1. POSTNA NEDELJA 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 10/53 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 5. 3. 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 Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The season of Lent is now upon us. It is an opportunity to re-new and deepen our relationship with Jesus, and to renew the choices we make, so that we might live as he taught. In fact, if we take seriously the Lenten program, it offers us the opportunity to renew our whole life! Traditionally, Lent is a privileged time for prayer, fasting and almsgiving. During Lent, we seek time to pray more – alone and with oth-ers. We might choose to read something that will nourish our spir-itual life and lead us to more focused personal prayer. We might join our Parish community on Friday evenings for the Stations of the Cross; or we might decide to pray the Rosary as a family on certain evenings during the Lenten season. Many choose to at-tend Mass during the week with other parishioners. When we fast, we usually cut back on what we eat and drink. Not only will this benefit us in a physical way, but it will also help us in our spiritual life. Fasting often leads us to understand that we depend on God to nourish us in every way. We will recognize the blessings we receive every day, which leads us to be ever more grateful and generous. As a child, it was a practice in our family to “give up” something during Lent. One year I was courageous enough to give up watch-ing television! It proved to be too difficult, and I confess that I cheated by watching one or two special television programs – in the mirror!!! The only person I cheated, in fact, was myself – know-ing that I had failed in my Lenten resolve. The experience taught me that Lent is not about “my” tenacity, rather it is about God call-ing me always forward, always nearer! “Giving up” something gives us time to “take up” something of greater value. Giving up social media for two hours each day in Lent could give time to read a book or two, or to write long-overdue letters to distant family members or long-forgotten friends. “Giving up” something might save us money to offer to a local food bank or other charitable cause. Even more, it might give us time to volunteer our talent to make life easier for others in some helpful way. That is almsgiving It has always amazed me what can be done when everyone contributes even a little. One generous offering of time, talent, or treasure is something; many generous offer-ings can make a great a difference in the lives of those who live on the margins. For 50 years our own Canadian Catholic Organiza-tion for Development and Peace (CCODP) has made an incredible difference for people in developing countries the world over by sup-porting projects that changed lives. Perhaps during this 50th anniversary year, we can in-crease our Share Lent offering to allow them do even more! By prayer, fasting and almsgiving, our spir-itual life is nurtured, our personal life is puri-fied, and our outreach to brothers and sisters on the margins is encouraged. It is an effec-tive Lenten program leading us to a deeper personal encounter with Jesus Christ. I wish you a blessed Lenten season during which you learn how to live freely and fully in Him! Sincerely in Christ and Mary Immaculate, +Douglas Crosby, OMI (Most Rev.) Douglas Crosby, OMI Bishop of Hamilton 110 | VESTNIK 2017 112 | VESTNIK 2017 114 | VESTNIK 2017 116 | VESTNIK 2017 118 | VESTNIK 2017 120 | VESTNIK 2017 PUSTOVANJE V soboto, 25. februarja 2017, smo imeli vsakoletno pustovanje. Letos je bil obisk malo manjši, verjetno tudi zaradi dogodka »Raise the Roof«. Vsekakor je bilo lepo vzdušje, nekaj čez 50 je bilo oblečenih v maske. Ansambel SLO-BEAT je sedaj že z nekajletno tradicijo spravil v dobro voljo in na plesišče tako mlajše kot tudi starejše. Nancy, Aranka in Dragica so poskrbele, da so vsi, ki so želeli, dobili dobro pustno večerjo. Jožica Vegelj je s svojo ekipo ocvrla krofe in ker so bili zelo dobri, jih je kmalu zmanjkalo. Tudi pri baru je Tony s svojo ekipo poskrbel za vse žejne. Zvečer ob osmih je bilo ocenjevanje mask za najmlajše, malo po deveti je bila na vrsti druga starostna skupina od 7 do 13 let - ti so bili zelo številčni. Malo po deseti uri pa so prišli na vrsto še starejši, ki jih je bilo tudi zelo veliko. Člani zadnjih dveh skupini so se - vsak s svojo številko - sprehodili