SS Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church

Saturday, Oct. 27
4:00 PM Marian Zurinsky – Kerri Potsko

Sunday, Oct. 28 TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Thursday, Nov. 2
9:00 AM The Souls in Purgatory

Saturday, Nov. 3
4:00 PM Bernard Kachinko – Wife Mary Ann Kachinko and Children

Sunday, Nov. 4 TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Financial Councils meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 7th.
This meeting will be in conjunction with the Financial Council of Holy Transfiguration at 7:00 PM in SS Peter & Paul Church Hall.

Time to change our clocks next week Sunday at 2:00 AM
We fall back to Standard time.

Most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November.
In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary Light is requested to burn the week of Oct. 27 – Nov. 3 by Ron & Rosemarie Kachinko in memory of daughter Sandy Elko.

PYROHYS: The scheduled Pyrohy project will be December 3 & 4, 2012. Orders will be limited to 500 dozen. Help is needed so please try to give a little for your parish. The order sheet is in the vestibule. The Pyrohy’s are $7 a dozen. If you wish to donate any items used for this project it will be greatly appreciated such as eggs, margarine, sour cream, or monetary to buy the items. This is a fund raising project to help with the expenses of the church.

TURKEY DINNER: Saints Peter & Paul Church, 635 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre will hold their annual TURKEY-FEST on Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 from 2:00 to 8:00 PM, in the school hall, corner of North River and West Chestnut Streets, Wilkes-Barre. Homemade traditional turkey dinners will be $10 for adults and $7.00 for children. Take-outs available. Walk-ins welcome, but reservations are encouraged. There will be raffles and other activities as well. Please call (570) 829-3051. Father Paul Wolensky and Parishioners extend a cordial welcome to all, to come and enjoy their annual Turkey Fest!

RUMMAGE SALE: The recent Rummage Sale was successful and a lot of items are not sold. It was decided to try and hold another sale on Friday, November 9th. New and used items will be needed to fill in the spaces. If you have anything to donate please bring to the Hall or Church. Our thanks to all those who donated to the Rummage Sale. Your help is greatly appreciated.

PRAYERS: Request for your prayers is for those in nursing facilities, hospitals and at home, especially for Rita Rentko who is residing at The Timber Ridge Facility.

Saturday, Oct. 20
4:00 PM Leonard Lotrick – Wife Katherine Lotrick

Sunday, Oct. 21 TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Thursday, Oct. 25
9:00 AM For the Souls in Purgatory

Saturday, Oct. 27
4:00 PM Marian Zurinsky – Kerri Potsko

Sunday, Oct. 28 TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary light is requested to burn this week Oct. 20 – 27 by George Pryslak & Family in memory of Judy D. Pryslak and John Pryslak.

PLANNING COMMITTE MEETING: The 20/20 Planning Committee for the Archeparchy will conduct a meeting in Transfiguration of Our Lord Church in Nanticoke, PA on Saturday, November 17th at 10:00 AM for the southern part of this deanery. The Parish Finance and Pastoral councils, catechists and any active members of the parish are invited to attend

LOTTERY TICKETS: If you did not purchase your lottery tickets for November, you only have this weekend and next to try your luck. Tickets are $5 for a chance to win every day during the month of November

PRAYERS: Please remember in your prayers, all who are ill at home, in hospitals and nursing facilities, especially Frank Dempsey who is in the General Hospital. They all need your prayers.

THANKS: I wish to thank all those again who purchased the Gift Certificates for the Hometown Market and all who saved the receipts. We are a little short of the goal for the register tapes but close, so if you have any please deposit them in the collection. After the goal we will receive $100 and our profit on the Certificates is $100. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

PYROHYS: An order sheet is in the vestibule for your pyrohy orders. Please order early as the limit will be 500 dozen. The pyrohy’s are $7 a dozen and all the help we can get will be a great advantage. Please come and give a hand at this project. It’s for your parish.

Saturday, Oct. 13
4:00 PM God’s Blessings for Father Volodymyr on his 40th Birthday.
Sunday, October 14
8:30AM – SUNDAY OF THE FATHERS OF THE 7TH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners
Thursday, Oct. 18
9:00 AM For all the Souls in Purgatory

