Ukrainian Catholic Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 625 5th Avenue SW Moose Jaw SK S6H 5W2 (306) 692-9456 Fr. Yurij Lazurko, administrator (306) 693-6636 (home) (306) 690-9709 (cell) ХРИСТОС ПОСЕРЕД НАС! CHRIST IS AMONG US! Sunday June 19, 2016 HE IS, AND WILL BE! І Є І БУДЕ! Fifth Sunday after Pentecost tone 4 Epistle: 6: Gospel: Matthew 8 9: Sun June 10 9:30 a.m. MooseRomans Jaw - for1-10 fathers :28_ 1 Mon June 20 NO LITURGY Tues June 21 NO LITURGY Wed June 22 NO LITURGY Thurs June 23 NO LITURGY Fri June 24 NO LITURGY Sat June 25 NO LITURGY Sun June 26 9:30 a.m. Moose Jaw Opening Hymn: Holy this moment p 43 (2 verses) Do you ever feel driven by forces beyond your strength? Closing Hymn: Grant us the grace pg 83 (2 verses) Two men who were possessed and driven mad by the force Please be mindful in your EVENTS & THINGS of many evil spirits found refuge in the one person who prayers of John Smuk, Anne could set them free. Both Mark and Luke in their gospel ac- Praznyk Invitations Sahaidak, Steve Okraincee, counts of this incident describe this demonic force as a legion Pete Okraincee, Marlene Lu- As discussed last week, (Mark 5:9 and Luke 8:30). A legion is no small force – but ciak, Crystal Zakaluzny, Sha- invitations for the Moose Jaw ron Horejda, Gloria Leniuk, Fr. celebrations are available on an army 6,000 strong! For the people of Palestine who were Yurij and of all who are in the the vestibule table. Please take often hemmed in by occupied forces, a legion – whether hu- need of the gift of health. copies to send to your families. man or supernatural – struck terror! Legions at their wild- est committed unmentionable atrocities. Our age has also FYI witnessed untold crimes and mass destruction at the hands Hodgeville Praznyk of possessed rulers and their armies. What is more remark- Sunday June 26 @ 3:00 p.m. God bless you on your able – the destructive force of these driven and possessed men, or the bended knee at Jesus’ feet imploring mercy and special day, Father, Chaplin Praznyk release? God’s word reminds us that no destructive force can Wednesday June 29 7:00 p.m. And keep you in His keep anyone from the peace and safety which God offers to care. those who seek his help. A thousand may fall at your side, Glentworth Praznyk God grant you peace Sunday August 14 3:00 p.m. ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near and happiness you. ..Because you have made the Lord your refuge, the Most And answer every High your habitation (Psalm 91:7,9). Our new parish treasurer is prayer. Jesus took pity on these men who were overtaken by a le- Crystal Zakaluzny. We wish gion of evil spirits. The destructive force of these demons is her well in this executive A Happy and Blessed evident for all who can see as they flee and destroy a herd position. We thank Lawrence of swine. After Jesus freed the demoniacs the whole city Gelleta for the many years of Father’s Day МНОГАЯ ЛІТА came out to meet him. No one had demonstrated such power devoted service. and authority against the forces of Satan as Jesus did. They feared Jesus as a result and begged him to leave them. Why PRAY THE ROSARY DAILY would they not want Jesus to stay? Perhaps the price for such Please notify Fr. Yurij when someone is sick or hospi- liberation from the power of evil and sin was more than they talized in order that these people be visited in a timely wanted to pay. Jesus is ready and willing to free us from any- manner. thing that binds us and that keeps us from the love of God. ThoughT du Jour Are you willing to part with anything that might keep you Funny Notices In a Hotel Room: from his love and saving power? Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to “Lord Jesus, unbind me that I may love you wholly and walk in the do such thing please not to read notice. freedom of your way of love and holiness. May there be nothing Please to bathe inside the tub. which keeps me from the joy of living in your presence.” How Benedict XVI will celebrate his 65th anniver- Bishop Budka Eparchial stEwardship sociEty inc. (BBEssi) sary as a priest p On June 29 Benedict XVI will celebrate the 65th anniversary of his ANNUAL EPARCHIAL ordination to the priesthood – a milestone he will commemorate in GOLFresents TOURNAMENT the a special ceremony with Pope Francis inside the Vatican’s apostolic When palace. Announced by the Ratzinger Foundation, the ceremony will Where take place at the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace June 28, : Saturday, August 20, 2016 the eve of the anniversary. Both Pope Francis and Benedict XVI, : Regina - Aspen Links Golf Course who rarely appears outside of the monastery where he lives inside (310 Emerald Park Road) Vatican City, will be present. Registration: 11:00am; Shot Gun Start Tee Off – 12:00pm Benedict, the Pope Emeritus, will be given a book on the priest- (noon) (Texas Scramble) hood created specifically for the occasion of the anniversary of his Dinner, Prizes & Rider Game on TV: After Golf at St. priestly ordination. Basil’s Parish Centre (1710 Toronto St.) Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, now known as Benedict XVI, was or- Registration Fee: $150.00 per Golfer, includes Golf dained a priest June 29, 1951 – the feast of Saints Peter and Paul Fees, Cart, Dinner & Prizes. – in the cathedral of Freising by the then-Cardinal Archbishop of Charitable Receipt will be issued for a portion of the Munich, Michael von Faulhaber. His older brother Georg, who is Registration Fee. still alive today, was ordained with him. For more details and registration form, please access Benedict himself spoke of the day he was ordained in his 2005 our website: www.bbessi.org autobiography titled “Milestones: Memoirs 1927-1977,” which he For Sponsorship Opportunities, please call Terry @ published shortly before his election as Bishop of Rome, thinking 306-584-7689 or Andrij @ 306-533-2750 he would instead be going into retirement. “It was a splendid summer day, which remains unforgettable, as the most important day of my life,” he wrote, explaining that there were more than 40 candidates for ordination, and “when we were called we responded ‘Here I am.’” Cautioning the reader not to be superstitious, Benedict recounts how when the elderly archbishop laid his hands on the future Pope’s head, “a small bird – perhaps a lark – rose up from the high altar of the cathedral and san a joyful little song.” “For me it was as if a voice from on high were telling me: it’s okay, you’re on the right path.” While standing in the same cathedral in which he was ordained, Benedict spoke off-the-cuff to priests and deacons Sep. 14, 2006, recalling the day of his ordination. “Here I lay prostrate, enveloped by the litany of all the saints, by the intercession of all the saints. I realized that on this path we are not alone, that the great multitude of saints walk with us, and the living saints, the faithful of today and tomorrow, sustain us and walk with us,” he said. “Then came the laying on of hands, and finally Cardinal Faulhaber proclaimed to us: ‘Iam non dico vos servos, sed amicos’ – ‘I do not call you servants, but friends’; at that moment, I experienced my priestly ordination as an initiation into the community of Jesus’ Assumption BVM Parish friends, called to be with him and to proclaim his message.” Moose Jaw In his June 11, 2010, homily for the conclusion of the Year for Priests, which he called to commemorate the 150th anniversary of 70th Anniversary Celebrations the death of St. John Vianney, patron saint of parish priests through- August 21, 2016 out the world, Benedict emphasized the importance of the sacra- mental element of the priesthood. Program The priesthood, he said, is not “simply an office, but a sacrament: 10:00 a.m. Pontifical Divine Liturgy God makes use of a poor man in order to be, through him, present Banquet for men and to act in their favor.” Banquet tickets this summEr, st. anthony’s parish in rama, saskatchEwan Adults: $25 Children (5-12): $12.50 4 and under: free is cElEBrating thE 75th pilgrimagE on august 14th & 15th. thEsE arE two Available from: transforming days, with mass in English, polish & ukrainian, confEssion, Betty Lys (306) 692-1427 [email protected] adoration, rosary and thE candlElight procEssion. Fr. Yurij Lazurko (306) 693-6636 [email protected] thE rama parish is warmly inviting you, and your parishionErs to join thousands of catholics who attEnd this pilgrimagE! Make cheque payable to: Ukr. Catholic Church Moose Jaw.