St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Church

207 TOMPKINS STREET

SYRACUSE, NY 13204

Please remember your

Church in your will!! Veneration of the Holy Cross Хрестопоклонна Неділя

PARISH STAFF: AND CHRISMATION:

Pastor: Rev. Mykhaylo Dosyak Parishioners should make plans to have their children baptized [email protected] and chrismated in a timely fashion. Please call the rectory before Rev. Edward Galvin setting a date for the ceremony. Spiritual Care Ministry: Alice Malick Extraordinary Minister of the Holy Eucharist CONFESSIONS: to the Sick and Homebound Before weekend Divine Liturgies and Holy Days.

Religious Education Coordinator: Marta Wojtowycz MARRIAGE: Cemetery Supervisor: Peter M. Vassallo Please call the rectory at least six months in advance. Pre-marital Trustees: Michael Clark and William Halligan counseling is mandatory. Office Staff: Mary C. Husak, Jeanne DeRose and Stephanie Woyciesjes SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: Lawyer : Matthew D. Dotzler, Esq. Kindly notify the rectory regarding parishioners who are Attorney and Counselor at Law hospitalized, homebound, or in nursing homes.

[email protected] CEMETERY: Phone: 315-930-4079

Purchase of cemetery plots is a privilege reserved to parishioners. TELEPHONES: Please contact the rectory before any major improvements are Rectory 315-478-5109 Fax 315-471-9867 undertaken.

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE: CHURCH FACILITIES: Saturday, 4:00 p.m. (English) Any use of church facilities must be cleared in advance at the Sunday, 9:00 a.m. (Ukrainian and English) rectory. Literature may not be placed in or around the Church Sunday, 11:00 a.m. (Ukrainian) without approval. Tuesday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. BULLETIN DEADLINE: Holy Days of Obligation: 8:00 a.m. of the Monday preceding the weekend in which the 6:00 p.m. (English on the preceding evening) announcement is to appear. 9:00 a.m. on the Holy Day Other Services as announced. WEBSITES: www.stjohnbaptistucc.com OFFICE HOURS: www.facebook.com/StJohnTheBaptistUCC Tuesday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ; 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. stjohnbaptistucc.blogspot.com ADDITIONAL FAITH RESOURCES: FOOD FOR THE POOR: www.stamforddio.org and www.royaldoors.net Collected at all weekend Divine Liturgies Page Two St. John the Baptist Ukrainian , Syracuse, N.Y. March 11, 2018

Vigil Lights

Main Altar: In loving memory of my father, +John Rys req. daughter, Stephanie Ubowski SUNDAY, March 4 - Third Sunday of Lent - Veneration of the Holy Cross Tetrapod: In loving memory of +Walter Melnick req. Helen, Patty and Stephanie Woyciesjes 9:00AM - Monthly Intentions of Francis: Formation in Spiritual Discernment: That the Church may appreciate Sacred Heart: In loving memory of +John and +Anna Rys req. Children the urgency of formation in spiritual discernment, both on the personal and communitarian levels. Mother of God: In loving memory of +Warren Sebelowitz req. Apostleship of Prayer req. Helen, Patty and Stephanie Woyciesjes 11:00AM - For Parishioners

TUESDAY, March 6 PRAY FOR US

6:00PM - Way of the Cross (English) Please pray for the souls of the deceased members WEDNESDAY, March 7 of the parish and those for whom Divine Liturgies will be offered this week. We ask that you also pray 6:00PM - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (English) for the following parishioners who are ill or homebound: THURSDAY, March 8 Olga Holl, Peter Holl, Andrew Krzywyj, Anastazja Majkowycz, Julia Maliwesky, Dorothy Onoff-Graser, Julie Pinkasewicz, 6:00PM - Way of the Cross (Ukrainian) Regina Presley, Mary Sheremeta, Pavlo Tkach, Carol Werbeck, FRIDAY, March 9 - Lenten Mission Gabriella Wicker, Kalina Woloszyn, and Nina Wozniak.

6:00PM - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (Ukrainian) If you know someone on the prayer list that is no longer in need or know of someone who is in need of prayers, please call the SATURDAY, March 10 - Lenten Mission rectory office so we can update our list. Thank you. 8:00AM - In memory of +Maria Patriak req. Family Lenten Mission Sorokousty services for deceased following the Divine Liturgy Our Parish Lenten Mission will take place next weekend 9:00AM - Moleben to Christ - Mission for the Children and the March 9-11. This year, our mission will be preacher by Youth of our Parish (English/Ukrainian) Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M., Eparch of Stamford.

4:00PM - In memory of +Eve Hnotko Huth(40 Day) This will be a good opportunity for all parishioners, especially req. Anne DeSalvo our children from the Religious Education Program and from the Ukrainian School, to avail themselves to the sacrament of Recon- Bishop Paul will Tonsure our Cantor, Lou Pizzuti, as a Candle- ciliation. bearer and Bless him, raising him to the Office of Reader. Reception to follow in the undercroft of the church. Remember as said, “The confessional is not All are welcome to attend. a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord’s mercy motivates us to do better.”

