July 3 to July 25, The Bishop Velychkovsky Martyr's Shrine is conducting a pilgrimage for 22 days to places in Ukraine where Blessed Martyr Vasyl lived, worked and suffered. Some of the places we will be visiting are: Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kovel, Kamianetz Podilsk, Kyiv, the Carpathian Mountains, Zarvanytsia, Pochaiv, etc. On this pilgrimage we will have prayer services and hear stories of Blessed Vasyl s life as well as sight-seeing throughout Ukraine.Cost of the trip is $4500 CDN which includes: flights from Winnipeg to Lviv/Kyiv to Winnipeg, travelling in air-conditioned bus throughout Ukraine, accommodations, meals and attractions. Travel and medical insurance is not included. For more information contact by bvshrine@mymts.net or phone Book as soon as possible as space is limited to 20 pilgrims. Deadline for reservations and non-refundable deposit of $ is February 29, Tour conducted by Fr. John Sianchuk, C.Ss.R. & Mary Jane Kalenchuk. Come and experience Blessed Vasyl s homeland and the beauty and hospitality of Ukraine World Youth Day 2016! CUCP ~ Canadian Ukrainian Catholic Pilgrims Ukrainian Catholics from Canada will be joining together to experience WYD July 12-August 3, 2016July ~ Lviv, Ukraine July ~ Zarvanytsia, UkraineJuly ~ Days of the Eparchy in Przemysl, PolandJuly ~ World Youth Day Week in Krakow, PolandAugust 1-3 ~ Wrap Up Retreat Days in Krakow, PolandCost Approx $3800-$4200 For more information on the Pilgrimage you can either Sarah at uwitness2youth@gmail.com or Millie at youth@edmontoneparchy.com Please join us for a Pilgrimage of a Lifetime! (Register early, space is limited)

15 HELP LOAD A CONTAINER FOR UKRAINE! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! The UCC-MPC Euromaidan Committee is looking for volunteers to load a 40-foot long container of donated medical equipment every Wednesday and Saturday 9:00 am - 12:30 pm from May 18 to June 11, when the container will be leaving for Ukraine. UCC-MPC requires 4-6 volunteers for each session. UCC-MPC appreciates every commitment be it for one session or for several to help with this project! Volunteers can sign up by contacting UCC-MPC at info@uccmb.ca or ucc.kyk.mb@gmail.com or by calling More information can be found at or on the Council s Facebook page UCC Manitoba Provincial Council - КУК Манітоба. The loading will take place at the International Hope Canada warehouse in Winnipeg (entrance from 500 Yukon Avenue). The shipping costs for the container are being covered by the UCC-MPC Euromaidan Committee. Anyone wishing to donate funds to help defray the shipping costs, can send a cheque made out to UCC-MPC to 777 Pritchard Avenue, Winnipeg R2X 0E8 with Container for Ukraine in the memo line. UR Youth Sunday May 29th, 4-8pm, Pizza and Games Night with the parishioners of 765 Aikins Street!. Meet in the youth room at 4pm at St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church (250 Jefferson Ave) and we will walk over to the apartment block together. Let's share some pizza, our amazing baking, and some fun games with our neighbours! Pick-ups at 8pm from St. Joseph's. Contact Michelle for more details or rymcssr@gmail.com. Saturday June 25, 9:45am-6pm - Looking ahead, MARK YOUR CALENDARS, we'll be winding up UR Youth for the year with a...mystery Bus! Yes, that's all I can say, but plan on spending the entire day together. Drop-off's and pick-ups from the parking lot at St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church. You must RSVP to Michelle Thiessen: or rymcssr@gmail.com. A "What to bring" list will be ed out the week before. It's gonna be good! Under the Radar Urban Outreach Program at Siloam Mission July 25-28, 2016! Connecting compassionate youth with Winnipeg's inner city! For a camp brochure or an application form, contact Michelle at or rymcssr@gmail.com. This is for all Ukrainian Catholic youth, ages years. Deadline to apply: June 30th.

16 April May 2016 June Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Knights of 6 7 Columbus Meeting 6:45 pm 1 Celebration of Grade 8 Religious Education Graduates UCWLC Meeting 6:30 pm Celebration of Father Walter s 50 th Anniversary of Ordination to the Holy Priesthood 16 Parish Council Meeting 6:30 pm Potato peeling Perogy Bee Perogy Supper 4-7 pm Note: last one until September UCWLC LEAGUE DAY Notes: