Ss. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church /Assumption B.V.M. Church
131 North Beech Street, Mount Carmel, Pa. 17851
Very Reverend Archpriest Michael Hutsko, Pastor
Rectory 570-339-0650 Church Hall 570- 339-4333
Web Site- sspeterandpaulmc.org - E-Mail: stsppmc@ptd.net - Fax 570-339-2715
Prayer Line: Louise Cuff 339-3660 – Eleanor Stebila 339-2353 – Louise Troyan 339-1565
Please notify the rectory office if you or a loved one is hospitalized or admitted to a nursing home.
Office Hours: Mon. Tues. Fri. - 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Wed. Thurs. 9:00 AM -12:00 Noon
1st Collection: Candles 2nd Collection: Regular Offering
12th Sunday After Pentecost
August 11, 2013
Saturday 08-10-13
3:15 PM Confessions
4:00 PM For the Parishioners
Sunday 08-11-13
12th Sunday After Pentecost
8:15 AM Confessions
9:15 AM + Paul Stelma - Birthday Remembrance req. by Stelma Family
11:00 AM at Assumption B.V.M. Church
+ John, Catherine, Anne, Joseph, Stella, Michael,
Nicholas, & Anthony (Comarnitsky Family)
req. by Josephine Wondolosky
Monday 08-12-13
No Divine Liturgy
Tuesday 08-13-13
No Divine Liturgy
Wednesday 08-14-13
No Divine Liturgy
Thursday 08-15-13
Dormition of the Theotokos
Blessing of Flowers
Holy Day of Obligation
9:00 AM + John & Helen Cheddar req. by
Son, Joseph
11:00 AM at Assumption B.V.M. Church
+ Helen Tanis req. by Mary Ann Mekosh
Friday 08-16-13
No Divine Liturgy
Saturday 08- 17-13
8:00 AM - No Divine Liturgy
3:15 PM Confessions
4:00 PM + Edward Grabowski – Anniversary of
Death – req. by Wife, Martha, & Family
Sunday 08-18-13
8:15 AM Confessions
9:15 AM For the Parishioners
11:00 AM at Assumption B.V.M. Church
+ Theresa Mekosh req. by Sister, Mary Ann
Welcome: We the people of Ss. Peter &
Paul/Assumption Churches, are a Catholic
community that worships God, spreads the Good
News of Christ, and serves those in need. Come
into the house. Bring all you are, no need to check
your failures at the door. There are no perfect
people here. You are invited: come. Come in
seeking, come in wondering, come in hurting.
Come into this house of companionship and
compassion. Come in. You are welcome here. SS.
Peter & Paul/Assumption Churches open their
doors to you.
Sunday Social: The social will resume in
September. Thank you to everyone who supported
this social. See you in September.
In Your Prayers: Please remember to pray for the
sick and the infirm of our Parishes.
Upcoming Events: Mark your calendars and plan
to support and participate in the following
events…….
August 2013
August 11 – Holy Name Society Sunday
August 15 – Dormition of the Theotokos
Holy Day of Obligation – Blessing of Flowers
August 29 – Beheading of John the Baptist
Simple Holy Day – No Divine Liturgy
Dormition of the Theotokos: Dormition of the
Theotokos – Blessing of Flowers is celebrated on
Thursday, August 15, 2013. Divine Liturgy at Ss.
Peter & Paul Church will be celebrated at 9:00
AM, and at Assumption B.V. M. Church at 11:00
AM. This is a Holy Day of Obligation, please try
to attend one of these Divine Liturgies.
Please Remember: To pray for vocations to the
Holy Priesthood and religious life.
Rosary Intention: For the week of August 11th,
2013 for a Safe and Blessed trip for Bishop Stefan
Soroka, Father Michael Hutsko, Msgr. Peter
Waslo, and everyone traveling to the Ukraine.
Altar Flowers: Altar flowers can be sponsored
weekly for $30.00 per arrangement. Parishioners
can sponsor these flowers in Memory of a loved
one, or for any occasion. Anyone interested in
sponsoring flowers may call 339-0650, or visit the
church office.
Summer Camp: Special Thank You to everyone
who donated food, drinks, sheets, rugs and
monetary donations. Thank you to everyone who
helped with our Summer Camp. You help was
greatly appreciated. May God Bless You!!
The children enjoyed the Summer Camp very
much. It was a huge success. See you all next year.
Ukrainian Seminary Day Wrap-up Meeting:
The 2013 Ukrainian Seminary Day Wrap-up
meeting will be held Tuesday, September 10th,
2013, at 7:00 PM in St. Michael’s Hall, Frackville.
A financial report will be presented at that time.
Representatives from all parishes are encouraged
to attend.
Seminarian Day Booklet: Anyone who placed an
ad in the 79th Annual Ukrainian Seminary Day
Booklet, and wishes to have a booklet may pick it
up at SS. Peter & Paul Church office during
regular office hours. Thank you!
