Christ is among us!
AFTER DIVINE LITURGY: Dear parishioners and guests, after each Divine Liturgy, coffee and hard rolls are available in the church hall.
VIGIL LIGHT: This week vigil light is offered to God’s glory by Vasyl and Nadia Ivantsivimo for +Anna, Volodymyr Tymofij.
ASLEEP IN THE LORD: +Allan Yursha. Please remember him in your prayers. ETERNAL MEMORY!
SCHEDULE FOR GREAT WEEK AND PASCHA
Holy Thursday, March 29: 7:00 p.m. Matins — Proclamation of the Passion Gospels
Good Friday, March 30: 4:00 p.m. Vespers and Veneration of the Holy Shroud —Plashchanytsya
Holy Saturday, March 31: 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Foods; 6:00 p.m. Prayer at the Tomb and Paschal Matins
Pascha, April 1: 10:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy in English and Ukrainian.
PARISH MISSION: Mission in our parish will be on Sunday, March 18th and March 25th. Father Albert Forlano will be giving Mission in our parish. Father Albert is going to be in confessional half an hour before AND during both Divine Liturgies. For confession in Ukrainian language Father Stepan Yanovski will be in confessional each Sunday during Lent.
EASTER EGG HUNT: 15th Annual Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by Ukrainian National Association Branch 414-New Haven, will be held on Sunday, March 25th at 12:00 noon on St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church grounds, 569 George Street, New Haven CT. Free –Open to young members of the UNA Ridna Shkola students and New Haven Area Ukrainian youth. For more information contact: Gloria Horbaty 203-269-5909. Participants: Please bring basket for collecting eggs.
SVIACHENE: The traditional Easter parish “SVIACHENE” will be held on April 15, 2018. On that day we will have only ONE 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 give it to Anya Hanson. We ask you to donate cakes for desert. Tickets are available through Luba Dubno. Tickets: adults – $20, youth between 12 to 16 – $10, under 12 and altar boys and Ridna Shkola students free.
Christ Our Pascha, the Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is now available online in English, http://catechism.royaldoors.net
ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: We are spearheading an effort to provide Adult Religious Education – Refresher courses to the members of the Parish. The basic plan outline is to provide an English Class after the English Divine Liturgy on Sunday and a Ukrainian class after the Ukrainian Divine Liturgy. The class will be offered once or twice a month. A curriculum is being formulated as we speak. We now turn to you the parishioners to tell us what topics you would like to see covered. We also invite you if you feel you have a topic that you would like to lecture on to bring it to my attention. I look forward to all of your suggestions, Father Iura
St. Basil Seminary invites young men ages 14 -and-up to an Open House that will be held on April 21st, 2018. The theme of this seminary is “COME and SEE” for those who may be interested in serving Christ and the Church as a priest. For more information see the flyers at the entrance or call the rectory 203-865-0388.
Father Bohdan Prach, Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, will be giving a Ukrainian-language presentation of his new book on April 20th in Stamford and on April 21st in New York. Father Prach will give a book presentation on The Clergy of the Peremyshl Eparchy and the Apostolic Administration of Lemkivshchyna.
ST. GIANNA CENTER OF NEW HAVEN: The parish is collecting diapers, seats, strollers and gift cards to be given to the St. Gianna Center of New Haven (www.gianna center.org). Useful diapers sizes:3, 4, 5. Gift cards are needed from Walmart or Target. Please place the gift card in an envelope marked “St. Gianna Center” and give it to directly Fr. Iura. Also, NEW car seats/strollers are needed (sorry, old car seats/strollers can` t be accepted due to legislation. Items can be placed in the labeled box at the entrance of the Church. The St. Gianna Center is a ministry of Catholics in New Haven helping at-risk pregnant women and their children. Thank you for your generosity!