Welcome!

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Whether you are visiting us for a brief time, looking for a new parish community, are returning to the practice of your Catholic faith, or are interested in finding out more about the Eastern Catholic Church, we’re happy to have you here.

St. Michael’s is a faith-filled people of the Ukrainian Catholic tradition. We strive to make the Divine Liturgy the heartbeat of our faith community and we stand ready to bear witness to the Lord with our life. Saint Michael’s is a parish rooted in Jesus Christ, active in our love of neighbor, on the path toward salvation in the Holy Trinity.

Join us today in supporting the St. Michael’s Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief Fund!

Your gift today will provide food, medical supplies, clothing, and items for children. These items will all be immediately distributed, and 100% of your gift will go directly to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. No amount is too small.

Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ!

Sunday, 4/2, Palm Sunday —Blessing of Pussywillows, Lytija and Blessing of Bread–Anointing-Myrovann—Mission Sunday with Father Al Forlano

9:00 a.m. +Hugo Annard requested by Chris Komondy
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Philippians 4:4-9
Gospel: John 12:1-18, Tone 2

Monday, 4/3, Our Venerable Nicetas
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health for Bohdan Sowa requested by Maria

Tuesday, 4/4, Our Venerable Joseph& George
10:00 a.m. +Catherine Kolesnik’s Funeral Divine Liturgy

Wednesday, 4/5, Holy Martyrs Theodulus and his 7 Companions
9:00 a.m. God’s Blessing and health for the family requested by Dionizia Brochinsky

Thursday, 4/6, Holy Father Methodius
9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy
7:00 p.m. Matins with the Proclamation of the Passion Gospels

Friday, 4/7, Good Friday
4:00p.m.Vespers and the Veneration of the Holy Shroud

Saturday, 4/8, Holy Saturday
8:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great
5:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Foods
6:00 p.m. Prayer at the Tomb

Sunday, 4/9, The Holy Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ —Blessing of Artos, Anointing-Myrovann and blessing of Easter foods

9:00 a.m. Procession and Pascal Matins
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Acts 1:1–8
Gospel: John 1:1-17

Parish announcements

Christ is among us!

This week vigil light is offered by Alexis Hickerson for God’s blessing and health for Pyrohy Workers.

Catherine Kolesnik has fallen asleep in the Lord. Please remember her in your prayers. Catherine’s funeral liturgy will be served on Tuesday. Eternal Memory!

Special thanks to Rudolph Brezicki for donating the beautiful pussywillows for today Palm Sunday.

If you would like to have a Confession, Holy Communion or prayer of the sick at your house or nursing home, please call the rectory at 203-865-0388.

The Panakhyda Service at the Gravesites will take place on Saturday, April 15, at 11:00 a.m. at All Saints Cemetery and Sunday, April 16, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Lawrence Cemetery. Please call the rectory office for appointment.

SVIACHENE: The traditional Easter parish “SVIACHENE” will be held on April 23, following the Divine Liturgy. We will celebrate only one (1) Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. We will be running a raffle. If you would like to donate any items to be raffled, please bring them to our church hall on Sundays before our “Sviachene” or on Sunday, April 23. Tickets are $30.00 for adults, $10.00 for youth from 12 to 18. Free for altar boys, and under 12. Also we ask you to donate cakes for desert. We trust that all parishioners will join this parish gathering and through their presence attest to cherishing in our hearts a love for one another which builds our PARISH.FAMILY. We will not sell tickets at the door.

Tantsi/Ukrainian Folk Dancing for older kids, 6 and up with Stephanie Tomaszewsky, instructor and in partnership with Artistic Director Orlando Pagan and will be every Friday from 6:00 p.m. Any questions will be answered that night. Please contact Halia Lodynsky by text if you have any questions at 203-494-6278.

FOOD DONATIONS: A container is in our church vestibule for non-perishable food. NO expired foods. This collection will be taken twice per month. Father Iura and Andy Bamber will distribute the food to the needy people of New Haven. Thank you for your generosity and your support.

WE will be making pyrohy (varenyky) on May 13, We need your help and Friday, May 12 to peel potatoes and Saturday May 13, to make pyrohy. Please come and help.

Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ!

