Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Church Українська Католицька Церква Пресвятої Родини 1001 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3M 1Y3 204-453-4653, fax 204-452-2332 Our Mission is to be responsible, trustworthy and faithful stewards of God’s gifts by living out the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the catechism and spirituality of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. 27th Sunday after Pentecost 6 Грудня December 6, 2020 Website: holyfamilychurch.wordpress.com Слава Ісусу Христу! - Glory to Jesus Christ! Parish Office Hours, Tue - Fri : 10:00 am - 3:30 pm Слава На Віки! - Glory For Ever! Pastor - Fr John Mostivsky: 204-453-4653 Email: [email protected] Office Manager - Joe Kulyk: 204-453-4653 Email: [email protected] Liturgical Sunday Schedule: Weekdays Sundays 10 am (Live stream) Tue - Fri No Service Ukrainian Liturgy - TBA Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Sundays before Liturgy & by appointment Rosary / Confession Tue - Thu 10 am Sacrament of Baptism & Chrismation by appointment with the Pastor Sacrament of Holy Matrimony (Marriage) by appointment with the Pastor - 9 months in advance Funerals - by appointment with the Pastor Parish Auditorium - 204-452-2332 Parish Pastoral Council Jim, Antonick, Chair - 204-489-8482 K of C - Zenon Scraba, GK - 204-453-2949 Feast of St. Nicholas UCWLC - Merna Furkalo, President - 204-257-1535 December 6th Club 55+ Stella Hyska, President - 204-489-6425 Patron Saint of Children Catechism - TBA Queen of Peace Prayer Group December 6 , 2020 Leonard Terrick 204-269-4696 Epistle-Апостол :Ephesians 6: 10-17 Pastoral Care - Linda Marak 204-895-8478 Gospel-Євангелія: Luke 13: 10-17 Please Pray for the Sick and Shut-Ins of our Parish: Просимо пам’ятати про хворих нашої парафії: We pray in hope that We ask Mary for her God’s healing power may intercession in healing the sick. touch all our parishioners Linda Marak who are sick. 204-895-8478 Spiritual Communion Prayer SUNDAY COLLECTION My Jesus НЕДІЛЬНА ТАЦА I believe that You are present in the November 29, 2020 Most Holy Sacrament 7 Envelopes - $1,360 I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul Candle Offering - $34 Since I cannot at this moment Christmas Flowers - $10 Vigil Lamps - $10 receive You sacramentally, Lift Campaign - $200 Come at least spiritually into my heart. Дякуємо за вашу щедрість! I embrace You as if You were Thank you for your generosity! already there and unite myself wholly to You Sign up for the Debit Never permit me to be separated Program.. Forms are on the from You. website under “forms” YEAR END IS FAST APPROACHING: If you wish to give a donation to the parish, all donations must be received in the parish office by Sunday, December 30th , in order to be included on the 2020 tax receipt. Any donations received after that date will be December 30th included on the 2021 receipt. Who are you when no one is looking? Page 2 Служби Божі / Divine Liturgies Day Date Time Intention слідуючих: Sun Dec 6 10:00 am Thanksgiving to God for all His blessings for the Myk family Tue Dec 8 10:00 am No Service due to Covid Wed Dec 9 10:00 am No Service due to Covid Thu Dec 10 10:00 am No Service due to Covid Fri Dec 11 10:00 am No Service - Відправа не буде Sun Dec 13 10:00 am Birthday Blessing for Raymond Fediuk by (Mother) Hazel LIVE STREAMING OF THE DIVINE LITURGY - every Sunday at 10am Parish Pastoral Council Are you interested in learning how to live Zoom Meeting stream on your cell phone? The utilization of live streaming is growing now in churches. Tuesday, December 8th Call Martin Pasieczka 7:00 pm 204-453-4965 Vigil Lights Icon of Mary Icon of Jesus Dec 6-12 † Sylvia Luba by family † Sylvia Luba by family God's blessing and health for Dec 13-19 God's blessing and health for Lex Storozuk by the Scraba's Lex Storozuk by the Scraba's “ Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We Coujrtesy of NYD are the change that we seek. ” ~Barack Obama Page 3 ST. NICHOLAS THE WONDERWORKER DECEMBER 6th St. Nicholas was born during the second half of the third century (@ 270 AD) in Patara, in the province of Lycia in Asia Minor. It was part of the Roman Empire at the time of his birth. His parents, Theophan and Nonna, were devout Christians. After his parents’ death, Nicho- las distributed his inherited wealth with the poor. In his youth, Nicholas went on a pilgrimage to Egypt and Palestine. Shortly after his return, Nicholas was named Bishop of Myra. During the persecution of Christians under Emperor Diocletian, Nicholas was imprisoned. However, after Constantine was named Emperor, Nicholas was released. In 313 AD, Emperor Constantine had issued the Edict of Milan, granting religious freedom to Christians. The Edict spoke of treating Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire In 325 AD Bishop Nicholas attended the Council of Nicaea. He and the other bishops from the East defended the Christian faith from the error of Arianism. Arius denied that Jesus was coeter- nal with the Father . St. Nicholas even to this day is known for his personality trait of gift-giving. Nicholas had rescued three daughters from a life of loose living. The father could not afford a dowry for any of the three daughters. Each night for three nights, Nicholas dropped a sack of gold through the window – one sack each night for each of the three daughters. Other accounts about the saintly bishop was that he rescued three innocent men from an im- pending wrongful execution. Also, the saintly Nicholas had calmed a storm at sea. While travelling aboard ship to the Holy Land, the ship nearly was destroyed during a violent storm. The saintly Nicholas was able to rebuke the waves and calm the sea. The storm subsided. Shortly after his death, the faithful venerated the saintly bishop. Churches were built in his honor and many parents named their sons “Nicholas.” In the Eastern Churches, almost every Thursday at the Divine Liturgy we read a tropar and kondak dedicated to St. Nicholas and all the Apostles. The icon of St. Nicholas is often found on the iconostasis. There he is depicted as an Eastern bishop, wearing an omophor and mitre. Many of our parishes have a program near his Feast Day during which St. Nicholas visits the children and greets them and distributes fruit, candy and small gifts, while those attending sing a special hymn in honor of St. Nicholas praising him for loving and serving us. We ask the saintly Nicholas to always help us in our time of need. Fr. D. George Worschak, Assistant Editor - The Way– Шлях Page 4 The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos December 9th The parents of Mary, Joachim and Anna were barren (without child) even in their old age. Nonetheless, they besought the Almighty God to grant them a child. For the Hebrews at that time regarded birthgiving and children as a gift from God. They promised God that they would offer their offspring to Him as a gift. The Almighty answered their call with the birth of Mary. In the Tropar for the Feast, we sing that “Against all hope, the bonds of barren- ness are loosed today. For, God has hearkened unto Joachim and Anna clearly promising that they would bear a godly maiden. He who commanded the angel to cry out to her, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you," will be born of her, the infinite One Himself, becoming man.” The Kondak for the Feast speaks about the world rejoicing today in the conception of Anna, wrought by God. For she bore the One who beyond comprehension conceived the Logos (the Word of God) The Way– Шлях We cordially invite all parishioners of the Archeparchy to join His Grace Metropolitan Lawrence for a special LIVESTREAM event on Sunday Dec. 6, 2020 at 6 pm. The link for this event can be found at: https://youtu.be/IIBSOw8wjOs His Grace Metropolitan will have a special teaching on this special saint followed by a personal interview of St. Nicholas Live at this time. Reminder to all children to send in your questions! QUESTIONS? If any children have questions for St. Nicholas they can forward them by email to "Attention: St. Nicholas" at [email protected]. Please provide your name and your parish name and we will do our best to have your answers at this special event. Questions need to be received by Thursday Dec. 3rd to be part of the program please. Page 5 Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky 2021Calendar The year 2021 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Beatification of Bishop Vasyl Velychkovsky. To commemorate this milestone, The Shrine has produced a colourful calendar. Each month features a different important event in Blessed Vasyl’s life. It is also a church calendar following (new) calendar and includes the saint of the day and the readings. This calendar is available from the Shrine Office at a cost of $20.00 which includes shipping and handling. Please call 204-338-7321 or mail: [email protected] or order through the shrine website: www.bvmartyrshrine.com Dec 4 th & 11th from 10 - 4 pm Curbside pickup of Sunday envelopes for 2021 and Church calendar can be a safe alternative that doesn't require you to leave your car. Due to the pandemic Holy Family Parish wants to make sure your pick up is safe and easy! How Curbside Pickup works Pick up will be on December 4th and 11th from 10:00 to 4:00PM Drive into the church parking lot ( Look for Curbside pick up signage) Call Zenon Scraba at 204-797-4862 letting him know that you have arrived.