February 3, 35th Sunday after Pentecost

Meat-fare Sunday – Post feast of the

Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple

BULLETIN

UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC PARISH

of ALL SAINTS

(North Battleford, SK)

&

UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC PARISH

of STS. PETER & PAUL

(Speers, SK)

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Hafford and district:

DIVINE LITURGY БОЖЕСТВЕННА ЛIТУРГIЯ

Sunday - 12 noon В Недiлю - 12:00

Confession - 30 min before Liturgy

Baptism - By appointment

Marriage - By appointment

Funeral - By Arrangement

Sick Call - Anytime

Rosary: 30 min before Divine Liturgy

Next Sunday Liturgy: FEBRUARY 10 – HAFFORD at 12 noon, Cheese-fare

Sunday

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North Battleford:

DIVINE LITURGY БОЖЕСТВЕННА ЛIТУРГIЯ

Sunday - 9:30 a.m. В Недiлю - 9:30

Confession - 30 min before Liturgy

Baptism - By appointment

Marriage - By appointment

Funeral - By Arrangement

Sick Call - Anytime

Rosary: 30 min before Divine Liturgy

Next Sunday Liturgy: FEBRUARY 10 at 9:30 a.m.; Cheese-fare Sunday

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Parson: Fr. Vladimir Simunovic - tel. 445-2731

- cell. 441-4707

- fax. 445-8082

E-mail of the parish (North Battleford): - ucpallsaints@gmail.com

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Next week schedule:

Monday, February 4 – Venerable Isidore; Divine liturgy at 6 pm;

intention for Sophie Leasak

Tuesday, February 5 – Martyr Agatha; Divine liturgy 9 am; intention

offered for Nettie Bazarkewich by UCWLC

Wednesday, February 6 – Venerable Bukolus; Divine liturgy at 9 am;

intention offered for Key Markewich by UCWLC

Thursday, February 7 – Venerable Partenius; Divine liturgy at 9 am;

intention offered for Emily Katchur by UCWLC

Friday, February 8 – Great Martyr Theodore; Divine liturgy at 9 am;

intention offered for Ramona Martiniuk by UCWLC

Saturday, February 9 – Martyr Nicephorus; Divine liturgy at 9 am; ALL

SOULS SATURDAY (SOROKOUSTY – ЗАДУШНА СОБОТA) __________________________________________________________________ Online bulletins: http://www.skeparchy.org/ OR

http://www.skeparchy.org/eparchy-church/eparchy-of-

saskatoon/parishes/north-battleford-and-district-bulletins.html

Hafford District Sundays Schedule:

February: 3rd

– Speers at 12 noon; after liturgy blessing of

families in Hafford around 2:30 pm

10th

– Hafford at 12 noon

17th

– Blaine Lake at 12:30 pm

24th

– Hafford at 9 am

North Battleford District Sundays Schedule:

February: 3rd

– at 9:30 am

10th

– at 9:30 am

17th

– at 9:30 am

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24th

– at 11:30 am __________________________________________________________________

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PARISH ADVERTISEMENT:

First Communion and Catechism class Schedule January

2013 – May 2013; All classes starts at 11 a.m.

Sunday – January 13 & 27

Sunday – February 10 & 24

Sunday – March 10, 17 & 24

Sunday – April 7, 14 & 21

Sunday – May 5

Sunday – May 12 – First Communion

Eparchial fundraiser – ruffle tickets available, call

Marussia at 445-8369 or fr. Vladimir at 445-2731

PARISH FUNDRAISER: dance, food and platy of

fun: for tickets phone Marusia at 445-8369 or fr.

Vladimir at 445-2731; for more details look at the last

page of the bulletin.

Thank you very much for supporting YOUR parish in

this as in many other ways!

Preparation for the February Dine and Dance

Thursday, February 7 ....Making cabbage rolls – 9:00 A.M.

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Liturgical Schedule

February 3/2013

Altar Servers: Epistle Reader: Collection:

Noa Kolosnjaji Khrystia MacKinnon Louis Deptuch

Anastazija Bucko Bernie Broshko

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February 10/2013

Altar Servers: Epistle Reader: Collection:

Anastazija Bucko Stella Ewanchuk Paul Kardynal

Kalyna Bahler Donald MacKinnon

February 17/2013

Altar Servers: Epistle Reader: Collection:

Noa Kolosnjaji Jeanette Deptuch Marusia Kobrynsky

Melyna Bahler Khrystia MacKinnon

February 24/2013

Altar Servers: Epistle Reader: Collection:

Anastazija Bucko Katrina MacKinnon BernieBroshko

Kalyna Bahler Louis Deptuch __________________________________________________________________

35th

Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday tropar, tone 2: When You went down to death, O Life

Immortal,* You struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your

divinity.* When You raised the dead from the nether world,* all powers

of heaven cried out:* “O Giver of life, Christ our God, glory be to You!”

