Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Parish Українська Католицька Церква Пресвятої Слава Ісусу Христу! - Glory to Jesus Christ! Слава на віки! - Glory forever! 10TH AND 11TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 2 & 9 Серпня August 2 & 9, 2015 Parish Office - ПАРАФІЯЛЬНА КАНЦЕЛЯРІЯ 1001 Grant Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3M 1Y3 Tel: (204) 453-4653 Fax: (204) 475-0928Website: www.holyfamilychurch.wordpress.com Office Hours Tue-Fri, 9:30 am-400 pm Від вівтірка до п ятниці - 9:30 рано до 4:00 пополудн Clergy and Staff - Духовенство й Працівники Fr. Darren Kawiuk, Parish Priest - 204-453-4653 dkawiuk@yahoo.ca Joe Kulyk, Office Manager - 204-453-4653 holyfamilyparishoffice@gmail.com Eucharist - Божественна Літургія Sunday Divine Liturgy 9:00 am-english - по-англійськи 11:00 am-ukrainian - по-українськи Weekday Divine Liturgy - Будні - Tuesday-Friday: 8:00 am Repentance (Confession) - Сповідь Sundays during Liturgy & by appointment Baptisms - Хрещення Notify the Parish Office at least a month before the baby is expected or shortly afterwards. There is a special information class which parent s must attend before the Sacrament of Baptism & Confirmation can be celebrated. Weddings - Вінчання Contact the pastor 9-12 months in advance Parish Hall - Храмовий Зал - 204-452-2332 Parish Pastoral Council Zenon Scraba, Chairperson - 204-797-4862 Knights of Columbus Zenon Scraba, Grand Knight - 204-797-4862 UCWLC, President - Vacant after January 2016 Leona Shewchuk, Treasurer - 204-257-4315 Club 55+, Stella Hyska, President - 204-489-6425 Queen of Peace Prayer Group Leonard Terrick, Coordinator - 204-269-4696 Decorating - TBA Altar Guild - Elizabeth Weselowski - 204-477-0030 Catechism Program - Martin Pasieczka - 204-453-4965 We warmly welcome all of our visitors! It s good to have you with us!
SUNDAY S COLLECTION July 19 July 26 Sunday Envelopes (74) $1,980 Sunday Envelopes (70) $1,790 Loose Cash $45 $45.60 Church Maintenance Visitors $15 $45 Candle Offering $84.55 $74.70 Vigil Lamps $15 Щиро Вам дякуємо! Thank you for your Generosity! We are now set up to accept bimonthly donations (every 2 weeks) for your convenience! Debit form located in the narthex August 2nd - 10th Sunday after Pentecost The story of Jesus healing a demonpossessed boy teaches us a lot about having faith in Him. Having faith in Jesus means entrusting everything to Him and His power. Having faith is believing that when all else fails, Jesus won t. Pause for a while and think of a time when things seemed so hopeless and you couldn t do anything to change the situation. When the worst is far from over, we tend to doubt Jesus power to overturn the situation. Having faith means fixing our eyes on Jesus alone. ПРОСИМО МОЛИТВУ ЗА ЗДОРОВЯ - Please remember in your those people of our parish who are in the hospitals, care homes and those who are shut-ins, as well as those who need our prayers. Remember, if you would like a hospital visit or to h a v e y o u r n a m e published in the bulletin, you or a member of your family must call the parish office and let us know. Please keep in your prayer the upcoming Patriarchal Sobor on the Vibrant Parish that will be held this summer in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Aug 25-27, 2015.
Divine Liturgy Schedule Порядок Богослужінь Day Date Time Intention Sun Aug 2 9:00 am 11:00 am INTENTIONS FOR ALL OUR PARISHIONERS Anniversary blessing for John and Olha Dziadek by Family Tue Aug 4 8:00 am In Thanksgiving to God for Leonard and Paulette Terrick Wed Aug 5 8:00 am Birthday blessing for Fr Darren by Elizabeth Weselowski Thu Aug 6 7:00 pm Feast of Transfiguration - Blessing of Fruit Fri Aug 7 8:00 am Birthday blessings for Fr Darren by Sandra and William Kawiuk Sun Aug 9 9:00 am 11:00 am Michael Maksymetz by Rosalene Maksymetz INTENTIONS FOR ALL OUR PARISHIONERS Tue Aug 11 8:00 am Birthday blessings for Judy Scraba (60 years) by Zenon, Trevor & Tyler Wed Aug 12 8:00 am Birthday blessing for Sandra Kawiuk by William and Fr Darren Thu Aug 13 8:00 am Herve Bourgeois by Martha and family Fri Aug 14 8:00 am John Furkalo by (niece) Merna Furkalo Sun Aug 16 9:00 am 11:00 am Knights of Columbus Members and their families INTENTIONS FOR ALL OUR PARISHIONERS Успіння -Dormition of the Mother of God Blessing of Flowers at both liturgies Tue Aug 18 8:00 am In thanksgiving to God for Ned and Yvonne Derkach Wed Aug 19 8:00 am In Thanksgiving to God for Leonard and Paulette Terrick Thu Aug 20 8:00 am God's blessing and guidance for Mark by Maurice and Stella Kohut Fri Aug 21 8:00 am Blessing and graces for Coral, Steven, Tyler and Dallas by Leonard and Paulette Terrick SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 2, 2015 Tuesday - Friday No liturgies scheduled during the Clergy Retreat
On the Mountain He led them up to the mountain that He might also reveal to them Who this Son is, and Whose Son is He. For when He asked them: Whom do men say that the Son of man is, they said to Him: some Elias, some others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. And so He led them up into a high mountain, and showed them that He was not Elias, but the God of Elias; that neither was He Jeremias, but He that had sanctified Jeremias in his mother's womb; that neither was He one of the prophets, but the Lord of the prophets, and He that had sent them. And He showed them also that He was the Creator of heaven and earth and the Lord of the living and the dead; for He spoke to the heavens, and they sent down Elias; He made a sign to the earth and raised Moses to life again... For God the Word dwelt in the womb of the Virgin: and the fire of His Divinity consumed not the members of the virginal body; and in that dwelling place she kept watch over him for the space of nine months. He dwelt in the womb of the Virgin, not despising our nature; and from it God came forth clothed in human flesh, that He might redeem us. He took them up into a high mountain apart, that He might also show them the glory of His Divinity, and that He might declare Himself the Redeemer of Israel, as He had foretold by the prophets, and so that they would not be scandalized in Him when they would see Him in the Passion He had taken upon Himself; and which for our sakes He was about to suffer in His human nature. For they knew that He was man, hut they knew not that He was God. They knew Him as the Son of Mary, and as a man sharing their daily life in the world. On the mountain He revealed to them that He was the Son of God, and Himself God. St. Ephrern the Syrian Volunteers needed to help move tables and chairs onto the stage in the auditorium. If you are able to help please come on Friday, August 7th at 9:00 am. Professional floor cleaning services by Bee Clean will be stripping, waxing and buffing the auditorium floor as well as cleaning all carpet areas. The work is scheduled to be done over two days, August 10th and 11th.
6-го Серпня - 6th August Переображення Господа - Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus had gone with his disciples Peter, James, and John to Mount Tabor. Christ's appearance was changed while they watched into a glorious radiant figure. There appeared Elijah and Moses, speaking with Jesus. The disciples were amazed and terribly afraid. This event shows forth the divinity of Christ, so that the disciples would understand after his Ascension that He was truly the radiant splendor of the Father, and that his Passion was voluntary (Mark 9:2-9). It also shows the possibility of our own theosis. The Transfiguration of Christ is one of the central events recorded in the Gospels. In the Transfiguration, the apostles see the glory of the Kingdom of God present in majesty in the person of Christ. The blessing of Icon of the Transfiguration of Our Lord grapes, as well as other fruits and vegetables on this day, is the most beautiful and adequate sign of the final transfiguration of all things in Christ. Make every effort to attend the Feast Day Liturgy this Thursday at 7:00PM, and bring fruit for blessing and sharing! Vigil Lamps Aug 2-8 Aug 9-15 Icon of Mary Health and speedy recovery for George Balacko Holy Family Knights of Columbus God s blessings for Courtney and Chris Icon of Jesus Health and speedy recovery for George Balacko Holy Family Knights of Columbus God s blessings for Nicholas and Liz
9:00 AM DIVINE LITURGY Ministry Aug 2 Aug 9 Aug 16 Aug 23 Rosary Marianne Derkach Paulette Terrick Christine Brezden Leonard Terrick Greeters Epistle Peter and Regan Tataryn Eugene Statkewich Carol Nowasad Jean Uchach Richard and Shelly Pidsadny Alice Michalczuk Marie Stefanik Caroline Pasieczka Danny Schur Irene McVay Ushers Glen Jensen Lawrence Grzenda Rick Duchnycz Dean Robinson Peter Yakimoski Trevor Scraba Walter Bzovy Bill Kutchma Eucharist Richard Pidsadny Kevin Komarnicki Eugene Statkewich Peter Tataryn Sacristan Leonard Terrick Eugene Statkewich Zenon Scraba Leonard Terrick 11:00 AM DIVINE LITURGY Ministry Aug 2 Aug 9 Aug 16 Aug 23 Greeters Ushers Epistle Eucharist Lawrence Luba Wally Komonko Lawrence Luba Wally Komonko Lawrence Luba Wally Komonko Lawrence Luba Wally Komonko Myron Musick Myron Musick Myron Musick Myron Musick Sacristan Peter Tkach Peter Tkach Peter Tkach Peter Tkach Meetings & Events Aug 2-8 Aug 9-15 Aug 14-16 The Spirit of Ukraine Pavilion, Soul Sanctuary - 2050 Chevrier Blvd Ukraine - Kyiv Pavilion, Maples Collegiate - 1330 Jefferson Avenue Immaculate Conception Church 61st Annual Pilgrimage at Cooks Creek The members of the Ukrainian Catholic Women s League are sad to bid farewell to Marilyn Daulat, an active member who is the UCWLC Membership Chair, a member of our choir, and an regular volunteer at our Perogy Fundraiser. The members will meet at a luncheon on Wednesday to wish Marilyn much success and God s blessing as she embarks on a new phase in her life in Kelowna where she will be close to her daughter Larissa, son-in-law Kent and her lovely grandchildren.
We rejoice with the family of Proud Parents Kyle and Veronika Toupin KASHUS ROMAN TOUPIN who was Baptized and Chrismated at Our Church on July 4, 2015. May God bless him with a long and grace-filled life bringing the joy of Salvation to whomever he meets. МНОГАЯ ЛІТА! Please note the Baptism announcement of Kashus Roman Toupin in the July 19 & 26 Church Bulletin has an error. The correct announcement for date of the Baptism is July 4, 2015. We apologize for the confusion. We rejoice with the family of Proud Parents Joel and Alexandra Bourgeois EMILY GRACE ANITA BOURGEOIS who was Baptized and Chrismated at Our Church on July 26, 2015 May God bless her with a long and grace-filled life bringing the joy of Salvation to whomever she meets. МНОГАЯ ЛІТА!