SS. Peter & Paul Altar Rosary Society Bus
Trip: SS. Peter & Paul’s Altar Rosary Society is
sponsoring a bus trip on November 12th, 2013 to
the American Music Theater in Lancaster to see
the “Christmas Noel” show. Lunch will be at
Shady Maple. Cost is $75.00 and includes:
transportation, lunch, a ticket to the show, and a tip
for the bus driver. For reservations call Jeanne
Bergal @ 339-0513 or Chris Bogner @ 847-4385.
Ss. Peter & Paul Church Lector Schedule:
Sat. August 10 4:00 PM
Ellen Goretsky
Sun. August 11 9:15 AM
Christine Bogner
Sat. August 17 4:00 PM
Brock Bridy
Sun. August 18 9:15 AM
Ed Cuff
Assumption B.V.M. Church Lector Schedule
Sun. August 11 11:00 AM
Bryce Fiamoncini
Sun. August 18 11:00 AM
Bryce Fiamoncini
Religious Education Classes: Religious education
classes are suspended for the summer. All children
from pre-school age to 8th grade are encouraged to
attend in the fall when classes resume.
Ukrainian Festival:
The Annual Ukrainian Festival , located in
Lehighton, PA will host its twenty-second
Ukrainian festival on August 17th & August 18th ,
celebrated with Ukrainian song, dance, folk art
and a variety of foods such as pyrohy, holubtsi,
kovbasa, pastries and so on.
The stage shows will be dedicated to the twentysixth anniversary of Schuylkill County’s Kazka
Ukrainian Folk Ensemble who have been
entertaining audiences with traditional and exciting
dance and song all those years. For additional
information, please call 610-377-4621 or visit our
website at www.ukrhomestead.com. Come out and
enjoy a weekend of Ukrainian culture!
A group registration form is available in the event
that some parishioners may be interested in
attending. Groups of 25 or more will receive free
admission!
Flyers are available in the vestibule of Ss. Peter &
Paul Church.
Vacationing for the Summer: If you are traveling
this summer on vacation and do not attend
liturgies, please contribute your previous weeks
envelopes that you have missed in the weekly
collection basket when you return from vacation.
This will help with defraying operating costs for
our churches. Thank you for your considered
generosity and have a healthy, happy and safe
vacation.
Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great
Annual Pilgrimage: Sisters of the Order of Saint
Basil the Great will hold their Eighty-second
Annual Pilgrimage on Sunday, October 6, 2013.
A flyer with a list of the activities for that day is
posted in Ss. Peter & Paul Church and Assumption
B.V.M. Church vestibules for anyone interested in
attending this pilgrimage. If you have any
questions please call the church office at 339-0650
during normal office hours.
Holy Name Society Raffle Tickets: Ss. Peter &
Paul Holy Name Society is selling raffle tickets .
These tickets will match the Pa. Evening Daily
Number , No bonus numbers, Straight Only for
the month of September. Prizes are as follows:
$ 25.00 – Daily
$ 50.00 – Sundays
$100.00 – Labor Day
Anyone wishing to purchase these tickets may see
any member of the Holy Name Society or see
Brock Bridy after liturgies. Thank you for your
support of the Holy Name Society Raffle.
12th Sunday After Pentecost
Troparion:
Let the heavens be glad, let the earth rejoice, for
the Lord has done a mighty deed with His arm. He
trampled death by death. He became the first-born
of the dead; He saved us from the abyss of Hades
and granted great mercy to the world.
Kontakion:
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit:
You rose from the tomb, O compassionate Lord,
and led us out from the gates of death. Today
Adam exults and Eve rejoices, and the prophets
together with the patriarchs unceasingly acclaim
the divine might of Your power.
Theotokion:
Now and ever and forever: Amen.
Today the Virgin stands before us in the church,
and together with the choirs of saints invisibly
prays to God for us. Angels are worshipping with
hierarchs, apostles exult with prophets, for the
Mother of God prays in our behalf to the eternal
God.
Prokimenon:
Sing to our God, sing, sing to our King, sing.
V. Clap your hands, all you nations; shout unto
God with the voice of joy.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
In You, O Lord, have I hoped that I may not be put
to shame for ever.
V. Be a protector unto me, O God, and a house of
refuge to save me. Alleluia (3x)
Communion Hymn:
Praise the Lord from the heaven; praise Him in the
highest. Alleluia! (3x)
Epistle: 1 Cor 15:1-11
Gospel: Mt. 19:16-26
Ukraine Trip Information: Very Rev. Archpriest
Uriy Markewych (retired priest) will be
substituting for Father Michael Hutsko during his
trip to Ukraine. Father Uriy will be celebrating the
Divine Liturgies on the Weekends and Holy Day
Only! If you are in need of a priest in that interim
time, please contact Msgr. Myron Grabowsky at
(570) 462-0809. The church office will be open
during regular office hours, you may call 339-0650
and we will try to assist you, or you may call the
nearest Catholic priest if you have an emergency.
Thank You.
A Prayer for Renewal
Almighty Lord, we bow our heads in prayer
And beseech You to rebuild our House of God.
The psalmist reminds us,
Unless the Lord builds the house,
the builders labor in vain.
