Church Membership: All faithful are welcome to our Church. Ukrainian Catholics, Roman Catholics and Orthodox people can The Saint Stephen Church Parish Bulletin pray with us. We would love to see at our Church non-Catholics and unaffiliated people. If any of the visitors will feel that our 1344 White Oak Bottom Road Church is a house of prayer and spiritual life, this person can become a Christian and member of our parish. We appreciate all Toms River, NJ, 08755 contributions for the Church to cover expenses of our Parish. You may use your envelopes. Reverend Volodymyr Popyk – Pastor of Parish LITURGIES: Baptisms: All people can become Christians. Children can become Christians through the free will of the parents. According to SATURDAY-4:00pm, SUNDAY- 9:00 am English; 10:30 am Ukrainian our Ukrainian-Byzantine custom we give Baptism, Confirmation and First Holy Communion in one service. For adults there is Rectory Phone 732-505-6053 needed Catechetical preparation. Phone for ordering pyrohy 732-505-6293 First Penance and Solemn Holy Communion: Every baptized adult has to receive Penance at least once a year. Children Pastor’s cell: 609-372-7161 after the age of 8 have to receive First Penance and Holy Communion according to the Church’s Law. Catechetical classes are Email : [email protected] available in our parish. Please sign up your child for classes at least one year before the day of the event. Website: www.ststephenchurch.us Confession is available 30 min. before every Liturgy & at other times by request of the priest. ______Bright Saturday, April 27 4:00pm +Maria Lahoda by Vladimir Kowaliwskyj (40 th day). Myrovania Marriages All couples contemplating marriage are required to attend counseling sessions. Time of six months is needed for all preparations. Please contact Father as soon as you make plans to wed.
St. Thomas Apostle Sunday – Неділя Св. Апостола Томи Anointing of the Home-bound Due to Illness: If you are home-bound and would like Father to visit you, please call the office to make sure your name is on the list. It is the family's responsibility to inform the pastor on time, especially of an emergency. April 28 (Ep.: Acts: 5,12-20 Go.: John 20,19-31 Tropars of Easter+Thomas. Kondak of Thomas) Funeral: Have your funeral director contact the rectory immediately after the death to make proper funeral arrangements. 9:00am +Susan Komar by Helen Komar. Myrovania Parish Ukrainian School : Parish Ukrainian school is now open. The school days are Saturdays from 9:30am to 1:00pm. We 10:00am Prayer of Rosary for repentance of the world — Вервиця за навернення світу have three groups of children. The children participate in this school and their teachers Tania Spyrydon, Nusia Tynio and Natalia 10:30am Blessing all parishioners – Благословення Парафіян (Мировання ) Koshkina lead these classes. Children of all ages are invited. Запрошуємо до суботньої Української Школи всіх дітей різного віку ! (732) 505-6053 Monday, April 29 Day off – office closed “SCHOLARSHIP of St. Stephen Parish”: A scholarship of $500 is available from our parish to high school graduating students. To receive this, graduating students would have to visit our parish every Sunday and be active in the parish at least 3 years Tuesday, April 30 9:00am +Sally Smaligo by Helen Komar before graduation.
Bingo information- Every Tuesday, at 7:00pm, we have Bingo at our parish hall. The income from Bingo is helping us to cover Wednesday, May 1 9:00am Special intention by Marta Cybyk. Moleben to Holy Mother of God our expenses of the mortgage for our new church. Please come and help us. We need volunteers!
Thursday, May 2 10:00am +Nicholas Bargiuk by Lydia Bargiuk Rosary Society- Our Parish has a very spiritual group called the Rosary Society. The group keeps the will of the Holy Mother of God to pray the Rosary every day.
Friday, May 3 9:00am +Kalyna Kurylia by Brawn family. Adoration of Jesus in Holy Eucharist Religion education- To be educated in the religious life, our parish has Catechetical classes. The religion classes for adult parishioners and visitors is provided by Fr. Volodymyr on Sundays during “Coffee hour” at 12:00pm in the parish hall. On Saturdays at 1:00pm (after Ukrainian school) Father has 30 min. of religion classes for children. All are Saturday, May 4 4:00pm Blessing all parishioners – Благословення Парафіян welcome! (petitions to Holy Mother of God) Sunday of the Ointment-Bearers – Неділя Мироносиць The Parish Outreach – Парафіяльна допомога для кожного . In our parish we have an independent group of volunteers. May 5 Ep.: Acts 6,1-7 Go.: Mark 15,43-47; 16,1-8 Festal Tone Offer includes providing occasional transportation to/from our church for services, visiting the home-bound, visiting those who are laid up in a hospital or rehab. Please contact Gerry Tchir 732-364-6838 or George Shevchuk 732-905-0507 or [email protected] . 9:00am All ill, homebound and in recovery parishioners by Marion Woloshyn 10:00am Rosary for repentance of the World – Вервиця за навернення світу Renting of the Hall : Our parish hall is available for renting. Six hours of rent will cost $800 for non-parishioners and $700 for 10:30am Special intention by George Shevchuk parishioners. For more information and/or to sign a rental agreement please call Father Volodymyr at 732-505-6053. Просимо винаймати на рент наш зал для ваших веселих подій ! (petitions to Holy Mother of God) 12:00pm “SVIACHENE” (Easter Lunch) – Свячене . Coffee hour: We welcome all parishioners to participate in the Coffee Hour at our parish hall after 10:30 Liturgy on Sundays. If “Presentation on Chernobyl and the Humanitarian Mission” by sister you would like to offer cakes please contact Oksana Powzaniuk 732-255-6549 or Irene Dziaba 732-778-5414. Запрошуємо всіх Olga Faryna, OSBM and Mr. Michael Haritan, documentary photographer COLLECTIONS – $5,569 Thank you so much for generous donations! Дякуємо щиро за офіру!
