6. POSTNA - CVETNA NEDELJA PALM SUNDAY SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 12/52 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 20. 3. 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 SLOVESNI VHOD V JERUZALEM Na današnji dan bomo prisluhnili veselemu oznanilu cvetne nedelje. Govori nam o Kristuso-vem zmagoslavnem vhodu v Jeruzalem. Kristus je tudi danes med nami, preziran, preklinjan, osovra-žen, pa tudi ljubljen. Zelenje bomo nesli v procesiji in s tem pokazali, da priznavamo Kristusa za svoje-ga Gospoda in Odrešenika. Cvetna nedelja nas spominja na radost, s katero so nekdaj Judje spremljali Kristusa. S to nedeljo stopamo v teden, v katerem so se uresničile največje skrivnosti našega odrešenja. Zbrani smo, da damo čast Kristusu Kralju in da ga pospremimo v trpljenje, na katero nas bodo spomnila berila, pasijon pa ga bo opisal. Danes bo pred našimi očmi Kristus velikega petka in velike noči: umrli in vstali. Blagoslov zelenja in procesija je spomin na slovesni Kristusov vhod v Jeruzalem. Predno bo trpel, se Kristus razodene kot zmagova-lec, da naše upanje ne bi upadlo. Danes stopa Jezus poslednjič v Jeruzalem, glavno mesto svojega naroda. Čez nekaj dni bo šel iz njega obsojen, noseč les sramote - križ, da bi bil ob obzidju tega mesta križan. Pridružimo se mu tudi mi in priznajmo ga za svojega Gospoda in vodnika in hodimo za njim. Jezus, ti si vedel, da ti prihaja naproti množica, pa si vseeno sedel na osliča in dal čudovit zgled ponižnosti, medtem ko je iz vseh strani vrelo ljudstvo, ti ploskalo in vzklikalo, sekalo veje in s plašči pokrivalo pot. In medtem ko so te množice, prepevajoč, hvalile, ti nisi pozabil na svojo milosrčnost in s tožnim glasom napovedal razdejanje Jeruzalema. Vstani sedaj, človek in v sprevodu sionskih hčera pojdi gledat svojega pravega Kralja. Spremljaj Gospoda nebes in zemlje, ki sedi na oslici, pojdi za njim z oljko in palmovo vejo, z deli usmiljenja in zmagovitimi krepostmi. 110 | VESTNIK 2016 112 | VESTNIK 2016 114 | VESTNIK 2016 116 | VESTNIK 2016 DRUŠTVO SV. JOŽEFA - BANKET V nedeljo, 13. marca 2016, je bilo v naši skupnosti zopet živahno. Zjutraj smo se zbrali k deseti maši, pri kateri je pel župnijski mešani pevski zbor in Carl Vegelj ga je spremljal na orglah. Po maši smo nadaljevali praznovanje v župnijski dvorani s kosilom, ki mu je sledil kratek program. Po dobrem kosilu, ki so ga pripravili Ivan Krušič in pomočnice, je g. Jerry Ponikvar, predsednik društva sv. Jožefa, pozdravil vse navzoče. Imeli smo nekaj posebnih gostov: ga Irena Grill, pooblaščena ministrica iz slovenske ambasade v Ottawi, g. John Doma, časni generalni konzul, g. Milan Vinčec, predsednik VSKO, člani društva Sava-Breslau, Toronta in naši farani. Program je nato vodil in povezoval Peter Novak. Najprej je povabil na oder Veroniko Košir (stara je 17 let, družina živi v Guelphu). Najprej je zapela pesem »En hud pesjan je živel« (iz filma Erazem in potepuh), nato pa še zapela in zaigrala na orgle angleško pesem Summertime (composed by George Gershwin, sung by ELLA FITZGERALD). Za njo je nastopila otroška plesna skupina NAGELJČKI iz torontske slovenske župnije Brezmadežne. Pod vodstvom ga. Sabine Sečnik in tehničnega asistenta Reoberta Kersnika, so usklajeno zaplesali nekaj plesov iz Bele krajine, Prekmurja in Gorenjske. Na koncu so otroci še pomagali pri žrebanju vstopnic. Vsaka vstopnica je šla v boben in otroci so potegnili iz bobna številke, ki so lastnikom prinesle lepe nagrade. Dobitke so prispevali: Slovenia Credit Union, St. Joseph Society in Johna Doma. Ob koncu smo napravili še skupno sliko gostov in delovnega odbora društva sv. Jožefa. Od leve proti desni stojijo: Milan Vinčec, Ivan Miketič, Frank Mramor, John Doma, Irena Gril, Jerry Ponikvar, Frank Erzar in Peter Novak. Hvala vsem za obisk in pomoč. VESTNIK 2016 | 111 VESTNIK 2016 | 113 VESTNIK 2016 | 115 HIS EXCELLENCY, BISHOP CROSBY DOUGLAS, O.M.I., D.D. ON PATIENT ASSISTED DYING (EUTHANASIA) Assisted suicide will soon be legal in Canada. The twenty-one recommendations that the parliamentary committee has proposed to the Federal Government go far beyond what the Supreme Court mandated. They include a requirement that doctors who have a moral objection to assisted suicide must, against their wishes, refer their patients to a doctor who will engage in this process. No other country in the world requires this kind of violation of conscience! As Bishop of the Hamilton Diocese, I encourage you to visit our website