St. John Byzantine Catholic Church
(Ukrainian-Rite)
91 Lakeshore Rd., St. Catharines ON – L2N 2T6
Phone: (905) 937-3393 – Website:
Email:
Parish office hours – Tues - Fri. 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon.
DIVINE LITURGY AND SACRAMENTS
SATURDAY4:15 pm – Sunday Divine Liturgy (all in English)
SUNDAY 10:00 am – Divine Liturgy (English/Ukrainian)
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION – Before or after Divine Liturgies or anytime by appointment
MARRIAGE – Please call the office 1 year in advance to make arrangements
BAPTISM – Please call the office to arrange an interview
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK – Please call the Parish office (905) 937-3393 or if an emergency (905) 327-3563
MEET OUR PARISH TEAM
Pastor: Rt. Rev. Anton Szymychalski
Administrative Assistant: Mrs. Chrystyna Tymczyszyn
PARISH COUNCIL
Chairperson –Bob OleksiwBingo – Mary Trush
Vice-Chair – Natalie MillhiserKitchen – Mary Kozachenko
Secretary – Don Osadec Olga Czerwoniak
Treasurer – Allan (Oleh) StrukMaintenance - Jerry Pryshlak
Spiritual Trustee –Ellen Ternowski Social Convenor – Terry Hrankowski
Bereavement - Dora Holubowsky
Cheese-Fare Sunday
February 7th, 2016
Epistle:Rm. 13:11-14:4 Gospel:Mt. 6:14-21
Reader: M. Chodoriwsky (Eng.)
Next week:N. Palchuk (Ukr.)
DIVINE LITURGY SERVICE
FRIDAY: 6:00 p.m. Sorokousky (prayers for the deceased) followed by Stations of the Cross
SATURDAY: 4:15 p.m. Divine Liturgy (Eng.)
+Greg and +Derek Romak
requested by the Romak family
SUNDAY: 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy (Ukr. & Eng.)
THIS WEEK OUR SANCTUARY CANDLES BURN IN LOVING MEMORY OF
+GREG & +DEREK ROMAK
REQUESTED BY THE ROMAK FAMILY.
OFFERINGS:
January24th:$1,415.00
January 31st: $1,150.00
Church Donation: A. Struk $150.00
Roof Donation in memory of +Joan Kuchar:
P. & R. Holubowsky $20.00; W. & N. Matwijow $50.00; M. & N. Neprily $50.00; A. Atamanuk $25.00; J. Luciw $20.00
Development Donation in memory of +Joan Kuchar:
M. Lewicki $25.00; P. & D. Holubowsky $20.00; Kuchar Family $200.00;
Church Donation in memory of +Joan Kuchar:
O. Baraniuk $50.00; S. Bachynski $20.00;
S. & J. Dominick $25.00; B. & A. Pidzamecky $200.00
Roof Donations: M. Juskiw $20.00; T. Bayer $20.00;
P. Ternowski $20.00
Development Donation: J. Prystupa $20.00
Errors or omissions? Please call the office.
THANK YOU!
BIG-A-BUCK helpers needed! If you can help with canvassing businesses for donations for our raffle tables, please speak to Christine in the office.
Annual General Meeting will be held Sunday February 21st after Liturgy. The success and growth or our parish depends on the input and involvement of all parishioners. Please take the time to attend.
St. John’s Pysanka Bingo will be held on Wednesday March 2nd at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults and $6 for children (6-12 yrs). Tickets will be available next week.
Choir Practice: February 16th, 2016 at 7 p.m.
Please remember to keep your eyes open for prize items for future fundraising events. This is a good time of year to pick up items because of all the retail sales! Income tax receipts will be issued for the value of any items donated.
Volunteers are needed to help organize our Pysanka Bingo. If you can volunteer your time to help out that evening please call the parish office. Ricki Holubowsky has offered to put together prize baskets for that evening. If you would like to assist her please call the parish office.
Fr. Anton will be doing a Parish Lenten Retreat March 9-11th. This year’s theme will be “Excess Baggage”. The purpose of this retreat, is to refresh and revitalize us and to give us the opportunity to rekindle and deepen our relationship with God. A spiritual retreat, as an addition to daily spiritual activities, can help us to temporarily leave behind the usual distractions we all face for a time long enough to allow relaxation and for an inner change to occur: the ongoing conversion of heart that is critical to deepening our faith.
Knights of Columbus Council #1394 will host Sunday Morning Breakfasts at their KOC Hall 235 Church St. St. Catharines, every Sunday in February. Tables of 6 or more can be reserved by calling Bill Perry (905) 687-1753. All you can eat breakfasts of pancakes, scrambled eggs, ham, bacon sausage fried potatoes, baked beans, toast, fruit cups, juice and tea/coffee will be served between 9 a.m. and noon for only $9 for adults and $4 for kids.
Big-A-Buck 2026 Draw
Saturday April 23, 2016
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
5 draws of $500, in-house raffles and a $500 door prize.
