Sunday, February 12th, 2017

Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Help me, dear Lord, to see that Your Mercy is far greater than anything I have done.

УКРАЇНСЬКА КАТОЛИЦЬКА ПАРАФІЯ СВ. МИХАЇЛА UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL

100 Yale Ave. East, Winnipeg, MB R2C 0H8 Tel: 222-4283 Fax: 222-5332

E-mail: st.michaelsoffice@yahoo.ca Website: www.stmichaelsparish.wordpress.com

Welcome—Bitaemo Our Mission is to Know, Love and Serve Our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ.

CLERGY: Parish Priest:

Very Rev. Fr. Mark Gnutel Ph:(204)667-9588

email:mgnutel@mts.net Assistant Priest:

Rev. Fr. Alan Wizinsky Ph. (204)619-1165

email:stmichaelucc@icloud.com Rev. Protodeacon Stefan Tyrawski

Ph: (204)-229-7687 email: tyrawski@shaw.ca

Office Administrator

Valerie Balla Ph. (204)222-4283

Parish Council Chairman

Ron Kawaler Ph. (204)222-7801

UCWLC President

Betty Gnutel Ph. (204) 668-8463

Parent Ed

Susan Knight (204)477-1993 Sheila Verhaeghe (204)224-3049

Brotherhood President

Ron Kawaler Ph. (204)222-7801

Catechism Program

Marian & Nathan Polakoff Ph. (204)504-1973

K of C. Grand Knight

Jerry Maskiew Ph. (204)256-8124

Pastoral Care Coordinator

Rose Jansen Ph. (204)661-6315

Choir Cantor

Don Gnutel (204)668-8463 Choir Director

Pat Hawthorn (204)661-6744

Office Hours: Wednesday 9:30 am to 1:00 pm Thursday 9:30 am. to 1:00 pm

Sunday Divine Liturgy 9:30 am.

FUNDRAISING FAIR with FLARE - in

support of St. Joseph the Worker School - Saturday, February 18 - from 10 am. to 3 pm. - St. Joseph the Worker Parish Hall - Bake Sale & Silent Auction. Come out and visit the various vendors including: Tupperware, Epicure, Sweet Legs, 31 and so much more. Proceeds from the event to benefit St. Joseph the Worker School. For more information or if you are wanting to donate or put in a table, please contact Jacquie at 204-391-4997.

St. Anne’s Parish is hosting a PEROGY SUPPER

Friday, February 17th

5:00 - 7:00 pm.

6 perogies / $6.00 12 perogies / $10.00 Includes dessert and coffee, tea or juice

Sausage & Borsht available Great food and fellowship - All Welcome REMINDER - St. Anne’s Parish will be once again holding their Lenten Fish Fry

Dinners on Lenten Fridays beginning Friday, March 3rd until April 7th . More information to come.

WHERE THERE IS LOVE Where there is love the heart is light Where there is love the day is bright Where there is love there is a song To help when things are going wrong. Where there is love there is a smile To make all things seems more worthwhile Where there is love there is a quiet peace. A tranquil place where turmoil cease. Love changes darkness into light And makes the heart take wingless flight Oh, blest are they who walk in love They also walk with God above. and when you walk with God each day And kneel together when you pray Your family will be truly blest And God will be your daily `guest` And love that once seemed yours alone, God gently blends with His Own.

Sunday, Feb. 19th, 2017

ROSARY LEADER

Joanne Tanchuk

EPISTLE READER

David Kawaler

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:

Brent Early

Gene Happychuk

VIGIL LAMPS Jean Napora

Ethel Petrynko Emily Leskiw

Olive Yakimow

Please remember in your prayers the following who are ill at home, in

hospitals or care homes: Sylvia Woroniak,, Audrey Stefanyshen,,

Ann Kulyk, Charles Belsham, Ann Tchir, Kay Skotnicki, Iris Chroniak, Pearl Zahaiko, Mickey Paraschuk, Tinnie

Trush, Katherina Dubesky, Nick Zazula, Olga Stelmach, Mary Harrison, Justina Andrusiak, Mary Andrushko , Ron Shott, Mary Zaporzan, William Gnutel, John &

Genevieve Evan

COLLECTION & Donations Received Sunday, Feb. 5th2017

Offering - $1,640.00 Direct Debit - $1,047.00

Vigil Lamps - $20.00 Upkeep of the Parish - $45.00

Heating Fund - $100.00 Candles - $16.00

In memory of + Paul Kurylko - $210.00 Total Collection –$3,078. 00

THANK YOU for your generosity!

