VESTNIK SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN PARISH 52/61 DRUŽINA JE ODSEV SVETE TROJICE Številka - Number / Leto - Year Danes obhajamo praznik Svete družine. Marijo, Jožefa in Jezusa 28. 12. 2025 druži med seboj močna in globoka ljubezen, ki sloni na tem, kar preje- majo od Boga. Naše družine naj bi posnemale ta zgled in živele močno družinsko ljubezen, ki temelji na ljubezni, ki jo prejemamo od Boga. SVETA DRUŽINA Praznik Svete družine nas želi tesno povezati z dnem, ko smo zrli Jezusovo rojstvo in se poglobili v skrivnost neizmerne ljubezni do nas. H Tako Cerkev danes usmerja našo pozornost na dejstvo, da je Jezus OLY FAMILY OF prišel k nam po človeški poti, po poti družine kakor vsakdo izmed nas. JESUS, MARY Na to opozori apostol Pavel, ko pravi, da je Bog v polnosti časov AND JOSEPH “poslal svojega Sina, rojenega iz žene, rojenega pod postavo” (Gal 4,4). Apostol se tukaj izrecno sklicuje na Marijo, na njeno materinstvo, na prispevek, ki ga je ona tudi na biološki in psihološki ravni dala Jezusovemu rojstvu. Posredno pa se apostolove besede sklicujejo tudi na Jožefa, ker je Marija, kljub temu da je Jezusa deviško spočela in rodila, resnična Jožefova žena. In Jožef je pred zakonom resnični Jezusov oče, na kar nas sicer opozori način, kako je Jezus skrbel za otroka in Marijo, svojo ženo (beg v Egipt in potem vrnitev v Nazaret). In v tem smislu se je Jezus “uklonil postavi”, se je podredil prvi človeški FR. DRAGO GAČNIK, SDB postavi, postavi družine. Bog ni mogel izbrati močnejše in jasnejše ŽUPNIK - PASTOR poti, da bi nam dal razumeti pomen in veliko vrednost, ki jo družina NASLOV - ADDRESS zaseda v njegovem načrtu. Družina je na zemlji najpopolnejša podoba 125 CENTENNIAL PKWY N svete Trojice. HAMILTON, ON L8E 1H8 In katere so te vrednote? Predvsem je to zakonska zveza, zveza, ki PHONE: 905-561-5971 temelji na ljubezni. Med Marijo in Jožefom je resnična ljubezen, vza- CELL: 905-520-2014 jemna ljubezen, ki je oblikovana po ljubezni med tremi Božjimi ose- E- bami. V Božjem načrtu sta rojstvo in razvoj človeške osebe zlasti MAIL GREGORIJ.VELIKI125@GMAIL.COM odvisna od te resnične ljubezni med možem in ženo v zakonu. Druga temeljna vrednota je rodovitnost, to je porajanje novega živ- HALL RENTALS ljenja. Kakor je rodovitna Božja ljubezen, tako mora biti rodovitna tudi 289-339-6900 ljubezen zakoncev. Biti mora torej sprejemajoča, življenju odprta E-MAIL: HALLRENTAL@ ljubezen. Od tod neprecenljiva vrednota človeškega bitja, novega živ- STGREGORYHAMILTON.CA ljenja, to se pravi otroka. Ko se je Jezus rodil, je postal brat vsakega človeka od prvih začetkov svojega bivanja, od prvega razcveta HOLY FAMILY njegovega življenja v materinem naročju. Od tod vrednota ne samo novorojenega, ampak tudi tistega, FIRST READING: Sirach 3.2-6, 12-14 ki se šele bo rodil. Vsak otrok, ki je bil spočet in se Children are encouraged to honour and care rodi, je Jezusov brat, ki ga moramo ljubiti kakor Jezusa for their parents. in v njem videti Jezusa. Prvi način, kako zakonci lju- RESPONSORIAL PSALM 128 bijo Jezusa, je, da sprejmejo otroka (prim. Mt 18,5; Lk 18,16- Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who 17). Očitna je torej absurdnost in nesprejemljivost za- prtosti, zavračanja in zatrtja človeškega življenja v walks in his ways. njegovih začetkih. Gon po podarjanju in po spreje- SECOND READING: Colossians 3.12-21 manju novega življenja je del narave prave ljubezni. Paul encourages us to actively live lives of Ta ljubezen se ne omeji na sprejetje otroka, am- love. pak se izraža v celotnem obdobju njegove rasti in GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Colossians 3.15,16 razvoja, dokler ne odraste. To je ljubezen, ki traja “do Alleluia - Let the peace of Christ rule in your konca”. izkazuje se ne samo z nujnimi gmotnimi in bearts, * and the word of Christ dwell in you duhovnimi sredstvi, pač pa tudi in najprej v ozračju richly. - Alleluia. naklonjenosti, soglasja in globoke sporazumnosti med zakonci v vzajemnem odnosu in v družini. To je GOSPEL: Matthew 2.13-15,19-23 zibelka in skrivnost uspeha vzgojnega dela zakon- Guided by God through dreams, Joseph skega para. To je ljubezen, ki jo otrok potrebuje, kakor leads his family firstly to Egypt to keep them potrebujemo zrak in kruh. To je ozračje ljubezni, ki no- safe from Herod and then back to Israel to tranje poenoti otroka, vse njegove sposobnosti; zago- make their permanent home. tavlja mu vedrino, zaupanje, optimizem, sposobnost za soočenje s svetom in za premagovanje težav, ki se bodo pokazale v življenju. In to nam posredno poka- že, kako nesmiselna je ločitev. Illustration Kar smo pravkar povedali, je več kot dovolj za Desmond Tutu once said “You don’t razumevanje veličine poslanstva, h kateremu je pok- choose your family. They are God’s gift to licana družina za razvoj Cerkve in za dobro celotne you, as you are unto them.” Sometimes it družbe, in kako velika je naloga staršev, kako pomem- might feel like God has a funny idea about bna in potrebna je priprava na zakon. what gifts we might like, and sometimes we Brez pretiravanja lahko nalogo staršev primer- might like the gift to come with a receipt so jamo s poslanstvom, s cerkveno službo, kakršna je we can take it back to the shop for a refund, duhovništvo. Zakon in posvečena čistost sta enako however, there is no doubt that our family pomembna. Prav tako sta to dve poti posvetitve: dve plays a huge part in forming who we become temeljni poti, ki ju je Bog predvidel za uresničenje and how we respond to the world around us. naše krščanske poklicanosti k služenju življenju v It doesn’t take much thought to see the ljubezni. different influences that family has on some- Praktični sklep teh razmišljanj ne more biti nič body: The difference between an only child drugega, kot da prosimo Jezusa za milost, da bi bili and a child of multiple siblings; the differ- resnični služabniki njegove ljubezni na poti, na katero ence between an eldest and a youngest smo bili poklicani. child; the difference between a child from a (Prim.Oznanjevalec 1, 2010-2011) traditional “nuclear” family and one with nu- merous parents and step-parents. 638 - V������ 2025 Each of these different situations come with tions and imagine that all we need to do is “be strengths and weaknesses, challenges and joys. nice to your family” like Jesus, Mary and Joseph Likewise, the differences are evident in a are. This would be to miss the depth of child from a family committed to- encouragement and challenge that gether in love compared to one the readings and this feast present that has broken apart and is to us. filled with indifference. Family isn’t always easy, but it is al- Jesus, the living word of ways formational. God, is spoken into a family and is formed within that fam- Gospel teaching ily unit. Each of us, no matter The Holy Family is an in- what our family situation credible model of love. looks like, has the capacity to Joseph, although struggling at bring God’s word of love and first with Mary’s news of her life into being through our fam- pregnancy, finds the grace to ily. For some that sounds like accept the truth and leads his more of a challenge than for oth- family to safety in Egypt. He