SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH

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23.4. 2023
3. VELIKONOČNA
NEDELJA

3RD SUNDAY OF
EASTER

Fr. Drago Gačnik, SDB
ŽUPNIK - PASTOR
NASLOV - ADDRESS
125 Centennial Pkwy N.
Hamilton, ON L8E 1H8
PHONE: 905-561-5971
CELL: 905-520-2014
E-MAIL
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HALL RENTALS
905-561-5971, ext. 2
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Evangelij tretje velikonočne nedelje nam
predstavi emavška učenca. Kaže nam spreobrnjenja, ki jih Jezus uresničuje v svojih
učencih: od žalosti k veselju; od teme k luči
vere; pa tudi k življenju v skupnosti. Spreobrnjenje je vedno delo vstalega Kristusa, ki
nam je to milost pridobil po svojem trpljenju
in nam jo posreduje kot Vstali.
Učenca, o katerih govori evangelij, sta žalostna, obupana in se oddaljujeta od skupnosti. Odhajata iz Jeruzalema in gresta v
Emavs, nepomembno vasico. Med seboj se
pogovarjata o tem, kar se je bilo zgodilo,
vendar sta žalostna, ker to ni v skladu z njunimi pričakovanji. »Mi pa smo upali,« pravita. Ta »smo upali« je tudi izpoved obupa; pomeni: »Nehali smo upati.«
Jezus se približa učencema, ju posluša, spodbuja ju h govorjenju, saj ju
vpraša: »O kakšnih rečeh se pogovarjata med potjo?» Učenca se začudita in
rečeta: »Si ti edini tujec v Jeruzalemu, ki ne ve, kaj se je tam zgodilo te dni?«
Potem poročata kaj so naredili z Jezusom iz Nazareta in zaključita: »Mi pa
smo upali, da je on tisti, ki bo odkupil Izrael.«
Učenca pripovedujeta tudi o novici o praznem grobu, ki so jo prinesle
nekatere žene, vendar pa se pričevanje žena apostolom ne zdi vredno pozornosti. Grob je sicer res prazen, toda to še ne pomeni nujno, da Jezus živi.
Druga stopnja spreobrnjenja, ki ga uresniči Jezus, je predvsem v opominjanju učencev: »O nespametna in počasna v srcu za verovanje vsega, kar
so povedali preroki!« Za razumevanje dogodkov se je treba zateči k prerokbam, k božji besedi v Stari zavezi. Pot vere gre preko teh preroških besed.
Jezus pravi učencema: »Mar ni bilo potrebno, da je Mesija to pretrpel in šel
v svojo slavo?« Začel je z Mojzesom in vsemi preroki ter jima v vseh Pismih
pojasnil tisto, kar se nanaša na njega.
Jezusovo trpljenje je bilo potrebno kot pot k slavi. Za Jezusa je šla pot k
slavi nujno preko trpljenja. Zakaj je bilo trpljenje potrebno? Ker je Kristusova slava Odrešenikova slava; slava zmagovalca nad grehom in smrtjo; zmaVESTNIK 2023 |

ga nad sovraštvom in sebičnostjo, popolna zmaga tudi
nad skušnjavo zavračanja Boga ali upora Bogu. Potrebno je bilo, da je Kristus prišel do skrajne meje človeškega
trpljenja, da bi svojo ljubezen prinesel povsod in vse
spremenil v priložnost za zmago nad grehom in smrtjo.
V drugem berilu Peter spominja vernike, da jih niso
odrešile »minljive reči, srebro ali zlato, ampak dragocena kri Kristusa, brezhibnega in brezmadežnega jagnjeta.« Za Kristusa je bilo trpljenje nujno, da je vstopil v
svojo slavo, ki je v tem, da je ljubil do konca.
Ko nam Jezus razlaga Pisma, ne gre samo za razsvetljenje našega razuma, pač pa tudi za razodetje ljubezni,
ki razvname naše srce. Tako sta učenca že na poti spreobrnjenja, saj slutita, da to, kar se je zgodilo, ni samo slabo, kakor je bilo videti, ampak se je tako uresničil božji
načrt, ki je dober: zmage ni prineslo zlo, temveč pripada
Bogu in Kristusu.
Ker so ju osvojile Jezusove besede, želita, da bi se
njegova navzočnost nadaljevala: 'Ostani z nama, kajti
proti večeru gre in dan se je že nagnil.'« To veliko željo
tudi nam premišljevanje Svetega pisma položi v naša
srca. Želimo si, da bi bili deležni Kristusove navzočnosti.
Jezus »je vstopil, da bi ostal z njima. Ko je sedel z njima za mizo, je vzel kruh, blagoslovil, ga razlomil in jima
ga dal.« Te kretnje razodevajo Jezusa, razodevajo njegovo ljubezen; kažejo, da je trpljenje sprejel iz ljubezni, da
bi iz sebe naredil živi kruh, ki daje življenje; da bi postal
zmagovalec nad sovraštvom, sebičnostjo in nasiljem,
zmagovalec, ki povsod prinaša občestvo.
»Tedaj so se jima odprle oči in sta ga spoznala. On pa
je izginil izpred njiju.« Jezus je končal svoje delo spreobračanja: ne samo z besedami, ampak tudi s kretnjami
daru, občestva. Ko je zlomil kruh, je učenca spomnil na
svoje trpljenje. Ko jima je kruh dal, jima je pokazal, da je
njegovo trpljenje dar ljubezni.
Učenca sta tedaj nemudoma odšla, da bi se vrnila v
Jeruzalem. To je naslednja stopnja na poti spreobrnjenja. Spet sta odkrila smisel občestva. Njuno spreobrnjenje je popolno, ko se vnovič znajdeta v skupnosti Jezusovih učencev, kjer so zbrani enajsteri in drugi z njimi.
Konec tega dogodka je torej zaznamovan z veseljem,
upanjem, ljubeznijo, posredovanjem veselega oznanila:
»Kristus je vstal.» Njegovo trpljenje ni bilo poraz, ampak
zmaga, ki je nam v korist. Vstali Jezus nam prinaša spreobrnjenje od žalosti k veselju, od obupa k upanju, od
osame k občestvu.
- (Prim.: Oznanjevalec 2, 2008)
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3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Response: Lord, you will show me
the path of life.
First Reading Acts 2:14. 22-33
The humanity of Christ was raised to
fulfil the deepest longings of Israel.
Second Reading 1 Peter 1:17-21
Only the gifts of God are truly free, but
the redemption is also the gift of a human being. This is why it was fitting
that the Lord should pay a price for that
redemption.
Gospel Luke 24:13-35
The Church is a conversation, as we
share our faith. Sometimes we fail to
allow the Lord into that conversation.
“Then he said to them, ‘You foolish men!
So slow to believe the full message of the
prophets!’”

Illustration
Nowadays we are being exhorted to keep
our smartphones for as long as possible to
save the environment. We tend to assume
that a new phone will be better than the last
one – and phone companies continually use
their advertising to promote this idea. Technology is usually expected to develop in one
direction: it’s always better than before. So we
think that new is better than old, and apply
that to all forms of human reason. The people
of ancient times thought differently. They saw
that old things decay, so assumed that life was
a continual regression from the perfection of
the past, as things fall apart. New things, then,
would be worse than old things. The only solution was to hope for everything to be reset
and for creation to start again. So the future

with him. This is because the meaning of scripture is
boundless, an unfathomable profundity.
By scripture here, we mean the Old Testament. To
this day, the psalms are the indispensable basis of the
prayer of the Church. The scriptures are a yearning for
redemption, for a happiness that no human power or
effort can achieve. Immersing ourselves in that longing for the coming of God’s kingdom through the
Messiah, the Christ, we learn more about the Christ
than any apparition could teach us. “Did not our
hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road
and explained the scriptures for us?” say the disciples.
For that is what they now are: disciples with burning
hearts.

Application
We are often disappointed by things that we had
longed for. A new gadget, a new piece of clothing – it
seemed more attractive when we didn’t actually have
it. Then the delight fades. Our lives are not changed
by it as we imagined they might be. A more profound
disappointment can kick in, when it is a matter of
some achievement: a job, an identity, a way of life, a
connection with what seemed, in the words of F.E.
Smith, a British politician and lawyer, the “glittering
prizes”. If we are disappointed, then the best thing to
do is consider what it was we really wanted. The two
disciples on the road to Emmaus said they had hoped
that Jesus would be “the one to set Israel free”. They
were probably thinking in political terms. Yet the
freedom of Christ is much greater than any political
freedom. Israel would indeed be free in Christ, but, in
his words, “You will learn the truth and the truth will
make you free.”
Gospel Teaching
We might, at times, be disappointed in our faith.
When Jesus appears to the two disciples on the
That is how so many Christians fall away from belief.
road to Emmaus in today’s Gospel, he does not reIf they do so, they will inevitably seek some other
veal himself by miracles, or even simply identify
form of happiness. No matter how destructive some
himself as the Christ returned from the dead. Inpeople’s lives may seem, they are always seeking
stead he expounds the scriptures. The astounding
happiness; and therefore, deep down, they seek the
meaning of his choice to reveal himself this way is
truth, without which no happiness can stand. And the
that we would be more likely to find the risen Christ
truth is something that we can learn through Christ,
in the scriptures than in a face-to-face encounter
in the power of the Holy Spirit that he promised us.
would be a restoration of the past, and time was
basically circular.
The people of ancient Israel gave us a new idea,
the idea of time as a straight line leading to the final
triumph of God with the coming of God’s kingdom.
The trouble is that when the kingdom started to
come with Jesus, then some failed to recognise it.
This is not surprising. The kingdom that Christ
brought about was quite different from human expectations. Yet the early Christians believed in Jesus,
most of all because they found his coming to be
predicted by the Old Testament. The past was the
clue to the future. What the prophets had said, what
the law was preparing for, the whole experience of
Israel and its suffering, all pointed to the redemption that Jesus Christ was to offer to us.

