irsr.Mi; Slovenska župnija sv. Gregorija Velikega | St. Gregory the Great Slovenian Church 36/50 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 28. 9. 2014 26. NEDELJA MED LETOM 26th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR 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 JESENSKI BANKET - FALL BANQUET PRAZNOVANJE 50 LETNICE NAŠE ŽUPNIJE St. Gregory tlie Groat Slovenian Churcli Nedelja-Sunday, September 28, 2014 Maša / Mass: 10:00 a.m. Mašo vodi g. Janez Potočnik, inspector Kosilo / Dinner at 12:00 v dvorani / church hall Kulturni program / Cultural program pozdrav gostov, zgodovina v sliki, nastop plesne skupine Venec Razstava slik Zgodovinskega društva v spodnji dvorani PRIPRAVE NA 50 LETNICO - Te dni je bilo v naši dvorani in cerkvi veliko pridnih rok, ki so skrbno pripravljale vse potrebno za praznovanje. Nekaj utrinkov sem uspel jeti tudi v sliko. Generalno so počistili vse stole v obeh dvoranah, Lojze in Dragica sta počistila in naloščila vse tlake, v knjižnici so Frank in Marica Majzelj in Jožica Vegelj vneto postavljali nove police in pripravljali razstavo v slikah, ki si jo lahko ogledate v spodnji dvorani. Mirko Zorko je v sobi instaliral nove luči in jo prebelil; Olga je krasila cerkev; Tony H., Pamela, Frank N., Sonya P., Heidy in še kdo so pripravljali programe; pevski zbori so vadili za današnjo slovesnost, naše pridne gospodinje so skrbele za pecivo in kuhinjo ... In še in še bi lahko našteval. TRIGLAV-LONDON V nedeljo, 21. septembra 2014 smo zopet začeli s svetimi mašami v slovenski skupnosti Triglav. Tokrat smo se zbrali v dvorani, ki je bila že vsa jesensko okrašena. Zelo veliko število se je nabralo. V kuhinji so za vse , ki so želeli, pripravili dobro slovensko kosilo, tako da je bilo zelo lepo razpoloženje. Bila je ena tisih lepih, že skoraj jesenskih nedelj. Sončna, tolpla in na poti domov se je na nebu zarisala še mavrica. 26th Sunday of the Year Response: Lord, be mindful of your mercy. First Reading Ezekiel 18:25-28 God is justice and God is life. To reject justice is to reject life. Second Reading Philippians 2:1-11 Christ entered into the slavery of sin, which leads to death, so that he might be exalted on our behalf. Gospel Matthew 21:28-32 All human life is itself a second chance offered to us by God. We call that second chance redemption. Redemption makes life a choice. "Which of the two did the father's will?" Illustration In In today's parable, the reply of the second son to his father is strange. It is so strange that translators feel unable to translate it literally. The second son does not actually say, "Certainly, sir", but rather, "I, sir", or "I, Lord". He uses the first person singular on its own. That is odd but it is refreshing, too, when so often we hear people covering up their own wishes by avoiding the first person singular. So we hear politicians utter phrases like, "The people demand", when they really mean, "I demand". The second son is certainly not guilty of failing to be aware of himself. Yet at the same time he lacks any real understanding of himself. The first son also speaks of himself but with a bit more honesty. "I don't want to," is what he says. The second son is lacking any true sense of self because his self is his whole world. To understand ourselves, we have to understand ourselves in relation to something outside of our own self. This is why the first son, in his refusal, is at least open to change. He says no, but at least he is saying no to someone. When he considers his unwillingness to obey his Father, at least he is aware of his father. The second son is all ego, all self, and so his reply to his father is not so much insincere as unreal. We could contrast this with the real dialogue between God and God's people that we find in the Old Testament reading, where the Lord reads the hearts of his people who are accusing him of injustice. A sincere though unfair claim by his people allows the Lord to begin a sincere dialogue with his people. Gospel Teaching In reading this Gospel, perhaps we would recover the startling nature of Christ's teaching if we substituted, for "tax collectors and prostitutes", our own pet hates among the ways in which people make money. Tax collectors are civil servants now, prostitutes are often victims more than wrongdoers; so maybe we could imagine Christ saying that the drug dealers, greedy bankers, or whatever group we feel morally superior to in our world today, make their way into the kingdom before us. The tax collectors and prostitutes listened to John the Baptist because they were aware that their professions were despised. They knew what they were. For the chief priests and elders, their position in society made them blind to themselves. They saw other people, like the tax collectors and prostitutes, not as real persons, but as representations of types of people - sinners. In the opposite direction, they saw themselves, too, as types of people - in their minds, respectable and upstanding people - and so they had little understanding of their true selves. What attracted the social outcasts to St John the Baptist was not so much what he said as the fact that someone was speaking to them at all. So they had at least the possibility to repent. The people who will not repent are those who do not even consider the possibility of repentance. Perhaps the shock of the crucifixion may have woken some priests up to their real need for repentance. In the Acts of the Apostles, we are told that many priests became obedient to the faith. Their part in the death of Christ opened them up to the reality of their own sins, and the resurrection of Christ showed them the possibility of redemption. Application Prayer is preparation and prayer is repentance. Sooner or later we will be challenged by life. We can never say that we have fought our final battle, so we pray before and after each trial. The first son is not described as praying but he is very like the prodigal son in Luke who is said to have "entered into himself", the phrase translated as "he came to his senses". In prayer that is exactly what we do. We enter into ourselves and discover that we are not what we think we are. We are told to pray constantly not to be put to the test, but we are also to pray after we have failed the test. The prayer of the apostles was the prayer of those who had failed their test. Yet they still had many trials, even after the resurrection. There is always one more thing. As someone once said, "Experience is something you think you have, until you get more of it." Obvestila - Announcements PEVSKI ZBOR - VAJE V četrtek, 2. oktobra po večerni maši, bomo imeli redne pevske vaje za župnijski zbor. Pripravljamo se na rožnovesnki mesec in praznik vseh svetih. DOGODKI V BLIŽNJI PRIHODNOSTI ♦ 28. september: Sv. GREGORIJ VELIKI - Jesesnki banket in 50. LETNICA ŽUPNIJE ♦ 4. oktober: Bled - Fall Banquet, Oktoberfest ♦ 17. - 18. oktober: SAVA, Oktoberfest ♦ 19. oktober: TRIGLAV, Vinska Trgatev ♦ 25. oktober: SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET na Bledu ♦ 26. oktober: SAVA, maša ob 1:00 p.m. ♦ 31. oktober: LONDON, maša na pokopališču v mavzoleju ob 2:00 p.m. ♦ 1. november: SCON meeting at St. Gregory the Great after 5:30 p.m. Mass. ♦ 2. november: maša ob 2:00 p.m. na pokošališču Holy Sepulchre, nato molitve na pokošališčih! ♦ 08. nvember: MARTINOVANJE pri Sv. Gregoriju, in v Lipa Parku (tudi banket) ♦ 09. november: SLOVENSKI PARK - Fall General Meeting at 3:00 p.m. OKTOBERFEST, SATURDAY OCT. 18th, 2014 Breslau - Kitchener - OBERKRAINER HAUS Hosted by "SAVA", sponsored by Slovenian Society St. Joseph Society - Društvo Sv. Jožefa, Hamilton Saturday, October 18th, 2014 Departure - 12:00, St. Gregory's Parking Lot Only few spaces left. Please contact: Frank Er- zar@905-643-0285 CLEVELAND 53RD ANNUAL THANKSGIVING POLKA - EXTRAVAGANZA WEEKEND — NOVEMBER 27-29TH, 2014_ Special Fun Weekend Package — USA Thanksgiving Weekend - sponsored by: The Slovenian Society of St. Joseph, Hamilton Departure from St. Gregory's Parish parking lot on Centennial Parkway at 8:30 AM, Thursday, November 27th and returning Saturday evening, November 29th (late). Join us for an uplifting, fun filled musical weekend! Don't delay! Reservations can be made - only with full payment $350 cheque made out to the St. Joseph Society or cash. For reservations & payment: contact person Frank Erzar @905-643-0285 SLOVENIAN CANADIAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION_ The Slovenian Canadian Scholarship Foundation will hold its 18th Annual Scholarship Banquet hosted by BLED, Beamsville on October 25th, 2014. Reception at 5:00 PM and Dinner at 6:00 PM. We will honour and recognize our 2014 scholarship and bursary recipients. Our guest speaker will be Nancy Gimpelj. Music for your dancing and listening pleasure will be provided by the band "ŠIBAJ". Tickets are now on sale: Adults-$40. and Stu-dents-$25. (An official tax receipt will be issued for the donation portion of the ticket price). For tickets and reservations call: Rob Letnik: 289-837- 1918; Karl Ferko: 905-578-5890; Ed Kodarin: 905309-4050 or Andy Habjan: 905-899-3876. Join us for this wonderful evening where we honour and recognize our youth! MAŠA: PONEDELJEK 29. SEPTEMBRA V ponedeljek bomo imeli izjemoma mašo zjutraj ob 9:30 a.m., ker proti večeru naši gostje iz Slovenije odhajajo nazaj in jih bom zapeljal na letališče, vmes pa si bomo še kaj pogledali, saj je bil obisk kratek in ves teden smo bili v pripravah na našo 50 letnico. Iskrena hvala g. Inšpektorju Janezu potočniku, g. Bogdanu Koarju in g. Blažu Cudermanu za bogate misli ob večernih mašah v tridnevni pripravi na praznovanje. Srečno pot domov . PRVI PETEK V OKTOBRU_ Ta teden začenjamo rožnovesnki mesec. Na prvi petek bom obiskoval bolnike, zvečer ob šestih bo prilika za zakrament sv. Spovedi in češčenje Najsvetejšega. Naj nas rožnovenska Mati Božja spremlja in navdihuje ob premišljevanju skrivnosti rožnega venca. VEČNA LUČ_ V mesecu oktobru bo večna luč gorela po namenu Sonje Langenfus v spomin na pokojnega Franca Jernejčiča. SVETI ZAKON - POROKA_ Zakrament svetega zakona sta v naši cerkvi , v soboto 217. septembra sklenila: ženin JANEZ PETER KOSEDNAR (sin +Johna Kosednar in Heme, roj Intihar) in nevesta DEE-ANNA LYNN LANGFORD (hči staršev Miachael Charnock in Arlene, roj Whitehall). Iskrene čestitke obema, da bi še naprej skupno iskala srečo in življenjske odločitve v družbi svojih otrok. Naj družino spremlja božji blagoslov in naša molitev. SVETE MAŠE - MASS TIMES: Ponedeljek/Monday - Petek/Friday: 7:00 p.m. Sobota/Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - slovenska / in i\r 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 -don bosco 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. OD 28. 9. 2014 DO 5. 10. 2014 svete maše - masses za žive in rajne župljane 10:00 A.M. n „. . Družina Pinter 26. Nedelja f Terezija Hajdinjak med letom f Terezija Hajdinjak Manja Erzetič z družino 28. September f Alojz Peternel, obl. Zena Sonja z družino Venčeslav, mučenec ff Frančiška in Stane Napast Družina Pinter f RudiHanc Jože in Rose Kolenko Ponedeljek Monday 29. September Miahel, Gabriel, Rafael ff Elizabeth in Mihael Sušec tt Ana in Marko Hozjan f Calamartini Sally ff Starši Gerič 9:30 A.M. Družina Hozjan Družina Hozjan Manja Erzetič Toni Ferko z družino Torek - Tuesday 30. September f Po namenu 3:00 a.m. n.n Sreda Wednesday 1. Oktober Terezija Deteta Jezusa Po namenu f Apolonija Gjerek, obl f Janko Demšar f Jakov Šverko f Mihaela Ferfolja 7:00 P.M CWL Hči Terezija Prša Družina Demšar Družina Demšar Sin Marko Ferfolja Četrtek Thursday 2. Oktober Angeli varuhi f Elizabeta Ferko f Štefan Prša f Mike Joly f Terezija Hajdinjak 7:00 P.M. Frida Kolar Toni Ferko in otroci Žena Zdenka Manja Erzetič Prvi petek First Friday 3. Oktober Kozma in Damijan,muč. ff Za duše v vicah f Ivan Sobočan ff Terezija in Anton Kremesec f Jožef Oravec 7:00 P.M. Tone in Marija Bukvič Marija Hočevar Družina Malevič Marie Oravec Sobota Saturday 4. Oktober Vincencij Pavelski, Ustanovitelj Lazaristov Po namenu ff Strici in tete f Janez Žvan ff Janez in Alojzija Žvan ff Ivanka in Matevž Štros ff Family Gomboc 8:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M. n.n. Marija Košir Žena Marija z družino Družina Žvan Družina Žvan Družina Gomboc 26. Nedelja med letom 5. Oktober Venčeslav, mučenec za žive in rajne župljane ff Viktoria in Marta ff Frank in Vera Staniša 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. Sestra Zorka Sin Frank z družino