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• PARISH SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK
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PARISH NEWS
SUNDAY, JUNE 22ND. Our summer Sunday schedule will begin on this Sunday, with the celebration of one Divine Liturgy at 9:30 am. Will will continue every Sunday at 9:30 am until the beginning of September.
SUNDAY, JUNE 29TH. Farewell for Father Peter & Donna and Family. Fr. Peter's last Divine Liturgy at his Parish, Holy Eucharist Church, Toronto, will be celebrated on Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. A Potluck Farewell Reception will follow in the parish hall. Come and join us in prayer and to say good bye to Father and his family. We request that you provide a prepared dish (meat, vegetable, fruit or dessert) and or a cash donation at the door of $10.00 per person, children 3 to 12, $5.00. Please contact the parish office by Monday, June 23, 2008 at 416-465-5836 to let us know how many are coming. Food items and dishes may be dropped off at 8:30 a.m. before Liturgy. Electrical outlets will be available for crock-pots. Please bring enough to feed your family and two or three others. Should you have any other questions please call Joan Korchinsky at (647)393-4924.
EPARCHIAL MARIAN PILGRIMAGE in Ancaster will take place on Sunday, June 22. The theme will be “The
Eucharist: Bread of Life.” On this day, only one Divine Liturgy will be
celebrated at Holy Eucharist Church at 9:30 am, in order in encourage
participation in the Pilgrimage.
9:00 am Blessing of Water
10:00 am Pontifical Divine Liturgy
Panakhyda for Victims of the Holodomor
2:00 pm Healing Service
Youth Program
3:30 pm Moleben
In memory of the Holodomor we ask asking that non-perishable food items
be brought to contribute to local food banks.
HOLY EUCHARIST BOOK & ICON SERVICE will be open on the following Sundays: May 25, June 1st, June 8 and June 15.
BIBLES ARRIVAL. The newly published Orthodox Study Bible has arrived at last and will be on sale at the Book Table, the long weekend of May 18th. Price of the hard cover edition is $50.00 and the leather bound edition is $80.00. Both have beautiful full colour plates of icons throughout the book. The print is somewhat larger than regular bibles. The New Testament text is the New King James Version. The Old Testament text is St. Athanasius Academy Septuagint. The commentary is based largely on the writings of the Fathers of the Church. We have of course many other Bibles including the Revised Standard Version and the New Jerusalem Version. Do come by for a look.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEETING will take place on Thursday, June 12, at 7:30 pm. This is election day for the Knights. We ask all knights to be in attendance.
PARISH COUNCIL meeting is scheduled to
take place THIS MONDAY, June 9th, at 7:30 pm.
LAST SUNDAY. Sunday, June 29th, will be Fr. Peter’s last Sunday at Holy
Eucharist parish.
SHEPTYTSKY INSTITUTE STUDY DAYS. An Eastern Christian Feast for the Mind and Heart, July 2 to 5, 2008. A conference sponsored by the Metropolitan Sheptytsky Institute featuring: plenary speakers, cantor training, workshops, liturgical services, daily youth program, accommodation, possiblity to earn university credits. For more information or to register, see pamphlets in the church vestibule, or call toll free: 1-800-236-1393, ext 2332.
WASHROOM RENOVATIONS. The renovations of the washrooms are well under way and should be completed in a few weeks. The cost of this project is $98,000.00 dollars. Please remember that we currently have use of three washrooms: the washroom by the elevator, the washroom in the sacristy, and the washroom in the office area.
PRAYING THE DIVINE PRAISES (Molyto-slov).
If you are interested in learning how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours (Molytoslov)
according to the Byzantine Rite, please contact Fr. Peter Babej at
416-465-5836. The English edition of the Molytoslov is available at
Basilian Press of $100.00. We will meet on Saturdays to learn how to
pray the various services of the liturgical day.
