3. ADVENTNA NEDELJA 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 50/52 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 11. 12. 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 Kdo je Janez Krstnik? Jezus je Janeza ocenil pred učenci, ki so bili prepričani, da je Janez prerok, ter pred nasprotniki, ki so Janezu očitali, da je prevarant. Premišljeno je razkril bistvo Janezovega poslanstva. Spoštuje ga zaradi njegove zvestobe in poguma, s katerim premaguje težave in smrtni strah. Množici zastavlja dramatično vprašanje: »Kaj ste šli gledat v puščavo? Trs, ki ga veter maje?« V jordanski dolini se je trstičje bohotilo. Janez pa ni bil običajen človek, ni iskal naklonjenosti, svojih besed ni omilil ali prilagodil ušesom poslušalcev, ni se prilizoval in iskal razkošja, zaradi svojih opominov je bil sedaj zaprt v grajski ječi. »Ali kaj ste šli gleda? Človeka, mehko oblečenega?« Več kot preroka, kajti Janez, glasnik Mesije, je dopolnil poslanstvo prerokov Stare zaveze. V naklonjenosti in spoštovanju do vpijočega v puščavi, čigar glas bodo v ječi kmalu utišali, je Jezus zbrani množici jasno povedal, da je Janez večji kot njihovi preroki. Janez je predvsem poudarjal ogenj božje jeze, zanj je bil Bog najprej sodnik in šele potem oče. Celo nad Jezusom je pričel dvomiti, ker ni uresničil njegovih pričakovanj. Celo med učenci Janeza in Jezusa je prišlo do napetosti, saj so različno odgovarjali na vprašanje, kakšno kraljestvo pričakujejo. Kljub vsemu je bilo vsem jasno, da je Janez več kot prerok, zaradi prekipevajoče ljubezni in velike želje, da pomaga pri uresničevanju novega kraljestva. Le počasi razumevamo, da zgodovino oblikuje Bog, ki bolj kot vedeževanje ceni odprto srce. Naša krščanska dolžnost je, da v zgodovini iščemo božje sledi. Znamenja nove dobe so očitna. Jezus namesto pravičnosti in krivde poudarja prvenstvo ljubezni. A kljub temu je najmanjši v božjem kraljestvu je večji, kakor vsi mogočniki tega sveta. 458 | VESTNIK 2016 460 | VESTNIK 2016 462 | VESTNIK 2016 464 | VESTNIK 2016 466 | VESTNIK 2016 468 | VESTNIK 2016 MIKLAVŽEVANJE PRI SV. GREGORIJU VELIKEM V nedeljo, 4. decembra 2016, je našo skupnost zopet obiskal Miklavž. Dopoldne smo se ob desetih zbrali k sveti maši, pri kateri sta sodelovala oba zbora, slovenski in angleški. Darove je prinesla družina Taylor (Dundek). Po maši pa so si najmlajši lahko v dvorani ogledali risani film »Frozen«. Cena za kosilo je bila za odrasle $22, mladino $12, otroke (4-13) $8, najmlajši pa so imeli zastonj. Za pripravo kosila je bila v nedeljo v kuhinji ekipa ( Jenny Antolin, Dan Miklavčič, Lorie Mramor) po vodstvom Andreje in Antona Marinčič. Hvala za dobro okusno kosilo. Pri vstopnini je bila Sandy Ferletič, v baru pa Tony Horvat in Steven Horvat. Hrano so na mize postregli mladi: Joel Antolin, Kristina Hode, Amalija Lukežič, Mathew Mramor, Maya in Izzy Marinčič, Peter Košir. Veliko dela je bilo opravljenega že v soboto dopoldne, ko so pri pripravi v dvorani ali v kuhinji sodelovali: Kristina Hočevar, Natalia Erzar, Andrea in Anton Marinčič, Peter in Linda Novak, Alexandra Curkovič, Betty Miklavčič, Matej Glavač, Boris Lukežič, Karolina Kolmanič, Mary Hode, Tomaž Škrban. V nedeljo je bilo potrebno postoriti še marsikaj, kot bi rekli, v ozadju in tu so sodelovali: Družina Petra Novaka, Družina Johna Horvata, Družina Eric Marinka, Mateja Mihelčič, Kristina Hočevar in Fr. Drago. Ob koncu kosila so se otroci slovenske šole pripravili za nastop. Angelčki, hudički in seveda Miklavž (Frank Novak). Z otroci smo že mesec prej vadili sicer znane melodije, pa vendar za tiste najmlajše, so bile nove. Začeli smo z prihodom angelčkov in pesmijo: Mi angelci smo mali, kratkim plesom in nato nastopom dveh hudičkov. Ob soju barvnih luči (kontrola je bila v rokah Matthew Mramorja in Johna Horvata), projeciranem besedilu (pri računalniku je bil tokrat Thomas Mramor) so otroci lepo odigrali svoje vloge. Nato je Miklavž obdaroval otroke in za slovo so še zapeli: Bratci, sestrice, čujte naš zadnji pozdrav... Lepo je bilo opazovati otroške obraze, ko so občudovali Miklavža, angelce in škratulina. Lepa tradicija, ki jo skušamo obdržali tudi za mlade rodove. Hvala vsem, ki ste pomagali pri vseh pripravah, staršem otrok Slovenske šole, učiteljicam, ki so pripravile darila in poskrbele da so bili vsi nastopajoči primerno oblečeni. Bog daj, da bi se še veliko let srečevali ob takih dogodkih. VESTNIK 2016 | 459 VESTNIK 2016 | 461 VESTNIK 2016 | 463 VESTNIK 2016 | 465 VESTNIK 2016 | 467 CWL - GENERAL MEETING & CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION On Wednesday, December 7th, the CWL held their last general meeting for the year 2016. A small, but dedicated group of members attended. The Youth Room was festively decorat-ed. We took care of our meeting agenda and then enjoyed a lovely evening of Christmas festivi-ties. Thank you to Nancy Taylor for the food she prepared for our gathering and to Pamela for the refreshments. Mary Ann Demšar involved us all in a wonderful presentation of the Advent Wreath and its meaning in our faith. We enjoyed games and gift prizes prepared by Rosie Šušteršič, Heidy Novak and Sidonia Poppa. Fr. Drago provided wonderful Slovenian and English Christmas music for us to listen to. Thank you, all who helped and attended. We shared a very wonderful evening of CWL business and Christmas cheer. Vesele in blagoslovljene Božične praznike! Jan 1st Terezija Pučko & Vera Gonza Jan 8th Eva Erzetič & Jožica Vegelj Jan 15th Ivan & Angela Antolin Jan 22th Aranka & Danny Dundek Jan 29th Ignac & Terezija Kolenko Feb 5th One Mass at 10:00am - Thomas & Alenka Košir Feb 12th Ignac & Terezija Kolenko Feb 19th Gizela Hauzar & Emilija Mertuk Feb 26th Jože & Albina Antolin March 5th - CWL Bazaar One Mass at 10:00am - Vera Gonza & family March 12th Eva Erzetič & Jožica Vegelj March 19th - St. Joseph’s Banquet One Mass at 10:00am - Max & Jožica Pavličič March 26th Ignac & Terezija Sarjaš April 2nd - Spring Banquet One Mass at 10:00am - Toni & Marija Franc April 9th - Palm Sunday Zorka Rev & Sonja Peternel April 15th - Easter Vigil Liturgical committee to organize April 16th - Easter Sunday Karol & Milka Ferko April 23rd Stanko & Jožica Vegelj April 30th Toni Ferko and family May 7th Olga & Marija Glavač May14th - Mother’s Day One Mass at 10:00 a.m. - Jenny & David Antolin or (Štefan & Francis Antolin) May 21st Jožica Novak and Helen Špiler May 28th - First Communion One Mass at 10:00 a.m. - Candidate and family June 4th Franc & Antonija Smodiš June 11th Eva Erzetič & Jožica Vegelj June 18th - Procesija One Mass at 10:00 a.m. - Demšar / Scarcelli family June 25th Jože & Jožica Groznik GIFT BEARERS FOR 9:30 a.m. (10:00 a.m.) MASS: January - June 2017 Thank you to all the team members who worked so diligently this past year. Your con-tribution is greatly ap-preciated. The church cleaning schedule for 2017 is now on the notice board in the vestibule. Please check the dates you have been assigned. If there are any problems, let me know as soon as possi-ble. This year we have added a major clean up just prior to Easter and we are looking for some strong help to take care of some extra cleaning tasks. Please let me know if you can help with this one time project. Anyone interested to help us with our general cleaning schedule, please let me know. We are always looking for new volunteers. Pamela 905-304-8719 Date Team January 6 Gosgnach team January 13 Gosgnach team January 20 Gosgnach team January 27 Gosgnach team February 3 Jožica Vegelj & team February 10 Jenny Antolin, Francka Antolin, Marija Magdič February 17 Milena Volčanšek, Majda Lukežič February 24 Sidonia Poppa, Mary Glavač March 3 CWL team, Justyna Janiak March 10 Lojzka Novak, Emily Novak March 17 Zorka Rev, Jožica Erzar, Jožica Groznik, Anica Letnik March 24 Jožica Vegelj & team March 31 Major clean up - pre Easter. (Volunteer sign up) April 14 Jenny Antolin, Francka Antolin, Marija Magdič April 28 Milena Volčanšek & Majda Lukežič May 12 Sidonia Poppa & Mary Glavač May 26 CWL team, Justyna Janiak June 9 Lojzka Novak, Emily Novak June 23 Zorka Rev, Jožica Erzar, Jožica Groznik, Anica Letnik July 7 Jožica Vegelj & team