VESTNIK 2022 | VESTNIK 2022 | 419 VESTNIK 2022 | 421 VESTNIK 2022 | 423 VESTNIK 2022 | 425 VESTNIK 2022 | 427 31. NEDELJA MED LETOM 31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 44/58 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 30.10. 2022 Fr. Drago Gacnik, SDB ŽUPNIK - PASTOR NASLOV - ADDRESS 125 Centennial Pkwy N. Hamilton, ON L8E 1H8 PHONE: 905-561-5971 CELL: 905-520-2014 E-MAIL gregory_sdb@ stgregoryhamilton.ca HALL RENTALS 905-561-5971, ext. 2 E-MAIL hallrental@ stgregoryhamilton.ca VESTNIK Želje in dejanja V dolgem modrostnem raz-mišljanju o izhodu iz Egipta, ki obsega devet poglavij (od 11. do 19.) tega bisera grške-judovske literature iz egiptovske Aleksan-drije, to je Knjige modrosti, ob-staja cudovit odstavek o nepre-magljivi božji ljubezni do ustvar-jenih bitij, tudi ce so grešna. Bog, ceprav ima pred sabo celotno vesolje kot drobcen prašek ali kapljico rose, pripravljeno, da izgine (22. v.), ima usmiljenje z vsem in vsem odpušca (23. v.). V teoriji je takšna vseobsegajoca božja ljubezen opredeljena tako-le: vse stvari obstajajo zaradi božjega hotenja in se v svojem obstoju vzdržujejo skladno s prvim klicem k bivanju, kar se je zgodilo ob stvarjenju. V vsaki stvari je božji oživljajoci duh, vsako bitje je predmet ucin-kovite božje ljubezni, Bog stavi vedno na življenje, na možnosti do-brega v cloveku, tudi takrat, ko clovek sam nima vec zaupanja vase. V znamenitem Dnevniku vaškega župnika Bernanos piše: »Zdi se mi, da bi se brez cujecega božjega usmiljenja clovek ob prvem zave-danju samega sebe znova vrnil v prah.« Bog je Bog življenja, Bog, ki nenehno ustvarja in ljubi, Bog, ki je vso vecnost zaupljiv do svojih ustvarjenih stvari, Bog, ki ima pravo strast za odpušcanje. Tako lahko torej razumemo vrednost Lukove pripovedi o spreo-brnjenju Zaheja, tega osovraženega pobiralca rimskih davkov. Nanj ne bi stavil nobeden izmed judovskih duhovnikov, na prvi pogled niti Jezus ne, saj je razglasil: »Kako težko bodo bogati vstopili v božje kraljestvo!« (Lk 18,24). Vendar je upraviceno nadaljeval: »Kar je nemogoce pri ljudeh, je mogoce pri Bogu« (18,27). In poglejte, kakšen cudež spreobrnjenja in odpušca-nja se zgodi! Za Zaheja se zacne novo življenje: »Gospod, po-lovico svojega imetja dam ubogim in ce sem koga ogoljufal, mu povrnem cetverno.« Spreobrnjenje vsebuje konkretno in izkustveno preveritev, ki se izkaže predvsem v dejanski solidarnosti z ubogimi in z žrtvami, ki so utrpele krivico. Komentar Jezusovih besed, ki jih je v evangeliju zbral Luka, lahko opustimo. »Prodajte, kar imate, in dajte v milošcino« (12,13). »Nihce ne more služiti dvema gospodarjema; ali bo enega sovražil in lju-bil drugega, ali se bo navezal na enega in preziral drugega. Ne morete služiti Bogu in Mamonu«. »Prodaj vse, kar imaš, in razdeli revežem, potem pridi in hodi za menoj« (18,22). »Dajte v milošcino ... in za vas bo vse cisto« (11,14). Tudi Janez Krstnik je odgovarjal svojim sogo-vornikom: »Kdor ima dve obleki, naj eno da tiste-mu, ki je nima, in kdor ima premoženje, naj naredi prav tako« (3,11). Spreobrnjenje je torej poleg vnovicne usmeritve k Bogu, hkrati družbeno in obcestveno dejanje. Pred kraljem Agripo je Pavel povzel svoje življe-nje spreobrnjenca: »Najprej sem oznanjal, naj se spreobrnejo, obrnejo k Bogu in naj opravljajo dela, ki so vredna spreobrnjenja« (Apd 26,20). Doživeti izkušnjo spreobrnjenja pomeni zakora-citi po poti veselja in darovanja, ki nima nic skup-nega s kakšno bolestno jokavo custvenostjo ali zgolj splošno obrednostjo in duhovnostjo. Ce je greh nekaj, kar te ohromi, je odpušcanje oživljajo-ce. »Glejte, vse stvari delam nove« (Raz 21, 5). (Prim. Oznanjevalec - C_2006/7, štev. 5) 418 | VESTNIK 2022 420 | VESTNIK 2022 422 | VESTNIK 2022 424 | VESTNIK 2022 426 | VESTNIK 2022 428 | VESTNIK 2022 31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Response: I will bless your name for ever, my King and my God. First Reading Wisdom 11:22 – 12:2 Our patient God is a lover of life, whose spirit fills all things. Second Reading 2 Thess. 1:11 – 2:2 Paul prays that God will make us wor-thy of our call. Gospel Luke 19:1-10 Zacchaeus meets Jesus, who comes to seek out and save those who are lost. “This man too is a son of Abraham.” Illustration Last year, a lay-led synod in England ex-plored the theme of what it means to belong and to be Church. One speaker, James Alison, outlined two contrasting ways of creating a sense of belonging. One is strong – or violent – belonging, where a nation, group, political party or church nurtures a sense of belonging by stoking fears of being threatened by “the evil other”. This threat may be external or in-ternal. The Cold War is an example of an exter-nal threat, where both the USA and the USSR created a strong sense of national identity by portraying the other as an existential danger to their way of life. Alternatively, the “evil oth-er” may be internal – the enemy within. Re-cent years have witnessed a rise in groups that portray various minorities as being threats to the cohesion and strength of the majority, whether this be people of a different ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or simply a differ-ent outlook on life. It’s an “us against them” sense of belonging. The alternative type of belonging is Catholicity. At its root, the word “catholic” connotes wholeness or inclusivity. A genu-inely Catholic sense of belonging might be termed “weak” or non-violent belonging, because it does not rely on demonising per-ceived enemies in order to strengthen the sense of identity and belonging among its members. Rather it seeks to identify what is common among us and to create a sense of identity based on shared humanity, strug-gles and hopes. It embraces rather than rejects, includes rather than excludes. Gospel Teaching We see both these kinds of belonging at play in the dynamic between Jesus, Zac-chaeus and the crowd. Zacchaeus knows himself to be “the evil other” in the eyes of his Jewish compatriots. He has sold out his birthright and betrayed his people by work-ing as a tax collector for the hated Roman occupiers. And he has been successful at it, too – he is a senior tax collector and wealthy: doubly despised. Perhaps it’s not just that he is short that makes him climb the tree to see Jesus – he knows he would not be welcome to stand shoulder to shoulder with the other citizens of Jeri-cho. That strong, violent, exclusive sense of belonging is at work here. Zacchaeus is not “one of us” and he has even in-ternalised his status as the enemy within. Jesus, however, does not buy into this sense of exclusive belonging. He initiates contact with Zacchaeus – not just speaking to him but inviting himself to dinner at Zacchaeus’ house. Jesus refuses to be put off by the complaints of those who have a strong sense of religious and national belonging. They see this man as a “sinner” and a traitor – by very defini-tion, not one of us. Jesus is not deterred by such hostility, not afraid to place himself alongside Zacchaeus against the wishes of the crowd. This enables Zacchaeus to grow into his full stature, correcting the consequences of his sins and turn-ing his life around. Jesus defines Zacchaeus as “one of us” – not “one of them” – a “son of Abraham” and therefore, by definition, a brother, family. Jesus speaks of salvation having come to Zacchaeus’ house. Salvation, healing and wholeness are the very definition of Catholic belonging. Application The story of Zacchaeus challenges each of us. Firstly: how do I understand my own sense of belonging – my belonging to my nation, my family, my Church, my parish? Do I define who I belong to – who belongs to me – in terms of exclusivi-ty? Do I foster a sense of external enemies who threaten to “swamp”, overwhelm or destroy the groups and people I hold dear? Is my sense of belonging dependent on identify-ing enemies within, whom I can demonise, victimise or re-ject? Is my own sense of self-identity and belonging so weak that I need to cling to an “us against them” mentality? Secondly: how open am I to being transformed? Can I, like Zacchaeus, acknowledge my own vulnerability, mistakes and imperfection? Am I willing to “climb a tree” – to go out of my comfort zone to seek out opportunities to be made whole and be reconciled? Am I strong enough to admit my weakness; am I big enough to own my shortcomings? When we can do that, our personal place of weakness becomes the means by which we can come into fellowship with others who are equally flawed and damaged, rather than seeing them as threats we need to guard against. That’s when “us against them” becomes just “us”. Please join us for the christening of the new wine ... MARTINOVANJE ST. MARTIN'S LUNCHEON Sunday, November 13, 2022 Doors open at 12 noon Delicious home-style dinner served at 1:00 p.m. Music by the band Šibaj Paid Members - $30 Non-Members - $35 Student (ages 11 to 17) $17 Child (ages 6 to 10) - $10 Ages 5 and under FREE For tickets: MaryAnn Barich 905-945-3750 John Gerden 905-708-7221 Stan Drobnich 905-894-6062 All amateur winemakers are invited to bring their wine for the competition, and all guests (of drinking age) are eligible to taste and judge the wines! Curbside Cabbage Rolls! Saturday, November 26, 2022 Cabbage Rolls freshly made and cooked that morning! 5 for $15 10 for $30 Apple Strudel (unbaked, frozen) 24” length $20 Pre-Orders only from November 14 to 16 By email only: info@lipapark.ca Please specify the name of the person who will be picking up the order. You will receive a con-firmation email after ordering with your pick-up time, and total cost. Please bring cheque or exact change on pick-up day. Thank you for your support! New branch hours in Hamilton from November 1st ! Phone: 905-578-7511 Tuesdays 11:00a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Thursdays 11:00a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Fridays 11:00a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Outside of these regular office hours please call 1-888-728-1742 to reach our Browns line staff; if you get the voicemail please leave a message and someone will call you back. You can also reach us via email or online at www.moyafinancial.ca. Please respect our ticket order DEADLINE: Tuesday, November 8. No late orders accepted and no tickets at the door. Thank you! Na racun »Eno Srce, Ena Duša« »One Heart, One Soul« ste za našo slo-vensko župnijo sv. Gregorija Velikega do 21. oktobra 2022: - $140,440. - Obljubili / Pledged - $123,050. - Vplacali / Paid Hvala vsem, ki ste že prispevali. Hvala Olgi Glavac za lep venec, ki nas bo v mesecu novembru spominjal na naše pokojne, ki se jih v tem casu še pose-bej spominjamo in zanje molimo. MAKE A LASTING DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY Join the thousands of VON volun-teers who help make communities healthier. If you would like to give back to your community by sharing your time and caring for others, we have a role for you! VON Meals on Wheels is looking ofr volunteer drivers and servers to deliver hot and frozen meals to seniors or individuals with disabilities in our com-munity. Brighten the day of asenior in your community: Commitment - 2 hours, 1 day per week at lunch time, between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Drivers and servers needed. Mileage reimbursed for drivers. Call 905-522-1022 to join our team today! VELEPOSLANIŠTVO REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE V OTTAWI 150 Metcalfe Street, Suite 2200 ON K2P 1P1 Ottawa, Kanada +1-613-565-5781 sloembassy.ottawa@gov.si https://www.gov.si/predstavnistva/veleposlanistvo-ottawa/ - Dežurna številka za nujne primere slo-venskih državljanov: +1-613-292-6041 Uradne ure Ponedeljek od 10:00 do 13:0010.00–13.00 Sreda od 10:00 do 13:0010.00–13.00 od 14:00 do 16:0014.00–16.00 Cetrtek od 10:00 do 13:0010.00–13.00 Za urejanje konzularnih zadev se predhodno obvezno dogovorite za termin po e-pošti ali telefo-nu. Informacije po telefonu od ponedeljka do petka med 10. in 15. uro. Veleposlaništvo nacrtuje do konca leta 2022 izvesti konzularne ure v Torontu vsak drugi mesec. SLOVENSKA ŠOLA Zadnjo oktobrsko soboto so otro-ci, ki obiskujejo Slovensko sobotno šolo, pouk zaceli s sveto mašo. Od februarja 2020, malo pred zacetkov Covida 19, nismo imeli te maše. Ker pri maši tudi kaj zapojemo, seveda ob kitari, imamo sreco, da je še nekaj otrok, ki so hodili že prej, tako, da poznajo pesmi. Mlajši pa kar hitro poprijemajo. Ker je to sobota tik pred Hallowe-enom, so se otroci tudi oblekli temu primerno, po malici pa so si ogledali še film. Ker se zelo hitro bliža december in praznovanje Miklavža, bomo že drugo soboto zaceli tudi z vajami za Miklav-žev prihod ki bo v nedeljo, 4. decem-bra. Ta dan bo v župniji samo ena maša ob 10h. For any information about Slovenian School, please contact Sandy at sferletic@gmail.com or 905-977-8464 OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS DOGODKI: - NOVEMBER - Nov 12, 2022 - VSKO - Zimski Market - Nov. 13, 2022 - Lipa Park - Martinovanje - Nov. 20, 2022 - Scholarship presentation after 11:00 a.m. Mass - Nov. 26, 2002 - Lipa Park - Curbside Cab-bage Rolls - Nov. 26, 2002 - Bled - Hunter’s Banquet - Dec. 4, 2022 - Slovenska šola-St. Gregory the Great - Miklavževanje - Mass only at 10:00 a.m. READERS - BRALCI BERIL October 30, 2022 Slovenska maša - Mirko Zorko English Mass - Mary Miklavcic GIFT BEARERS - SLOVENIAN MASS Oct. 30 - Jožica Vegelj & Štefka Eržen Nov. 6 - Aranka Dundek & Danny Fujs CLEANING OF THE CHURCH - CIŠCENJE CERKVE Nov. 12 - Jožica Vegelj and team Nov. 26 - Gosgnach team ALL SOULS DAY MASS – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 The annual All Souls Day Mass at Holy Sep-ulchre Cemetery, Burlington will take place on Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 2:00pm. The principal celebrant will be Most Rever-end Douglas Crosby, OMI, Bishop of Hamilton. All are welcome! MOLITVE NA POKOPALIŠCIH Danes, 30. oktobra 2022, bo zopet sveta maša na Holy Sepulchre pokopališcu in sicer ob obicajni uri, ob 2:00 popoldne. Naše moli-tve bodo, kot je bilo to navadno pred Covi-dom: - ob 3:00 pri križu na pokopališcu Holy Se-pulchre - ob 3:30 p.m. na pokopališcu Gate of He-aven - pri slovenski kapelici - ob 5:00 p.m. na pokopališcu Our Lady of the Angels (ce bo odprt mavzolej bomo noter sicer pa pod nadstreškom pred mavzolejem, kot smo to imeli lansko leto). Letos se ura spremeni na zimski cas v ne-deljo, 6. novembra. MAŠA - BRESLAU V nedeljo, 6. novembra bo sveta maša v bivši dvorani društva Sava. Sveta maša se bo darovala za vse pokojne clane in še po nasled-njih namenih: + Majda Cagran - darujeta Francka Kržišnik in Toni Žunic + Jože Šutej - daruje Anica Kobetic + Majda Cagran - daruje družina Mirt + Starši in brat Šerbec - družina Mirt Za zdravje in okrevanje - družina Mirt PRVI PETEK - FIRST FRIDAY Ta teden je prvi petek v mesecu. Ob 6h zvecer bo priložnost za zakrament sprave in molitev pred Najsvetejšim, ob 7h pa sv. maša. VECNA LUC V mesecu novembru bo vecna luc gorela za pokojno Katarino Mujdrica po namenu sina Martina in Bernardine Mujdrica. CWL - KŽZ Please note that CWL members will not gather for a meeting on Wednesday Nov. 2nd. We invite our parish community to join us for a Memorial Mass to remember and hon- our deceased members from our Catholic Women’s League and Slomšek Altar Society on Wednesday, November 23rd at 7:00 p.m. Clanice KŽZ v sredo, 2. novembra, ne bodo imele sestanka. Povabljene pa ste, da se udele-žite maše, ki bo 23. novembra ob 7h zvecer, pri kateri se bomo spomnili vseh pokojnih cla-nic tako KŽZ kot tudi SOD. DAROVI - DONATIONS Za gradbeni sklad so, v spomin na pokojno Rozino Vucko, darovali: $70 - Katoliška ženska zveza $200 - Francka Cestnik Hvala za vaš dar. DRUŠTVO SV. JOŽEFA - TORKOVI VECERI Villa Slovenia - Tuesday’s night social gath-erings will start November 1st from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. S prvim novembrom se bodo v Villa Slove-nia zopet zaceli »Torkovi veceri«. Vabljeni, da po “dooolgem casu” zopet pridete skupaj in preživite nekaj uric v dobri družbi prijateljev in znancev. SVETE MAŠE - MASS TIMES: Monday to Friday: 7:00 P.M., Saturday: 5:30 P.M. (Slovenian-Sunday Mass); Sunday: 10:00 A.M. from July to Fall Banquet (Slovenian/English) - KRSTI / BAPTISMS: For an appointment, call one month before. POROKE / MARRIAGE: For an appointment, call one year before the wedding date. SPOVED / CONFESSIONS: First Friday of the month 6 -7:00 P.M. (or by appointment) BOLNIKI - Sporocite, ce je kdo bolan ali v bolnišnici, da ga obišcemo. You are welcome to call for a personal conversation with your priest – please call for an appointment. Tel: 905-561-5971 or Cell: 905-520-2014 DON BOSCO V tem tednu so naslednje obletnice smrti faranov, ki so zapisani v naših knjigah: Žagar Albin Michael October 31, 2014 Tonaj Anton November 2, 1975 Prijatelj Anton Tony November 2, 1978 Cesar Anton November 2, 2013 Grebenc Lojze Andrew November 2, 2020 Petrella Teodora Antonia November 2, 2021 Hull Ludvik November 3, 2012 Tanko Elizabeth November 3, 2012 Šverko Anton November 6, 2014 31. NEDELJA MED LETOM 31TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 30. OKTOBER MARCEL, MUCENEC †† †† †† † † †† † † † Za žive in rajne župljane Pokojni iz družine Škrban Pokojni iz družine Žižek Viktor in Kristina Ferko Manja Erzetic Ivan Žižek Joe in Elizabeth Geric Joe Lackovic Pokojni starši Joža Šušteršic Molitve na pokopališcih 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. - - - - - - - - Družina Škrban Družina Škrban Hci Irena Kolmanic z družino Toni in Marija Franc Janez Lovrencec Vera Lackovic z družino Žena Vera z družino Hci Jožica Novak Karel Ferko z družino Prayers at the Cemeteries Svete maše - Masses Join us on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, 7:30 p.m. for the second lecture in our 2022-2023 series: None of the Above: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada St. Jerome's University, Notre Dame Chapel SJ1 Classrooms and Library Building 290 Westmount Rd N, Waterloo, On N2L 3G3 SVETE MAŠE - MASSES 31. 10. 2022 - 6. 11. 2022 PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 31. OKTOBER, Volbenk, šk TOREK - TUESDAY 1. NOVEMBER VSI SVETI †† †† † † † †† †† †† Janko in Toncka Demšar Pok. iz dr. Šribar, Hodnik & Erzetic Štefan Gonza Anica Lampagne Marta Rašcan Jožef in Cecilija Filip Vsi pokojni iz Villa Slovenia Pok. iz druž. Sagadin in Pozderec 7:00 P.M. Demšar, Scarcelli & Purdon Fam. Manja Erzetic Žena Vera z družino Vera Gonza z družino Bernarda Milosavljevic Julija Sagadin z družino Julija Sagadin z družino Julija Sagadin z družino SREDA - WEDNESDAY 2. NOVEMBER Spomin vernih rajnih † † † † † †† Rozina Vucko Martina Kolar Anica Lampagne Lojze Grebenc, obl. Iza Genia Owsianicka Za duše v vicah 7:00 P.M. CWL - KŽZ Mož Štefan z družino Majda Lukežic Mary Grebenc Helena Kwasniewska Helena Kwasniewska CETRTEK - THURSDAY 3. NOVEMBER Viktorin Ptujski, šk-muc. †† †† Pokojni duhovniki Pokojni farani sv. Gregorija Po namenu 7:00 P.M. SDB Marija Korošec z družino Ana Tadic PRVI PETEK - FIRST FRIDAY 4. NOVEMBER Karel Boromejski, škof † †† †† Marija Bregar Matija in Terezija Sobocan Jože in Matilda Stanko 7:00 P.M. Ana Gergyek Cecilija Sobocan Hci Olga Hanc z družino SOBOTA - SATURDAY 5. NOVEMBER Zaharija in Elizabeta, starša Janeza Krstnika †† † †† † † † † † †† Adolf Košir Marija Bukvic Brat Ignac in Olga Prša Karel Volf Frank Pinter Franc Raduha Franc Raduha Magda Udovc Jožef in Marija Heric 5:30 P.M. Marija Košir Mož Anton z družino Marija volf Žena Marija Žena z družino Regina in Martin Nedelko Žena z družino Jožica Vegelj z družino Francka in Štefan Antolin z druž. 32. NEDELJA MED LETOM 32ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 6. NOVEMBER MONALD KOPRSKI, DUHOVNIK †† † † †† † † † †† Za žive in rajne župljane Pokojni iz družine Sarjaš Jože Lovšin, obl. Franc Saje Magda in Stane Udovc Vida Sajder Ed Kodarin Emilia Balažic, obl. Pokojni iz društva Sava 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M. - - - - - - - - Ignac in Terezija Sarjaš Družina Pust Žena z družino Udovc-Levstek Families Matilda Bratuž Žena z družino Hci Emilija Lovrencec z družino Bivša dvorana društva Sava No Mass in the Parish - Ni maše v župniji