www.hamiltondiocese.com, to get a fuller understanding of this issue. I also ask you to write directly to your Member of Parliament. Voice your concerns that the law be written in such a way that it protects those who are vulnerable, as well as the conscience rights of individuals and Catholic institutions involved in health care. The Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience, made up of numerous partners (including more than 5,000 Canadian doctors) has all the information you will need to write such a letter on their website at www.CanadiansforConscience.ca. History is being made at this moment – as Catholics we have both the right and obligation to participate in this important process. PALM SUNDAY Response: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? First Reading Isaiah 50:4-7 The Lord’s servant takes on the insults of those who persecute him. Second Reading Philippians 2:6-11 Christ humbled himself even to the cross and God raised him on high. Gospel Luke 22:14 – 23:56 The passion according to St Luke tells us of Christ’s sufferings, which lead to his death “Indeed, I promise you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Illustration In 1999 a statue called Ecce Homo, depicting the naked Christ, was put on a plinth in Trafalgar Square in London. It portrayed Christ as a slim young man who looked weak and vulnerable. It was not like the other statues that are found at this fa-mous landmark. They represent the great and the good and, like the stone lions that lie by the foun-tains there, they are larger than life. But Christ was just our size. He is a human being like us. A passer-by is said to have expressed his doubt that this could be Christ, “You couldn’t put your faith in someone like that. He’s as weak as a kitten.” You can understand what he meant. If God is going to save us, surely it will mean sending a figure who will be able exercise real power and be an equal to those who call the shots in our world? In Isaiah God tells us, “Turn to me and be saved.” When we turn to Christ we want to see a face we can put our trust in – a mighty warrior, not a crucified crimi-nal. Gospel Teaching But in Luke’s passion, which we have just read, we hear Christ first speaking to his disciples at the Last Supper. He wants to teach them the meaning of the death he is about to undergo. He gives them his body and blood as an act of sacrifice, but this is not what they are seeking. They are arguing about status and who is the greatest among them. Jesus tells them they are not to imitate the ways of the world, where dominating power is the prize. Among his disciples the one who serves is the greatest. But this teaching is hard. Among Jesus’ disciples, Judas will betray him, and Peter, despite claiming that he will let not Jesus down, will deny him three times. It is only when Peter is vulnerable himself and knows how he has failed that he can turn and face the gaze of Jesus. His tears are the beginning of repentance, a change of heart. Jesus is faithful to his word and suffers the judgement of the world. He is condemned to the horrible death of crucifixion. He is stripped naked and nailed to the wood of the cross between two criminals. He is mocked by the leaders because he does not exercise the power that would bring him down from the cross. For them he is no saviour fig-ure. But as his enemies insult him he puts his teach-ing into practice and asks his Father to forgive them. As he hangs dying, weak and vulnerable, one criminal ridicules him but the other turns to him, asking to be saved: “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” He has seen in the face of Christ the saving power of God and finds redemp-tion: “Indeed, I promise you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Application Later this Holy Week, on Good Friday, Christ will die weak and vulnerable, committing his spirit into the hands of his Father. We can remember that the Gospels were written in the light of the resurrec-tion. Without the resurrection they make no sense. God did indeed vindicate Jesus and raise him to life. And it is in the light of that Easter faith in the resur-rection that we will come to venerate the cross of Christ on Friday afternoon. Then we will know in faith that the claims of the Beatitudes are true, they do give life. Those who are poor do inherit the king-dom of God, and the mighty are sent empty away. Whenever we turn and look on the face of the crucified Jesus we are saved if, like