SS Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church

Saturday, July 24
4:00 PM Margaret Rishcoff – Roscoe Richcoff

Sunday, July 25 NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM DORMITION OF ANNE

Wednesday, July 28
8:30 AM Julia Lucas – Ron & Rosemarie Kachinko

Friday, July 30
8:30 AM John Shircavage – Catherine Evans

Saturday, July 31
4:00 PM Theodore Soppeck –Lori Nicholas, Peter Kolodie & Fam.

Sunday, Aug. 1 TENTH 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 July 24 – July 31 by Jeanette Phillips in memory of George Klem.

NURSING FACILITIES: A few of our parishioners are in Nursing Facilities and some at home. Please remember in your prayers – Florence Kloap – Clarks summit Senior Living: Stephen Sokolovich – Riverview Manor: Helen Seaman – Birchwood: Helen Shebloski – Tiphany Court: Anna Koval – at Home: Anna Dempsey – John Heinz. If you have a family member in the hospital, at home or in a Nursing Facility please inform the office.

SYMPATHY: We extend our sympathy to the family of George Krasnavage who was called to his eternal rest. May his memory be eternal. Vychnya Pomyat!

PILGRIMAGE: A Pilgrimage to Sloatsburg, NY for a day of Prayer, Healing Service, Stations of the Cross, Moleben to the Mother of God and more spiritual services is being sponsored by the League of Ukrainian Catholics on Sunday, August 15th. A 29-passenger bus will be available for anyone interested in attending this beautiful day of worship. The cost for the bus is $25. Pick up will be in Edwardsville at 6:30 AM. 2 seats are still available. If you would like to join this group, please contact Ann Beshada.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: If you are interested in assisting with religious education instruction during the 2010-2011 school years, please contact Christine Mash, at 735-1784, or 239-8893.

Saturday, July 17
4:00 PM Frank Kulick – Peter Petrowski

Sunday, July 18 SUNDAY OF THE FATHERS OF THE
SIX ECUMENICAL COUNCILS
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Wednesday, July 21
8:30 AM John Phillips – Peter & Vivian Phillips

Friday, July 23
8:30 AM Catherine Birk – John Wassil

Saturday, July 24
4:00 PM Margaret Rishcoff – Roscoe Richcoff

Sunday, July 25 EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM Dormition of Anna
God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary light is requested to burn this week July 17-24 by Charles Drazba & Family in memory of Dimetra Carpa.

PRAYERS: Please remember in your prayers Clara Patrylak – in Rehab at John Heinz following a knee operation and Mrs. Anna Dempsey who had another operation last week at the General Hospital.

DIVINE LITURGY: Envelopes are available in the vestibule for requests for Divine Liturgies. Your intentions can be made for good health, deceased or any special occasion. Simply fill in the envelope and place in the collection basket.
Divine Liturgies during the week are 8:30 AM on Wednesday and Friday and Saturday at 4:00 PM. Also flower requests are available for any occasion and the new Sanctuary Light chart is in the vestibule.

CONGRATULATIONS: We extend our Best Wishes to the Parish of St. Vladimir’s, U.C.C. in Edwardsville, PA who is celebrating the 100th Anniversary this Sunday, July 18th with a Divine Liturgy at 1:30 PM and a dinner celebration at the Knights of Columbus in Luzerne immediately after the Services. May they continue as a Parish in good religious faith. Mnohya Lita!

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: If you are interested in assisting with religious education instruction during the 2010-2011 school years, please contact Christine Mash, at 735-1784, or 239-8893.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL: Students and families in the Cross valley religious education program are invited to Transfiguration of Our Lord Church, in Nanticoke, to attend Divine Liturgy and the blessing of fruit for the feast of the Transfiguration, followed by an ice cream social, on Thursday, August 5th, at 6:00 PM. (Catechism families are being sent a letter about the ice cream social.) All members of our parish families are welcome, as well. Please call Christine Mash, at 735-1784, or 239-8863, to respond.

Saturday, July 3
4:00 PM Peter Hubick – Wife Vera Hubick and Family

Sunday, July 4 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Wednesday, July 7
8:30 AM Michael Herman – Anna Koprowski

Friday, July 9
8:30 AM John Kischel – Mary Lou Pinaha

Saturday, July 10
4:00 PM Andrew Patrylak – Mr. & Mrs. Rich Malishchak

Sunday, July 11 SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

There is the National Flag. He must be cold, indeed, who can look upon its folds rippling in the breeze without pride of country. If he be in a foreign land, the flag is companionship and country itself, with all its endearment…The very colors have a language which was recognized by our fathers; white is for purity; red, for valor; blue, for justice. And altogether, bunting, stripes, stars, and colors, blazing in the sky, make the flag of our country, to be cherished by all our hearts, to be upheld by all our hands.