Sunday, 3/26, Fifth Sunday of Lent —Synaxis of Angel Gabriel
9:00 a.m. +Michael Lipcan Sr. requested by Barbara and Patrick Bagley
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Hebrews 9:11-14
Gospel: Mark 10:32-45, Tone 1

Monday, 3/27, Holy Martyr Matrona of Theasalonica
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health for Crystyna Melnyk requested by Myron Melnyk

Tuesday, 3/28, Our Venerable Hilarion the Younger
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health for Cathy Kolesnik requested by Sestretsi

Wednesday, 3/29, Holy Hieromartyrs Mark and Cyril
8:00 a.m. +Norma Mortenson

Thursday, 3/30, Our Venrable John Climacus
9:00 a.m. +Maria and Mykola Salata

Friday, 3/31, Holy Hierarch Hypatius
7:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Saturday, 4/1, Lazarus Saturday and the commemoration of Saint Mary of Egypt
9:00 a.m. +Yaroslava Kalynec (5th Anniv.) requested by Sokhan Family
9:45 a.m. +Zanna Nykytiuk (40 days, Pan.) requested by Anna Kulak

Sunday, 4/2, Palm Sunday — the Blessing of Pussywillows, and Anointing
8:45 a.m. Lytija and Blessing of Bread
9:00 a.m. +Hugo Annard requested by Chris Komondy
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Philippians 4:4-9
Gospel: John 12:1-18, Tone 2

Parish announcements

Christ is among us!

This week vigil light is offered by Halia Lodynsky and family in memory of Valentina Kulish Jurczak.

The Panakhyda Service at the Gravesites will take place on Saturday, April 15, at 11:00 am at All Saints Cemetery and Sunday, April 16, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Lawrence Cemetery. Please call the rectory office for appointment.

Sestretsi will have Corporate Communion and a meeting on March 26, after the 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy. Sestretsi will host at the church hall a free egg and bacon breakfast to St. Michael’s parish community on March 26, after 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy. Donations for this event are very much appreciated.

We will be making pyrohy (pierogi, varenyky) on April 1, We need your help and Friday, March 31 to peel potatoes and Saturday, April 1, to make pyrohy. Please come and help.

UNWLA Branch 108 is er Easter paskas (Easter bread) today. The paska will be available for pick up on Tuesday, March 28th. To place an order call or text Anna at 203-508-1818 or email ans51@sbcglobal.net

The 18th annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the UNA Branch 414-New Haven, will be held on Sunday, April 2, at 12:00 noon, on church grounds. It is open to young members of UNA, Ridna Shkola students and Ukrainian Youth of New Haven area. Participants are reminded to bring a basket for collecting eggs. For more information contact Gloria Horbaty 203-269-5909.

St. Michael’s Ukrainian Easter Bazaar will be on Sunday, April 2nd from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm. You can buy Easter baskets, Ukrainian jewelry, candles, souvenirs, Easter cards, embroidery clothes, pastries, homemade food, Egg decorating supplies, etc. For more information call Oksana 347-523-1226.

The traditional Easter parish “SVIACHENE” will be held on April 23, following the Divine Liturgy. We will celebrate only one (1) Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. We will be running a raffle. If you would like to donate any items to be raffled, please bring them to our church hall on Sundays before our “Sviachene” or on Sunday April 23. Tickets are $30.00 for adults, $10.00 for youth from 12 to 18. Free for altar boys, and under 12. Also we ask you to donate cakes for desert. We trust that all parishioners will join this parish gathering and through their presence attest to cherishing in our hearts a love for one another which builds our PARISH.FAMILY. We will not sell tickets at the door.

Tantsi/Ukrainian Folk Dancing for older kids, 6 and up, with Stephanie Tomaszewsky, instructor and in partnership with Artistic Director Orlando Pagan. Lessons are every Friday at 6:00 p.m.

A container is in our church vestibule for non-perishable food. This collection will be taken twice per month. Father Iura will distribute the food to the Little Sisters of the Poor who have offered to help in the Ukrainian crisis. Thank you for your generosity and your support.

Eastern Catholic Bishops Gather in St. Louis

Most of the Eastern Catholic Bishops of the United States gathered in St. Louis, Missouri, March 22-23 to discuss issues of common concern including catechesis, evangelization efforts, and temporal issues. Participants included Ukrainian Catholic, Byzantine, Maronite, Melkite, Syro-Malabar, and Chaldean bishops.

Archbishop Borys Gudziak made a presentation to the bishops on the situation in Ukraine and the Metropolia Humanitarian Aid Fund. The bishops present pledged their spiritual solidarity with the suffering people of Ukraine, and their financial support. They issued a joint appeal for peace in Ukraine. A Ukrainian Catholic Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the evening of March 22 in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis with Archbishop Borys presiding. St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski gave a stirring homily.

