Fr. Jason Charron, Pastor

Fr. Ivan Smereka

Fr. Deacon Myron Spak

Confessions

3:00 to 3:45 on Saturday

or by appointment

Divine Liturgy

Saturday 4:00 p.m. (Eng.)

8:30 a.m. (Ukr.) and 11:00 a.m. (Eng.)

Diocese of St. Josaphat

stjosaphateparchy.com

730 Washington Avenue + Carnegie + PA + 15106

Rectory:

412-279-4652

Office Hours:

M-F 8:30 a.m to

4:30 p.m.

Fax:

412-279-5109

Pyrohy:

412-276-9897

E-mail:

holytrinitycarnegie

@gmail.com

Website:

www.htucc.com

Facebook:

@HolyTrinityUkrainian

CatholicChurch

Instagram:

@holytrinitycarnegie

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Pyrohy

making 8am

2

Archery

Contest

at Trinity

Acres

11:30-2:30

3 21st Sunday

After

Pentecost

Set your

clocks back 1

hr.

4 ESL

9am-12pm

5 Music class 3-9pm

Men’s Bible

study - 7:30pm

Rectory

basement

DL at 12pm

6 Women’s

Bible study

8pm Ketcham

House

7 Pyrohy making

8am

8 St. Michael

Feast Pyrohy

making 8am

9

10 22nd Sunday

After

Pentecost

11 ESL

9am-12pm

12 St. Josaphat

Music class 3-9pm

Men’s Bible

study - 7:30pm

Rectory

basement

DL 12pm

13 14 Pyrohy making

8am

St.Philip’s

Fast Begins

Moleben at

7pm

15 Pyrohy

making 8am

16 Nite at the

races

5:30 pm

Debutante ball

5 pm

17 23rd Sunday

After

Pentecost

18 ESL

9am-12pm

19

Music class 3-9pm

Moleben at 7pm

DL 12pm

20 Women’s Bible

study 8pm

Ketcham House Vespers for

Entrance of

Theotokos 7pm

21 Entrance of

the Theotokos

Divine Liturgy

10 am

Pyrohy making

8am

22 Pyrohy

making 8am

23

DRC

meeting

2pm

24 24th Sunday

After

Pentecost

25 Liturgy at

9:15am

ESL

9am-12pm

26 Liturgy at 12pm

Moleben at 7pm

27 28 THANKSGI

VING 10

AM

LITURGY

29

30 ST.

ANDREW

November 2019

November 10th, 2019 – From the Desk of the Pastor…

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Dear Friends,

Reading today’s Gospel about the Good Samaritan reminds me of Dostoevski’s famous

novel, “The Brothers Karamazov.” In there, we learn about an old woman who begins

to doubt the very existence of God and the afterlife.

Not wanting to keep these pestering doubts to herself, she approaches the venerable

elder Fr. Zosima to speak about these problems. The holy monk tells her, “There’s no

way to prove these things, but you can become sure of them.” She cries, “How?” “Love

your neighbor from the heart,” Fr. Zosima tells her. “The more you love, the surer you

will become about God’s existence and life after death. The more you love, the stronger

your faith will grow and the weaker your doubts will become. This is sure.” This has

been tried. This works.”

What are your thoughts on Fr. Zosima’s advice?

What is the effect on my relationship with God when I venture outside of my bubble to

become the Good Samaritan to somebody I meet?

From this, what do I gain by staying in my bubble and not being the Good Samaritan?

Now, think of whatever that gain might be and then compare it to the greater gain you

would acquire from God by going outside of your bubble. The two cannot be

compared. In the first case, I believe the only thing gained is more security and comfort,

whereas if you go the extra mile and allow yourself to be taken away by God’s

providence in order to help someone else, you will not only feel great, but you will

make a lasting friend, you will save another’s life, you will edify those who see you,

you will please God, you will also have a rich experience of a deepened spiritual life

that produces a degree of fulfillment that nothing else can. Are my eyes opened to see

the Good Samaritan moments which God will send me this week?

Sincerely in Christ,

Jason (priest and sinner)

Events at Holy Trinity

☛ Saturday, November 16th - Holy Trinity’s Nite at

the Races: Doors open at 5:30pm, Buffet begins at

6pm & the first race starts at 7pm. $15 Admission

& $10 for each horse. All horses must be purchased

by Friday, Nov. 8th! Please make checks payable to:

St. Josaphat Society. The admission charge includes

buffet, soft drinks, beer, coffee, tea and desserts.

