St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church
719 Roosevelt Ave. ● Carteret, NJ 07008 ● (732) 366-2156
Rev. Vasyl Vladyka
Sunday December 4th, 2016 ● 29th Sunday After Pentecost ● Tone 4
Apostle: Colossians 3 Verses 12-16 ● Gospel: Luke 17 Verses 12-19
Mass Schedule
Please remember in your prayers all those who are homebound, in care facilities or impeded by illness. May our Lord restore them to complete health.
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Church decorating for Christmas will take place on Monday, December 5th at 6:30PM. All are invited to help with the festivities.
We would like to thank everyone who contributed to our Autumnal Clothing Drive. Your efforts helped us raise an amount of $266.60 for our church. May God grant you many Happy Years! Многая Літа!
2017 Parish Collection Envelopes will be available for pick-up in the church hall beginning Saturday, December 10th. Please check that you are picking up the correct name. If you are new to the parish and would like envelopes, please see Father Vasyl or call the rectory on (732) 366-2156. Please be sure to check off or clearly write in amount of your donation on the envelope, so that we can maintain accurate records of your donations. Also, please check that you have placed money inside the envelope as we receive a few empty envelopes every week.
From November 14th through Christmas Eve, in preparation for the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord, our church begins the spiritual journey of the pre-Christmas Fast known as Philip’s Fast (Advent) or Pylypivka. Please prepare to worthily celebrate the Birth of the Savior of the World, Our Lord Jesus Christ. This is a voluntary fast period. Please observe it as you are able to best prepare yourself for Christmas- Good Deeds, Volunteering, Confession, Fasting. For further reading, click here for the English version. For the Ukrainian version, click here.
CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE
Confessions may be heard half an hour before each Divine Liturgy.
Victim Assistance Ministry: The Archeaparchy of Philadelphia is offering assistance for those affected by the sexual abuse of a priest, deacon, other minister, employee or volunteer of the Archeaparchy. For further information, click here. Brochures are also available in the church vestibule.
Compassionate and quality care of our elderly parents and family members is offered by the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate at St. Joseph’s Home in Sloatsburg, N.Y. The need for such facilities among our elderly parents and family members, and within our Ukrainian American community is great. The addition of a new wing and the upgrading of the existing facilities will enable the Sisters Servants to offer elevated medical care and service for the elderly. There will be increased capacity to admit more people needing care. The Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate have historically offered such quality and compassionate care throughout our history in America (75 years in 2017). We need to help them to continue to fulfill this mission and to enable a much needed expansion of St. Joseph’s Home in Sloatsburg. Please help by providing your generous donation to enable the building of the expanded facility to care for our elderly. Please choose to be an instrument of God’s mercy for those who are in need of His care. Thank you! Kindly send your (tax deductible) donation to:
St. Joseph’s Adult Care Home, Inc.
P.O. Box 8
Sloatsburg, New York 10974.
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With the events taking place in Ukraine and other places in the world, we offer the following petitions in today’s mass to our brothers and sisters:
O good and loving Master, look down with compassion, heal, comfort and protect Your servants who are wounded and suffering in Ukraine, and receive the souls of all those who have lost their lives from the violence, let us pray to the Lord. We also pray that the Holy Spirit may open the hearts and minds of all in Ukraine to wisdom, grace and prayer so that sincere dialogue may lead to peace and reconciliation, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have Mercy (3 times)
Prayer for Peace in Ukraine
Heavenly Father, Your Son taught us
“Blessed are the Peacemakers for
they shall be called Children of God.”
At this hour, we fervently pray that
Your Holy Spirit may inspire men and
women in Ukraine to become Peacemakers.
May they seek reconciliation and dialogue
and end the violent confrontation and killing.
May they restore tranquility to their nation
and restore human rights, democratic principles
and religious liberty to their troubled land.
God, our Father, we beseech you to comfort
the suffering, heal the wounded and accept the
souls of the departed into Your Heavenly Kingdom.
And may the Most Holy Mother of God, extend her
Blessed Mantle of Protection over Ukraine.
And may each of us always live our lives
as instruments of Your Peace. Amen.
Saturday | 12/03 | 5:00 PM | + | Mary and Marshall Zawerucha | By M. Schadt |
Sunday | 12/04 | 9:00 AM | For All Our Parishioners | ||
Monday | 12/05 | 9:00 AM | |||
Tuesday | 12/06 | 9:00 AM | St. Nicholas of Myra | ||
Wednesday | 12/07 | 9:00 AM |
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Thursday | 12/08 | 9:00 AM | Maternity of Holy Anna | ||
Friday | 12/09 | 9:00 AM | |||
Saturday | 12/10 | 5:00 PM | + | Rev. Joseph Szupa | By Fr. Vasyl Vladyka |
Sunday | 12/11 | 9:00 AM | For All Our Parishioners |
Upcoming Events in the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
December 9th, 2016 Feast of Conception of St. Anne. Annual Divine Liturgy of
Thanksgiving for all Benefactors of Ukrainian Catholic
Archeparchy of Philadelphia, 9:00 AM at Ukrainian Catholic
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Philadelphia, PA.