December 14, 2014
SAINT BASIL the GREAT PARISH
202 HARCOURT STREET, WINNIPEG, MB R3J 3H3
Parish Office: 204-837-4180
Parish Hall: 204-889-9057
Parish Priest: Rt. Rev Canon Walter Klimchuk
SUNDAY DIVINE LITURGY
10:00 a.m. (Rosary precedes each
Liturgy by one half hour)
WHY WAS JESUS NOT
INVITED?
WEEKDAY SERVICES
FROM FATHER WALTER
CONFESSIONS
As you well know, we are getting
closer to my birthday. Every year
there is a celebration in my honor and I think that this year the
celebration will be repeated. During this time there are many people
shopping for gifts, there are many radio announcements, TV
commercials, and in every part of the world everyone is talking that my
birthday is getting closer and closer. It is really very nice to know, that at
least once a year, some people think of me.
8:30 a.m. Rosary followed by Liturgy
Before Divine Liturgies
BAPTISIMS
By appointment
FUNERALS
By arrangement
MARRIAGES
As you know, the celebration of my birthday began many years ago. At
first people seemed to understand and be thankful of all that I did for
them, but in these times, no one seems to know the reason for the
celebration. Family and friends get together and have a lot of fun, but
they don't know the meaning of the celebration. I remember that last year
there was a great feast in my honor. The dinner table was full of delicious
foods, pastries, fruits, assorted nuts and chocolates. The decorations
were exquisite and there were many, many beautifully wrapped gifts. But,
do you want to know something? I wasn't invited. I was the guest of
honor and they didn't remember to send me an invitation. The party was
for me, but when that great day came, I was left outside, they closed the
door in my face…and I wanted to be with them and share their table. In
truth, that didn't surprise me because in the last few years all close their
doors to me.
Since I was not invited, I decided to enter the party without making any
noise. I went in and stood in a corner. They were all drinking; there were
some who were drunk and telling jokes and laughing at everything. They
were having a great time. To top it all, this big fat man all dressed in red
wearing a long white beard entered the room yelling Ho-Ho-Ho! He
By appointment at least three months
in advance
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seemed drunk. He sat on the sofa and all the children ran to him, saying: "Santa Claus. Santa Claus".. . . as
if the party were in his honor!
At 12 midnight all the people began to hug each other. I extended my arms waiting for someone to hug me
and.. . do you know. . . no one hugged me. Suddenly they all began to share gifts. They opened them one
by one with great expectation. When all had been opened, I looked to see if, maybe, there was one for me.
What would you feel if on your birthday everybody shared gifts and you did not get one?
I then understood that I was unwanted at that party and quietly left. Every year it gets worse. People only
remember to eat and drink, the gifts, the parties and nobody remembers me.
I would like this Christmas that you allow me to enter into your life. I would like that you recognize the fact
that over two thousand years ago I came to this world to give my life for you, on the cross, to save you.
Today, I only want that you believe this with all your heart. I want to share something with you. As many
didn't invite me to their party, I will have my own celebration, a grandiose party that no one has ever
imagined, a spectacular party. I'm still making the final arrangements. Today I am sending out many
invitations and there is an invitation for you. I want to know if you wish to attend and I will make a
reservation for you and write your name with golden letters in my great guest book. Only those on the guest
list will be invited to the party. Those who don't answer the invitation, will be left outside. Do you know how
you can answer this invitation? It is by extending it to others whom you care for. . . I'll be waiting for all of
you to attend my party this year. . .
See you soon. .. I love you!
Jesus
ST. NICHOLAS & SANTA CLAUS
Part Two
How did the kindly Christian saint, good Bishop
Nicholas, become a roly-poly red-suited American
symbol for merry holiday festivity and commercial
activity? History tells the tale.
The first Europeans to arrive in the New World
brought St. Nicholas. Vikings dedicated their
cathedral to him in Greenland. On his first voyage,
Columbus named a Haitian port for St. Nicholas
on December 6, 1492. In Florida, Spaniards
named an early settlement St. Nicholas Ferry,
now known as Jacksonville. However, St.
Nicholas had a difficult time during the 16th century
Protestant Reformation which took a dim view of saints. Even though both reformers and counter-reformers
tried to stamp out St. Nicholas-related customs, they had very little long-term success except in England
where the religious folk traditions were permanently altered. (It is ironic that fervent Puritan Christians began
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what turned into a trend to a more secular Christmas observance.) Because the common people so loved
St. Nicholas, he survived on the European continent as people continued to place nuts, apples, and sweets
in shoes left beside beds, on windowsills, or before the hearth.
The first Colonists, primarily Puritans and other Protestant
reformers, did not bring Nicholas traditions to the New World.
