SS Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church

Saturday, Mar. 16
4:00 PM ✞Anna Dempsey – The Dempsey Children

Sunday, March 16 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Wednesday, Mar. 20
4:00 PM Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Friday, Mar. 22 Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at
4:00 PM Transfiguration of Our Lord, Nanticoke, PA

Saturday, Mar. 23 VENERATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
4:00 PM ✞William McMillian – Our Lady of Guadalupe
Knights of Columbus
Sunday, Mar. 24 THIRd SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST
VENERATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners
4:00 PM Deanery Stations of the Cross – St. Nicholas, Glen Lyon

LENTEN PENANCES AND PROSTRATIONS:
In the first centuries of Christianity the practice of public penance for various sins and offences prevailed in the Church. Following the wishes of the Church, many penitents performed their penance during the Great Fast. Just as the faithful adopted the Forty Days Fast from the catechumens, so too, under the influence of Church discipline they began to regard themselves as penitents and to perform various penitential acts during the Great Fast. From this stems the profound penitential spirit of our Lenten services.
Closely connected with our Lenten services are inclinations. These inclinations are made either by bowing from the waist or to the ground (the low, profound bow or prostration), and they are performed at all Lenten services from Monday through Friday.

The prayer of St. Ephrem with accompanying prostrations merits special consideration. This prayer, repeated at every Lenten service, can be regarded the official Lenten penitential pray of our Church, expressing, as it does, the whole content and purpose of the Great Fast. We give it here in its entirety:

“O Lord and Master of my life,
drive from me the spirit of discouragement,
negligence, ambition and idle talk. (Prostration).

“Grant me, your servant, the spirit of
chastity, humility, patience and charity. (Prostration)

“Yes, my Lord and King, grant me to see my
own sins, and not judge my brother, for
you are blessed forever, and ever. Amen.”
(Prostration)



ASK FATHER A QUESTION?
Father,  what is the “cost” of a Divine Liturgy or a Liturgy Intention??  There is no price affixed to any of the Sacraments of the church.  The Sacraments are not for sale.   If anyone was taught what life was like in the Parish(French for “community”), 100 years ago or before, you would recognize that the priest who leads the community in prayer is also entrusted by the people to intercede to God on their behalf.  The people understood the importance of this prayer and that their physical daily labors would not be productive without a prayerful life.   The community asking for the Parish priest to pray on their behalf or on the behalf of a loved one knew that the priest needed to be freed from mere worldly concerns so that he could dedicate his time to prayer and intercession.  The people of the villages would donate according to their means to free the priest’s time so that he could dedicate his time on their behalf.  Hence, you might have heard in past that someone gave the priest a chicken, eggs, cooked a dinner, or what have you.  So today our Bishop chooses to give a priest a salary that comes from the donations of the Parish and from the donations to provide for all the priest’s worldly concerns.  In the past these liturgy donation were the priest’s sole income, not so today. The priest is already freed to be able to dedicate his life of prayer for the people.  So when you request a Liturgy it is purely from the goodness of your heart that you donate as you wish.  I have had poor Parishioners who could not afford to donate any money-and a Liturgy was said for their intention.  On the opposite extreme, I know of one Parishioner whom donated $30,000 for a Liturgy.  In closing, a Liturgy request for a person ultimately has at the center of the prayer a person’s salvation in mind, this is the ultimate gift one can give to another.  For you to feel comfortable, most people donate $10 for a Liturgy today, do as you like.

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary Light is requested to burn the week of
March 16 – 23 by the Dempsey Children in memory of their parents Joseph & Anna Dempsey.

OUR PARISH FELLOWSHIP: This Sunday, March 17th, our parish will be the host to serve fellowship after the Deanery Stations of the Cross. We are asking for anyone who wishes to help with this event to please come to the Church Hall about 3:00 PM. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

LOTTERY TICKETS: Mike Sinko has the May Lottery fundraiser tickets available. Please try to do your part by purchasing tickets and if you are able to sell some take a few to sell. Your help is very important for this project.

PIGGIE DINNER: The Women’s Society is planning to sponsor a Piggie Dinner for our parish on Sunday, June 23rd. Save the date. More information will follow.

