6. VELIKONOČNA NEDELJA 6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 21/53 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 21. 5. 2017 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 Duh resnice nas vodi Jezus obljublja, da bo zagotovo uslišal vsakogar, ki moli v njegovem imenu. Obljublja, da bo tudi sam prosil za nas, zato je naše upanje upravičeno. Pozna naše potrebe in ne dela napak, ki bi nas prizadele. S svojo molitvijo presega vsakdanjost zato življenje dobi nov pomen. Jezusove molitve so učinkovite zato izzovejo naš odgovor. Vse je zelo nenavadno, saj Bog moli zate in zame. Ker vedno živi, more dokončno odrešiti tiste, ki po njem prihajajo k Bogu. Prizadeva si, da bi nas varno pripeljal domov. Ne le da sedi na desnici Boga Očeta. Že v naslednjem trenutku stoji poleg njega in goreče prosi za nas. In kateri so pogoji, ki omogočajo izpolnitev Kristusovih prošenj? V Palestini so mu pogosto nasprotovali ljudje, ki jim je želel pomagati. Tistim ki ga ljubijo, pa je vse mogoče. Če se bomo odločili zoper njega, tedaj tudi on ne bo prosil za nas. Kristus obljublja, da nas bo Duh vodil v težavah, da nas bo usmerjal na križpotju in nam stal ob strani, ko nam bo zmanjkovalo poguma. Duh vsakomur, ki prisluhne, odkriva resnico. Vendar so premnogi brezbrižni, pred nosom mu zapirajo vrata ... Še več: umišljajo si, da vidijo, da so visoko nad brezglavo množico; le oni nekaj veljajo. Verski razlogi so trdni in preverljivi. Naše napake in človeška nestanovitnost jih ne spodbijajo. Obstaja duh resnice, ki ga svet ne more prejeti, ker ga ne vidi in ne pozna. »Čeprav so namreč Boga spoznali, ga niso kot Boga slavili ali se mu zahvaljevali, marveč so postali v svojih mislih prazni in nespametno srce jim je otemnelo. Domišljali so se, da so modri, pa so se poneumili« (Rim 1, 21-22 a). Jezusovi sovražniki so zadovoljni odšli s Kalvarije, ko je bilo vsega konec. Utišali so prevratnika, ki jih je vznemirjal so si mislili, a so se motili. Milijoni živijo danes, v nebesih in na zemlji, tesno povezani z njim. Pogovarjajo se z njim, poslušajo ga. On jim svetuje in jih vodi ... Napajajo se ob studencu žive vode. Jezus nam stoji ob strani in nam pomaga in edino greh je tisti, ki nas lahko loči od njega. 250 | VESTNIK 2017 252 | VESTNIK 2017 254 | VESTNIK 2017 256 | VESTNIK 2017 258 | VESTNIK 2017 260 | VESTNIK 2017 MATERINSKI DAN V ŽUPNIJI SVETEGA GREGORIJA VELIKEGA Materinski dan je v župniji sv. Gregorija Velikega vsako leto posebno doživetje. Skupaj z učiteljicami otroci pripravijo in tako tudi pokažejo kaj vse so se naučili med šolskim letom. Letos je bil program precej pevsko obarvan. Začeli smo z dvema pesmicama, posvečenima mamicam: »Mati moja draga, le poslušaj me« in druga pa »Preprosta in prva beseda«. Poleg moje kitare, sta sodelovala še Matjaž Mramor na harmoniki in Eric Marinko na bas kitari. Sledil je nastop naših najmlajših, pod vodstvom učiteljice Mateje Mihelčič. Recitirali so naslednje besedilo: Mamica, za tvoj praznik ... Mamica kaj naj ti kupim? Mamica kaj naj ti dam? Zapojem ti pesem o sončku. Narišem ti vse kar poznam. Naberem ti šopek vijolic . In rečem ti: »Rad te imam!” Besedilo so spremljali tudi simboli, ki so jih otroci nosili, na koncu pa so mamicam poklonili rožico v lončku. Po nastopu najmlajših smo zapeli venček pesmi: 1. Kje mamici bi rož nabral, mi kdo to pove; 2.Jaz pa grem na zeleno trav'co, trgat rož'ce za mojo mam'co; 3. Jaz sem mala roža, roža mamina; 4. Mamica je kakor zarja; 5. Navzgor se širi rožmarin... Pri tej pesmi pa so najmlajši tudi zaplesali in zaigrali ob kitici: »Rdeče češnje rada jem, črne pa še rajši, v šolo tudi rada grem vsako leto rajši. Tu nam prostor dajte, za naše mlade dame, da bo sijalo sončece za naše mlado srčece. Ti si lepa, ti si lepa, ti si pa najlepša ...« Igro so igrali, dokler niso izvedeli kateri ali katera je »najlepša«. VESTNIK 2017 | 251 VESTNIK 2017 | 253 VESTNIK 2017 | 255 VESTNIK 2017 | 257 VESTNIK 2017 | 259 Na oder so nato stopili učenci učiteljice Lorie Mramor. Tole so nam povedali: »Kaj želim naj mamici, ki danes praznik svoj slavi? Polno sonca, zdravja cvet in veliko srečnih let! Mami, ti si me prinesla na ta svet, ti si me objela že večkrat kot druge, samo danes, je bilo že pet... ti si ta in edina, ki jo imam, zato ti rečem: Veseli MATERINSKI DAN! Danes je moje mamice god, rožic sem vsepovsod iskal, pa ponoči slana je padla, cvetje prenežno je zima pobrala. Kako naj ji voščim? Kaj naj ji dam? Spekel potičko bi, pa je ne znam. Tople copatke bi ji kupila, pa sem za zvezke denar porabil. Res, v velikih sem skrbeh.... težko je, če v godovnih dneh pred mamico stoji otrok ­poln želja, a praznih rok. Že vem! Veste, kaj bom naredil? Nič ne bom pekel, prav nič kupil, saj vredno več kot dva copatka, več kot velika potica sladka je moje toplo srce in moje ljubezen do mamice. Roke okrog vratu ji bom ovil, jo stisnil k sebi in poljubil. Ljuba si, moja si, zlata si vsa, Bog ti daj zdravja, MAMICA!« Program smo nadaljevali z novim sklopom pesmic: 1. Lisička je prav zvita zver; 2. Jaz pa pojdem na Gorenjsko; 3. Ježek, teka teka; 4. Jaz pa sem si nekaj zmislil; 5. Kranjski Janez gre v planine ... To pesem pa so zopet sprem-ljali z različnimi gibi, odvisno od kitice. Tako so si dali duška, da je odmevalo po vsej dvorani. Za to skupino je nastopila še skupina ravnateljice Sandy Ferletič. Sandy je letos tudi povezovala program. Moja mama je najboljša Ava – Materinksi dan je v nedeljo! Nekaj ji moram kupit, ker je MOJA mama najboljša! Nikola – TVOJA? Nuh uh! Moja mama je najboljša! Vsi drugi - Ne! Moja je! Moja je najboljša! Ana – Ko me moja mama stisne, vse žalosti zbežijo stran! Tomas – MOJA mama me stisne z veseljem! David – Moja mama vedno opazi, ko sem žalosten. Nevem kako ve… mogoče ima čarobne moči! Nikola – Ko moram lepa zgledat, mamo vprašam za pomoč. Rok – Moja mama lahko dela PET stvari naenkrat. Jaz sem to probal, samo mi ni šlo! Sem mislil, da mogoče goljufa in sem jo točno gledal in je res delala pet stvari na enkrat! Ana – Naša mama gleda neumne stvari na televiziji… Greg– ... in potem se pritožuje, da je neumno! Ava – Ko padem, me mama namaže s čarobno kremo in potem me ne boli več! Nikola – Moja mama me je rodila. To mi dostikrat pove… največkrat pa, ko sem poreden! Tomas – Moja mama je stroga! Včasih da vse moje igrače na en kup in mi reče (imitating his mom’s voice) “Če ne pospraviš igrač, bom ti vse stran vzela, in dala otrokom, ki jih bodo upoštevali!” David – Jaz in mama pojeva vse pesmi na radiu. Ona ve vsako pesem! Rok – Moja mama sanja, da bo Brad Pitt prišel ponjo! To vedno reče očetu, če ji ne pomaga. Ana - Moja mama ima rada lepe stvari! Greg - Dragocene stvari! Parfum in šampanjenc! Ava - Moja mama reče, da čistoča te prinese blizu Boga… samo potem se krega, ko sem preveč časa v kopalnici! Nikola - Moja Mama ima rada čokolado ... reče, da je del dobre diete. Vsi Drugi - Moja tudi! Greg - Moja mama je mirna in vesela, dokler ne vidi mojo razmetano sobo! Tomas - Moja Mama ima nasmeh, ki posveti cel svet! David - Moja mama vedno ve kako se rešijo vsi problemi! Rok - Ko imam kako skrivnost, jo vedno povem mami. Ona pa te skrivnosti nikomur ne pove! Ana - Naša mama ima rada stvari, ki niso komplicirane ..., kakor naš oče ... Greg - ... in kuha najboljše večerje! Ava - Ne vem kaj bi delala brez moje mame. Nikola - Jaz res ljubim mojo mamo. Tomas - Ne vem zakaj se kregamo! Saj so vse mame najboljše! Vsi Drugi - Imaš prav! Imaš prav! Gremo domov k našim mamicam! Temu delu programa je sledil še en zadnji sklop pesmi: 1. Moj očka ima konjička dva; 2. Pika poka, pikapolonca; 3. Ringa, ringa raja; 4. Mi se imamo radi; 5. Rom pom pom še ne gremo domov. Zaključili pa smo z bansom: »Ova, ove ...« Na koncu se je Sandy še zahvalila kuhinji (Nancy Taylor-Dundek za okrepčilo, ki ga je pripravila za vse, ki so ga naročili), vsem učiteljicam, otrokom in staršem. Potem pa je trem učencem podelila diplome o zaključku Slovenske šole (od leve proti desni::1. David Nardin, 2. Tomaž Mramor, 3. Nikla Lukežič. Otroci so pokazali, koliko se lahko v enem letu lepega naučijo. Hvala vsem, ki ste prišli, prisluhnili programu in podprli mlade, ki se prizadevajo, da bi ohranili slovenski jezik in kulturo in so pripravili enourni program. Žal se mnogim ni zdelo vredno pogledat predstave, ker so imeli »svoje« načrte. SATURDAY MORNING IN THE KITCHEN ... Last Saturday we had another amaz-ing morning in the kitchen with a great group of gals. Gospa Maria Štern with her daughter Sonya lead our cooking session where the plan was to make »kuhane štrukeljce«. Well, we got a lot more than we expected. Instead of buying ricotta cheese, we actually made it - we all agreed that we would never buy cheese again! Our rich, butter and onion based soup with cheese “štrukeljci” were delicious and some-thing we will definitely add to our reci-pe repertoire. Kitchen Secrets cooking sessions will now take a break for the summer, but once we finalize our fall/winter sched-ule, we will let you know so that you can sign up and join us in the kitchen. Any recipe suggestions of what you would like to see demonstrated is always wel-come! Heidy Novak Please join us this year for the “last” Slovenian Canadian Scholarship Golf Tournament When: Saturday, May 27th, 2017 Where: Rockway Glen & Estate Winery Golf Course Time: Registration at 10:00 a.m. Tee - Off 11:30 a.m. Cost per person: $150 Includes golf, cart, door prize, coffee & donut breakfast, hot dog/hamburger & beverage lunch, dinner at Lipa Park. All funds raised go towards the support of our Slovenian youth bursary and scholarship awards program. Dinner only is $25. For information contact: Karl Ferko 905-578-5890 or Teresa Zupančič 905-930-7545 Registration forms are located on the shelves at the back of the church Please note that our HAMILTON OFFICE will be closed Saturdays starting May 20th, 2017 until after the Labour Day long weekend. For further information about specific branch hours, special rates or community news, visit our website www.moyafinancial.ca. Thank you for your valued membership. Have a safe and en-joyable summer. Moya Financial is currently seeking individu-als interested in being a part of the Member Service Representative team. Part-Time posi-tions are available at both Brown's Line and Hamilton branches. Interested applicants are invited to apply in writing, and should include an updated copy of their resume e-mailed to Ca-reers@moyafinancial.ca. For more details, please visit www.moyafinancial.ca/about-us/careers/ 6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER Response: Make a joyful noise ot God, all the earth! First Reading Acts 8:5-8. 14-17 A Samaritan town responds to the heal-ing power of the Gospel. Second Reading 1 Peter 3:15-18 St Peter urges us to give faithful witness to the Lord. Gospel John 14:15-21 We are not orphans. The Spirit lives in us. “I will not leave you orphans; I will come back to you.” Illustration Choirmaster Gareth Malone gathered together a group of war veterans, men and women who had suffered serious injury in the line of duty. With their help he composed a song to be sung at the opening of the Invictus Games held in Orlando, Florida, in May 2016. The members of the group were uncer-tain at first about the whole project and their ability to deliver. Some of them had never sung in their life before. What happened was nothing short of amaz-ing. The group began to share their experiences of suffering and their struggle to recover from serious setbacks in life. Some had lost limbs, one man had lost his sight completely, but as he said about his own fight to be well, “You do not need sight to have vision.” The group began to put words to their feel-ings and from their common endeavour Gareth Malone formed a lyric and a melody to express their story. One man was particularly resistant to an easy outcome. “If the song does not measure up to what I feel and what I am still dealing with, then I will not be able to stand beside it,” he said. When the project was completed that man smiled with a deep satis-faction that his story and their story had found a worthy and fitting expression in the music. The song is called “Flesh and Blood”. Gospel Teaching The Invictus song is a story of the unconquera-ble spirit, of the spirit that refuses to die, refuses to give in despite the horrendous sufferings and sad-ness that have been brought to bear on people. The human spirit is amazing in its ability to come back to life. It is not easy. Indeed it is extremely hard to over-come many of the obstacles that we face in life, but this story is an inspiration to anyone who will listen. Today St Peter reminds us to bear witness to the Lord by the simple goodness of our lives, and by the hope that is in us for the joys of the life to come. In the midst of persecution and ill treatment Peter points out the gentle way and urges us to persevere in it. He points to the Lord who, though innocent, “died for the guilty, to lead us to God”. The Lord himself is truly the unconquered one, risen from the dead to be our life. It is the Spirit of this unconquered Lord that is given to us now to be our life and our inspiration for good in this world of sin. The Lord told his disciples before his death, “I will not leave you orphans.” It is a powerful state-ment and a vital promise. Orphans are vulner-able people, unsheltered and unprotected from the dangers of this world. They lack the loving care that rightly should be theirs. They are left alone in this world unless someone will love them. Application We are not orphans. The life-giving Spirit is given to us in our baptism and confirmation and in the community of the Church. Without the life-giving Spirit there would be no Church – instead just a fading memory of someone who once lived among us, a good man who lived and died many years ago. But the one who died, rose again. He is the unconquered one and it is his Spirit that now animates his Church and all its members. It is by the power of that Spirit that we can live lives of simple goodness, faithfulness and kindness to others, even when others are not kind to us. It is pre-cisely in times of hardship and persecution that the strength of the Spirit is to be seen in our lives. Persecution does not only mean the oppression of religious believers. It means any kind of human oppres-sion, be it sickness or human hostility. Family feuds, con-flicts at work and arguments with friends and neighbours, all these are the daily tests of life where the unconquered Spirit of the Lord can be at work. The Spirit is given to us precisely to overcome these everyday difficulties. When Gareth Malone was working with his war veterans he was shaken by the depth of suf-fering that they had endured. But even more powerful was the transformation of spirit that took place in all of them when they came together and listened to one an-other and allowed music to enter their souls. This is the work of the unconquerable Spirit of the living God. OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS PEVSKE VAJE Naslednje pevske vaje za mešani zbor bodo v četrtek, 25. maja po večerni maši. Zbor bo pel v mesecu maju za prvo obhajilo. DOGODKI V BLIŽNJI PRIHODNOSTI - 21. maj: Slovenski park - maša ob 1:00 p.m. - 22. maj: Lipa park - Open House (Folk arts) - 28. maj: Sv. Gregorij Veliki - Prvo sveto obhajilo - First Communion - MASS at 10:00 a.m. - 4. junij: Triglav - London - 2:00 p.m. - maša in procesija sv. Rešnjega Telesa - 10. junij: Slovenski park - Golf Tournament - 18. junij: St. Gregory the Great - Mass & procession at 10:00 a.m. - Bled - Father's Day Mass - 12:30 p.m. - Triglav - Father's Day with Bowling - 24. junij: LIPA PARK - SLOVENSKI DAN - SLOVENIAN DAY: Mass at 11:00 a.m., Cultural program at 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. Children's Olympics & social GIFT BEARERS - DAROVE PRINAŠATA . 21. maj, 9:30 a.m.: Jožica Novak & Helena Špiler . 28. maj, 10:00 a.m.: Children of First Communion . 4. junij, 9:30 a.m.: Franc in Antonia Smodiš . 11. junij, 9:30 a.m.: Eva Erzetič & Jožica Vegelj . 18. junij, 10:00 a.m.: Demšar & Scarcelli CWL - KŽZ Members our General Meeting on June 7th will be a very important meeting. We will be electing a new Executive. We need your presence to hold a proper election. Please make it a priority to attend. We are 18 months away from CWL being 50 years at St.Gregory's. We have booked Sun- day, November 25th, 2018 as our date to host, what we hope will be a very special celebra-tion. LIFE AND LOVE @ BIRTHRIGHT Come Celebrate 45 Years of Life and Love at Birthright on Sunday, June 4 – Birthright Hamilton is celebrating 45 years of caring for those needing help with a difficult or un-planned pregnancy (before or after birth). The support of the community has allowed us to offer our services free of charge no matter the need and so we want to celebrate with you! Are you a donor, former volunteer or client, friend of Birthright and the service we provide? Join us on Sunday, June 4th from 2 – 4 pm at 370 Main St. East Unit M1 (Main and Emer-ald) and help us celebrate. Have a tour of our new offices and have a sweet or two! BARAGOVI DNEVI: 2. IN 3. SEPTEMBER 2017 Letošnji Baragovi dnevi so predvideni za »Long weekend« v septembru in sicer v kraju Grand Rapids, Michigan. To je precej bližje, kot so bila srečanja v zadnjih nekaj letih. Razmišljali smo, če bi lahko zbrali dovolj ljudi za avtobus, da bi organizirali dvodnevno romanje, v soboto 2. in v nedeljo 3. septembra. V eno smer je naveč 6 ur vožnje, enkrat bi prespali in se v nedeljo zvečer vrnili domov. Kdor se zanima, naj prosim, pokliče Terezijo Sarjaš 905-560-1218 ali Vero Gonza 905-560-0089, da bomo videli, če imamo dovolj interesentov - vsaj 45 bi jih rabili za avtobus. Program je podoben kot ostala leta, v soboto bo slovenska maša ob 6:30 zvečer, v nedeljo pa bo angleška maša ob 2:00 popoldne, nato pa banket in srečanje. Po srečanju pa se vrnemo domov. 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 PRVO SVETO OBHAJILO - FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Kot imamo že nekajletno tradicijo obhajamo praznik prvega svetega obhajila na zadnjo nedeljo v mesecu maju, letos je to 28. maja. Vsaki dve leti pa dodamo še zakrament svete birme, prav tako zadnjo nedeljo v maju. Letošnji prvoobhajanci so naslednji: 1. Kristopher Thomas Kanc 2. Deyan Tomaž Škrban 3. Leila Strayer 4. Adrian Alec Tompa S prvoobhajanci se bomo dogovorili vse potrebno za sodelovanje in obhajanje slovesnosti. Sveta maša bo samo ob 10:00h dopoldne, kot je sedaj že navada za vse večje slovesnosti. Pri maši bosta sodelovala tudi oba zbora. MAŠA NA SLOVENSKEM PARKU Danes popoldne bo ob enih sveta maša tudi v Slovenskem parku. Sveta maša se bo darovala po nasldenjih namenih: + Janko in Tončka Demšar od Ane Kranjc + Janez Adamič od druž. Mramor, + Mici Janežič od druž. Adamič + Andrey Dolenc od druž. Muhič-Dolenc. 6. VELIKONOČNA NEDELJA 21. MAJ Krištof, mučenec †† † †† Za žive in rajne župljane Pavel in Paul Richard Ignac Korošec Janko in Tončka Demšar SLOVENSKI PARK 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M. Jožica Novak z družino Kathy in Joe Prša Ana Kranjc: PONEDELJEK-MONDAY 22. MAJ Marjeta, redovnica † † Pavel Novak Dora Stenko Materi Božji v zahvalo 7:00 P.M. Ana in Zoltan Gergyek Jožica Novak z družino n.n. TOREK - TUESDAY 23. MAJ, Renata, spo. Za duše v vicah 8:00 A.M. Tone in Marija Bukvič SREDA - WEDNESDAY 24. MAJ MARIJA POMOČNICA † † †† †† Ignac Korošec Ivanka Ferenčak Ivan in Veronika Obal Angela in Alojz Kocmut 7:00 P.M. Slomškovo oltarno društvo Jožica in Ivan Vegelj Toni in Marija Franc Hči Elizabeth Gimpelj ČETRTEK - THURSDAY 25. MAJ Gregor VII., papež †† Pokojni iz družine Zelko Po namenu (2) Bogu in Materi Božji v zahvalo 7:00 P.M. Matilda Bratuž Ana Tadič Karel in Milka Ferko PETEK - FRIDAY 26. MAJ Filip Neri, duhovnik †† † † †† Pokojni iz družine Kološa Ignac Korošec Martin Glavač Ivan, Ana in Štefan Kovač 7:00 P.M. Majda Salajko Vendal in Kristina Knaus Žena Marija z družino Sestra Marija Korošec z dr. SOBOTA SATURDAY 27. MAJ Avguštin Canterb., škof Alojzij Grozde, muč. † † †† † †† Bogu in Materi Božji v zahvalo Angela Lukšič Milan Lušin Alojzij in Marija Lušin Marija in Jožef Zelko Štefan in Barbara Kovač 9:45 A.M. 5:30 P.M. Slovenska šola Sestra Pepca Hapke z druž. Družina Dim Družina Dim Hči Roza Hči Marija Korošec z druž. VNEBOHOD ASCENSION OF THE LORD 28. MAJ Anton Julijan, muč. †† †† † † Za žive in rajne župljane Marija in Franc Klelmenčič Marija in Tomaž Grebenc Ignac Korošec Martina Kolar, obl. 10:00 A.M. Hči Zorka Rev Lojze in Peter Grebenc Toni in Marija Franc Mož Štefan SVETE MAŠE - MASSES Od 21. 5. 2017 Do 28. 5. 2017 PRVO SVETO OBHAJILO - FIRST HOLY COMMUNION