What about the Dutch? Although it is almost universally believed
that the Dutch brought St. Nicholas to New Amsterdam, scholars
find scant evidence of such traditions in Dutch New Netherland.
Colonial Germans in Pennsylvania kept the feast of St. Nicholas,
and several later accounts have St. Nicholas visiting New York
Dutch on New Years' Eve, thus adopting the English custom (New
Year gift-giving had become the English custom in 1558,
supplanting Nicholas, and this English custom lasted in New York
until 1847).
"New Year's Hymn to St. Nicholas,"
colonial Dutch life, Albany, NY. Harper's
New Monthly Magazine, March 1881
St. Nicholas Center Collection
In 1773 New York non-Dutch patriots formed the Sons of St.
Nicholas, primarily as a non-British symbol to counter the English
St. George societies, rather than to honor St. Nicholas. This
society was similar to the Sons of St. Tammany in Philadelphia. Not exactly St. Nicholas, the children's giftgiver.
After the American Revolution, New Yorkers remembered with pride their
colony's nearly-forgotten Dutch roots. John Pintard, the influential patriot and
antiquarian who founded the New York Historical Society in 1804, promoted St.
Nicholas as patron saint of both society and city. In January 1809, Washington
Irving joined the society and on St. Nicholas Day that same year, he published
the satirical fiction, Knickerbocker's History of New York, with numerous
references to a jolly St. Nicholas character. This was not the saintly bishop, rather
an elfin Dutch burgher (a conservative middle class citizen) with a clay pipe.
These delightful flights of imagination are the source of the New Amsterdam St.
Nicholas legends: that the first Dutch emigrant ship had a figurehead of St.
Nicholas: that St. Nicholas Day was observed in the colony; that the first church
was dedicated to him; and that St. Nicholas comes down chimneys to bring gifts.
Irving's work was regarded as the "first notable work of imagination in the New
World."
Detail from broadside by
Alexander Anderson,
December 6, 1810
St Nicholas Center
Collection
.
The New York Historical Society held its first St. Nicholas anniversary dinner on
December 6, 1810. John Pintard commissioned artist Alexander Anderson to
create the first American image of Nicholas for the occasion. Nicholas was shown
in a gift-giving role with children's treats in stockings hanging at a fireplace. The
accompanying poem ends, "Saint Nicholas, my dear good friend! To serve you
ever was my end, If you will, now, me something give, I'll serve you ever while I
live.”
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The 19th century was a time of cultural transition. New York writers, and others, wanted to domesticate the
Christmas holiday. After Puritans and other Calvinists had eliminated Christmas as a holy season, popular
celebrations became riotous, featuring drunken men and public disorder. Christmas of old was not the
images we imagine of families gathered cozily around hearth and tree exchanging pretty gifts and singing
carols while smiling benevolently at children. Rather, it was characterized by raucous, drunken mobs
roaming streets, damaging property, threatening and frightening the upper classes. The holiday season,
coming after harvest when work was eased and more leisure possible, was a time when workers and
servants took the upper hand, demanding largess and more. Through the first half of the 19th century,
Presbyterians, Baptists, Quakers and other Protestants continued to regard December 25th as a day
without religious significance, a day for normal business. This was not a neutral stance, rather Christmas
observance was seen as inconsistent with gospel worship. Industrialists were happy to reduce workers'
leisure time and allowed many fewer holidays than existed in Europe.
All of this began to change as a new understanding of family life and the place of children was emerging.
Childhood was coming to be seen as a stage of life in which greater protection, sheltering, training and
education were needed. And so the season came gradually to be tamed, turning toward shops and home.
St. Nicholas, too, took on new attributes to fit the changing times.
1821 brought some new elements with publication of the first
lithographed book in America, the Children's Friend. This "Sante
Claus" arrived from the North in a sleigh with a flying reindeer.
The anonymous poem and illustrations proved pivotal in shifting
imagery away from a saintly bishop. Sante Claus fit a didactic
mode, rewarding good behavior and punishing bad, leaving a
"long, black birchen rod . . . directs a Parent's hand to use when
virtue's path his sons refuse." Gifts were safe toys, "pretty doll . . .
peg-top, or a ball; no crackers, cannons, squibs, or rockets to
blow their eyes up, or their pockets. No drums to stun their
Mother's ear, nor swords to make their sisters fear; but pretty
books to store their mind with knowledge of each various kind."
The sleigh itself even sported a bookshelf for the "pretty books."
The book also notably marked Sante Claus' first appearance on
Christmas Eve, rather than December 6th.