Liturgy Intentions For the Week of Feb.12th to Feb. 19th

Sunday, Feb. 12th - 9:30 am. Sunday of the Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-32 + Paul Kurylko - offered by Emily Leskiw (Fr. Alan) Tuesday Feb. 14th 9:00 am. - John 10:9-16 - For the Sick & Shut Ins—offered by Pastoral Care (Fr. Alan) Wednesday, Feb. 15th 9:00 am. Mark 14:43-15:1 (Fr. Michael) Thursday, Feb. 16th - 9:00 am. Mark 15:1-15 (Fr. Michael) Friday, Feb. 17th - 9:00 am Mark 15:22-25, 33-41 (Fr. Michael) Sunday, Feb. 19th - 9:30 am. Sunday of Meat-fare - Matt. 25:31-46 + Paul Kurylko - offered by Emily Leskiw (Fr. Mark)

PASTORAL CARE MEETING This coming Tuesday, Feb. 14th - 9:30 am.

following the 9:00 am. Liturgy. (Pastoral Care meets this Tuesday and not last week as indicated

in last Sunday’s bulletin)

COFFEE & FELLOWSHIP TODAY will be hosted by Pastoral Care for the month of February. . As Fellowship is

enjoyed by all our parishioners, donations toward the lunch are greatly

appreciated.

40TH ANNIVERSARY of Blessed Bishop Budka Council will be held at St. Michael’s NEXT Saturday, February 18th, 2017.

Moleben will be at 5:30 pm. followed by dinner at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $40.00 each and are available from Jerry Maskiew (204)256-8124 or Mark Brooker (204)

668-8637. All parishioners are invited to attend.

BLESSING OF HOMES - Fr. Alan will continue to visit and bless homes of parishioners with the newly blessed “Jordan water”. Please fill out the form located at the church entrance and drop it in the collection plate. You can also call Fr. Alan at (204) 619-1165 to set up a visit.

English-Ukrainian Bilingual Program Kindergarten Information, Registration & Open House Registration begins March 6th

Bernie Wolfe Community School, 85 Burnais Dr. Ph.: 204-958-6532, email: rfrancis@retsd.mb.ca; Web: www.bw.retsd.mb.ca

Parents of children entering Kindergarten in September 2017 can take this opportunity to visit the school, meet staff and learn about the benefits of additional language learning as well as the enriched, cultural programming that is available through the English-Ukrainian Bilingual Program. For more information on the English-Ukrainian Bilingual Program please visit www.mpue.ca or contact your local school for more details.

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY SCHOOL—IHMS is a Ukrainian Catholic, Sadochok to Grade 8 co-educations school. If you are interested in having your child educated in a Christian environment, call 204-582-5698 for more information. Applications for 2017/2018 school year are being accepted. Please visit the school websitwww.ihms.mb.ca or call 204-582-5698

PLEASE PRAY We ask that you keep Fr. Andrew Wach in your prayers as he has suffered a heart attack last week. He is overall stable and is awaiting bypass surgery.

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LENTEN MISSION Mar. 12 - Mar.15

with

Rev. Fr. Michael Bombak

More information to follow!

We wish to express our thanks and gratitude to the following for all their help at Paul Kurylko’s Funeral: to Fr. Mark Gnutel for all his guidance and being so obliging to our wishes, to Fr. Michael Krochak for the very touching eulogy and to Fr.

Alan for coming to the hospital and administrating Last rites and for his comforting words and prayers. Fr. Andrew & Deacon Victor for participating in the service. To Pat Hawthorn for all her help in setting up the table for the Urn and for the choir To Ainsley Brown for playing the Flute for Grampa To Gerry Krezanski for all his help and for arranging the Honour guard and for the prayers offered from the Brotherhood To Jerry Maskiw for the prayers from the Knights of Columbus To David Kawaler for carrying the Cross for Paul To the Honorary Pall bearers To Chad of Wheelers Funeral Chapel for being so compassionate and obliging to our needs To Betty Gnutel for assisting Ludwig Caters and to Ludwig’s for providing the lunch. To all the men who served coffee, it was greatly appreciated AND to all our friends and parishioners who attended the funeral , expressed their condolences and for their monetary contributions in Paul’s Memory. For all the Liturgies and prayers - to everyone who sent cards, flowers and food trays to our house, We were very comforted and grateful that there were so many caring friends that saw us thru this very difficult time. I’m sure Paul was looking down and was overwhelmed at what he saw. Thank you once again, God Bless you all and we will certainly not forget your kindness.

