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15.in 16. NEDELJA MED LETOM
15th & 16th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Fr. Drago Gačnik sdb
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Naslov - address 125 Centennial Pkwy N Hamilton, ON L8E 1H8
Telefon - Telephone 905-561-5971
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Pogum za nov začetek
Poletni mesece prinašajo v naš vsakodnevni in običajni ritem, ki ga poznamo skozi vse leto, vsaj nekaj različnosti. Več imamo časa za stvari, za katere med letom nismo imeli možnosti, ki niso bile najbolj nujne in smo jih odlagali za poznejši čas. Razumjivo je, da ob napornih dneh, ki se neredko podaljšajo v pozno popoldne ali celo v večer, ni več moči za kaj drugega. Zaradi drugih dolžnosti nam kratko malo zmanjka časa. Poletni tedni niso tako napolnjeni z nalogami in obveznostmi. Zato je zelo koristno, če si tudi za poletne tedne pripravimo načrt ali program, kako jih preživeti, da nam bodo prinašali koristi za duha in telo.
Marsikdaj se zgodi, da je med letom zaradi drugih obveznosti premalo časa za intelektualno delo. Pri tem mislim na to,da je poleti več možnosti, da vzamemo v roko tudi kakšno knjigo, leposlovno ali duhovno, knjigo, ki smo jo srečali med letom, pa ni bilo priložnosti, da bi jo začeli brati. Branje literarnega dela, romana, potopisa, ali duhovne knjige nam vedno odpre pogled v nov svet. Srečamo se z ljudmi in njihovimi izkušnjami, njihovimi pogledi na svet in njihovim odnosom do številnih vprašanj, ki vznemirjajo posameznika in skupnosti. Branje kakšne knjige je vedno zanimiva izkušnja. Ta nas vpelje v svet, ki ga doživljajo drugi, srečamo se z njihovim načinom razmišljanja in svoje poglede na svet lahko primerjamo z njihovimi.
Knjiga z duhovno vsebino nas poveže s svetom duhovnosti, iskanja Boga in izkušenj z Bogom. V takšnih knjigah se srečujemo s kristjani, ki so neredko prehodili zahtevno pot iskanja Boga in nato svojo izkušnjo izpovedali v knjigi. Tako lahko iz njihovih izkušenj spoznamo, da si je za dober odnos do Boga potrebno prizadevati.
Vemo, da so ljudje, ki jim je branje sestavni del življenja. Za to dejavnost vedno najdejo čas. Brez knjig kratkomalo ne zdržijo. Tudi če so njihovi dnevi še tako napolnjeni z raznimi obveznostmi, se bo našlo nekaj minut, da kaj preberejo. Morda pa bi se jim v letošnjem letu lahko pridružil tudi jaz - potrebno je samo začeti.
ČUTIM SLOVENIJO - SLOVENIJA VČERAJ, DANES IN JUTRI!
V začetku julija, to je od petka 8. do nedelje 10. julija 2011, je v Ljubljani, pri cerkvi sv. Jožefa na Poljanah, kjer je duhovno središče jezuitskega reda, pripravljena že 21. »DRAGA MLADIH«. Vsa srečanja bodo pod gornjim naslovom.
Gre za že tradicionalno srečanje slovenskih mladih, ki se v predavanjih in razpravah soočajo z odprtimi vprašanji slovenske družbe in njenega mesta v veliki skupnosti evropskih narodov. Povabljeni gostje iz raznih področij slovenskega javnega življenja bodo predstavili svoje poglede na razvojno pot mlade slovenske države. Kot beremo v predstavitvi programa, »gre za skupni projekt večjega števila slovenskih mladinskih društev, ki združujejo mlade iz zamejstva, zdomstva in domovine. V njegovem okviru se srečujejo osebnosti, ki oblikujejo sedanjost našega naroda, se povezujejo in družijo na okroglih mizah, delavnicah, predavanjih in debatah.
Pomenljivi in zelo akturalni cilji »DRAGE MLADIH« so spodbujanje kritičnega razmišljanja, izražanja argumentiranih mnenjin ustvarjalnosti ter razvijanje demokratičnih vrednot«.
Organizatorji vsako leto dobivajo podporo uglednih osebnosti slovenskega javnega, kulturnega in cerkvenega življenja.
Srečanja, ki se jih je v preteklosti prijelo ime »DRAGA MLADIH«, so nastala kot dogajanje ob srečanjih slovenskih kulturnih delavcev v zavodu Marijanišče na Opčinah pri Trstu. Sprva so to bila le srečanja rojakov, ki so prihajali iz vrst Slovencev v zamejstvu in po svetu, nato pa so se vanje vključili tudi sodelavci iz matične Slovenije.