The jolly elf image received another big boost in 1823,
from a poem destined to become immensely popular, "A
Visit from St. Nicholas," now better known as "The Night
Before Christmas."
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
Sante Claus
The Children's Friend, 1821
William B. Gilley, publisher
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His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf. . . .
Washington Irving’s St. Nicholas strongly influenced the poem's portrayal of a round, pipe-smoking, elf-like
St. Nicholas. The poem generally has been attributed to Clement Clark Moore, a professor of biblical
languages at New York's Episcopal General Theological Seminary. Moore was a friend and neighbor of
William Gilley, who had published Sante Claus in 1821:
Old Sante Claus with much delight
His reindeer drives the frosty night
O'er chimney tops and tracks of snow
To bring his yearly gifts to you.
However, a case has been made by Don Foster in Author Unknown, that Henry Livingston actually penned
it in 1807 or 1808. Livingston was a farmer/patriot who wrote humorous verse for children. In any case, "A
Visit from St. Nicholas" became a defining American holiday classic. No matter who wrote it, the poem has
had enormous influence on the Americanization of St. Nicholas. The New York elite succeeded in
domesticating Christmas through a new "Santa Claus" tradition invented by Washington Irving, John Pintard
and Clement Clarke Moore. Moore's poem was printed in four new almanacs in 1824, just one year after it
was in the Troy, New York, paper. The poem and other descriptions of the Santa Claus ritual appeared in
more and more local papers. More than anything else, "A Visit From St. Nicholas" introduced the custom of
a cozy, domestic Santa Christmas tradition to the nation.
Other artists and writers continued the change to an elf-like St. Nicholas, "Sancte
Claus," or "Santa Claus," unlike the stately European bishop. In 1863, during the
Civil War, political cartoonist Thomas Nast began a series of annual black-andwhite drawings in Harper's Weekly, based on the descriptions found in the poem
and Washington Irving's work. These drawings established a rotund Santa with
flowing beard, fur garments, and an omnipresent clay pipe. Nast's Santa supported
the Union and President Lincoln believed this contributed to the Union troops'
success by demoralizing Confederate soldiers. As Nast drew Santas until 1886, his
work had considerable influence in forming the American Santa Claus. Along with
appearance changes, the saint's name shifted to Santa Claus—a natural phonetic
alteration from the German Sankt Niklaus.
Churches, influenced by German immigrants who loved Christmas, Clement Clarke Moore, Washington
Irving, Charles Dickens, the Oxford Movement in the Anglican church, and church musicians embracing
carol singing, began to bring Christmas observances into their lives. The growth of Sunday Schools in cities
exposed hundreds of thousands of children to Christianity. Initially opposed to Christmas observance, by
the 1850s Sunday Schools had discovered that a Christmas tree, Santa and gifts, greatly improved
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attendance. So, in a strange twist of fate, the new "secular" Santa Claus, no longer seen as a religious
figure, helped return Christmas observance to churches.
1922
Norman Rockwell
Saturday Evening Post
December 2, 1922
Michigan State University
Museum
1925
N. C. Wyeth
Old Kris
The Country Gentleman
Print:
1925
J. C. Leyendecker
Saturday Evening Post
December 26, 1925
Michigan State University
Museum
Santa was then portrayed by dozens of artists in a wide variety of styles, sizes, and colors. However by the
end of the 1920s, a standard American Santa—life-sized in a red, fur-trimmed suit—had emerged from the
work of N. C. Wyeth, J. C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell and other popular illustrators. The image was
solidified before Haddon Sundblom, in 1931, began thirty-five years of Coca-Cola Santa advertisements
that further popularized and firmly established this Santa as an icon of contemporary commercial culture.
1931
Haddon Sundblom
First Coca-Cola Santa
1939
Norman Rockwell
Saturday Evening Post
December 16, 1939
1955
Haddon Sundblom
Time December 12, 1955
This Santa was life-sized, jolly, and wore the now familiar red suit. He appeared in magazines, on
billboards, and shop counters, encouraging Americans to see Coke as the solution to "a thirst for all
seasons." By the 1950s Santa was turning up everywhere as a benign source of beneficence, endorsing an
amazing range of consumer products. This commercial success led to the North American Santa Claus
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being exported around the world where he threatens to overcome the European St. Nicholas, who has
retained his identity as a Christian bishop and saint.
It's been a long journey from the Fourth Century Bishop of Myra,
St. Nicholas, who showed his devotion to God in extraordinary
kindness and generosity to those in need, to America's jolly Santa
Claus, whose largesse often supplies luxuries to the affluent.
However, if you peel back the accretions, he is still Nicholas,
Bishop of Myra, whose caring surprises continue to model true
giving and faithfulness.