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POLETNA ŠOLA SLOVENŠČINE
From 30 July to 6 August 2023, the Center for School
and Extracurricular Activities and the Institute of Education of the Republic of Slovenia will organize a Slovenian
summer school in the Soča home in Tolmin, which is
intended for children and young people of Slovenian
origin from abroad (age 10-14 ). In the mornings, young
people learn Slovenian in different groups, and in the
afternoons they take part in creative, sports and social
activities, connect with each other and get to know the
characteristics of Slovenia and its regions.
The sponsor and financier of the summer school is
the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Slovenia.
The application deadline is May 10, 2023.
The application documentation is available on the
Stičšče website, at the link: https://www.zrss.si/
mednarodno-sodelovanje/slovenci-izven-meja/slovenci
-po-svetu-sticisce/
With kind regards,
Mag. Primož Ilešič, sekretar
T: 011-386-1-230-8006; E: primoz.ilesic@gov.si
Urad vlade Republike Slovenije za Slovence v zamejstvu in po svetu

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Jože in Albina
Antolin

Milena in Ivan
Krušič

Dragica in Lojze
Ferenčak

Franc in Ljudmila
Zadravec

THE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS was held last Sunday, Appril 16, 2023, at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King. Over 300 hundred couples celebrated 25, 40, 50, 60 and 60+ anniversaries. Two couples among them celebrated 75th anniversaries! A blessing!
Media coverage of the event was the best ever – perhaps reflecting public interest after the
three-year COVID hiatus. Thanks to Teresa Hartnett and Sarah Lintott for the organizational success. Thanks to Father David Wynen and the Cathedral staff, and to the Pastoral Offices staff
who assured the good order of the event. (Heart to Heart - Bishop Douglas Crosby).
Od naših parov, ki obhajajo različne obletnica porok se jih je šest prijavilo za praznovanje v
katedrali. Nimamo vseh na sliki, nekateri pa so se ustavili in ovekovečili dogodek. Tako so praznovali: Ivan in Josephine Vegelj (63 let), Maks in Josephine Pavličič (61 let), Ivan in Milena Krušič
(60 let), Frank in Ljudmila Zadravec (60 let), Jože in Albina Antolin (50 let), Lojze in Dragica Ferenčak (50 let). Čestitke pa tudi tistim parom, ki letos obhajajo razne okrogle obletnica porok v
družinskem krogu, naj vse spremlja božji blagoslov in priprošnja nebeške Matere Marije.
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Committee Reports at the General
meeting 2022 for the years 2019, 2020
and 2021 /No official minutes/
CWL Report (year 2019)
- Prepared by Rosemary Šušteršič, CWL
President
Members: 81
Spiritual Advisor: Father Drago Gačnik
Current Executive:
President: Rosemary Šušteršič
Vice President: Sidonia Poppa
Secretary: Pamela Gosgnach
Treasurer: MaryAnn Demšar
Our Katoliška Ženska Zveza or Catholic Women’s League includes women who are 16 years of
age and older. We meet at least once per month,
usually excluding the months of July and August.
The Catholic Women’s League is the only voluntary
organization that can lobby Parliament so our voice
matters! We try to attend regional meetings and
diocesan conventions and discuss information presented at our monthly meetings.
Our League fulfils the spiritual needs of its members through the teachings of the Catholic Church.
In 2019 focus was placed on Caring for our Common Home. Our League is a source of faith, fulfilment and fun.
Our annual bazaar, a time honoured tradition
took place on March 10th. We had a full house at this
fun filled event and were so grateful for the support
provided by our volunteers and our parish community.
Our Lady of Good Counsel Mass took place on
April 24th. At this Mass we welcomed one new member and we recognized eleven ladies for ten years of
service and one member for forty years of service.
In May we recognized individuals who made
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their first Communion and provided them with corsages or boutonnières intertwined with Our Lady of
Good Counsel medallions.
The feast of Corpus Christi in June was celebrated with a procession and prepared altars at our
church and at Slovenski Park.
A Memorial Mass to pray for and remember both
deceased members of our Catholic Women’s
League as well as the Slomšek Altar Society took
place on November 27th. This year we were saddened by the loss of one of our members, Marija
Bukvič and honoured her at her funeral.
In December, with the help of our parish community we conducted a Food Drive to support local
food banks. Our ill/elderly were visited and/or cards
were sent to them.
In 2019 we made gracious donations to our
church, of which about $10 000 covered the purchase of new church doors. We maintained our
Chalice sponsorship and allocated some monies to
Catholic Missions in Canada, the Good Shepherd
Centre, monthly masses, a visiting priest and St.
Gregory’s Summer Day Camp. We maintained votive candles.
To prepare for the 100th Anniversary of the Catholic Women’s League in Hamilton Diocese in 2020
we were asked to contribute a prayer from our CWL
council for a collective prayer book. Each parish will
receive a copy of this prayer book. We were also
asked to report on a Community Service Project and
prepared a report pertaining to our Slovenian Summer Day Camp which was spearheaded by one of
our own, Heidy Novak, first in 1999. This Day Camp
has brought our community together in a fun and
memorable way and has become a tradition uniting
multiple generations of Slovenians.
We are blessed to have the ongoing support of
our spiritual advisor, Father Drago Gačnik and many
faithful members, and parishioners. With God’s