July 21 Jenny Antolin, Francka Antolin, Marija Magdič August 4 Milena Volčanšek, Majda Lukežič August 18 Sidonia Poppa & Mary Glavač September 1 CWL team, Justyna Janiak September 15 Lojzka Novak, Emily Novak September 29 Zorka Rev, Jožica Erzar, Jožica Groznik, Anica Letnik October 13 Jožica Vegelj & team October 27 Jenny Antolin, Francka Antolin, Marija Magdič November 10 Milena Volčanšek, Majda Lukežič November 24 Sidonia Poppa & Mary Glavač December 8 Lojzka Novak, Emily Novak December 22 Zorka Rev, Jožica Erzar, Jožica Groznik, Anica Letnik CHURCH CLEANING SCHEDULE for 2017 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT Response: Lord, come and save us. First Reading Isaiah 35:1-6. 10 Isaiah strengthens the people by foretelling the coming of the Lord. His coming will put an end to sadness and bring eternal joy. Second Reading James 5:7-10 James recognises the restlessness of the com-munity and encourages the practice of patience. Gospel Matthew 11:2-11 Jesus tells the disciples of John the Baptist to return to him and tell the Baptist of the wonders they have seen the Lord do. “Be patient… until the Lord’s coming.” Illustration Waiting to go to school, waiting to meet the boy or girl of our dreams, waiting for the result of an exam or an X-ray, waiting to grow old, waiting for death. Strange how much waiting there is in a life-time; the world sometimes seems to be a giant wait-ing room, a place where everyone appears to be waiting for something to happen. Today’s readings show that waiting is not without its value. St James, in a typically down-to-earth way, draws an example from nature: farmers are almost by definition patient individuals. They know that everything takes time: you don’t pop a seed into the ground today and expect the appear-ance of precious fruit tomorrow; the felling of a tree may take hours, the growth of a tree takes years. It’s a law that applies to all growth, especially growth in friendship, including growth in friendship with God. Gospel Teaching Christian waiting is an active rather than a pas-sive affair: while placing all our trust in God, we act as though everything depends on us. And today’s readings suggest that there are advantages in this active waiting. It teaches us our limitations, and so makes us alive to our need of God. Isaiah, speaking to his people in the grim days of exile, assures them that a time is coming when desert will be trans-formed into a carpet of flowers and when human disabilities will be healed. While waiting, they must trust in God. “Look”, he cries, “your God is coming”, and so, “Strengthen all weary hands, steady all trembling knees and say to all faint hearts, ‘Courage! do not be afraid’.” It’s not easy to experi-ence the strengthening and the steadying and the being filled with encouragement, unless we’ve first been through some of the weakness and the trem-bling and the faintheartedness that can go with periods of waiting, periods when nothing seems to happen, periods when God seems asleep. The Gospel suggests that when our waiting includes a genuine openness to God’s designs, we often find that our God is a God of surprises. John the Baptist spent his life waiting and preparing for the coming of the Messiah. He continued even when he was languishing in Herod’s dark subterra-nean dungeon. He’d always imagined the Messiah would be mighty, and would pass fierce judgement on his enemies. But Jesus was so different. You can sense the anguish in John’s voice as he tells his friends to go and ask Jesus: “Are you the one who is to come, or have we got to wait for someone else?” It’s as though he is wondering if his whole life has been in vain. Yet even now he seems to preserve a spirit of openness, a readiness to trust in God. And the re-ward is indeed a surprise; his friends bring back startling news: those who are deaf hear, those who are blind see, sick people are healed, “the Good News is proclaimed to the poor”. We’ve seen the fulfilment of those words of Isaiah, they say, we’ve witnessed God’s boundless love at work in Jesus; if he’s not