Helen ,Deb, Robert and Family

SOROKOUSTY BOOKLETS - Lent is fast approaching, Monday, Feb. 27th and we wish to remind you to renew your Sorokousty Booklets . Each family should have a booklet to record the names of departed loved ones, whereby we remember and pray for them during the Sorokousty Service. If you do not have a booklet and would like one, please see the ladies at the church entrance. Booklets are suggested at $20.00 each. 2016 INCOME TAX RECEIPTS - will be available within the next week. They will be at the church entrance and you are asked to pick yours up to help defray the cost of mailing them out.

THANK YOU - to all our dedicated and faithful workers who came out last week to help with the PYROHY PREPARATIONS. God Bless you for time and help,. CHOIR PRACTICE - Tuesday, Feb. 14th - 7:00 pm., in preparation for Easter & Pre-Sanctified Liturgy. An invitation is extended to anyone would like to join the choir to come out. Please see Pat Hawthorn if you have any questions.

GOSPEL REFLECTION: Luke 15:11-32

"I will arise and go to my father" The parable of the father and his two sons is the longest one in the gospels. What is the main point of the story? Is it the contrast between an obedient and a disobedient son or is it between the reception given to a spendthrift son by the father and the reception given by the eldest son? Jesus contrasts the father's merciful love with the eldest son's somewhat harsh reaction to his errant brother and to the lavish party his joyful father throws for his repentant son. While the errant son had wasted his father's money, his father, nonetheless, maintained unbroken love for his son. The son, while he was away, learned a lot about himself. And he realized that his father had given him love which he had not returned. He had yet to learn about the depth of his father's love for him. His deep humiliation at finding himself obliged to feed on the husks of pigs and his reflection on all he had lost, led to his repentance and decision to declare himself guilty before his father. While he hoped for reconciliation with his father, he could not have imagined a full restoration of relationship. The father did not need to speak words of forgiveness to his son; his actions spoke more loudly and clearly! The beautiful robe, the ring, and the festive banquet symbolize the new life -- pure, worthy, and joyful -- of anyone who returns to God.

The prodigal could not return to the garden of innocence, but he was welcomed and reinstated as a son. The errant son's dramatic change from grief and guilt to forgiveness and restoration express in picture- language the resurrection from the dead, a rebirth to new life from spiritual death. The parable also contrasts mercy and its opposite -- unforgiveness. The father who had been wronged, was forgiving. But the eldest son, who had not been wronged, was unforgiving. His unforgiveness turns into contempt and pride. And his resentment leads to his isolation and estrangement from the community of forgiven sinners. In this parable Jesus gives a vivid picture of God and what God is like. God is truly kinder than us. He does not lose hope or give up when we stray. He rejoices in finding the lost and in leading them home.

Do you know the joy of repentance and restoration of the descent with your heavenly Father?

Today is the Sunday of the Prodigal Son and the Christian meaning of the par-

able is very clear: We all need to return to God in repentance and faith. He does not

compel us, so it must be a personal decision. God`s forgiveness is gained by repent-

ance - through recognizing and admitting the ways we have moved apart from God

and His Commandments. The price for our reconciliation with God is paid by Jesus

Christ, through His death on the cross. The parable depicts God`s amazing availa-

bility to forgive and restore us. His great love accepts us independently and it

should give us courage to come to Him in repentance and faith, without fear and

inherit personal communion with Him in His everlasting kingdom.

WE EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS— to Nathan, Marian, Sofia & John Polakoff for being chosen the “Family of the Month” by the Knights of Columbus. They were chosen because of their strong commitment to the children’s program at St. Michael’s. We wish them God’s blessings as they continue to work with our children and St. Michael’s Parish.

2017 K of C Youth Winter Games Schedule: Curling - Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017 - W. Kildonan Curling Club, 210 En-niskillen Ave - Advanced RSVP required prior to Feb. 16. Registration 4:00 pm., curling 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Brooms provided.

Mini-Olympics—Saturday, March 4, Immaculate Heart of Mary School, 650 Flora Ave. - Registration 2:30 pm. - Games 3:00 –5:30 pm. Clean indoor shoes required. Indoor Soccer— Saturday, April 1st - Seven Oaks Soccer Complex, 725 Kingsbury Ave. - Registration 11:30 am. Soccer & snacks 12:00 to 3:00 pm. Clean indoor shoes required. WIND-UP - FRIDAY, May 5th - St. Basil’s Parish, 202 Harcourt St. - Food, Music, Games & Awards - 6:00 to 10:00 pm. All events are free and children of all ages are encouraged to come out and enjoy an after-noon of fun and socializing!

ALL OUR CHILDREN OF THE PARISH ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE!