St. Gregory the Great Slovenian Church
06/47
Številka - Number / Leto - Year 6.02.2011
5. NEDELJA MED LETOM
5th SUNDAY in Ordinary Time
Fr. Drago Gačnik sdb
župnik - pastor
Naslov - Adress 125 Centennial Pkwy N Hamilton, ON L8E 1H8
Telefon - Telephone 905-561-5971
Fax
905-561-5109 E-mail
gregory_sdb@cogeco.ca
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Hall rentals 905-518-6159
Biti sol in luč sveta?
Jezus nam ni naročil, naj bomo moka, ki je je v kruhu neprimerno več kot soli. Tudi ne pravi, naj bomo voda, katere je prav tako dosti in je za vse uporabna. Ni nam rekel, naj bomo sladkor, da bi se kdo zaradi nas oblizoval. Sol naj bomo, preprosta in navadna sol, malce grenkega okusa, prav nič privlačna človeškim čutilom. Sol, ki je ne sme biti ne preveč ne premalo, če hočemo, da bo jed užitna.
Zamislimo se v drobec soli v kosu kruha. Osamljen je in izgubljen med moko, vodo in drugimi snovmi. Pa je vendarle potreben. Tiho in neopazno deluje s tem, da je tam, kamor spada, in tako, kakor mu je določeno.
Podoben občutek imamo morda tudi mi. Med množico, ki se razlikuje od nas, se zavedamo svoje majhnosti in osamljenosti. Toda Bog nas je postavil prav na to mesto in nam določil prav to vlogo. Ni samo potrebna, temveč je celo nezamenljiva.
V prejšnjem stoletju nas je nekdo javno in pred vsem svetom označil z drugačnim imenom, da smo opij, ki škoduje zdravju človeške družbe. S sveta bi nas bilo treba spraviti; če to ne gre, pa vsaj onemogočiti.
Huda obtožba. Nekaterim je tako legla na dušo, da so se umaknili. Preprosto jih je zmanjkalo. Drugi so šli vase in si začeli izpraševati vest, če nismo kristjani morda res postali pokvarjena sol, ki ni za drugo, kot da se zavrže in jo ljudje pohodijo. Spet drugi so ogorčeni; loteva se jih skušnjava, da bi postali ogenj in meč in obračunali z vsemi, ki si upajo kaj takega o nas misliti. Prizadevati si, da bomo nesprijeta evangeljska sol.
»SPAGHETTI DINNER«
V soboto, 29. januarja so dekleta »Catholic Girl's Club« skupaj s starši organizirale »Spaghetti Dinner«. Že kar nekaj časa prej so pri svojih sestankih pripravljale vse potrebno, se dogovarjale za organizacijo in izvedbo programa. Težko je bilo napovedati koliko ljudi bo prišlo. Ob nedeljah in sobotah so pridno prodajale vstopnice. Zadnje dneve pa je bilo potrebno pripraviti dvorano, mamice so poskbele za »lonce«, da se je vse prav skuhalo in tudi okusno. Povabile so tudi »Novi Band«, da so z glasbo popestrili domače vzdušje. In ko so po večerni maši začeli prihajati gostje, se je takoj naredila dolga vrsta, ki pa je hitro kopnela. Mize so se napolnile in potrebno je bilo dodati nove. Slike pa povedo še kaj več. Hvala vsem, ki ste se udeležili večerje in tudi drugače pomagali pri pripravi večera.
CHILDREN'S AREA AT PARISH BAZAAR
We are always working at making a great children's area at our Parish Bazaar and this year is no different. In order to make it fun for kids of all ages, we are always looking for new or almost new items such as toys, teddy bears, books, games - all the things that kids like.
If you have anything like this, you can bring these items to church and we will have a box where they can be placed for our helpers to organize. Thanks for always giving the children of our parish such great support. See you at the Bazaar!
Sunday's Readings 5th SUNDAY in Ordinary Time
First Reading Isaiah 58:7-10
The Lord instructs us to share bread with the hungry and shelter the homeless. If we act with mercy our light will rise in the darkness.
Second Reading 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Paul writes that he did not come to the Corinthians with great skills in oratory or philosophy. He was filled with the power of the Spirit to share news of the crucified Christ.
Gospel Matthew 5:13-16
Jesus tells his disciples that they are the salt of the earth, the light of the world and a city built on a hilltop. He encourages his disciples to keep God's light in their lives so that others may see and praise God.
Illustration
At the same time that the empire of the ancient Greeks was flourishing, another civilisation was busy building great cities, with sophisticated engineering and beautiful art. They lived in what is now a part of the Sahara Desert in modern-day Libya. This civilisation flourished for over a thousand years, but we don't even know what they called themselves. We use the word the Greeks and Romans called them - the Garamantes.
Once they farmed grapes, figs, wheat and barley, cleverly building an irrigation system that used groundwater. But climate change beat them. Once the groundwater was used up and the desert encroached, their land became useless and their civilisation fell. It was only in the 1960s that archaeologists began to excavate their ruined cities, and this work continues today.
What little we know about this ancient people comes from the things they left behind: ruined buildings, a dried-up water system, their wall
paintings. We have just a snapshot of a few areas of life for the Garamantes. This tantalising glimpse of a little-known civilisation will never turn into a complete picture.
Gospel Teaching
When we read today's Gospel reading we get a little snapshot of Jesus' teaching. It's a tiny reading, just four verses long. If we look at the words we have heard today alone we get some meaning, but it is by no means the whole picture. Fortunately we have every opportunity to look a bit wider. We have four Gospels telling us of the life of Jesus, as well as nearly two thousand years of church teaching and tradition to call upon. We are not like archaeologists scratching in the dirt for a glimpse of something wonderful from the ruins. God has made the Good News clear to us through Jesus; we can learn about it from the Bible and we can learn about it from the Church. We have many sources of information.
Today's Gospel reading comes from St Matthew's Gospel and it is part of the section of Jesus' preaching that we call the Sermon on the Mount. At Mass last Sunday our Gospel came from the previous part of the Sermon on the Mount, the section we call the Beatitudes, where Jesus offers the Good News of salvation especially to those who are poor and suffering. And next Sunday we will have the next section of the Sermon on the
"In the same way your light must shine in the sight of men."
Mount, in which Jesus helps his listeners to deal with all the many religious laws of the time. This week's Gospel reading is, in a sense, a little interlude between those two larger sections.
Today Jesus tells his listeners what to do with the Good News they have heard about in his sermon so far. He is challenging everyone who has heard or read the Gospel to take it into their lives. This includes us today. We are all encouraged to live Jesus' words in our lives.
Folklorna skupina 'VENEC'_
Next practices will be on Sunday, February 20th at 2pm in St. Gregory's Hall. It is still not late to join up! Come and join the fun. Presently we have 13 couples with room for more.
Otroška skupina 'SOčA'_
Practices for this energetic group have been moved to Saturdays at 12:30 [following slovenska sola].
We encourage all children, ages 7 and above, to join this worthwhile group to help nurture our Slovenian roots and help build our community here in Hamilton and surroundings. More singing and musical instruments are on the agenda. New members most welcome!
Application
We are used to describing good, down-to-earth people as "the salt of the earth", and this phrase comes from today's Gospel reading. Salt was a very important commodity in Jesus' time. It was so important that Roman soldiers were sometimes given salt as part of their wages. So Jesus is saying that those who follow him are important and useful. But Jesus
Obvestila - Announcements
pevski zbor_
Pevske vaje za zbor bodo v četrtek 10. februarja po večerni maši.
CWL - KŽZ_
Due to the bad weather last Wednesday our very important Monthly General Meeting will be rescheduled to this Wednesday, Feb.9 at 7pm. Our
membership is strongly encouraged to attend this final meeting in preparation for our Annual Bazaar. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year where we depend on all of our membership to contribute to its success to the best of their abilities. It is our responsibility as league sisters to help one another reach our goal of hosting a successfull bazaar.
We invite all parish members, their families and friends to attend the Catholic Women's League Annual Bazaar being held Sunday Feb
27. As we look forward to our parish supporting this important fundraising event we will continue working hard toward creating a fun afternoon for all to share and enjoy eachothers company.
Lunch Tickets: will be sold at Sunday masses starting Feb. 6. Adult:$12; Children 4-10-$5, under 3yrs. - free. Reservations can only be offered with advance purchase of tickets. In order to facilitate food preparation and seating we ask that advance tickets be purchased at our Sunday Masses, including Sat. Feb 26 where we will be setting up in the hall until approx. 4pm. To encourage advance purchase we have set adult ticket prices at $15 if purchased at the door the day of the Bazaar. We hope everyone can understand our reasoning in the different ticket pricing in order to make accurate preparations.
Lottery Tickets: are available for purchase at all Sunday masses from Pamela Gognach and Angela Kobe. We ask that our membership try to sell 5 books each if at all possible. Our parish members are kindly asked to support these ticket sales by purchasing them. All monies raised from the sales are directly donated to our parish.
Strudel : apple($12) and cheese($15) will be sold at the bazaar on availability. Preorders are strongly encouraged to avoid disappointment. Please call Vera Gonza at 905- 560 0089 as soon as possible!!
We need donations to the Bazaar of new or crafted Penny Sale and Raffle table items. Again we kindly ask that those that can, please consider a donation. These will be happily received anytime to Fr.Drago, to our lunch ticket sales members at Sunday masses and the day of Bazaar set up, Sat. Feb 26.
Membership Fees- There are only a few outstanding membership fees. Please hand in your $14 fee at your earliest convenience in our Sunday collection basket or to Teresa Sarjas. Thank you so much to all members who have handed in and maintained their memberships. New membership is always welcomed!! Please speak with Teresa, Sidonia Poppa or any league member for information or come and attend any monthy general meeting held the first Wednesday of the month.
DRUŠTVO SV. JOŽEFA_
The Slovenian Society of St. Joseph/DruŠtvo sv. Jožefa is planning a day trip to Seneca Casino in Niagara Falls New York, Thursday, February 17t1.
Package includes bus, slot voucher for playing ($25.) and food voucher ($10.) Departure from St. Gregory parking lot at 10 AM and return at 6 PM.
Price per person is $35. by cheque payable to Maxima Tours or cash by February 10th. Passports are required! Reservations may be made with Vinko Benc at the Church or Jerry Ponikvar by calling 905-333-5813.
KOLEDAR ZA JANUAR - FEBRUAR 2011
❖	9. februar 2011- sreda: 7:00 p.m. - redno mesečno srečanje za članice KŽZ - CWL.
❖	13. februar 2011-nedelja: Sava klub Breslav Kitchener: 12:00 maša, Prešernov dan, General meeting; 4:00 p.m. - maša v Londonu / cerkev/.
❖	20. februar 2011- nedelja: ob 3:00 p.m. Občni zbor v župnijski dvorani sv. Gregorija Velikega. Vabljeni! Iščemo nove člane za župnijski odbor. Lahko tudi predlagate druge, vendar z njihovim soglasjem.
❖	27. februar 2011- nedelja: BAZAAR KATOLIŠKE ŽENSKE ZVEZE. Ob 12:00 kosilo in bogat program ob igrah, dobitkih, srečelovu...
❖	5. marec 2011- sobota: ob 7:00 p.m. PUSTOVANJE v naši dvorani. Vabljeni!
DIOCESAN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS
Če obhajate 25, 40, 50, 60 in več let poroke v letu 2011, potem ste povabljeni v našo katedralo na skupno sveto mašo vseh slavljencev, ki bo 15. maja 2011 ob 2:00 popoldne. Sveto mašo bo vodil hamiltonski škof Crosby Douglas. Na oglasni deski si lahko vzamete prijavnico in jo izpolnjeno pošljete na škofijo. Prijavite se najkasneje do konca meseca aprila.
DAROVI - NEDELJSKE NABIRKE JANUAR
V zadnjem času ste darovali: Družina Hapke je darovala za cerkev $40 namesto rož za pokojno Marijo Kolenc. Marija Žvan z družina pa daruje za cerkev $100 v spomin na pokojnega Antona Vengar.
V	mesecu januarju 2011 ste pri nedeljskih nabirkah darovali:
2. januar: $ 9274 9. januar: $ 2065 16. januar: $ 1760 23. januar: $ 2110 30. januar: $ 2085
Iskrena hvala za vaše darove in podporo naše župnije. Bog povrni vašo velikodušnost.
MAŠA V SREDO - ZJUTRAJ_
V	sredo, 9. februarja 2011 bo sveta maša zjutraj ob 8:15, ker sem pozneje, skupaj s salezijanci iz Toronta, na duhovni obnovi.
ZAHVALA_
Družina Plevel se zahvaljuje vsem, ki ste se udeležili molitve rožnega venca, prišli k pogrebni maši in pospremili pokojnega Štefana k zadnjemu počitku.
SVETI KRST_
V	nedeljo, 30. januarja 2011 je ADRIANA LAVRIC v naši cerkvi prejela zakrment sv. krsta. Starša Slobodan Lavrič in Mary, rojena Petek, sta se veselila ob krstu tretjega otroka. Iskrene čestitke staršema ob tem lepem družinskem dogodku. Naj vso družina spremlja božji blagoslov in naša molitev.
Od 06. 02. 2011 Do 13. 02. 2011
svete mase - masses
Masses Monday-Friday 7:00 p.m., Saturday 8:15 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
NEDELJA - SUNDAY
06. Februar 5. Nedelja med letom
Pavel Miki, mučenec
za žive in rajne župljane f Franc in Jože Lehner f Annie Rainer
9:30 a.m.
Cilka Lehner 11:00 a.m. Veronika Čurič
Ponedeljek - Monday
07. Februar
Koleta, redovnica
ff	starši Tonaj in Sandra
f	Stane Kanc
f	Ivan Dobršek
ff	Marija Kolenc in Verona Smodiš
7:00 p.m. Naci in Ana Krampač Žena in otroci Sonja Langenfus Toni in Marija Franc
Petek - Friday
11. Februar
Luška Mati Božja
f	Pavla Horvat
ff	pokojni iz družine Sternad
ff	duše v vicah
f	Dragica Bolko
7:00 p.m. Fedele in Nancy Scime Milena Volčanšek Marija Košir
Francka Seljak z družino
Sobota - Saturday 12. Februar Aleksij, škof	f Marija Kolenc 8:15 a.m. Gizela Hauzar f Franc Antolin 5:30 p.m. Joe in Lidija Labricciosa f Franc Kociper Joe in Lidija Labricciosa f Avgust Žalik Alojz Ferenčak z družino f Ivan Fabjan Anica Miklavčič
NEDELJA - SUNDAY 13. Februar 6. NEDELJA med letom Kristina, vdova	za žive in rajne župljane 9:30 a.m. f Mihaela Šuštaršič Monika Gašpar z družino f B. Foley 11:00 a.m. Marija Štefanec Iz društva Sava - Breslav 12:00 noon V dvorani Sava - Breslav Iz društva Triglav - London 4:00 p.m. V cerkvi St. John the Divine
svete maše - mass times: Ponedeljek/Monday - Petek/Friday: 7:00 p.m. Sobota/Saturday: 8:15 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.