grace our members will continue to try to make a
difference by growing in faith and serving with great
love.

CWL Report (years 2020-2021) and some
further plans
2021: 75 members
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic our CWL was
not as actively engaged in activities at our parish,
St. Gregory the Great in Hamilton as we usually
have been in accordance with our past traditions.
However, we tried to reach out to each other via
phone calls and some personal contact when this
was permissible. Our priest and spiritual advisor,
Father Drago Gačnik said Masses in accordance
with our intentions on a monthly basis. This also
included Our Lady of Good Counsel Mass. We remembered deceased CWL members at a Memorial
Mass in conjunction with members of our Slomšek
Altar Society in November and were able to be present at church for this service. Members who
passed away were honoured in special ways with
funeral flowers, sympathy cards and a small honour
guard when this was possible.
Elderly/ill members were provided with Get Well
and Christmas cards. We maintained votive candles
and our Chalice sponsorship.
We anticipate and look forward to being able to
meet in person and resume face to face interactions
and engagement in our usual activities including a
bazaar.
Going forward our rather immediate plans include a general CWL meeting which will take place
on April 6th after 7:00 pm Mass and Our Lady of
Good Counsel Mass on April 26th at 7:00 pm.
We thank our parish community for your ongoing
support and faithfulness.
Prav lepa hvala!
Our current executive:

President: Rosemary Šušteršič
Vice President: Sidonia Poppa
Secretary: Pamela Gosgnach
Treasurer: MaryAnn Demšar

St. Joseph’s Society
- Prepared by Peter Novak, president
St. Joseph Society Report: March 2020 – March
2022
It is hard to believe that just over 2 years ago,
the annual St. Joseph banquet was the final function
held in our Parish before the pandemic changed our
lives. It was a difficult decision to make, one that we
did not regret as we celebrated our patron Saint,
and recognizing our deceased President Jerry
Ponikvar who dedicated over 20 years leading the
St. Joseph Society. It would be the last time for a
long time that almost 100 people would gather in our
parish.
Like most of the Parish groups, St. Joseph Society was limited to any activities due to Provincial
restrictions. During this time, the Board of Directors
made their best efforts to ensure the tenants of Villa
Slovenia remained safe during these challenging
times.
Although we were not able to start up the Tuesday social nights or host our annual Christmas parties, we were fortunate to be able to hold our annual
Bocce Tournaments in September of 2020 and
2021, which were the first organized events within
our Parish during the pandemic.
In the spring of 2021, we updated our flowerbeds
in the front of Villa Slovenia. We are proud to announce that for 2022, we are in the final planning
stages of adding a concrete ramp that will cross the
front of the building to provide easier and quicker
access for tenants to attend our Parish activities
who have difficulties using the stairs or having to
walk around using Delawana Drive sidewalks. Included in this project will be new walkways and sitting areas around the bocce courts.
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St. Joseph Society provided financial support of
over $10,000 to St. Gregory the Great to assist the
Parish during these past few difficult years. Mass
and Building Fund donations to St. Gregory continued to honor several of long time dedicated members who passed away during the past 2 years.
As our community reopens to regular and normal
activities, we hope to start up our Tuesday social
nights in April for a few months if there is enough
interest and our climate remains safe to do so.
We would like to thank Fr. Drago for his guidance and spiritual leadership during the past few
years as he has made every effort to keep our community together.
We look forward to better and normal times
again.