Rectory Office Hours: In emergency parishioners can contact Father any time. Mondays-Day Off - office closed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 8:00 AM Matins/ Утреня ; 11:00 AM Hierarchical Divine Liturgy presided by His Beatitude Thank you so much all volunteers for all the preparations and making pierogies for the parish “Easter Sviatoslav and Enthronement; 2:00 PM Reception / Обід ; 4:00 PM Concert/ Концерт ; Sale” in March. Income from the sale was $7,000; Expenses $2,732.86; Net income is $4,267.14. May 6:00 PM Vespers/ Вечірня . Lord Jesus grant all good health and His grace for you and your families. Многая і Благая Літа ! All attendants have to be registered. Please fill the registration form. Program of the celebration http://ukrarcheparchy.us/archeparchy-news/program-schedule-enthronement For registration On Thursday, May 2 at 6pm we will have a meeting of the Pastoral and Finance Councils of the go to web. coradcor.us parish. All members have to attend this meeting. Молитва , святкування , єдність та місія : “ Від Серця до Серця ”. Програма з нагоди початку служіння митрополита і архиєпископа Бориса Ґудзяка Філадельфія /Вашингтон 2-9 On Saturday, May 4 from 9am to 1:30pm (“Thomas Sunday” by the Julian Calendar) Father червня 2019 року . Для ефективної організації усіх подій , щиро просимо відповісти на Volodymyr will have services at the graves at the cemetery in South Bound Brook, NJ. Please make короткі запитання , подані нижче . Програма святкування англійською мовою your request for a Panakhyda service and please attend at this time at the cemetery. http://ukrarcheparchy.us/archeparchy-news/program-schedule-enthronement Реєстрація є на сайті coradcor.us On Sunday, May 5 at 12pm we will have our parish “Sviachene” (Easter Lunch) . All interested Please save this date and come to celebrate at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Philadelphia, PA. have to be registered. Registration sheet is in the church vestibule. Fee is $20 per person. Welcome all parishioners and non-parishioners. We are asking volunteers to help us to serve and clean up the kitchen On Saturday, June 8 we will have the next project of making pierogies. Please save the date after the lunch. During the luncheon we will have a presentation on Chernobyl and the Humanitarian and come to help us! Mission of the Sisters of St. Basil by Sr. Olga Marie Faryna, OSBM and Mr. Michael Haritan, a documentary photographer who was in Chernobyl in 2016, 2018. On Sunday, June 23 there will be a concert of The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus in Philadelphia,
PA . For more info please check website www.Bandura.org . On Thursday, May 9 at 7pm will be a presentation of the book “Dialog that heals wounds” by our Patriarch Most Rev. Sviatoslav Shevchuk in the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center of Religion education is available for adults on the first and third Saturdays of every month. The Jenkintown, PA. Address is 700 N. Cedar Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046. All interested are invited! catechist Ms. Claire Kortbawi-deMars provides these classes from 2:30pm to 3:45pm in the English 9 травня о 7 рм відбудеться презентація книги “ Діалог лікує рани ” в Культурному центрі в language. The religion classes in Ukrainian language are provided by Fr. Volodymyr every available Jenkintown, PA. Наш Патріарх Святослав запрошує всіх на презентацію . Sunday at the coffee hour after the Divine Liturgy. The classes for children are provided by Fr. Volodymyr on every Saturday after Ukrainian School from 1:30pm to 2:00pm. On Saturday, May 11 at 4pm we will have a Divine Liturgy for all living and deceased mothers to remember and celebrate “Mothers’ Day” on May 12. Father requests the names of your mothers to pray Your name or names of your family members can be displayed on a new board of donations for for at this service. Please use the envelopes provided. the church loan for 2019. To receive this acknowledgment the parish is requesting an offer of $500 or
more for payment of the church loan. Your contribution will help the parish repay the church mortgage. On May 18, 2019 is a Day of Ukrainian Vyshyvanka. Please come to Church dressed in a Ukrainian Please make the check out to St. Stephen Church and note the purpose on the check. The new board of Vyshyvanka. benefactors will be made and displayed on the wall at the church entrance. St. Sophia Religious Association of Ukrainian Catholics, Inc. cordially invites you to the th Please pray for our parishioners: Helen Komar, Maria Ilkiv, Marusia Kuzmov, Anna Pyrih, Dorothy 45 Anniversary Banquet. Keynote speaker: His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk Rigiel, Stefan Tretiak, Vera Sion, Anna Bilozir, Mary Monani, Walter Adamkewych, Katherine Konopada, “Renewal of the Patriarchal Fund” on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 6:00 pm. $150.00 per person. Semi- Anna Kuzan, Euginia Bobek, Jane Sass, John Waslawsky, John Libowits, Galyna and Olga, Pamela formal attire. Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, Chomiak Cavanagh, Julia Bodnar and Mykola, Lidia, John Dzera, Gabriele, Alanna Tufaro. They need 19046. RSVP by April 1, 2019 your support of prayers.
On Sunday, May 19 at 10:30am we will celebrate 1 st Holy Confession and Holy Communion of We are planning to do landscaping on the church property. Every two weeks we will mow the children. All children of the parish and of non-parishioners are welcome to our church to celebrate. grass. We are asking men to help us. By this way church will save good money this year. Your work is Religion preparation-education for this holy event is needed. Classes have started. Contact Father. your gift for your parish.
On Tuesday, June 4, 2019 there will be a special day for our archeparchy, the day of installation/enthronement of our new Metropolitan Borys Gudziak. Enthronement schedule: Christ has risen! Indeed He is risen! Христос Воскрес ! Воістину воскрес !