BIBLES, BIBLES, BIBLES. (Book & Icon Service). The Revised Standard Version (RSV) is the official English translation for the Catholic Church. We now have a small compact RSV Version for travel, commuting, etc. A nice gift for someone going away to school. At the other extreme, we have a large family Bible with pages for names of the generations of the family tree, record of births, deaths and marriages. An ideal wedding gift! • We have the Ignatius Press RSV both in hard cover and leather. Again, a beautiful gift ofr graduation, weddings, etc. • On order and available in February and March will be the Orthodox Study Bible, which has an excellent commentary based largely on the writings of the Church Fathers. It contains both Old and New Testaments according to the King James translation. You will have a choice of either leather cover or regular hard cover bindings. • We also have the New Jerusalem translation much loved in times past. We have of course bibles in Ukrainian. • The children/youth section offers much as well with everything from toddler age to a regular bible for teens.
Please Remember in Prayer
Please Remember in Prayer our brothers and sisters who are in hospital,
at home, shut-ins, care homes, or nursing facilities: Mychaylyna Bidiuk,
Lawrence Butula, Edward Daciuk, Olha Dushney, Fedora Dubas, Maria Dunetz,
Olga Kozar, Nadia Mudreyko, Matt Nazar, Michael Nawrocki, Rosalia
Pernarowski, Mary Shalagan, Kazimira Skulski, Kateryna Tywoniuk, Anna
Wowtchuk, & Steve Wuschenny. If you know of anyone else who needs a
visit, or should be on our regular pastoral visitation list, please call
the office. We also ask you to pray for Bob and Ann Artymko, Paul Teslak,
Stella Leschyshyn, David France, Pat T. and Maria Kunyk.
Please Remember in Prayer our parishioner Kirsten Kelly, who is currently teaching English as a second language in South Korea.
Please click below to see Kirsten Kelly's pictures.
2. PalaceKorean
"Dear all, here are all the photos I could put
onto a website. I labeled all so hopefully will be self explanitory. If
there is any questions. Please ask. - Kirsten "
Music Lessons
Private music lessons for piano, accordion and voice (for children and
adults) are available at the parish for very reasonable rates. Music
teacher: Mr. Ihor Maheha. For more information or to sign up, please
call the parish office at 416-465-5836.
Apostleship of Prayer
The “Apostleship of Prayer” is an association of faithful in the Toronto
Eparchy, whose purpose is to nurture, encourage and promote daily
personal prayer, family prayer, reverence for the Lord’s Day, Sunday
attendance at Divine Liturgy, and ever greater devotion to the Most Holy
Eucharist. If you are interested in joining the Apostleship of Prayer at
Holy Eucharist Church, informational pamphlets are available in the
vestibule of the church, or contact Fr. Peter Babej at the church office
for more information.
Lighting Candles
Before entering the Temple proper, it is the custom of Byzantine
Churches to make an Offering of Light. When we come into Church, we
venerate icons, and at the same time, we light the candle and palce them
on the candle stands.
For your convenience, a candle box is provide in the nave of the church,
right next to the vigil candles. A minimum donation is requested to
reimburse the Church to cover the cost of the candle. Most churches use
on pure beeswax candles as per the Canons and because they give a pure,
clear and steady light. “You are the light of the world ... In the same
way, your light must shine .. so that seeing your good works, they may
give praise to your Father in heaven.” (Mt. 5:14-16) Lighting candles
are an eloquent symbol of both Christ, our light; and that we are in
Christ (both those who are glorified Saints depicted in icons and those
called be be saints who come to church, and despite our sins and by
God’s grace alone, form the Body of Christ.). Jesus said: “I am the
Light of the world. Anyone who follows me will not be walking in the dar;
he will have the light of life.” (Jn. 8:12)
MAKING REVERENCE
When we enter the Temple proper (ie. having passed through the
Vestibule), we make a “Reverence” - the sign of the cross and bow.
People often make three reverences. Also when we exit, we make a
reverence (or 3).
Renovation Updates
Dear brothers & sisters in Christ,
Coming to church to past few weeks, you have probably noticed the
scaffolding on the east side of the church (laneway). Important work is
well in progress on the east stone wall, as well as on the concrete
floor in the garage.
The Garage situation
For many years, water and salt water during the winter season has been
leaking through a damaged drain and several cracks into the concrete
floor and onto the furnace below. This has caused serious damage to
pipes and water pumps in and around the furnace. Most importantly, a
concrete support beam has been seriously damaged, to the extent that the
concrete floor in the garage could collapse under the weight of a car.
Since there is no significant parking space in the furnace room area, we
were wisely advised not to park vehicles in the garage.
After obtaining and reviewing several quotes, the Everest Restoration
Company was contracted to make the necessary repairs. Most of the work
is already been done. By next week the drain will be replaced and the
concrete floor will be waterproofed. Scaffolding from the furnace room
will then be removed allowing us to do the necessary clean-up. The cost
of this renovation project is $30,000.00 dollars.
Our East Wall
If you have ever looked closely at the east wall in the past, you would
have seen large cracks running horizontally along the wall, just above
each row of windows. These cracks are the result of building shifting
and the rusting of steel lintels above each window.
As a result, water as been leaking into the interior space, creating a
nice damp and warm atmosphere for ants, other undesirables and uninvited
guests. Fine sawdust along the lower windows in the Mother Mary Room
indicate that we may have a very happy and well-fed colony of carpenter
ants living in our east wall (new parishioners).
Everest Restoration have also been contracted by the church to make the
necessary repairs to the east stone wall. The workers are removing the
stones and the rusted lintels over all the windows. New lintels are
being installed and the stones will be carefully replaced. More than
half of the work has been done. The noise is very loud on weekdays. We
thank the staff and children at the Montessori school for their patience
and understanding.
Hall Kitchen
We need to properly repair our washrooms before we can begin any hall
kitchen renovations. This project will be expensive. Just to replace our
old dishwasher is going to cost us $20,000 dollars. If we want to
replace cupboards, old equipment, tiles, ceilings, etc. and do it
according to current code and standards, we are looking at quite a bit
of money.
Before we begin this project, we will definitely have to pay off all our
other current projects and have collected at least one third of the
projected cost for the kitchen renovation.
In the meantime, our sincerely thanks to John “the homeless guy” for
making the kitchen and hall area brighter, cleaner and much more
pleasant. Our hall rental customers have commented on the cleanliness
and are very pleased.
Our Famous Dome Windows
As reported earlier, our dome window project was ready to go in
September 2007. While the first windows were being installed in the main
central dome, we noticed that the windows were not the windows we had
selected.
To our dismay, the glass company had manufactured all the aluminum
glazing and beautiful thermal windows, but not the windows we chose. We
are insisting that we want the windows we selected. The mistake is not
our problem. So far, we have not taken legal action, but may need to do
this if things are not resolved quickly. We need new windows!!!! After
each snowstorm or rainfall, we have water leaking into the church, along
walls on onto pews. If it’s raining outside next time you come to
church, check your seats for puddles. It might not be you.
The cost of this project: $130,000.00 dollars.
Fundraising
Over the past few years, we have been slowly collecting donations for
our Renovation Fund. In total, we have collected about $85,000 dollars.
Of course, this amount will not cover the cost of all our planned
restoration projects. We will need to continue fundraising to complete
all our projects, foreseen and unforeseen. There may be a few emergency
projects that may come up unexpectedly. Murphy’s law.
May God bless us!
Sun June 22
9:30 Divine Liturgy
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SUNDAY LITURGY
Saturday Vigil: Vespers, 7 PM
Sunday: Great Matins, 8:30 AM
Divine Liturgy, 9:30 AM (Ukrainian)
Divine Liturgy, 11:30 AM (English)
WEEKDAY LITURGY
Tues.-Thurs. 8:00 AM • Fri., 7:30 PM
CLERGY
Fr. Peter Babej (pastor) 416-465-5836
Fr. Josaphat Korchinski 905-477-4403
Deacons: Paul del Junco, Peter Filipowich, Charles Hutchison
BAPTISM
Please contact the office to make arrangements.
MARRIAGE
Please contact the parish office 6-8 months in advance to provide time
for necessary arrangements.
CONFESSION
Friday, 7:00 pm. - 7:30 pm.
Saturday, 7:00 pm. - 8:00 pm.
Sunday before Liturgy • by appointment.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
Please contact the parish office to make arrangements.
HOSPITAL VISITATION
Please notify the office if you or a member of your family is in
hospital.
PRIESTHOOD • RELIGIOUS LIFE
Do you feel God is calling you?
To discern a possible vocation, make an appointment with Fr. Peter
Babej.
OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Friday: 10 AM - 3 PM
416-465-5836
email: holyeucharist@rogers.com
Website:
www.hagiaeucharistia.com