Admission is $25 and includes
food & beverages( 4 draft beer tickets & soft drinks)
Tickets are available from Peter Holubowsky or the parish office during the week.
You may have noticed that we have had a new security system installed in our church. To access our parish office during the week, you now need to buzz in, to be allowed into the building. The buzzer is located to the right of the hall doors.
Hernder Estates Wines will host a Live Art Auction & Fete on Feb. 12th. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased online at Our own parishioner Adrianna Wildman will have her art on exhibit.
Activity Functions as of
February 2016
February:
9th:CFUW meeting
13th:Valentines Dinner
March:
2nd:Pysanka Bingo
8th:CFUW meeting
12th:St. Patrick’s Day Dinner
20th: Palm Sunday Brunch
April:
3rd:Parish Swiachene
12th:CFUW meeting
14th:Council of Women Dinner
23rd:Big-A-Bucks
Bows and Prostrations
When people are moved in other Christian traditions, they might sing,“Halleluiah,” or shout “Amen,” or drop totheir knees in worship, or raise their hands in praise. In the same way, we use movement to express our praise, submission, and awe of God so that our bodies, minds, and souls are acting in unison. We call these physical acts of prayer reverences or prostrations.
There are certain times in our prayers that express submission, so it is customary to make a reverence at those points. There are other times when an individual feels moved and makes a reverence out of personal devotion, uniting themselves more closely to a petition or prayer.
It is our custom to make areverence at the beginning and the end of our services and also when the Trinity is invoked, making the Sign of the Cross and bowing from the waist.Outside of the divine services, wegenerally make a reverencewhen we begin a prayer,when entering and leaving a church, and when venerating icons and othersacred objects.
Our Lenten reverences consist of bowing from the waist or touching our heads to the ground symbolizing our submission of body and soul to God’s will.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR
SICK AND SHUT-INS:
Kateryna Dacko, Alexandra Matychuk, Becky Mussat,
Bill Hominchuk, Lesia Melnyk, Olga Onyschuk,
Stephania Zubatiuk, Fran Chayka, Matteo Nickolai Grochowina-Totolo, Helen Brodoway, Rose Kondusky, Sharon Cybulak, Paul Ternowski, Josifa Cuipka,
Greg Kondusky, Nadia Storoschuk, Cecilia Osczypko, Alexandra Bucciarelli, Heidi Walters, Bob French,
Lena Heighway, Fr. Basil Kondusky,Tena Wowchuck, Art Holowachuk, Diana Seniuk, Michael Kozachenko, Sharon Dohan, Terry Hrankowski, Jean Diggins,
Bill Walters, Tony Formica & Sharon Hudgen.
Lord, Jesus Christ, You who traveled throughout Galilee healing the sick, enabling the blind to see and the lame to walk, bring healing to Your people who need it this day. Give peace to the minds of those who are tortured by mental illness and anxiety. Comfort those who are alone in their illness. May Your people reach out to them and to all who are in need this day. Send grace to the caregivers, that they might be effective and gentle agents of Your loving mercy. May our sufferings be united with Yours to bring healing to people throughout the world. Amen
PLEASE WISH THE FOLLOWING PARISHIONERS A HAPPY BIRTHDAY:
7th: Lindsaay Milligan 8th: Lesia French
9th: Amanda Hemphill 10th: Olga Washkevich
11th: Mary Chodoriwsky, Alex Lastewka,
Thomas Lastewka, Serena Nagra
God Grant Them Many Years!
Mnohaya Lita!
Cheese-Fare Sunday
Let us begin the time of fasting in light!
Preparing ourselves for the spiritual efforts.
Let us purify our soul;
Let us purify our body.
As from food, let us abstain from all passion
And enjoy the virtues of the spirit,
So that perfected in time by love
We may all be made worthy to see
The Passion of Christ and the
Holy Pascha in spiritual joy!
Valentines Dinner
Saturday February 13th
Tickets are $30 per person
Menu
Lemon Pepper Shrimp
Salad & Bread
Cream of Broccoli Soup
Parisian Roasted Potato’s
Green Bean Almandine
Cabbage Rolls
Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Breast
Black Forest Cake with Coffee/Tea
Cash bar
*Only tables of 10 will be reserved*
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TODAY AFTER LITURGY OR CAN BE PURCHASED DURING THE WEEK FROM THE
PARISH OFFICE.
LENTEN WEEKLY SERVICES
Lenten prayers for the departed (Sorokousty) will be held every Friday at 6 p.m., beginning on February 11th, 2016. If you wish to include any names of any departed relatives in this years services, please return an envelope marked “Sorokousty” with your list of names of the departed you wish to pray for. If you already have a list and have no new names to submit, please write “Same as last year” on your envelope when you return it. Special marked envelopes can be found in the church vestibule.
Following Sorokousty we will offer the Stations of the Cross. This is a popular devotion used by individuals who, through prayer and reflection wish to follow Jesus Christ on his way to Calvary. It is a wonderful way to pray and meditate to help deepen our understanding of the way of the Cross.
Please join us Fridays during Lent for any or both services.