ers, but for those who think that demonstrates his faithfulness to God sounds easy, there is more. Through and to Mary and is a model to us all. Mary uniting with Jesus, our family expands, plays a background role in today’s Gospel. We and we have more brothers and sisters from can only surmise that she demonstrates her trust whom we can learn, be guided by, and care for in Joseph and the Lord as she flees to safety with and nurture. We can ask ourselves the question her family in the middle of the night. As a new “Would I respond differently to members of my mother, she is a model of faith, strength and re- “actual” family in need, that those of my ‘spiri- silience. Jesus, a model of humility submits in tual’ family in need? If the answer is yes, what obedience to his parents even though he is God does that say about how I see my place within incarnate. He too demonstrates his faith in his God’s family. And if that wasn’t enough, St Fran- heavenly Father through his obedient sonship. It cis of Assisi challenges us to see Creation as our cannot have been an easy or ‘normal’ family situ- family: it too forms and supports us and requires ation, but the three of them, committed in love of our love and attention. one another, become a model for us in our fami- The Good News of our faith is profoundly chal- lies and as members of the wider family of God. lenging and cannot be met with our own strength. What do we see when we look at the charac- We are called to love those not in our family, we ter of Jesus? We see his love and mercy, his com- are called to love deeply, and with every breath mitment to following the will of his heavenly Fa- we have. Thankfully, we have the Holy Spirit to in- ther, his self-sacrifice, patience and willingness spire us, guide us and provide for us and we have to challenge injustice. Where were these charac- an incredible family around us to challenge us teristics formed, honed and sharpened? In his and to support us. We are, each of us, called to family, through his experiences with his earthly bring the Word of God into life in and through our mother and father. family. This way the Kingdom of God is pro- claimed in our world and the whole of creation Application can be united in love with the Trinity, the most It’s easy to hear today readings and reflec- perfect model of family. V������ 2025 - 639 642 - V������ 2025 V������ 2025 - 643 Maša na 4. adventno nedeljo v Londonu V nedeljo, 21. decembra so se Slovenci iz Londona in okolice ob treh popoldne zbrali pri sveti maši v St. John the Divine Cerkvi. Vreme je bilo zimsko, hladno, ceste suhe, sicer pa je kar nekaj zmrznjenega snega od prejšnjih dni. Tokrat se nas je zbralo kar precejšnje število. Pri maši smo prepevali adventne in božične pesmi - to je za njih tudi božična slovenska maša. Božjo besedo beremo v obeh jezikih, na listih, kjer so tudi pesmi in molitve, pa so berila tudi v angleškem jeziku, da mlajši lažje sledijo. Po maši so gospe pripravile dobrote v župnij- ski dvorani, tako, da smo se lahko okrepčali, poklepetali in izmenjali novice. Hvala vsem za lep obisk in za vse dobrote, ki smo jih bili deležni v dvorani. Vsem blagoslovljen Božič in vsega dobrega v novem letu 2026. 644 - V������ 2025 invites you to celebrate the New Year 2026 New Year’s Day Celebration Thursday January 1, 2026 Dance, sing along, and enjoy the music of Tony Habjan and the Nu-Tones throughout the afternoon! Ansambel STIL from Slovenia Doors open at 12:00 noon Delicious home-style dinner served at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 31st, 2026 at St. Gregory the Great Church Hall. Paid Members ……..