Dear Lord, rebuild this house and guide the hands
of the architects, the contractors, the laborers;
May they perfect the imperfections, as they
recreate and renew this church, our Heaven on
earth, where we gather to lay aside all cares of life.
Almighty Lord, we are also reminded that we too
are temples, living temples of the Holy Spirit
During this time of re-creation and renewal
May our imperfections also be perfected.
May the gifts of the Holy Spirit renew in each of
us our faith and our love of God and each other.
May we spiritually become the children of God we
are called to be Christian faithful who are forgiving
and caring, and welcoming.
And may our patrons, Saints Peter and Paul,
always inspire us through their courage and
example to faithfully hear the Word of God and
live it.
Wedding Anniversary Celebration:
Wedding Anniversary Celebration will be held on
September 29, 2013. Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral
of the Immaculate Conception, Philadelphia, Pa.
We invite all our married faithful to join with our
Metropolitan Archbishop Stefan Soroka at our
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, September 29, 2013
for the celebration of their Wedding Anniversaries
at a Divine Liturgy at 11:00 AM followed by a
Banquet in their honor. Registration Forms will be
available in the vestibules of our parishes.
September Pyrohy Sale:
SS. Peter & Paul/Assumption B.V.M. Pyrohy Sale
will resume on Wednesday, September 18th at 8:00
AM & Thursday, September 19th, starting at 9:00
AM. Cost of pyrohy is $ 7.00 per dozen. Orders
must be placed by Wednesday, September 11th,
2013 by calling the church office at 339-0650
during normal office hours.
Holy Name Society Sunday: Sunday, August 11th,
2013 is Holy Name Society Sunday. All members
are urged to pray together, and receive the Holy
Eucharist as a group. New members are always
welcome into this society. Dues are $ 5.00 per
year.
August 15
Feast of the Dormition of the
Most Holy Mother of God
The Feast of the Dormition or Falling Asleep of the Mother of God commemorates
the death, resurrection, and glorification of Christ's mother.
promulgating the Bull Munificentissimus Deus, 1 November, 1950, Pope
infallibly that the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was a
dogma of the Catholic Faith. Likewise, the Second Vatican Council taught in
the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium that "the Immaculate Virgin,
preserved free from all stain of original sin, was taken up body and soul into
heavenly glory, when her earthly life was over, and exalted by the Lord as
By
Pius XII declared
Queen over all things.
As with the Nativity of the Virgin (September 8) and the feast of her Entrance to the
Temple (November 21), the Feast of the Assumption also comes from the Tradition of
the Church. There we learn that Mary died as all people die because she had a mortal
human nature affected by the corruption of this world. The Church proclaims that Mary needed to be saved by Christ just as all of us
are saved from trials, sufferings, and death of this world. Having truly died, she was raised by her Son as the "Mother of Life" and
already participates in the eternal life of paradise which is prepared and promised to all who "hear the word of God and keep it." (Luke
11:27-28) Finally, we celebrate the fact that what happens to Mary happens to all who imitate her holy life of humility, obedience and
love.
It is important to remember that there are no relics of the Mother of God. Their existence has never been mentioned throughout history.
At one time in Constantinople there was a center of pilgrimage where the belt and veil of the Virgin were venerated.
From the Tradition of the Church
Following the day of Pentecost, the Mother of God remained in the city of Jerusalem, comforting the infant Christian community. She
was living in the house of the beloved Apostle John, later the Evangelist. At the time of her death (tradition states she was in her early
fifties) many of the Apostles were scattered throughout the world preaching the Gospel. All but Thomas were miraculously brought to
the Virgin aloft on clouds.
As they stood around her bedside, she commended her spirit to the Lord and Jesus descended from Heaven, taking up her soul in His
arms. The Apostles sang the funeral hymns in her honor and carried her body to a tomb in Cedron near Gethsemane. When a Jewish
man tried to interrupt their solemn procession, an angel of the Lord came and punished him by cutting off his hands, which were later
healed.
The Apostle Thomas arrived on the third day and wished to see the Virgin for the last time. They discovered an empty tomb. Church
tradition relates that the Mother of God was resurrected bodily and taken to heaven, the same reward that awaits all the righteous on the
Last Day.
The Icon of the Dormition
The Mother of God is depicted upon the funeral bier. Christ, standing behind the Mother of God, is her Son, Who has come to receive
His Mother's soul into heaven; He holds in His left arm an infant in white, symbolizing the soul of the Mother of God reborn in her
glory in heaven; Christ also is robed in white and appears in an aureole (elongated halo) depicting the Light of His Divinity. This
imagery is the reversal of the imagery of Mary holding the infant Jesus in her arms in swaddling clothes at His nativity.
The Apostles are depicted on either side of the bier stand the Apostles; the group on the left is led by St. Peter who stands at the head of
the bier; the group on the right is led by St. Paul who stands at the foot of the bier. Below the bier is a figure of Antonius the Jew, who
tried to disrupt the procession, was punished, but later repented of his sins and embraced Christianity through Baptism.