ST. JOSAPHAT UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH W. Union Blvd. at Kenmore Ave. -- Bethlehem, PA. Archpriest Daniel Gurovich, Pastor -- Carol Hanych, Cantor Vesperal Liturgy: Sat. 6:30 PM Liturgy: Sun. 10:00 AM Vespers: Evenings before Holydays 6:30 PM Matins: Major Holy Days 8:00 AM (610) 865-2521 -- Email: [email protected] www.stjosaphatbethlehem.org WHERE FAITH AND TRADITION MEET JAN 17 SUNDAY OF ZACCHAEUS TONE 8 SUN JAN 17 SUNDAY 33rd Last Sunday of Pentecost (Sunday of Zacchaeus) (Tone 8) Sat eve Vigil: 6:30 PM: For the Living and +Departed Members of our parish) 10:00 AM: +Stephan Reshetylo (Mother Evhenia) ECFCLASSES TODAY. MON JAN 18: Archbishops Athanasius & Cyril (11) 8:00AM: +Michael Fidorack (Estate) TUE JAN 19: Venerable Macarius (8) 8:00 AM: +Ruth Fidorack (Estate) WED JAN 20: Euthymius the Great No Services THUR JAN 21: Maximus the Confessor No Services FRI JAN 22: Apostle Timothy (5) [FAST] 8:00 AM: +George Brucker (Susan Gorsky and Family) SAT JAN 23: Clement of Ancyra No Services SUN JAN 24: SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN AND PHARISEE Preparation for Great Lent (Triodion Begins) Sat eve Vigil: 6:30 PM: +Caroline Gabrick (Daughter Susan Bimbler) 10:00 AM: + For the Living and +Departed Members of our parish ECFCLASSES TODAY. LATEST INFORMATION READERS GREETERS you are able, and in your charity, please drop their JAN 16 DeNardo ☺ Kadingo at exits envelopes and calendar to them. We are grateful to ☺ JAN 17 Tighe Buddock/Pastrick at exits those posting their envelopes to St. Josaphat’s parish. JAN 23 Rybak ☺ Meixell at exits JAN 24 Tighe/Kidd ☺ Buddock/Pastrick at exits The bills remain regular but the contributions do not Church Cleaning: See 2021 JANUARY Schedule REMEMBER WHY YOU ARE HERE FUTURE EVENTS “Let all persons be seized with fear; let heaven exult ECF CLASSES Have resumed. Wear Mask to when Christ, the Son of God, is on the altar in the Liturgy and Class hands of the priest.” [St. Francis of Assisi] NO TRYZUB MEETINGS UNTIL FURTHER St. Pius X, Pray for us! NOTICE Your intercession through Christ Jesus is most needed in this era of the Church, with the heresy of WHEN COMING TO CHURCH, PLEASE Modernism running rampant and leading people to CONTINUE TO COOPERATE WITH THE damnation. GUIDELINES SPECIFIED BY THE ARCHEPARCHY AND THE STATE OF PA. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH Paul Pastrick Tanya Derewecki, Anna Kupcha Helenya Stegura, Ann Kapustiak, Olga Hoysan MEMORIAL FUND We would like to thank Ann Yost for her recent donation to the Memorial Fund in memory of her father +Wasyl (27 yrs) and mother +Anna (15 yrs). We would also like to thank Sarah and Bob Moser for their recent donation to the memorial fund in memory of Sarah’s parents +Mark and +Mary Liptock. 2021 CHURCH ENVELOPES Your 2021 Church Envelopes are available for pick up at the rear of the Church. Pick up your envelopes and calendar. Please remember to do this quietly and try to remain “socially distant.” Many of our members are not coming to church at this time. If THE FIVE SATURDAYS OF ALLSOULS (SOROKOUSTY) The ChurchTypicon Designates February 6, February 27 (26), March 6 (5), March 13 (12), and May 22 as the Five All Souls Saturdays (Sorokousty) for 2021. 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FIRST NAMES ONLY: 1.__________________________________ 2________________________________ 3.__________________________________ 4._______________________________ 5.__________________________________ 6. _______________________________ [use extra paper if necessary — please print!!!] YOUR FULL NAME:______________________________ OFFERING: __________ If you did not submit a request in 2019 or 2020 please do so here. What disease did cured ham actually have? How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? Why is it that people say they “slept like a baby” when babies wake up like every two hours? Rift Between Modernist Bishops and Catholic Bishops is Growing Archbishops Samuel Aquila, Charles Chaput speak out. A pair of U.S. prelates are warning that Joe Biden should be denied Holy Communion. Abp. Samuel Aquila of Denver tweeted his support for Abp. Charles Chaput, former head of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, who called last week for the former vice president to be barred from receiving the Eucha- rist. “Archbishop Chaput speaks the truth for the salvation of souls,” Aquila declared. “The scandal & confusion are real & when we don’t treat the Eucharist with love & reverence our faith is weakened in the real pres- ence.” Archbishop Aquila (@ArchbishopDen) December 5, 2020 [sja https://t.co/q1ZriUTb6A] In a First Things article published Dec. 4, Abp. Chaput reminded