Nativity of Our Lord December 24th & 25th

“God is With us, Rejoice all you Nations and

be Humbled, for God is With us!”

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. Here at St. Michael’s, the centre of our life is Sunday and daily Divine Liturgy. It is here where we come

to know Christ in each other, in the Sacred Scriptures and through participation in the Holy Sacraments.

CLERGY: Parish Priest:

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

email:mgnutel@mts.net Assistant Priest: Fr. Alan Wizinsky Ph. (204)619-1165

email:stmichaelucc@icloud.com 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.

Христос Раждається! Cлавіте Його! Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

Christmas Blessings! May you have Christmas Blessings

May you have good health May you know the Baby Jesus came

To give you life by dying on the cross.

May you be happy With all you need in every way

May you not be overcome with sorrow And may your heart be full of joy today.

May your heart be at home wherever you are

May you smile with the Lord above May you have great things happen

From God’s heart of love.

May Jesus hold you close to His heart during this Blessed Christmas Season and through the New Year!

Christmas Greetings!

Today as we celebrate the Birth of Our Lord, I extend to each and everyone the blessings of a Holy Christmas filled with renewed strength, good health, lasting friendships and an abundance of love…..and as we come to the end of another year, may the Infant Child remain in your heart and home and may you receive the true gifts of the season . . . . that of peace, faith and love.. ~ Valerie Balla ~

Sunday, Jan 1st, 2017

ROSARY LEADER

Joanne Tanchuk

EPISTLE READER

Wayne Tanchuk

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:

Wayne Tanchuk

Mark Brooker

VIGIL LAMPS Jean Osadac Louise Paley Olga Rizzuto

Helen Kurylko

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, Paul Kurylko , Justina Andrusiak, Mary Andrushko , Ron

Shott, Mary Zaporzan, William Gnutel, John & Genevieve Evan

COLLECTION & Donations Received SUNDAY, Dec.18th , 2016 Sunday Offering - $2,079.00

Direct Debit - $327.00 Vigil Lamps - $15.00 Carolling - $140.00

Church Cleaning - $10.00 Parish Feast Day - $20.00

Seminary Fund - $7.00 Peter`s Pence - $15.00

Church Cleaning - $10.00 Total Collection -$2.703 00

THANK YOU!

Liturgy Intentions For the Week of Dec. 25th to Jan. 1st

Sunday, Dec. 25th - 10:00 am. Nativity of Our Lord - Matt. 2:1-12 Divine Liturgy (Fr. Alan) Monday, Dec. 26th - 10:00 am. Synaxis of the Mother of God Matt. 2:13-23 (Fr. Alan) Tuesday, Dec. 27th - 10:00 am. St. Stephen, First Martyr Matt. 21:33-42 (Fr. Alan) Wednesday, Dec. 28th - 9:00 am. 1 Peter 4:1-11~Mark 12:28-37 (Fr. Michael) Thursday, Dec. 29th - 9:00 am. 1 Peter 4:12-5-5~Mark 12:38-44 (Fr. Michael) Friday, Dec. 30th—9:00 am. 2 Peter 1:1-10~Mark 12:1-8 - (Fr. Michael) Sunday, Jan. 1st - 10:00 am. Circumcision of Our Lord, Feast of St. Basil; New Years Day -

C H R I S T M A S P R A Y E R

My precious Lord, Jesus, I adore You with profound love

and rejoice in the celebration of Your birth.

Your love for us is unfathomable, It is glorious transforming, awe inspiring

and deeply personal.

You choose to come and dwell among us, Being born into poverty, rejection and humility.

Yet Your mother knew whom she bore, Her heart was filled with tender love

As she adored her Child and her God.

Help me, dear Lord, to come to love You with the heart of Your mother.

Invite me to adore You with St. Joseph

and the poor shepherds.

Reveal to me the glorious power of Your birth and change my life on account of this perfect gift of Yourself.

I love You, dear Lord Jesus.

Help me to love You with all my heart.

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

NO COFFEE & FELLOWSHIP until Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017

We extend a big thank you to the Parent Ed and Catechism parents for hosting the Fellowship in

December. You did a great job!

PLEASE TAKE NOTE!! It has been brought to our attention that once again doors to

the church has been left unlocked. Would the last person leaving, please make sure the doors are locked. May Our Lord bless you with a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ~ Parish Council

PLEASE PICK UP

YOUR NEW 2017

LITURGICAL

CALENDARS

We wish to express our thanks to everyone who helped with the Christmas celebrations. To all those who came out to decorate the church last Sunday, to the ladies who cleaned around the Altar, to the Choir for singing so beautifully, to the Altar Boys & Children of Mary who always serve so faithfully, to everyone who donat-ed toward the Christmas flowers, and to the clergy who helped with confession. May God bless all of you!

Thank you to all St. Michael`s parishioners that helped adorn our `Tree of

Warmth`` and to Liz and Gene Happychuk for delivering 159 single knitted items to Flavie Laurent, 450 Provencher. These items were distributed to the less fortunate in time for Christmas. God bless you for your generosity.

Thank you to Marian and Nathan for organizing the Catechetical Program

Feed-A-Family and for delivering all the food items and gifts last Monday. Also thank you to everyone who supported this program. God bless all of you.

Thank you to Fr. Mark & Deacon Stephan for the beautiful Advent Moleben

service that was held in our church on Monday, Dec. 12. Also to Fr. Mark for the inspiring talk on God`s Mercy.

DIRECT DEPOSIT - please consider signing up for Direct Deposit for the new

year. This a simple, safe and easy method of preauthorized payment as a donation op-tion. If you would like to sign up, simply pick up a form at the church entrance. At-tach a void cheque and place it in the collection basket, mail or drop it off to the parish office. Contributions can be debited either weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Changes can easily be made by simply calling the parish office @ 204-222-4283

WE ARE IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS to help with the Altar Guild. The present Altar Guild has retired and there is no one to look after the Altar. Please consider help-ing out.

CATECHISM CLASSES - have ended for this year. We would like to thank all our teachers and students for a successful first term. At this time we wish all our children and teachers an enjoyable and wonderful Christmas Holiday and hope to see all of you back in 2017. Classes resume January 15, 2017. JANUARY CALENDAR - will be printed next week and we ask that all information of activities and meetings be in the office by Wednesday, Dec. 28th.

2 0 1 7 CHURCH ENVELOPES The new 2017 Church Envelopes are now ready to be picked up. In the Seniors Hall. Please pick yours up today. Please check that your name and number is correct. There should be no more Sunday offering envelopes in your envelope package. If you have missed any Sundays throughout the year, now is the time to catch up Remember only donations received before Dec. 31st will be credited toward your 2016 income tax.

ENVELOPE NUMBER CHANGES Please note that some parishioners have had their envelope numbers changed. Previous numbers from 151—174 have been changed. The numbers that have been changed are in a separate box so that it will be easier for you to find your new number.

GIFT OF LOVE The traditional Gift of Love—Дар Любов envelope that was mailed out (extra envelopes are available at the entrance of the church), may be used this Christmas season as an offering of appreciation for your parish clergy and the Metropolitan Archbishop. It is most appreciated if you use this as an oppor-tunity to offer your input on the efforts of your clergy in service to you. Your generosity and feedback on our ministry at our church is most appreciated and will be taken to heart. Please remember as this is a free will gift, no tax re-ceipt can be issued. Kindly make your cheques payable to Fr. Mark Gnutel who will administrate your generous gifts. Thank you again for your generos-ity and support

Христос Раждається! Cлавіте Його!

CONDOLENCES We extend our sympathies to Darka & Brian Scarsbrook and Chad & Karen Scarsbrook & family on the loss of their

mother & grandmother Maria Oprysk. May God grant her eternal rest and

strength and comfort to her family.

Christ is born! Glorify Him! Christmas has a great meaning for many people. It is

widely viewed as time for family and friends to celebrate together. It is universally seen today as a “happy holiday season” for the peo-ple of many different cultures and faiths. For little children it is a greatly anticipated day for them to be visited by the magical Santa. For grown-ups Christmas can be a stressful time of the year. We have the ex-pectation of being joyful when we are faced with the obligation of sending out greetings, buying gifts, attending and hosting parties and the financial pressure of paying for it all. For those of us without family or friends, Christmas can be a very lonely time of year. Fortunately for Christians, Christmas has a much deeper meaning. Christmas is a Holy Season. Christmas is most importantly a Birthday celebration. The greatest gift of this day is the gift of Jesus who is Born this day. Jesus is the gift of God of Himself. Jesus is Immanuel which is Hebrew for “God is with us”. He is a Royal Child who is the King of Peace. May we allow this Peace into our lives at this Christmas feast. Peace that comes from a trust in God. Peace that enables us to love and accept love. Peace that gives us the strength to forgive and be peacemakers. Peace so powerful that gives us the patience to deal with difficult people and to forgive and love even our enemies because it is God’s love that we share. God’s Peace is an enormous gift that effects the whole world – the very way we live with one another. Christmas is time for re-ceiving Peace and spreading Peace throughout the world. Father Mark, Father Alan and Protodeacon Stefan wish for you, your family and friends, wherever they may be a very Merry and Holy Christmas and a Happy and Blessed New Year. May you experience the Peace of Christ this Christmas. May the many blessings of Christ’s Birth fill your hearts with peace, joy and love, and may this make us a more loving, caring and obedient People of God. As a People of God we will ensure that Christ is kept in Christmas.

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

Monday, December 26th - Synaxis of the Mother of God 10:00 am. Divine Liturgy

Tuesday, December 27th - St. Stephen Protomartyr & Archdeacon

10:00 am. Divine Liturgy

Sunday, Jan 1st - Circumcision of the Lord, Feast of St. Basil; New Years Day 10:00 am. Divine Liturgy

Thursday, January 5th - EVE OF THE THEOPHANY

This is a day of abstinence - no meat on this day 7:00 pm. Divine Liturgy & Solemn Jordan Blessing of Water

outside by the ice cross (St. Anne`s Parish)

Friday, January 6th - THEOPHANY FEAST DAY 10:00 am. Divine Liturgy & Solemn Jordan

Blessing of Water (St. Michael`s Parish)

Schedule of Services

THE LESSON AT BETHLEHEM

From the Child in the manger, we are given the answer of the spirit that we need: we are taught love, not hate; forgiveness, not bitterness; we are shown that we should make ourselves poorer to help those who have less than we. If we want peace in our hearts, in our homes, our country and our world, we must come to Bethlehem and learn from Christ. A Child shall lead us. He has come to direct our feet in the way of peace. "Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you a sign; behold a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14

Welcome! Вітаємо! We extend a warm welcome to all our parishioners and visitors today, as we together, celebrate the Birth of Our Lord . We are glad that you have come to worship with us and pray that your participation in our parish will be enriching to you.