HELLO! REMEMBER ME?

Some call me Old Glory, others call me the Star Spangled Banner, but whatever they call me, I am your Flag – the Flag of the United States of America…
There has been something that has been bothering me, so I thought that I might talk it over with you here today. I remember some time ago that people were lined up on both sides of the street for a parade. A high school band was behind me and, naturally, I was leading the parade. When your Daddy saw me coming along waving in the breeze, he immediately removed his hat and placed it so that his right hand was directly over his heart.
And you – I remember you
Standing there as straight as a soldier, you didn’t have any hat, but you were giving me the right salute. Remember, they taught you in school to place your right hand over your heart, and little sister, not to be outdone, was saluting the same as you.
There were some soldier’s home on leave and they were standing at attention giving the military salute. Oh, I was very proud as I came down your street that day.
Now, I may sound as if I am a little conceited, Well I am! I have a right to be, because I represent you, the people of the United States of America.
But what happened? I am still the same old flag. Oh, I have a couple more stars added since you were a boy. A lot more stars added since the beginning of this country and lot more blood shed since that patriotic day so long ago.
Now I don’t feel as proud as I used to. When I come down your street, some people just stand there with their hands in their pockets and give me a small glance and then look away. I see children running around and shouting. They don’t seem to know who I am.
Is it a sin to be patriotic anymore? Have some people forgotten what I stand for? Have they forgotten all the battlefields where men have fought and died to keep this nation free? When you salute me you are actually saluting them!
Take a look at the memorial rolls some time. Look at the names of those who never came back. Some of them were friends and relatives of yours. That’s whom you are saluting, not me!
Well, it won’t be long until I’ll be coming down your street again. So, when you see me, stand straight, place your hand over your heart and you’ll see me waving back– that’s my salute to you. And then I will know you remember who I am…

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary light is requested to burn this week July 3 – July 10 by Mary Oshirak and Family in memory of Theodore Oshirak.

FLOWERS: The Red, White and Blue Bouquet this week is dedicated to Our United States of America.
May God Bless our Nation with Liberty and Justice for all.

CEMETERY BOOK: A Cemetery Survey of the SS Peter & Paul UC Church Cemetery, Plymouth, Luzerne County, PA is available for those who wish to purchase one. Gloria Dran Elston formally from our area and lives in Utah worked to have this book available to our parish and surrounding areas. The book is 178 pages and includes a DVD of photographs of over 1000 gravestones in the cemetery. Copies of deeds, engineers plot map, alphabetical lists of gravestones cross-referenced to location and to the photographs on the DVD, alphabetized church burial records are included. Cyrillic records have been translated. If you are interested in the early origins of SS Peter & Paul or if your family origins are in this parish from the earliest times, you can acquire a copy of this book to enjoy yourself and pass on to your children. The book/DVD set can be obtained from Ann Beshada at a cost of $30.00. 10 of the books Gloria sent to us have been purchased and half of the proceeds are donated to our Church Building/Improvement Fund or Cemetery Fund in the amount of $150. 10 more books are on the way to us. Thank you to those who purchased the book.
ALTAR CANDLES: The Altar Candles will burn during all services in the month of July in memory of deceased members of the Sivick Family by Rose Sivick.

PRAYER—OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

When was the last time you spoke to your closest friend? Last month? Last week? Last night? Just a few moments ago? When we love someone we want to “stay in touch.” We need to share our ideas, our joys, and our disappointments—our very selves with them.
To grow in our relationship with God, we need to be in dialogue with Him. Prayer is a means by which we continue to grow in communication and relationship with Him. The Fathers of the Church identified four categories of prayer:
1. Adoration: praise and worship of God.
2. Contrition: expressing sorrow for sins.
3. Thanksgiving: expressing thanks for God’s blessings
4. Supplication: asking God for His blessings.
These are the main themes of Christian prayer, and the ways in which these
themes of prayer are expressed are primarily through formal prayer, spontaneous prayer, and the Jesus Prayer.
Formal Prayers are the set of prayers, which we may know by heart or read from a prayer book. Formal prayers are especially necessary for expressing more than our own feelings at a given moment. They join us to the Church’s prayer and form one mind and heart with the Church of all ages.
Spontaneous Prayer is talking to God in our own words, and expresses a very personal aspect of our relationship with God. In spontaneous prayer we talk to God freely and intimately, sharing our personal world with Him.
Lastly, the Jesus Prayer consists of repeating the phrase, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.” Repeating this prayer frequently throughout the day gradually leads us to a sense of Jesus’ presence within us. We become calm and peaceful, realizing that God is with us.

“Prayers are the nerves of the soul. By nerves the body is kept in order, lives, moves, and remains stable. But when the nerves are cut, the whole harmony of the body is destroyed. In the same way, souls are kept together by holy prayer; with prayer they acquire stability and move smoothly and easily in the way of righteousness.
If you deprive yourself of prayer, it is like taking a fish out of water. For as water means life to a fish, so prayer means life to you. As a fish swims through water, so the soul can pass through his surroundings and stand in the presence of God
St. John Chrysostom

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!
227 years ago…on July 4th, 1776
This great nation, the United States of America,
In a struggle for what was right and free,
Was proudly born…
May we celebrate that precious freedom
For which our forbears fought so bravely…
The freedom that is inherent
In the Stars and Stripes, our revered flag…
Celebrate Freedom
This Fourth of July!

Statue of Liberty
In New York Harbor stands a lady On lonely Golgotha stood a cross,
With a torch raised to the sky; With my Lord raised to the sky;
And all who see her know she stands for And all who kneel there live forever,
Liberty for you and I. As all the saved can testify
I’m so proud to be an American, I’m so glad to be called a Christian,
To be named with the brave and the free. To be named with the ransomed
I will honor the flag and our trust in God, And whole.
And the Statue of. Liberty As the Statue liberates the citizen,
So the Cross liberates the soul.

Oh, the Cross is my Statue of Liberty,
It was there that my soul was set free.
Unashamed I’ll proclaim that a rugged cross
Is my Statue of Liberty.

Saturday, June 26
4:00 PM Deceased members of the Sivick Family – Rose Sivick

Sunday, June 27 FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Tuesday, June 29 THE FEAST OF SS PETER & PAUL, APOSTLES
10:00 AM Holy Day of Obligation – Anointing of Holy Oil – Myrovania
God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Wednesday, June 30
8:30 AM John Phillips – Kathi Lynn

Friday, July 2
8:30 AM Theodore Soppeck – M/M George W. Soppeck & Family

Saturday, July 3
4:00 PM Peter Hubick – Wife Vera Hubick and Family

Sunday, July 4 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

PETER’S PENCE COLLECTION: This week the Peter’s Pence collection will be taken, which provides the Holy Father with the assistance he needs to carry out his most important charitable works. The proceeds benefit the most disadvantaged: victims of war, oppression, and disasters. Through your generosity, with Pope Benedict we can cast the love of Christ upon the world.

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The week of June 26 – July 3 is requested by George Pryslak Family in memory of John & Mary Pryslak..

FLOWERS: We would like to thank Rose Sivick for her donation of 2 bouquets this week in memory of the deceased member of the Sivick Family and Anna Magill for her donation of 1 bouquet in memory of Donald Magill.

PRAYERS: Please remember Mrs. Anna Dempsey in your prayers. She had a fall at home and broke her hip. She is now in rehabilitation at John Heinz.

SS PETER & PAUL FEAST DAY: On the 29th of June our Eastern Church celebrates with great solemnity the feast, which in our liturgical books is called “The Holy Illustrious and Ever-praised Major Apostles, Peter & Paul.” Both Apostles are distinguished for their character, their zealous apostolic labors and their great cult in holy Church. We owe to the Holy Apostles the priceless treasure of the Christian faith. They handed Christ’s teachings down to us. From them, we received the Holy Gospels and the letters of the Apostles. They laid a firm foundation for the Church of Christ. This is a Holy Day of Obligation and Liturgy is Tuesday, June 29th at 10:00 AM. Please attend this Liturgy, as it is the namesake of our Parish.

PILGRIMAGE: A Pilgrimage to Sloatsburg, NY for a day of Prayer, Healing Service, Stations of the Cross, Moleben to the Mother of God and more spiritual services is being sponsored by the League of Ukrainian Catholics on Sunday, August 15th. A 29-passenger bus will be available for anyone interested in attending this beautiful day of worship. The cost for the bus is $25. If you would like to join this group, please contact Ann Beshada. Reservations are limited.

