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Volume 10, Issue 7 UCY/UCYA Winnipeg October 2012 From The Director’s Chair to my amazing team who made Slava Isusu Khrystu! members of the Selo Ukrain- EVENTS AT A sure the weekend ran smoothly ian Dancers who performed. Welcome Back! GLANCE and to Wilderness Edge Retreat Finally, a huge thank you to Centre for their wonderful food Wed, Sept 26 Wow! What a summer it has been! all the youth who attended and hospitality. A fabulous and the first meeting of the youth Fr Semzcuk memorial I hope everyone had an enjoyable summer as we are now well into prayer-filled weekend was had volunteer program at Holy service at St Andrews fall. We pray that by all. Family Nursing Home. Many Mon, Oct 8 everyone has a In addition to individuals have already been Unity, a small Happy Thanksgiving blessed Thanksgiving helping in a number of ways and a good start to group of young at the home and your pres- October 19-20 their school year. adults attended ence has made the group that Unity 2012 Windup the theology of much more special. First of all, I would like weekend the body semi- Moving on to the end of this to thank all of those nar by Christo- month and into November, Sat, Oct 20 who attended Unity pher West in the Unity 2012 team wraps up 2012 this past sum- UCY exec mtg at mid-August. its official duties on the week- mer. We ended up 10:30am at chancery Thanks to end of October 19-20 with a with approximately those dedicated retreat at 233 Scotia begin- Sat, Oct 20 130 individuals from all eparchies, people who came. Also, we ning at 6:00 pm. We will stay including four from the United Spaghetti Dinner at were blessed at the beginning of over at the chancery and con- States. Many thanks go out to all Sts Peter & Paul September to have the very first clude on the Saturday with a of our wonderful speakers: our Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic spaghetti dinner and Liturgy Sat, Oct 27 keynote Fr. Athanasius, our Facili- Church to be held in Canada. at Sts. Peter and Paul begin- tators Fr. Ivan Nahachewsky and Ukrainian Park Camp The youth and young adults ning at 4:00 pm. Hope to see Lesia Sianchuk, Fr. Stephen Fundraising Dinner played an important role in the you there. The following Sat- Wojichowsky for our reconciliation event. Thanks to Alexandria urday, members of our ex- Sat, Nov 10 service and all of our wonderful Kazmerik, Jay Korban and Alex- ecutive will be attending the workshop presenters. Thanks also UCY meeting at 1pm ander Pankiw for greeting His Ukrainian Park Fundraising go to our who took the Beatitude Sviatoslav with bread Dinner at Sts. Peter and Paul. Sun, Nov 11 time to chat with us during and salt and to all those who Finally, the young adults from Tweets, our clergy who barbecued Remembrance Day came to welcome him at the our Archeparchy have been on the first night, and Holy Eucha- airport. Also, special thanks to invited to attend a visioning November 23-25 rist Parish for their bookstore and Andrew Konopelny for mediat- retreat for the next Unity shuttle van, and to all those who Unity 2014 Visioning ing the evening with the Patri- which will take place in 2014. made donations of money and Retreat in Edmonton arch for youth and to Patricia This will be the final weekend materials in order to make the Tyrchniewicz and her choir and of November and I will need weekend a success. A special all those who attended and to know numbers soon in or- Inside this issue: thank you goes to the Konopelny helped at the event. It was a der to book transportation. family for the building of the Unity pleasure to see St. Nicholas so That's all for now, see you in Youth Article 2 Cross and to Kevin Gerbrandt for full. Thanks also to all those November. God Bless! the donation of the outdoor cross who attended the Hierarchical Puzzles & Comics 3 Tamara Lisowski and centrepieces. Finally, thanks Divine Liturgy and Banquet and Light Reading 7 Upcoming Events 10 "The start is what A Recently Spotted "The difference be- Bumper Sticker: tween listening and Saint’s Corner 10 stops most people." hearing is that listen- Coach Don Shula Do you follow Jesus ing is wanting to hear Contact Us! 10 this close?? Anonymous Check out the youth & young adult web page: http://ucymb.wordpress.com Page 2

Found at: www.Proverbs31.org What’s Up with Being Rich? things may keep me from being available to Richly Blessed, Jesus poignantly remarks to his Him in ways I may have no idea He has disciples that “it is hard for a rich planned. Maybe God wants me to spend that Richly Purposed man to enter the kingdom of time helping a neighbor to clean up her yard. by Jennifer Aulthouse heaven”. My things can occupy my mind as I focus on I’ve realized a horrifying truth: For the first time in my walk, I re- what I’m going to do with my things and then I’m rich. alized these words were for me ponder over the other things that I need to have I suppose most people would and others like me: people of rela- to go with the things I have now. Maybe God question me here. Am I actually tive financial privilege, able to wants me to use that mental space instead to rich? If so, why am I horrified? pursue at least most of the oppor- pray over how I can bless a struggling friend. Well, this is a game tunities put in front My things can also occupy my wallet. I spend of comparison. I’m of us, but who money on things, and then I need to spend middle-class, living largely focus on money to maintain the things, and then more in a middle-class what we don’t have money on the things I pondered over that I need town, with a family while drowning in to go with the things I already have. Maybe God income pretty much material wealth wants me to invest that money in a family who in line with my when compared to has lost their income. peers’. But my eyes the rest of the Convicted, I asked God to change me and to have been opened to planet. Further, His help me see opportunities to assist in this a far deeper truth. words apply to fi- change. The insight I received was that my pos- Three years ago we nancially- sessions must have a purpose to them: a purpose moved into our current home, a privileged Christians, who really rooted in Him and offered to Him to use how- three-bedroom split-level in a do love the Lord, yet if faced with ever He wishes. For me, this means I carefully nice neighborhood, giving us the challenge of giving up every- pray and consider how having this item might much more space than the thing to follow Him, would we? bring pleasing fruit to Him. It isn’t about being cramped semi-detached home In very subtle ways, my things and miserly; it’s an attitude of devotion and daily we had lived in since before the my attitude towards them owned thanksgiving for His abundant provision. children came along. Our new me. My desire for a comfortable So I started intentionally analyzing my posses- home is all we need and more, lifestyle in which I can express sions, pulling out not simply the items that I but it wasn’t long after we myself through my home, feel af- didn’t like or use anymore, but also items I did moved in before I found myself firmed in my value as a person by but felt called to give anyway. Most represented still desiring more space and measuring up to my peers, and ex- purposeless accumulation, and I donated many wishing we could afford higher- perience enjoyment in what my of these things—such as clothing, shoes, cd’s, quality upgrades and fancier possessions can offer me certainly movies, home décor, toys, jewelry, cookware— home decor. But reading a fa- affects my discipleship, as it did either to other families or to charities. I have miliar Bible passage one day the rich man in Matthew 19. In barely even made a dent. I’ve committed to pierced my thinking. fact, anything that makes me think continually consider each item, offer it to the Matthew 19:16-26 (NIV) tells twice before obeying the Lord Lord, and reduce as I feel called. I must con- the story of a rich man who asks holds too high of a place: there- stantly remind myself that as I am His to do Jesus what good thing he must fore, it is an idol. with as He wishes, my things are also His to do do to inherit eternal life. Jesus My possessions can hinder my with as He wishes. replies with the command to be obedience in other unintended Jennifer Aulthouse is a Christian writer, obedient. The man claims he ways, as well. They have a way of speaker, and teacher. She has a Bachelor of has done what Jesus says. Jesus occupying much more than just Arts degree in English from Penn State Univer- then tells him he must sell his shelf or floor space. My things can sity, is married with two children, and is cur- possessions and give to the occupy my time as the mainte- rently working on several writing projects. poor. The man walks away sad, nance required to care for my Check out her blog at www.jenniferspen.com because he had great wealth. REQUESTS & SUBMISSIONS ~ E-mail me @ [email protected]