Slovenska Šola - ( years 2019 - 2021)
- Report prepared by Sandy Ferletič, ravnateljica
The March Break in 2020 was the final time we
ran our classes in the classroom as a result of Covid
-19.
Prior to that our classes and schedules ran normally on Saturday mornings from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. We were still able to hold our Good Friday Fish
Fry, Mother’s Day Celebration/Graduation, and Miklavž in 2019.
Unfortunately, the arrival of Covid-19 changed
everything. Our classes were essentially cancelled
for the remainder of the school year as the school
boards tried to move regular daily classes online.
Classes resumed in October, 2020 online
through the HWCDSB’s platform and Teams. We
delayed the start for one month so that Lorie
Mramor and I could learn how to operate the school
board’s platform and become familiar with Teams. It
was a big learning curve, but we managed with
thanks to our students and their parents for their
patience while we worked through all the technical
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glitches. We ended the 2020/2021 school year with
a small meet-up with the kids and Father Drago for
ice cream at Laura Secord in Eastgate Mall.
We are continuing our classes online on
Wednesday evenings and will likely continue to do
so until the end of the school year.
We are optimistic that we will be back in our
regular classrooms in September 2022 and are
looking forward to once again holding our usual
Šola events at that time. We were able to have Miklavž and his angels visit the Parish last December,
and we look forward to eventually being able to formally celebrate all those who have graduated during
Covid:
2020: Alexandra Novak, Lukas Tran
2021: Kyle Lukežič, Markus Curkovič

The Slovenian Canadian Scholarship
Foundation
The Slovenian Canadian Scholarship Foundation paused operations during the pandemic. The
Foundation will resume operations this spring. A
new application form will be developed for scholarship/bursary consideration for the 2022-2023 school
year.
Students currently enrolled in post-secondary
studies may also be eligible for scholarship/bursary
award consideration. Thank you for your continued
support.

Repairs and Maintenance Report for
2020-2021
- Report by Mirko Zorko
Regular daily inspection maintenance an repairs
in upper and lower hall washrooms and kitchens,
hall bailer room, school area, rectory and church
area.
Mayor repairs in lower hall kitchen: cleaning and
painting outside of stoves and ovens. Work with

Johnson Controls installing new fire suppression
system over stoves in upper and lower hall kitchen.
Installation of vertical blinds in Youth room. Installation of mew pot lights in the church entrance
and exit area; installation of new pot lights and exhaust fans in the church washrooms. Installation of
network cables for video surveillance system in and
around the church, outside the rectory and hall.
Work with Black & McDonald installing new AC
units for upper and lower hall (they were damaged).
Repair of the Enclosure for Gas meters outside the
hall. Installation of leaf Guards for gutters around
the rectory.

Liturgical Report – March 2022
- Submitted by Sonya Podrebarac, Liturgical Committee
The purpose of the Liturgical Committee is to
aid the Pastor of St. Gregory the Great in service
and worship. The committee included the same
members as in previous years, Frank Novak, Olga
Glavač, Mary Miklavčič and Sonya Podrebarac.
Beginning in March and for the remainder of
2020 and up until now, the COVID-19 pandemic
dramatically impacted our ability to gather in-person
and altered the form of our worship.
March 2020, the Diocese instructed all public
celebrations of mass and other devotions suspended. The church was closed and beginning March
29, livestreaming of the mass began via Facebook.
The weekly Vestnik continued to be published and
was offered on a bench outside of the rectory.
The Church remained closed until June 19,
2020. Upon opening of the church, we discontinued
live streaming the mass on Facebook. St. Gregory
was the first parish in the Diocese to celebrate Confirmation since the beginning of the pandemic.
We received another notice from the diocese

stating the church would again be closed from December 21. We began live steaming again until
February 17, 2021, on Ash Wednesday, when
churches were open at 30% capacity. April 19,
2021, churches were again ordered to close and
remained closed until June 11, 2021.
March 1, 2022, the church was able to be
opened at full capacity. The first time in two years.
As of March 21, 2022, masks are no longer mandatory.
Although we were dealing with the pandemic,
we continued to celebrate the sacraments.
I would like to thank the many people that continued to help and volunteer their time. Thank you
to those that served at the altar, did the readings
and announcements, the livestreaming, the flowers,
helped with the preparation and helped with the
accounting afterwards.
I encourage anyone who may be interested in
joining the Liturgical Committee to speak with myself or one of the members. It requires only a small
commitment of time and a desire to attend to details to support the beauty of worship at St. Gregory’s.
As we get back to normal, we will slowly implement some of our regular things back. On Palm
Sunday, we will once again have two masses. A
sign-up sheet was started on Friday to ask for volunteers to carry the Bread and Wine to the Altar for
the 9:30 a.m. mass and the English choir will once
again begin at the 11:00 mass.
What the future holds is uncertain, but we have
learned many things throughout these two years.
We are strong, capable, and faithful people that
can endure and be supportive regardless of what
comes our way.
May God bless you and keep you safe.