There is growing interest in reclaiming the original saint in the
United States to help restore a spiritual dimension to this festive
time. For indeed, St. Nicholas, lover of the poor and patron saint
Nast Santa, Bishop Nicholas, Coke Santa,
of children, is a model of how Christians are meant to live. A
illustration by Renee Graef, A Special Place
bishop, Nicholas put Jesus Christ at the center of his life, his
for Santa Roman, Inc., 1991.
ministry, his entire existence. Families, churches, and schools are
embracing true St Nicholas traditions as one way to claim the true
center of Christmas—the birth of Jesus. Such a focus helps restore balance to increasingly materialistic and
stress-filled Advent and Christmas seasons.
Santa Claus belongs to childhood;
St. Nicholas models for all of life.
Santa Claus, as we know him, developed to boost
Christmas sales—the commercial Christmas
message;
St. Nicholas told the story of Christ and peace,
goodwill toward all—the hope-filled Christmas
message.
Santa Claus encourages consumption;
St. Nicholas encourages compassion.
Santa Claus appears each year to be seen and
heard for a short time;
St. Nicholas is part of the communion of saints, surrounding us always with
prayer and example.
Santa Claus flies through the air—from the North Pole;
St. Nicholas walked the earth—caring for those in need.
Santa Claus, for some, replaces the Babe of Bethlehem;
St. Nicholas, for all, points to the Babe of Bethlehem.
Santa Claus isn't bad;
St. Nicholas is just better.
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The Pilgrim Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaiv
The Icon will be in the homes of the following parishioners:
December 14-20 Noelle Richardson
December 21-27 Doreen Musick
December 28-January 3 Cathy Stoyansky
January 4-10 Brenda Morant
January 11-17 Sylvia Szwaluk
If anyone wishes to receive the Sacrament of
Confession or Holy Communion at home or in the
hospital or nursing home please contact the parish
office at 204-837-4180.
PLEASE REMEMBER THOSE WHO NEED OUR PRAYERS
Oh God our Father we pray You restore to physical health, those who are weakened with
illness. Give peace of mind to those troubled with worry and comfort those discouraged with
problems. Help them find their inner strength, a faith and trust in you and a love for one
another to guide them through any health challenges or troubles they may face. Amen.
Please pray for the health of Jack Lysak. Please pray for the health of Harvey Lysack. Please pray
for the health of Fran Chobotar. Please pray for the health of Stan Shymanski.
Mary’s Memorial Angels will be available again this year beginning November 2nd.
Remember your loved ones at Christmas with the purchase of an angel. The names of those being
remembered will be read at a Divine Liturgy in the Christmas season.
They may also be purchased as gifts.
The proceeds from the sale of the angels are divided between the Children of Mary and The Marian Hour
on CKJS. We thank you for your support. Gwen Dankewich
FROM THE UCWLC Submitted by Diane Pinuta
Donations of non-perishable food items for the ‘Welcome Home’ are being accepted. You will find a barrel
for your items at the back of the church. Monetary donations will also be gratefully accepted. Monetary
donations can be placed in an envelope marked ‘Welcome Home’ and the envelope can be put into the
collection basket on Sunday. Please be sure to include your envelope number on the envelope for income
tax receipt purposes.
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LITURGIES & INTENTIONS
INTENTION
December 14th 10:00 am
OFFERED BY
+Soul of Darlene Bugera
UCWLC
+Soul of Anne Samaniuk
December 15th 5:30 pm
Mildred Kalyniuk
+Soul of Josephine Hafichuk
Rudy & Margaret Hadubiak
+Soul of Michael Paly
Oksana Paly & family
Health of Patricia Gerelus
December 16th
December 17th 8:30 am
NO MASS
+Soul of Helen Piskor
+Soul of Josephine Hafichuk
December 18th 8:30 am
Mary Gerelus
Doreen Musick
Allan & Florence Rebenchuk
+Soul of Paul Kowal
+Soul of Michael Paly
December 19th 8:30 am
December 21st 10:00 am
Joe Zawatsky