…… $50 Non-Members ………….. $55 Opening Band: "Fešta Bend" from Cleve- Student (ages 11-17) …… $30 land. Child (ages 6-10) ………. $15 Doors open at 6:00 p.m., Fešta Bend plays Ages 5 and under ….…. FREE from 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. and “Ansambel Stil” go on stage at 9:00 p.m. Ticket Order DEADLINE: Tickets start at $80 for general admission *** Monday December 22 *** ages 16 and over. Tables/seats also available. For Tickets: MaryAnn Barich 905-945-3750 Thank you for your cooperation. For tickets reservations email to: John Gerden 905-708-7221 vtujinipodomace@gmail.com V������ 2025 - 645 OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS KOLEDAR DOGODKOV CWL - KŽZ - Dec. 31st - St. Gregory the Great - New Year’s CWL membership envelopes are Eve Celebration in the hall now available in the church foyer; $35 annual dues remain the same. Please - Jan. 1st - Lipa Park - New Year’s Day place CWL membership envelopes Celebration - doors open at 12:00 noon with fees in our church donation box or give them - Jan. 11th - London - Mass at 3:00 p.m. directly to Pamela.Članice katoliške ženske - Jan. 14th - Kniting Club zveze želijo vsem župljanom in njihovem druži- - Jan. 18th - Lipa Park - Koline Luncheon nam blagoslovljene božične praznike in srečno novo leto! - Jan. 28th - Kniting Club Catholic Women’s League members wish our - Jan. 31st - St. Gregory’s Hall - Ansambel STIL parishioners and their families a blessed Christ- BRALEC - READER: mas and Happy New Year! - Slovenian: Rosemary Šušteršič Our next general CWL meeting will take place - English: Angie Harrington on Wednesday, January 7th after 7:00 p.m. Mass. GIFT BEARERS - DAROVE PRINAŠAJO DRUŠTVO SV. JOŽEFA - ČLANARINA - Danny Fujs & Aranka Dundek Tuesday’s nights social ČIŠČENJE - CELANING gatherings will restart on January 6th, 2026. - Jan. 3rd - Gosgnach team Torkovi večeri se bodo DONATIONS - DAROVI nadaljevali v novem letu 2026 Za gradbeni sklad in za cerkv so darovali: in sicer v torek 6. januarja. - $ 100 - Agnes in Mate Sutlič v spomin na Vabljeni, da pridete skupaj in pok. Jožeta in Olgo Hanc preživite nekaj uric v dobri - $ 100.- Jožica Pavlakovič in družina v družbi prijateljev. spomin na pok. Franca Erzar Na mizi v cerkveni veži so kuverte za čla- - $100.- Eric in Frances Marinko v spomin na narino. V kuverti je članska izkaznica za leto pok. Franca Erzar 2026. Denar za članarino ($15) dajte v kuverto in - $ 150.- Erika Demars-Gričnik v spomin na kuverto oddajte v nabiralnik za nedeljsko pok. Franca Erzar. nabirko. - $ 150.- Janez Cestnik v spomin na pokojne- VEČNA LUČ ga Franca Erzar V mesecu januarju bo večna luč gorela za - $ 100.- Janez Cestnik v spomin na pokojna pokojno Olgo in Joe Hanc po namenu hčerk. Petra in Lindo Novak PRVI PETEK - FIRST FRIDAY - $ 200.- Elizabeth Virag za rože v cerkvi Hvala za vaš dar. Stopamo v novo leto 2026 in prvi petek je pred nami. Kot običajno ob ob 6h zvečer priložnost za spoved, molitev pred Najsvetejšim, rožni venec in sveto mašo obh 7h zvečer. 646 - V������ 2025 NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION to our home style dessert buffet table. Also, we will be setting up the hall this Sun- We hope that everyone celebrated a won- day after 11:00 a.m. mass - so everyone able to derful Christmas filled with family and lend a hand is welcome, and your help is truly friends. This is always a special time of year appreciated! when we show gratitude for all our Blessings, See you December 31, 2025 as we wel- and love for all the special people in our lives. come the New Year 