CELL PHONES: Please, please, please, turn off your cell phones when you come to the Divine Liturgy. If you are expecting an emergency call, please put your phone on vibrate and go outside to answer. Also, please stop using your cell phone during the Divine Liturgy. This is for the benefit of all. Thank you.

BULLETIN UPDATES: Dear parishioners, as you may have noticed there have been some changes and improvements to our parish bulletin. In a continuing effort to make the bulletin more parishioner friendly, I call upon you to let me know what else you would like to see and or change. As always, I appreciate the various informational materials that you have provided and I am looking forward to your continued responses. Thank you, Father Iura.

SUMA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION: 555 George St., New Haven, CT. Business hours: Tuesday 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Phone: 203-785-8805; Fax: 203-785-8677.

A Thanksgiving Prayer

We praise you, we bless you, we glorify you and we give thanks to you, O Lord, God and Creator of every good and perfect gift. You have blessed us with an abundance of gifts of this earth, and have filled your land with gifts of milk and honey. We pray you, never deprive us of your blessings. Grant that we who have shared in your gifts may prove to be a people of faith, love, mercy and righteousness. Give us due respect for all your creatures, for those who have come before us into this land, and those who are poor and in need of your mercy. Keep us from pride in our prosperity. Fulfill all the needs of those created by your hand, grant that they may realize their gifts and talents, keep them and us from all evil and temptation and grant peace to the world. For you alone are good and love mankind, and we give thanks to you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.