Oksana Paly & family
Health & intentions Bohdan Pacholok
Anne Lamothe
Faithful
Penetential Service
December 22nd
NO MASS
December 23rd
NO MASS
December 24th 4:45 pm
December 25th 10:30 am
December 26th 10:00 am
Christmas Eve Service
Christmas Day Service
Synaxis of the Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Joseph
December 27th 10:00 am
Feast of St Stephen
December 28th 10:00 am
For peace in the new year
December 29th
NO MASS
December 30th
NO MASS
December 31st 10:00 am
January 1st 10:00 am
New Years Eve Divine Liturgy of Thanksgiving
New Years Day for the faithful
***PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: IN ORDER TO ALLOW FATHER WALTER TO HAVE SOME REST TIME PRIOR TO HIS
SURGERY (THE DATE OF WHICH HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED) WE SHALL NOT BE HAVING WEEKDAY LITURGY ON
MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
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SANCTUARY LIGHT
WEEK OF
INTENTION
DECEMBER 14
TH
DECEMBER 21
ST
DECEMBER 28
TH
JANUARY 4
TH
TH
JANUARY 18
TH
JANUARY 25
TH
FEBRUARY 1
ST
FEBRUARY 8
TH
FEBRUARY 15
TH
FEBRUARY 22
ND
ST
MARCH 8
TH
+SOUL OF STANLEY STOYANSKY
+SOUL OF JOE SWEREDA
MARCH 22
ND
MARCH 29
TH
+SOULS OF STOSKI & POTURNAK FAMILIES
CASPER & VIOLET STOSKI
+SOULS OF PARENTS ANNIE & HARRY HUMINICKI DOREEN MUSICK
+SOULS OF SISTERS CHRISTINE MARY & PEARL
+SOUL OF J.R. ALLARD
RD
MAY 10
TH
MAY 17
TH
MAY 24
TH
THERESA ALLARD
PHYLLIS FEDORCHUK & FAMILY
ROSE SWIDINSKY
+SOULS OF CATHERINE & DMYTRO MANDZIE
+SOUL OF EUGENE KOLOCHUK (20 YEARS)
+SOUL OF ALEX BUGERA
+SOUL OF DARLENE BUGERA
FAMILY
BETTY KOLOCHUK & FAMILY
VICKI BUGERA & FAMILY
VICKI BUGERA AND FAMILY
ANNE LAMOTHE
ANNE TANCHAK & FAMILY
+SOULS OF PARENTS WILLIAM & MARY MELNYK SAM & SYLVIA SZWALUK & FAMILY
+SOULS OF PARENTS JOHN & ROSE SZWALUK
MAY 3
DOREEN MUSICK
+SOULS OF BROTHERS PAUL WALTER & NICHOLAS DOREEN MUSICK
+SOUL OF MICHAEL TANCHAK
TH
SKLAR FAMILY
CASPER & VIOLET STOSKI
TH
APRIL 26
ANNE REBENCHUK
+SOULS OF WIELGOZ & LITWIN FAMILIES
+SOUL OF NICK KURYK
APRIL 19
TONY & VICKY STASTOOK
+SOULS OF MIKE & ANNIE SKLAR
TH
APRIL 12
ANGELA & CATHY STOYANSKY
+SOULS OF THEODORE & MARIE LUTZ
TH
TH
TONY & VICKY STASTOOK
+SOUL OF LARRY FEDORCHUK
MARCH 15
APRIL 5
+SOUL OF AGNES BILOWUS
+SOULS OF MIKE & NICKOLAS REBENCHUK
JANUARY 11
MARCH 1
OFFERED BY
+SOUL OF JOHN SWIDINSKY
FOR ALL MOTHERS LIVING AND DECEASED
+SOUL OF PARENT JUNE MORANT
+SOULS OF MIKE & JEAN NECHWEDIUK
SAM & SYLVIA SZWALUK & FAMILY
ROSE SWIDINSKY
ANNE LAMOTHE
BILL BRENDA & MEGAN MORANT
MARTIN & LEONA NECHWEDIUK
A Sanctuary Light burns eternally to indicate the presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist in the
Tabernacle. It is a marvelous thing that we can actually be in His presence!
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PLEASE NOTE
The secretary will not be in the office during the last two weeks of
December.
Bulletins will be prepared in advance. The Christmas bulletin will be
available on December 21st. The New Years bulletin will be available
December 28th. The next bulletin will be available on January 11th.
Anyone wanting to place a notice in the December 21st & 28th
bulletins should submit them to the office before December 17th.
THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO:
MARGARET COUTTS who will celebrate on December 16th
BILL MORANT who will celebrate on December 17th
PHYLLIS FEDORCHUK who will celebrate on December 19th
MARGARET HADUBIAK who will celebrate on December 20th
MARY SHURRAW who will celebrate on December 22nd
MNOHAYA-MNOHAYA LITA! GOD GRANT YOU ALL MANY HAPPY YEARS!
Parish Christmas Pageant
The St. Basil’s Christmas Pageant is this Sunday, December 14th, following the divine liturgy. As always, the
congregation is encouraged to join in singing everyone's favourite Christmas carols. All parish
children are invited to participate - just visit us downstairs right before liturgy and we'll get
you fitted for a shepherd or angel costume. All youth are also invited downstairs for hot dogs
and a visit from St.Nicholas, or Sviatyij Nykolai, after the pageant.