Za mlade kristjane so takšna srečanja tudi danes priložnost, da spoznajo razmere, ki so v Sloveniji, da se srečajo med seboj, in da vidijo, kakšne so možnosti uveljavljanja slovenskih vrednot v širši skupnosti narodov. Na vseh dosedanjih srečanjih so bili sodelavci iz vrst Slovencev po svetu med najbolj zavzetimi udeleženci.
11th Annual Slovenian Day Camp: August 2nd - August 5th, 2011
MARIBORSKI NADŠKOF MSGR. MARJAN TURNŠEK JE DOBIL PALIJ
Looking for your kids to have a fun filled week? Send your Slovenian Campers to our 11th Annual Summer Day Camp here at our Parish.
We have a week Planned with exciting and fun activities for all our kids. There will be lots of crafts, sports, singing, dancing, Water Fun and of course our week wouldn't be complete without a few surprises.
We hope that our Slovenian youngsters will take this opportunity to enjoy the company of great friends and ready to make new friends share in laughter, cheering and a week filled with fun. We're all sure to have an awesome time at SDC!
For Teenagers in high school and if you need your volunteer hours, you can get your 40 hours in just one week.
So we welcome you to take this opportunity to have fun with kids participate in your community and fulfil your volunteer requirements.
If you have kids, grandchildren, cousins, etc... between the ages of 4 and 11 years, tell them about our camp and sign up now. It's only $65.00 for a week of fun packed activities!
For more information and to sign up, please contact Heidy Novak at 905-689-1367
(novakh@sympatico.ca) as soon as possible. We always have lots of kids so the sooner we know our numbers, the better we can plan for another great camp this summer.
This is a great Opportunity for our kids to be part of our Slovenian Community and spend time with some Slovenian friends. I hope you will come and enjoy the week of August 2-5, 2011 with us. We look forward to seeing you there!
Med mnogimi na novo menovanimi nadškofi in metropoliti, ki so to imenovanje dobili v teku preteklega leta, je na praznik apostolov Petra in Pavla 29. junija v Rimu papež Benedikt XVI. podelil palij tudi voditelju Mariborske nadškofije dr. Marjanu Turnšku. Palij je posebna štola, ki jo nadškof nosi po vrhu mašnega plašča in je znamenje njegove metropolitske oblasti v tisti cerkveni pokrajini, ki jo vodi.
Leta 2006 je bila v Sloveniji na novo organizirana Cerkev in so bile ustanovljene tri nove škofije; ustanovljena je bila še druga metropolija ali cerkvena pokrajina. Pred tem je bila celotna Slovenija samo ena metropolija -Ljubljanska. Ta je bila ustanovljena leta 1968 in za prvega metropolita je bil imenovan nadškof dr. Jožef Pogačnik.
Dr. Marjan Turnšek je prevzel skrb za Mariborsko nadškofijo letos spomladi, ko je odstopil nadškof dr. Franc Kramberger. Tako imamo od leta 2006 na Slovenskem dve cerkveni pokrajini in dva metropolita. Pod oblastjo ljubljanskega metropolita dr. Antona Stresa sta še škofija Koper in škofija Novo mesto. V Mariborsko cerkveno pokrajino pa sta vključeni škofiji Celje in Murska Sobota.
Nadškofa dr. Marjana Turnška je v Rim spremljala skupina slovenskih romarjev, ki so se udeležili tamkajšnjih slovesnosti. Ko je nato naslednji dan papež Benedikt XVI. sprejel nove metropolite, jim je namenil posebne pozdravne besede. Zanimivo je, da je novega mariborskega metropolita nagovoril v lepi slovenščini in mu zaželel obilen Božji blagoslov pri njegovi odgovorni nalogi.
Dr. Marjan Turnšek je bil, preden je leta 2006 postal škof v Murski Soboti, dolga leta voditelj mariborskega semenišča in učitelj na teološki fakulteti v Ljubljani in v Mariboru.
Sunday's Readings
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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading - Isaiah 55:10-11
Isaiah compares the meaning and sequence of natural events with the power of God's creative word, which never fails to achieve its purpose.
Second Reading - Romans 8:18-23
Redeemed humanity and all of creation share in the hope of eternal glory.
Gospel - Matthew 13:1-23
Seeds are scattered on the earth and fall on hard, poor and rich soil.
Illustration
"The Secret of Master Cornille" is one of a number of tales that appear in the classic book Letters from my Windmill, first published in 1869 by the French writer Alphonse Daudet. Old Cornille had been a miller for sixty years. On the hills surrounding the village in Provence where he lived were many windmills with "sails turning in the mistral above the pines, and long strings of little donkeys laden with sacks going up and down the paths". When new, steam-driven flour mills appeared on the scene and the old windmills were made redundant, he fiercely opposed the change, shut himself up in his windmill and let the world go by.
Yet, curiously, even though no corn was delivered to his mill, its sails kept turning and every evening Cornille could be seen driving his donkey laden with what appeared to be big sacks of flour. No one was allowed inside his mill; indeed no one got past the "big, lean cat lying in the sun on the window-ledge giving you an evil look". No one,
that is, until his granddaughter, Vivette, and her boyfriend, determined that they would tell him of their wish to marry, climbed a ladder and got into the mill through an upper window. Cornille was nowhere to be seen, neither was there any corn, nor sacks of flour; only sacks of stones and debris from pulled-down windmills. These were the sacks that he had made his donkey carry up and down the paths each evening. He had pretended that his windmill was working because he wanted to save it and because his old way of life was the only way he knew. However, once old Cornille's secret was out, the neighbours rallied round and made sure that until the end of his days he had enough corn to keep the sails of his windmill turning.
Gospel Teaching
Secrets are of many kinds; and we all have secrets sometimes. But secrets have the habit of coming into the light sooner or later. They seldom remain secrets for ever. One of the purposes of a parable is to challenge the listeners to "hear with their ears, understand with their heart", and acknowledge the truth about themselves so that they may be converted and healed by the Lord. The truth about ourselves is always known to God, but more often than not we barely recognise it, and if we do we probably prefer to keep it hidden - or secret - from others.
In the parable of the sower, neither the hardtrodden soil, nor the soil around the rocks and the thorns rejects the seed: this soil simply does not have the depth to allow growth. The soil symbolises all the different kinds of people in the Church who, on hearing the Gospel, do not reject it; they accept it in faith. But if their faith is shallow or if material things are allowed to strangle their faith, then there will not be enough depth for God's life to grow within them.
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day
(Emily Dickinson).
"Listen, anyone who has ears!"
Sunday's Readings 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading,Wisdom 12:13. 16-19
The Lord is strong, yet mild in judgement.
Second Reading, Romans 8:26-27
The Spirit expresses our pleas to God when we cannot find the words we need.
Gospel - Matthew 13:24-43
The Lord allows good and evil to flourish together until the time of the harvest.
Illustration
St Augustine of Hippo has been called the greatest of the Latin Fathers of the Church. Born in AD 354, he grew up in what is now modern Algeria. Although brought up a Christian by his mother Monica, he was not baptised, and at sixteen moved to Carthage to complete his education. He was soon involved with a young woman and had a much-loved son by her, Adeodatus. He was influenced by the teachings of Manichaeism, which preached the existence of dual divinities, spirit and matter, good and evil. Augustine moved to Europe, taking up teaching posts in first Rome and then Milan. There he came under the influence of St Ambrose, another great Father of the Church.
Torn between the promise of worldly success and marriage on the one hand, and dedicating himself fully to God on the other, he finally chose God after reading the passage in St Paul's letter to the Romans in which the apostle exhorts his listeners to "give up all the things we prefer to do under cover of the dark; let us arm ourselves and appear in the light". He was baptised together with his son and set off back to Africa. There he set up a community, was ordained priest and quite
rapidly became Bishop of Hippo, a post he would carry out for the remaining thirty-four years of his life with great care and understanding, all the time writing the many books, letters and sermons that would become the bedrock of the Western Church's theology for centuries to come.
Gospel Teaching
We sometimes have a rather machine-like notion of God. We expect God to reward us or punish us rather like a spiritual slot machine. Perhaps, like the young Augustine, we too have a touch of Manichaeism about us. Good is good, evil is evil, and don't get the two confused.
Life is, of course, not neatly divided like this. It is messy, and the parables in today's Gospel reflect the way God works with us in the midst of our uncertainty and doubt. On occasions in the Old Testament it does appear that God operates on the principle of "one strike and you are out". We think of the story of the eviction of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, and of poor Moses striking the rock twice in the desert and being forbidden entry to the Promised Land. Yet on other occasions, as for example with King David, God is only too eager to forgive and give people another chance.
In these parables of the kingdom we are given a picture of God gradually transforming us from within, allowing good and evil to flourish together and waiting patiently for the mysterious growth that occurs in the life cycle of seeds and the miraculous expansion of yeast in dough. The Lord longs for us to turn to him, but is not impatient; he gives us time to develop all the skills and talents he has endowed us with so as to use them on his behalf.
We go to church, not because we are saints, but because we are sinners, sinners who know that we are sinners, but who are willing to strive for something better.
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"Let them both grow till the harvest."
Obvestila - Announcements
DRUŠTVO SV. JOŽEFA
Pennsylvania - Lancaster Region/Hershey/Bethlehem Trip, Sept. 6-9th. Let's travel while we still can! This great trip highlights include: all of the site seeing attractions, performance of 'Joseph' in the spectacular Millennium Theatre, all tours, step on guide, and meals: 3 breakfasts and 3 dinners, accommodation, motor coach, and gratuities. Also, one night stay at the new Sands Casino Hotel with $30. free play. Subsidized package per person:$685 (dbl.),$655 (trpl).
Down payment ($150) due now with final payment due July 22nd. Cheques payable to Maxima Tours. For info' and reservations contact: Jerry Ponikvar *333-5813 or Frank Erzar *643-0285
BARAGOVI DNEVI: 24-26 SEPTEMBER
Počitnice se bližajo, vsak si že dela načrte za naprej. Da ne bi pozabili tudi letos imamo namen udeležiti se Baragovih dni. Tisti, ki ste bili lani tam, že veste, da gremo malo bližje kot lansko leto in sicer v Harbor Springs Petoskey Area. Kot običajno v soboto bo slovenska maša, v nedeljo pa angleška. Hotel smo že rezervirali, da ne bi zadnjo minute ostali brez, prav tako avtobus, potrebujemo vaše prijave.
In sedaj še informacije za prijavo in cena. Prijavite se lahko Veri Gonza 905-560-0089 ali Tereziji Sarjaš 905560-1218 in to najkasneje do konca julija. Ne čakajte na zadnji dan, sedeži na avtobusu so po načelu »kdor prvi pride prvi melje«. Cena,
če bo avtobus poln, je cca. $100 CAD in $200 US in vključuje avtobus, banket in hotel. Prosta so samo še 4 mesta - zato velja pohiteti s prijavo.
Slovenian Canadian Scholarship/Bursary Awards_
The SCSF Board encourages all of our Slovenian youth from the Hamilton Wentworth, Halton & Niagara Regions who are in attendance or entering College or University level programs to apply for the 2011 Awards. Application forms and information are available in the rack at the back of the Church or contact: Karl Ferko (578-5890), Teresa Zupancic (664-6013),or Jerry Ponikvar (3335813) . This year's Annual Awards Banquet will be held at St. Gregory Parish Hall on Saturday, October 22nd at 6:00 PM.
Z AVTOBUSOM V BANCROFT_
V nedeljo, 31. julija Bled Park organizira izlet z avtobusom v Bancroft Slovenian Club-Planica, kjer bo moški zbor s petjem nastopil na pikniku. Sedeži na avtobusu so po načelu »prvi pride prvi melje«. Okvirna cena bo $40. Več informacij dobite pri Ivanu Krušiču na telefonski številki 905-930-9503.
DAROVI_
Za blazine na klopeh je darovala $100 Magda Udovč. Najlepša hvala za dar.
KOLEDAR ZA JULIJ in AVGUST 2011
❖	24. julij 2011 - nedelja: ob 12:30 PM sv. maša pri društvu Bled Planica 13 - Beamsville: proščenje - žegnanje!
❖	13. avgust 2011 - sobota: ob 5:30 PM sv. maša v naši župnijski cerkvi, pri kateri bo pel zbor iz Šentvida pri Ljubljani. Po maši bo kratek koncert slovenskih pesmi. Vabljeni!
❖ SLOVENSKI PARK - za počitnikarje in vse druge obiskovalce Slovenskega parka bo ponovno priložnost udeležbe pri sv. maši v nedeljo dne 31. julija ob 1:00 PM. Vsi dobrodošli in povabite še koga, da nas bo več.
❖ LEPE POZDRAVE iz Slovenije pošilja vsem članom župnije, posebej svojim sodelavcem, župnik Drago Gačnik. Potovanje v Evropo je bilo brez zapletov, tako sporoča. Vsem vošči lepe poletne tedne in želi vse dobro.
cD ,0. 7.2011 SVETE MAŠE - MASSES
Do 17. 7. 2011	Masses Monday-Friday 7:00 p.m., Saturday 8:15 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
NEDELJA - SUNDAY	za žive in raine župliane
10 juL|J	za zive in rajne zupljane
ic ... t	Matija Vlašič	9:30 a.m. Anton in Marija Šverko 15. NEDELJA MED LETON
t	Darinka Ferletič	11:00 a.m. Alojz Ferencak
Amalija, redovnica
Ponedeljek - Monday
11. Julij
Benedikt, opat
f Blaž Čulig f Sidonija M. Zrim f Kay Partak Za zdravje
7:00 p.m. Mark in Debra Tonaj Family Mož z družino
From Tenants of Villa Slovenia Družina Kapušin
TOREK -TUESDAY	tt vsi pokojni farani	7:00 p.m. Toni in Marija Franc
.	tt Max in Maksimilijan Sagadin	Julija Sagadin
l2.JULIJ	t	BlaZ Čulig	Hema Kosednar
Mohor in Fortunat	t	Katarina Intihar	Družina Bregar
SREDA _ wednesday	ff	Marta in Stanislav Benbedek 7:00 p.m. Družina Hozjan
13 JUL|J	f	Karl Volčanšek	Pavla Pelcar z družino
" , ,.	ff	iz družine Hull	Ludvik Hull z družino
Henrik, kralj	f	f Plevel	Olga Čulig
r-™™ Ti ir»r.«u	t	Anica Kološa	7:00 p.m. Družina Sladic
četrtek - Thursday	'	nl ..	t .... „
14 jUL|J	t	Blaž Čulig	Toni Vincec
Božidar škof	t	Družina Ravbar	Družina Gyergyek
z ' o	t	Karl Volčanšek	Slovenia Credit Union
7:00 p.m. Štefan in F. Antolin Žena
Društvo sv. Jožefa Žena
Sobota - Saturday 16. Julij Karmensla M. Božja	po namenu 8:15 a.m. n. n. tt Joe in Zlata Kosednar 5:30 p.m. Družina Gomboc t Tony Vengar Družina Hull t Anton Vengar Družina Rado PavličiC
NEDELJA - SUNDAY 17. Julij 16. NEDELJA MED LETON Aleš, spokornik	za žive in rajne župljane tt starši, bratje, sestre Babic 9:30 a.m. Družina Gašpar t Steve Booth 11:00 a.m. Family HlaCar
Petek - Friday	tt	M.™? i ^ Heric
15 JULIJ	t	Edy ZekS
T„ , ,	t	Anton Vengar
Vladimir, knez	„ . „.. f.»
t	Peter Mihalic
Od 17. 7. 2011 Do 24. 7. 2011
SVETE MASE - MASSES
Masses Monday-Friday 7:00 p.m., Saturday 8:15 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
NEDELJA - SUNDAY
17. JULIJ
16. NEDELJA MED LETON
Aleš, spokornik
za žive in rajne župljane ff starši, bratje, sestre Babič f Steve Booth
9:30 a.m. Družina Gašpar 11:00 a.m. Family Hlačar
Ponedeljek - Monday 18. JULIJ Miroslav, škof	T T T	Milan Štefanec, obl. Milan Štefanec, obl. za zdravje Karl Volčanšek	7:00 p.m. Zena Marina in otroci Maks in Milka Pavlič Martin Malevič in družina Slovenia Credit Union
Torek -Tuesday 19. JULIJ Ambrozij, opat	T T T T	Vinko Čestnik Ilona Kalbach Katarina Intihar	7:00 p.m. Zena Žeks Gerda Družina Bregar
Sreda - Wednesday 20. JULIJ Marjeta, mučenka	T TT T T	Marija Joželj iz družine Sobočan in Prša Martin Malevič, obl. Blaž Čulig	7:00 p.m. Hči Sonja Langenfus Marija Hočevar Mama in oče Malevič Ludvik Hull z družino
Četrtek - Thursday
21. Julij
Lovrenc, mučenec
Jožef Kuzmič Štefan Plevel Karl Volčanšek
7:00 p.m. Mirko Zorko z družino Družina Kapušin Demšar Janko in Tončka
Petek - Friday
22. Julij
Marija Magdalena, sp.
Jožef Kuzmič Blaž Čulig Karl Volčanšek Ludvik Zidar
7:00 p.m. Društvo sv. Jožefa
Paul and Cindra Tonaj Family
Anica Vukšinič
Francka Cestnik z družino
SOBOTA - SATURDAY 23. JULIJ Brigita, redovnica	T T T TT	Matija Vlašič Blaž Čulig iz družine Žekš	8:15 a.m. Po namenu 5:30 p.m. Žena in otroci Žena Olga in hčerka Irma Hull z družino
NEDELJA - SUNDAY		za žive in rajne župljane	
24. JULIJ	TT	Helena in Matija Žižek	9:30 a.m. Hčerka z družino Skrban
17. NEDELJA MED LETON	TT	John in Terezija Halas	11:00 a.m. Elisabeth z družino
Krištof, mučenec	TT	Pokojni člani društva bled	12:30 P.M. Društvo Bled
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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.