Easter Parish Bulletin

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1 Parish Bulletin 530 Donald Rd. Rossdale St. Andrews, MB, R1A 3K4 Parish Priest Rev. Yaroslav Buduykevych Divine Liturgy Sunday Summer Schedule: 9:00 AM (May September) Winter Schedule: 10:00 AM (October April) Feast Days Vespers evening before: 7:00 PM Divine Liturgy evening of the day: 7:00 PM Sacrament of Reconciliation before or after any Liturgical Service in the parish or by appointment Baptism and Confirmation by appointment with the parish priest Sacrament of Marriage arranged with the parish priest at least a year in advance Sacrament of the Sick as per request Funeral Service by arrangement with the parish priest Coffee House every Sunday after the Divine Liturgy. You commanded the myrrh-bearing to rejoice, O Christ God, and ended the grief of our mother Eve by Your Resurrection. You ordered the apostles to proclaim to all: The Savior is risen from the tomb. (Myrrh-Bearing Women Sunday Kontakion) 1

2 Greeting for Paschal Period From Resurrection till Ascension: Christ is Risen! and the response Truly He is Risen! Fasting and Abstinence Friday after St. Thomas Sunday is the day of abstinence. Pray for: Raina-Laura the mother expecting a child. Ray Andryo, Taras Andryo, Kaitlyn Hanson, Paul Kalyniuk, Lena Kotowich, Mary Kozoway, Gordon MacCollum, Florence MacCollum, Jean Senavich, Ruslan Topolnitsky, Christopher Woloshyn, for the healing of soul and body. Birthday Greetings Diana Topolnitska God s blessing for you on this special day. May the Mother of God keep you under Her Protection. March for Life On Thursday, May 11 th, 10:30 am, you are invited to attend Mass at St. Mary s Cathedral, or a service for the Unborn in the Buntain Chapel at Calvary Temple. The March for Life gathering will begin at the Legislative Building at 11:30 am. The walk will begin at noon and will be followed by speakers and closing remarks. Contact Dennis Wawrykow for any questions (204) Take a Stand! Be a Voice! There is a need of some volunteers to help out at the March for Life. If you are able to commit please contact Tim Scatliff tscatliff@gmail.com or cell (204) Walk for Mary Everyone is invited for 19th annual Walk for Mary. This year the theme is Walking and Praying in honour of Our Lady of Fatima - 100th Anniversary. This will raise funds to support the Marian Hour daily Rosary program that airs at 10:30 PM on 810 CKJS Radio. This year Walk for Mary will be held on Sunday, May 28th. The walk will start at 1:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist Perish. Registration begins at 12:00-1:30 p.m. at Holy Eucharist Parish Centre, Watt Street and Munroe Avenue. Information and pledge forms are available at the Church. Children's Camp In 2017 Ukrainian Park Catholic Children's Camp runs from July 2 till July 16. The Ukrainian Park Campground is located on the west shore of Lake Winnipeg. The camp for children and youth that nurture growth in Christian virtues and values. A week of camp gives campers the chance to live within faith community, use their creativity, and get active. The three-fold focus of the camp is FAITH, FRIENDS & FUN. For more information visit under Ministry, Children s Camp. Please Visit The number of our parishioners is in nursing homes or confined to their homes. They really value a visit. If you are able please visit: Paul Kalyniuk, Lena Kotowich, Mary Kozoway. Shevchenko Award How would you feel if you got something that made you feel special? While celebrating Taras Shevchenko days at Imaculat 2

