4. NEDELJA MED LETOM 4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 5/52 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 31. 1. 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 JEZUS MED SVOJIMI ROJAKI Tokrat imamo opis Jezusa med Nazarečani v shodnici, ki so negostoljub-ni in sumničavi. Njihovo presenečenje ob srečanju z Jezusom se spremeni v zavist in negodovanje. Kako si je pridobil modrost? Ali ni odraščal v njihovi sredi, enak ljudem okoli njega? Le kako se lahko tako odlikuje, kot to opisujejo besede, ki jih je prebral v shodnici? Jezus je vedel, kaj so šepetali med sabo, zato je rekel: »Prerok ni brez časti, razen v domačem kraju, pri svojih sorodnikih in v svoji hiši« (Mr 6,4). Ali kot zapiše Luka: »Resnično vam povem: Noben prerok ne velja veliko v domačem kraju« (Lk 4,24). Marko nadaljuje, da Jezus tam ni mogel narediti nobenega čudeža. Odlomek govori o človeških odnosih, zaradi katerih lahko popolnoma zavrnemo odnos z Jezusom. Božja resnica prihaja v oblikah, ki jih nočemo prepoznati. Lahko naredimo isto napako, kot so jo prebivalci Nazareta. Nismo dovolj ponižni, da bi poslušali nekoga, ki nas bi lahko približal Bogu. Koliko ljudi, mož in žena je, ki z bolečino spoznajo, da niso prisluhnili glasu . Matere so jih spremljale s svojo ljubeznijo. Od prvih trenutkov so jim tisočkrat pripovedovale kako naj bi živeli. Toda bili so le površni poslušalci. Med nami je veliko ošabnosti in nezadovoljstva. Oče se jezi nad sinovo ustvarjalnostjo, mati noče priznati, da ve hči marsikdaj več. Bog prihaja k človeku. Ne smemo ga zavrniti, če nas nagovarja po preprostem človeku, po nekom, ki nam je zelo blizu. Drugi del odlomka, je sporočilo, ki je razjezilo Nazarečane. Jezus jih je opozoril, da je v zgodovini Bog pomagal ljudem, ki so bili odprti za njegove darove, ne pa tistim, ki so si Boga in njegove milosti lastili. In to niso bili le ljudje s privilegiji, pač pa tujci in nezaželjeni. Možje, ki oblikujejo politiko neke države, imajo pogosto podobne skušnjave: pomembni so le osebni interesi. Nasprotujejo vsakomur, ki poudarja, da so, v božjih očeh, vsi ljudje na zemlji enako pomembni. »On pa je šel sredi med njimi in je hodil dalje.« Nazarečani bi Jezusa napadli, če bi si upali. A Jezusova moralna veličina jih je zbegala in preplašila. Preprosto je šel kar sredi množice in se napotil dalje. 38 | VESTNIK 2016 40 | VESTNIK 2016 42 | VESTNIK 2016 44 | VESTNIK 2016 46 | VESTNIK 2016 48 | VESTNIK 2016 100 LETNICA IGNACA KRIŽMANA V sobto, 30. januarja smo se pevci župnije sv. Gregorija Velikega udeležili praznovanja 100 letnice življenjska pevovodje Ignacija križmana. Ignacij je pred 50 leti ustanovil v Hamiltonu moški zbor Majolka in zastavil tudi mešani župnijski pevski zbor. Obhajanje 100 letnice smo začeli s sveto mašo v kapeli Doma Lipe. Sveto mašo je vodil g. Antonijo Burja, somaševala pa sva z gospodom Ivanom Plazarjem. Na koru so se skupaj zgnetli pevci iz župnij Marije Pomagaj, Marije Brezmadežne, Sv. Gregorija Velikega in moška zbora Fantje na vasi in Majolka. Nekaj pesmi smo zapeli skupaj, nekaj posamezni zbor. Po evangeliju je g. Toni Burja podelil poseben blagoslov Nacetu Križmanu in tudi vsem starejšim v kapeli. Po maši smo se preselili v spodnje prostore doma, kjer smo nadaljevali s kratkim kulturnim programom in zaključili z dobrotami, ki so jih pripravili. Dvorana se je kar napolnila z gosti. Najprej smo zapeli vsi skupaj pesem Vse mine - posebej zloženo za to priložnost, na melodijo Kje so moje rožice. Nato smo tri pesmi zapeli pevci iz Hamitona: Ena ptička priletela (moški zbor), Rož, Podjuna, Zila... (mešani zbor) in Zadoni nam iz dna srca (možki zbor Majolka). Frank Novak je v imenu sv. Gregorija voščil slavljencu in mu izročil čestitko. S programom so nadaljevali Fantje na vasi in mu zapeli nekej priljubljenih pesmi, ki jih je Ignacij z zadovoljstvom spremljal. Na koncu je g. Ivan Plazal še blagoslovil hrano in smo nadaljevali z kosilom. Vmes pa so posamezniki čestitali slavljencu, skupaj z njim se je slikal tudi naš zbor in zbor Fantje na vasi. Ob koncu kosila so slavljencu prinesli torto in skupaj smo zapeli zdravico. Lepo doživetje je bilo za vse, ki smo praznovanja udeležili. VESTNIK 2016 | 39 VESTNIK 2016 | 41 VESTNIK 2016 | 43 VESTNIK 2016 | 45 VESTNIK 2016 | 47 NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION New Year's at our parish was a wonderful event. With a full house, the hall decorated beautifully, great prizes, tasty food, a full bar and the best thing of all, family and friends to share the evening with; we can safely say the night was enjoyed by everyone. As you all know, this event was put together in conjunction with Drustvo Bled. This means that the income and expenses were also shared between our parish and club Bled. At the start of the planning process, it was agreed that profits would be shared 60% going to the Parish and 40% going to Bled. Once all the expenses were paid and the numbers were reviewed, a summary was put together with the following information: Event Income totaled $20,512 Event Expenses totaled $12949.84 Net Event Profit $7,562.16 St Gregory received 60% which totaled $4537.30 Društvo Bled received 40% which totaled $3024.86 Your parish council will bring forward a brief discussion at Obcni Zbor to get the views and opinions of our parish members for next years New Year's event. Putting the New Year's event together takes many hands and remembering to thank everyone who volunteered is not a simple task. We apologize for any omissions of valuable helping hands. A few names missed on the previous list of volunteers are: Milan Ferletič, Sidonia Poppa and Mary Miklavčič. Thank You for your commitment and help! PUSTOVANJE Pustovanje is being hosted this coming Saturday, February 6th beginning at 6pm. This is always a fun night. Dress up in your best costumes and enjoy another great evening among family and friends with great music being presented by Slo Beat! We will have dinner and Krofe available as well as a well stocked bar. There will be something there for everyone! See you Saturday! V soboto 30. januarja je v družbi svojih najbližjih in prijateljev v Villa Slovenia praznovala svoj 90-ti rojstni dan naša faranka GERDA ŽEKŠ. Iskrene čestitke ob viskem praznovanju. Ga. Gerda je bila prva na seznamu, ko so zbirali, kdo se je pripravljen vseliti v takrat še bodočo Villo Slovenio. The CANADIAN SLOVENIAN HISTORIAL SOCIETY 12TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AT DOM LIPA BOARD ROOM 52 NEILSON DRIVE TORONTO We are inviting all members and friends of CSHS to attend the 12th General annual meeting to be held on Saturday February 13th 2016, starting with the registration at 9:30 a.m,; refreshments available. The executive members of the Board will present the reports of the activities in the past year, you will have the opportunity to meet new members and volun-teers and visit the Archives office. Join us and help us preserve the history of Cana-dian Slovenians; we appreciate your comments and suggestions. ALL WELCOME! KANADSKO SLOVENSKO ZGODOVINSKO DRUŠTVO DVANAJSTI REDNI LETNI OBČNI ZBOR V DOMU LIPA, BOARD ROOM 52 NELSON DRIVE TORONTO Vabimo vse člane in prijatelje KSZD, da se udeležijo dvanajstega rednega letnega občnega zbora, ki bo v soboto 13. februarja 2016 v spodnjih prostorih Doma Lipe (Board Room), pričenši z registracijo ob 9:30 zjutraj. Odborniki vam bodo predstavili poročila o delu v preteklem letu. Ob tej priliki se boste lahko srečali z novimi člani in prostovoljci KSZD ter si ogledali pisarno z arhivskkim gradivom . Pridružite se nam, saj bomo z vašimi nasveti in opombami še bolj vestno ohranjali zgodovino kanadskih Slovencev. VSI DOBRODOŠLI! 4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Response: Before the angels I sing your praise, O Lord. First Reading Jeremiah 1:4-5. 17-19 The Lord gives us the strength to carry out our calling to follow him. Second Reading 1 Corinthians 12:31 – 13:13 The greatest of God’s gifts is love. Gospel Luke 4:21-30 Jesus enrages his audience by telling them his mission is not restricted to them. “No prophet is ever accepted in his own coun-try.” Illustration Great concern has been expressed of late about a supposed lack of moral understanding in young people. Blame is apportioned to schools, parents and anyone else who has an educative role. There have been various surveys that at-tempt to discover why this may be. Apparently when questioned about moral dilemmas, the ten-dency of the majority of young people is to plump for decisions based on self-interest or what the peer group proclaims to be the right option. Some say this indicates they have little under-standing of the nature of what is right in itself or how we determine what choices are the correct ones in life. This can make some young people more vulnerable to the mixture of security and adventure offered by terrorist groups and their ilk. Both schools and parents of such youngsters ex-press bewilderment that their children, often in-telligent, should succumb to the lure of extrem-ism. They have brought them up in a world of tolerance and respect. What has gone wrong? First of all, it is not clear that things have changed as much as it seems. A hundred years ago, many young men merrily marched off to the Great War with little idea of the rights and wrongs in-volved, overcome as they were by patriotism and the appeal of military triumph. Anyone who ob-jected was treated as a traitor. Secondly, true learn-ing in morality takes time to become part of our lives. Such reactions among young people reflect the gradual stages in moral awareness that are a natural part of human development. Growth comes with experience and discovering that life does not confirm to one’s personal hopes and de-sires. The question remains: what can we do to help the growth of moral understanding and an ability to learn from life’s experiences? Gospel Teaching Jesus has a disconcerting habit of turning his listeners’ expectations upside down. Immediately Peter has recognised him as being the Christ, Je-sus switches the discussion to speaking about his coming sufferings and death. When Peter pro-tests, Jesus rebukes him. In today’s Gospel we are still at the start of Luke’s account of the public life of Jesus. Jesus has quoted the words of Isaiah about the coming of the Messiah and God’s king-dom and applied them to himself. The first reac-tion of his audience is one of approval. However, they have a problem. They know his home back-ground. He is one of them, Joseph’s son. Jesus does not explain. Rather he confronts them with their limitations. He does this by using the scriptures to show how prophets in the past were rejected by their own people and did their miracles for foreigners. This same pattern will hap-pen with him. It is a stark message to express at the beginning of his preaching, and their reaction is one of violence and rejection. Narrowness of mind will always react with a mixture of anger and fear in the at-tempt to eliminate the truth being offered. Feeling rejected by Jesus, they will reject him. This time Jesus slips away to safety. That will not always be the case. Application There is an assumption made by most of us that if we provide clear instructions, nothing can go wrong. Whether we are telling someone how to get to our house or how to assemble flat-pack furniture, all that is needed is to follow the advice, whether spoken or written. However, often this doesn’t work. It doesn’t work in our daily chores, and it doesn’t work in our spiritual life or the world of moral deci-sions. We try to take short cuts. We don’t listen clearly. We make mistakes. Jesus has no problem with this basic human behaviour. The real problem is when we insist we are still right, when we assume our limited viewpoint is correct and refuse to move on to see things more clearly. There is not a problem usually with the basic infor-mation that we are given or hand on in turn. We do have dif-ficulty moving from a self-centred perspective to a wider un-derstanding, and we have difficulty moving out of our com-fort zones to getting to grips with what is really right and true. We spend a lot of time dreaming up arguments for why our initial view re-mains the correct one. The wider teaching of the Church can help us to be open to change, but we need the personal inspiration and grace that come from Christ as well as a willingness to learn from the les-sons of life. PILGRIMAGE SUNDAY AT THE CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF CHRIST THE KING You are welcome to make a Year of Mercy pilgrimage to the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, Hamilton on Sunday, Feb-ruary 21st, 2016. You may enter through the Door of Mercy (located near the elevator entrance). At 2:00 p.m. we will begin with Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacra-ment; the Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be offered at 3:00 p.m. fol-lowed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Pilgrims are most welcome to stay for our reg-ular 4:00 p.m. Mass that day. All are welcome to come and share in the Father's mercy and peace. 160TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DIOCESE OF HAMILTON His Excellency, Bishop Crosby, will celebrate a Mass of Thanks-giving for the l60th Anniversary of the Diocese of Hamilton on Sunday, February 28th, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in the Cathedral Ba-silica of Christ the King, Hamil-ton. The Apostolic Nuncio, Arch-bishop Luigi Bonazzi, will preach the homily for the Anniversary Mass. All are welcome. OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS PEVSKE VAJE Mešani pevski zbor bo imel v četrtek zvečer po maši pevske vaje. Pripravljamo se za prvo postno nedeljo, 14. februarja. DOGODKI V BLIŽNJI PRIHODNOSTI . 31. januar: Slovenska šola - Palačinke po mašah . 6. februar: St. Gregory - Pustovanje . 7. februar: Sava - maša ob 12h - kosilo, Prešernov dan - London-St. John the Divine: maša ob 4 p.m. . 21. februar: St. Gregory - General meeting PRINAŠANJE DAROV: GIFT BEARERS Jan. 31st, 9:30 a.m.: Cecilija in Mariann Sobočan OBLETNICE POROK Tisti, ki letos obhajate okrogle obletnice porok (25, 40, 50, 60 in več), se lahko prijavite za mašo, ki bo 29. maja letos ob 1:30 p.m. v katedrali. Mašo bo vodil naš škof Douglas Crosby. Več informacij imate na oglasni deski v atriju cerkve. PALAČINKE - CREPES Danes po obeh mašas vabi slovenska šola na palačinke v župnijsko dvorano. TORONTO: IGRA - 7. FEBRUAR, 4 P.M. Slovenska igralska skupina TORONTO vabi na premiero igre avtorice Cvetke Kocjančič z naslovom ‘Rozin Boarding-house’, ki bo v nedeljo, 7. februarja ob 4h popoldne v cerkveni dvorani na Browns Line. PREŠERNOV VEČER 2016 Praznovanje Slovenskega kulturnega dne bo v petek, 20. februarja ob 7h zv. v dvorani Marije Brezmadežne na Brown's Line. Vseslovenski kulturni odbor vas vljudno vabi na najpomembnejšo kulturno manifestacijo v naši skupnosti. Skupno počastimo največji slovenski kulturni praznik! Vstopnina$10. VEČNA LUČ V mesecu februarju bo večna luč gorela za pokojnega Franka Novaka po namenu žene Romane. POKOJNI 9. januarja je odšla k Bogu po večno plačilo naša faranka Irma Gomboc. Pokojna je ležala v Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 947 Rymal Rd E., Hamilton. Pogreb pokojne je bil z žaro v družinskem krogu. Iskreno sožalje možu Hermanu in družini. Pokojni Irmi pa večni mir in pokoj. SVETA MAŠA V BRESLAVU IN V LONDONU V nedeljo, 7. februarja, bodo maše tudi pri društvu Sava-Breslau. Darovala se bo za pokojne člane iz za + Ivanko in vinka Kodrič, po namnu Jožice Jurman. V Londonu bo maša v angleški cerkvi St. John the Divine. Darovala se bo za pokojne člane društva, za pok. Tilo Co-Dyre (Horvat) po namenu Elizabete Gerič in še po drugih namenih, ki bodo oznanjeni pred mašo. PRVI PETEK Ta teden je prvi petek v mesecu februarju. Dopoldne bom obiskal bolnike, zvečer pa bomo imeli priložnost za molitev pred Najsvetejšim in sveto spoved. CWL-KŽZ Our Monthly General meeting will be taking place this Wednesday following 7pm mass. This is a very important meeting where we will be finalizing Bazaar preparations. Our members attendance and help is needed for our biggest and only fundraiser of the year to succeed. It is also at this time, that we the Catholic Women's League, need to reach out and kindly ask not only our members but parish members alike, to please donate new and or crafted items that we can present at our Penny Sale and Raffle Tables. Home baked items are also needed for the Baked Goods Table. We rely on your generosity to fill these tables and we are always sincerely appreciative of that generosity and thoughtfulness. Much to our disappointment, no strudel orders to date have been made. You are missing out on Vera Gonza's amazing apple strudel!!! We need these orders in advance to allow proper preparations. Orders can only be taken until Friday Feb 5th. Please call Vera at 905 560 0089 asap to place an order. Lottery tickets continue to be on sale before and after Sunday masses. Sales from these tickets are 100% returned to the parish. We kindly ask that our members attempt to sell 5 booklets each. Lunch Tickets are being sold by Teresa Sarjas and Vera Gonza at Sunday masses. Reserved tickets are $15/ at the door $17 for adults. Children 10 and under are $5. Children 3 and under are free. Parish family, it is only with your attendance, generosity and any support that can be given that will allow us to continue and to be a successful event. We rely and look forward to your continued support of this over 40 year family event tradition. 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 4. NEDELJA MED LETOM 31. JANUAR Janez Bosko, ustanovitelj Salzijancev †† † za žive in rajne župljane Annie Kozlar in Ivan Sobočan Alex Zolis 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. Cecilija Sobočan Marija in Zlatko Berkovič PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 1. FEBRUAR Brigita Irska, opatinja †† † Pokojni salezijanci Za zdravje Anton Pozderec (BC) 7:00 P.M. SDB N.N. Julija Sagadin z družino TOREK - TUESDAY 2. FEBRUAR SVEČNICA - JEZUSOVO DAROVANJE †† † Marija in Jože Kuzma Pust Francka Po namenu - v zahvalo 7:00 P.M. Družina Kuzma Demšar -Scarcelli Jožica Vegelj z družino SREDA - WEDNESDAY 3. FEBRUAR Blaž, šk. Muč. † †† Za zdravje Angela Terčič Terezija in Rudi Hajdinjak 7:00 P.M. Nevenka z družino Sestra in družina Raduha Družina Raduha ČETRTEK - THURSDAY 4. FEBRUAR Leon, mučenec Za zdravje Za duše v vicah 7:00 P.M. Nevenka z družino N.N. PRVI PETEK FIRST FRIDAY 5. FEBRUAR Agata, mučenka †† Za verne duše v vicah Za zdravje Bogu v zahvalo 7:00 P.M. Tone in Marija Bukvič Družina Prevec Štefna in Gizella Ray SOBOTA - SATURDAY 6. FEBRUAR Pavel Miki, mučenec Doroteja, mučenka †† † † † † Pokojni farani Stanislav Glavač Jože Ftičar Štefan Plevel Mihaela Simrajh 8:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M. Pavel in Jožica Novak Marija Glavač z družino Liza Hozjan z družino Družina Mlačak Ančka Kotnjek 5. NEDELJA MED LETOM 7. FEBRUAR Koleta (Nika), red. † † †† †† za žive in rajne župljane Frank Novak Ivan Tompa Pokojni iz društva Sava Pokojni iz društva Triglav 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 12:00 NOON 4:00 P.M. Žena Romana Sin John in Mercy Tompa Sava-Breslav St. John the Divine-London SVETE MAŠE - MASSES Od 31. 1. 2016 Do 7. 2. 2016