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Unity 2012 August 16th to August 19th The Manitoba delegates for Unity 2012 were Jessica Brosch, Roberto Torres, and Carly Kowalchuk. We were lucky enough to be able to send two adult volunteers as well, so Terry Tanasychuk and I (Brenda Kowalchuk) ‘jumped’ on board. We arrived Thursday afternoon to the warm smiles of Tamara Lisowski and her team. The venue…Wilderness Edge in Pi- nawa. This used to be the living facility for workers of the nuclear power research station nearby. After settling into our rooms and getting acquainted with the venue a little bit (as the delegates enjoyed a hay ride around Pinawa), we were invited to a mouth watering BBQ of steak, sausage, salad, baked potato, and corn on the cob. Bishop David along with several other clergy were our BBQ chefs for the evening. What a fantastic job they did with the steaks! We were then greeted in the Manitoba room (one of the largest banquet rooms) by the facilitators Fr. Ivan and Lesia Sian- chuk from Saskatchewan, for information about the rest of the weekend. The entire weekend was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Blessed Bishop Nykyta Budka’s arrival in Manitoba. We were then able to enjoy free time! For the older folks, that was a bonfire, and for the younger ones, time in the large hot tub. Quite time began at 11:00 PM…you could be seen, but NOT heard. The meals were scheduled at the same time daily, so you wanted to get there on time. The meals were buffet style, and fit for a King…well at least a Metropolitan! Yes, we were privileged to have Metropolitan Lawrence attend for the whole week- end, among the 15 or so other members of clergy from the 5 different eparchies. We had Liturgy Friday (Pinawa) and Sunday (Cooks Creek Grotto) morning, with the full choir and all clergy in attendance. The powerful presence of such a united front was completely overwhelming. The presence of God was tangible. Friday was scheduled for the keynote speaker (Fr. McVay presenting the life history of Blessed Bishop Nykyta Budka) and workshops, which were presentations from various priests and sisters on a variety of topics. We chose the workshops prior to Unity, so we were able to attend the ones we were most interested in. After dinner we had the ‘Taste of the Eparchies’: each eparchy brought a ‘stereotyped’ food from their province…along with a small presentation about their province. Skits and karaoke followed, until ‘quiet time’ at 11:00 PM. Bonfire and hot tub time again! Saturday was jam packed. We celebrated the third hour service at 9:30 AM. With the singing and chanting, it was no less breathtaking than the 2 Liturgies. This was followed by the keynote speaker, Fr. McVay. The afternoon was ‘Bishop Tweets’, which, as Metropolitan Lawrence put it, was when the Bishops were held ‘hostage’ and were interrogated by the youth. I do believe they really enjoyed their ‘captivity’. This was followed by a presentation about reconciliation and the Reconciliation service. Once the service ended, all were invited to confession outdoors. There truly is no other experience quite like purg- ing your sins under the pure blue sky, facing the pristine waters of the Winnipeg River, as a cool breeze brushes against your face. Truly a moment with God! Saturday night was for all to shine. Everyone was requested to wear their best…no jeans and t-shirts aloud. We had a won- derful dinner followed by the tear jerking closing ceremony. We were then off to the Manitoba room for a night of dancing. The music was provided by Sloohi. Naturally, the kids participated in the Kolomayka…no such thing as shy! Finally, our last breakfast at Unity 2012. We then ventured off to Cooks Creek for Liturgy at the Grotto. The folks at Wilder- ness Edge provided us with a bagged lunch for after Liturgy, plus a group from Parish held a lunch fundraiser with a lot more delicious food. We then had to say our final goodbyes, possibly never seeing some of these beau- tiful people again. Thank goodness for facebook…this will allow the kids to stay in touch a little longer. All in all, this was a fantastic adventure! We are planning a more formal Unity 2012 presentation at our spaghetti dinner on October 20 …so stay tuned! God’s Blessings to all, Sts. Peter and Paul Youth Volume 10, Issue 7 Page 5 Highly Recommended!!! MOVIES YOU SHOULD SEE! BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ!

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax The Angelic Letters Series, Book Three Welcome to the town of Thneed- ville, a suburban city that is com- pletely devoid of real trees and Angel of Thanksgiving