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Pevski zbor
- Poročilo pripravil Frank Novak
Leto 2019 je teklo še vse po običajnem redu.
Tudi nastopi moškega pevskega zbora Majolka in
mešanega pevskega zbora so potekali po ustaljenem ritmu. Zadnji nastop mešanega pevskega zbora in angleškega zbora je bil v nedeljo 15. marca
2020, ko je imelo društvo sv. Jožefa svoj letni banket.
Epidemija Covid-19 je v preteklih dveh letih globoko zaznamovala vse pore našega vsakdanjega
življenja. Prizadela je prav vse: od otrok, mladine,
odraslih, se zlasti pa je prizadela slabotne in starejše. Najtežje pa sta bila nastala negotovost in strah,
saj je ta nova in povsem neznana svetovna okužba
drastično omejila življenje slehernega posameznika.
Tudi slovenska župnija sv. Gregorija Velikega se
je naenkrat morala prilagoditi novim velikim preizkušnjam kot so: začasno zaprtje cerkve, omejeno
število obiskovalcev verskih obredov in praznikov, ki
so bili pretekli dve leti brez sodelovanja laikov in
tudi brez tako pogrešanega zborovskega petja.
Smo pa večino časa ohranili ljudsko petje, kar nam
je pomagalo vsaj delno nadomestiti nastope zbora
in poživiti liturgijo.
Ker je bila maša ob nedeljah samo ob 10:00
a.m. je bilo petje vedno v slovenščini. Angleški zbor
je nastopil 17. oktobra 2020, ko je škof Douglas
Crosby prišel birmovat.
Kljub vsem tem omejitvam, pa smo bili ob izredni
kreativnosti g. župnika Dragota, deležni nedeljske
sv. mase v živo in tudi preko Facebook-a, kar je v
teh najtežjih časih združevalo našo župnijsko skupnost.
Ob omejenem številu prisotnih so se zvrstili verski obredi kot so: krsti otrok, prvo sv. obhajilo, poroke in pogrebi številnih župljanov.
Zato sedaj, ko se razmere sproščajo, lahko z
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novimo naše duhovno, družabno in kulturno delovanje slovenske župnije sv. Gregorija Velikega v Hamiltonu.

Poročilo Slomškovega oltarnega društva
- Poročilo pripravila Jožica Vegelj
Bogu se moramo zahvaliti za 35 članic, ki redno
sodelujejo in podpirajo s članarino.
V letu 2019 smo 11. maja organizirale letno srečanje za članice društva. Najprej smo se zbrali pri
večerni sveti maši nato pa še na družabnem srečanju v župnišču.
Za začetkom Covida-19 se je marsikaj spremenilo; smo pa ohranile sveto mašo, vsakega 24. v
mesecu, na spominski dan Marije pomočnice, ki se
daruje po namenu Slomškovega oltarnega društva;
ob koncu teh maš se podeli blagoslov Marije Pomočnice kristjanov.
V sredo, po zahvalni nedelji, je vsako leto sv.
maša za bolnike in starejše. Vsakdo ki želi lahko pri
tej maši prejme sveto bolniško maziljene. Tudi
Covid-19 ni preprečil teh svetih maš (Prva je bila 14.
oktobra 2020 in druga lani 13. oktobra 2021). Pri tej
maši se prebere pismo, ki ga napiše papež Frančišek za bolnike in ostarele. To je le nekaj primerov,
kaj storimo za dušo.
Da je naša cerkev lepo urejena skrbimo tako, da
je vedno skupina ljudi, ki redno čisti.
Vsako leto okrasimo cerkveno okolje s cvetjem
pred cerkvijo in pri kipu Marije Pomočnice in z dohodki plačujemo za rože v cerkvi.
Ob tej priliki se zahvaljujemo vsem, ki tako velikodušno, tudi z darovi za rože, podpirate Slomškovo oltarno društvo, naj vas vse vedno spremlja božji
blagoslov.

Finančno poročilo
- Prepared by Theresia Farbotko.
V skrajšani obliki je na naslednji strani.