DEANERY STATIONS OF THE CROSS

March 24 – St. Nicholas UCC Glen Lyon, PA
March 31 – Transfiguration of Our Lord, Nanticoke, PA
April 7 – St. Vladimir UCC, Edwardsville, PA

Saturday, March 9
4:00 PM ✞Ihor Pasicznyk – Wife Olympia Pasicznyk

Sunday, March 10 SUNDAY OF CHEESEFARE
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners
4:00 PM Stations of the Cross – SS Peter & Paul, Wilkes-Barre, PA

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Wednesday, March 13
4:00 PM Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Saturday, March 16
4:00 PM ✞Anna Dempsey – Dempsey Children

Sunday, March 17 FIRST SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners
4:00 PM Stations of the Cross – SS Peter & Paul, Plymouth, PA

Lent, The Great Fast in the Eastern Churches What is The Great Fast?
In the Western Church, Lent is the name of the season of the 40 days fast before Easter. However, in the Eastern Church, there are other fast periods. The Eastern Church also observes the 40 day Nativity Fast before the feast of the Nativity, the Apostles Fast between Pentecost and the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, and the Fast of the Theotokos prior to the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Mary). The Great Fast is specifically the period of fasting and penance before the celebration of Pascha. The word Easter is typically only used in the West; Pascha, from the Greek word for the Hebrew Passover, Lamb and bread, is the name used in the Greek Catholic Church for the Feast of fests, Resurrection. The Great Fast is called ‘Great’ because this period is preparing for the most important liturgical feast of the year, Pascha.
The Great Fast (Or the Great Forty Days): The Great Fast actually begins on Clean Monday, 48 calendar days before the feast of Pascha. The name Clean Monday is alluding to the work of washing one’s self clean of past sins and to the preparing work of fasting from foods. The Great Fast then continues for the next five Sundays: Triumph of Orthodoxy, Holy Relics and St. Gregory Palamas, Veneration of Holy Cross, Commemoration of our Holy Father John Climacus, and the Commemoration of our Venerable Mother Mary of Egypt. Unlike in the West, Sundays are included in the 40 days of Lent. Also, in the Eastern Church, Holy Week is not a part of the 40 days but is considered as a separate entity from the rest of The Great Fast which ends at sundown Friday evening at the singing of O Joyful Light during Vespers of Lazarus Saturday.

 Great and Holy Week: Holy Week, also called Great and Holy Week begins with Lazarus Saturday, 8 days before Pascha. It then continues with Palm Sunday (the triumphant entry of our blessed Jesus Christ into Jerusalem), Great and Holy Monday which remembers Joseph of the Old Testament, who was sold into slavery, Holy Tuesday (the Parable of the ten virgins), Holy Wednesday, (the anointing of Jesus with myrrh by the woman in the house of Simon the Leper), Great and Holy Thursday (the institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper), Great and Holy Friday (the Passion of Christ) and the last day before Pascha, Great and Holy Saturday.

Lenten Fasting
In the West, in the Latin Church, there are days of abstinence from meat and days of fasting when only a certain amount of food is to be taken. However in the Eastern Catholic Church, there are different fasting guidelines for different days and seasons. The Western Church (Latins) typically fast in quantity of food while the Eastern Churches typically fast from qualities of food.

The first Sunday of the Great Fast is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy.

What do we mean by “orthodoxy”?
The word “orthodoxy” stems from the Greek word “orthodoxia” (orthos = right or straight; doksa = thinking) which signifies the true faith and the true worship of God. We are not speaking of “Orthodoxy” as we understand it today as being opposed to the Catholic Church, but orthodoxy, as applied to the whole Church of Christ until the schism between the Western and Eastern Church which occurred in the eleventh century. The orthodoxy that we celebrate this Sunday is the one apostolic catholic (universal) orthodoxy, professed by the entire Church of Christ of the first millennium in the battle against the heresy of Iconoclasm.
One of the striking features of the Eastern Church is the ancient and special veneration of sacred images (icons) of Jesus Christ, the Theotokos (Birthgiver of God), the Angels, and the Saints. The Church of Christ deeply respects and honors the holy icons as it also does holy relics. She places them in church for public veneration (to bow before) and recommends that we venerate them privately in our homes, and wear small icons around our necks in the form of little crosses or medals to remind we are to live like saints.

PANKY EASTER EGG FUNDRAISER: There will be a Psanky Decorating Class at Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church Hall, 420 Main Road, Hanover Township on Saturday, March 30 @ noon and Sunday, March 31 @ 2:00PM. RSVP for Workshop Seat and by March 11th. The cost is $25.00 per person. All checks made payable to Ladies of Mary. Mail to 17 Maria Drive, Hanover Township, PA 18706. All supplies are provided. Food and Beverages are available for purchase. BYOB.Take Home Kit:$20. Call Nicole Lasecki at 570-574-4453

LUC’s Springtime Bus Trip – North Anthracite Council’s chartered bus to New York City on Saturday, May 18, 2019. A few seats are still available. For additional information and reservations contact Janina Everett at 570 759-2824 or Paul Ewasko at 570 563-2275.

THE LUC is asking if there is interst in a Bus Trip FOR THE INSTALLATION OF mETROPOLITAN BORYS ON TUESDAY JUNE 4TH. LET FR. WALTER KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GOING.
SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary light HAS NO REEQUEST THIS WEEK

WOMEN’S SOCIETY: The monthly meeting of the Women’s Society will convene Tuesday, March 12th at 6:30 PM in the church hall. All members are urged to attend. This is the first meeting after the winter recess. Plans will be discussed for the upcoming events.

FELLOWSHIP: Our parish will be the host for fellowship after the Stations of the Cross on Sunday, March 17th. If you would like to supply food, desserts, your time or monetary please inform one of the Women’s Society members. Your help is always appreciated.

BIRTHDAY WISHES: A Belated Happy Birthday to Father Walter who celebrated his Birthday on Thursday, March 7th. Mnohaya Lita! May God Grant you many more Happy, Healthy Years.

FOOD SALE: St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Glen Lyon, PA will sponsor a Turkey & Italian Hoagie & Vegetable Soup Sale on Thursday March 21st, 2019 from 11 am to 5 pm in the church hall. $6 for a hoagie and $6 for a quart of soup. Place your orders by calling Debbie at (570) 736-6908 no later than Sunday 17 March 2019.

REMAINING STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Sunday, March 24, 4:00 PM – St. Nicholas, Glen Lyon, PA
Sunday, March 31, 4:00 PA – Transfiguration of Our Lord, Nanticoke, PA
Sunday, April 7, 4:00 PM – St. Vladimir’s, Edwardsville, PA

Saturday, March 2
4:00 PM ✞Sophie Troyan from the parish

Sunday, March 3 SUNDAY OF CHEESEFARE
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners
4:00 PM Forgiveness Vespers at Transfiguration of Our Lord, Nanticoke, PA

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Wednesday, March 6
4:00 PM Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Saturday, March 9
4:00 PM ✞Ihor Pasicznyk – Wife Olympia Pasicznyk

Sunday, March 10 FIRST SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

FORGIVENESS SUNDAY: Please try to attend the Forgiveness Vespers this Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Transfiguration of Our Lord Parish, Nanticoke, PA at 4:00 PM. All parishes are invited to attend this service. A light Friendship Social will follow.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3 IS ALSO CALLED FORGIVENESS SUNDAY
Forgiveness of Sins
The forgiveness of sins can be viewed from many different aspects. The spirituality of the West tends to accentuate man’s activity in receiving the sacraments, performing
good works and believing in Christ. These are all part of the total response; but Byzantine spirituality has the peculiar emphasis of seeing the forgiveness of sins effected through praise of God.
Christ’s act of love in His passion and resurrection is a victory over the forces of evil and over sin itself. We share in this victory when we acknowledge it and praise the Victor. We actually enter into the Kingdom as we recognize Him, in praise, to be the source of our sanctification, and we participate in His glory and holiness when joyful praise cleanses our hearts while celebrating His victory:
We beg forgiveness for our stumbling, Christ God; because you chose, of your own free will, to ascend upon the cross in the flesh in order to deliver from the enemy’s yoke those you had created. For this reason we cry out to you in thanksgiving: ‘You our Savior have filled all things with joy when you came
to save the world.’ (Feast of the Ikon of Christ)
Sts. Basil and Chrysostom and many other Fathers of the Church often repeat that one of the effects of praising God is to “forgive sins” “purify the soul,” “bring down the grace of God.” St. Cyril of Jerusalem insists that “by our spiritual hymns our sins are forgiven, and we sanctify ourselves.” St. Basil says “when the day is breaking (his community) sings together with one mouth and one heart the psalm of confession (Ps. 51) to the Lord, each making his own the words of repentance and thus having his sins forgiven him.” St. John Chrysostom explains, “Psalm 141 has the effect of purifying a soul and forgiving sins. This evening psalm is a medicine that removes all defilement of sin. By stirring up the soul it enkindles a desire for God. Once the soul has burst into flame and overflows with joy and love, sins are removed and forgiven. Where there is love, every evil vanishes from the soul. When God is thus remembered, sins are forgiven and evil destroyed.” 
Confession, therefore, is not only an acknowledgement of man’s misery and of his need for help, it is also (and perhaps more so) a joyful proclamation of God’s saving goodness; it is an act of worship:
My heart is ready, O God,
My heart is ready! 
I will sing and play.
Awake my glory! Awake lute and lyre,
I mean to wake the dawn. (Ps. 57:8)

SUNDAY OF CHEESEFARE
MARCH 3, 2019

Today we stand at the threshold of the Holy Great Fast, ready to enter with faith and joy. We also sit at the threshold of paradise with Adam and lament what we have lost. Today we again hear our story; the story of our creation by God, the story of life that is breathed into us by the Holy Spirit. This is our dignity; this is our nobility; this is why we are to respect life. For life is a gift from God, being created in His image and likeness.
Now Satan enters the scene and sets his snare. He tricks mankind, Adam and Eve, into disobedience by fooling them to believe God is lying to them. Satan promises them equality with God.
But this is the trick! This is the insidious part of the whole scheme! They already share a deep communion with God; however, by following Satan’s deceitful design to gain something even greater, they lose what they have. This is the deceptive guise of sin. It promises us something that seems so beneficial; but when we say yes to sin, suddenly it tears off its mask and reveals its ugly face to us. Then in a moment, we know in the depths of our being that we have been duped. We have been tricked! We all know the queasy feeling in the pit of our stomach when we face this realization.
Then together with Adam, we sit and lament. We too by our sin have given up our God-woven robes; we have lost the delights of paradise. We too now live not in communion but in brokenness.
The final elements necessary for repentance are presented today: fasting and forgiveness. We seek to regain our communion with God, and Christ is our Way. We come to join the New Adam, Christ, and undo what we have done with the Old Adam. Adam failed to fast from the tree and thus lost Paradise; we therefore fast in order to regain it. But even more than fasting, even more than almsgiving and prayer, the Gospels give us another way to enter into communion with God. This is through forgiveness. As our holy father St. John Chrysostom says: “Nothing makes us so like God as being ready to forgive the wicked and wrongdoers.” Only when we have crossed this threshold are we ready to enter the Fast in the proper spirit and seek forgiveness from our heavenly Father, and this threshold is The Forgiveness Vespers held tonight at 4 pm at Transfiguration of Our Lord at 4 PM for our deanery.

FIRST DAY OF THE GREAT FAST: In the Ukrainian Church, Lent begins at sundown Sunday, March 3rd. The first day of The Great Fast and Good Friday are days of strict abstinence – we refrain from eating any meat or dairy products all day long, and we should try to limit our consumption of food. All Fridays during The Great Fast are days of mandatory abstinence from all meat products. Wednesdays are also suggested as days of voluntary abstinence from meat products. Our fasting regulations are optional only for persons older than 59 and younger than 7. Everyone else is obliged to follow the rules of abstinence of our Church. The early Christians were extremely rigid in fasting. Many of them abstained from food until night and on some day’s bread and water were the only meals allowed to them. The Eastern Church presents to her faithful on this
Sunday the main means for improving their lives with the tools Jesus left us, namely; PRAYER, FASTING, AND ALMS GIVING

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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

Next Sunday, Mach 10th at 2:00 AM is time to set our clocks forward 1 hour.
Why is there Daylight Saving Time?
Here is a short history of this phenomenon.

Credit for Daylight Saving Time is often attributed to Benjamin Franklin, who suggested the idea in 1784 as a joke. British born New Zealander George
Hudson proposed the concept in 1885 but was ridiculed. The idea was revived in 1902, when William Willett, and Englishman, proposed a system in the pamphlet The Waste of Daylight.
The Germans were the first to officially adopt the light-extending system in 1915 as a fuel saving measure during World War 1. The British switched one year later and the United States followed in 1918, when Congress passed the Standard Time Act, which established our time zones. This experiment lasted only until 1920, when the law was repealed due to opposition from dairy farmers (cows don’t pay attention to clocks.
During World War 11 Daylight Saving Time was imposed once again (this time year round) to save fuel. Since then, Daylight Saving Time has been used on and off, with different start and end dates. Currently, Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 am on the second Sunday of March and ends at 2:00 am on the first Sunday in November.

Time
In spring when maple buds are red,
We turn the clock an hour ahead;
Which means, each April that arrives,
We lose an hour out of our lives.

Who cares? When autumn birds in flocks 
Fly southward, back we turn the clocks,
And so regain a lovely thing 
That missing hour we lost in spring.

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary Light has no request.

WOMEN’S SOCIETY: The monthly meeting of the Women’s Society will convene Tuesday, March 12th at 6:30 PM in the church hall. All members are urged to attend. This is the first meeting after the winter recess. Plans will be discussed for the upcoming events.

LUC’s Springtime Bus Trip – North Anthracite Council’s chartered bus to New York City on Saturday, May 18, 2019 is filling up quickly. Only 12 seats remain open on the 55 passenger Martz bus, therefore make your reservation now in order to avoid disappointment. Itinerary includes Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach and St. George Ukrainian Street Festival on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The bus will pick up at 8:00am at Edwardsville’s St. Vladimir Church, 70 Zerby Avenue and at 8:45am at Scranton’s St. Vladimir Church, 428 North Seventh Avenue with departure for home at 8:00pm. Cost is $45.00. For additional information and reservations contact Janina Everett or Paul Ewasko.

Saturday, Feb. 22
4:00 PM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Sunday, Feb. 23 SUNDAY OF MEATFARE
8:30 AM ✞Michael Hubiack, – Ilaria Roman Krenitsky
Saturday, March 2
4:00 PM ✞Sophie Troyan from the parish

Sunday, March 3 CHEESEFARE SUNDAY
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

FORGIVENESS VESPERS: Sunday, March 3rd at 4:00 PM at Transfiguration of Our Lord will be the Deanery Forgiveness Vespers Celebration and will be followed with a small Lenten reception in the parish basement.

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Pope Francis Appoints Most Rev. Borys Gudziak as our new Metropolitan-Archbishop of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia. Read the article on the bulletin board in the vestibule.

This Sunday is called “miasopustna nedilia”, i.e., meatless. On this Sunday the Church presents the last judgment in order to impress her children with a salutary fear and induce them to do penance for their sins.

THE CHURCH DOMES

At first, Christians gathered for prayer and the breaking of bread in their homes, and in times of persecution it was in places where martyrs had been buried. Eventually, church buildings were erected over these burial sites. Unlike pagan temples, where there was no place for the people, Christian churches were built as places of gathering for the community. In fact, it is the community—the temple of the Living God—that sanctifies the building, not the building that sanctifies the community. An explanation for the origin of the Ukrainian word for temple (khram, translated from the Greek oikos, meaning house) is that it derives from the word for palace (khoromy). This points to the grandeur and beauty of the “house of God.” The Christian house of worship is also called church, from the Greek kyriake, which means of the Lord, that is, a building dedicated to God. The Ukrainian name sobor (unified or conciliar gathering) indicates a special place for the assembling of a Church community, headed by a bishop.
The church’s dome is a symbol of heaven, and the joining of the dome to the nave (Greek for boat) is an image of the union of Christ the Head with his Church—his Body. It also symbolizes the joining of heaven and earth in Christ’s incarnation. Ukrainian churches are usually built with one, three, or five domes. One dome symbolizes the one God, three domes the Most Holy Trinity, and five domes Christ and the four evangelists

Father, why should I go to the Forgiveness Vespers?  After all, I did go to the Divine Liturgy this morning, why do I have to go again today?
Everything a person does has a beginning, a middle and an end.  Liturgically (liturgy meaning a public work of the people) speaking the beginning of the day is at sundown.  Every holy day, and every Sunday which is a little Pascha, begins when the sun sets Saturday evening and Sunday begins at the singing of “O Joyful Light.”  Every Catholic, if possible, should attend the three main liturgical services of every holy day and Sunday which are Vespers (Evening Prayer), Matins and the Liturgy.  Vespers begins the day, Matins is at the middle and public works finishes with the Liturgy and the reception of the Body and Blood of Christ, Holy Communion.  So, just as you should attend every Great Vespers each Sunday morning (in secular time, Saturday evening) so too should to attend the Forgiveness Vespers which begins The Great Fast.  Also, when you attend all three of the services of a Holy Day, all the unique prayers for that day will tell what is happening.  Now, because The Great Fast is focused on preparing us for the Holy Day of Holy Days, Pascha, and this begins that story and prayer ordering us toward our salvation, we should do our best to make an honest effort toward spiritual healing of our entire body and the entire body of Christ, His Church.  The focus of Forgiveness Vespers is us honestly looking at ourselves and trying to grow in love for one another because we are all created in the image and likeness of God and we will succeed together and need one another to conquer sin.  So Forgiveness Vespers is a very important and critical first step in beginning The Great Fast.  These services could also be considered to be working in us for healing (beginning), working (middle) and succeeding (end) when we receive the Risen Christ in Holy Communion we are in Heaven on Earth and the first step on this path is The Forgiveness Vespers.

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary light is requested to burn this week, February 22 – March 1 by Charles Drazba and Family in memory of MarieDrazba..

LUC Meeting: The North Anthracite Council of the League of Ukrainian Catholics will meet on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 5:00pm at Grotto Pizza, 36 Gateway Shopping Center, Edwardsville. Discussion will focus on the National Board structure, the upcoming Lenten Retreat, May bus trip to New York City and 2019 meeting schedule.

PIGGIE DINNER: Ss Peter & Paul Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Wilkes- Barre will hold a take-out Piggie / Holubtsi Dinner on Sunday, March 3rd, 2019.  Dinners may be picked up between 11:30 am and 2:00 pm at the Parish School Hall, corner of North River and West Chestnut Streets, Wilkes-Barre.  Dinner includes Piggies (meat stuffed cabbage), mashed potatoes, vegetable, bread and butter and dessert.  Dinners will be $12.00 for adults and $6.00 for children (12 and under).  Walk-Ins Welcome but Reservations are encouraged, call (570)829-3051.

PRAYERS: Please remember all the sick of the parish in your prayers. All who are in nursing facilities, hospitals or at home.
Prayer for the Sick
Father of goodness and love; hear our prayer for the sick members of our community and for all who are in need. Amid mental and physical suffering may they find consolation in your healing presence.
Show your mercy as you close wounds, cure illness, make broken bodies whole and free downcast spirits.

Saturday, Feb. 16
4:00 PM ✞ Ronald Kachinko,- Tom & Denise Widitz

Sunday, Feb. 17 SUNDAY OF THE PRODIGAL SON
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

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Saturday, Feb. 23
4:00 PM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Sunday, Feb. 24 SUNDAY OF MEATFARE
8:30 AM ✞Michael Hubiack, – Ilaria Roman Krenitsky

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary Light is requested to burn this week
February 16 – 22 by Michael Kane in memory of Joseph Kane.
ALTAR CANDLES: The month of March is still available for intentions. Starting May all months are available. At your request the Altar Candles burn at all Church Service for the month requested. The $40 cost is for the month you request – deceased, in honor of or any special occasion
Myasopusna: Transfiguration of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church, Hanover Section of Nanticoke, will host its 14th annual Myasopusna (prelenten Meatfare Sunday celebration) on February 24th.  NOON TO 4:00 PM Dinner Tickets— $13 In advance of 2/17 $15 Day of Event.

LUC Meeting: The North Anthracite Council of the League of Ukrainian Catholics will meet on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 5:00pm at Grotto Pizza, 36 Gateway Shopping Center, Edwardsville. Discussion will focus on the National Board structure, the upcoming Lenten Retreat, May bus trip to New York City and 2019 meeting schedule.