CEMETERY BOOK: Did you know that a Cemetery Survey of the SS Peter & Paul UC Church Cemetery, Plymouth, Luzerne County, PA has now been published? The book is 178 pages and includes a DVD of photographs of over 1000 gravestones in the cemetery. Copies of deeds, engineers plot map, alphabetical lists of gravestones cross-referenced to location and to the photographs on the DVD, alphabetized church burial records are included. Cyrillic records have been translated. If you are interested in the early origins of SS Peter & Paul or if your family origins are in this parish from the earliest times, you can acquire a copy of this book to enjoy yourself and pass on to your children. The book/DVD set can be obtained from Ann Beshada at a cost of $30.00. Proceeds will be donated to SS Peter & Paul’s Building Fund.

Saturday, June 19
4:00 PM God’s Blessings on all Living & Deceased Father’s of
SS Peter & Paul Parish

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

Wednesday, June 23
8:30 AM Harry Korba – Theresa & John Ivan

Thursday, June 24 BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
Anointing of Holy Oil – Myrovania
8:30 AM Michael Halloway – Halloway Family

Friday, June 25
8:30 AM Frank Kulick – Theresa Partington

Saturday, June 26
4:00 PM Sivick Family – Rose Sivick

Sunday, June 27 FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The week of June 19- 26 is requested by Albert Piston in memory of Harry Piston.

FLOWERS: Our thanks to Carol, Donna, Bernie, Jr., & Robbie Kachinko ,for their donation of Flowers this week in memory of their father Bernard Kachinko, Sr.

CENTENIAL CELEBRATION: St. Vladimir’s U.C.C., Edwardsville is celebrating their 100th Anniversary on July 18, 2010. Reservations are available to those who wish to attend this special occasion. Information is in the vestibule as to time, etc.

CEMETERY BOOK: A book has recently been published written by Gloria Dran Elston, about SS Peter & Paul UC Church Cemetery on Hooven Street and Mountain Road in Plymouth Township. The contents include a brief history of our church and cemetery, copies of the early property deeds, the engineer’s cemetery plat map, alphabetical listing of all of the gravestones in the cemetery and listing from the church burial records. Included with the book is a DVD of photographs of each gravestone. If you are interested in the early origins of SS Peter & Paul or if your family origins are in this parish from the earliest times, you can acquire a copy of this book to enjoy yourself and pass on to your children. The book/DVD set can be obtained from Ann Beshada at a cost of $30.00. Proceeds will be donated to SS Peter & Paul, U.C.C. Building Fund.

PARISH PICNIC: A parish picnic is being planned for all parishioner, their families and friends on Sunday, July 11th on the Church grounds. Further information will be provided when received.

ALTAR CANDLES: Our thanks for the offerings of the Altar Candles for the month of August donated by Helen Youells and the month of October donated by Paul & Marion Rose – Nancy Palumbo.

Saturday, June 12
4:00 PM Mary Ann Sawka – Thomas Sawka, Sr.

Sunday, June 13 THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
FEAST OF THE MOST SWEET JESUS CHRIST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Wednesday, June 16
9:00 AM Margaret Rishcoff – Husband Rocco Rishcoff

Friday, June 18
9:00 AM Irene Gerzarowski – Robert, Suzanne & Bobby Vrobel

Saturday, June 19 Father’s Day Memorial Divine Liturgy
4:00 PM God’s Blessings on all Living Father’s and
Blessed Memories for all Deceased Father’s of
SS Peter and Paul, Ukrainian Catholic Church