Bishop Bohdan Danylo of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma presented the 2030 Pastoral Program of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ‘The Hope to Which the Lord Calls Us’ and provided bishops with materials for its implementation. He focused on three points: closeness and practical attention to the poor and marginalized, the path to curing wounds and healing traumas, and the Christian family – a domestic Church.

The group thanked Bishop Kurt Burnette of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic, for his leadership during the six last years. At that meeting, the bishops chose a new board. Bishop Bohdan Danylo was elected as the new president of the association of Eastern Catholic Bishops. Vice-president will be Bishop Frank Yohanna Kalabat of the Chaldean Eparchy of St. Thomas in Detroit. Bishop Paul Chomnycky of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford will serve as secretary, and Bishop Francois Beyrouti of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton – as treasurer. Bishop Kurt Burnette is a trustee of the Eastern Catholic Association.

The Eastern Catholic Bishops will gather as a group in November at the annual meeting of all Catholic Bishops in the United States, and again next March in St. Louis.

Participants of the meeting: Most Rev. Frank Yohanna Kalabat, Bishop of the Chaldean Eparchy of St. Thomas in Detroit; Most Rev. William Skurla, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh; Most Rev. Kurt Burnette, Bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic; Most Rev. Francois Beyrouti, Bishop of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton; Most Rev. Nicholas Samra, Emeritus Bishop of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton; Most Rev. Joy Alappatt, Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of St. Thomas; Most Rev. Paul Chomnycky, Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford; Most Rev. Borys Gudziak, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia; Most Rev. Bohdan Danylo, Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma; Most Rev. Elias Zaidan, Bishop of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon in Saint Louis; Most Rev. Gregory Mansour, Bishop of the Maronite Eparchy of St. Maron in New York.

Report by Bishop Bohdan

Volunteer session Saturday, March 25th, cancelled

The scheduled volunteer session on Saturday, March 25th, has been cancelled. A shipment was sent off today.

Tomorrow, there is a bi-lingual Divine Liturgy at the Church at 9:00 a.m. for the feast of the Annunciation of Mary, the Mother of God.

TUESDAY, MARCH 28th (5-7pm) has been added to the schedule.

Hope that you can make this date. Sorry for the short notice.

Annunciation of the Mother of God 2023

On Saturday, March 25, the feast of the Annunciation of the Mother of God –the beginning of our salvation the Divine Liturgy will be offered:

~9:45 a.m. Lytija and Blessing of Bread
~10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy offered for the people of God
~the Anointing-Myrovann will happen at the end of the Liturgy

Ukrainian Pysanka Demonstration and Workshop

UKRAINIAN PYSANKA DEMONSTRATION AND WORKSHOP
SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2023, 1:00pm – 3:30PM

ST. MICHAEL’S UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH HALL
563 GEORGE STREET, NEW HAVEN, CT.

COME LEARN ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL UKRAINIAN EASTER EGG –THE PYSANKA — IT’S HISTORY, TRADITIONS, SYMBOLS — AND MAKE A CHERISHED PYSANKA IN THE WAX-RESIST TECHNIQUE UTILIZING THE KISTKA, BEES WAX AND DYES.

DEMONSTRATION OF PYSANKA BY GLORIA HORBATY–LECTURER AND INSTRUCTOR OF THE ART OF PYSANKA DECORATING

PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL WOMEN’S LEAGUE, UKRAINIAN HERITAGE CENTER and CT UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

OPEN TO ALL AGES — FAMILIES INVITED
(Children must be accompanied by an adult)

DONATION — $10.00 PER PARTICIPANT

SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE PYSANKY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE WORKSHOP FOR A NOMINAL FEE.

EACH PARTICIPANT IS REQUIRED TO BRING THE FOLLOWING:
** 2-3 White, Whole, Raw Eggs — Unblemished and at Room Temperature
** Soft-leaded Pencil
** 2 Short Candles (6″ maximum — used fine – no votive) ** Low Candle holder

ALSO VISIT OUR UKRAINIAN HERITAGE CENTER EXHIBITS AND BOUTIQUE AT 555 GEORGE STREET WHERE BEAUTIFUL PYSANKA AND SUPPLIES TO MAKE THEM ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ALONG WITH OTHER UKRAINIAN ITEMS.

TO REGISTER OR FOR INFORMATION call: Gloria Horbaty 203-269-5909