our Messiah, then no one ever could be. John’s waiting had not been in vain. Application Clearly, waiting is not meant to be an alibi for doing nothing. The story is told of a priest in a rural area who congratulated a man who had retired and moved into the parish because in a few short months he had completely transformed the dread-ful unkempt patch of land beside his house into a beautiful garden. “Amazing what can happen,” said the priest, “when God and humans work in tan-dem.” “I don’t know about that,” replied the old chap. “You should have seen the mess it was in when God had it to himself.” As Christians, we are an Advent people, not simply in the sense that for a few weeks each year we wait for Christ’s birth at Christmas, but rather in the sense that our whole life is a time of waiting, a time of preparation, for the time when he will come again. Like John the Baptist, we are invited to go on patiently waiting and growing in friendship with the Lord until the day when all waiting will be over, the day when we shall gaze face to face upon the one we have waited for, the one we have longed for, the one we have sought, often unknowingly, our whole life long. NOVINA TO THE INFANT JESUS The Sisters of the Carmel of Saint Joseph will pray for you during the Novena to Infant Jesus, December 16th to December 25th, 2016. Are you troubled? Do you need spiritual support? You can participate in the Novena to Infant Jesus. Send your prayer intention slip with your name and address to Carmel of Saint Joseph,1127 Car-mel-Koch Road, R.R. #1 St. Agatha, ON N0B 2L0 OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS PEVSKE VAJE V četrtek, po večerni maši so pevske vaje za mešani pevski zbor. DOGODKI V BLIŽNJI PRIHODNOSTI . 11. december: Bled - Božičnica-Christmas lunch; Slovenski park - Miklavževanje . 15. in 16. december: Sv. Gregorij Veliki - Duhovna obnova, spoved ob 5:30 p.m. . 18. december: Sava-Breslau : Maša ob 12:00 noon, Triglav-London: Maša ob 4:00 p.m. v St. John the Divine Church . 20. december: Sv. Jožef - Božičnica . 26. december: Lipa park: Maša - 3:00 p.m. . 31. december: Silvestrovanje: St. Gregory the Great, Bled, London-Triglav, Lipa park, Sava-Breslau. GIFT BEARERS - DAROVE PRINAŠATA . 11. december, 9:30 a.m.: Emilija Mertuk in Gizela Hauzar . 18. december, 9:30 a.m.: Karol in Milka Ferko . 25. december, 9:30 a.m.: Stanko in Jožica Vegelj 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: 1-519-461-0653. NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION New Year's will be here soon! We invite everyone to come out and ring in the New Year with your Parish Community with friends and family. St. Gregory the Great along with Društvo Bled will be hosting an eventful evening where you will be sure to have a fabulous evening. The band set to entertain us is Spotlight Orchestra. Come and enjoy some appetizers, a tasty dinner, a compli-mentary welcome drink, prizes, raffles, a midnight buffet and a good time! Tickets are on sale now. Contact Ivan Krušič at 905-393-6594 (email: ivankrusic@hotmail.com) to pur-chase your tickets and reserve your seat! We look forward to seeing you all on New Year's Eve. DUHOVNA OBNOVA - BOŽIČNA DEVETDNEVNICA Letošnja duhovna obnova bo v četrtek 15. in v petek, 16. decembra. Spovedovanje se bo oba dneva začelo ob 5:30 p.m., ob 7:00h zvečer pa je sveta maša z nagovorom. Prvi dan bosta spovedovala lazarista, g. Leopold Valant (novi kaplan v Torontu pri Mariji Brezmadežni) in g. Borut Pohar iz Slovenije. Prvi večer bosta spovedovala oba, drugi večer pa samo eden. V petek, 16. decembra, zvečer bomo začeli tudi z BOŽIČNO DEVETDNEVNICO. Vabljeni, da pri maši skupaj prepevamo in molimo in se tako pripravimo za božični praznik. NIAGARA COORDINATION MEETING Za petek, 16. decembra 2016, ob 7:30 p.m., koordinator Frank Gimpelj vabi na srečanje predsednikov in predstavnikov društev Niagarske koordinacije, ki bo pri sv. Gregoriju Velikem v Hamiltonu (mladinska soba pri spodnji dvorani). Med drugim bomo uskladili datume prireditev za prihodnje leto. 