Christ is among us!
VIGIL LIGHT: This week vigil light is offered by Katia and Andrew Bamber in honor, God’s blessings & health for Natalie Cybriwsky.
Asleep in the Lord: +Bohdan Ted Les. Please remember Bohdan in your prayers. Eternal Memory!
1. WELCOME ALL NEW PARISHIONERS! New parishioners are always welcome in our parish. If someone wishes to join, please contact Father Iura Godenciuc at 203 865-0388 or our Financial Secretary Natalie Chermak at 203 468-0367.
2. AFTER DIVINE LITURGY: Dear parishioners and guests, after each Divine Liturgy, coffee and hard rolls are available in the church hall.
3. FOOD DRIVE: Judy Ellis leads the mercy project which provides food items to the needy. A container is in our church vestibule for non-perishable food. This collection will be taken every week. Father Iura will distribute the food to those in need. Thanks for your generous support.
4. A NOTE OF THANKS: Dear Parishioners all. On behalf of all the member of the Parish, I wish to express a most heartfelt voice of thanks and praise for the numerous volunteers from the Parish as well as our Knights of Columbus Council who chaired the event, for their unstinting labor of love for the Ukrainian Independence Day Celebration. From the various Ladies Parish Organizations, The ladies of the Parish, The Ukrainian American Veterans (who organized the Proclamation Ceremony) and the Knights of Columbus Honor Guard, the day was an outstanding success. The amount of hours that were expended in preparation for this event was colossal. The prep work and organization started months in advance. From cleaning and preparing the hall, the facilities and the kitchen, From the decorations, setting up the tents and tables, organizing and ordering the food and supplies purchases, picking them up and paying for them, the cooking of hundreds of pounds of food (Just the stuffed crepes – 360 pieces; (25 gallons borscht; hundreds of stuffed cabbage and pierogies; 46 pounds of kovbasa, etc., etc., and setting up the kitchen for the event, getting ice, repairing the broken plug on the refrigerator, replacing the compressor on the large refrigerator, making up and printing the flyers and the menus, not to mention working as servers on the day of the event, from the cashiers, the cooking staff, (work that grill) to the food service staff.
An extra thanks for all the parishioners who baked those excellent deserts for the event. (A few waistlines testify to how good everything was.)
An event of this nature, with the participation of so many individuals is part of what this Parish is all about. Working together and enjoying each others company on a beautiful day with good food and music.
Blessings, Father Iura
5. K of C: The Knights of Columbus Blessed Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Ukrainian Council will hold its next regular meeting on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the church hall. All men of parish are invited to attend to see what the Knights are all about and what they do and what you can do with them for your parish.
6. VETERANS POST 33: The next meeting of the Ukrainian–American Veteran Bishop John Stock Post 33 of New Haven will be held on Sunday, September 17, 2017. We will begin the meeting immediately following the second Divine Liturgy. The meeting will be held in Classroom 2. For more information, contact the Post Commander Carl Harvey at 203-389-6076 or crharv384@optimum.net.
7. PARISH COUNCIL MEETING: There will be a Parish Council meeting on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at noon after the Divine Liturgy. The main topic of discussion will be the planning of St. Michael’s day and other future events.
Happy New Year to all my New Calendar friends! Happy Indiction for the year 7526!
On our liturgical calendar today, the Church remembers a saint many have not heard of, Moses of Skete in Egypt, sometimes called “Moses the black” or “Moses the Ethiopian.”
The Sacred Scripture for today’s Liturgy: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Matthew 19:16-26