Sunday, October 9th, 2016 21st Sunday after Pentecost

Give Thanks Unto the Lord

Happy Thanksgiving !

УКРАЇНСЬКА КАТОЛИЦЬКА ПАРАФІЯ СВ. МИХАЇЛА UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL

100 Yale Ave. East, Winnipeg, MB R2C 0H8 Tel: 222-4283 Fax: 222-5332

E-mail: st.michaelsoffice@yahoo.ca Website: www.stmichaelsparish.wordpress.co

Welcome—Bitaemo Our Mission is to Know, Love and Serve Our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. Here at St. Michael’s, the centre of our life is Sunday and daily Divine Liturgy. It is here where we come

to know Christ in each other, in the Sacred Scriptures and through participation in the Holy Sacraments.

CLERGY: Parish Priest:

Very Rev. Fr. Mark Gnutel Ph:(204)667-9588

email:mgnutel@mts.net Assistant Priest: Fr. Alan Wizinsky Ph. (204)619-1165

email: alanwizinsky@gmail.com Protodeacon Stefan Tyrawski

Ph: (204)-229-7687 email: tyrawski@shaw.ca

Office Administrator Valerie Balla

Ph. (204)222-4283

Parish Council Chairman Ron Kawaler

Ph. (204)222-7801

UCWLC President Betty Gnutel

Ph. (204) 668-8463

Parent Ed Susan Knight (204)477-1993

Sheila Verhaeghe (204)224-3049

Brotherhood President Ron Kawaler

Ph. (204)222-7801

Catechism Program Marian & Nathan Polakoff

Ph. (204)504-1973

K of C. Grand Knight Jerry Maskiew

Ph. (204)256-8124

Pastoral Care Coordinator Rose Jansen

Ph. (204)661-6315

Choir Cantor Don Gnutel (204)668-8463

Choir Director Pat Hawthorn (204)661-6744

Office Hours:

Wednesday 9:30 am to 1:00 pm Thursday 9:30 am. to 1:00 pm

Sunday Divine Liturgy 9:30 am.

Holy Eucharist UCWLC Annual Fall Supper will be held on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at Holy Eucharist Parish Centre, 460 Munroe Avenue, Winnipeg, MB. Two sittings: 3:00 pm & 5:30 pm. Adults - $15.00; Children (6-12 yrs.) - $7.00; 5 years and under are free; For tickets call Tony 204-667-0711; Margaret 204-667-1905 or Parish Office 204-667-8866. Advance ticket sales only. Holy Eucharist Fall & Christmas Craft & Bake Sale will be held on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Holy Eucharist Parish Centre, 460 Munroe Ave., 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. Adults - $1.00; Children are free. Contact Joan at 204-237-9394.

CHRIST OUR PASCHA New Ukr. Catholic Catechism Book AVAILABLE! Cop-

ies will be sold through the parish office or at Sunday liturgies. $20.00 each. Also you can

call Marilyn Krochak at 204-222-5189. Get yours soon as they are selling very fast!

St. Michael's Christmas Bake Sale and Raffle is on Saturday, November 26, 2016. We are requesting donations of new items towards our raffle table.

Prizes may be brought to the hall with names of donors attached to the prizes. Please contact Nicole Balla at 204-416-2497. Thank you in advance for your generosity!

INVITATIONS FROM ST. ANNES PARISH

PEROGY SUPPER Friday, October 14th -

5:00 to 7:00 pm. St. Annes Parish - 35 Marcie St.

6 perogies—$6.00/ 12 perogies - $10.00 - Includes dessert & beverage

Sausage & Borsht available for purchase.

St. Anne’s Knights of Columbus Family Halloween Social.

Oct. 28th, 7pm, We will have a DJ, social food and the cat-

echism rooms will be used for various games and prizes. Tickets are $4 and can be purchased from the St. Anne’s

office or by contacting Andrew Dolhy @ 204 299-9132

St. Annes Parish presents BIBLE STUDY: THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW

The word of God is a seed. We need to nurture the ground of our lives to allow the seed to grow and bear fruit within us. WHAT: The Gospel of St. Matthew WHEN: We will meet for 10 sessions; one evening per week 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM:

Mondays, November 7, 14, 21, 28 Dec 5 Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30 Feb 6 OR Tuesdays, November 8, 15, 22, 29, Dec 6 Jan 10, 17, 24, 31 Feb 7

WHERE: St. Anne Church – 35 Marcie Street (off Gilmore Ave.) Seniors Room

HOW: To register or for more information, please call Bill or Connie Cox at 204-334-3324

Registration is $25 to cover the cost of the books.

On Sunday, Nov. 6, at 1:30 pm at Holy Eucharist Parish, 460 Munroe Ave., the Ukr. Canadian Women’s Council will be honouring six Ukr. Canadian Women that have contributed to the community in their political careers, on the occasion of the 125th Anniversary of Ukrainians in Canada as well as the 100th Anniversary of Women’s right to vote. The honourees are: The Hon. Mary Ann Mihaychuk, Hon. Cathy Cox, Judy Wasylycia-Leis, Rosann Wowchuk, Christine Melnyk and Leanne Rowat. Guest speaker is Joy Smith, former parliamentarian and Founder/President of the Joy Smith Foundation. Tickets are $60.00 can be purchased at Kalyna, Oserodok, Svitoch and Ukrainian Voice or call Lesia 204-470-4095 or Joan 204-669-3666.