Happy Birthday! З Днем Народження August 7th Fr Darren Kawiuk May the Good Lord Continue to Guide You and Shower You with His Blessings Нехай Добрий Господь Тримає Вас у Своїй Опіці та Щедро Благословить Вас. МНОГАЯ ЛІТА! Check Out the Archeparchial Website! Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg Be informed about parish news, events and pertinent information regarding the Church in Canada, the Ukrainian Catholic Church and the Universal Church, as well as inspiring articles on Faith, Theology, Prayer and Charitable outreach. www.archeparchy.ca Here s the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you are alive it isn t! ~ Richard Bach
I Will Pay You An so our sins become greater, and not oly from this but also from the benefits and honour which we enjoy from them. If you want to learn how our sins against God are like ten thousand talents, or more in fact, and even much more, I will try to show you briefly. But I fear, lest to those who are inclined to wickedness an love continually to sin, I should appear to provide them with still greater security; or that I might drive the mecker sort ot despair, and that theyshould repeat the despairing question of the disciples: Who then can be saved? But nevertheless I will continue on in the hope that I may make those who pay attention more secure and more amenable. For those whosuffer an incurable disease and feel no pain are untouched by these words and do not change from their natural wickedness and inertia. And even if in the future they derive from my words greater occasion for contempt, that should be attributed not to this kind of argument but to their own insensibility. What \i will say ought to be able to arouse them if only they attend to it and let it prick their hearts. And so it is necessary that I speak. In speaking for our sins, I will distinguish between those we commit against God and against other persons. I will set forth not each person s own but what are common. But then I will ask individuals to add their own sins according to an examination of their conscience. I will do this, having first set forth the good deeds of God to us. What then are God s good deeds? He created us from nothing; He made the whole visible world for us, the heaven, the sea, the earth, animals, plants and seeds. He gave usa helpmate and set us over all the brute species, and He crowned us with glory and honour. And yet after all this, when humanity turned out ungrateful towards its benefactor, He thoufgt us worthy of an even greater gift - forgiveness. St John Chrysostom
August 9th - 11th Sunday after Pentecost The Unforgiving Servant We find the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant only in Matthew 18:23-35. The Apostle Peter had asked how many times one should forgive, "Till seven times?" and Jesus answered, "Not seven times but seventy times seven" (Matthew 18:21-22). The context of this passage is Jesus teaching His disciples about the "kingdom of heaven." We can take some very important principles from this parable and apply them to our lives today. The servant whose lord forgave him much, ten thousand talents, equivalent to several millions of dollars, was unwilling to forgive another servant who owed him a hundred denarii. A denarius was a day's wage and was worth approximately sixteen cents. Therefore, compared to what the first servant was forgiven, this was a very small amount. The principle here is, "the one forgiven much should forgive much." In other words, the principle of forgiveness is that grace or forgiveness to another is without limit. The disciples are not to count the number of times they forgive. Rather, as the parable teaches, they are to forgive much because God has forgiven much. In the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, Jesus is presenting a new principle that is similar to the basis of the forgiveness command for believers found in Ephesians 4:32, "And be ye kind to one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." Jesus is teaching His disciples pre-cross, and therefore in the pre-church age, but the basis for forgiveness is the same. Because God has forgiven us, we are to forgive each other. Therefore, because we have received much grace, "while we were yet sinners Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8), we are commanded to give that same grace to others. In the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, the first servant's debt was forgiven, and he was not required to repay until his unforgiving nature was discovered. In contrast, our sin debt was paid in full by Christ and is the only basis for God's forgiveness. We cannot repay our debt to God or earn our salvation. It is a gift of grace (Ephesians 2:8-9). Therefore, in the Parable of the Unforgiving / Unmerciful / Unjust Servant, Jesus is teaching His disciples, and us by extension, that forgiveness should be in like proportion to the amount forgiven. The first servant had been forgiven all, and he then should have forgiven all. In like manner, a child of God by faith through Christ has had all sins forgiven. Therefore, when someone offends or sins against us we should be willing to forgive him from a heart of gratitude for the grace to which we ourselves are debtors.