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O BVESTILA - A NNOUNCEMENTS
KOLEDAR DOGODKOV

CWL - KŽZ

- April 23, 2023 - St. Gregory - Spring Banquet - Mass at 10:00 a.m.
- April 26, 2023 - CWL-KŽZ - Mass at 7:00 pm
- April 29, 2023 - Slovenski park - Banquet
- April 30, 2023 - St Gregory - Občni zbor Annual General Meeting: Mass: 10:00 a.m.
- April 30, 2023 - Lipa Park - Ambassador
Mother’s Day Luncheon
- May 7, 2023 - Bled - Mother’s Day
- May 14, 2023 - Slovenska Šola-St. Gregory - Mother’s Day - Mass at 10:00 a.m.
- May 21, 2023 - Slovenski park - Victoria
Day Long Weekend - Mass at 1:00 p.m.
- May 21, 2023 - Breslau - Mass at 1:00 p.m.
- May 22, 2023 - Lipa Park - Open House
Picnic
- May 28, 2023 - St. Gregory - First Communion - Mass at 10:00 a.m.

Our CWL invites you to attend Our Lady of Good Counsel
Mass on April 26th. We will recognize some of our members for
their years of service.
A small reception will take place after this
Mass. Small pecivo donations are welcome.

READERS - BRALCI BERIL
Slovenian Mass - Sue Augustin
English Mass - Sidonia Poppa

GIFT BEARERS - SLOVENIAN MASS
April 23rd - Parish Council members
April 30th - Sue Augustin & Zdravko

CLEANING OF THE CHURCH - ČIŠČENJE CERKVE
April 29th - Gosgnach team

FIRST COMMUNION - PRVO OBHAJILO
Our date for First Communion is the last
Sunday of May, this year it is May 28, 2023.
There will be only one Mass at 10:00 a.m.
Parents, please register your children by
calling office (905-561-5971, ext. 1), or by email: drago.gacnik@gmail.com.
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OBČNI ZBOR - AGM
AGM is next Sunday, April 30th, after 10:00
a.m. Mass in our upper hall. Everybody invited.
V nedeljo, 30. aprila 2023, bomo imeli po
maši v zgornji dvorani letni občni zbor.
Sveta maša bo ob 10:00 a.m.
Občni zbor je vedno priložnost, da pogledamo kako smo finančno šli skozi preteklo
leto. Malo se osvežimo, kaj vse se je storilo,
tako po društvih kot tudi v župniji. Poleg tega
pa je vedno potrebno pogledat tudi naprej.
Stvari se v zadnjih letiš, še posebej po Covidu,
precej hitro spreminjajo in bo potrebno marsikaj na novo načrtovat.
Potrebujemo tudi nove člane za Župnijski
pastoralni svet in še drugo. Vsekakor rabimo
čim večjo udeležbo, da bomo stvari lažje načrtovali.
THE INDIGENOUS RECONCILIATION
FUND COLLECTION will take place in our parishes this Sunday. The collection will support
local initiatives of healing and reconciliation
with our Indigenous brothers and sisters and
forms part of the larger $30 million national
commitment made by Catholic dioceses
across Canada.
The first diocesan collection was held in
May last year, and parishioners responded

generously, contributing over $170,000! The
IRF Advisory Council, comprised of four Indigenous and three Diocesan representatives,
has met to review the fund’s four priorities
and consider grant requests.
This is an important Canada-wide healing
initiative of the Catholic community. Thank
you for your generosity. (Envelopes are beside
the Vestnik-Bulletin at the entrance of the church).

THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, Good
Shepherd Sunday, April 30, 2023, is the
World Day of Prayer for Vocations. “

POKOJNI - DECEASED
V soboto, 22. aprila 2023, je odšel k Bogu
po večno plačilo Jože Zadravec, salezijanski
duhovnik, doma iz Odranec, brat našega farana Franca Zadravca. Za pokoj njegove duše
bomo v torek zvečer darovali sveto mašo.
Iskreno sožalje bratu Francu in sorodnikom,
pokojnemu Jožetu pa večni mir in pokoj.