readers that the issue of Holy Communion for politicians who are not in communion with Catholic teaching has been settled. Chaput recalled that during the 2004 presidential campaign, a controversy erupted that pitted Republican president George W. Bush against his Democratic contender, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts: “As a Catholic, Kerry held certain policy views that conflicted with the moral beliefs of his Church. This led to internal tensions among U.S. bishops about how to handle the matter of Holy Communion for Catho- lic public officials who publicly and persistently diverge from Catholic teaching on issues like abortion. At the time, Washington’s then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, along with Pittsburgh’s Bp. Donald Wuerl, had very different views from my own regarding how to proceed. At the time, fortunately, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith resolved any confusion about correct practice in these matters with its July 2004 memorandum to then-Cardinal McCarrick, ‘Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion: General Principles.” Quoting the document, Abp. Chaput reiterated why anyone self-identified Catholic who publicly supports abortion and euthanasia cannot receive the Eucharist: “5. Regarding the grave sin of abortion or euthanasia, when a person’s formal cooperation becomes mani- fest (understood, in the case of a Catholic politician, as his consistently campaigning and voting for per- missive abortion and euthanasia laws), his pastor should meet with him, instructing him about the Church’s teaching, informing him that he is not to present himself for Holy Communion until he brings to an end the objective situation of sin, and warning him that he will otherwise be denied the Eucharist. “6. When “these precautionary measures have not had their effect or in which they were not possible,” and the person in question, with obstinate persistence, still presents himself to receive the Holy Eucharist, “the minister of Holy Communion must refuse to distribute it” (cf. Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts Declaration “Holy Communion and Divorced, Civilly Remarried Catholics” [2002], nos. 3-4). This deci- sion, properly speaking, is not a sanction or a penalty. Nor is the minister of Holy Communion passing judgment on the person’s subjective guilt, but rather is reacting to the person’s public unworthiness to receive Holy Communion due to an objective situation of sin.” “The implications for the present moment are clear,” Abp Chaput continued. “Public figures who identify as ‘Catholic’ give scandal to the faithful when receiving Communion by creating the impression that the moral laws of the Church are optional. And bishops give similar scandal by not speaking up publicly about the issue and danger of sacrilege.” Chaput’s rebuke comes in the wake of Washington cardinal Wilton Gregory’s recent pronouncement that he will not deny Biden the Eucharist. “This gives scandal to their brother bishops and priests and to the many Catholics who struggle to stay faithful to Church teaching.” Tweet In a Nov. 24 interview from the Vatican, Gregory noted that Biden has for years attended Mass weekly without being denied Holy Communion. “I’m not going to veer from that,” vowed Gregory, successor to disgraced prelates Theodore McCarrick and Donald Wuerl. “The kind of relationship that I hope we will have is a conversational relationship where we can discover areas where we can cooperate that reflect the social teachings of the Church, knowing full well that there are some areas where we won’t agree,” he elaborated. “I hope it’s a real dialogue, because I think that’s the mantra of Pope Francis — that we should be a Church in dialogue, even with those with whom we have some serious disagreements.” In his article, Chaput chastised fellow prelates — like Gregory — who allow sacrilege for the sake of political expediency: “Those bishops who publicly indicate in advance that they will undertake their own dialogue with ... Joseph Biden and allow him Communion effectively undermine the work of the task force established at the No- vember bishops’ conference meeting to deal precisely with this and related issues. This gives scandal to their brother bishops and priests and to Catholics who struggle to stay faithful to Church teaching. It does damage to the bishops’ conference, to the meaning of collegiality and to the fruitfulness of the conference’s advocacy work with the incoming administration.” Archbishop Chaput explained how and why kowtowing to Biden on the Eucharist is such a grievous error: “When bishops publicly announce their willingness to give Communion to Mr.