po dvorani, da so jih vsi lahko dobro opazovali, potem pa je vsaka miza v dvorani glasovala za prve tri najboljše maske. Te so dobile tudi nagrade. Okrog enajste pa je bilo še žrebanje nagrad, vstopnic in pa »Raffle«. Hvala članom župnijskega sveta, ki so organizirali dogodek, hvala tudi vsem, ki so pripevali nagrade. VESTNIK 2017 | 111 VESTNIK 2017 | 113 VESTNIK 2017 | 115 VESTNIK 2017 | 117 VESTNIK 2017 | 119 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT Response: Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned! First Reading Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Adam and Eve succumb to the temptation of the serpent and eat of the tree forbidden to them by God. Second Reading Romans 5:12-19 Jesus Christ gives the utterly free gift of salvation to all people. Gospel Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus fights the temptation of the devil and re-minds us to worship God alone. “Adam prefigured the One to come, but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall.” Illustration The newspapers are full of medical advice. We are told that too much fatty food leads to heart dis-ease. We receive contradictory messages about the positive and negative effects of red wine or fizzy drinks. Many people try to watch their diet, eat five portions of vegetable or fruit each day, and do more exercise. People run with monitors attached to their wrist or use their phone to keep account of exercise, distance travelled, altitude climbed and their chang-ing heart rate. Monitoring our physical health has become a full-time preoccupation and a growing industry. We know that when arteries become blocked, blood flow decreases and poor health fol-lows. Lent, in contrast, invites to focus on our spiritu-al lives and keep track of the spiritual well-being of our heart. We can become more aware of the ways in which we are selfish, stubborn and concerned about ourselves rather than others. It is a time when we can learn how we are tempted and recognise that we sometimes feel unhappy and ashamed as a result of those petty, sinful ways that we tend to return to again and again. Gospel Teaching The story of the Fall, which we heard in today’s first reading, endlessly fascinates us because it is also the story of Everyman and Everywoman, of each one of us. At some points in our life we all face the possibility of a fall when we are tempted to “be like gods”. It may occur though the betrayal of a person we love, through a lie that has serious ef-fects, or a business practice that destroys other peo-ple for the advancement of our own career or for the sake of profit. Then we are like our first parents, Adam and Eve, who chose to go against God and to be satisfied by eating fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The story tells us that the serpent tempts Eve, who then tempts Adam. Both wish to be like gods and choose for them-selves. The effects of sin bring about the downfall of others. The results are disastrous; the relationship with God is broken, their own relationship is dam-aged and they feel shame. They find it hard to look at each other. They will be expelled from the garden of Eden, and will need to work for their living and experience the suffering of hard labour and toil. Remarkably God does not forget them and is abundantly merciful to them, because God wants them to find a way back into God’s love. In an an-cient legend, Adam and Eve’s third son, Seth, later returns to the gates of the garden and asks God’s angel to help them. The angel gives Seth some seeds, one of which he places in the mouth of Adam as he lies dying. From this seed God will bring about the new Adam, Christ, who will be born of the Vir-gin Mary. He will be tempted but will conquer the devil. We receive the hope that we can do the same with God’s grace. God is always planting new seeds in our hearts. The Lord forgives us when we return to him in the sacrament of reconciliation and our hearts are cleansed. Application Lent is about the expansion of the heart so that it becomes more loving and generous. Just as the heart muscle benefits from exercise, so our spir-itual heart benefits from Lenten observances and practices. First, prayer opens the heart and helps us to listen to God’s word. When we allow the word to echo in our hearts and to penetrate down into its depths, it will help us to grow in knowledge of God’s mercy and