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NEDELJA
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3 SUNDAY OF †
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23. APRIL
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Jurij, mučenec
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DON BOSCO

Za žive in rajne župljane
Štefan Gabor
Pok. Bratanič in Vogrinc
Ana Zorčič, obl.
Cvetka Bedernjak
August Berkovič, obl.
Barbara Car
Jože Gačnik
Vida Sajder, obl.
Milka Ferko
Ivan Glavač
Bronco Balažic
Barry Simon
Marija Glavač
Lojze Lesica
Lojze Prilesnik
Pok. iz družine Fabjan

Na račun »Eno Srce,
Ena Duša« - »One
Heart, One Soul« ste
za našo slovensko
župnijo sv. Gregorija
Velikega do 21. aprila 2023:
- $152,270. - Obljubili / Pledged
- $147,430. - Vplačali / Paid
Hvala vsem, ki ste že prispevali.
Naš cilj je, da dosežemo vsoto 200.000,-

V tem tednu so naslednje obletnice smrti
faranov, ki so zapisani v naših knjigah:
Puscher Marija
April 25, 2013
Kranjc
Frank
April 28, 1996
Sagadin
Maximiljan
April 28, 2004
Dim
Vladimir
April 30, 2020

Svete maše - Masses
10:00 A.M. - - - - - - Družina Volčanšek
Družina Volčanšek
Hči Jožica Vegelj z družino
Regina Halas
Družina Berkovič
Družina Berkovič
Alojz in Agata Sarjaš z družino
Family
Irena z družino
Jenny Antolin z družino
Jenny Antolin z družino
Jenny Antolin z družino
Terezija Donko
Družina Sampl
Žena Marija z družino
Marija Prilesnik z družino

SV. MAŠE - MASSES: Mon. to Fri.: 7:00 P.M.; Saturday: 5:30 P.M. (Slo); Sunday: 9:30 A.M. (Slo); 11:00 A.M (Eng) - From July to
Fall Banquet only 10:00 A.M. - KRSTI / BAPTISMS: For an appointment, call one month before. POROKE / MARRIAGE: By
appointment, call one year before the wedding date. SPOVED / CONFESSIONS: First Friday of the month 6 to 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 with your priest – please call for an appointment. Tel: 905-561-5971 or Cell: 905-520-2014
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SVETE MAŠE - MASSES

24. 4. 2023 - 30. 4. 2023
PONEDELJEK - MONDAY
24. APRIL

Po namenu
za duhovno prenovo župnije

Fidelis, duh-muč.

7:00 P.M. Ana Tadić
Slomškovo Oltarno Društvo

† Julijana Sagadin
† Cecilija Sobočan
† Jože Zadravec

7:00 P.M. Društvo sv. Jožefa (2)
Društvo sv. Jožefa (3)
Brat Franc z družino

SREDA - WEDNESDAY
26. APRIL

† Julijana Sagadin
Our Lady of Good Counsel

7:00 P.M. Marija Volf
CWL - KŽZ

ČETRTEK - THURSDAY
27. APRIL

†† Pok. farani iz Our Lady of Lour- 7:00 P.M. Marija Korošec z družino
des - Winnipeg
† Ivan Žižek
Ivanka Dogar

TOREK - TUESDAY
25. APRIL
Marko, evangelist

Dominik in Gregor, red.

Hozana, devica

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PETEK - FRIDAY
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28. APRIL
Ludvik Monfortski, duh.
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SOBOTA - SATURDAY
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29. APRIL
Katarina Sienska, dev-uč. †
Hugo, opat
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30. APRIL
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Nedelja dobrega pastirja
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Pij V., papež
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Cecilija Sobočan
Marija Svašnik in družina
Cecilija Sobočan
Maximilijan Sagadin, (19ys)
Julijana Sagadin

7:00 P.M. Družina Sobočan
Ana Gergyek z družino
Marija Hočevar
Peter in Jossie Verhovšek in druž.
Peter in Jossie Verhovšek in druž.

Joe Lackovič
Milka Skale
Vladimir Dim, obl.
Paula in Janez Horvat
Marija Glavač
Mirko Kosem
Joško Kuzma, 30. dan
Ivan in Rozina Doma
Štefan Gabor
Karel Volf
Za žive in rajne župljane
Rudi Hanc
Marija in Franc Šlebič
Ann Božnar
Janez Košir, obl.
Franc Ferenčak
Cecilija Sobočan
Stanko Bratuž
Alojz in Marija Mes, obl.
Pok iz družin Mes in Sraka
Rozina Doma, 30. dan
AGM - Letni Občni zbor

5:30 P.M. Žena Vera z družino
Elizabeth Lukežič z družino
Žena z družino
Elizabeth Gimpelj z družino
Marija Hočevar
Žena Rada z družino
Sestra Jožica Vlašič z družino
Vera Lackovič z družino
Vera Lackovič z družino
Žena Marija
10:00 A.M. - - - - - - Ivanka Dogar
Toni in Marija Franc
John Božnar z družino
Tomaž in Alenka Košir
Milena Pavlič z družino
Ignac in Terezija Sarjaš
Žena Matilda
Družina mes
Družina mes
Olga Hanc z družino
11:30 A.M. LOWER HALL