O most holy Mother of God, after heaven and earth were honored by your presence, how is it possible to accept that your departure has left men deprived of your protection? Let it never occur to us to think in this way. For just as you, when living in this world, never felt estranged from a heavenly life, even so, after your departure, you are not spiritually separated from the [earthly] existence of men. If, on the one hand, you were consecrated as the heavenly tabernacle of God, because you held the Son of the Most High within you, your womb being capable of carrying His weight; on the other hand, you have been called the spiritual earth, because you received His body within you. Thus it is right to think that, since you were intimately united with God during all of your earthly sojourn, you never abandoned those who continue to live in this world, when you left this world's life. The Dormition We however, accustomed to venerate you faithfully, uselessly say: Why were we not considered worthy to have you stay with us in your bodily presence? Therefore we call thrice blessed those who delighted in the contemplation of your earthly existence, those who helped you, O Mother of life, as your companions in life. In any case, still desiring that you might dwell bodily in our midst, the eyes of our souls are compelled to look toward you daily. Indeed, as you were a fellow citizen of our ancestors, even so you dwell with us spiritually, and your ample protection in our regard is like a sign that you are with us. We all hear your voice, and all our voices reach your ears. Through the protection you offer us, we are known by you. We, in our turn, recognize your ever-wonderful assistance. Nothing, not even death, can come between you and your servants. St. Germanus of Constantinople "It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not." Courtesy of Coffee Break ~James Gordon
The Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God The last of the twelve great feasts in the Church year, the Dormition of the Mother of God, culminates the cycle of feasts and indicates God's ultimate plan for mankind--that having completed this earthly life, the faithful shall be resurrected in body and soul and united with Christ for eternity. The Most Holy Theotokos, whose entire life had been spent in accordance with God's will, is the most perfect example of humanity, greatest among the saints and "more honourable than the cherubim." Only through such a pure vessel could the Incarnation of God the Word occur, for Jesus Christ, born of the Holy Virgin, was perfect man and perfect God. For this reason she is honoured above all of God's creation and at the close of her earthly life, she was bodily taken to heaven without having to await the Day of Judgment. Thus did God glorify his obedient handmaid having instructed all generations to call her Blessed. Blessing of Flowers on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos Saturday, August 15th. This feast, which is also sometimes called the Assumption, commemorates the death, resurrection and glorification of Christ s mother. It proclaims that Mary has been assumed by God into the heavenly kingdom of Christ in the fullness of her spiritual and bodily existence. It is the custom in our Ukrainian Catholic Church to bless flowers on this Feast. Make every effort to attend the Feast Day Liturgy this Sunday at at both Liturgies, and bring flowers for blessing and sharing!
History of the Icon According to popular tradition the Icon was taken from the island of Crete by a merchant who shipped it to Rome in 15th century. It is said that during the voyage a terrible storm threatened the lives of the passengers and that thanks to the intercession of Our Lady all was saved. A short time before his death the merchant decided to entrust the Icon to a friend so that it might be given to a city Church. The friend, however, retained the Icon until he was at the point of death. Then the Virgin appeared in a dream to his daughter and expressed the desire to be venerated in a Church between the Basilicas of St Mary Major and St John Lateran. His wife finally consigned the Icon to the Church of st Matthew. For three centuries it was the centre of devotion on the Esquiline, but after the destructiomn of the Church of St Matthew by Napoleon s troops, it was transferred to the Church of St Mary in Posterula (Rome). The Icon remained there for almost seventy years until the Redemptorist came to Rome. They were building the Church of St Alphonsus on the former site of St Matthew s and became interested in the Icon. In 1866, Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help after the Icon had been restored by a Polish artist, Leopold Nowotny, it was entrusted to the Redemptorists by Pope Pius IX. Since the 26th of April 1866, the original Icon has been venerated in the Church of st Alphonsus in Rome, which is today an important Marian Shrine. Message of the Icon Ikon is from the Greek eikon which means image. An Icon is not a simple representation of saints. It is rather a type of portrait which makes present the person represented in a spiritual way. The Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help is one of the Passion icons of Our Lady and depicts Our Lady with a Child, with an angel on each side holding the instruments of the Passion. The Child s hands grasp one of the hands of His Mother as the sandal falls from His foot revealing the sole. The unknown artist of the Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help seems to have wished to portray the anguish of Christ as He, contemplating the vision of His future Passion, represented by the instruments carried by the angels, in an abrupt movement lets fall a sandal. These elements of the composition whow the reality of the suffering and the Passion of Christ. At the same time the Icon gives evidence of the triumph of Christ over suffering and death, depicted by the golden background, which is a sign of the Resurrection and in the manner in which the angels hold the instruments of the Passion. These appear not so much as threats of destruction, but rather as the trophies of victory, taken from Calvary on Easter morning. It can therefor be said that the main theme of the Icon is the mystery of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ. The focal point of the Icon is to be found in the claspin g of the hands of the Mother and the child. The right hand of the Mother welcomes the Son, thus stressing the humanity of Christ. The reality of the incarnation can be seen, as well, in the gesture of the Child, showing the sole of His foot and clinging to His Mother, as if seeking the comfort of Mary. The hand of the Virgin, indicates at the same time the Son of God, highlighting the divine nature of Jesus. Mary guides us to the Redeemer, to Him who is the Way the Truth and the Life.