Saturday, Oct. 20
4:00 PM Leonard Lotrick – Wife Katherine Lotrick

Sunday, Oct. 21 TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

THE DAILY ROSARY
The Rosary is the easiest form of prayer. At the same time the Rosary is a most excellent prayer because it is composed of the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory be to the Father. Besides these beautiful and sublime prayers, which compose the Rosary, a short meditation – which constitutes the soul of the Rosary – is added before or during each decade. The Rosary unites in itself mental and oral prayer because we pray and meditate at the same time. The Rosary is the most beautiful flower that, in the course of the centuries, sprang forth from the devotion to the great Mother of Our Savior. This prayer is now the most popular among the Children of Mary. In the past it has proved a powerful weapon against heresies, as instrument of social reform, and a form of petition most acceptable to God.
The doctrinal content of the mysteries contemplated in the recital of the Rosary is very important. Jesus and Mary dominate the chain of events. They are central persons in each mystery. They were united in the Incarnation and Redemption, and now are together in eternal life.
By contemplating the mysteries of our faith, we are incited to imitate Jesus and Mary, and the Rosary becomes an important school of Christian perfection because it focuses our lives on the two who are most worthy of true imitation – the Son of God and His Immaculate Mother.
The Rosary is essentially a prayer to Our Lady. It is not Mariolatry because Jesus is not forgotten in its recital. Mary speaks to her Children when they say the Rosary. She speaks a language all can understand, for the Rosary is, outside the official Liturgy and other church services, the most widely used public prayer. It is not reserved to any class of people. Illiterate as well as learned men equally recite it. The Pope, Bishops, priests, religious and nuns say it.
Our Blessed Lady encouraged the recital of the Rosary on several occasions, especially during her apparitions at Lourdes and Fatima. The Rosary is a powerful means of salvation, a source of consolation, a guarantee of forgiveness of our sins, a powerful defense against temptations, a sign of eternal predestination, a spiritual mine of innumerable blessings and supernatural benefits and the best means of honoring the Mother of Perpetual Help. The Saints say that we place a beautiful crown on the forehead of our heavenly Queen when we recite the Rosary. It is, therefore, no wonder, that the Blessed Virgin Mary is so generous to those who honor her with the daily Rosary.
The Church granted five-year indulgence for the recitation of the Rosary; if said with others, ten years. The Church enriched the Rosary with so many indulgences to encourage the faithful to recite it and to make it their daily prayer in honor of the Mother of God

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary Light is requested to burn this week October 13 – 20 by Helene Sirak in memory of her husband Michael Sirak.

RUMMAGR SALE: This is the last week for you to bring in your items for the Rummage Sale to be held Friday, October 19 – 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Saturday, October 20 – 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the church hall. Please try to attend this sale – have a little lunch and shop. You never know what you can find at this sale. Come on have a good time.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Cross Valley Religious Education begins its fall session on Saturday, November 3, at Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church School, on River Road, in Wilkes Barre. Classes are held on Saturday mornings, from 9:30 to 11:30 am, for first through eighth grade students belonging to the Ukrainian Catholic parishes in the Cross Valley area. Returning students’ parents have been mailed a copy of this year’s schedule. Parents of new students are invited to contact Christine Mash, for more information and a registration form, at 735-1784.

ROAST BEEF DINNER: Sponsored by St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Sunday, November 18, 2012 – 12:30pm St. Vladimir Parish Center – 428 North Seventh Avenue, Scranton, PA. Roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, hot vegetables, dinner rolls, dessert, coffee, tea and beverages Adults $13.00; Students 6 to 12 years $8.00; no charge for children age 5 and under Advance reservations close Sunday, November 11 – no tickets sold at the door Take-outs available – must pick up between 11:30am and 12:00 noon For reservations contact Kathleen Izak at 346-2414

NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
OCTOBER 7, 2012
Saturday, Oct. 6
4:00 PM Mary Ann Sawka – Thomas Sawka

Sunday, Oct. 7 NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Thursday, Oct. 11
9:00 AM Anna Hamuka – Woss Family

Saturday, Oct. 13
4:00 PM God’s Blessings for Father Volodymyr on his 40th Birthday.

Sunday, Oct. 14 SUNDAY OF THE FATHERS OF THE 7TH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

PRAY THE ROSARY: Before the 4:00 PM Divine Liturgy in the month of October the Rosary to the Blessed Mother will be recited. All Parishioners should please join in with the responses. Please be present by 3:45 PM.

PRAYERS: Please remember in your prayers those who are recovering from illness, those in nursing facilities and hospitals. They need our prayers.
If you have anyone in hospitals or nursing facilities please notify the priest before emergency is needed. Please call cell 609-372-7161
SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary Light is requested to burn this week October 6 – 13 by an Anonymous Air Force Vet in memory of Father Nick Kostiuk.

ALTAR CANDLES: The Altar Candles is requested to burn for all services during the month of October by Thomas Sawka in memory of all deceased members of the Thomas Sawka Family.

WOMEN’S SOCIETY MEETING: The regular monthly meeting of the Women’s Society will be held Tuesday, October 9, 6:30 PM at the Church Hall. All members are asked to please attend and new members are always welcome. Come join and be a part of your Church organization.

RUMMAGE – FLEA MARKET SALE: The Parish Women’s Society will be sponsoring a Rummage Sale Friday, Oct. 19, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM & Saturday, Oct. 20 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. You can bring yours donations of items to Church. A bake sale will also be available and the Women’s Society is asking all the parishioners to participate if they can to donate homemade baked goods. Your generous donations are really appreciated. Food will be served consisting of homemade piggies, whimpies, haluski & hot dogs, etc. Come and enjoy a shopping trip with a little lunch and some great baked desserts.

THANKS: Our thanks to the 7 women who came out to clean the church this past week. Your services are greatly appreciated. May you all have many blessings from God for your time spent to make His house clean.