Peter, we can shed tears of repentance. Then we can see in the cross not a sign of weakness and shame but the sign of the power of God who works to bring salvation to us through that very weakness. The millions of inno-cent people who have suffered and will suffer can see in Christ crucified a sign of hope. For ourselves we see the reversal of the false values of this world and the triumph of a God of mercy and justice. To-day we have welcomed Christ to Jerusalem; when we adore and worship Christ this Good Friday, we will be able to reaffirm our faith, as his disciples, that it is by his holy cross that he has redeemed the world. FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY - APRIL 3RD Join us at the Cathedral Basilica on Sunday, April 3rd for the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 2:30 p.m.; Chaplet at 3:00 p.m., concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. You may wish to use this opportunity to enter through the Doors of Mercy at the Cathedral Basilica. All are welcome! - Father David Wynen, Rector of Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King * * * Come And join us at the Pilgrimage Site: To celebrate The Feast of divine Mercy at SACRED HEART OF JESUS PARISH (Jubilee Pilgrim Church) 19, Viewpoint Ave., Hamilton, on april 3, 2016 (Sunday) with 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Adoration and Sacrament of Reconciliation / 4:00 p.m. Holy Mass Veronika Košir in Peter Novak OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS PEVSKE VAJE Mešani pevski zbor bo imel pevsko vajo v SREDO po većermo maši. Pripravljamo se za velikonočno praznovanje. Isti večer bo imel vajo tudi angleški zbor. DOGODKI V BLIŽNJI PRIHODNOSTI . 20. marec: Palm Sunday - Mass starts at 9:15 in the hall. Sava: Mass at 12:00, London -St. John the Divine, Mass at 4:00 p.m. . 20. marec: Lipa park - Predstavitev novega ambasadorja leta 2016 - začetek ob 1:00 p.m.- igra: »Europa« (Steve Cafuta) . 25. marec: St. Gregory - Good Friday celebration at 3:00 p.m. - FISH FRY at 4:30 p.m. . 26. marec: Blessing of the Easter Food: London: 10:00 a.m., Sava: 12:00, St. Gregory the Great at 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m.; Easter Vigil at 8:00 p.m. . 2. april: St. Gregory the Great - SLOVENSKA NOČ - VSKO is organizing . 10. april: St. Gregory the Great - Spomladanski banket; Mass at 10:00 a.m. PRINAŠANJE DAROV: GIFT BEARERS Sunday March 20th, 9:15 a.m.: Maks in Jožica Pavličič Easter Vigil, March 26th, 8:00 p.m.: Jožica Vegelj in Eva Erzetič. Easter, March 27th, 9:30 a.m.: Jože in Jožica Groznik. FISH FRY Vas obveščamo, da bomo na Veliki petek, 25. marca po obredih, učiteljice in otroci slovenske šole nudili pohane ribe in krompirček v zgornji dvorani. Vljudno Vas prosimo in vas vabimo, da pridete in se pogostite. S tem boste pomagali našim učencem zbirati potrebna finančna sredstva za šolo. The teachers and students of Slovenian School will be selling fish and chips in the upper hall after the Good Friday Service on March 25th. Doors will open at 4:30pm and everyone is welcome. There will only be limited tickets avail-able at the door so please get your tickets as soon as possible! With this you will be helping our school children raise funds for their school. Tickets will be available for sale after each Mass on Saturdays and Sundays. You can also reserve ticket/orders by contacting Sandy Ferletič by email at sferletic@gmail.com or by phone at (905) 977-8464. Tickets are $15 and include one drink. We thank you in advance for your generosity and cooperation. We hope to see you soon on Good Friday! PRIPRAVA NA VELIKO NOČ Danes je cvetna nedelja, spomin Jezusovega slovesnega vhoda v Jeruzalem. Bogoslužje bomo začeli z blagoslovom zelenja v dvorani in sicer ob 9:15 a.m. Pri enajsti maši bo blagoslov zunaj pred cerkvijo. V ponedeljek (21. marca) bo v župniji sveta maša zjutraj ob 8:00 a.m., zvečer ob 7:00 p.m. pa ste vabljeni v Katedralo-Baziliko, kjer bomo, škofje in duhovniki hamiltonske škofije, zbrani pri KRIZMENI MAŠI. Pri tej maši bo škof blagoslovil sveta olja, ki jih med letom uporabljamo pri raznih zakramentih. Veliki četrtek, je spomin zadnje večerje, maša bo ob sedmih zvečer, po maši ste vablje-ni k molitvi na »Oljski gori«. Pri maši poje zbor. Veliki petek: popoldne ob treh je bogo-služje, pri katerem bomo prisluhnili poročilu o Jezusovem trpljenu, kot ga je zapisal evange-list Janez, nato sledijo slovesne prošnje, češčenja križa, obhajilo in zaključni obred. Nato ste vabljeni še v dvorano na Fish Fry. Na Veliko soboto ste zjutraj med deveto in enajsto uro vabljeni k molitvi pri božjem grobu. Popoldne bo blagoslov velikonočnih jedil in sicer ob 3h, 4h in 5h. Velikonočna vigilija se začne ob osmih zvečer. Najprej bomo blagoslovili ogenj in z njim prižgali velikonočno svečo. Od nje si boste prižgali vaše male svečke. Nadalje bomo poslušali več odlomkov iz svetega pisma, sledi aleluja, procesija in redni del maše. Vabljeni! KITCHEN SECRETS COOKING SESSION Kitchen Secrets Cooking Session is organiz-ing another session for April 16, 2016 in the LOWER HALL KITCHEN. This session will focus on the art of making POTICA. Working with Yeast requires some down time as we need to allow for adequate rise time. For this reason, we are considering starting our session at 8am (the start time will be confirmed). We will also learn how to pre-pare a Barley Farmer's Stew so that our day is a productive one. Because of the space re-quired to prepare these recipes, we are con-sidering capping participation to 12 people - and we already have some eager cooks signed up. You are welcome to email me at novakh@sympatico.ca, or text me at 905-317-6002 to reserve your spot. CANADIAN-SLOVENIAN BUTTON ACCORDI-ON CHAMPIONSHIP During the July long weekend, Slovenski Park is hosting the Canadian Slovenian But-ton Accordion Championship. Tickets for a chance to win an accordion will be sold at church events. Half the proceeds of these tick-ets sales will be going to Slovenski Park and the other half will be going to the Girls Club and the church. Any questions about the draw sales please contact Leah Škerl at 905-979-1551 or by email at leahskerl@gmail.com. POGREB - FUNERAL V četrtek, 17. marca 2016 je odšel k Bogu po večno plačilo naš faran, Marko FERFOLJA. Od pokojnega Marka se boste lahko poslovili v ponedeljek med 2.-4. in 7.-9. p.m. v Donald Brown funeral Home. Molitve bodo ob 3:30 p.m. Pogrebna sveta maša bo v torek, 22. marca 2016 ob 10:00h dopoldne in po maši pogreb na Holy Sepulchre pokopališču. Iskreno sožalje sinu Johnu in hčerki Carol z družino. Pokojnemu Marku pa večni mir in pokoj. DAROVI Ob smrti Marka Ferfolje je Manja Erzetič darovala, namesto rož, za cerkev sv. Janeza Boska v Mariboru $50; Društvo sv. Jožefa pa je darovalo za 5 svetih maš in $50 za gradbeni sklad. Hvala za vaše darove. 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 6. POSTNA NEDELJA CVETNA PALM SUNDAY 20. MAREC Klavdija, mučenka †† † † †† Za žive in rajne župljane Pokojni iz družine Zelko Izidor Zabukovec Betty Muhič /Sava-Breslav/ Pokojni iz društva Triglav 9:15 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 12:00 NOON 4:00 P.M. Matilda Bratuž Žena Mary z družino Alojz Muhič / Sava-Breslav St. John the Divine Church PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 21. MAREC Nikolaj iz Flue, muč. Za verne duše v vicah The Chrism Mass 8:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. N.N. Cathedral-Bazilika Christ TOREK - TUESDAY 22. MAREC † † Marko Ferfolja Milka Kastelic 10:00 A.M. Pogrebna maša Pavel in Jožica Novak SREDA - WEDNESDAY 23. MAREC Rebeka, red. † † Lena Avarello Helena Tanko 7:00 P.M. Toni in Marija Bukvič Manja Erzetič VELIKI ČETRTEK HOLY THURSDAY 24. MAREC †† † † † Ivan in Angela Bukovac Družina Ftičar Martin Glavač, obl. Stanislav Glavač 7:00 P.M. Hči Marica Majzelj z družino Joe Ftičar Žena Maria in družina Slomškovo oltarno društvo ++ VELIKI PETEK ++ GOOD FRIDAY 25. MAREC Obredi velikega petka Fish Fry (Slovenian School) 3:00 P.M. 4:30 P.M. Celebration of the Passion of the Lord Parish upper hall VELIKA SOBOTA HOLY SATURDAY 26. MAREC Larisa (Lara), muč. †† † † † † † Molitev pri božjem grobu Marija in Martin Ternar Vid Kastelic Janez Kosednar Elizabeta Ferko Štefan Gonza Bronco Balažic 9:00 A.M. 8:00 P.M. Hči Terezija Zadravec Hema Kosednar Žena Hema z družino Brat Jože z družino Michelle & Gregory Jenny Antolin z družino VELIKA NOČ EASTER 27. MAREC Rupert, škof †† †† Za žive in rajne župljane Marija Grebenc Pokojni iz družine Bohnec 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. Lojze in Peter Grebenc Vera Gonza z družino SVETE MAŠE - MASSES Od 20. 3. 2016 Do 27. 3. 2016 10:00 a.m. - London (St. John the Divine Church) 12:00 noon - Sava - Breslau 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m. - St. Gregory the Great Church Easter food blessing Blagoslov velikonočnih jedil VELIKONOČNA VIGLIJA THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD : EASTER VIGIL