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 DRUŠTVO SV. JOŽEFA: MEMBERS’ ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 at 7:30 PM - Light dinner & entertainment - Poinsettia draw fund raiser for Venerable Bishop Baraga Fund. - Čas je tudi da člani poravnate članarino za Društvo sv. Jožefa. Vabljeni tudi novi člani, da se včlanite. Članarino plačate pri Franku Erzarju in dobili boste tudi člansko izkaznico za leto 2017. VILLA SLOVENIA RESIDENTS’ CHRISTMAS PARTY On Friday, December 16 at 4:00 PM - The St. Joseph Society will be holding its Annual Christmas dinner. All residents are invited to attend with one family member. DAROVI Za gradbeni sklad /streho/ so darovali: $200 - Martin in Stanka Malevich $100 - Maciej in Justyna Janiak $250 - N.N. $100 - Romarji za Marmoro Hvala vsem za vaše darove. Bog vam povrni. CHRISTMAS EVE PAGEANT Once again we are preparing for the Christmas Eve pageant on December 24, 6:00 pm Mass. We encourage all the children of our parish to participate in this event as it has been a very special part of our Christmas celebrations for many years. We welcome all children to participate. Practices are planned for Saturday Decem-ber 17 at 12:30 pm. For more information or to let us know if you will be participating please contact Sonya Podrebarac at 905-902-6311 (jspodrebarac@cogeco.ca) or Mary Miklavčič 905-664-4927 (mtmik@sympatico.ca). OGNJIŠČE 2017 - NAROČNINA Naročnina za leto 2017: kdor še želi prejemati Ognjišče v letu 2017 prosimo, da potrdi in čimprej plača naročnino. Cena za Kanado za leto 2017 je 82 kanadskih dolarjev. Hvala! CWL - KŽZ Dear members, our mem-bership fees for 2017 are due. Milena and Pamela will be approaching you with en-velopes or they will be in the parish Christmas packages. The fees remain at $19, all of which goes to our Provincial and National committees. We do our own fund raising with our annual Bazaar. Please continue your support of the CWL with your renewed membership. St. Gregory the Great presently has a membership of 100 parish women, strong! … Sisters of the League for "God and Country" working with and for our parish. 3. ADVENTNA NEDELJA 11. DECEMBER Damaz I., papež † † † Za žive in rajne župljane Tilka Vengar Pavel Novak Slavko Štern 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. Max in Jožica Pavličič Max in Jožica Pavličič Žena z družino PONEDELJEK-MONDAY 12. DECEMBER Marija iz Guadalupe † † † † Irma Gerič Slavko Slobodnik Pavel Novak Ernest Zrim 7:00 P.M. Elizabeth Farkaš Društvo sv. Jožefa (1) Društvo sv. Jožefa (4) Društvo sv. Jožefa (4) TOREK - TUESDAY 13. DECEMBER - Lucija, mučenka †† Za duše v vicah 8:00 A.M. N.N. (39) SREDA - WEDNESDAY 14. DECEMBER Janez od Križa, duh. † † † † Jennifer Wall Ljuba Petrovič Franjo Petrovič Izidor Fujs 7:00 P.M. Manja Erzetič Dragica Đundraš Dragica Đundraš Aranka Dundek ČETRTEK - THURSDAY 15. DECEMBER Kristina, devica †† †† † †† † Pokojni iz družine Koloža Pokojni iz družine Cerjak Pavel Novak Pavla in Rudi Levstek Toni Lukežič 7:00 P.M. Majda Salajko Jožica in Stanko Vegelj Alojz Sarjaš Magda Udovč z družino Žena Majda z družino PETEK - FRIDAY 16. DECEMBER Albina, muč. David, kr. † † † † Frank Matuš V čast Kristusovi krvi Albina Baznik Tonka Delač Ilija Bartula 7:00 P.M. Sister Julie Matuš Ana T. Milka Kastelic Ivana Ivana SOBOTA SATURDAY 17. DECEMBER Lazar iz Betanije, sp.mož † † † † † †† Po namenu Martina Kolar Marko Ferfolja Irma Gerič Irma Gerič Štefan Hozjan Martin in Marija Ternar 8:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M. N.N. Mož N.N. hči Rose Gerič Olga in Jannet Čulig Terezija Zadravec hči Terezija Zadravec 4. ADVENTNA NEDELJA 18. DECEMBER Gacijan, škof † † † †† †† Za žive in rajne župljane Joseph Nedelko Jožef Gerič, obl. John Recek Pokojni člani društva Sava Pokojni člani društva Triglav 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 12:00 NOON 4:00 P.M. Angela in Štefan Antolin Žena Elizabeta Gerič Žena z družino Maša pri društvu Sava-Breslau Maša pri St. John the Divine SVETE MAŠE - MASSES Od 11. 12. 2016 Do 18. 12. 2016 Spoved Confession 5:30 p.m. Spoved Confession 5:30 p.m.