PIGGIE DINNER: Ss Peter & Paul Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Wilkes- Barre will hold a take-out Piggie / Holubtsi Dinner on Sunday, March 3rd, 2019.  Dinners may be picked up between 11:30 am and 2:00 pm at the Parish School Hall, corner of North River and West Chestnut Streets, Wilkes-Barre.  Dinner includes Piggies (meat stuffed cabbage), mashed potatoes, vegetable, bread and butter and dessert.  Dinners will be $12.00 for adults and $6.00 for children (12 and under).  Walk-Ins Welcome but Reservations are encouraged,

Saturday, February 9
4:00 PM ✞Michael Kachinko – The Kachinko Family

Sunday, February 10 SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN AND PHARISEE
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Thursday, February 14
9:00 AM   Fr. Ronan Murphy, God’s blessings, good health and
salvation; from Friends

Saturday, February 16
4:00 PM ✞Ronald Kachinko,- Tom & Denise Widitz

Sunday, February 17 SUNDAY OF THE PRODIGAL SON
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary Light is requested to burn the week of
February 9 – 17 by Ann Beshada in memory of parents John & Mary Conniff.

Myasopusna: Transfiguration of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church, Hanover Section of Nanticoke, will host its 14th annual Myasopusna (prelenten Meatfare Sunday celebration) on February 24th.  NOON TO 4:00 PM Dinner Tickets— $13 In advance of 2/17 $15 Day of Event.

PIGGIE DINNER: Ss Peter & Paul Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Wilkes- Barre will hold a take-out Piggie / Holubtsi Dinner on Sunday, March 3rd, 2019.  Dinners may be picked up between 11:30 am and 2:00 pm at the Parish School Hall, corner of North River and West Chestnut Streets, Wilkes-Barre.  Dinner includes Piggies (meat stuffed cabbage), mashed potatoes, vegetable, bread and butter and dessert.  Dinners will be $12.00 for adults and $6.00 for children (12 and under).  Walk-Ins Welcome but Reservations are encouraged, call (570)829-3051.

LUC Meeting: The North Anthracite Council of the League of Ukrainian Catholics will meet on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 5:00pm at Grotto Pizza, 36 Gateway Shopping Center, Edwardsville. Discussion will focus on the National Board structure, the upcoming Lenten Retreat, May bus trip to New York City and 2019 meeting schedule.

PRELENTEN PORK AND SAUERKRAUT DINNER: Father Myron Myronyuk and his parish family of Scranton’s St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church cordially invite you to join us for our annual Pre-Lenten pork and sauerkraut/kapusta dinner on Sunday, February 24, 2019, beginning at 12:15pm at St. Vladimir Parish Center, 428 North Seventh Avenue – between West Lackawanna Avenue and West Linden Street.

Saturday, February 2
4:00 PM ✞John & Anna Rudeski – Onderko & Rudeski Family

Sunday, February 3 SUNDAY OF ZACCHAEUS
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Saturday, February 9
4:00 PM ✞Michael Kachinko – The Kachinko Family

Sunday, February 10 SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN AND PHARISEE
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

SANCTUARY LIGHT: No Request.
The new Sanctuary Light chart is available for your intention. Choose the week you would like to request as soon as possible as it fills up fast.
ALTAR CANDLES: The Altar Candles to burn on the Altar for the month of February is requested by Geri Kolotelo in memory of her parents Louis & Anna Kolotelo.

St. Mary’s Scranton – Valentine Dinner: February 14, 6PM Seating. $20. St. Mary’s Center, 320 Mifflin Ave. Italian Cuisine. Menu: Insalata Italiana Fresca (Fresh Salad of Mixed greens, Roma tomatoes with Italian garden dressing); Minestra Di Cerimonia Nuziale Italiana (Homemade Italian Wedding Soup); Pollo Cacciatore (Chicken Cacciatore over Fettucine); Riso Italiano Verdure (Italian Rice with Vegetables); Torta alla Fragola(Special Valentine Strawberry Shortcake). Coffee, Tea, Water and Soda included. Cash bar available.Reserve by end of day February 11. 570-343-5151.