Must be age 18 and over to enter. There will also be 50/50 raffle and

Ukrainian Auction Raffle. Contact Rebecca Zaletski 412-956-3771 for info.

☛ The group, “Men Following Jesus Christ” will be serving dinners at the

Light of Life Rescue Mission (LOLRM) on Monday November 11th. Please

contact Dcn. Myron if you & your friends are available at that time to

help. Thank you for helping on September 9th.

☛ Women’s Bible study (Wednesday Nov. 6th is our next

meeting) will be running for the next 9 weeks every other

Wednesday. We are meeting at the Ketcham’s house in

Carnegie. If you are interested in coming please see, call or

text Hannah Ketcham at 402-443-8379 or Halyna Charron at

412-279-4652. All women are welcome to come and

encounter Christ deeper within the Sacred Scriptures and grow

in our faith lives and relationships.

☛ Men’s Bible study is every Tuesday in Rectory basement at

7:30pm (last one is Nov. 12th). If you are interested in coming

please see, call or text Matt Ketcham at 720-556-7491 or Fr. Jason

Charron at 412-279-4652. All men are welcome to come and

encounter Christ deeper within the Sacred Scriptures and grow in

our faith lives and relationships.

☛ Would you be interested in giving your child free voice lessons with a

professional here at HTUCC? E-mail Fr. Jason for more information:

holytrinitycarnegie@gmail.com

Reminders & Notes

☛HTUCC Homemade Bread for Thanksgiving – Orders must

be placed by November 15th (or earlier if we reach the maximum

amount) by calling the Church Rectory (412-279-4652) or the Pyrohy

Kitchen (412-276-9897). Plain loaf: $8.00, Raisin loaf: $9 PICK UP

Tusday, Nov. 26th (2pm-6pm).

Homemade Nut Rolls –

Our HTUCC Ladies will be baking Nut Rolls for Christmas. All

orders must be placed by November 18th, the price is $15 a roll.

Pick up date is December 5th & 6th. To place your order call

Holy Trinity Pyrohy Kitchen: 412-276-9897.

☛ Divine Liturgy Tuesdays at 12 pm will continue on Nov. 5th. There will be a short

sermon on Church Fathers each Tuesday. This week: St. John Chrysostom

☛ We need more volunteers to help with making and selling pyrohy on

Thursdays and Fridays. If you cannot come in the morning to help pinch them, please

consider coming from 2pm to 6pm to help sell them! Please contact Ted Sywy at 412-

877-6083 or the rectory at 412-279-4652.

In order to keep our cemetery

beautiful, we will need to make a few

rate adjustments. Effective Jan. 1st, as per our recent PAC meeting, price increases are

as follows: Parishioner rate will increase from $500 to $1,000. Non-parishioner rate

will increase from $800 to $1,500. This is still below the rate of almost every area

cemetery. Grave opening/closing rates will increase from $1,350 to $1,500. Also, at

the time of opening/closing, there will be an option to contribute 10% of the opening

cost toward a perpetual care fund. As a church operated cemetery, we are not legally

bound to have a “Perpetual Care Fund” for our cemetery, but starting such a fund will

only help us in covering our expenses. Between now and Dec. 31st cemetery plots are

still available at the current rate. Concerns? Call Fr. Jason at office.

☛ Your parish provided a foundation to you in life, providing for your spiritual and

moral growth. Please remember our parish in your Last Will & Testament. The wording

to do this is as follows: “I give and bequeath to the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic

Church, Carnegie, __% of the residue of my estate [or: the sum of $____].” You can

direct your bequest in any way you wish: it can go towards iconography in the church

interior, a chandelier for our church, toward missionary activity so that we spread the

faith, toward a Catholic educational fund for young women or young men in the parish,

toward church gardening expenses, toward the upkeep of our beautiful cemetery, your

funds can be designated in any way you wish.

“WE KNEW NOT WHETHER WE WERE IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH”

Perhaps the most visible and remarkable hallmark of Byzantine Churches is

iconography. Icons are an important element of our spiritual and liturgical life, both at

home and in church. In a properly appointed church, the faithful pray surrounded by

images of Christ, angels, and saints, which represents a remarkable theological truth:

when we celebrate the Divine Liturgy we truly are in the presence of Christ and

surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. The icons remind the faithful of—make us

more conscious of—the invisible presence of the whole company of heaven at the

Divine Liturgy.

“[Icons] offer to the eyes of the faithful a vision of the marvels God has accomplished

on earth, in a special way through the work of the incarnate Word, but also through the

saints and the Church. It is precisely for this reason that they are deemed of great

importance in the liturgical life. One of the salient characteristics of the liturgy, in fact,

is to celebrate, remember and render present the various moments in which our

salvation is mystically realized. Representing the history of these events through

images can thus greatly help to evoke and fix them in the heart and mind of those who

contemplate them.”[1]

Icons, while beautiful, are not merely decorative. Iconography is important not only to

the expression of our faith but also to the health and growth of our faith. Theologically

correct icons communicate spiritual and theological truths, and are a sort of visual

guide to Christian faith. For those who have eyes to see, icons teach us about the life,

death, and resurrection of Christ, and about the lives of many Christians who have gone

before us—about all the marvelous works of salvation history. [More to follow in next

week’s bulletin…]

[1] Congregation for the Eastern Churches, Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of

Canons of the Eastern Churches, Vatican 1996, p.87-88.

Weekly Collection Report

Sunday, November 3rd , 2019

Sunday regular: $2,936, Candles $138, Utilities $417, Eparchy $5, Natalia in Ukraine

$62, Vestments $20,

Total: $ 3,578

Pyrohy: $ 2,984.25

Thank you to all of our generous supporters!

Catechism Quote:

Divine Liturgy Schedule

22nd Sun. of Pentecost: Week of November 10th

Sat. 11/ 9 22nd Sunday After Pentecost

4 p.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Steve Kerchansky, requested by his

son Tom. (IS)

Divine Liturgy for the soul of Jean Kincak, requested by

her children. (JC)

Sun. 11/10

8:30a.m. Divine Liturgy for the souls of Andrew and Catherine Yuschak (48th

anniversary), requested by their daughter Frances Yuschak.

11:00a.m. Divine Liturgy for the people. (JC)

Tue. 11/12

12p.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Fr. Jerry Ikalowych, requested

by McCauley family.

23rd Sun. of Pentecost: Week of November 17th

Sat. 11/ 16 23rd Sunday After Pentecost

4 p.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Walter Zaletski

(36th anniversary), requested by his children and grandchildren. (IS)

Divine Liturgy for the people. (JC)

Sun. 11/17

8:30a.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Stephania Borsczcz (40th day),

requested by Borsczcz and Jula families. (IS)

11 a.m. Divine Liturgy for the soul of Mildred Koritsky, requested by Don

Essick. (JC)

Please, pray for these people:

Diana Antoinette Adeline Makar Mike Makar

Katherine Volanski Bob Kness Dave Burke

Kara Stemplewicz Jim Naddeo Ann Kohl

Helen Moskal Christy Colalella Mary Simek

Steve Neczipir Don Schultz Harry Kohl

Clara Wasylyk Jack Schellhaus Jean Staude

Carol Ostaffe Maria Bagmet Laura Boyce

John Maslany Mary McLaughlin Helen Popivchak

Mark Popivchak Michalina Pituch Lucille Mosur

Gabby Blythe Isaac Ketcham Anastasia Chruszcz

Josh Carmino Trish Chorba Ray Komichak

James McGuire Amy Gentile Esther Koss

Tracy Riggle Eric Stehle Sandra Mitchell

Євангеліє святого Луки 10:25-37

25 І підвівсь ось законник один, і сказав, Його випробовуючи: Учителю, що

робити мені, щоб вічне життя осягнути?26 Він же йому відказав: Що в Законі

написано, як ти читаєш?27 А той відповів і сказав: Люби Господа Бога свого всім

серцем своїм, і всією душею своєю, і всією силою своєю, і всім своїм розумом, і

свого ближнього, як самого себе.28 Він же йому відказав: Правильно ти відповів.

Роби це, і будеш жити.29 А той бажав сам себе виправдати, та й сказав до Ісуса:

А хто то мій ближній?30 А Ісус відповів і промовив: Один чоловік ішов з

Єрусалиму до Єрихону, і попався розбійникам, що обдерли його, і завдали йому

рани, та й утекли, покинувши ледве живого його.31 Проходив випадком тією

дорогою священик один, побачив його, і проминув.32 Так само й Левит надійшов

на те місце, поглянув, і теж проминув.33 Проходив же там якийсь самарянин, та й

натрапив на нього, і, побачивши, змилосердився.34 І він підійшов, і обв'язав йому

рани, наливши оливи й вина. Потому його посадив на худобину власну, і

приставив його до гостиниці, та й клопотався про нього.35 А другого дня,

від'їжджавши, вийняв він два динарії, та й дав їх господареві й проказав:

Заопікуйся ним, а як більше що витратиш, заплачу тобі, як вернуся.36 Котрий же

з цих трьох на думку твою був ближній тому, хто попався розбійникам?37 А він

відказав: Той, хто вчинив йому милість. Ісус же сказав йому: Іди, і роби так і ти!

Sunday Gospel According to St. Luke 10:25-37 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I

do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you

read?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and

with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor

as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered right; do this, and you will

live.”

29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus

replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers,

who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance

a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other

side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the

other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he

saw him, he had compassion, 34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on

oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care

of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii[a] and gave them to the innkeeper,

saying, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come

back.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell

among the robbers?” 37 He said, “The one who showed mercy on him.” And Jesus said

to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Baptism

at 11 am DL

2 3 Moleben 7pm

4

5 Pyrohy making

8am

6 Pyrohy making

8am

St Nicholas

of Myra

7

8 Saint Nicholas

Party

after 11 am DL

Maternity of

the holy Anna

9 Pyrohy

making 8am

ESL

9am-12pm

10 Pyrohy making

8am

Music class 3-9pm

Moleben 7pm

11 Pyrohy making

8am

12 Pyrohy making

8am

13 Pyrohy making

8am

14 12 pm

Ridna

shkola

concert

15 Zorya

performance

here

2pm

Choir Practice

10am

16 ESL

9am-12pm

17 Music class 3-9pm

Moleben 7pm

18 19

20

21

22 Sunday

Before

Christmas

Choir Practice

10am

23

24

Christmas

Eve

25

Christmas,

Christ is

Born!

10 am DL

26 Synaxis DL

at 10am

27

St. Stephen

DL at 9am

28

29

Sunday

after

Christmas

30

31

December 2019

vember 2019

Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church Parish Contacts

PAC (Pastor’s Advisory Council):

Maryann Davis (contact person)

412-708-8003

Adult Faith Formation:

Fr. Dcn. Myron Spak 412-303-9086

Apostleship of Prayer:

Jean Daniels

412-276-1735

CCD Religious Education:

Angela Honchar

412-279-4652

Safe Environment:

Marika Zaliszczuk

412-215-5372

Youth Group:

Salvador Ramirez Brambila

626-483-1844, htuccym@gmail.com

Church Lectors:

Al Trautman

724-695-8137

Music:

Stephen H. Zinski

412-276-2259

Pyrohy Project:

Ted Sywy

412-877-6083

Evangelization & Bible Study:

Men’s: Matthew Ketcham

720-556-7491

Women’s: Hannah Ketcham

402-443-8379

Social Media/Young Mother’s Group:

Carola Graefin Vom Hagen (Medwig)

412-528-1811

League of Ukrainian Catholics:

Nick Kotow

412-835-8714

Annual Picnic Committee:

Andrew Kurzawski

St. Josaphat Society:

Tom Kerchansky

412-279-5987

Men Following Christ Group:

Fr. Dcn. Myron Spak

412-303-9086

Diocesan Resource Committee:

Zac Sudiak

412-266-6153

Altar Decorating:

Arlene Esterburg

412-279-4652 (Rectory)

Ridna Shkola:

Olexandra Korenovska

412-708-1260

Poltava Dance:

Christina Hlutkowsky

412-980-1993

Finance Committee:

Keith & Mary Reabe, Tom Medwig

Rectory: 412-279-4652

Bishop’s Review Board-Protection of

Children: Dr. Justine Perhosky

412-276-3699