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

Feast day tropar, tone 1: Hail, Mother of God, Virgin full of

grace.*From you has shown forth the Sun of Justice, Christ our God,*

shining upon those who are in darkness.* Rejoice also, you just Elder

Simeon,* for you received in your arms the Redeemer of our souls* who

has given us Resurrection.

Now and for ever and ever. Amen!:

Kondak, tone 3: God, when You come to earth in all Your glory,* when

all things will tremble, when the river of fire will flow before Your

judgment seat,* when the books will be opened and when what is secret

will be revealed;* then save me from the unquenchable fire,* and grant

that I may stand at Your right hand, most just Judge.

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Prokimen: Great is our Lord and mighty in power; to his wisdom there is

no limit.

Verse: Praise the Lord, for he is good; sing praise to our God, for he is

gracious; it is fitting to praise him.

Epistle: A reading from the Letter of the Holy Apostle Paul to the

Corinthians. (8: 8 - 9: 2)

Brothers and Sisters! Food does not bring us close to God. We suffer no

loss through failing to eat, and we gain no favour by eating. Take care,

however, lest in exercising your right you become an occasion of sin to

the weak. If someone sees you, with your “knowledge,'' reclining at table

in the temple of an idol, may not his conscience in its weak state be

influenced to the point that he eats the idol-offering? Because of your

“knowledge'' the weak one perishes, that brother for whom Christ died.

When you sin thus against your brothers and wound their weak

consciences, you are sinning against Christ. Therefore, if food causes my

brother to sin I will never eat meat again, so that I may not be an

occasion of sin to him. Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not

seen Jesus our Lord? And are you not my work in the Lord Although I

may not be an apostle for others, I certainly am one for you. You are the

very seal of my apostolate in the Lord.

Alleluia Verse: ome, let us sing joyfully to the Lord, let us acclaim God,

our Savior.

Let us come before His face with praise, and acclaim Him in psalms.

Gospel: Matthew 25: 31 - 46

The Lord said: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, escorted by

all the angels of heaven, he will sit upon his royal throne, and all the

nations will be assembled before him. Then he will separate them into

two groups, as a shepherd separates sheep from goats. The sheep he will

place on his right hand, the goats on his left. The king will say to those

on his right: ‘Come. You have my Father's blessing! Inherit the kingdom

prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry and

you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger

and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me. I was ill and you

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comforted me, in prison and you came to visit me.' Then the just will ask

him: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you or see you thirsty

and give your drink? When did we welcome you away from home or

clothe you in your nakedness? When did we visit you when you were ill

or in prison?' The king will answer them: ‘I assure you, as often as you

did it for one of my least brothers, you did it for me.' Then he will say to

those on his left: ‘Out of my sight, you condemned, into that everlasting

fire prepared for the devil and his angels! I was hungry and you gave no

food. I was thirsty and you gave me no drink. I was away from home

and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing. I

was ill and in prison and you did not come to comfort me.' Then they in

turn will ask: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or away

from home or naked or ill or in prison and not attend you in your needs?'

He will answer them: ‘I assure you, as often as you neglected to do it

one on these least ones, you neglected to do it to me.' These will go off

to eternal punishment and the just to eternal life.''

Instead of ‘It is truly right . . .’: O Virgin Mother of God. Hope of

Christians,* protect, watch, and save those who have placed their hope

in you.* We, the faithful, see the figure of Christian the shadow and the

letter of the law* which says: Every male who opens the womb shall be

called holy to the Lord.* Therefore, we extol the firstborn of the Eternal

Father* and the Virgin Mother.

Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the

highest.

Exult, you just, in the Lord; praise from the upright is fitting. Alleluia!

Alleluia! Alleluia! ______________________________________________________________________________ COLF statement on recommendation to make “medical-aid-in-

dying” part of Quebec’s health system

The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) duly notes the filing

of the Ménard Report, which a committee of legal experts presented to

Véronique Hivon, Québec Minister responsible for the Dying with dignity

portfolio, on 15 January 2013, regarding the implementation of the

recommendations of the Select Committee on Dying with Dignity.

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While supporting the proposal of the Ménard Report to generalize palliative

care –which is the only truly humane and respectful answer to the needs of

the dying and their families – COLF strongly objects to the idea of “medical-

aid-in-dying” and is deeply concerned about the legal, ethical and social

ramifications such a practice would have.

Medical-aid-in-dying

21 January 2013

It is time to act before euthanasia becomes “appropriate care” within

Quebec’s health system.

The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) duly notes the filing

of the Ménard Report, which a committee of legal experts presented to

Véronique Hivon, Québec Minister responsible for the Dying with dignity

portfolio, on 15 January 2013, regarding the implementation of the

recommendations of the Select Committee on Dying with Dignity.

While supporting the proposal of the Ménard Report to generalize palliative

care –which is the only truly humane and respectful answer to the needs of

the dying and their families – COLF strongly objects to the idea of “medical-

aid-in-dying” and is deeply concerned about the legal, ethical and social

ramifications such a practice would have.

The Report perpetuates the confused language of the Select Committee,

repeatedly playing with words in such a way as to disguise the reality under

discussion. The truth is that “medical-aid-in dying” is synonymous with

euthanasia – a deadly practice that goes hand in hand with assisted suicide.

Make no mistake: this is about killing voluntarily, thus ending a person’s

life.In the name of an incomplete concept of “personal autonomy”, the

Ménard Report confirms the recommendations of the Select Committee and

clearly opens the door to euthanasia. However, the Belgian experience

represents a sobering warning. Visiting Quebec last November, Dr. Catherine

Dopchie, a Belgian oncologist responsible for a palliative care unit, stated

that she did not believe in the effectiveness of proposed safeguards. She

argues that the practice of euthanasia, which Belgians now consider "an

ethical and quite defensible option”, “cannot be governed.”

The tenors of “medical-aid-in-dying” also want us to believe that there is a

strong social consensus in favor of “assisted dying”. However, this is not so:

60% of the individuals and groups that made submissions to the Select

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Committee on Dying with Dignity opposed euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Nevertheless, in as much as the Government of Québec intends to bring in a

bill on “medical-aid-in-dying” by June of this year, anyone who still believes

in the first of all human rights — the right to life — has the responsibility to

take action. As citizens of a country that claims to be civilized, all people of

good have the right and the duty to counter any attempt to legalize

euthanasia and assisted suicide, and, instead, to promote palliative care and

true compassion.

The media, together with every member of Québec’s National Assembly,

need to hear from constituents who are opposed to the bill soon to be tabled

by the Marois Government. If passed, this bill will bypass the Criminal Code

of Canada, which clearly prohibits both euthanasia and assisted suicide.

COLF recommends that concerned individuals consult three organizations

involved in end of life issues whose perspectives respect the inalienable

dignity of every human person: the physicians alliance, ”Total Refusal of

Euthanasia” (wwwtotalrefusal.blogspot.ca) whose manifesto can be signed;

“Vivre dans le Dignité” (www.vivredignite.com and

www.vivredignite.blogspot.ca) whose manifesto can also be signed; and the

“Euthanasia Prevention Coalition” (www.epcc.ca). COLF also offers a series

of documents to guide reflection on this theme (www.colf.ca).

__________________________________________________________________ MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI

FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST WORLD DAY OF THE SICK

(11 FEBRUARY 2013)

“Go and do likewise” (Lk 10:37)

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

1. On 11 February 2013, the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, the

Twenty-first World Day of the Sick will be solemnly celebrated at the Marian

Shrine of Altötting. This day represents for the sick, for health care workers, for

the faithful and for all people of goodwill “a privileged time of prayer, of sharing,

of offering one’s sufferings for the good of the Church, and a call for all to

recognize in the features of their suffering brothers and sisters the Holy Face of

Christ, who, by suffering, dying and rising has brought about the salvation of

mankind” (John Paul II, Letter for the Institution of the World Day of the Sick, 13

May 1992, 3). On this occasion I feel especially close to you, dear friends, who in

health care centres or at home, are undergoing a time of trial due to illness and

suffering. May all of you be sustained by the comforting words of the Fathers of

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the Second Vatican Council: “You are not alone, separated, abandoned or useless.

You have been called by Christ and are his living and transparent image” (Message to the Poor, the Sick and the Suffering).

2. So as to keep you company on the spiritual pilgrimage that leads us from

Lourdes, a place which symbolizes hope and grace, to the Shrine of Altötting, I

would like to propose for your reflection the exemplary figure of the Good

Samaritan (cf. Lk 10:25-37). The Gospel parable recounted by Saint Luke is part of

a series of scenes and events taken from daily life by which Jesus helps us to

understand the deep love of God for every human being, especially those afflicted

by sickness or pain. With the concluding words of the parable of the Good

Samaritan, “Go and do likewise” (Lk 10:37), the Lord also indicates the attitude

that each of his disciples should have towards others, especially those in need. We

need to draw from the infinite love of God, through an intense relationship with

him in prayer, the strength to live day by day with concrete concern, like that of the

Good Samaritan, for those suffering in body and spirit who ask for our help,

whether or not we know them and however poor they may be. This is true, not only

for pastoral or health care workers, but for everyone, even for the sick themselves,

who can experience this condition from a perspective of faith: “It is not by

sidestepping or fleeing from suffering that we are healed, but rather by our

capacity for accepting it, maturing through it and finding meaning through union

with Christ, who suffered with infinite love” (Spe Salvi, 37).

3. Various Fathers of the Church saw Jesus himself in the Good Samaritan; and in

the man who fell among thieves they saw Adam, our very humanity wounded and

disoriented on account of its sins (cf. Origen, Homily on the Gospel of Luke

XXXIV,1-9; Ambrose, Commentary on the Gospel of Saint Luke, 71-84; Augustine,

Sermon 171). Jesus is the Son of God, the one who makes present the Father’s

love, a love which is faithful, eternal and without boundaries. But Jesus is also the

one who sheds the garment of his divinity, who leaves his divine condition to

assume the likeness of men (cf. Phil 2:6-8), drawing near to human suffering, even

to the point of descending into hell, as we recite in the Creed, in order to bring

hope and light. He does not jealously guard his equality with God (cf. Phil 2:6)

but, filled with compassion, he looks into the abyss of human suffering so as to

pour out the oil of consolation and the wine of hope.

4. The Year of Faith which we are celebrating is a fitting occasion for intensifying

the service of charity in our ecclesial communities, so that each one of us can be a

good Samaritan for others, for those close to us. Here I would like to recall the

innumerable figures in the history of the Church who helped the sick to appreciate

the human and spiritual value of their suffering, so that they might serve as an

example and an encouragement. Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy

Face, “an expert in the scientia amoris” (Novo Millennio Ineunte, 42), was able to

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experience “in deep union with the Passion of Jesus” the illness that brought her

“to death through great suffering” (Address at General Audience, 6 April 2011).

The Venerable Luigi Novarese, who still lives in the memory of many, throughout

his ministry realized the special importance of praying for and with the sick and

suffering, and he would often accompany them to Marian shrines, especially to the

Grotto of Lourdes. Raoul Follereau, moved by love of neighbour, dedicated his life

to caring for people afflicted by Hansen’s disease, even at the world’s farthest

reaches, promoting, among other initiatives, World Leprosy Day. Blessed Teresa

of Calcutta would always begin her day with an encounter with Jesus in the

Eucharist and then she would go out into the streets, rosary in hand, to find and

serve the Lord in the sick, especially in those “unwanted, unloved, uncared for”.

Saint Anna Schäffer of Mindelstetten, too, was able to unite in an exemplary way

her sufferings to those of Christ: “her sick-bed became her cloister cell and her

suffering a missionary service. Strengthened by daily communion, she became an

untiring intercessor in prayer and a mirror of God’s love for the many who sought

her counsel” (Canonization Homily, 21 October 2012). In the Gospel the Blessed

Virgin Mary stands out as one who follows her suffering Son to the supreme

sacrifice on Golgotha. She does not lose hope in God’s victory over evil, pain and

death, and she knows how to accept in one embrace of faith and love, the Son of

God who was born in the stable of Bethlehem and died on the Cross. Her steadfast

trust in the power of God was illuminated by Christ’s resurrection, which offers

hope to the suffering and renews the certainty of the Lord’s closeness and

consolation.

5. Lastly, I would like to offer a word of warm gratitude and encouragement to

Catholic health care institutions and to civil society, to Dioceses and Christian

communities, to religious congregations engaged in the pastoral care of the sick, to

health care workers’ associations and to volunteers. May all realize ever more fully

that “the Church today lives a fundamental aspect of her mission in lovingly and

generously accepting every human being, especially those who are weak and sick”

(Christifideles Laici, 38).

I entrust this Twenty-first World Day of the Sick to the intercession of Our Lady of

Graces, venerated at Altötting, that she may always accompany those who suffer in

their search for comfort and firm hope. May she assist all who are involved in the

apostolate of mercy, so that they may become good Samaritans to their brothers

and sisters afflicted by illness and suffering. To all I impart most willingly my

Apostolic Blessing.

From the Vatican, 2 January 2013

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