love. Second, the invitation to fast expands our hearts so that we become more aware of the ways that we so often focus on satisfying our own needs and desires rather than being willing to open our hearts to our neighbour. Fasting can make us more grateful for what we have received and more generous to others in their need. Third, we can develop our Lenten exercises by giving to oth-ers, especially through almsgiving and charitable works. This exercise helps us to focus on the needs of our neighbour. By the end of Lent, with plenty of exercise, our spiritual heart will be in better shape and more ready to resist temptation and place its trust in God. LIPA PARK - JUBILEJNO LETO V nedeljo 25. marca 2017 bo na Lipa parku koncert Ansambla VIŽARJI iz Slovenije v počastitev 50 letnice ustanovitve društva Lipa park. S tem koncertom se prične jubilejno leto praznovanja. Ob 12.30 bo na razpolago odlično slovensko kosilo, tudi jabolčnega zavitka in krofov ne bo manjkalo. Bar bo dobro založen. Ob drugi uri bo koncert ansambla VIŽARJI iz Slovenije, nato pa družabno popoldne. Vstopnice so po $30 in jih lahko naročite pri MaryAnn Barich tel: 905-945-3750 ali pri Francki Seljak tel: 905-735-5207. Vsi ste prav lepo vabljeni! OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS PEVSKE VAJE Naslednje pevske vaje za mešani zbor bodo v četrtek, 9. marca po večerni maši. Zbor bo skupaj z angleškim zborom pel 19. marca - banket društva sv. Jožefa - maša bo takrat samo ob 10:00 a.m.. DOGODKI V BLIŽNJI PRIHODNOSTI - 12. marec: Sava-Breslau - maša ob 12:00 noon; Triglav-London - Annual Membership Meeting in ob 4:00 p.m. maša v dvorani Triglav - 18. marec: Sava-Breslau - Spring banquet - igra ansambel Vižarji iz Slovenije - 19. marec: Društvo sv. Jožefa - maša 10:00 a.m.; Banket in praznovanje 80 letnice društva - igra ansambel VIŽARJI iz Slovenije - 26. marec: Sv. Gregorij Veliki - Letni občni zbor GIFT BEARERS - DAROVE PRINAŠATA . 5. marec, 10:00 a.m.: Sandy & Brian . 12. marec, 9:30 a.m.: Eva Erzetič & Jožica Vegelj . 19. marec, 10:00 a.m.: Mx & Jožica Pavličič . 26. marec, 9:30 a.m.: Ignac & Terezija Sarjaš INCOME TAX Please, take your Income Tax receipt. SV. JOŽEF St. Joseph Society/Društvo Annual Meeting – March 5th after the 10:00 a.m. Mass at Villa Slovenia. All members are invit-ed to attend. Elections will be held for three vacant positions. You are encouraged to put your name forward or nominate interested members. We need new members to serve and become involved as we celebrate “80 years” of service in our Slovenian parish com- munity. For information contact Jerry Ponik-var @ 905-333-5813 Annual Banquet and celebration of the 80th Anniversary (1937-2017) of Slovenian Society of St. Joseph and the 25th Anniver-sary of Villa Slovenia will take place on Sun-day, March 19, 2017, first with the Mass at 10:00 a.m. and then celebration at the St. Gregory the Great Hall. Dinner will start at noon. Ansambel Vižarji, from Slovenia, will play on the stage. For tickets & table reservations contact: Frank Erzar @ 905-643-0285. Tickets: Adults: $30, Students: $15, Children (ten & under) $10. POSTNA POSTAVA - KRIŽEV POT Postni čas, ki se začne s pepelnično sredo, nas vsako leto pripravlja na veliko noč. Naj bo to res čas milosti, duhovne poglobitve in dobrih del, ki jih bomo darovali za potrebe Cerkve in vsega sveta. Cerkev za postni čas določa tudi posebne oblike spokornosti. Strogi post je na pepel-nično sredo in na veliki petek . Ta dva dneva se le enkrat do sitega najemo in se vzdržimo mesnih jedi. Strogi post nas veže od izpolnje-nega 18. leta do začetka 60. leta. Samo zdržek od mesnih jedi je na vse petke v letu. Zunaj postnega časa smemo zdržek od mesnih jedi zamenjati z dobrim delom pokore ali ljubezni do bližnjega. Zdržek mesnih jedi veže vernike od izpolnjenega 14. leta starosti. Kadar je praznik (cerkveni ali državni) na petek ali imamo v družini kakšno slovesnost (poroka, pogreb …) post in zdržek odpadeta. V postnem času bomo ob petkih, pol ure pred mašo, t.j ob 6:30 p.m. molili KRIŽEV POT. Vabljeni k molitvi. DAROVI - DONATIONS Za gradbeni sklad je darovala: $200 - Manja Erzetič Hvala za vse vaše darove, Bog vam povrni. COOKING SESSION On March 11th, we have another cooking session booked before Easter. I had plans for a different session, how-ever, I have had re-quests to again repeat the Potica session - so that people can have a potica made for East-er. So... If I get enough response, we will host another potica making session on the 11th. If you can please let me know if you are inter-ested at your earliest convenience, I can figure out before next weekend if I will move for-ward making this recipe at our next session. I will have room for approximately 12 partici-pants, so sign ups will happen on a first come first serve basis. For those who may not have received it, here is the potica recipe again. Thanks and looking forward to seeing you in the kitchen, Heidy CONSCIENCE RIGHTS FOR DOCTORS The College of Physicians and Surgeons of ON re-quires physicians to make an “effective referral” for assisted suicide and euthanasia. Many Catholic physi-cians and other caregivers are unable to do this in good conscience and are being forced to choose be-tween their conscience and their careers. Given the introduction of Bill 84 on medical aid in dying at Queen’s Park in December we have the opportunity to push for amendments to the Bill to include conscience protection for all health care workers. We are asking parishioners to contact their MPPs about this im-portant issue. It is important for the Catholic voice in Ontario to be heard. There is a suite of materials with step by step instructions that can be used to help you speak to your MPP about this topic. Here are the links to the materials and to a video which explains the situ-ation, or you can visit the website at: http://www.canadiansforconscience.ca/ Resources: bit.ly/callforconscience Video: http://bit.ly/consciencevideo No other country in the world requires this kind of violation of conscience. Let’s help make sure Ontario protects the conscience rights of all. 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 PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND – NOV. 2017 Fr. Ted Slaman, together with Fr. Robert Hetu, will be leading a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, leav-ing on Nov. 13 and returning Nov. 22. It includes four days in the Galilee area, and four days in Jeru-salem, with Mass and/or other prayer and reflec-tion times every day. Fr. Ted & Fr. Robert would LOVE to have our parishioners participate with them, experiencing this wonderful spiritual oppor-tunity to get more connected with Jesus and His times. You can pick up an information brochure, with details and pricing, at the back of the church, or at the parish office, or you can call Fr. Ted on his cell phone 905-334-9869 or email: tedslaman@rogers.com, or call Fr. Robert at 519-853-8579 or email: rhetu@hamiltondiocese.com. 1. POSTNA NEDELJA 5. MAREC Hadrijan, mučenec † †† † †† Za žive in rajne župljane Marija Kociper Pokojni iz družine Bohnec Štefan Gonza Eufemija in Jože Tompa BAZAAR - CWL - KŽZ 10:00 A.M. 12:00 Brat Štefan Godina Vera Gonza z družino Žena in hčerka z družino Alojz Sarjaš z družino Župnijska dvorana PONEDELJEK-MONDAY 6. MAREC Miroslav, opat † †† † Ida Ftičar, obl. Sofija in Ciril Virant Gizela Čurič (Montreal) 7:00 P.M. Jože Ftičar Jožica Novak z družino Olga Glavač z družino TOREK - TUESDAY 7. MAREC - Perpetua in Felicita † Marija Keber 8:00 A.M. Družina Klepec SREDA - WEDNESDAY 8. MAREC Janez od Boga, redov. † †† Matija Vlašič, obl. Milka in Boško Todorovič 7:00 P.M. Žena in otroci Sonja Langenfus ČETRTEK - THURSDAY 9. MAREC Frančiška Rimska, red † † † Frank Brajer Tončka Zalokar Jože Kodrič 7:00 P.M. Frances Jervis Sestra Štefka Eržen Sestra Štefka Eržen PETEK - FRIDAY 10. MAREC 40 mučencev Makarij, škof † †† † † † Štefan Gonza, obl. Pokojni iz družine Bohnec Rudi Cvernik (Tunder Bay) Jožef Ftičar, obl. George Madronich 7:00 P.M. Tončka Smodiš z družino Tončka Smodiš z družino Gonza Vera z družino Jože Ftičar Ida Madronich SOBOTA - SATURDAY 11. MAREC Benedikt, škof Marko in Aleš, mučenca Kvatre †† †† †† † † † † Anka in Marica Tilka in Anton Vengar Za duše v vicah Ivan Sobočan Janez Hočevar Štefan Gabor, obl. Jože Pust 8:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M. Družina Gačnik N.N. N.N. Lojze in Dragica Ferenčak Lojze in Dragica Ferenčak Angela in Ivan Antolin z dr. Družina Pust 2. POSTNA NEDELJA 12. MAREC Justina, redovnica Gregorijevo †† † Za žive in rajne župljane Pokojni Žižek in Godina Vid Kastelic Bogu v zahvalo za 60 let poroke 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. Štefan Godina z družino Milka Kastelic z družino Olga in Vikor Glavač SVETE MAŠE - MASSES Od 26. 2. 2017 Do 5. 3. 2017 BAZAAR Križev pot 6:30 p.m.