Winter Clothing Drive
Keep bringing your gently-used winter wear. As soon as the collection box fills we
another delivery to Siloam Mission. We will continue collecting until February. Please
important lesson in giving with your child(ren).
make
share this
KUCA Youth Winter Games
Just a reminder about the first event of the KUCA Games: the Bowling at Rossmere Lanes will be held on
Saturday, January 24th, from 3:30-6:00 pm, for parish youth ages 5-16 (you can invite a friend). Tentative
events will be Indoor Soccer/Hockey on Feb.28th, Outdoor Ball Hockey on March 28th, and the Wind-up on
April 18th.
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The Knights of Columbus - Christmas Poster Contest
The contest is open to all parish youth, and the deadline for poster submissions is January 10, 2015. Your
drawings or collages must be on paper no larger than 8½ x 14, and must have the artist’s name, school and
grade written on the back. Remember, “Keep Christ in Christmas” is the theme. Show us what that means to
you.
Annual Christmas Carolling within the parish, I am looking for anyone who is interested in joining a
team to go out for one or two days over the Christmas Season to carol at fellow parishioners
home’s. Please call myself Andrew Labay @ 204-832-6905 and I will make up lists, If you want to
carol with specific people please indicate when you call.
St Basil Knights of Columbus Grey Cup Pool Winners
1st Quarter correct score
1st Quarter reverse score
2nd Quarter correct score
2nd Quarter reverse score
3rd Quarter correct score
3rd Quarter reverse score
Final Correct Score
Final Reverse Score
$100
$50
$100
$50
$100
$50
$200
$100
West 7
West 17
West 20
West 20
East 0 Chris Little
Chris Little
East 7 Sandra Cote
Cyndi Minaker
East 7 F. Marcinyshyn
Nick Labay
East 16 A. Wyspianski
Ron Marchenski
Thanks to all who purchased tickets in support of
St Basil Knights of Columbus Council #11021.
Gus A Groen, Chancellor
Grey Cup Pool Coordinator
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE 4:45 p.m.
The candles we distribute for our Christmas Eve service will be
blessed this year so we encourage you to take your candle home
with you. To make the candle lighting even more eventful, we will
be bringing the Bethlehem Peace Light to our church. The Peace
Light is flown from Bethlehem to Austria from whence it is
distributed across Europe. An Austrian airline will fly the Peace
Light to New York and Toronto so that it can make its way across
North America. Prior to our Christmas Eve service, two volunteers will light their candles from the Peace
Light, they in turn will light a person’s candle in the first row of pews and we in turn will light our candles
form our neighbours candle. Anyone wishing to take the flame home with them should bring a lantern or
votive candle. Come join us in sharing this symbol of peace, love and hope.
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Knights of Columbus
Fourth Degree
CANON LUHOVY ASSEMBLY NO 0374
WINNIPEG. MANITOBA
Cardinal McGuigan Province
DISTRICT OF MANITOBA
A SPIRITUAL CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
PATRON OF PRISON MINISTRY
Glory to Jesus
Glory Forever
As we prepare to celebrate the Birth of Jesus, we rejoice His Birth in prayer and song.
Moreover, a great deal of time and effort will be spent preparing nourishment for our table as we
welcome our family and friends into our homes. We also are given the opportunity to share good
tidings with our organizational brothers and sisters.
Winnipeg received the news that Blessed Velychkovsky would be proclaimed the PATRON
OF PRISON MINISTRY for all of Ukraine by Patriarch Sviatoslav during the week-end of July 19 and 20. th
A request was made to Father John Sianchuk and Mary Jane Kalenchuk for their advice and assistance.
One of the requests was for some third class relics. They were expecting pilgrim attendance in excess
of 200,000. A group of volunteers from various parishes managed to prepare 43,000 third class relics
for distribution.
Upon their return from Ukraine, Father John and Mary Jane invited all to view a video presentation of the
pilgrimage and the blessing given by Patriarch Sviatoslay.To see thousands of young pilgrims walking three
days just to personally venerate Blessed Vasyl's Holy Relics is a sight to behold.
On January 15, 2015 Canon Luhovy Assembly is hosting a Spiritual Christmas Celebration
presentation of this video (bilingual) to take place at St. Joseph's parish hall, 250 Jefferson
Avenue at 7:oo PM. All brother knights, spouses, family and friends are invited to share in this
awesome experience. I have had the privilege of viewing this video and am certain you will experience a
most spiritual uplifting.