3 Heart of Mary School, a raffle draw came with three winners. Each of the students received Taras Shevchenko medal, one of them is our own Martin Duplak. Taras Shevchenko is one of Ukraine most renowned writer, artist and poet. He was one of not so many in Russian Empire of 19 th century, who was writing his poetry and prose in Ukrainian, especially at the time when it was illegal and suppressed by Russia. In the official report Shevchenko was accused in using Ukrainian in his writings. He was imprisoned, convicted and exiled as a private to the Russian military without the right to write in Ukrainian or paint. The medal has a great value of making you a part of the Great Ukrainian History. Martin be proud of all of your achievements especially of this. Singing in the Parish I think we all enjoy good music. Even though there are many styles and categories of music, we all love to please our sense of hearing with nice composition. Some compositions will inspire us, bring joy others will move us to empathy or grief. When we talk about our liturgical singing and music it also has some different aspects build into the composition. The example we can use here can be the liturgical singing of the Holy Week and Bright Week. The music of the Holy Week faithfully was following the texts and the theology of suffering of our Lord and the forgiveness of our sins. In many instances the singing immersed us into that reality. It prayerfully brought us into God s incarnation and death on the cross. The music and liturgical singing of the Bright Week present the atmosphere of joy and happiness of the New Pascha. Christ is Risen! resound in our hearing over and over again teaches about Christ Resurrection on the third day. Singing makes our whole being tremble. All the services that we had for Holy and Bright Weeks received a lot of compliments from visitors and from our parishioners. However none of this would be possible if we would not have our wonderful group of cantors that is leading the whole church in harmony. Their voices make every service a prayerful expression of our faith. Today we would like to express our gratitude to everyone who praises God with his/her voice, especially to: Will, Linda, Brian, Rosemarie, Larry, Maria, Kelly and all who join in singing. We are most grateful for making our Paschal celebration prayerful, meaningful and all-encompassing. Svyachene On Paschal Sunday we all prayed together beautiful Resurrection services and sang Christ is Risen. At the end of the Paschal morning we bless our Easter baskets. Our baskets were full with Pascha (Easter bread), along with pysanky (colored eggs), salt, cheese and butter, sausage and ham, horseradish and babka. After the blessing, we all took our blessed food (svyachene) home in time for breakfast. On April 23rd, Sunday of St. Thomas, Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Parish after the Divine Liturgy held its annual parish Paschal Branch or Svyachene... This day nobody was rushing home, the atmosphere was filled with Pascha and ham. People were sharing blessed food as one big parish family. We express our sincere gratitude to all who shared all of the blessing they receive this Pascha with the members of our parish. 3

4 May God Bless all of the hands that prepare the food and the generous heart of all of the contributors and volunteers. Sunday Message Christ is Risen! We notice around us things that come into being and go out of being. A tree, for example, grows from a tiny shoot, then withers and dies. Whatever comes into being or goes out of existence does not have to be; so the nonbeing is a real possibility. Suppose that nothing has to be; that is, that nonbeing is a real possibility for everything. Then right now nothing would exist. For if the universe began to exist, then all being must trace its origin to some past moment before which there existed literally nothing at all. But from nothing, nothing can come. So the universe could not have begun. Suppose the universe never began. Then, for the infinitely long duration of cosmic history, all being had the built-in possibility not to be. If in an infinite time that possibility was never realized, then it could not have been a real possibility at all. So there must exist something which has to exist, which cannot not to exist. This sort of being is called necessary. Either this necessity belongs to the thing in itself or it is derived from another. If derived from another there must ultimately exist a being whose necessity is not derived, that is, an absolutely necessary being. This absolutely necessary being is God. Truly He is Risen! Holy Eucharist One of the great fruits of Holy Communion, is that the Holy Eucharist makes the Church: "Those who receive the Eucharist are united more closely to Christ. Through it, Christ unites them to all the faithful in one body the Church. Communion renews, strengthens, and deepens this incorporation into the Church, already achieved by Baptism" (CCC 1396). Therefore, the reception of Holy Communion truly unites in communion the Catholic faithful who share the same faith, teachings, traditions, sacraments, and leadership. The church invites the faithfull for Holy Communion with words, The holy Things for the holy! At once its an invitation and a warning. We receive the Holy Gifts not because we concider ourselves worthy but because it is most proper participation in the life of the Church which at the same time is Body of Christ. Each of us is responsible for approaching Holy Eucharist with clean conscience so this union would not be for judjment or condemnation (Christ our Pascha 386). St. Paul reminded the Corinthians: "Every time, then, you eat this bread and drink this cup; you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes! This means that whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily sins against the body and blood of the Lord. A man should examine himself first; only then should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup" (1 Cor. 11:26-28). A Catholic must be in a state of grace to receive Holy Communion, and anyone aware of being in a state of mortal sin must first receive absolution in the Sacrament of Penance (CCC 1415). Therefore, Catholic who neglected participation in Sunday Divine Liturgy or who has abandoned his Faith and the teachings of the Church will not receive Holy Gifts with utmost respect and benefits for salvation. 4

