Check out the youth & young adult web page: http://ucymb.wordpress.com uth and Ukrainian Catholic Yo Young Adult News Volume 6, Issue 9 UCY/UCYA Winnipeg October 2008 From The Director’s Chair Welcome back! fellowship and an interesting one guest/leader/mentor EVENTS AT A presentation by UCWLC mem- from their parish for a tour of GLANCE Can you believe that fall time is ber Orysia Hull, a relative of the the UCY office and to already here? The days are late Father Semchuk. Thanks October 4 getting shorter and the weather is discover what resources are to all those who could make it. available to the parish youth UCY Executive Mtg getting cooler, but that isn't stopping us from Coming up in October, the groups. This would be an Mon, Oct 13 having a full month of annual Ukrainian Park excellent opportunity for fundraising dinner will parishes interested in Thanksgiving Day activities lined up for the month of October. be held at Sts. Peter starting a youth group to get Sat, October 18 and Paul Parish on some ideas and make some Before I begin with our Saturday, October 18 connections. Following this Ukr Park Fundraiser upcoming events, as at 6:00 pm. The session, the youth of Holy Sat, October 25 usual, I would like to Ukrainian Park Eucharist recap the last month. Camp is an Parish will be Youth Leader On Sunday, September 21, the important place for our holding a Training Session Archeparchial executive hosted youth members as they act Halloween the first kick-off to fall UCY/UCYA Sat, October 25 as counselors for the Dance at the barbecue at Kildonan Park. The younger children who will Parish Centre, Halloween Dance @ weather certainly cooperated for one day become youth 460 Munroe Holy Eucharist us as 45 individuals gathered for members themselves. If you Ave from 7pm Parish Center an afternoon of fun, games and are able, please contact the to 10pm. All food in the sun. Some of the high- chancery office at 338-7801 for are invited to attend. Fri, October 31 lights of the afternoon included tickets. As usual, there will be bat spin, the three-legged race, Coming up in November and Halloween Night one table of UCY/UCYA December, other events are oil drilling and a shoe and candy executive members attending. Sat, Nov 1 scramble. One unofficial event to include a forum for UCY was also created: get the One week later, on Saturday members, the annual Amazin’ Corn Youth boomerang out of the tree! October 25, the major event for Christmas Party and Event Everyone who attended had a the month will be split into two ornament making and parts. The first part will take caroling for Holy Family Sat, Nov 22 wonderful time and I would like to thank them all for coming. For place at the chancery, 233 Nursing Home. Keep our Youth Exec Forum those unable to attend, hopefully Scotia, eyes open you are able to come to our next beginning for more event. Also, on Thursday, Sept at 1pm to information 25 UCY/UCYA executive 4pm on these Inside this issue: members attended the memorial where events. service for the late Mitrat Stefan UCY That's all for Youth Article 2 Semchuk at St. Michael's Parish. executive now, see you in November. members The evening started with a divine Tamara Lisowski Puzzles & Comics 3 liturgy, after which everyone was are asked to bring Light Reading 7 invited downstairs for coffee and Upcoming Events 10 Faith is the A Recently Spotted Teaching kids to Bumper Sticker: ability to not count is fine, but Saint’s Corner 10 Do the math…. panic! teaching what Contact Us! 10 Count your blessings!!! counts is better. Check out the youth & young adult web page: http://ucymb.wordpress.com Page 2 What’s Up with THE STRANGER? A few years after I was born, were shushing each other to embarrassing. my dad met a stranger who listen to what he had to say, I now know that my early was new to our small town. and she would go to the concepts about relationships From the beginning, Dad was kitchen for peace and quiet. were influenced strongly by the fascinated with this enchanting (I wonder now if she ever stranger. Time after time, he newcomer and soon invited prayed for the stranger to opposed the values of my him to live with our family. The leave.) parents, yet he was seldom stranger was quickly accepted Dad ruled our household rebuked ... And NEVER asked and was around with certain to leave. from then on. moral More than fifty years have As I grew up, I convictions, passed since the stranger never but the moved in with our family. He questioned his stranger has blended right in and is not place in my never felt nearly as fascinating as he was family. In my obligated to at first. If you could walk into young mind, he honor them. my parents' den today, you had a special Profanity, for would still find him sitting over niche. My example, in his corner, waiting for parents were was not someone to listen to him talk complementary allowed in and watch him draw his instructors: Mum taught me our home ... not from us, our pictures. good from evil, and Dad taught friends or any visitors. Our His name? me to obey. But the stranger longtime visitor, however, We just call him 'TV.' ..... he was our storyteller. He got away with four-letter *Note: This should be a would keep us spellbound for words that burned my ears required reading for every hours on end with adventures, and made my dad squirm household !! mysteries, and comedies. If I and my mother blush. He has a wife now, ... We call wanted to know anything about My dad didn't permit the her 'Computer'. politics, history or science, he liberal use of alcohol. But always knew the answers the stranger encouraged us about the past, understood the to try it on a regular basis. present and even seemed able He made cigarettes look to predict the future! cool, cigars manly, and He took my family to the pipes distinguished. He football and cricket. He made talked freely (much too me laugh, and he made me freely) about sex. His cry. The stranger never comments were sometimes stopped talking, but Dad didn't blatant, sometimes seem to mind. suggestive, and generally Sometimes, Mum would get up quietly while the rest of us REQUESTS & SUBMISSIONS ~ E-mail me @ [email protected] Page 3 Copyright Gospel Communications International, Inc - www.reverendfun.com Page 4 Ukrainian Catholic Youth and Young Adult News Gala Halloween Night Saturday, October 25 @ 7pm to 10pm Pizza ~ Dance ~ Prizes for best costumes ~ FREE ~ All youth, young adults & family invited Holy Eucharist Parish Center Volume 6, Issue 9 Page 5 Highly recommended!!! BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ! 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