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

WHY WAS JESUS NOT

INVITED?

FROM FATHER WALTER

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.

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

SUNDAY DIVINE LITURGY

10:00 a.m. (Rosary precedes each

Liturgy by one half hour)

WEEKDAY SERVICES

8:30 a.m. Rosary followed by Liturgy

CONFESSIONS

Before Divine Liturgies

BAPTISIMS

By appointment

FUNERALS

By arrangement

MARRIAGES

By appointment at least three months

in advance

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December 14, 2014 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

December 14, 2014 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).

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 gift-

giver.

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."

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.”

"New Year's Hymn to St. Nicholas," colonial Dutch life, Albany, NY. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, March 1881

St. Nicholas Center Collection

Detail from broadside by Alexander Anderson, December 6, 1810

St Nicholas Center Collection

December 14, 2014 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

December 14, 2014 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-and-

white 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

December 14, 2014 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

December 14, 2014 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

of children, is a model of how Christians are meant to live. A

bishop, Nicholas put Jesus Christ at the center of his life, his

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.

Nast Santa, Bishop Nicholas, Coke Santa, illustration by Renee Graef, A Special Place for Santa Roman, Inc., 1991.

December 14, 2014

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.

December 14, 2014

LITURGIES & INTENTIONS

INTENTION OFFERED BY

December 14th 10:00 am +Soul of Darlene Bugera UCWLC

+Soul of Anne Samaniuk Mildred Kalyniuk

December 15th

5:30 pm +Soul of Josephine Hafichuk Rudy & Margaret Hadubiak

+Soul of Michael Paly Oksana Paly & family

Health of Patricia Gerelus Mary Gerelus

December 16th NO MASS

December 17th 8:30 am +Soul of Helen Piskor Doreen Musick

+Soul of Josephine Hafichuk Allan & Florence Rebenchuk

December 18th 8:30 am +Soul of Paul Kowal Joe Zawatsky

+Soul of Michael Paly Oksana Paly & family

December 19th 8:30 am Health & intentions Bohdan Pacholok Anne Lamothe

December 21st

10:00 am Faithful

Penetential Service

December 22nd

NO MASS

December 23rd NO MASS

December 24th 4:45 pm Christmas Eve Service

December 25th 10:30 am Christmas Day Service

December 26th 10:00 am 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 New Years Eve Divine Liturgy of Thanksgiving

January 1st 10:00 am 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.