5 Crossword Puzzle 31 Years Ago 31 Years Later, Chernobyl Disaster Remembered. Please pray for all who died during and after this tragedy. Divine Liturgy Schedule May 7 Sunday of Paralytic Divine Liturgy 9:00 AM We pray for the health and well-being of all of our parishioners. Parish Contact Information Rev. Yaroslav Buduykevych (204) budyaroslav@hotmail.com Chair: Bill Scromeda (204) scromeda@myts.net 5

6 Catechism Coordinator: Raina Turk (204) Perogy Crew: Linda Skromeda (204) Hall Managers: Peter & Frances Skazyk (204) Cemetery: Linda Skromeda (204) Calendar May Sunday of the Paraltic; Appearance of the Holy Cross over Jerusalem, Acacius Acts 9:32-42; John 5: Sunday of Samaritan Woman Isidore Acts 11:19-26, 29-30; John 4: Sunday of the Man Born Blind Constantine Helen Acts16:16-34 Act. 26:1-5, John 9:1-38; John 10: Sunday of the Fathers the Council of Nicaea; Venerable Nicetas Acts 20:16-18, John 17: Jeremiah Ph, Coronation of Pochaiv Icon, Blessed Klymentii Sheptytsky Acts 6:8-7:5, 47-60; Jn. 4: Evangelist John Acts 10:1-16; 1 John 1:1-7; Jn. 6:56-69; Jn. 19:25-27; 21: Father Pachomius the Great Acts 12:12-17; John 8: Basiliscus Acts 17:1-15; Jn. 11: Theodosia the Virgin Acts 21:8-14; Jn14:27-15:7 2 Athanasius the Great Acts 8:5-17 Jn. 6: Transfer of the Relics of Nicholas from Myra to Bari Acts10:21-33 Heb13:17-21; John 7:1-13; Luke 6: Theodore the Sanctified, Acts 12:25-13:12; John 8: Confessor Michael, Bishop of Synada Acts17:19-28 Jn. 12: Father Isaac, Hegumen of the Dalmatin Monastery Act. 21:26-32 John 16: Theodosius of Monastery of the Caves at Kyiv Acts 8:18-25; Heb. 13:7-16; Jn. 6:35-39; Mt. 11: Mid-Pentecost Holy Apostle Simon the Zealot Acts 14:6-18; 1 Cor 4:9-16; Jn. 7:14-30; Mt. 13: Leave-taking MidPentecost Andronicus Blessed Ivan Ziatyk Acts13:13-24 John 6: Leave-taking of Pascha; Venerable Simeon Acts18:22-28 Jn. 12: The Holy Apostle Hermas Acts 23:1-11; Jn. 16: Pelagia Acts 8:26-39; John 6: The Holy Cyril and Methodius Teachers of the Slavs Acts10:34-43 Heb. 7:26-8:2 Jn. 8:12-20 Jn. 10: Theodotus of Ancyra Acts 14:20-27; John 9:39-10:9 25 Ascension of Our Lord, Finding Head of John Baptist, Blessed Mykola Tsehelsky, Acts 1:1-12; Lk. 24: Irene Acts 8:40-9:19; John 6: Father Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus Acts 10:44-11:10; John 8: Priest- Patrick Acts 15:5-34; Jn. 10: Apostle Carpus, One of Seventy Acts 19:1-8; John 14: Longsuffering Job Acts 9:20-31; Jn.15:17-16:2 13 The Holy Glyceria Acts 12:1-11; John 8: The Holy Thaleleus Acts 15:35-41; Jn. 10: Priest- Therapontus Acts 20:7-12; Jn. 14: