30. NEDELJA MED LETOM 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 43/52 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 23. 10. 2016 Fr. Drago Gačnik, SDB ŽUPNIK - PASTOR NASLOV - ADDRESS 125 Centennial Pkwy N Hamilton, ON L8E 1H8 TEL.: 905-561-5971 FAX: 905-561-5109 E-MAIL Gregory_sdb@ stgregoryhamilton.ca WEB PAGE www.carantha.com HALL RENTALS CELL: 905-518-6159 E-MAIL Hallrental@ stgregoryhamilton.ca VESTNIK Molitev dveh mož Slišali smo molitev dveh mož. Človek je odkrit, ko v samoti moli in premišljuje o sebi. Pripoved pa Jezus, ki vidi v človekovo srce in presoja njegove misli, zaostri. Ceprav je njun značaj poenostavljen, pa oba živita med nami, srečujemo ju na ulicah. Eden mogoče nosi moje ime. Moža se sama predstavita. Farizej je pravičnež, desetino daje v dober namen in za tempelj, odlikuje ga osebna urejenost in natančno spolnjevanje zakonov. Cestninar pa je njegovo nasprotje: podkupovalec in sprijenec. Vendar je njegova izpoved iskrena. Najpomembnejša farizejeva beseda je bila JAZ. Čeprav se ves čas zahvaljuje Bogu, je zaposlen samo s seboj. Našteva svoja dobra dela in opozarja, da je v miloščini in postu storil več, kot od njega zahteva postava. Cestninar pa strmi v tla, zadržuje dih in njegova molitev je bolj podobna kriku. Prosi Boga, naj očisti njegovo dušo, ki je kot teman madež. In zato je šel OPRAVIČEN na svoj dom. Evangelij poudarja cestninarjevo odprtost božji milosti, zaradi katere se razlikuje od farizeja. Ali ni tudi naš svet preveč gotov vase, sebičen in željan le uspeha in razvoja? V farizeju so strnjeni naši predsodki, ko vrednotimo druge. Farizej se je napihoval, druge obsojal in grajal, namesto da bi skupaj z grešniki vzkliknil: »Le kam gre moja pot? Bog, pomagaj mi!« Davkar pa je priznal: »Kriv sem.« Odpuščeni so mu bili grehi, ker je ponižno priznal svojo majhnost pred Bogom. Tudi farizej bi gotovo prejel obilo milosti, če bi ostal skromen. Vsak od njiju je nehote povedal, kako si predstavlja Boga. Farizej ga je spremenil v podjetje, v katerem si kopiči bogastvo in ga tudi sam vodi. V svoji molitvi je Bogu povedal, da čaka na zasluženo spoštovanje in počastitev. Tudi danes mnogi mislijo, da jim Bog marsikaj dolguje. Zato tudi stokajo, ko jih zadene gorje: »Zakaj se je to primerilo ravno meni?« Jezus ni grajal farizejeve dobrodelnosti in njegovega poštenja, opozoril pa je, da so razlogi in načela njegovega ravnanja napačna. 386 | VESTNIK 2016 388 | VESTNIK 2016 390 | VESTNIK 2016 392 | VESTNIK 2016 YEAR OF MERCY CLOSING CELEBRATIONS The conclusion of the Year of Mercy will be celebrated with an Evening Prayer celebration on Friday, November 18th, 2016 in the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, Hamilton. Archbishop Donald Bolen of Regina will offer a reflective talk on the Year of Mercy following Evening Prayer. On Sunday, November 20th, Bishop Crosby will preach at the Masses on the Feast of Christ the King at the Cathedral Basilica. All those attending will enter the church through the Doors of Mercy. Masses at the Cathedral Basilica are Saturday at 5:00 p.m.; Sunday at 9:00 a.m.; 11:00 a.m.; and 4:00 p.m. All are welcome. 60 LET ZAKONA V četrtek, 20. oktobra 2016, sta naša farana, STANE in ANTONIJA NOVAK, praznovala 60 let zakonskega življenja - biserno poroko. Iskrene čestitke ob praznovanju tako viskokega jubileja. Naj ju še naprej spremlja božji blagoslov in priprošnja božje Matere Marije. ZLATA POROKA V soboto, 22. oktobra 2016 sta se ALOJZ in AGATA SARJAŠ, pri sveti maši, Bogu zahvalila za 50 let skupnega življenja. Zahvalno sveto mašo je daroval brat Alojza, Fr. Pascal Sarjaš, ki je za to priložnost prišel iz Francije, kjer tudi deluje. Iskrene čestitke slavljencema za jubilej, da bi še naprej vztrajala v zvestobi, Bog pa naj ju ohranja zdrava in v medsebojnem razumevanju. VESTNIK 2016 | 387 VESTNIK 2016 | 389 VESTNIK 2016 | 391 SEMINAR ZA UČITELJICE SLOVENSKE ŠOLE V četrtek 20. in v petek 21. oktobra, so se učitelji/ce naše Slovenske sobotne šole zopet zbrale na seminarju, ki sta ga vodili profesorici Miahela Knez in Damjana Kern. Podoben tečaj sta imeli že pred dvema letoma. Predstavili sta nove vsebine in zanimive metode učenja slovenščine, ki so jih pripravili v njihovem centru. Veliko uporabnega praktičnega materiala je sedaj dostopnega tudi na spletni strani: www. centerslo.si. Podoben tečaj sta že imeli nekaj dni prej v Clevelandu in Chicagu, od nas pa sta šli še v Toronto. Za učiteljice je vedno dobro, da obnovijo svoje znanje, ga prilagodijo novim rodovom, uporabijo primerno literaturo in pripomočke. In taki tečaji lahko zelo olajšajo delo in organizacijo učenja v slovenski šoli. Center za slovenščino kot drugi in tuji jezik s svojimi programi celovito strokovno skrbi za področje slovenščine kot drugega in tujega jezika ter slovenski jezik, literaturo in kulturo ter slovenistiko mednarodno promovira. Deluje v okviru Oddelka za slovenistiko Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani. Njegova dejavnost je organizirana v osmih posebnih programih. Dejavnosti Centra sofinancira Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport. 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Response: The poor one called and the Lord heard. First Reading Ecclesiast. 35:12-14. 16-19 God’s judgement of people depends not on their status but on the attitudes of their hearts. Second Reading 2 Timothy 4:6-8. 16-18 The Lord is the righteous judge who stands by Paul in the face of all who seek to do him harm. Gospel Luke 18:9-14 The Pharisee judges himself to be better than the tax collector, but it is the humble man’s prayer that is heard. “I thank you God, that I am not… like the rest of mankind.” Illustration In recent history we have heard of a number of cases where there has been a miscarriage of justice. It may be the Birmingham Six or the Guildford Four, where men and women were imprisoned for years after being found guilty of being involved in planting bombs as part of an IRA campaign of terror. Subsequently their con-victions were quashed, leaving the credibility of the justice system tarnished. It was the wrongful con-viction and execution of Timothy Evans in 1950 that played a part in the eventual abolition of capital punishment in the United Kingdom in 1965. There are many other examples of judicial systems that are even worse, as well as places where the rule of law barely exists at all. When unfair and unjust judge-ments are made, there can be awful consequences for people whether they are innocent or guilty. Gospel Teaching This, of course, is not a modern phenomenon. The scriptures record many examples of perverted judicial processes, of which the condemnation and execution of Jesus is the prime example. In his para-bles, Jesus uses the example of an unjust judge to teach lessons about perseverance in prayer. For Je-sus and his hearers, it’s not an uncommon experi-ence. But today the scriptures show us that no mat-ter how bad our experience of human justice may be, God is always a righteous judge who is not swayed by power or privilege, but stands always on the side of those who are poor and oppressed. St Paul tells us of his experience of the justice system. When nobody would speak in his defence, he had to rely on the power of God, so that he could use his trial as a means for proclaiming the truth of the Gospel. Paul believes that the Lord will keep him safe from all that threatens him until he finally comes into God’s kingdom. In contrast to St Paul and his trust in God’s providence, we hear of the Pharisee in the Gospel, who sets himself up as the righteous judge. Looking at himself, he thinks that he is not like the rest of humankind, “grasping, unjust, adulterous”. No, he fasts twice a week and gives tithes on all he gets. He thanks God especially that he is not like the tax collector, a well-known exam-ple deserving of scorn and hate. He judges himself to be worthy of God’s praise, while he judges the tax collector to be worthy of God’s condemnation. The Pharisee is caught up in his own little world of self-congratulation and praise, cut off from the messy reality of the rest of humankind, and this prevents him from seeing things as God sees them. It is, in fact, God who is the righteous judge, and God is moved not by the self-applause of the Pharisee, but by the humble confession of the tax collector. Application In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, we are encour-aged to be merciful as God is merciful. Jesus teaches us to see God our Father not so much as a judge ready to condemn us and punish us, but rather as the God who knows our fragility and forgives us anyway. For God, mercy is the key. None of us de-serves forgiveness; none of us can earn forgiveness. It is simply God’s nature to forgive, no matter what our sin may be. Once we acknowledge that God is merciful towards us, then we are called to show mercy to-wards others. We are in no position to judge others or to build ourselves up by putting others down. Pope Francis describes the Church, wherever it is to be found, as “an oasis of mercy”. Every little group-ing where two or three gather in the name of Jesus is to be such “an oasis of mercy”. But we will only be able to invite others into this oasis when we have drunk from the fountain of mercy ourselves. So, far from criticising others and setting our-selves apart from others, we are called to develop hearts that are welcoming, communities that reach out especially to those who are weak and poor. We are to be the face of God’s mercy in a world that experiences so much injustice and hatred. And so let us ask God for the humility first to know our own need for mercy, and then to help us build “oases of mercy” where all the hurts of the world may find healing and peace. ALL SOULS DAY CELEBRATIONS All are welcome to attend the annual All Souls Day Mass on Sunday, October 30, at 2:00 p.m. at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. The principal celebrant will be Most Rever-end Douglas Crosby, OMI, Bishop of Hamilton. Prayers: - 3:00 p.m. - Holy Sepulchre Cemetery - 3:30 p.m. - Gate of Heaven Cemetery - 5:00 p.m. - Our Lady of the Angels Cemetery (Mausoleum) DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR CHILD WISHES YOU KNEW ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY? In our media saturated world it is im-portant for parents to understand that chil-dren as young as eight have accidently seen pornography. Pornography addiction is a major problem amongst young people, but so is the danger of casual or accidental viewing. Come and learn about: how easy it is to access inappropriate internet con-tent; the harmful effects of pornography on the brain and relationships; the importance of discussing the issue with your children. Date: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2066 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Presenter: Craig Bakker from Fight the New Drug Location: Silver City Hamilton 795 Paramount Drive, Stoney Creek (No Charge to Attend) For Information Call: Teresa Hartnett, Director of Family Ministry 905-528-7988 ext. 2250 (Diocese of Hamilton) OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS PEVSKE VAJE V četrtek, po večerni maši so pevske vaje za mešani pevski zbor. Pripravljamo se za praznik vseh svetih, ki ga bomo praznovali v nedeljo 30. oktobra. DOGODKI V BLIŽNJI PRIHODNOSTI . 23. oktober: Scholarship Foundation - SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET . 30. oktober: Mass 2:00 p.m. at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery; after Mass we will pray on different cemeteries for all deceased parishioners. . 2. november: London-Cemetery: Mass 2:00 p.m. . 6. november: Lipa park - Martinovanje - “Šibaj” . 12. november: St. Gregory - Martinovanje-”Brajda” . 13. november: Slovenski park - Fall Member’s meeting; London-Triglav: Maša 2:00 p.m. and in-door bowling. . 19. november: Bled - Hunter’s banquet; Sava-Breslau - Hunter’s banquet . 27. november: Sava-Breslau - Maša 1:00 p.m. ST. JOSEPH’S ANNOUNCEMENTS Villa Slovenia Bingo is now every Monday at 1:00 PM. All members of our Parish and friends are welcome to join us. It is good to stimulate the mind - come and play bingo with us!!! Tuesday Social Evenings is from now on every Tuesday after 7:00 p.m. These Come out to play cards, chess, pool, shuffle board or just to socialize. It is a great way to join your parish friends and get out for an evening. GIFT BEARERS - DAROVE PRINAŠATA . 23. oktober, 9:30 am: Jože in Jožica Groznik DAROVI Za gradbeni sklad /streho/ so darovali: - $60 - Marija in Toni Kuzma - $200 - Štefanija Molec - $50 - Donna Gorjup, Guelph - $200 - Rose Gerič v spomin na pokojno mamo Irmo. Hvala vsem za vaše darove. Bog vam povrni. VSI SVETI - MAŠA - MOLITVE V nedeljo, 30. oktobra bo na pokopališču Holy Sepulchre-Burlingtom sveta maša ob praznovanju Vseh svetih. Sveto mašo bo vodil hamiltonski škof Douglas Crosby. Po maši se bomo zbrali pri križu k molitvi za rajne, ki počivajo na tem pokopališču. Na pokopališču Gate of Hevaen bodo molitve za rajne ob 3:30 popoldne. Na pokopališču Our Lady of the Angels pa bodo molitve ob 5:00 popoldne. Zbrali se bomo, kot že nekaj zadnjih let, v mavzoleju. IZLET V SLOVENIJO - 2017 Jože Razpotnik zbira informacije, če bi se nabralo dovolj zanimanja za izlet v Slovenijo in Madžarsko (Budimpešta). Predvideni čas je od 25. junija do 10. julija 2017. Za več informacij ga pokličite na telefon: 1-519-416-0653. DUHOVNIŠKI SEMINAR Vsako leto imamo duhovniki škofije Hamilton seminar, ki bo ta teden in sicer od torka 25. do petka 28. oktobra v Burlingtonu. Ker imamo v sredo zvečer ob sedmih vsi duhovniki skupaj s škofi sveto mašo v katedrali, doma ne bo maše. Vse tiste maše, ki so zapisane za sredo, se bodo darovale v torek, 25. oktobra zvečer ob 7:00h. V četrtek in petek so maše ob običajnih urah. HAITI EMERGENCY COLLECTION Pastors have received information from CCODP about a special collection for Haiti to assist in recovery from the recent devastation by Hurricane Matthew. Materials are available from Development and Peace Offices. A spe-cial collection may be held between now and the end of November at the discretion of the Pastor – proceeds to be sent to the Chancery and will be forwarded to CCODP. Please be generous! - The Most Rev. Douglas Crosby, Bishop of Hamilton. Our collection for »HAITI EMERGENCY« will take place on Sunday November 13, 2016. There are special envelopes at the en-trance of the Church! POKOJNI V ponedeljek, 17. oktobra 2016, je odšla k Bogu po večno plačilo naša faranka IRMA MARIA GERIČ. Septembra je dopolnila 80 let. Od nje ste se lahko poslovili v Markey Dermody Funeral Home v četrtek, 20. oktobra. Ob pol štirih popoldne smo se zbrali k molitvi za pokoj njene duše. Pogrebno slovo je bilo v kapeli pogrebnega doma in nato pogreb na Our Lady of the Angels pokopališču, poleg pokojnega moža. Iskreno sožalje hčerki Rose in vsem sorodnikom. Pokojna Irma pa naj počiva v Božjem miru. SVETE MAŠE - MASS TIMES: Ponedeljek/Monday – Petek/Friday: 7:00 P.M. Sobota/Saturday: 8:00 A.M. – slovenska / in Slovenian 5:30 P.M. – slovenska / in Slovenian - Nedelja/Sunday: 9:30 A.M. – slovenska / in Slovenian - 11:00 A.M. – angleška / in English KRSTI / BAPTISMS: Po dogovoru, prijava 1 mesec prej. - For an app’t, call one month before. POROKE / MARRIAGE: Prijava eno leto prej. / For an app’t, call one year before the wedding date. SPOVED / CONFESSIONS: Vsak prvi petek ob 6:00 P.M. / First Friday of the month 6-7:00 P.M. (or by appointment) BOLNIKI - Sporočite, če je kdo bolan ali v bolnišnici, da ga obiščemo. You are welcome to call for a personal conversation (person counselling) with your priest – please call during business hours for an appointment. Tel: 905-561-5971. DON BOSCO VOLUNTEERS Thank you to the parishioners who completed volunteer sign up sheets at the banquet. We appreciate your offer to help. For those of you who were unable to attend the banquet, or who somehow missed the opportunity, sign up sheets will be available at the back of the church for the next four weeks. Please complete a form and leave it in the box marked Volunteer Forms. You can be sure that your talents and spare energy will be put to good use for the benefit of St. Gregory's. COOKING SESSION Our next cooking session will take place on November 19th in the upper hall kitchen. We will be making cookies before the Christmas season. If you are interested in participating, please contact me to reserve your spot. novakh@sympatico.ca 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION On October 24th, the parish council invites all parishioners to come and celebrate Father Drago's 60th birthday. We will begin with the celebration of mass at 7:00 pm followed by a gathering in the hall where we can all extend our personal birthday wishes to him. We look forward to seeing you there! 30. NEDELJA MED LETOM 23. OKTOBER Janez Kapistran, duh Misijonska nedelja Mission Sunday † † †† †† Za žive in rajne župljane Alex Zolis George Madronich Pokojni iz družine Jesih Jernej in Lucija Ponikvar Bogu v zahvalo za 50 let zakona SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 12:30 P.M. Družina Zlatko Berkovič Ida Madronich Družina Družina Ponikvar Frank in Katarina Kapušin Župnijska dvorana PONEDELJEK-MONDAY 24. OKTOBER Anton M. Klaret, škof † † † Rudi Zorčič V čast Materi Božji Albin Žagar Marija Fotivec 7:00 P.M. Jožica in Ivan Vegelj Nada Dean Family Kennedy Ignac Prša z družino TOREK - TUESDAY 25. OKTOBER, Darinka, mučenka † † †† † Ivan Ray, obl. Zdravko Troha Anton in Ivan Malevič, obl. Slavko Slobodnik 7:00 P.M. Sin Štefan in Gizella z druž. Danica Maradin Družina Malevič Družina Malevič SREDA - WEDNESDAY 26. OKTOBER, Lucijan ČETRTEK - THURSDAY 27. OKTOBER Sabina Avilska, muč. †† † † † Pokojni iz družine Kološa Vid Kastelic Ivan Zupančič Ana Veselič 7:00 P.M. Majda Salajko Družina Della Nebbia Žena in družina Družina Mihael Fabina PETEK - FRIDAY 28. OKTOBER Simon in Juda Tadej,ap † † †† †† Marija Grebenc Slavko Slobodnik Za duše v vicah Pokojni Kornhauzer 7:00 P.M. Lojze in Peter Grebenc Družina Pušič Nada Dean Gizela Hauzar SOBOTA SATURDAY 29. OKTOBER Mihael Rua, redovnik † † †† † †† †† Pavel Novak (Šolska maša) Štefan Zadravec, obl. Marija in Nik Skalij Elizabeth Ferko Terezija in Ladislav Salajko Štefan in Terezija Marinič 9:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M. Josip in Kata Basič Žena in družina Jožica in družina Kathy in Martin Simončič Olga Čulig in Janet Družina Raduha 31. NEDELJA MED LETOM 30. OKTOBER Marcel, mučenec † † † Za žive in rajne župljane Joseph Nedelko Jože Koželj Štefan Gonza (Holy Sepulchre Cemet.) Holy Sepulche Cemetery Gate of Heaven Cemeterry Our Lady of the Angels Cemetery 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 2:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. 3:30 P.M. 5:00 P.M. Štefan in Francka Antolin Družina Mlačak Žena Vera z družino Molitve za rajne Molitve za rajne Molitve za rajne SVETE MAŠE - MASSES Od 23. 10. 2016 Do 30. 10. 2016 Danes ni maše v župniji, ker duhovniki ob 7:00 p.m. mašujemo v katedrali