fresh air. All of Thneed-ville’s trees are artificial, and all of the fresh air is supplied by “O’Hare Air,” a big By: Henry J Ripplinger company that bottles and sells Henry and Julean couldn't be fresh air to all of the city’s citizens. happier. With a new baby, a Twelve year-old Ted (Zac Efron), who lives in Thneed-ville, wants new home and Henry's new more than anything to win the affection of his friend and job, everything is turning out crush, Audrey (Taylor Swift). Audrey tells Ted that it has al- perfectly for the young cou- ways been her dream to see a real live tree. In hopes of win- ple. Or is it? No matter what ning Audrey’s love, Ted sets out on a journey to find her a real tree. Ted’s Grammy (Betty White) tells him he must he does, Henry can't seem to speak to the reclusive, Once-ler (Ed Helms), an old man who shake the memory of Jenny knows what happened to all of the trees that once made up from his mind or the love he still feels for her from his the beautiful Truffala Tree Forest. The grumpy Once-ler ex- plains that he is responsible for the forest’s demise. When the heart. Little does he know, his wife is all-too-aware of Once-ler was a young man, he discovered the beautiful forest Henry's hidden thoughts and feelings for his first love. and began to cut down the trees so he could use their brightly Meanwhile, Father Engelmann, who has returned from semi- colored tufts to make and sell Thneeds, a multi-purpose gar- ment. After he begins cutting down trees, the Once-ler meets nary school and is creating a sensation as the new parish the Lorax (Danny DeVito), who is the guardian of the forest. priest with his powerful life lessons, seems to be caught in The Lorax tells the Once-ler that he “speaks for the trees,” the middle when both Henry and Julean confess to him and that he is destroying the forest creatures’ homes, and he about Jenny. What can be done? must stop. After hearing the Once-ler’s story, Ted resolves not only to bring Audrey a tree, but to rebuild the Truffala For- And will Jenny finally give in to James' persistent proposals est. Even though “The Lorax” does not reflect an entirely Biblical worldview, it could, however, serve as a starting point realizing that once married, the chance that she will ever for parents to talk to their children about what God expects of reunite with Henry will be gone forever? Spanning two dec- us as stewards of the earth. It raises an important question: ades, Angel of Thanksgiving takes the reader on an incredi- What sort of stance should we as Christians take on environ- ble journey of faith, hope and love. As we see Henry and mental issues? This movie also touches upon issues of greed and materialism, which could also give parents a wonderful Jenny's lives unfolding separately and so far apart, will des- opportunity to talk to their kids about what the Bible has to tiny bring them together again? say about those issues. “The Lorax” is refreshingly clean, especially considering that most animated children’s movies Timeless Biblical themes as surrendering to God's will, for- these days are marred by off-color potty humor and, in many giveness, and unconditional love are beautifully portrayed cases, sexual double entendres. I am happy to report that the through unforgettable, real-life characters in this compel- filmmakers do not resort to this type of humor. Outside of the film’s environmental message, you are left with a clean ling, hard to put down novel. movie, especially by today’s standards, with cute characters Angel of Thanksgiving will surely move readers to tears and that are brought to life in a beautifully animated movie. Though “The Lorax” is not perfect, it does have some good laughter; inspire, touch and delight them as deeply as the conversation starters on topics, such as greed and material- first two bestselling books in the "Angelic Letters Series," ism. Overall, it is an entertaining movie, and is certainly one Pewter Angels and Another Angel of Love … if not more! of the better choices out there for families.

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Check out the youth & young adult web page: http://ucymb.wordpress.com Page 7 - On the Lighter Side - Honesty Is the Best Policy Coming home from work, a woman stopped at the corner deli to buy a chicken for supper. The butcher reached into a barrel, grabbed the last chicken he had, flung it on the scales behind the counter, and told the woman its weight. She thought for a mo- ment. "I really need a bit more chicken than that," she said. "Do you have any larger ones?" Without a word, the butcher put the chicken back into the barrel, groped around as though finding another, pulled the same chicken out, and placed it on the scales. "This chicken weighs one pound more," he announced. The woman pondered her op- tions and then said, "Okay. I'll take them both." Honesty is still the best policy. Name Game At church one morning, my friend Gwen was about to start her 4-year-olds' Sunday school class when a little boy showed up without any identification. Gwen managed to get his first name, but couldn't find out his last name. "Brian, what's your daddy's name?" she asked. "Daddy," he replied. She tried again, "Brian, what's your mommy's name?" "Mommy," he answered. Sud- denly she realized exactly how she could get the answer she needed. "Brian, what does your daddy call your mommy?" His face lit up. With a grin and a deep voice, he replied, "Hey, Babe." You Call That Adultery? As children's pastor, I listened as a fourth-grade Sunday school teacher shared a concern. Completing a quarter's lessons on the Ten Commandments, he had asked the kids, "What is the hardest Com- mandment for you to keep?" to which most of them responded, "Thou shalt not commit adultery." We couldn't understand why fourth graders would find that command a problem until a mother quizzed her son on what he thought committing adultery meant. Without blinking, the boy replied, "Thou shalt not sass back to adults."

Looking for a Hand During a play which our youth group wrote and performed at a conference, the actor who was playing the part of a leper started across the stage. He waved people away from himself and yelled, "Unclean, unclean!" As he was doing this, a fake rubber hand flew out of his sleeve and onto the floor. The actor who played Jesus then entered the scene and picked up the rubber hand. Walking over to the leper and tapping him on the shoul- der, he suggested, "Excuse me, but you look like you could use a hand!" John Paul II Speaks to Youth Week Forty-One It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle... (Matthew 19:24) "The human person, created in the image and likeness of God, cannot become a slave to things, to economic systems, to technological civilization, to consumerism, to easy success." --Pope John Paul II, Poznan, Poland

Think About That Because we are created in the image and likeness of God our whole life is meant to be about loving our neighbors and loving God. When we get caught up in all the stuff of life, like money, like video or computer games, like buying cool clothes, like finding the easy way out, all these things distract us from what really matters--caring for and about others. Take Action How much time in a given week do you spend on each of the following activities? Earning money Buying things Play- ing or chatting on the computer Playing video games Finding ways to make your life easier Praying Doing good deeds for others How do you spend most of your time? How do you want to spend most of your time? What does God ask of you? This week find some answers to these questions. Say A Prayer Lord, help me to spend my time on the things that matter in life rather than on all the distractions available to me. Did You Know? Did you know the Pope's father was also named Karol Wojtyla, born on July 18, 1879?

Taken from...My Dear Young Friends: Pope John Paul II Speaks to Youth on Life, Love, and Courage My Dear Young Friends, a collection of fifty-two weekly reflections on living in the Spirit, invites young people to read and act on Pope John Paul II's inspiring addresses to young people gathered at annual celebrations. Please visit www.smp.org for more information from the publisher, Saint Mary's Press. FOUND ONLINE AT: http://www.youthapostles.com Volume 10, Issue 7 Page 8 UNITY 2012 ~ AUGUST 16-19, 2012

~ From the Chancery Pantry ~ It’s Crockpot Chicken Time!!!

Chicken and Wild Rice Soup and cook on the low setting cept cheese and buns/lettuce. Cook in Ingredients: for 7.5-8 hours or 3.5-4 hours Crockpot on low for 8 hours. Serve 3 cups water on the high setting. chicken topped with pepper and onions 1 14-ounce can chicken broth Stir in chicken before serving. under melted provolone cheese on a bun 1 10.75-ounce can of Con- or lettuce warp densed Cream of Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches Chicken Soup 3/4 cup wild rice, rinsed and 6-8 Chicken Breasts (1 for each family Salsa Chicken drained member, doubled) 6-8 chicken breasts 1/2 teaspoon dried 2 cups of chicken broth thyme, crushed 2 15 oz. cans of black beans 2 small cans of pineapple rings 1 family size frozen bag of corn 1/4 teaspoon freshly 2 red bell peppers sliced ground black pepper 2 cans of diced tomatoes and into thin strips green chilies 3 cups shredded chicken 1large onion sliced into (from a Rotisserie strips 1 jar of salsa chicken) Provolone cheese 1 packet of taco seasoning Directions: Whole wheat buns or let- 2 cups of cheddar cheese Combine water, broth, tuce wraps condensed soup, Directions: Divide everything ex- uncooked rice, Directions: If freezing for thyme, and pepper cept cheese evenly into two bags. later, divide all contents in a slow cooker. Cook in Crockpot on low for 8 evenly into two bags ex- Cover the slow cooker hours. Serve over rice or on corn tortillas with rice as a side Volume 10, Issue 7 Page 9 Thank you Saint Therese for favors received novena. JS

"Next to know when to seize an "When you have top-notch teamwork, everybody seems to opportunity, the most important know what’s going on. They understand what the group is thing in life is to know when to trying to achieve and why. Ideas flow freely." forego an advantage." Disraeli SOUNDINGS, Feb. ‘90, p.3

"Kids, tomorrow you’re go- World Youth Day 2013 – Rio, “Go and Make Disciples of All Nations!” (CF MT 28:19) taken from the WYD site: http:// ing to be thirty. The time is www.rio2013.com/en/a-jornada/lema-da-jornada already past to look for “The World Youth Day in renewed the call on youth to be the yeast that makes the dough rise, giving to the world the hope that borns with the faith. Be generous when giving someone to blame, to look a testimony of Christian life, especially having in consideration the next World Youth Day for some reason why things in .” aren’t the way you want This call was made by Pope Benedict XVI when proclaiming the theme of World Youth Day Rio2013: “Go and make disciples of all nations” (Mt 28, 19), during the general audi- them to be. Create your own ence on August 24. change. Take care of your- At that time, the catechesis was dedicated to WYD 2011, which was over on the 21th of the same month. Benedict XVI recalled fondly the joy of participation of the about two self. Act in your own best million young people in Madrid, to what he called “a wonderful experience of brotherhood, interest. Work at seeing encounter with the Lord, sharing and growth in faith: a veritable cascade of light.” what you want for yourself and then go That’s why is so important that young people in Brazil and the world from now on assume that call to mission and participate in the World Youth Day as living witnesses of Christ. about getting it. Find your intention, your For the Father Gerardo Dondici Vieira, director of the Theology Department at PUC-Rio, purpose, your dream and realize that if it is this is a theme to be kept in the heart, reflected and meditated. ”This theme, about making going to happen, you’re the one who’s got disciples, call other disciples to communion and fellowship with the Lord, is the theme dearest to the . This mandate, this mission is already announced in the to make it happen. And then go to it! Tom whole Gospel. And in fact, can only make disciples the one who is already a disciple, who Craik, The Quest for Character, p. 75 lives with the Lord” said the priest. Father Dondici points out that this testimony and proc- lamation of Christ himself, are major challenges for youth, living in a pluralistic world, with thousands of information either through schools, recreation, internet, especially in the contact with social networks, like facebook, : “With these thousand shares, he, young disciple, is called to plant in the hearts of those he meets, with whom it communi- cates, the desire to be a disciple of Jesus”. "When you finally get absorbed in what “What does the disciple of Jesus wins? Wins the presence in the kingdom, wins the cer- you are doing you frequently surprise tainty of God’s love, wins the certainty to be for the others a sign of mercy and love. Wins carrying and giving the peace of the Lord. Forgiveness, mercy, peace, these are the fruits yourself with flashes of talent and bril- and gifts that the world really needs. Violence, war, corruption, evil, everything that takes liance you didn’t know you had in you. away the possibility of the young to grow up and put all its richness and vitality service of You can find a source of genius that lies humanity, are the ones who will diminish in society. " he said. In the final term of the text of Matthew - ”Go and make disciples of all nations” - explained dormant until called the priest, there is a great anthropological dream of us all, that the contact with the Lord, upon for great effort.… the friendship with Him, awaken the best that each one has in himself. “We live in a world where there are many wastes, loss of human life, due to lack of All of us can find re- chance. The fellowship with the Lord brings out our best. The announcement “Go and sources within ourselves make disciples of all nations” is an announcement for a lifetime. At no time we can take a we would not normally break from it, because it assumes that the one who is a friend of the Lord, by his life, by his way of being in the world, communicate to others the light, the beauty and joy of being suspect exist. We can a disciple of the Lord. That is the mission that find them only when we our church needs. Many times we are para- attempt something diffi- lyzed and stunned by a world that goes a little crazy, but in this world we have the cult or great." Earl presence of the Lord who has chosen us, Nightingale who chose the youth to be a sign of His love and joy in the world” concluded.

"Rule Seven:…Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow Thought for the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future. the Month! You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity, and the sour sound of whining will certainly heighten away any opportunity for success. Never again. There is a better way." Og Mandino, p. 76

UCY/UCYA Winnipeg Saint’s Corner Saint Therese of Lisieux Also known as Francoise-Marie Therese Martin, Teresa of To change info, Tamara Lisowski the Infant Jesus, the Little Flower of Jesus, the Little Flower, 233 Scotia St subscribe or Therese of the Child Jesus unsubscribe Winnipeg, Manitoba R2V 1V7 Memorial 1 October Profile Born to a pious middle contact: Phone: 204-338-7801 -class French family of trades- Fax: 204-339-4006 men; daughter of Blessed Louis Martin and Blessed Marie New*** Email: [email protected] Azelie Guérin Martin, and all four of her sisters became - nuns. Her mother died when Francoise and the family moved to Lisieux, Normandy,-Marie was only four, closer to family. France to be We’re on the Web! www.archeparchy.ca Cured from an illness statue of the at age eight when a Blessed Virgin smiled at her. Just before her 14th birthday she received http://ucymb.wordpress.com a vision of the Child Jesus; she immediately understood the great sacrifice that had been made for her, and developed an unshakeable faith. Tried to join the but was turned down due to her age. Carmelites, Pilgrim to Rome, Italy Leo XIII whom she met and who knew of her desire to become at for a the Jubilee of Pope Carmelites nun. Joined the UCY/UCYA at Lisieux on 9 April 1888 at age 15, taking her final vow on 1890 at age 17. Due to health problems resulting from her ongoing fight8 with September Note: losis, her superiors ordered her not to tubercu- was ordered by her prioress to begin fast. Novice mistress at age 20. At age 22 she would turn into the book writing her memories and ideas, which material Unity 2014 ~ 2 years History of a Soul. Therese defined her path to ness as The Little Way, which consisted of child God and holi- WYD 2013 ~ 10 months January -like love and trust in God 1873 at Alcon, Normandy, France . Born 2 7pm Thursday as Francoise-Marie Therese Martin 30 September 1897 at Lisieux, Died August France of tuberculosis Venerated 1921 by Pope Benedict XV Beatified 14 ized 17 May 29 April 1923 by Pope Pius XI Upcoming Events! 1925 by Pope Pius XI Canon- Wed, Sept 26 Patronage: African missions, against bodily ills patients, air , rews , against illness, against sickness Fr Semzcuk memorial service at St , aircraft pilots, Australia, aviators , AIDS florists, flower growers , Belgian air crews, black missions Andrews at 7pm. All executive , foreign missions (1927), loss of parents , sions, restoration of religious freedom in Russia , missionaries, parish mis- members are asked to attend. losis , sick people, Spanish air crews , —, France (1944 by Pope Pius XII , tubercu- Cheyenne ), Russia, —, Anchorage, Alaska , Wyoming, diocese of, , archdiocese of, October 19-20 Churchill – Baie , d’Hudson, Manitoba, banks, Alaska, diocese of, Fresno diocese of, Fair- , California, diocese of, Juneau Unity 2012 Windup weekend Kisumu, Kenya, diocese of, Corner Brook and Labrador , Alaska, diocese of, Pueblo , Newfoundland, starting at 7pm at the chancery , Colorado, diocese of, Witbank diocese of, , South Africa, diocese of with Bowling at 8pm. We will end the windup on Saturday with Lit- November 23-25, 2012 If there are any questions regarding urgy and a spaghetti dinner at Sts this information, please contact Unity 2014 Visioning Retreat in Peter & Paul Parish (put on by the ~Tamara Lisowski @ 338-7801 Edmonton, AB. This is a great op- youth of the parish) (Monday-Thursday, 10am-3pm)~ portunity for those interested in Sat, Oct 20 sharing their vision of the next If you have any Upcoming Events for Unity that will be held in 2014. If UCY exec mtg at 10:30am at November that you would like posted, chancery. you would like to attend the only cost is transportation to Edmon- please send them to the UCY office by Sat, Oct 20 ton. (approx cost of flight October 20 to be in the next edition. Spaghetti Dinner at Sts Peter & $450/person). All other costs will Paul parish following the 4pm Lit- be covered by the host province. WYD 2013 urgy. Cost is $7 adults and $3 If you are interesting in attending, For those interested in children. Please see ad on pg 6. please let Tamara know via e-mail attending or helping out with [email protected] or phone Sat, Oct 27 WYD 2013 in Rio, please 204-338-7801 ex 2 ASAP. Ukrainian Park Camp Sat, Dec 8 Contact: Tamara Lisowski Fundraising Dinner at 6pm. (204) 338-7801 Tickets are $60. UCY meeting at 1pm at 233 Scotia (We are not officially going from the Sat, Nov 10 Street. All executive members are asked to attend. We will be mak- Archeparchy of Wpg, but I will give you the info of the different groups UCY meeting at 1pm at 233 Scotia ing the ornaments for the Nursing that are attending WYD 2013 Street. All executive members are Home caroling day. asked to attend.