2026! Now we start getting ready to ring in the Novak Heidy New Year 2026 with these same special peo- ple. And, what better place to do this than right If you write a cheque for donation to our here at our church - St. Gregory the Great in church, please, write only: Hamilton? St. Gregory the Great Parish The price is definitely right at only $75 per person and children under 12 only $30. With this you get a New Years Welcome drink, Din- V tem tednu so naslednje obletnice ner, Dessert Buffet, Late-Night table and live smrti faranov, ki so zapisani v naših knjigah: band! Call or come to mass to purchase your ticket and reserve your spot! Prša Steve December 29, 1989 Dinner tickets are by reservation only - Vučko Štefan December 29, 2002 walk-ins welcome after 9:00 p.m. for $50. Pučko Eddy January 1, 2009 In loved Slovenian tradition, we ask those Kobetich Mary January 2, 2005 who are able to bring something baked to add Simčič Ljudmila January 3, 2004 SVETE MAŠE - MASSES Za žive in rajne župljane 9:30 AM - - - - - - - - - - - †† Lojze Prilesnik iz pok. Fabjan Marija Prilesnik z družino S †† Zofija in Mihael Ferenčak Gizela Žalik z družino (MT) VETA DRUŽINA †† Terezija in Rudi Hajdinjak Gizela Žalik z družino (MT) HOLY FAMILY OF † Regina Hozjan Gizela Žalik z družino MT) JESUS, MARY AND † Maureen Gimpelj Elizabeth Gimpelj z družino JOSEPH † Stane Kuzma Družina Kuzma † Frank Radman, Jr. Družina Pust 28. december † Ciril Kuzma Družina Pust Nedolžni otroci † Olga Hanc 11:00 AM Joseph in Elizabeth Fotivec † Marija Horvat (Cayuga) Jožef Lovrenčec z družino † Giuliana Lovrenčec Jožef Lovrenčec z družino † Ivanka Hafner Jožica Novak 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. POROKA/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 DON BOSCO personal conversation with your priest – please call for an appointment. Tel: 905-561-5971 or Cell: 905-520-2014 Cheques: When you write a cheque for donation to our church, please write: St. Gregory the Great Parish V������ 2025 - 647 SVETE MAŠE - MASSES PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 29. december †† Cesare é Maria Valeri 7:00 PM Irma é Rocco Valeri Tomaž Becket, šk. †† Assunta é Vincenzo Tortis Irma é Rocco Valeri TOREK - TUESDAY 30. december † Paul Richard Novak 7:00 PM Mama Jožica Vincencia, red. ustnov. † Martin Tompa Agata Žoldoš SREDA - WEDNESDAY 31. december † Franc Erzar 5:30 PM Sonja Langenfus z družino † Slavko Slobodnik Family Klanfar Silvester I., papež ČETRTEK - THURSDAY 1. januar 2026 † Marija Glavač 11:00 AM Matej Glavač z družino Marija, Božja mati † Darinka Ferletič Milan in Sandy Ferletič †† Eddy in Alex Pučko Terezija Pučko Mary, the Holy † Eddy Puško Majda Lukežič Mother of God PRVI PETEK - FIRST FRIDAY † Thomas Grebenc, obl. 7:00 PM Sestra Mary Grebenc 2. januar 2026 † Martin Tompa Žena Dragica z družino Bazilij in Gregor, šk.c.uč. † Marija Volf 5:30 PM Karol Ferko z družino SOBOTA - SATURDAY † Tone Lukežič Žena Majda z družino 3. januar 2026 † Franc Erzar Marija Korošec z družino Presveto Jezusovo ime † Marija Volf Marija Korošec z družino Genovefa, devica † Jožica Marjeta Gimpelj Kathy Simončič † Marija Hočevar Kathy Simončič GOSPODOVO Za žive in rajne župljane 9:30 AM - - - - - - - - - - - RAZGLAŠENJE † Olga Hanc Dragica Tompa z družino † Franc Erzar Družina Volčanšek EPIPHANY OF THE † Blaž Čulig Victoria & sin Martin Prokovič L † Maureen Gimpelj Elizabeth Gimpelj z družino ORD † Ivan Krupič Elizabeth Gimpelj z družino 4. januar 2026 † Franc Erzar, 30. dan po pogrebu Žena Jožica z družino Angela, redovnica † Olga Hanc 11:00 AM Jože in Marija Magdič z družino