SUNDAY, Oct. 16th, 2016

ROSARY LEADER:

Elsie Balonyk

EPISTLE READER

Daniel Kawaler

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:

Brent Early

Gene Happychuk

VIGIL LAMPS Justina Andrusiak

Emily Leskiw Olga Rizzuto

Jean Klimchak

Please remember in your prayers the following who are ill at home, in hospitals

or care homes: Sylvia Woroniak,, Audrey Stefanyshen,,

Ann Kulyk, Charles Belsham, Ann Tchir, Kay Skotnicki, Iris Chroniak, Pearl

Zahaiko, Mickey Paraschuk, Tinnie Trush, Katherina Dubesky, Nick Zazula, Olga

Stelmach, Paul Kurylko , Justina Andrusiak, Mary Andrushko , Lena

Shewchuk, Ron Shott, Mary Zaporzan, Irene Boitson, Joanne Tanchuk, Jean Dobush, Gail Tomiuk, William Gnutel

If you wish your name to remain on the prayer list, please contact the parish

office. If we do not hear from you or your family your name will be removed until

further notice.

COLLECTION & Donations Received SUNDAY, Oct. 2nd , 2016 Sunday Offering - $2,654.00

Vigil Lamps - $15.00 Seminary Fund - $45.00

Total Collection - $2,714.00

THANK YOU!

Liturgy Intentions For the Week of Oct. 9th to 16th

Sunday, October 9th - 9:30 am. 21st Sunday after Pentecost - Luke 8: 5-15 - Gods Blessings for John & Sophia Kawaler - offered by family (Fr. Mark) Wednesday, October 12th - 9:00 am. - Luke 9:44-50 - For the sick & shut-ins—Pastoral Care Thursday, Oct. 13th - 7:00 pm. Moleben to the Mother of God (Fr. Alan) Sunday, October 16th - 9:30 am. - 22nd Sunday after Pentecost - Luke 16: 19-31 God’s Blessings for Stan & Helen Grysiuk—offered by Brent & Bev Early (Fr. Alan)

DIRECT DEPOSIT - simple, safe and easy method of preauthorized payment as a donation option. If you would like to sign up, simply fill out the form included in last Sunday’s bulletin or pick one up at the church entrance. Attach a void cheque and place it in the collection basket, mail or drop it off to the parish office. Contributions can be debited either weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Changes can easily be made by simply calling the parish office @ 204-222-4283. SIGN UP TODAY!

COFFEE & FELLOWSHIP - No Coffee & Fellowship today—but will resume next Sunday.

To all the wonderful volunteers who came out last week to help with the Pyrohy Preparations. Your help is very much appreciated. God Bless you!

UCWLC MEMBERHSIP REGISTRATION Will take place on Sunday, October 16th following Coffee & Fellowship. All members

are asked to attend. All ladies of the parish are invited to join our UCWLC.

PARISH ANNUAL MEETING - Sunday, October 30th We wish to cordially invite all our parishioners to make a special effort and plan to attend the Parish Annual Meeting and be informed on the future plans within our parish. We hope everyone will take this time to share their ideas and voice their concerns. Your attendance and input is very important to the future success of our parish. The meeting will be held following the Coffee & Fellowship and guaranteed not to last very long. ( Last year the meeting lasted less than an hour)

TO ALL PRESIDENTS, CHAIRPERSONS AND LEADERS . . . . .You are asked to hand in your reports by no later than Wednesday, October 19th to ensure that your report gets into the report booklet.

MOLEBEN TO THE MOTHER OF GOD During the month of October, Moleben in honour of our Blessed Mother will be held every Thursday at 7:00 pm. We invite all our parishioners to make a special effort to attend this short but very beautiful service. Let us show our love and gratitude to our Heavenly Mother and ask her for interses-sion and protection.

MEETINGS FOR THIS WEEK: Pastoral Care Meeting

Wednesday, Oct. 12th - 9:30 am.

Parish Council Meeting Thursday, Oct. 13th - 7:30 pm.

CHILDREN’S TRICK OR TREAT PARTY Sunday, October 30th

The children are encouraged to dress up in their favorite positive costume for Liturgy (no monsters or negative costumes need apply). This will be the first Children’s Liturgy and will be

designated toward the children. We invite all our children and parents to come and participate in this Liturgy. There will be NO CATICHISM on this day. The Trick or Treat Party will be held following the Fellowship in the Catechism Classrooms with fun, games and treats.

All children from the parish are invited to attend.

To the following who are celebrating their Wedding Anniversary:

John & Sophia Kawaler - 68 years (today) Leonard & Janet Woytowich - 50 years (yesterday) Stan & Helen Grysiuk - 50 years (yesterday)

May God bless you with many more healthy and happy years. Na Mnohoya Lita!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS GREY CUP TICKETS

are being sold for $2.00 each. Please support the Knights when approached.