Fraternally,
5K Vladimir Solman
On behalf of Canon Luhovy Assembly
Reception (finger food) to follow the presentation (free will donation)
Please confirm your attendance (number coming) by January 9, 2015 by contacting:
David 204 668 6402 djhladun@gmail.com
Vladimir 204 663 4523 vladmar@mts.com
December 14, 2014
UCWLC MESSAGE Submitted by Sonia Wawryk
Our parish has been very busy – and it’s a “good thing”. Thank you to all the
volunteers who helped in many ways – peroghi, cabbage rolls, perishke work
bees, our kitchen chefs and all who have dedicated their time to keep our
church a clean and an inviting parish.
Our Christmas Bake Sale was an overwhelming success. May all the
convenors be blessed for their endeavours; and as well all the parishioners
who contributed baking and monetary donations towards the bake table.
We also wish to thank our Parish Priest Father Walter for his kindness, care,
spirituality and encouragement throughout the year.
On behalf of our organization, UCWLC, I want to wish each and everyone a
Blessed, Joyful and Peaceful Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Dates to Remember
December 14 – Christmas Pageant
2015
January 8 – Carolling at Holy Family Home 4:45 pm
January 18 – Parish Christmas Dinner
January 21 – UCWLC Annual Meeting. 7pm Liturgy. Committee Chairs have your reports prepared.
January 24 – Prayer Breakfast – Home of Hope – Holy Eucharist Parish
January 25 – Bishop’s Levee to be held at St. Michael’s Parish
February 6 – Holy Family Auxiliary Fund Raiser – Ladies Nite Out – Medieval attire.
DATE
# Envelopes
Envelopes
Non envelopes
Vigils
Poor box
IHMS
Papal Charities
Building Fund
Ottawa
Seminary
Christmas Flowers
9/28/2014
90
$1,470.00
PARISH DONATIONS:
10/5/2014
10/12/2014
108
86
$2,258.00
$1,425.00
$150.00
$239.00
$26.60
$3.20
$41.25
$25.00
$20.00
$7.00
Submitted by John Solomon
$45.00
10/19/2014
113
$1,964.00
$75.00
10/26/2014
103
$1,866.50
$
107.00
11/2/2014
101
$1,924.00
$
82.50
$104.00
$58.00
$5.00
$25.00
$57.00
11/9/2014
103
$1,712.00
$
41.00
$
155.80
11/16/2014
83
$1,647.00
11/23/2014
92
$1,553.00
11/30/14
79
1,799.00
$50.00
$17.00
65.00
$34.60
7.85
$2.10
112.95
$
10.00
120.00
225.00
12.00
10.00
70.00
20.00
5.00
10.00
25.00
December 14, 2014
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Knights of Columbus
Father Filipow Council $8944
Christmas CharityMeat Bingo
“Hams Turkeys Hams Turkeys Hams Turkeys”
Sunday December 14, 2014
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church
737 Bannerman Avenue
2:00 pm. to 5:00 pm.
50/50 Draw
Hot Canteen
Grocery Hamper Draws
Tradition Chip Bingo’s 20 Games
Event Sponsors
“Neumann’s Market” Tenderloin Meat & Sausage North Winnipeg Credit Union
Tickets $7 each
Doors Open 1:30 pm.
Everyone Welcome
The St. James Knights of Columbus invites you to our Keep Christ in Christmas Concert to be held at St. John
XXIII Church at 3390 Portage Ave., on December 15th from 7-9pm
We have an all new program this year featuring the:
Violin Ambassadors composed of students from St. Charles Catholic School
St. John XXIII Choir under the direction of Danielle Defries
Wrapping up the evening will be the popular Murray Riddle Big Band with a wide range of classic swing tunes
which never grow old
There will be coffee and light snack available & ADMISSION IS BY DONATION
Everyone is welcome for this wonderful evening of music and song
December 14, 2014
This Holy Season you can help provide comfort and joy by making a gift to
the
Holy Family Home – Festival of Lights Campaign
Being a faith-filled place is an essential feature of why many choose to come live at Holy Family Home. In addition to
caring for the physical and emotional needs of residents, Holy Family Home emphasizes the importance of nurturing
these spiritual needs. With the support of Spiritual Care, residents and their families participate in regular chapel
services. Many find comfort, peace and tranquility in the Chapel.
Over the years, Holy Family Home has been able to maintain the Chapel, largely because of the support of generous
donors. The Chapel is beginning to show signs of its age, and now requires significant upgrading. It is for this reason
that the Festival of Lights Campaign has been designated to the Chapel Project – a multi-year plan to renovate and
expand the Chapel.