Springtime Bus Trip: The North Anthracite Council of the League of Ukrainian Catholics is sponsoring a bus trip to New York City on Saturday, May 18, 2019. The Itinerary includes Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach [Little Odessa] and the 43rd Annual St. George Ukrainian Street Festival on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Participants are  free to do their own thing for all or part of the day if they so wish. Bus will pick up at Edwardsville’s St. Vladimir Church, 70 Zerby Avenue at 8:00am and at Scranton’s St. Vladimir Church, 428 North Seventh Avenue at 8:45am. Departure for home will be at 8:00pm. Cost is $45.00 per person. Full nonrefundable advance payment reserves a seat. For further information and reservations call Paul at 570 563-2275 or Janina at 570 759-2824. Early reservations are recommended as this is a very popular trip and the 55 passenger bus is expected to fill quickly.

Saturday, Jan. 19
4:00 PM ✞Ronald Kachinko – Mr. & Mrs. Charles Naperski

Sunday, Jan. 23 THIRTY FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
9:00 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

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Thursday, Jan. 24
9:00 AM ✞Anna Federchak – A Friend

Saturday, Jan. 26 THIRTY SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
4:00 PM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Sunday, Jan. 27 THIRTY SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM ✞Michael Hubiack – Fr. Dn. James Kremitsky & Family

PRAYERS: Please remember in your prayers all the sick of the parish. At home, in nursing facilities and hospitals.

PRAYER FOR THE SICK

O merciful Jesus, You Who have healed so many sick during Your earthly life, hear my humble prayer for Your sick servant N…, for whom I implore the aid of Your love and mercy. He (she) is laboring under sickness of body and their soul is depressed by interior anguish. O good Jesus, restore him (her) to bodily health through the intercession of Your powerful Mother that he (she) may give thanks to You and praise You before all men. Amen.

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SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary Light is requested to burn this week
January 19 – 26 by Ann Beshada in memory of her husband Andrew Beshada.
A new chart is available for your requests for the Sanctuary Lights. The Sanctuary Light burns for one week at a donation of $15 for any occasion you request. Sign up while the weeks are the ones you would like to have.
ALTAR CANDLES: The Altar Candles that burn at all services for the month are still available. Your intentions for family or friends is a nice way to remember them with the burning of these candles. A chart is in the vestibule for your intentions.

BLESSING OF HOMES: Father Walter is available for all our parishioners to have their homes blessed. This is an opportunity for you to have a blessing, to keep you safe and in God’s hands. You may either call Father at 735-2262 or place your name, address and request in the collection. This is a privilege for you and Father wishes to do this for you.

NATIVITY DISMANTLE: This Sunday the 20th of January we plan to take down the Nativity Scene. Help is needed for this project. We need men and women to assist in this job. The more help that shows the less time it takes, so please if you can possibly help, come to the church at 1:00 PM and lend your hands. If weather is unfavorable we will have to try for Thursday, Jan. 24 at 10:00 AM.

Saturday, Jan. 12
4:00 PM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Sunday, Jan.13 SUNDAY AFTER THEOPHANY
8:30 AM ✞ Michael Hubiack – Helen Kosar

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Thursday, January 17
9:00 AM ✞Joseph Martinez – Frank and Irene Martens

Saturday, January 19
4:00 PM ✞Ronald Kachinko – Mr. & Mrs. Charles Naperski

Sunday, January 20 THIRTY FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

BLESSING OF HOMES: If you would like to have your home blessed please call Father Walter at 570-735-2262 or place your name and address in the collection basket. Father would like to bless everyone’s home if you so desire.

PRAYERS: Please remember in your prayers all the sick of the parish, especially those in nursing facilities and hospitals.

Saturday, Jan. 5 THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD
4:00 PM ✞ Peter Phillips – Son Peter Phillips
Anointing with Holy Oil – Myrovania

Sunday, Jan. 6 THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD
8:30 AM Anointing with Holy Oil – Myrovania
God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners
Anointing with Holy Oil – Myrovania

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Saturday, Jan. 12
4:00 PM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Sunday, Jan. 13 SUNDAY AFTER THE THEOPHANY
8:30 AM ✞ Michael Hubiack – Helen Kosar

SANCTUARY LIGHT: No Request

ALTAR CANDLES: The Altar Candles will burn during all services in the month of January in memory of Frank Dempsey requested by the Dempsey brothers & sisters.

BLESSING OF HOMES: If you would like to have your home blessed please place your name, address and phone number in the collection basket or Father can be reached at 735-2262. Father would be pleased if everyone requested to this blessing.. This is a yearly event and if at all possible you should bless your home.