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

THE FEAST OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS

The service in honor of the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was composed by our greatest Liturgist, Father Isidore Dolnytsky, “The service composed by the Prelate, Father Dolnytsky,” says Metropolitn Andrew Sheptytsky,”not only complies with all the liturgical prescriptions, but also as regards its content is a very good rendition of the cult of the infinite love of Christ under the symbol of his heart.” Father Dolnytsky also composed the Akathistos to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which is considered the most beautiful hymn of praise in honor of Christ’s love.
The Archeparchial synod of Lviv, in its directives concerning the cult of Christ’s Love of December 20, 1940, ordered the priest to read the act of consecration to the Heart of Jesus after the Divine Liturgy every year on the third Sunday following the Descent of the Holy Spirit, and gives a formula of the consecration. The Synod approved the practice of the Apostleship of Prayer veneration the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It strongly recommended that priests encourage the faithful to practice the Communion of reparation and to introduce everywhere the Apostleship of Prayer. The synod consecrated the entire Archeparchy of Lviv to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and prescribed that the priests consecrate themselves, their families, their parish and all Ukraine to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The feast pf the Sacred Heart of Jesus was adopted by the Syrian, Maronite, Chaldean, Armenian, Melchite, and Italo-Greek Catholics of the Eastern Church. The revision of our liturgical books conducted by the Holy See in the 1940’s retained the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in our breviary under the name “The Feast of the Most Sweet Lord and God our Savior Jesus Christ, Lover of Mankind.”
In His promises given to St. Margaret Alacoque, Jesus Christ promised the venerators of his Sacred Heart the necessary graces for their state of life; peace in their families; consolation in their pains and trials; assured refuge in life, and especially the grace of a happy death. Millions of souls throughout the world have found peace and happiness, growth in love, and the practice of Christian virtues in the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary light is requested to burn this week June 12 – 19 by Mary Oshirak in memory of her brother George Klem.

CEMETERY SURVEY: A book published about SS Peter & Paul Cemetery has been completed and on the way to our Church for your purchases. When the books arrives, an announcement will be in the bulletin with the information and cost of this book. Thanks to the searching and time spent to have this available for those who have loved ones in the cemetery, with gratitude we acknowledge the author Gloria Dran Elston. Gloria has spent many hours on having this book completed and ready for publication.
LEAGUE OF UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC MEETING: SS. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church, Warren Street and First Avenue, Berwick will host the next meeting of the North Anthracite Council League of Ukrainian Catholics on Sunday, June 13, 2010. Moleben Prayer Service is at 2:00 PM followed by general session and fellowship social. New members and guests are invited.

ALTAR CANDLES: The months of August and October are still opened for all the Altar Candles to burn during all the services for the month. Your request for special occasion, good health, in honor of, in memory of or any personal intention for the month will be remembered.

Saturday, June 5
4:00 PM John & Anna Klem – George Pryslak

Sunday, June 6
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Wednesday, June 9
8:30 AM John Phillips – Julia Wido

Friday, June 11
8:30 AM Julia Lucas – Bosack & Valadja Families
7:00 PM MOLEBEN TO JESUS CHRIST

Saturday, June 12
4:00 PM Mary Ann Sawka – Thomas Sawka, Sr.

Sunday, June 13 THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY: An invitation to attend the Centennial Anniversary celebration of St. Vladimir’s U.C.C., Edwardsville, PA is extended to all, with Divine Liturgy at St. Vladimir’s, Sunday, U.C.C. on July 18, 2010 at 1:30 PM. The Jubilee Banquet will fallow at the Knights of Columbus, 59 Parry St., Luzerne, PA. Banquet tickets are available – Adults $39 and children under 7 years free, children seven and over adult price. Advance tickets may be purchased by sending full payment to St. Vladimir Centennial Banquet, c/o Helen Nazarek, 70 Zerby Ave., Edwardsville, PA 18704. No tickets will be sold at the door. Information is in the vestibule. Last day for tickets is July 11, 2010.

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary Light is requested to burn this week, June 5 – 12 by Ron & Rosemarie Kachinko in memory of their Parents John & Mildred Starzec – Michael & Katherine Kachinko.
ALTAR CANDLES: The Altar candles are requested to burn for the month of June by Arlene Jones in memory of her parents Thomas & Anna Jones.

FLOWERS: Our thanks for the flowers donated this week by Michaelene Ostrum in memory of Fred & Olga Uhas.

WOMEN’S SOCIETY: The last meeting until September for the Women’s Society will be held Tuesday, June 8th in the Church Hall at 6:30 PM. A buffet will be served. President Irene Frisbie will preside. All members please attend and new members are always welcome.

LEAGUE OF UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC MEETING: SS. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church, Warren Street and First Avenue, Berwick will host the next meeting of the North Anthracite Council League of Ukrainian Catholics on Sunday, June 13, 2010. Moleben Prayer Service is at 2:00 PM followed by general session and fellowship social. For additional information, contact Dorothy Jamula, President, at 570 822-5354 or AndrJm5@aol.com

Our thanks to Mike & Dolores Sinko for their time and efforts to make this fund raising project a success. We also appreciate all who purchased and sold tickets for this project.
DONATION; One of the winners on this last week was Clara Patrylak. Clara won $50 and donated $25 back to our Church Building/Improvement fund. We thank Clara for her generosity.

COUNCIL MEETING: The Parish Pastoral Council will meet Thursday, June 10th in the Church Hall at 6:30 PM.

Saturday, May 29
4:00 PM Andrew Patrylak – Mr. & Mrs. Charles Patrylak

Sunday, May 30 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 8:30 AM SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS
God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Wednesday, June 3
8:30 AM John Horoshko – Foley Family

Friday, June 5
8:30 AM Catherine Birk – Iren & John Petragila

Saturday, June 6
4:00 PM John & Anna Klem – George Pryslak

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

Please, if you see anyone leaving their garbage at the cemetery in a pile sometimes by the big tree and other times elsewhere, tell them we do not have garbage pick up and to have it removed cost money. We are sorry that the water is not turned on due to the fact that it was abused by outsiders??? washing cars and trucks. You may take water with you to plant and take care of your graves.
Many of the graves have overgrown trees and bushes which are not very nice looking. If only they could either trim around their graves and stones or remove them completely it would make a nicer appearance. The cost for just the maintenance of mowing and trimming is $475. a month. The Care-taker will do the work for the bushes but it is your responsibility for the cost. Anyone who has a stone that is either tipped over or off the foundation should contact Jeremy at 570-951-6483 and to have it repaired or replaced is your cost. The old dry tree should be removed but the cost is very expensive. If anyone knows of someone that cuts down trees please contact the office with the name and number and we will get a few estimates. Your donations to the cemetery is greatly appreciated to help keep up the maintenance.

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary light is requested to burn this week May 29 – June 2 by Charles Drazba in memory of Veronica Carpa.

BUILDING/IMPROVEMENT FUND: A beautiful note was sent to our Parish from Mary Lou Pinaha, her sister Veronica Szw and brother Wasil Pinaha in gratitude for the invitation to the Blessing of the Icon and complemented the women who prepared the delicious Dinner and the bread. In appreciation they made a donation of $300 to our Building/Improvement Fund. Our appreciation is extended to them with God’s Blessings for their generosity.

If you did not have the opportunity to visit the Shroud of Turin St. Vladimir’s Parish in Scranton invites you to join their bus trip.
All who have been to the Cathedral for this purpose have been spiritually lifted.
SHROUD OF TURIN: Saint Vladimir Parish, Scranton, Pa. is sponsoring a Pilgrimage Bus Trip to The Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Cathedral; Saturday, June 5, 2010, for the Exhibit of the 9th Official Vatican Copy of the Shroud of Turin – $20 per seat. For reservations call Paul Ewasko at (570) 563-2275. Itinerary is in the vestibule.
Happy Vacation: We extend our best wishes to Natalya and Damyan who are in Ukraine to visit with their family. May they have a safe and enjoyable vacation and return back safely.

SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS
This Sunday closes the Pentecostal season. The Easter Rite Church celebrates this feast in honor of all the Saints canonized and un-canonized, known and unknown.
In commemoration the Saints, the Church presents to her faithful splendid examples of virtues and sanctity, exhorting them to follow in their footsteps. The greatness and perfection of Christians is the work of Christ’s Spirit dwelling in them and of their own cooperation with the graces, which Christ bestows upon them.

MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
The custom of honoring the graves of the war dead began prior to the end of the Civil War, but the national Memorial Day holiday (or “Decoration Day,” as it was originally named) was first observed on May 30, 1868, on the order of General John Alexander Logan for the purpose of decorating the graves of the American Civil War dead. With the passage of time, Memorial Day was extended to honor all those who died in service to the nation, from the Revolutionary War to the present. It continued to be observed on May 30th until 1971, when most states changed to a newly established federal schedule of holiday observance.
Confederate Memorial Day, once a legal holiday in many southern states, is still observed on the fourth Monday in April in Alabama, and the last Monday in April in Mississippi and Georgia.
A National Moment of Remembrance
May of 1997 saw the start of what is becoming an American tradition recognized by the President and Members of Congress — to put the “memorial” back in Memorial Day. The idea of a National Moment of Remembrance was born a year earlier when children touring Lafayette Park in Washington, DC were asked what Memorial Day meant and they responded, “That’s the day the pools open!”
The “Moment” was initiated by No Greater Love, a Washington, DC-based national humanitarian organization. For the first time in U.S. history, on Memorial Day 1997 “Taps” was played at 3 p.m. in many locations and at events throughout America. This effort was repeated again in 1998 and 1999.
The objective of the “Moment” is to raise Americans’ awareness of the honorable contributions made by those who died while defending our nation and to encourage all Americans to honor those who died as a result of service to this nation by pausing for one minute at 3:00 p.m. (local time) on Memorial Day.
The National Park Service
While we choose to celebrate Memorial Day only once a year, there are a number of U.S. national parks that are 365-day-a-year memorials and testaments to Americans killed in battle throughout our nation’s history. Among the many national parks that commemorate the American Revolution are places like Minute Man National Historical Park, Cowpens National Battlefield, and Fort Stanwix National Monument. The Civil War is remembered through places like Fort Sumter National Monument, Antietam National Battlefield, and Vicksburg National Military Park. Memorials to more recent wars include the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, and the soon to be built National World War II Memorial.

Saturday, May 22 – 4:00 PM Frank Kulick (Birthday) – David & Maria Mowalis
Anointing of Holy Oil – Myrovania

Sunday, May 23 – 8:30 AM PENTECOST SUNDAY
God’s Blessings and Good Health for All Parishioners
Anointing of Holy Oil – Myrovania

Monday, May 24 – 10:00 AM Harry Korba (1st Anniversary) Gerald Taroli, Sr.
1:30 PM Panakhyda at Parish Cemetery
Wednesday, May 26 – No Divine Liturgy

Friday, May 28 – 8:30 AM John Shircavage – Mary Lou Pinaha
7:00 PM MOLEBEN TO THE MOTHER OF GOD

Saturday, May 29 – 4:00 PM Andrew Patrylak – Mr. & Mrs. Charles Patrylak

Sunday, May 30 – 8:30 AM FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS
God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary light is requested to burn this week May 22 = 29 by George Pryslak in memory of George Klem

FLOWERS: Our thanks to Eleanor Kulick and Family for the bouquet of flowers this week in memory of Frank Kulick.

PANAKHYDA AT PARISH CEMETERY – Father Roman asks if you would please try to be present for the Panakhyda Service at our Parish Cemetery. Remember your loved ones in prayer on this Monday’s service beginning at 1:30 PM.

BUS TO PHILADELPHIA: The bus to the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Philadelphia will leave the parking area at Transfiguration of Our Lord, Nanticoke at 12:20 PM this Sunday, May 23, 2010.

Saturday, May 15
4:00 PM Rev. Nick Kostiuk – Ron & Rosemarie Kachinko

Sunday, May 16 Sunday of the Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Wednesday, May 19
8:30 AM Michel Herman – John Bennen

Friday, May 21
8:30 AM Bernard Kachinko – Wife MaryAnn Kachinko & Family
7:00 PM MOLEBEN TO THE BLESSED MOTHER OF GOD

Saturday, May 22
4:00 PM Frank Kulick (Birthday) – David & Maria Mowalis

Sunday, May 23 PENTECOST SUNDAY
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners
Monday, May 24 1:30 PM Services at the Parish Cemetery

DINNER DONATION: We wish to thank Don, Donna & Julie Winsock for their monetary donation toward our dinner May 2nd. All donations were greatly appreciated.

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary Light is requested to burn this week, May 22 – 29 by George Pryslak in memory of George Klem.
ALTAR CANDLES: The Altar candles are requested to burn for the month of May by The Halloway Family in memory of Michael Halloway.

FLOWERS: Our thanks for the flowers donated this week in memory of Bernard Kachinko by his wife Mary Ann Kachinko and Children.

CEMETERY SERVICE: The Services at the Cemetery is scheduled for Monday, May 24th at 1:30 PM, because of the bus trip to visit the Shroud in the Cathedral in Philadelphia.

REMAIN STANDING: We will remain standing instead of kneeling until Pentecost Sunday, May 23rd.

BUS TO PHILADELPHIA: The bus trip to the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Philadelphia will leave the parking area at Transfiguration of Our Lord, Nanticoke at 12:20 PM Sunday, May 23, 2010. Janine Everett announced that she will have a sandwich and water for all and if you would like to take some snacks that is your pleasure. The bus will stop on the way back home for dinner.

LATE MOTHER’S DAY REMEMBRANCE: Requested by Rebecca Molecavage – Fran Bencho. Also one name omitted: Requested by Anna Koprowski – Mary Koprowski.