GOSPEL REFLCTION : Luke 8: 5-15

"He who has ears to hear, let him hear"

How good is your listening, especially for the word of God? God is ever ready to speak to each of us and to give us understanding of His word. Jesus' parable of the sower is aimed at the hearers of His word.

There are different ways of accepting God's word and they produce different kinds of fruit accordingly. There is the prejudiced hearer who has a shut mind. Such a person is unteachable and blind to the things of God. Then there is the shallow hearer who fails to think things out or think them through; such a person lacks spiritual depth. They may initially respond with an emotional fervor; but when it wears off their mind wanders to something else. Another type of hearer is the person who has many interests or cares, but who lacks the ability to hear or comprehend what is truly important. Such a person is forever too busy to pray or too preoccupied to study and meditate on God's word. He or she may work so hard that they are too tired to even think of anything else but their work. Then there is the one whose mind is open. Such a person is at all times willing to listen and to learn. He or she is never too proud or too busy to learn. They listen in order to understand.

God gives grace to those who hunger for His word that they may understand His will and have the strength to live according to it. Do you hunger for God's word?

"Lord, faith in Your word is the way to wisdom, and to ponder Your divine plan is to grow in the truth. Open my eyes to Your deeds, and my ears to the sound of Your call, that I may understand Your will for my life and live according to it."

May God plant His words deep in your soul and may He be pleased with the fruit that

comes as a result.

Gratitude is an important part of our relationship with God because God reaches out to us no matter what our state in life might be: strong or weak, good or sinful, God comes to us and offers us His love. And the only response we can truly give in return is our thanks. Perhaps the most remarkable and even mysterious thing about gratitude is that the more we give thanks for the blessings we receive, the more abundantly the blessings flow. The more we return to God and thank him for his many gifts, the more the gifts come. We discover that as our gratitude increases, God’s generosity increases even more. Gratitude is one of the most important keys unlocking the fullness of life. And even from a very practical point of view - one sure way of shaking off the occasional blues is to sit down and think of all the things one can be thankful for. In fact, a really good exercise one can do before going to bed at night is to spend a couple of minutes in prayer and think of the things for which one can be grateful. TODAY as we celebrate this special holiday of Thanksgiving , let us return to our homes to be with our families and et us join our hearts together and offer our prayers of gratitude to God — Let us thank Him for His many gifts and let us remember that gratitude is a recognition of God’s blessings. The more we are thankful, the more we will be given for He loves us so much and blesses us so abundantly.

GOSPEL REFLCTION : Luke 8: 5-15

"He who has ears to hear, let him hear"

How good is your listening, especially for the word of God? God is ever ready to speak to each of us and to give us understanding of His word. Jesus' parable of the sower is aimed at the hearers of His word.

There are different ways of accepting God's word and they produce different kinds of fruit accordingly. There is the prejudiced hearer who has a shut mind. Such a person is unteachable and blind to the things of God. Then there is the shallow hearer who fails to think things out or think them through; such a person lacks spiritual depth. They may initially respond with an emotional fervor; but when it wears off their mind wanders to something else. Another type of hearer is the person who has many interests or cares, but who lacks the ability to hear or comprehend what is truly important. Such a person is forever too busy to pray or too preoccupied to study and meditate on God's word. He or she may work so hard that they are too tired to even think of anything else but their work. Then there is the one whose mind is open. Such a person is at all times willing to listen and to learn. He or she is never too proud or too busy to learn. They listen in order to understand.

God gives grace to those who hunger for His word that they may understand His will and have the strength to live according to it. Do you hunger for God's word?

"Lord, faith in Your word is the way to wisdom, and to ponder Your divine plan is to grow in the truth. Open my eyes to Your deeds, and my ears to the sound of Your call, that I may understand Your will for my life and live according to it."

May God plant His words deep in your soul and may He be pleased with the fruit that

comes as a result.

Gratitude is an important part of our relationship with God because God reaches out to us no matter what our state in life might be: strong or weak, good or sinful, God comes to us and offers us His love. And the only response we can truly give in return is our thanks. Perhaps the most remarkable and even mysterious thing about gratitude is that the more we give thanks for the blessings we receive, the more abundantly the blessings flow. The more we return to God and thank him for his many gifts, the more the gifts come. We discover that as our gratitude increases, God’s generosity increases even more. Gratitude is one of the most important keys unlocking the fullness of life. And even from a very practical point of view - one sure way of shaking off the occasional blues is to sit down and think of all the things one can be thankful for. In fact, a really good exercise one can do before going to bed at night is to spend a couple of minutes in prayer and think of the things for which one can be grateful. TODAY as we celebrate this special holiday of Thanksgiving , let us return to our homes to be with our families and let us join our hearts together and offer our prayers of gratitude to God — Let us thank Him for His many gifts and let us remember that gratitude is a recognition of God’s blessings. The more we are thankful, the more we will be given for He loves us so much and blesses us so abundantly.