SUNDAY, March 11 - Forth Sunday of Lent - Commemora- The Lenten Mission is also an opportunity to spend some extra tion of St. John Climacus - Lenten Mission time on prayer and meditation as we prepare ourselves spiritually 9:00AM - For Parishioners during the Great Lent to celebrate Pascha . I encourage all pa- rishioners be a part of this years Lenten Mission services.

Father Mykhaylo READINGS (today)

Epistle: Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:1-6 Annual Parish Meeting Gospel: Mark 8:35 -3 8, 9:1 Will be held on Monday, March 12 at 6:00pm in the Liturgical Proper's are found in the back of the church. undercroft of the church. All parishioners are encour- aged to attend. Please note:

Sunday March 11 t here will be only one Taras Shevchenko Concert Divine Liturgy at 9:00AM. Sunday - March 18, 2018 Sunday, March 18 there will be only one Divine Liturgy Following the 10:00AM Divine Liturgy at 10:00AM In the School Auditorium ►► Day Light Saving Time will also begin NEXT Presented by the Students and Teachers of Lesia Sunday, March 11, 2018 . Time to “Spring Ahead” Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studies and turn our clock ahead one hour. Everyone is Welcome to Attend! Page Three St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Syracuse, N.Y. March 4, 2018

Hymns SAVE THE DATE:

Ukrainian Festival Saturday, March 3 Sunday, March 4 4:00PM Divine Liturgy 9:00AM Divine Liturgy Friday, July 27, 2018 & Saturday, July 28, 2018 Lector: Anita Welych Lector: Patricia Prusinowski !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! Opening: “The Mournful Mother” Pg. 8 Vs. 1 & 2 Special “Thank You” to all the parishioners who “Страдальна Мати” generously donated towards the trip to New York City, to venerate the replica Shroud. I wish to also Communion: “Beneath The Cross ” Pg.10 Vs. 1 & 2 thank Fred Bush, for taking the time to safely drive “Під хрест Твій стаіо” us all to St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Closing: “Mother of God” Pg. 13 Vs. 1 & 2 I wish to also acknowledge Taras Serafyn, Bohdan & Iryna “О Мати Божа” Movchko, Vasyl & Natalka Tsymbala, Serhiy & Ludmila Yavor- skyy, Mykola & Marika Mychalczak, Petro &Nataliya Trut, and Apostleship of Prayer Ivan & Lubov Piso Olya Peleshko There will be a very important meeting for all members President- Mothers In Prayer following the Divine Liturgy today, in the undercroft of the Church. All members are asked to attend . St. Basils Seminary Open House Coffee Hour sponsored by the Apostleship of For the young men of the parish Prayer will be held following the 9:00AM Sunday on April 21st, 2018 Divine Liturgy. We are asking that all Apostleship members bake an item for the coffee hour. Most Rev. Paul Chomnycky, OSBM will lead this program. The Open House will be a chance to meet with the seminarians and enjoy each other company. If interested in attending please con- Holy Name Society tact Very Rev. Archpriest Roman Malyarchuk at 203 324-4578/

[email protected] before April 15th, 2018. The Holy Name Society meeting scheduled for March 11 has been cancelled. Additional information can be found in the back of the church. Ukrainian National Home Prayer for Peace St. Patrick’s Day - Ukrainian Dear Parishioners, we are being asked by Sviatoslav March 17, 2018 from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Shevchuk and Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky to pray every day, for peace in both the United Sates and Ukraine. Please join us for an afternoon of fun and good food! You are being asked, that at 9:00 p.m. each evening All are Welcome to Attend! we as faithful parishioners take a moment and light a candle for peace and pray in your homes, with our families for a minimum of five minutes. Lenten Charity Please pray for peace in the United States and Ukraine and During Lent as a parish, let us focus on act’s of mercy. for our government leaders to do what is right. Offer your St. Lucy’s Food Pantry . The food pantry helps those prayers for our Homeland, which is undergoing hardship at the who are in need, providing food, promoting the value of hands of Russian invaders, and terrorists-separatists. Pray for all nutrition, increasing self-sufficiency, and instilling hope the innocent people who have been affected by or died as a result in those who have fallen on hard times. of violence around the world.

Please bring your food donations to the usher's room before each “May the Almighty God keep our nations of the United States Divine Liturgy. and Ukraine safe, peaceful and my the Mother of God keep us all under her maternal protection.” St. Joseph’s Home , an Adult Care Facility, owned and operated by the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate in Sloatsburg , NY. It is the only Ukrainian Catholic Facility of its kind on the Our sympathy to the family and friends of: East Coast. The Sister Servants are trying to raise funds needed to build an addition to their current care facility and upgrade +Walter Melnick some of their existing facilities. They are asking for our help. who passed away on February 26, 2018

Monetary donations can be dropped in the collection basket. Spe- May his memory be eternal. cial envelopes will be available in the back of the Church. Vichnaja Pamiat! Checks can be made payable to “St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church or St. John’s UCC”. Our sympathy to the family and friends of:

Dome and Cupola Donations +David Michaels,

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