For more information about the importance and impact your gift can make especially for the residents, pick up a Festival
of Lights envelope at the back of the church or visit www.holyfamilyhome.mb.ca.
On behalf of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, Holy Family Home and the Lubov SSMI Foundation, thank you for
considering our invitation. May you be blessed with the spirit of Christmas which is peace, the joy of Christmas which is
hope, and the heart of Christmas which is love.
St. Andrew’s College Faculty of Theology Evening Course. Old Testament 211 The Face of Christ in the Old Testament.
Taught by V. Rev. Fr. Roman Bozyk. Classes held Mondays 7:00-9:45pm. First class, Monday, January 12, 2015. All those
interested are welcome to audit this course. Tuition $400.00 Auditor $200.00. For further information please contact 204474-8895, fax 204-474-7624, e-mail st_andrews@umanitoba.ca. All are welcome. St. Andrew’s College in Winnipeg, 29
Dysart Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2M7
On our bulletin board, you will find information on the following courses to be held at the University of Manitoba:
Making of Modern Ukraine; Politics, Government and Society in Ukraine; Ukrainians in Canada; Later Byzantine Art &
Architecture
UR Youth and Young Adults Sun. Dec. 14, 2014
3-5pm - Youth & Young Adults! Come to the Gift Wrapping Bee!
Come help us wrap 60 Christmas presents for The Welcome Home and enjoy a pizza supper.
St. Andrew's Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 160 Euclid Ave (Use the Maple Street side entrance)
RSVP to Michelle at rymcssr@gmail.com or call/text 204-799-1060.
Sunday Dec. 14. 2014 5-7pm - U R Youth Christmas Wind-up at The Welcome Home 188 Euclid Ave.
Enjoy a multitude of Christmas festivities! Please bring a present ($5 value!) for the gift exchange! For those who are coming to wrap
gifts at St. Andrew's, we will walk over to Welcome Home together once we are finished.
(New people are welcome, for Gr. 8-12!) RSVP to Michelle at rymcssr@gmail.com or call/text 204-799-1060.
Saturday, December 20, 2014 Annual UCY Wii Just Dance Christmas Party and Ornament Making!
4-10pm, 233 Scotia Street (Chancery)
To register, contact: (204) 338-7801 Tamara youth@archeparchy.ca
December 14, 2014
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2015 ALL INCLUSIVE MALANKA Saturday, January 17 Victoria Inn, Winnipeg, 1808 Wellington Avenue. Music by Sloohai. Reserved
seating for dinner. Formal attire. Cocktails 6 pm. Dinner 7 pm. Zabava until 1 am. $120 Open bar. To reserve your table call Lesia
Szwaluk 204-470-4095 or Irka Semaniuk 204-296-9496
Messiah Sing-Along December 12 | 7:30PM The holiday tradition with a master interpreter No work in the history of music
transmits the urge to want to sing more than Handel’s timeless oratorio Messiah! We welcome back Ivars Taurins, Director of
Toronto’s Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, and his unique energy and passion. See, hear and sing Handel’s Messiah in all its grandeur with
the WSO! Ivars Taurins, conductor Lesley Bouza, soprano Aidan Ferguson, mezzo-soprano Justin Odwak, tenor Geoffrey Sirett,
baritone Mennonite Festival Chorus, Rudy Schellenberg & Janet Brenneman, co-directors
Come sing along in a special performance of the holiday tradition with the WSO and the Mennonite Festival Chorus! Get Two tickets
for the price of One! Use the coupon code 2CANSING when calling the WSO box office at 204-949-3999
~ December 2014 ~
◄ Nov 2014
Sun
Mon
NOVEMBER 1
3O Arrange
tables &
chairs; K of C
coffee house
7 Knights of
8
Tue
2
9
Columbus
Pancake
Breakfast
Jan 2015 ►
Thu
3 Cook Borscht & 4 Help arrange
Fri
5
Sat
6 BAKE SALE
9:30 – 2:00
put in sealers
baking on trays;
Knights of
Columbus
Meeting 6:45pm
10 UCWLC
11
12
13
18
19
20 Christmas
Meeting & Wind
up
14 Christmas
15 Parish Council 16
Pageant
Meeting
21 Penitential
22
29
17
Confessions
10:30-Noon
Visiting Priest
23
Service
28
Wed
30
24 Christmas Eve 25 Christmas
Service 4:45 pm
26 Synaxis of the 27 Feast of St.
Day Divine Liturgy Blessed Virgin
Stephen Divine
& Myrovania
Mary & St. Joseph Liturgy 10:00 am
10:30 am
10:00 am
31 New Years
Notes:
Eve Divine Liturgy
of Thanksgiving &
Benediction 10:00
am
December 14, 2014