December 14, 2014

SANCTUARY LIGHT

WEEK OF INTENTION OFFERED BY

DECEMBER 14TH

+SOUL OF AGNES BILOWUS TONY & VICKY STASTOOK

DECEMBER 21ST

+SOUL OF STANLEY STOYANSKY ANGELA & CATHY STOYANSKY

DECEMBER 28TH

+SOUL OF JOE SWEREDA TONY & VICKY STASTOOK

JANUARY 4TH

+SOULS OF MIKE & NICKOLAS REBENCHUK ANNE REBENCHUK

JANUARY 11TH

+SOULS OF MIKE & ANNIE SKLAR SKLAR FAMILY

JANUARY 18TH

+SOULS OF WIELGOZ & LITWIN FAMILIES CASPER & VIOLET STOSKI

JANUARY 25TH

+SOULS OF STOSKI & POTURNAK FAMILIES CASPER & VIOLET STOSKI

FEBRUARY 1ST

+SOULS OF PARENTS ANNIE & HARRY HUMINICKI DOREEN MUSICK

FEBRUARY 8TH

+SOULS OF SISTERS CHRISTINE MARY & PEARL DOREEN MUSICK

FEBRUARY 15TH

+SOULS OF BROTHERS PAUL WALTER & NICHOLAS DOREEN MUSICK

FEBRUARY 22ND

+SOUL OF J.R. ALLARD THERESA ALLARD

MARCH 1ST

+SOUL OF LARRY FEDORCHUK PHYLLIS FEDORCHUK & FAMILY

MARCH 8TH

+SOULS OF THEODORE & MARIE LUTZ ROSE SWIDINSKY

MARCH 15TH

+SOULS OF CATHERINE & DMYTRO MANDZIE FAMILY

MARCH 22ND

+SOUL OF EUGENE KOLOCHUK (20 YEARS) BETTY KOLOCHUK & FAMILY

MARCH 29TH

+SOUL OF ALEX BUGERA VICKI BUGERA & FAMILY

APRIL 5TH

+SOUL OF DARLENE BUGERA VICKI BUGERA AND FAMILY

APRIL 12TH

+SOUL OF NICK KURYK ANNE LAMOTHE

APRIL 19TH

+SOUL OF MICHAEL TANCHAK ANNE TANCHAK & FAMILY

APRIL 26TH

+SOULS OF PARENTS WILLIAM & MARY MELNYK SAM & SYLVIA SZWALUK & FAMILY

+SOULS OF PARENTS JOHN & ROSE SZWALUK SAM & SYLVIA SZWALUK & FAMILY

MAY 3RD

+SOUL OF JOHN SWIDINSKY ROSE SWIDINSKY

MAY 10TH

FOR ALL MOTHERS LIVING AND DECEASED ANNE LAMOTHE

MAY 17TH

+SOUL OF PARENT JUNE MORANT BILL BRENDA & MEGAN MORANT

MAY 24TH

+SOULS OF MIKE & JEAN NECHWEDIUK 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!

December 14, 2014

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 make another delivery to Siloam Mission. We will continue collecting until February. Please share this important lesson in giving with your child(ren).

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.

December 14, 2014

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 $100 West 7 East 0 Chris Little 1st Quarter reverse score $50 Chris Little 2nd Quarter correct score $100 West 17 East 7 Sandra Cote 2nd Quarter reverse score $50 Cyndi Minaker

3rd Quarter correct score $100 West 20 East 7 F. Marcinyshyn 3rd Quarter reverse score $50 Nick Labay Final Correct Score $200 West 20 East 16 A. Wyspianski Final Reverse Score $100 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.

December 14, 2014

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.

PARISH DONATIONS:

DATE 9/28/2014 10/5/2014 10/12/2014 10/19/2014 10/26/2014 11/2/2014 11/9/2014 11/16/2014 11/23/2014 11/30/14

# Envelopes 90 108 86 113 103 101 103 83 92 79

Envelopes $1,470.00 $2,258.00 $1,425.00 $1,964.00 $1,866.50 $1,924.00 $1,712.00 $1,647.00 $1,553.00 1,799.00

Non envelopes $150.00 $239.00 $45.00 $75.00 $ 107.00

$ 82.50

$ 41.00 $50.00 $17.00 65.00

Vigils $26.60 $41.25

$104.00

$ 155.80 $34.60

112.95

Poor box $3.20

$58.00

7.85 $2.10

IHMS

$20.00 $5.00 $25.00

$ 10.00

Papal Charities $25.00 $7.00

$57.00 Building Fund

120.00

225.00

70.00

Ottawa Seminary

12.00 10.00 20.00 5.00 10.00

Christmas Flowers

25.00

Submitted by John Solomon

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 204-

474-8895, 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

2015 ALL INCLUSIVE MALANKA Saturday, January 17

th 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

◄ Nov 2014 ~ December 2014 ~ Jan 2015 ►

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

NOVEMBER 3O Arrange tables & chairs; K of C coffee house

1

2

3 Cook Borscht &

put in sealers

4 Help arrange

baking on trays; Knights of Columbus Meeting 6:45pm

5

6 BAKE SALE

9:30 – 2:00

7 Knights of

Columbus Pancake Breakfast

8

9

10 UCWLC

Meeting & Wind up

11

12

13

14 Christmas

Pageant

15 Parish Council

Meeting

16

17

18

19

20 Christmas

Confessions 10:30-Noon Visiting Priest

21 Penitential

Service

22

23

24 Christmas Eve

Service 4:45 pm

25 Christmas

Day Divine Liturgy & Myrovania 10:30 am

26 Synaxis of the

Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Joseph 10:00 am

27 Feast of St.

Stephen Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

28

29

30

31 New Years

Eve Divine Liturgy of Thanksgiving & Benediction 10:00 am

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