St. Michael S Byzantine Catholic Church

electrical, cafeteria equipment, plumbing/sewers, etc.) --- to the People who worked ST. MICHAEL’S BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH before/during/after the Fish Fry, Pirohi and Guild Bake Sale --- to the People who made 557 West 57th Avenue generous contributions to our Parish and Eparchy Stewardship Program. Merrillville, Indiana 46410 Website: www.stmichaelbyz.org PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH: --- John Dunda, Julie Cullen, Richard Bossey, George Stroia, Frank Kylsa, Edward Ivanyo, Dorothy Kozma, Paul Hook, Pastor: Very Rev. Basil Hutsko, (980-0600) Very Rev. Michael Evanick Scott Cipa, Steve Billick, Mary Martin, Father Michael Evanick, Janet Kompier, and Anthony Cantor: Mr. Edward Petyo Social Center: 980-9074 Slinker. If you wish to be added or removed from the prayer list please call the parish SECOND SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST February 21, 2016 office at (219) 980-0600.

SAT THIRD ALL SOULS SATURDAY GREAT VESPERS FOR THE SUNDAYS OF THE GREAT FAST: 8:00am Divine Liturgy & Panachida for the Memory of the Faithful Departed The date, location, and time of the Vespers at each parish are listed below and will be 4:15pm Sacrament of Penance put in the weekly bulletin. ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL STANDARD TIMES. A short 5:00pm For the Parishioners sermon on a topic of Great Lent will be delivered at each Vesper service. SUN SECOND SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST After the Vespers a light, but substantial meal will be served (it will not be pastries or 10:00am +Edward Levenda (Ann Levenda) cake). So as to know how much to prepare, there will be sign up sheets for each Sunday, and if 3:00pm Great Vespers – St. Michael Church, Merrillville, Indiana you will be attending the Vespers and staying to eat, you are asked to sign you name on the list. MON 8:00am 1st & 3rd Hour of Great Lent & Eucharist WED 6:00pm Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts HERE IS THE LIST OF LOCATION, DATE, & TIME: +Pete & Susan Deter (Nick & Bev Kovalcik) THU 8:00am 6th & 9th Hour of Great Lent & Eucharist FEBRUARY 21 – ST. MICHAEL, MERRILLVILLE – 3:00PM FRI 8:00am 6th & 9th Hour of Great Lent & Eucharist FEBRUARY 28 - ST. MARY, WHITING – 3:00PM SAT 4:15pm Sacrament of Penance MARCH 6 – ST. NICHOLAS, MUNSTER 3:00PM 5:00pm +GCU # 66 Members (GCU Lodge #66) MARCH 13 - HOLY ANNUNCIATION, HOMER GLEN, IL – 3:00PM SUN THIRD SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST – veneration (ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL STANDARD TIME) 10:00am For the Parishioners 3:00pm Great Vespers – St. Mary Church, Whiting, Indiana FATHER MICHAEL: Fr. Michael is now in rehab at Symphony of Dyer. Here is his rehab contact: Very Rev. Michael Evanick, Symphony of Dyer, 1532 Calumet Avenue A – 109, **************************************************************************** Dyer, Indiana, 46311. His room phone # is = 219-515-3178. CONFESSIONS (Sacrament of Penance): On Sunday from 9:15am to 9:35am---On Saturday from 4:15 – 4:35pm. MARRIAGE DAY OF RECOLLECTION: A day of recollection for all married couples is going to take place on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at St. Nicholas Church, in Munster, FRIDAY: FISH FRY/PIROHI (February 26) Delicious Fish, Shrimp and Pirohi Dinners Indiana, from 8:00 – 4:00pm. will be served in our social center from 2:30 – 7:00pm. Father Thomas Loya of Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church in Homer Glen, Illinois is the presenter. This day of recollection is different from other Catholic marriage A SINCERE THANK YOU to the people who bring food/donations to the Needy --- to the encounters because it combines the Sacramental Liturgical worldview of Byzantine spirituality People who assist with the envelope/financial systems --- to the People who worked on the together with St. John Paul II’s theology of the body. It presents the ultimate “why” of church publicity --- to the Altar Servers/Instructor --- to the People who visit the sick/shut-ins marriage in order to know the “how” of being sacramentally and happily married, while --- to the People who serve as Ushers --- to the People who cleaned the church/center/school --- integrating what goes on in church with what goes on in the home. Couples are encouraged to to the People who did repair work/cleaning up around the church property (tractors, greeters, attend this retreat because it will present the Sacrament of Marriage through the eyes of an Eastern Christian. There are 3 ways to register for this event. 1. Online at taborlife.org 2. Scan the QR Since Sister Susan is bringing materials to pass out, please sign the list even if you are w/ your mobile device 3. Pick up a registration brochure which is in the vestibule of the not attending the pizza social. And if you are not attending the social, just put the initials (NP) church on the table. There is a registration fee of $60.00 per couple, and if you are using a after your name. check, make it payable to: Tabor Life Institute. Also, there will be the option of childcare for any couple that would like to attend but PUSSY WILLOWS: We will need pussy willows for Church for Palm Sunday. Palm are not able to leave their children for the day. This is not mentioned in the brochure but can Sunday is only 4 weeks away. As soon as you see them coming out if you have trees or bushes be arranged during registration. If you plan on going, please contact Fr. Basil TODAY. at home, please cut some down. You can bring them to Church when you cut them down and we can store them in the candle room until Palm Sunday. Thank you for your help in advance. SICK CALL VISITS FOR MARCH: The sick call visits to shut in parishioners for the month of March will take place on Monday, March 7, 2016. When Fr. Basil made the visits last Monday for the month of February, some of the shut ins asked” How come no one came with you today?” Besides the announcement in the bulletin, the Horizons also put some information about what we were doing on the front page of the last issue of the Horizons. Possibly no one signed up, since it was the first day of Lent, but I think everyone should consider doing this in the upcoming months. The visit by the priest monthly might be one of only a few visitors some people get a month. I am sure the shut ins would be glad to see the parishioners also. For those who sign up, thank you in advance!

BYZANTEEN RALLY 2016 – The Lord Is My Rock and My Refuge – FEARLESS: The Eparchy of Parma is excited to host the upcoming National ByzanTEEN Rally this year from Thursday, July 7 – Sunday, July 10, 2016 at Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio. The keynote speaker will be Father Damian Ference (Priest, Musician, Philosopher, and Youth Minister). The dance that always takes place at the Rally will be at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The Rally is open to teens from the age of 13 – 19 ( participants must age 13 by November 1, 2013). To attend you must fill out and send in a registration/medical authorization form by June 16, 2016. If anyone is interested in going, please let Fr. Basil know, as he has the registration forms. There will probably be a group going from Annunciation Parish in Homer Glen, so you could attend with them. The parish will pay the $300.00 registration fee for anyone going.

EVENING OF PREPARATION FOR THE FEAST On Thursday, March 3, 2016, there will be an “Evening of Spiritual Reflection for Pascha (Easter) here at St. Michael Church beginning at 6:00 p.m. We will begin with one of the Hours of the Great Fast, followed by a presentation on “Spiritual Thoughts from the book, “The Ladder of Divine Ascent,” by St. John Climacus. The presenter will be Sister Susan Sisko, OSBM, who is presently the Rector of one of the Academic Halls at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. After that there will be priests available for Confession for those who would like to go to the Sacrament of Penance (Confession). Following that there will be a light meal of non-meat pizza (in the spirit of fasting) at the Social Center.